Taproot Church Twin Falls: Recent Episodes
Taproot Church Twin Falls
We are jumping back into Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church. This week we’re working to lay the foundation for Paul’s forthcoming corrections regarding the behavior of this church. The key question is how would we live if we believed that our bodies are not our own, but belong to God?
In this sermon, we're wrapping up our summer slowdown teaching series, looking at the invitation of Jesus to "remain" in him. Jesus teaches that he and his disciples are united to one another in a deeply intimate way. As his followers, an important question to ask is how are we arranging our lives so that we might continually be making our home in God?
Continuing in our summer slowdown series, this Sunday we are turning our attention to the words of Jesus regarding our inner lives. We exist in a world that gives us much to worry about. In the midst of that, Jesus invites us to stop, look at the birds and flowers, and consider how the Father provides for them and even more so for us.
This Sunday we are kicking off our summer slowdown series. We’ll begin with the theme of “slowing our outer life.” In this familiar text, we see Jesus interact with Martha and Mary, sisters who are closely connected to the ministry of Jesus. From this passage, we’re going to highlight Jesus’s invitation to sit at his feet and learn his ways even in a world that always has work to be done. Our prayer is that this series gives us tangible takeaways for learning how to slow our pace down even just a little bit.
In this passage, Paul brings the first part of his argument to a close, revealing that his heart for this church is that of a father. As a father to this church, Paul’s care for them can be both gentle and firm, but it’s always for the purpose of calling them to Jesus. The invitation for us too, is to hear the gentle and firm call to Jesus in our lives every single day.
The cruciform life invites us into an entirely new way of loving our neighbor. Rather than being quick to judge, the posture we’re invited into is a deep trust in the work God is doing, even when it doesn’t look as clean and put together as we think it should. In our text this weekend, we’re invited to do this by imitating the cruciform lives of Paul and Apollos; two people who chose to be fools for Christ.
In our text this Sunday, we see Paul begin to press hard into the Corinthian church and their misguided judgments of who Paul and his team are and what they are responsible for doing. Paul sets aside his metaphorical language and begins to directly confront the Corinthians, getting clear on what his mission and purpose is.
"Don't be deceived." There are few admonitions more pertinent to our current cultural moment than this one. In this sermon, Mike walks us through Paul's command to the Corinthians to not be deceived but to instead choose the "foolish" path of the way of Jesus.
One of the things that Paul says upsets God more than anything is when people within the church tear down others in the church with their envious hearts and strife-filled words. This Sunday, we’ll be looking at what it means to collectively be the temple of God–a people building one another up along the long journey of following Jesus.
Continuing to work through Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, this Sunday we are beginning to delve into some of Paul’s expectations for leaders in the church. A primary question we’ll be looking at is how are we continuing to build on the foundation of the gospel?
In a world full of information, only the Spirit can open our eyes to God’s hidden wisdom in the crucified Christ and reshape how we live.
Paul said he decided to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified? What did he mean by this and how does it apply to our modern understanding of preaching and the activity of a local church?
In this sermon we will see how Jesus did not come to satisfy our political preferences or temporal desires; He came on His own terms as the Unexpected King, the Unexpected Lamb, and the Unexpected Savior.
What do we see when we look at the church? Do we see a people with a bunch of problems or do we see a people who God has graciously gifted and is working in? In spite of their messiness, Paul begins his letter to the Corinthians by expressing sincere gratitude for the ways in which he sees God working in their lives.
In this sermon, we conclude our Lenten series with the resurrection of Jesus. By his resurrection, He has brought us through the wilderness and into an Edenic kingdom unlike anything that anyone ever expected or anticipated.
This week, we're continuing through our Lenten sermon series. In this sermon we will see that God is present with people in their brokenness.
In this sermon, we will look at how the wilderness is the place where God does the deep work of internalizing in his people what it means to be saved.
In this sermon, we see that the church is commissioned to be a prophetic witness to the world around us until the return of Jesus and the full consummation of the kingdom of God.
In this sermon, we get to delve into the first six of seven trumpets, looking at ways in which God is going to answer the prayers of the saints and bring about his justice on those who refuse to give their allegiance to him.
In this sermon, we are brought into the throne room where we are given a vision of the One who occupies the throne. Will we worship Him as the only one worthy? Or will we settle for less, worshiping the creation over the Creator?
Before Jesus tells these churches how to be in Babylon but not be shaped by Babylon, He first reveals Himself to John in a specific way. There is something in the beholding that is powerful. Let’s open our eyes and behold Jesus and marvel at what a powerfully present Prophet, Priest and King He is.
In this sermon, we will look at what it means to mature in community as followers of Jesus. It begins with prayer, acts wisely towards outsiders, and relies on those God has brought around us. Jesus alone ties us together, and our diversity is for our maturing and flourishing.
In this sermon, we will see how in Jesus: children have value, children are to obey their parents, parents are to obey King Jesus, and therefore parent their children out of their obedience to Jesus. In other words families are to be discipled.
In this sermon, we begin a short series through Paul's letter to Philemon. We're going to see that the gospel has implications that are disruptive to our societal structures. These implications often take longer to have their impact than we might like, but when they do, they break down divisions and bring together former enemies, refreshing the hearts of individuals and communities.
In this sermon, we are continuing our series through Colossians. We transition now from the foundational gospel message to its implications for those who are following Jesus and filled with the Holy Spirit. We see that Christ-followers live their lives in light of the reality of God's kingdom and that it's transformative for themselves and for others around them.
In this sermon, we will see how Paul is going to continue to parse out what is a solid and sound way to follow and put our faith fully in Jesus and not in anything lesser. We will use Paul’s framework for the difference between the Shadow and the Substance, to help us keep the main things, the main things.
In this sermon we will see how Paul is going to teach the church in Colossae how to walk in Christ and be prepared for anything that might distract them from true faith in Christ.
In this sermon, we get to delve into the beautiful and messy community that is the local church. We see that the church is a people who have commonality in Christ that must intentionally be cultivated for flourishing.
This is the final sermon in the Daniel Series. We see the futility of the nations raging compared with the sovereign plan of God and the hope that we have for the future.
In this sermon, we will ask, "If God is truly in control, how do we access Him and fulfill His will?" We get to listen to his voice in scripture and the person of Jesus, we experience the flourishing life under the New Covenant of Jesus, and as we fall short, we practice the art of repentance, trusting his great mercy and plan to set the captives free.
In this sermon, Daniel has a vision that goes deep into a tumultuous time in history and we see that God remains in control.
This week, we begin to delve into the apocalyptic portion of Daniel, and we continue to see that kingdoms of this world will rise and fall, but God's kingdom lasts forever.
In this sermon, we'll be looking at the differences and similarities between the prophetic and apocalyptic literature in the Bible, and we'll look at how we can labor to humbly and faithfully understand these types of passages.
In this text, we see once again that God is faithful to rescue his people through dire circumstances. But we also get to see the importance of spiritual practices that ground us in loyalty to God.
In this sermon, we will see that we are more like Belshazzar than we are like Daniel in this story. We too are guilty of taking God’s holy vessels to use for our own exaltation; we too fail to understand the mind of God; and we too fall short of what is required of us in the end. Judgment is eminent for all, and our own kingdoms must fall. It is only through Jesus that our fates do not follow the same outcome as Belshazzar.
In this sermon, we see King Nebuchadnezzar resurrected from his animal-like state, and it is confirmed that God is indeed the Most High who rules over all.
The loftiest of kings and kingdoms are like a tree in God’s hands. He controls them. Therefore, we do not live with fear, but with loyalty to the true King.
In this sermon, we're looking at the famous passage of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being thrown into the fiery furnace. We'll see that our worship of the one true God is not to be dependent on a guarantee of our immediate security and safety, but on the fact that he is the one true God who has guaranteed deliverance from death in Christ.
In this sermon, we will work through the narrative of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, and how Daniel responds and interprets the king's dream. We will see how The God of heavens is ultimately in control, alone knows the future, and how Daniel’s response as an exile in Babylon gives hope to exiles even today.
In this sermon, we are introduced to the story of Daniel and his three friends who have been recently exiled to Babylon. The question begins to arise, how will they remain faithful to God in the midst of their Babylonian assimilation?
In this sermon, we look at the last two Taproot pillars - The simplicity of the local church & the flourishing of humanity.
In this text, we're invited to release control by doing good things and then trusting God with all the details and outcomes. We should do this because doing so leads to generous living.
In this sermon, we will address how Death and Chaos are great equalizers that unite us all as humans and separate us from being God, because God alone has control and power over these forces. Qoheleth observes the only way forward is to enjoy and to do what we do in life with all our might. The Christian path through the madness and folly of our culture is this: to fear God and trust that Jesus has conquered the futility of death and matures us through the pain of chaos.
In this sermon, we continue to journey with the Qoheleth in his cynical observations. In this text, he observes and wrestles with kingdoms, humans, and ultimately God.
In this sermon, Qoheleth continues to wrestle with what he observes in life. The challenge of this text is whether we'll be maddened and frustrated by the observations or will we be humbled more deeply into the love and care of God?
In this sermon we will see how Qoheleth puts his wisdom teacher hat on and provides us with ideas about how to approach life. Wisdom concerning our future death, and wisdom in patience of our current reality creates a tension that shows how nuanced life truly can be. Qoheleth invites us into this tension as we explore what Wisdom is, how we can obtain it, and how we live it out daily.
In this sermon we will see Qoheleth, really for the first time in Ecclesiastes, offer some imperatives on how to approach and worship God. We will be observing the worshipful ways of fools, which we all fall into that category often, and looking at what true worship can really look like of a Holy God.
In this sermon, we look at the ways in which a community can be destroyed and also the ways in which a healthy community can exist.
In this sermon, Qoheleth observes the numerous ways in which wickedness seems to prevail in this world and wonders what God is going to do about it.
In this sermon, we're continuing our journey with Qoeheth. We are challenged here to embrace our human limitations in the time and place God has allowed us to live. We discover that in relinquishing control and living in the fear of the Lord, humanity flourishes.
In this sermon, we introduce the book of Ecclesiastes. We'll explore what kind of literature Ecclesiastes is, the voices who are speaking in Ecclesiastes, and also the central message of the entire book.
In this sermon, we see Jesus shift his focus from the near future destruction of the temple and Jerusalem to his distant future return. Jesus' lesson for his disciples is to not speculate about the time of his return, but rather to be alert and anticipating his return.
In this sermon, we will look at what Jesus said to prepare his disciples for what is going to take place prior to the destruction of the temple in AD 70. From this teaching, disciples of Jesus today learn how to endure through various trials and tribulations.
In this sermon, we will see how Paul turns the attention of this chapter to the outcomes. The main idea of the text is that through Christ, death has already been defeated. Because of this, we can look forward to what is to come, we can find peace in the hope that this brings and a sense of purpose for how we get to live presently in light of the finished work of Jesus.
In this sermon, we look at the reality of the resurrection of Jesus, and we'll talk about the essential component this is to our faith.
In this sermon, we'll look at the gospel that the apostle Paul said is of most importance, and why we must continually center our lives around the finished work of Jesus.
We’re continuing to work through the woes of Jesus. In this sermon, we focus in on the unnecessary practice of swearing oaths. Jesus teaches us that the church is to be a community who doesn’t get distracted by minutiae and who are learning to live simply honest lives saying what we mean and doing what we say.
In this sermon, we begin working through the seven woes Jesus pronounces over the religious leaders of his day. In these first two woes, we’re called to assess our message and motives for the kingdom of God.
Taproot and TFCC gathered together and hosted special guest Stephen Wellum. Wellum is a professor of Christian Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author and co-author of numerous articles and books, including Christ From Beginning to End.
When it comes to politics, the cultural climate we’re living in is highly charged. Increasingly, people are polarized by partisan lines, living with the hope that their political party will provide the solution. But this only leads to disappointment. The good news is that Jesus teaches us another politic. In this text, Jesus marvelously responds to the question posed by the religious authorities, putting government in its proper place and showing us that there is indeed a better and more sure way to order our lives–the way of His kingdom!
In this sermon, Jesus once again teaches what the kingdom is like utilizing a parable. In this parable, we are confronted with the immense grace of the Father who opens the invitation to the feast for all humanity. The question we're left with is whether or not we'll enter on Jesus' terms or if we'll stay stuck in the belief that we can enter on our own terms.
In this sermon, we will celebrate Palm Sunday in December. In this text, we see Jesus entering Jerusalem, drawing a lot of attention, upsetting the status quo, taking umbrage with a fruitless fig tree, and confounding the religious leaders all the while painting a picture of how Israel has failed and is in need of something better. We worship Jesus because He is better
In this sermon, Jesus challenges our understanding of what is ultimately good and satisfying. He invites humans to replace that which is temporarily good with He who is ultimately good.
Children were a nuisance in Jesus’ day, and they often are in ours too. In this text, Jesus reorients our understanding of children, teaching us that they are to be valued and seen as exemplary for what the kingdom of heaven is like.
In this sermon, we will address the topic of divorce, focusing on what scripture and particularly Jesus have to teach us about divorce. What is God’s ultimate design for marriage and is divorce ever permitted?
In this text, Jesus is challenged by the religious people regarding marriage and divorce. We’re going to take the next several weeks to work through what Jesus has to say in response to their challenges.
In this sermon we will look at what was of the utmost importance to Paul, and how he stayed the course.
In this sermon, Jesus teaches his disciples about how forgiveness is an essential and required mark of his kingdom community.
In this sermon we will look at how Jesus continues this sermon on how the Kingdom community is to function by demonstrating the Father's love for the “Little Ones' ' through the parable of the ninety nine and the one gone astray. We will see the Father's deep love for those astray and how Jesus calls His followers to mimic the Father.
In this Sermon, Jesus teaches us what it's like to lay down our freedoms and children of God.
In this sermon, we enter into a powerful scene in which Jesus and his disciples are met with Moses and Elijah, and the voice of God the Father. But we are left with Jesus only and are invited to see Jesus as the fulfillment of the story of Scripture and the one we are to listen to and faithfully follow with our whole lives.
In this sermon, we will see how Jesus offers to anyone to take the path of wisdom to discipleship. Long game in mind that this life is little in comparison to the Life of following Jesus. Jesus makes it possible for us to taste and see that He is good and His way is good. The Holy Spirit allows us to press on in this discipleship and the Father’s presence is there to be experienced for the one who chooses Jesus rather than this world and this life.
In this sermon, we'll look at the tension between faith and doubt and how Jesus is with us in the midst of both.
In this sermon we will look at how Jesus intends to help a needy world, Jesus uses what the church has in its hands and gives to him to multiply for the service of the world. So we are looking at the three layers of the disciples faith: The recognition of need, the offering to Jesus, and the Wisdom in disbursement.
In this sermon, we'll see that Jesus is offensive to many. By default, followers of the way of Jesus are offensive too.
In this sermon, we’ll see that the kingdom of heaven is so overwhelmingly joyful that we’ll gladly give up everything to possess it.
In this sermon, we'll talk about the nature of God's rule in this present world, its interaction with evil, and its ultimate triumph over evil.
In this sermon we will see how Jesus begins teaching the crowds in Parables to describe what the Kingdom of God is like. We will ask what are parables, why did Jesus teach in parables, and what the message is for us in the Parable of the Sower.
In this sermon, we'll see that Jesus is the greater prophet, priest, and king of Israel and all humanity. The question that's being asked of us is will we follow him?
In this sermon we will see how Jesus is confronted with incorrectly observing the Sabbath by the religious leaders. He masterfully exerts his authority over the Law, Temple and Sabbath to reveal that he is Lord over all and drives home the purpose of the Sabbath by demonstrating that it is for the Flourishing of Humanity.
In this sermon, we'll look at how God's desire is for his people to flourish under his good and loving care and that they, in turn, would have an impact on the world around them that would lead to its flourishing too.
In this sermon, we'll see that the Church is the called out people of God who are to conduct their lives in simple and intentional ways for the purpose of being a witness to the work of Jesus being done in us.
In this sermon, we're looking specifically at why we need to cultivate this kind of life, how we cultivate this kind of life, and the importance it has in our church and world.
In this sermon, we'll be looking at the first part of our third core value. We'll see what it means to be a people walking in step with the Spirit.
In this sermon, we'll look at what the gospel is, what its implications are, and why it must be central to the life of every follower of Jesus.
In this sermon we see in this passage that Jesus is misunderstood by John the Baptist, by those he was ministering to, by the cities he was doing much of his mighty works in and unfortunately by us today. We all want Jesus to be our Messiah, Prophet, and Savior on our terms, but in order to truly know Jesus and find that rest our souls long for we need to learn to be with Jesus and set our expectations on who He says He is.
In this sermon we will be looking at the way Jesus has compassion for people, teaches his Disciples to Pray for workers, and equips the twelve for a mission to the House of Israel. Here we will see the heart of Christ for people to be rescued from their harassed and helpless state by the Good News of the Kingdom of Heaven.
In this sermon we will be looking at how Jesus comes down from the sermon and systematically heals the outsiders. We the church are to marvel at our amazing servant King Jesus who goes out of his way to love the outsider like you and me. We then are to follow his example by going to the outsiders in our world loving them, just as Jesus has revealed His love for us.
n this sermon, Jesus invites his disciples to flourish by placing their hope in the assurance of the Father’s love and provision, thus doing away with anxiety.
In this sermon we will be looking at the three different ways the Royal Father comes at the goal of getting and keeping wisdom because it is the way to the Flourishing Life.
Deliverance from evil begins first and foremost with a relationship with God, resulting in you receiving, treasuring, being attentive, and inclining your heart to the teaching of God’s word.
We are looking at Lady Wisdom as she calls the Simple, the Scoffer and the Fool to listen to her and pursue a path that leads to security.
In this sermon we will take a look at the Royal Father’s warning not to go down the path of greed which leads to death, and explore that wisdom invites us to get our deepest needs met through God’s presence and God’s kingdom community.
In this sermon we will introduce our Summer preaching series through the first collection of Proverbs; chapters 1-9 and we will ask the questions, what is wisdom and how do we pursue it?
In this sermon we will look at the transformative nature of daily dependence on our good Father.
In this sermon, we'll see that Jesus calls his disciples to a reckless, deep, and affectionate love for all humanity. We do so in light of how he has loved us.
In this sermon, we will look at Jesus’ command for His followers to wisely seek opportunities to respond with a radical generosity in the face of injustice from those presently outside His Kingdom.
In this text, Jesus teaches on the destructive nature of anger, and how his followers are to act quickly regarding their own anger.
In this sermon, Jesus will introduce us to his understanding of the Scriptures and show us why they are so important for his followers.
In this sermon, we will look at how Jesus identifies His disciples as Salt and Light in the world.
In this sermon, we'll see how sin has wrecked peace with God and humanity, but how Jesus came to correct and restore peace to this world now and for eternity.
In this sermon, we look at Jesus' sixth beatitude and see that those who are pure in heart are those who will see God.
In this sermon, we'll see that the flourishing people are those longing for the righteousness that is so lacking in our broken world.
In this sermon, we look at how to mourn well as kingdom citizens and where our comfort comes from.
In this sermon, we look at the first of Jesus' statements regarding the flourishing life.
In this sermon, we're going to work through the introductory details of Jesus' most famous sermon–The Sermon On The Mount. We'll begin to see how this is Jesus' vision of flourishing life in his kingdom and under his lordship.
In this sermon, we're going to look more specifically at the goals of apprenticeship to Jesus: Be with Jesus. Become like Jesus. Do what Jesus did.
In this sermon, Jesus calls his first followers, and we begin to see what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
In this sermon, we'll begin to look at what it means to be participants with God in his kingdom in our everyday lives.
In this sermon, Jesus' ministry begins with his preaching of the kingdom of heaven, and we begin to see that this kingdom is out of this world!
In this sermon, we will look at Taproot's final 3 core values: The Spirit and Prayer Led Life, The Simplicity of the Local Church, and The Flourishing of our City.
In this sermon, we will look at Taproot's first two core values: The Authority of Scripture and The Centrality of the Gospel.
In this sermon, we'll see that Jesus is a human being who faces the same temptations that every one of us faces. However, he does so victoriously in our place.
In this sermon, we get our first first-hand look at who Jesus is, and He is simply amazing.
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