Twin Cities Church Messages: Recent Episodes
Twin Cities Church
"If I view my circumstances through the lens of Jesus, things will become clearer." Eric Wayman
Professor David Timms joins us to discuss making Jesus the lens through which we view God's character throughout the Bible, plus a special welcome to the Cesmat family as Michael becomes our new worship pastor!
"As Christ followers, we want to submit to God's Word, rather than demanding that it submit to us." Eric Wayman
"God inspired the writing of the scriptures, but He did so through human counterparts who retained their own personality and writing style." Eric Wayman
"If there is no resurrection from the dead, the gospel message is nothing but a fairy tale." Eric Wayman
"Doubt isn't the enemy of faith. It is a pathway to a deeper, stronger faith." Eric Wayman
"Palm Sunday teaches us that we need to lay down our expectations and surrender to God's plan." Mark Hadley
"Live as children of the light whose very lives expose the brokenness and futility of the ways the world tells us to live." Eric Wayman
"When Jesus shows up on the scene, he models 'power with' as opposed to 'power over.'" Eric Wayman
"There is nothing more fulfilling than being in a relationship in which you're not putting your own fulfillment first." Ron & Kim Thompson
"Our security as a member of His family is not dependent upon our good behavior, but the strength of God's character and love." Eric Wayman
"Take off the old way of living, the old approach to life, and then you can put on your new approach to life as a child of God." Eric Wayman
"You have a responsibility to be you and to do what God has uniquely designed and gifted you to do." Eric Wayman
"If your security is in something other than the overwhelming, never-ending, limitless love of God, then it's just a matter of time before you topple." Eric Wayman
"You display the sweetness of God's love so others want to taste it for themselves." Mark Hadley
"The message of the gospel is that the ground is level at the foot of the cross and that we’re all dependent upon grace." Eric Wayman
"God's grace isn’t a one-off gift; it is the very air we breathe, and it is the water that helps us grow." Eric Wayman
"God’s not some supporting cast member who we add to make the story of our lives better." Eric Wayman
"God chose to adopt us long before we could have ever done anything to earn it." Eric Wayman
"Rather than getting Christ in us, salvation happens when we are 'in Christ.'" Eric Wayman
"Jesus didn't come to be born, He came to die. There is an inseparable tie between the manger and the cross." John Fairchild
"Our strength isn’t found in our own abilities, willpower or wisdom, but is found in God." Eric Wayman
"Thank you Jesus for loving us enough to come into the world to rescue us!" Eric Wayman
"Our reward for good and faithful work now is more responsibility and more opportunity to partner with him in the future." Eric Wayman
"We are called to love our neighbor even if they live and look and think differently than us." Eric Wayman
"Servant love puts the other’s well-being ahead of their own, just like Jesus did for us." Eric Wayman
"Sabbath was given as a blessing to humanity, not as a burden that humanity was created to carry." Eric Wayman
"Wherever you go, you bring Jesus with you. You are on special assignment!" Mark Hadley
"God created us to be partners, not puppets, to join Him in His creative purposes." Eric Wayman
"Allow the forgiveness of God to soak in and heal your heart, and then release it and give it to others." Mark Hadley
"The best, most loving care flows out of relationship, and it’s invited rather than inflicted upon another." Eric Wayman
"Jesus gently but firmly reminds us that all our worrying can’t change a thing." Eric Wayman
"May we be the sort of people who radiate the light of hope in a world that is fracturing around us." Eric Wayman
"Fasting is not about getting God to do what we want. We fast to fix our eyes on God instead of ourselves." Eric Wayman
"What God wants is a relationship with you. What religion often does is substitute rules for relationship." Kim Thompson
"The problem Jesus is speaking to is not getting caught doing good works. It’s doing good work in order to get caught." Eric Wayman
"God's love is so big that it bleeds beyond the boundaries of friends, and family, even to enemies." Mark Hadley
"The might of our words are based upon the strength of people's trust in us." Eric Wayman
"Fight for your marriage. Don't give 50% and expect your spouse to give 50%. Give 100%." Eric Wayman
"Jesus is calling us to resist the temptation to give ourselves over to our anger." Eric Wayman
"Our light simply reflects the brilliance coming off of the true light of the world - Jesus!" Fritz Moga
"Peace is not the absence of troubles, peace is found in the presence of God." Mark Hadley #BeTheChurchTCC
"The invitation of Jesus is an ongoing relationship, not a cold, lifeless religion." Eric Wayman
"You can’t earn salvation any more than you can climb a ladder to reach heaven." Eric Wayman #BeTheChurchTCC
"God is the One who empowers us and gives us the desire to do what He says." John Fairchild #BeTheChurchTCC
"Because Jesus had His feet firmly planted, He chose to reach out and lift others up." Eric Wayman #BeTheChurchTCC
"Because Jesus saved us, we are saints. Because Jesus is our Lord, we are His slaves." Eric Wayman #BeTheChurchTCC
"Jesus steps in when others step around, aside, or step out." Mark Hadley #BeTheChurchTCC
"You and I have been designed by God to radiate the light of His love into the world." Eric Wayman #BeTheChurchTCC
"An abiding relationship with Christ will naturally bear fruit." Eric Wayman #BeTheChurchTCC
"We get to be ambassadors of hope in the midst of a contentious world." Eric Wayman #BeTheChurchTCC
Join us for a special moment in the life of Twin Cities Church as we commission our new lead pastor Eric Layman. #TransitionsTCC
"You are not just called to believe in Jesus, but to become like Him and to live like Him." Mark Hadley #TransitionsTCC
Ron's final message as lead pastor. "I thank God for your love." Ron Thompson #TransitionsTCC
"Make room for doubt, and know there will be a day when you will see more clearly." Kim Thompson #TransitionsTCC
"There will be tough times, but God is greater than your struggles." Ron Thompson #DareToHopeTCC
"Life is full in the deepest way possible when you know God and enjoy God as Father." Ron Thompson #DareToHopeTCC
"You can have hope because you have a future that can't be taken away." Ron Thompson #DareToHopeTCC
"God elected you, chose you, not based on what you have done, but based on what Jesus Christ has done for you." Ron Thompson #LetsTalkTCC
"Jesus holds out His hand, and with love in His eyes He says, 'Follow Me.'" Mark Hadley #LetsTalkTCC
"When you run to the Father, cling to Him. This is the starting place and the ending place." Kim Thompson #LetsTalkTCC
"Medical science can add years to your life, but Jesus can add life to your years." Fred Hennes #LetsTalkTCC
"Preach to yourself and remind yourself that God is good and that He is working in your life." Ron Thompson #LetsTalkTCC
"If we, as followers of Jesus, are going to be like Him, we must stand with people who suffer." Ron Thompson #LetsTalkTCC
"Because of the resurrection, we can know that we are seen, that we are safe, and that we are secure." Ron Thompson #EasterTCC
"Are we praying that God will use us for His purpose and His glory in our world?" Ron Thompson #StandFirmTCC
"We can find rest, we can stand firm, because God has given us the foundation to stand on." John Fairchild #StandFirmTCC
"The best way to prepare for the end times is not to focus on the end times, but to focus on Jesus." Ron Thompson #StandFirmTCC
"Everything that is not right will be set right by a God who is right - a God who is just." Ron Thompson #OneTCC
"The Father invites you to your ultimate home, your security in His covenant of love." Kim Thompson #OneTCC
"God designed us to live interdependently: relying on one another, supporting, and being Jesus together." Mark Hadley #OneTCC
"Do you want to make a difference in this world? Then learn to walk in unity with those who claim to follow Jesus." Ron Thompson #OneTCC
"If you do not rest, or find hope in God, weariness turns to weakness." Ron Thompson #AdventTCC
"Waiting isn't just about the thing you're hoping for...it's also about what you become as you wait." Kim Thompson #AdventTCC
"Joy is found when you choose to release your self-focused life and trust God and depend on Him." Mark Hadley #AdventTCC
"God's faithfulness to act in the past helps set confidence to praise Him today." Ron Thompson #AdventTCC
"God is the one enduring reality in our ever-changing world, so we can pin our hopes on Him." John Fairchild #AdventTCC
"If God always met your expectations, there wouldn't be room to exceed them." Kim Thompson #SevenSignsTCC
"Jesus is saying 'Don't miss me! I am right here in front of you!'" Fritz Moga #SevenSignsTCC
"We're all facing storms that we didn't choose.... How are we going to find courage?" Ron Thompson #SevenSignsTCC
"What have you decided is too big for God to handle, or too small for Him to care?" Mark Hadley #SevenSignsTCC
"Are you going to allow your past, your brokenness, to keep you from experiencing the fullness of God and life?" John Fairchild #SevenSignsTCC
"No one but God knows what will lead to blessing, to life, to the best outcome for eternity." Kim Thompson #SevenSignsTCC
"God is never jealous OF anything...God is always jealous FOR something." Ron Thompson #GodIsTCC
"Whatever injustice that has happened to you...God will take care of it in His time." Fred Hennes #GodIsTCC
"Your faithfulness does not determine God's faithfulness. Your unfaithfulness does not determine God's faithfulness. God will be faithful." Ron Thompson #GodIsTCC
"Jesus doesn't move away when people sin, He draws closer. He comes near." Mark Hadley #GodIsTCC
"Here's how you know if you've created God in your own image: He agrees with you on everything." John Mark Comer #GodIsTCC
"We have to train our souls to absorb God’s love and compassion." Ron Thompson #GodIsTCC
"Many times your greatest mission is found in the heart of your pain." Kim Thompson #RootedTCC
"Loving others like Jesus loves us goes against all cultural and social norms." Ron Thompson #RootedTCC
"Jesus doesn't happen by trying hard or by imitation...it comes through inhabitation." Mark Hadley #RootedTCC
"God has given us a new vantage point...so that we can direct our focus more easily on the things that matter." John Fairchild #RootedTCC
"Freedom is not about doing what we want - it is about having the free choice to follow Jesus." Ryan Reed #RootedTCC
"The reality of the Gospel is that there are no achievers or unachievers - there are simply receivers." Ryan Reed #RootedTCC
"Once rooted in faith in Christ, there is no need to change the soil!" Fred Hennes #RootedTCC
"Whenever we stray to a 'Jesus plus' life, we diminish what Jesus came to give us." David Timms #RootedTCC
"There is unsurmountable joy in realizing that God loves you so much that He'd leave heaven...so that He could bring you back to Himself." Mark Hadley #RootedTCC
"The life you are created for is only possible when you're deeply rooted in Jesus." John Fairchild #RootedTCC
"The Good News that Jesus came to Earth and died to set us free from our sins - this is the best Good News ever!" Fritz Moga #RootedTCC
"If we're going to model hope to our children, we need to know Jesus' love for ourselves." Kim Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"Just because we don’t understand what God is doing doesn’t mean God is not doing something." Ron Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"A storm can teach you things about Jesus that you'll never learn any other way." Mark Hadley #UnleashingHopeTCC
"God stepped into history and did something that turned our darkness into light." Ron Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"The quality of our lives - emotionally, physically, and mentally - is directly proportional to the quality of our relationships." Ron Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"I can be Jesus with skin on. I can reach out with a simple message of compassion." Kim Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"We need power to overcome the tractor beam of self. That power comes through the Holy Spirit." Mark Hadley #UnleashingHopeTCC
"No matter how things may appear, God has a future that He is bringing to pass." Ron Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"We all place our hope in something...what do you place your hope in?" Ron Thompson #UnleashingHopeTCC
"Will you let Jesus love you? It has nothing to do with whether you deserve it." Ron Thompson #MovingForwardTCC
"Your faith strengthens as you rely on self less and Jesus more." Mark Hadley #MovingForwardTCC
"We all need a place where we can know and be known, love and be loved, served and be served and celebrate and be celebrated." Ron Thompson #MovingForwardTCC
"Life change doesn't happen when we do something BIG occasionally, it happens when we do something small consistently." Ron Thompson #HabitsTCC
"Is the idea of Jesus power to release people from bondage big enough for you to catch the shepherd's contagious enthusiasm?" John Fairchild #ADVENTTCC
"The more we give, the more loving we become, and the greater our life is." Mark Hadley #ADVENTTCC
"The greatest gift we can give this Christmas is to slow down and be present with God and others." Mark Hadley #ADVENTTCC
"God's love has the power to transform me - to transform my very identity!" Mark Hadley #radiateloveTCC
"If love grounded in fantasy fails, then love grounded in Christ flourishes." David Timms #radiateloveTCC
"When our hearts step in to condemn us, God steps in even bigger, to speak His assurance back to us." John Fairchild #radiateloveTCC
"A big part of our journey toward real love is following Jesus where we don't want to go." Mark Hadley #radiateloveTCC
"The greatest gift you could ever receive is the gift of your belovedness." Kim Thompson #radiateloveTCC
"We live in a culture that constantly tells us to choose sides, but God tells us to choose love." Ron Thompson #radiateloveTCC
"Walking in lightness or darkness is a choice - even if you're a follower of Jesus." John Fairchild #radiateloveTCC
"We were made for fellowship. We were made to share life together." Ron Thompson #radiateloveTCC
"It's better for my self-worth and dignity when I follow Jesus." Mark Hadley #THISTHEWAYTCC
"Following Jesus is about choosing Him and His Way over and over, day after day. And the path we choose matters." David Timms #THISTHEWAYTCC
"God will give us what we ask for in prayer or give us what we would have asked for if we knew everything He knows." Tim Keller #THISTHEWAYTCC
"The reason Jesus hates worry is this: It strangles your relationship with God." Kim Thompson #THISTHEWAYTCC
"When you die, are your children going to be happy going through your home?" Ryan Reed #THISTHEWAYTCC
"We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. Hold to it for truth; hold to it for hope." Fritz Moga #THISTHEWAYTCC
"It is difficult to follow the way of Jesus, but the reality is that growing pains will lead to beauty." Ryan Reed #THISTHEWAYTCC
Jesus calls people out of the carcass of man-made religion into a real and living faith that trusts entirely in Him.
"We are God's family, not His workforce. We are His sons and daughters, not His slaves." David Timms #THEGOODLIFETCC
"We transform culture by bringing our Jesus-saturated life into it." Mark Hadley #THEGOODLIFETCC
"God's view of the Good Life might have more challenge or difficulty than most of us think." Ron Thompson #THEGOODLIFETCC
"The lack of peace is not fundamentally a political, educational, or economic issue. It's a spiritual issue." Ron Thompson #THEGOODLIFETCC
"Purity is not so much about piety or perfection, but about focused devotion." Mark Hadley #THEGOODLIFETCC
"Mercy is when I allow the pain of someone else to get under my skin." Ron Thompson #THEGOODLIFETCC
"Mourning is a blessing when we let it drive us to Jesus." Ron Thompson #THEGOODLIFETCC
"To be poor in spirit is to realize that I'm nothing without God." Ron Thompson #THEGOODLIFETCC
"The good life is not about keeping the rules of religion for God. It's about engaging in relationship with God." Ron Thompson #THEGOODLIFETCC
"We place our faith in the fact that God loves us. The cross of Jesus is the greatest example of how much He loves us." Ron Thompson #EASTERTCC
"Jesus desires to heal every broken part of us into wholeness." Mark Hadley #JOURNEYWITHJESUSTCC
"The greatest thing your family and friends get out of your life is the person you become as you follow the way of Jesus." Ron Thompson #JOURNEYWITHJESUSTCC
"The end that we're after is simply to be with Jesus." Kim Thompson #JOURNEYWITHJESUSTCC
"Following Jesus is not about suffering for Jesus, it’s about dying to the pull of me." Ron Thompson #JOURNEYWITHJESUSTCC
"Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense." C.S. Lewis #WisdomTCC
"Even though money is morally neutral, the things we do or don't do with money are not." Ron Thompson #WisdomTCC
"Work is not something I do to make a living. Work is something I do to make a life." Ron Thompson #WisdomTCC
"No friendship is more supporting, fulfilling, sustaining than friendship with Jesus Christ." Ron Thompson #WisdomTCC
"God is just, and He calls us to walk humbly with Him toward justice for all." Ron Thompson #WisdomTCC
"I believe that God is ultimately more interested in how we make the decision, than the decision itself." Mark Hadley #WisdomTCC
"We are the strongest in our spiritual battle, not when we feel the strongest, but when we are the most reliant on God." Ron Thompson #WisdomTCC
"God's not looking for bench-warmers. He wants us all in the game." John Fairchild #AMessyChristmasTCC
"Is God paying attention, does He care, is He capable of intervening? The characters of Christmas had to ask that question." Kim Thompson #AMessyChristmasTCC
"Sometimes those who are closest to Jesus are the most likely to overlook Him." Ron Thompson #AMessyChristmasTCC
"When a mess hits you we often respond by creating our own mess." John Fairchild #AMessyChristmasTCC
"We make a mess and God makes it a message. He picks up every piece of our broken lives and He makes something beautiful from it." Mark Hadley #AMessyChristmasTCC
"The call of the wise is a call to the real thing...In the end the wise person experiences abundant life." Ron Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"Whatever you give your attention to has access to the affections of your heart." Ron Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"Are we settling for laziness in our own spiritual lives?" John Fairchild #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"Folly seduces us into believing that something else can satisfy us better than God." Ron Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"What you say matters. So let what you say honor God and build up others." Ron Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"Wisdom helps us not only know what is true but helps us experience truth." Mark Hadley #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"God the Father wants to pull me close to Himself, to His heart. He longs to hide me under His wings." Kim Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"When you find wisdom, you discover that wisdom is a person. You end up knowing God. And that's when you truly find yourself." Ron Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"How do you know you're wise? You know you're wise when you know you don't know everything." Ron Thompson #UNCOMMONSENSETCC
"Is there some furniture that needs to be tossed out, some rooms in your heart that need to be sterilized and rededicated to God?" John Fairchild #RISEUPTCC
"True joy is found when I realize I am a conduit of God's love, not a reservoir of God's love." Ron Thompson #RISEUPTCC
"We are very quick to embrace Jesus as our Savoir, and often not very quick to embrace Him as our King." Mark Hadley #RISEUPTCC
"The primary problem with humanity is that our view of ourselves does not descend low enough, while our view of God does not ascend high enough." Ron Thompson #RISEUPTCC
"There's nothing magical about reading the Bible. The magic happens when we live the Word." David Timms #RISEUPTCC
"Great lives are produced by a great commitment to a great cause." Ron Thompson #RISEUPTCC
"You'll always have opposition when you're doing something that's important to God. Expect it, don't be discouraged or surprised!" John Fairchild #RISEUPTCC
"Our world needs your God given gifts and talents now more than ever. Don't be afraid to do your part with what you have!" Fritz Moga #RISEUPTCC
"Prayer isn't just about changing our circumstances. Prayer changes us." Mark Hadley #STRONGERTCC
"Prayer does not equip us for the greater work. Prayer is the greater work." Oswald Chambers #STRONGERTCC
"Even as we battle, we know that God is going to lead us into ultimate victory every time." John Fairchild #STRONGERTCC
"What we think and how we think has a huge impact on the way we live." Mark Hadley #STRONGERTCC
"If your value is determined by your image or your reputation, you're building it on an illusion that can't be maintained." Ron Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"When you think of giving your whole heart to Jesus, what causes you to blow Him away?" Mark Hadley #STRONGERTCC
"It’s more important to know who are you following than it is to know where you are going." Ron Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"Peace doesn’t come with circumstances changing in my favor. Peace comes from being in God’s presence." Ron Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"Can you trust God to know more than you do, to lead you in the best way beyond your own understanding?" John Fairchild #STRONGERTCC
"Every name that describes God's character is His promise to you. He sees you!" Kim Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"Anytime God makes a promise, He always keeps His word. God always keeps His word. What God said He will do, He will do." Ron Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"In the midst of all the chaos we have a God who never changes." Ron Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"God never needs recharging. There is nothing for Him to plug into - everything in the universe plugs into Him." Ron Thompson #STRONGERTCC
"The way that we can weather the circumstances we're in will be determined by how well we know God." Ron Thompson #EASTERTCC
"Do I hear Jesus knocking on the door of my heart? And do His words change me?" Mark Hadley #JONAHTCC
"The compassion and mercy of Jesus flows out to the very people who are driving in the stakes." Ron Thompson #JONAHTCC
"Our past failures don't disqualify us from being used by God." John Fairchild #JONAHTCC
"God gets in our lives not to pay us back, but to bring us back." Ron Thompson #JONAHTCC
"We can help others to embrace the mercy and grace and love that we have known ourselves." Ron Thompson #JONAHTCC
"Jesus has an easier way for me to face the stresses and challenges of my life." Bill Gaultiere #JESUSTCC
"Meditating on God's love has done more to increase my love than decades of effort to try to be more loving." David Benner #JESUSTCC
"Generosity is not as much an issue of the wallet as it is an issue of the heart." Ron Thompson #JESUSTCC
"The essence of GOSPEL HUMILITY is not thinking more of myself or less of myself. It is thinking of myself less." Tim Keller #JESUSTCC
Does our heart really reflect the passions and heartbeat of Jesus?" Mark Hadley #JESUSTCC
"The number one goal we have as apprentices of Jesus is to learn how to be with Him." Ron Thompson #JESUSTCC
"Prayer is a conversation. Prayer is a relationship. It's a connection." Ron Thompson #JESUSTCC