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CHRIST Church Irving
At CHRIST Church Irving, everyone is loved and everyone has hope. Our core values are to love God, serve everyone, invest deeply in a relationships with a few fellow believers, and look for one person to whom you can point to Jesus. Subscribe to receive audio of Sunday messages and other mid-week events.
Today, we continue talking about why Jesus' life mattered through His interaction with Nicodemus.
Today, we finish our series by reminding us that we need to fix ourselves in our relationships.
Pastor Keith sits down with Lane Luttrell and Hunter Beauchamp to talk about the what, why, and how of journaling. January 8th, 2020.
Worship pastor Hunter Beauchamp sits down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week's episode: Inadequacy. For more information about Dr. Tim Young and his services, visit DrTimYoung.com.
Today, we finish our series with what the story of Moses can teach us about inadequacy.
Pastors Greg Beauchamp and Keith Luttrell sit down with Dr. Tim Young, a counselor specializing in marriage and family, to discuss tough emotional issues. Today's topic: Resentment. For more information about Dr. Young and his services, visit DrTimYoung.com.
Worship pastor Hunter Beauchamp sits down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week's episode: Anger. For more information about Dr. Tim Young and his services, visit DrTimYoung.com.
Pastors Greg Beauchamp and Keith Luttrell sit down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week's episode: Depression. This conversation went a little longer than 10 minutes, but Dr. Young's wisdom on the topic is worth the listen.
Greg and Keith appear on the radio station KAAM 770 for an episode of "Churches in Action" with Tiffany Jones. They discuss what the people of CHRIST Church are doing to address the problem of childhood hunger in Irving. Originally broadcasted on November 6, 2019.
Pastors Greg Beauchamp and Keith Luttrell sit down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week's episode: Anxiety. This conversation went a little longer than 10 minutes, but Dr. Young's wisdom on the topic is worth the listen.
Pastors Greg Beauchamp and Keith Luttrell sit down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week: Shame.
Pastors Greg Beauchamp and Keith Luttrell sit down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week: Failure.
Today, we start a new series with seeing what the bible says about what to do in seasons of discouragement.
Pastors Greg Beauchamp and Keith Luttrell sit down with Dr. Tim Young, a therapist specializing in marriage and family, to briefly discuss tough emotional issues. This week: Discouragement.
Today, we finish our series as we learn how to pursue our redemption and restoration in Christ.
Today we talk about actions in tune with the world vs actions in tune with the Holy Spirit.
Today, we begin a new series over the book of James. The first topic James writes about is the trials we face.
This Easter Sunday, we talk about how you can have hope because of what Jesus did on the cross.
Today we answer some of your questions relating to how we know Jesus is real, and is the Messiah.
Keith Luttrell, Greg Beauchamp, Steve Allen and Hunter Beauchamp answer your questions about God, the Bible, and our world. April 3, 2019.
Pastor Greg Beauchamp answers questions kids often ask about God, the Bible, and our world. April 3rd, 2019.
Greg, Keith, and Hunter discuss the order of service for Sunday, February 24, 2019, followed by a brief discussion of how the planning process works.
A candid conversation with Greg Beauchamp, Nick Parker, and Hunter Beauchamp about the church's role in addressing racial inequality. February 12, 2019.
Let’s talk about relationships, how we can have fulfillment in our marriages. God wants you to be blessed with a happy marriage. We all have dreamed about having an amazing relationship.
You didn’t have any control over your birthday. Nobody asked you, “Are you ready to enter the world?”, it was ready or not, here you come! And we don’t have much control over this date. But in between, there’s this little dash. How you live the dash is totally up to you. How different would your dash be if live with this promise from God: I will be with you.
How many of you enjoy a nice long wait? I don't - I don't want to be put on hold, I look for the shortest line at the grocery store, the lane with the fewest number of cars. I’ve almost given up on my favorite fast-food place, Chick-fil-A because there’s almost always a long line.
God is a God of fresh beginnings and fresh starts. This series is about making new year resolutions on the promises of God rather than the wishes of man - that way you know it’s done. The key is not about our promise to God, it’s about God’s promise to us.
Forbes magazine said of the 3.23 million people in the United States, 33% of Americans watch the Super Bowl, but 40% make New Year’s resolutions. That’s roughly 1.29 million people each year. How many people actually follow through on their New Year’s resolutions 8%, ten million people. Why can’t they, why can’t we, follow through?
Between an orange and an apple pie, our choices are made on perspective. On any given day, most of us would choose the pie, but if we were on a diet, we'd be more inclined to choose the orange.
We have Christmas Gifts. However, what we often forget or are uncomfortable with is sharing those gifts. If we truly embraced the gifts God gave us through Jesus, we would be shouting it to the rooftops.
I love Christmas, this is a huge week - we have five total Christmas gatherings. I love how we’ll end tonight with the candlelight thing because it’s got fire and I love fire. We’ve been talking about that Christmas is for everyone. Christmas is for ALL the people. It should be for everyone, but sometimes it’s advertised so that it’s not for everyone.
We have various groups of people here this morning. One is a group of people that’s just been blessed by God. This Christmas, you’re giving stuff away because you have an abundance. Then there’s a group and you wonder if God even exist because you don’t have plenty, you don’t even have enough, so you question the whole God thing.
Remember not wanting to go to bed the night before? Or counting how many presents you had under the tree, or shaking your present trying to guess what it was. There’s so much anticipation and excitement about Christmas when you’re a kid. So where did that go?
The challenge to dancing to the music is that many people believe in worship, we are to enjoy self, please self, promote self and glorify self. We want a worship that pleases us, one we can enjoy, one in line with what we want. God wants us to know we are to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever in our worship.
We just started a series in celebration of the plans God has for this church. Last week, we learned how thankful we should be for the generosity of our members and regular attenders. This week, we celebrate the blessing of friendship God has given us.
Thanksgiving is not an effort to simply see the glass half full all the time. That may increase our quality of living for a time, but it cannot stand on its own.
We believe we can experience greater things. Before we leave this earth, how can our families, our church, and our friends experience greater things?
To belong recognizes the difference our collective effort makes in our ability to do greater things. Scripture tells us that Christianity is a team sport. The greater things that happen in your life are not individual accomplishments, but they are team wins.
There are thousands of people you know about, care about who need to have their eternities changed forever. There are thousands yet to hear the message of Jesus, right here in this area.
Everyone has an area of specialization. Some are great with numbers and become bankers, C.P.A.'s, math teachers, and negotiators. Others are gifted athletes and become professional ballplayers. Some love nature and make great farmers. Some specialize in communication and work in media, or become politicians, and maybe even preachers. God specializes in impossibilities.
Over the past 5 weeks, we've gone over times when Jesus had brought peace during times of chaos. This week, we finish up the series as we look at the single greatest event when Jesus brought peace to a world in chaos.
In each of those stories, there’s the moment of chaos and Jesus providing peace. But how does Jesus calm chaos that has been a part of our lives for a long time - those in chronic chaos. Maybe that’s you - it holds you back, you used to pray about it, but now you’ve given up. You’ve lived with it for years, it bugs you, but now you just ignore it. You’re a little angry with God, you do you’re best to call it normal, it’s your normal, but it’s not normal.
The scribes and Pharisees of Jesus' day had laid down a trap for Him. This was in order to either jail Him, or invalidate His teachings. Jesus turns it back on them.
The reason for chaos varies. My chaos usually comes from financial pressures, adult children decisions, the health of this church. Your chaos may be different, some things on your list would not be on mine and there are things on my list that would not be on yours.
Most just simply try to avoid chaos. Some deal with so much chaos with kids, instead of dealing with issues, you avoid them by enrolling them in as many activities as you can. For some, there’s marriage chaos so you work more and longer to avoid dealing with it. Some never learn how to relate to each other because you watch TV to avoid chaos. Some avoid chaos by keeping everyone at arms length - your kids feel it, your spouse and friends know it, you do it because you’re trying to stay out of the mess.
Everyone has chaos happening at some level. You may feel chaos politically in our world, or chaos due to racism or social injustice. Kids are back in school and you’re wondering what ever happened to summer. God has been dealing with people in chaos since the first two people were created.
Some habits are healthy and some are unhealthy. There are three components to every habit: The Cue, the behavior, and the reward.
Have you ever started a diet on Monday and it ends at about noon on Monday? Or you say, “i’m not going to say it, I’m not going to say it,” and before you know it your saying it. Why? Why do we look at stuff when we vowed to never look at it again. Why do we lose our cool with our kids and we said we weren’t going to do that again.
My kids were in town last weekend, one of the things they love to do is “Grill & Chill”, which is code for “let’s get the family together, grill steaks, fry shrimp, play 42, and have a good time.” I love doing that kind of thing and this is such a great time of the year to throw a party - there’s Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas. Most people like a good party and most want to be invited to the party.
If you were to compare your ideal life with your life right now, what would the difference be? Would you be richer, more famous/successful in your career? What would be your priority in your heart?
Today, we begin a 4-part series on Worship. Let's start with what God calls us to give in our worship.
This world sends the message that you just need that one last thing to be happy. God says otherwise.
Everybody knows we are to honor, but hardly anyone knows how to define it. We can describe it - stand up when someone walks into the room, listen intently, a moment of silence. Honor is hard to define, but it’s unmissable when you experience it. Paul says if ever there should be a place to show honor to one another - it’s the church.
In 1 Timothy 4, Paul calls Timothy to fight three battles. This idea of being a soldier and fighting the good fight, is throughout 1 Timothy. Paul is speaking into Timothy to fight the good fight - the three battles mentioned in ch. 4 are battles you will fight and today is the day we have victory over these battles.
1 Timothy is a snapshot of a leader, Paul, pouring into a growing leader, Timothy. He says, “Timothy, this is what you need to become AND when you look for leaders, these are the qualities they need to have.”
Some of you have been on both sides of discipleship. In 1 Timothy, Paul is pouring into Timothy, some of you have had someone pour into you - you’ve had a Paul. Or, you’ve been a Paul and you’ve poured into someone else.
We begin a new series today on 1 Timothy that will last most of the summer and we want you to look for one you can bring with you.
Lovebusters are behaviors and attitudes in relationships that hinder love. This week's Lovebuster: Withholding truth. Pastor Keith Luttrell. May 21, 2017.
Lovebusters are behaviors and attitudes in relationships that hinder love. This week's Lovebuster: Failing to forgive. Pastor Greg Beauchamp and his wife Liz. May 14, 2017.
Lovebusters are behaviors in any relationship that hinder love and bring about dysfunction. Today's Lovebuster: Expectations. When we bring unspoken and unrealistic expectations into a relationship and compare the other to that expectation, we set that relationship up for failure. Pastor Keith and his wife Betsy Luttrell. May 7, 2017.
Lovebusters are factors in any relationship that hinder love and peace. Today's Lovebuster is leaving God out. When couples grow apart from God, they grow apart from one another in the process. Pastor Keith Luttrell and his wife Betsy. April 30, 2017.
Lovebusters are factors in any relationship that undermine love and peace. Today's Lovebuster is giving leftovers: Treating a spouse or a friend as an afterthought to other concerns. Pastor Keith Luttrell and his wife Betsy. April 23, 2017.
Most choices we make are inconsequential - choosing what to wear is not life-defining. From what I see, it may be highly questionable, but not life-defining. Other choices are life- defining: Who/when to marry, what one does with Jesus Christ is life-defining. When you choose Jesus, you choose a kingdom kind of life. Colossians describes the spiritual formation to take place in one’s life and what it looks like to live in His kingdom.
If you were wanting God to shape your life like a potter shapes a pot, Colossians is your book, it help us choose what God wants us to choose. Colossians is written by Paul from a prison cell. At one time, Colosse was a leading city in Asia Minor, but by the first century, it had lost its luster and became second-rate to the cities around it. So they were already thinking, “We’re not as good as those other cities.” Then a guy named Epaphroditus plants a church in Colosse and they start thriving. So Paul writes and says, “As a new church, as a growing church, as a church facing new challenges, you are going to be making some life- defining choices you. The first one is where will you choose to place your hope.”
AHA - “A spiritual awakening where we discover something we had never seen before”. The problem is we live in the country of the blind. God opens our eyes, we see, but there are people at work, in school, in our family, who think we need to be cured of our sight.
An AHA moment is when one is awakened to something new. By mere definition, the need to awaken means there is something asleep. Many times, the people who need to awaken are the only one’s who don’t realize it. So what we’re praying for at CHRIST Church is if that’s you, that you might awaken to a God moment that will change your life.
Sometimes, you read the God’s Word and don’t know what you’re looking for, it doesn’t making sense, then the power of the Spirit and God’s Word intercedes and our eyes are open. What do you do next? The story of the prodigal son teaches us.
We’ve all experienced an AHA moment, that moment that changes everything. My favorite part of being a pastor is hearing people’s AHA moment. It’s when a person realizes he/she is a sinner, separated from God. But God sent Jesus to bridge the gap so we could have a relationship with the Father, and they are baptized into Jesus.
New Year's Resolutions. Everybody makes them; very few stick with them. Today we talk about how to keep up with you resolutions this year.
In the ancient world, names were more descriptive than decorative. Their names described their character and nature. Sometimes names were given or changed to describe events that took place in their lives. Abram's name was changed to Abraham meaning “Father of Nations,” because that's what he would become. So imagine the anticipation Israel felt 750 years before the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Isaiah prophesied concerning Him. The people of Israel knew His names would be descriptive.
Can you believe Christmas is here? Just a few days left to buy your pastors that perfect gift. Christmas time can get stressful. There’s shopping to get done, parties to attend, kids to see Santa, house to get ready, it get’s crazy. With all the hurry in our lives at this time of the year, we experience stress on earth rather than peace on earth.
Sometimes we live conflicted. Maybe it’s a decision, the economy, our future, debt load, raising kids, job certainty, and even Christmas. How long are they staying with us? How long do we have to stay with them? Life just gets difficult.
We need to remind ourselves that this is to be a season of peace - peace on earth. Much of our stress is related to our future - what’s my destiny in life. We’ll look at 3 principles based on Joseph and Mary’s life to discover the destiny God has for your life.
You are supposed to say thank you. Even if children don't feel gratitude, we want them to learn to offer thanks because it is the right thing to do even if I don't feel it. Our hope is that our children one day live with thankful hearts and become thankful people. That’s God’s hope for us.
Everybody worships, and it’s not just Christians. God created us to worship. I can tell you what you worship by looking at your checkbook, credit card statement, and calendar. We were created to worship, and everyone does it. The question is, What do you worship?
We’re going to be talking about how you can impact our world by looking at a guy named Jonah. When you think of Jonah, you think of Jonah and the (whale). We’re going to talk about everything leading up to the whale. Jonah is a lot like us. He had things he enjoyed, he had opinions, fears, and dreams. God wanted Jonah to go to Ninevah and impact their world. He wanted Jonah to bring a message of repentance to them so that they would repent and be right with God.
This message is pretty radical - it’s the exact opposite of what you've been taught your entire life. We Americans love our independence. Our nation was founded on the Declaration of Independence. We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about.
One of the GO Groups we have plays golf almost every Friday. It's a great way for them to get together and talk about life. One of the first things the coaches will teach you is your grip, just like in knowing God's Word, you need a good grip on it.
You and I were made for something more than just life in the chair. You were made to spend your life in a risky partnership with God. I’m not talking about Crazy. This is not about going over Niagara Falls in a barrel or Bunjee jumping off the Grand Canyon or investing in the stock market (something stupid like that). It’s really about making your ordinary life an adventuresome partnership with God. It’s taking your someday and making it today.
We’ve been in a series trying to answer the question “How would you live your life if you knew you only had one week to live?” Imagine if the things that will matter at the end of your life mattered to you now. If they don’t, your priorities are misaligned.
We live life as if we think we’ll live forever. But we all know that’s not true. If you knew you only had a week left, how would your priorities change? Why aren’t the priorities you’ll have then your priorities now.
What would you do if you only had one week left to live? Who would you want to see? What conversations would you have? Where would you go? How would you spend that time?
God chooses small armies to win big victories. David defeated Goliath, 12 apostles changed an entire world, and Jesus' death gave us all life. Small armies but big victories.
In our series, we’ve been encouraging you to GO - go into your neighborhood, go share Jesus with people, go invite people to church, go serve - yet I know sometimes a little doubt creeps in when someone says, “Go,” for you to say, “I don’t know if I can do this. It sounds good, but me?”
Never has the urgency of the gospel been more needed by men and women. Our world should be filled with appreciation, but it is filled with apprehension. In a day of advanced medicine, travel, and technology, we are are more confused, more desperate, more frightened than ever before.
Many people think Christians go out to help the poor to get back in line with "God will except me". However, many scriptures say otherwise. Scriptures such as Isaiah 58:6-11 or Luke 4:18-19.
As a part of our GO Movement initiative, we have a goal to double the attendance at churches over all of Irving, TX in 10 years. It seem impossible for man alone, and it is. God can.
We’re always on the go. We go to the store, we go on vacation, we go out to eat, we go to the bathroom, we go to work, we go to church. We have go-carts and eat gogurt. We are willing to go in just about every arena in life except one - and that’s why we’re in a series called the “Go Movement” and the premier Scripture we’re using is Matthew 28:19-20. One of the last things Jesus said to his followers before he returned to the Father is what we call the Great Commission, the marching orders for those who would carry on His purposes on earth through the power of the Holy Spirit, which would come a little later.
God builds up the individual members of the church into a spiritual house, founded upon Jesus the cornerstone. He has given us a mission to GO, proclaim God's work to the world around us. 1 Peter 2:4-12. Greg Beauchamp, July 17, 2016.
Greg Beauchamp begins the service with a response to the July 7 shootings in Dallas. July 10, 2016.
The Church becomes unified when its members lay aside personal agendas to adopt the Kingdom agenda. Titus 3 teaches us to avoid needless controversy, resist divisive people, and encourage everyone. Titus 3:9-15. Keith Luttrell, July 10, 2016.
We have a great capacity to remember and a strange ability to forget. Especially things that matter. Beth Moore tells of going to a spa that was overlooking the Pacific Ocean, she was in awe of her view and was going on and on about it with the lady who worked there who just kind of shrug her shoulders. Beth Moore said, “I can’t believe she wasn’t seeing the beauty I was seeing.” She became so accustom to her surroundings that she lost the wonder seen in the beauty. Titus doesn’t was us to lose the wonder seen in the beauty of being a Christian.
Last week, Greg & Keith invited many of our core members and leaders to a briefing that casted the vision for where God is leading our church. This church-wide initiative, called the Go Movement, will mobilize our church to go share the love of Christ with the people of Irving, in word and deed.
There are two different ways to save your life. One of them is the way of performance (works). The other one is the way of grace. We're all trying to save our lives.
What do we teach? Sound doctrine. Doctrine simply means “the way things are.” We need to know and live by sound doctrine, not because God’s going to give you a theological exam someday and you can get an ‘A’ on it. It’s because Jesus and the Bible proclaim the truth about the way things really are. If you trust things really are as Jesus taught them, you will live the kind of life He invites you to live. When we believe we have a God who delights in watching you, and you are perfectly safe in his hand all the time, and nothing can separate you from the love of God - that has some serious consequences for your anxiety, your life, and how you treat other people.
We saw last Sunday, the positive ripple effect that can happen when good people are involved in a church or a family or a community. Today, we look at the opposite of that. We see that the reason we need good people involved in our church and our homes is because it is also possible to have a negative ripple effect.
One bad letter can ruin the whole paragraph. One bad leader can ruin a nation, a family, a business, and one bad leader can ruin a church. In the church, we need people who are positive and loving. People who can bring order out of chaos. We begin a series today on Titus, the theme is, "Go fix it. Set things in order.” It’s a book about influence, having a ripple effect on the lives of others. If you throw a rock into a pond, it creates a ripple effect. That one rock influences the motion and direction of the water that surrounds it.
We all know what a lack of self-control can do. It puts the extra pounds on. It causes us to light up another cigarette. It's why wives get beat up by husbands. It's why teens get pregnant and why adults have affairs. It's why credit card debt reaches the thousands of dollars, it's a lack of self control. It also affects our relationships. Without self-control, I'm vulnerable to all kinds of problems. Where is your greatest struggle with self-control? Uncontrolled anger. Uncontrolled lust. Uncontrolled spending -- the number one cause of divorce in America is financial stress. Uncontrolled drinking. Uncontrolled ambition. Uncontrolled tongue.
When you look at the word "gentleness" the Greek word is Prautes. It's really an interesting word. Many times when we consider the word, we think of what happens on the outside. How we treat things or how we treat people. For instance, an egg. We know when we have an egg that we have to be gentle with it. Somethings you can toss into your buggy, but the eggs, you place them carefully in the top.
Faithfulness begins with the Father, is displayed in the life of Jesus, and continues as the Holy Spirit produces it within us today. Galatians 5:22-23. Keith Luttrell, May 15, 2016.
The Holy Spirit enables us to display genuine goodness to people around us. Galatians 5:22-25. Keith Luttrell, May 8, 2016.
The Holy Spirit produces a kindness within us that reflects the kindness of Jesus. Galatians 5:16-22a. Keith Luttrell, May 1, 2016.
God's work in our life produces patience, not just to keep our cool in the moment, but also to persevere as we walk daily with God. Galatians 5:22-23. Keith Luttrell, April 24, 2016.
Because of Jesus' death and resurrection, we can have peace with God. The act of baptism symbolizes this reality. Romans 5. Greg Beauchamp, April 17, 2016.
The Holy Spirit enables us to choose and practice joy in all situations. Galatians 5:16-23. Keith Luttrell, April 10, 2016.
The Holy Spirit empowers us to love others in a way that points them to the unconditional love of Jesus. Galatians 5:16-23. Keith Luttrell, April 3, 2016.
The Holy Spirit seeks to exalt Christ, teach us to love, and build a church of supernatural power. Acts 4: 24-31. Greg Beauchamp, March 20, 2016.
The Holy Spirit convicts, guides, and restores us so that we may experience emotional, relational, and spiritual healing. Ephesians 1:13-14. Keith Luttrell, March 13, 2016.
What does it look like for the power of the Holy Spirit to be released? And what kind of response does it bring out of us? Acts 2:1-41. Keith Luttrell, March 6, 2016.
The Holy Spirit is GOD. He indwells believers, guiding, convicting, and empowering them to fulfill God's purpose on earth. John 14:16-17. Keith Luttrell, February 28, 2016.