Sermons from October 2016

Are You Table Salt or Agricultural Salt?

Most Christ-followers see themselves as salt to season the world and to keep it from decaying until Jesus returns.  Pastor Les shares a message from Luke 14 and II Kings 2 that challenges us to think again and see ourselves as agricultural salt that is good for the soil and good for the manure pile. When we think of Salt as an Agricultural product and not as table salt we can see that it is not just to preserve for…

A Stranglehold on Our Hearts and Minds (Prophetic Word)

Pastor Les shares a short, prophetic word on how the enemy has a stranglehold on our hearts and minds during this current election cycle.  He speaks then shares from Psalm 99, then closes in a prayer of breakthrough. “Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.” (Ps. 99) We don’t tremble at the election, we tremble that the Lord reigns. God loves justice more than we ever could.  God loves unity. We exalt at His feet…

What Do You Do When Everything Seems to Go Wrong?

This is one of those questions that each of us needs answered at least a few times in our lives.  Our friend Cecil Tait shares with us some insight into this question from the story of Caleb who was forced to stay in the desert and take a big loop in life because of the lack of faith of others. “I don’t care if there is a giant on my mountain, I am going to kill it.”  –Cecil Tait Cecil…

How to Be Light Instead of Pointing Out Darkness

We force darkness to leave not by shouting at it or pointing it out but by turning on the light.  A simple principle but one that seems difficult to practice during our current presidential cycle.  Pastor Les shares a message about being light and uncovers a few reasons why us Jesus Followers often want to deny that we are the light of the world. Did you know that Jesus called His followers the light of the world? Did you know…

6 Ways to Heal Your Soul

Pastor Les recently shared a message in Scotland on how to heal the wounded land of your soul, specifically when you have been wounded by the “Church”.  This is not a part of his upcoming book, “Healing Wounded Land: How to Recover from Unhealthy Church”.  It is instead some of those things God has been teaching him that he did not know when he was working on the book. What keeps us from restoration? Unforgiveness Idolatry Anger instead of weeping Passivity…

Politics 101: It is All About You

Pastor Les begins his Peace. Love. Politics. Series with a message titled “Politics 101:  It is All About You”. He shares from Luke 22:39-46 and how the words of Jesus, “Not my will but yours be done” is so often misused because it is seen as meaning something it does not.  Pastor Les asks the question, “Why was Jesus able to put God’s will before what he wanted?” Pastor Les uses the 5 Levels of Communication (friendship) to help answer…