God Talk

Guns, Schools, the inner city, politics and the church.

With another mass shooting in the classroom America’s heart grieves for all the young children who needlessly lost their lives. Beyond that there is great disagreement and what can be done about it. Join me for this episode of God Talk as we explore possible solutions to senseless violence and take a hard look at what is the underlying problem going on in America.

Broken Church (”Broken” Series, Week 1 of 6)

When was the last time you heard someone say “everything is going as intended” about… well, anything? The world is falling apart, both around us and in us. We are all more tired, more stressed, and more confused than ever, and it seems that our leaders are, too. Where can we find rest? Comfort? Peace?
Obviously, we stand for finding those things in Christ. But how? How can we actually accept such precious gifts and live with them? In our new series, Pastor Greg will explore how to survive, pull together, and move forward when everything is Broken.
Scriptures today: 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 // 2 Timothy 4:3-4. // Matthew 7:15-20 // Matthew 6:24 // Matthew 7:13-14

Racism Politics and the Church

What does racism politics and the church all have in common? Listen this week to find out as we examine a smorgasbord of topics going on in our country today.

David and Goliath, Salvation and Faith (”Biblical Battles” Week 7 of 7)

We saved this story for last because it’s one of the Bible’s most famous and familiar passages to us, but also because the way we want to sum up the entire Biblical Battles series is with a message of Faith. Faith is like a foundation: a house here in Texas has a foundation of 4-6 inches, but skyscrapers require a foundation 90+ feet deep! The taller WE stand, the stronger our faith needs to be.
Today, Pastor Greg explores the necessity of faith and discusses how to build it in our own lives.
Scriptures today: Hebrews 11:5-6 // Ephesians 2:8-9 // 2 Timothy 4:1-8
We’re so glad you joined us for this special message! Any music performed live is performed under all appropriate licenses from CCLI, and all musical rights remain reserved by their respective artists; license details are available upon request. No other rights are reserved; share this message of hope, light, direction, and peace with anyone and everyone who needs to hear it. If you cannot find a shareable copy, reach out to tech@lotwchurch.org and we will make one available for you. God bless.

Protesting Our Churches

The radical left has decided to up their game. This past week churches became fair game for protesting. As Christians we need to be willing to stand up to the tactics of fear and intimidation and it’s only gonna get worse before it gets better.

Biblical Battles: Gideon and His 300 Men

The tale of Gideon is legendary: attacking 135,000 men with only 300. This is entirely different from the story of 300 Spartans defending against the Persians — a shield wall in a narrow pass rendering the march useless. No, this is 300 ATTACKING a much larger force… who retreats, terrified.
“How?” we ask, over and over. “By faith,” God answers, over and over. And that faith is born of trust: trust in an almighty God, trust that when He says He has a plan, it’s worth listening to, and trust that He will deliver us no matter the difficulty, disappointment, or danger ahead.
Today, we hone our trust, and in doing so, we hone our faith.
Scriptures today: Judges 7:1-25We’re so glad you joined us for this special message! Any music performed live is performed under all appropriate licenses from CCLI, and all musical rights remain reserved by their respective artists; license details are available upon request. No other rights are reserved; share this message of hope, light, direction, and peace with anyone and everyone who needs to hear it. If you cannot find a shareable copy, reach out to tech@lotwchurch.org and we will make one available for you. God bless.
This is the core message from our live service on 2022-05-08. The full service, including worship, upcoming events, and prayers, can be found here: https://youtu.be/XieD841wMFQ
This is a continuation of our series on “Biblical Battles.” Last week’s message is available here: https://youtu.be/GHpldQCwGes

TRUTH

Truth continues to be under attack in America. Hear how someone who left parts of the Bible out in 140 AD and Thomas Jefferson’s version of the Bible all lay the framework for many of the truth defying events of today.

Biblical Battles: David vs. the Philistines (Marching in the Trees)

Today we dive into one of Pastor Greg’s favorite stories… but we won’t spoil it for you. In fact, you may be looking at the title of today’s sermon and thinking that we’re talking about Goliath: nay nay. Today we’re talking about when David became king and the Philistines rose up to oppose him. David asked God what to do, and God… well, we’ll let you find out.
In any case, there are important lessons to learn here. Our God, who is admittedly the same yesterday, today, and forever, does something amazing here, and it sets a precedent for how we may see Him move in our lives, too.
Scriptures today: 2 Samuel 5:17-25 // 1 Samuel 13:8-14We’re so glad you joined us for this special message! Any music performed live is performed under all appropriate licenses from CCLI, and all musical rights remain reserved by their respective artists; license details are available upon request. No other rights are reserved; share this message of hope, light, direction, and peace with anyone and everyone who needs to hear it. If you cannot find a shareable copy, reach out to tech@lotwchurch.org and we will make one available for you. God bless.
This is the core message from our live service on 2022-05-01. The full service, including worship, upcoming events, and prayers, can be found here: https://youtu.be/gO62xnDhcJk
This is a continuation of our series on “Biblical Battles.” Last week’s message is available here: https://youtu.be/Xa7_7FWRKao

Pushing back on the woke mouse

We took God out of the schools in 1962 and we were replaced God with a mouse and a awoke one at that. Join me in this podcast as we discuss the current dust up between Governor DeSante of Florida and Disney Studios. And as always we look at how it all impacts our Faith.

Biblical Battles: The Day the Sun Stood Still

In our faith, we’re pretty fascinated with miracles: a flood to wipe out evil, a man surviving in a fish’s belly for three days, two she-bears mauling forty-two kids for cursing a prophet, a man coming back to life three days after being killed quite thoroughly, just like He said He would… and yet NONE of these stories spark our disbelief quite like the time A GUY TOLD THE SUN TO STAND STILL, AND IT DID, until their battle was won.
We don't have to be experts in cosmic science; we know the One who set the universe’s laws in motion. If He wants to do something, who can stop Him? Today we wrestle with that infamous story, full of incredulity and awe, and what it means when we pray for the unbelievable just like Joshua did on The Day The Sun Stood Still.
Scriptures today: Joshua 10:13-14 // Psalm 8:3-5 // Matthew 7:7-11 // Ephesians 3:20We’re so glad you joined us for this special message! Any music performed live is performed under all appropriate licenses from CCLI, and all musical rights remain reserved by their respective artists; license details are available upon request. No other rights are reserved; share this message of hope, light, direction, and peace with anyone and everyone who needs to hear it. If you cannot find a shareable copy, reach out to tech@lotwchurch.org and we will make one available for you. God bless.
This is the core message from our live service on 2022-04-24. The full service, including worship, upcoming events, and prayers, can be found here: https://youtu.be/PNCH_Lo4XDA