Regret – 10.25.26 – EP07
Paul killed believers, then met Jesus. Could he really forget? Pastor Chris shows how Paul faced the memory that haunted him, and how we can turn our regrets into resolve. Pastor Chris wraps up the Regret series with a question: what do we do when regrets resurface after God has forgiven us? He explains that conviction from the Holy Spirit looks back at unconfessed sin and moves us forward, while condemnation looks back at forgiven sin and pulls us backward.…
TWL – 7DeadlySins- S8E6
Pastor Chris continues the series on the seven deadly sins with the fourth one: lust. He starts with the plain meaning of the word. In its purest form, lust is a desire to gratify our physical appetites, and Pastor Chris said that in itself isn't sin. It becomes a deadly sin when it turns excessive and seeks unrestrained gratification. Pastor Chris turns to James 1, where lust conceives and gives birth to sin, and full-grown sin gives birth to death.…
Regret – 10.18.26 – EP06
Regret isn't always a bad sign. Pastor Chris explains why some regret is a gift from the Holy Spirit, and how to tell it apart from the guilt the enemy uses to keep us stuck. Pastor Chris turns from preventing regret to a harder question: what do we do with the regrets we already have? He starts with a surprise. Regret isn't always bad. Pastor Chris says it can be a sign of a healthy conscience, the way the Holy…
TWL – 7DeadlySins- S8E5
Is it possible we're hungering for something food can't satisfy? Pastor Chris says gluttony isn't about how much we eat but why we eat, and he points to how Jesus answered temptation in the wilderness. Pastor Chris starts with numbers. He cites the CDC saying 74% of Americans are overweight and 40.3% of adults are obese, then says obesity is a symptom, not the problem. Scripturally, the problem is gluttony, and you can be a glutton at any weight. The…
Regret – 10.11.26 – EP05
Peter ate with the Gentiles until a certain group walked in, then he moved tables. Pastor Chris shows from Galatians why people pleasing leads to regret, and who we should be aiming to please instead. Pastor Chris closes the Regret series with its fifth question to ask before a big decision: who are we aiming to please? He says there are only two choices, God or people, and that a people pleaser lives for the praise and approval of others.…
TWL – 7DeadlySins- S8E4
Pastor Chris continues the series on the seven deadly sins with the second one: envy. He opens with an ancient Greek story about an athlete who finished second. Night after night he chiseled at the base of the winner's statue, until it fell and killed him. Pastor Chris says he was dead long before the statue hit him, a victim of deep resentment at the good fortune of others. Pastor Chris turns to Proverbs 14:30, which says a heart at…
Regret – 10.4.26 – EP04
Pastor Chris continues the Regret series with the fourth question to ask before we decide anything: is there a grudge that won't budge? He starts in James 3, where James describes two kinds of wisdom, God's and man's. Then he compares a grudge to too much alcohol. Both distort our view of reality. In Mark 6, Herodias nursed a grudge against John the Baptist, and it ended with John's death. Leviticus 19:18 tells us not to seek revenge or bear…
TWL – 7DeadlySins- S8E3
Pride was once seen as a fatal flaw. Today it's celebrated. Pastor Chris traces it back to the garden, names three forms it takes, and shows why it drains our spiritual life. Pastor Chris opens the series on the seven deadly sins with pride. He defines it as the desire to be something you're not. He takes us back to Genesis 3:5, where the serpent told Adam and Eve they could be like God. They bit, sin entered the world,…
Regret – 9.27.26 – EP03
Regret rarely comes from bad luck — it comes from decisions made in a hurry. One question can stop it before it starts: what's the hurry? Continuing the Regret series, Pastor Chris presents a third question for avoiding regret before it happens: "What's the hurry?" Drawing on his grandmother's example, a Tony Campolo survey of 95-year-olds, and a 1960s Time Magazine report on leisure time, he argues that hurry produces regret rather than progress. Working through Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 21:5,…
TWL – 7DeadlySins- S8E2
Truth Worth Living is back this week with the second installment in our series on the seven deadly sins, and before we ever get to pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, or sloth themselves, there's a question worth settling first: why call any sin "deadly" at all? This episode digs into where that label came from, what the Bible actually says about sin and death, and why these seven still matter for believers who already know their eternal future is…