Podcasts - SouthBrook Christian Church

Prayer is a mystery. We’re not sure how or why it “works” to talk to and ask God for things or tell Him about things. But Scripture gives clear insight into what makes for effective connection with heaven through prayer. In this...

Following Jesus means that we surrender our right to get back at those who hurt us. And in order to truly forgive, we need to know what forgiving is not. Forgiving is not overlooking the wrong. It's not excusing or minimizing a wrong. It's not...

There are a lot of possible stories when it comes to trusting the church. Some short and simple, some complex and tangled. Some stories of churches that encouraged blind trust—that didn’t allow questions about what the church taught or...

There are some powerful, descriptive words that help us to understand why we can place our trust in this “old book,” the Bible. 1. The Word is Living. The living Logos (Logic) of God never goes out of date. It is always relevant to our...

Trust is a pretty giant deal. Our willingness to trust and be trusted affects our connection to God, our friends, our spouses, our kids, our strangers. It affects the way we see the world. It affects us in intimate and public ways.  Trust is a...

One unique aspect of what Christ-followers celebrate compared to other faith movements is that we can trace our origin back to one moment in history. One day there was no official Task Force of Christ, what we now call The Church, and then one day...

Somehow, when God does Math, the answer often ends up being One. God’s highest math brings things together. The Trinity teaches us that three can be One. Marriage and friendship show us how two can be One. Israel’s story keeps up the...

If there is creation there has to be a creator. There has to be an artist. A painting that paints itself. It’s tough to explain how the world seems so calculated and put together and that somehow this just happened. 1. Don't Have Blind Faith....

On this Pi Day, 3.14.15, we are looking at the rational reasons to believe in God’s existence. The universe is one great mathematical equation. Pi represents that infinity, that transcendence, as it goes on into infinity. The Cosmological...

Pi is called the perfect number. Mathematics has been called the language of God. So what does mathematics say about our God? And what does God have to say to us through mathematics? Why is it relevant? Here’s why: Do you ever doubt...

Nearly everyone will go through these stages of relational development with Christ: Stage 1: Our religion about God sustains our religion about God.We go through religious ritual not really seeing much value but doing it because it must be the...

Everyone would like to experience greater freedom in our lives. We want these default perversions removed and less dominant. We want our marriages and relationships healthier.     Yet, is there a way to live that gets us past...

We've seen what religion does to people. But that’s not what Jesus Christ died for. There are two simple truths to understand:1. To be a Christ-follower is to be in a simple relationship, not a complicated system. A simple relationship in...

One of the great things about Sundays is they are the closest thing we have to a slow day. Sundays are the closest we have to a Pause Button Day. That’s the value of a Sunday.We can hit pause and evaluate life in the context of asking, "What...