Teaching Series

Too often we focus on issues that divide us as a people instead of the things that unify us. And when that happens, there’s the potential to stay within your collective group of like-minded people and treat others differently, maybe even judgmentally. How do you keep yourself from a judgmental worldview so that you can see people as God sees them—precious and in need of a Savior? 

In this message, Stuart Briscoe examines how the apostle Paul addresses issues that divide people. There’s only one true way to overcoming what divides us, and if we embrace it, the effects can be revolutionary.

Scripture: Ephesians 2

Daniel was granted rare insights into the way God works out His purposes in the world. Occasionally, he was deeply distressed by what he learned but he carried on with the king’s business nevertheless. Those to whom God reveals truth need to know what to do with it!

Scripture: Daniel 8

While church attendance in America is declining, many non-attenders claim to be Christians, apparently assuming that one need not be a church-attendee to be a Christian. But if we look in the book of Acts at the church of Antioch, we see that the words "Christian" and "church" had different meanings than they do in today's society. In this message, Stuart walks us through the biblical definitions of these words and explains how the church is a vital way for Christians to grow.

Scripture: Acts 11:19

“Don’t put your head on the pillow at night if you hadn’t had your nose in the Book during the day.” —Stuart Briscoe

In addition to recognizing the significance of congregational worship, it’s important for believers to develop the practice of personal daily devotions.

Scripture: Psalm 19

Daniel was disciplined in prayer and dedicated to the study of “the Word of the Lord.” He knew that in the Word, God speaks to His people, then in prayer we offer our response. The Word should stimulate prayer and prayer should reflect the Word.

Scripture: Daniel 9

Shalom means peace. It defines a type of inner peace and sense of order on the inside, even when there is chaos around us.

Our lives are full of uncertainties that lead people to suffer with anxiety, chronic worry, and sometimes sheer panic.

In this message, Stuart Briscoe teaches from Philippians to show us where and how to find peace of mind.

Scripture: Philippians 3:20-4:9

Many of us struggle to live well when we experience difficulties in our relationships. We might even live in a state of denial—shrugging our shoulders and denying individual responsibility. How do we overcome the urge to ignore tough situations? 

In this message, Stuart Briscoe encourages us to repair our relationships and takes us to the story of Joseph to learn how to heal them.

Scripture: Genesis 44

You probably don’t need to be convinced about how important it is to share life with others. To be friendless in an unfriendly world is a frightening thing. But have you ever struggled to develop meaningful and precious friendships?

In this message, Jill Briscoe teaches us about being vulnerable in our relationships and how friendship can deeply impact our lives.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4

Daniel’s final visionary experience revealed to him something of the intensity of the spiritual conflict behind world events. But it also reminded him of the awesome power of the heavenly forces and the certainty of God’s ultimate triumph. He wins “the great war.”

Scripture: Daniel 10-11

How do you handle temptation? Do you just give in, shrug your shoulders, and say it's just the way you are? Do you give in and blame Satan? Or do you rely on God and in His power resist the temptation? 

Every temptation that comes our way is an opportunity to go wrong, but it is also an opportunity to do right, and Scripture tells us that God will never allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. In this message, Stuart Briscoe helps us understand what temptation is and where it comes from, and he encourages us to find opportunities to do right when we’re tempted to go wrong.

Worship is a response to God’s self-revelation. Prayer, which is either a spoken or unuttered response to Him, is therefore a premier aspect of worship. Whether in the congregation or alone, Jesus taught us we should pray and pray continually.

Scripture: Luke 11:1-11:13

One of the things that matters most to Jesus is our personal relationship with Him. This matters to Him even when it doesn’t matter to us! He offers the human race an incredible invitation. He says, “Let’s talk.” What does this mean? It involves listening to His Word and responding in prayer.

Scripture: Luke 10:38-10:42

Families have been under attack from the beginning of time, and they are under attack today. The devil, who hates families with complete disdain, works overtime to tear down every wall we rebuild. How do we overcome his opposition when we’re exhausted from the constant patch work? 

In this message, Jill Briscoe teaches from the book of Nehemiah on where to draw strength for rebuilding our family relationships.

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:14

While here on earth, Jesus himself sought communion with God through prayer. His disciples were to do likewise. He gave us a pattern to follow. For those who ask, seek, and knock, God is more than willing to answer. He is even more willing than friends or an earthly father, as Jesus explains through the parables. But the Christian’s prayer requests need to be in line with Jesus’ model prayer.

Scripture: Luke 11:1-11:28

We all want just a little bit more… more money, more time, more beauty, a bigger house, a fancier car. The more we get, the more we want, and we never find satisfaction. If we can’t find satisfaction (the gratification of desires), maybe the problem really lies with our desires. In Ecclesiastes, the author tried to find satisfaction by filling his life with the best of many different things but found them all to be “meaningless.” Yet Paul tells us in the book of Philippians that he found the secret to contentment: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” 

In this message, Stuart Briscoe explains how desire and satisfaction are connected and guides us to the place where we, like Paul, can find contentment.

Scripture: Philippians 4:10-4:13

Daniel’s great vision ended with him learning many astonishing things. He did not understand everything because the information concerned the near and distant future, but he was greatly encouraged. We, too, do not understand it all, but we can be encouraged.

Scripture: Daniel 12

Years ago, Mortimer Adler wrote a book titled How to Read a Book. It sounded elementary, but it proved to be absolutely necessary. It’s highly likely that knowing how to listen to a sermon may be equally elementary and necessary in understanding and applying what is taught to everyday life.

Scripture: James 1:16-1:27

As someone who is made in the image of God, you have a better understanding than you might think about His longing desire for companionship and friendship.

Are You a Friend of God? explores Scripture that reveals God's friendships with His people. Enoch was God's walking and talking friend, Job was His hurting friend, and Moses was His waiting friend. What kind of friend are you?

In this message Jill Briscoe will shift how you think about your relationship with God and challenge you to identify, and grow in yourself, the characteristics that God is looking for in a friend.

You probably don’t need to be convinced about how important it is to share life with others. To be friendless in a friendless world is a frightening thing. But have you ever struggled to develop meaningful and precious friendships?

In this message, Jill Briscoe looks at the life of Ruth and teaches about being vulnerable in our relationships and how friendship can deeply impact our lives.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4, Ruth

For hundreds of years, people have been talking about the church as if it were simply a building. But that was never what it was meant to be.

Stuart Briscoe begins his 12-message series Why Church?, by helping us get out of the mindset of the church as a building, and into the mindset of thinking of “church” as first and foremost a word for relationships and community.

Scripture: Matthew 16:18, 1 Kings 8:27, Acts 7:48

In the modern day church, our constant emphasis on our personal relationships with Christ has caused us to lose sight of the community of faith that we’re a part of. Jesus commanded that His people gather as a church so that they would be reminded of their citizenship in this community—both the visible and the invisible. Fellowship is also the reason that Jesus first commanded His disciples to disciple others, so that more people could come to share the fellowship that Christians enjoy with the Father, Son, and Spirit.

In this message, Stuart walks through what this fellowship and community looked like in the early church.

Scripture: Acts 2, John 1:3, Romans 1:16, Romans 12:9-12:10

The early church worshiped in many ways: through Psalms, songs and through the sharing of the Lord’s Supper. Their worship was designed to put believers in a posture of submission and availability to God—to remind them that worship and life are not about them; they’re about God.

In this message, Stuart explains what it means to be gathered for worship the way the early church was, using a form that we can model from Psalm 95.

Scripture: Psalm 95, Acts 2:42, Hebrews 12:28

Do we ever really recognize the enormity of what it means to be part of the body of Christ?

If you are a Christian, you have been invited and commanded to join in on God’s plan to make all things new. God wants to renew everything that was lost in the fall. This is what mission means—to be part of the community infiltrating culture and society in order to bring people into the kingdom and to bring about the purposes of God.

Scripture: Matthew 4, John 20:21, Revelation 21:5

If you’re a Christian, you have been called by God. Simply by beckoning you into a relationship with Him, God has called you to be a part of His ministry.

In this message, Stuart challenges you, as a member of the community of believers, to use your unique gifts for reaching your unique mission field. God gave you certain gifts to reach certain people. This is what it means to be the church.

How’s your prayer life? Are your prayers childish, easily distracted, unfocused and lacking in passion, seeing prayer as a way to get what you want? Or are they heartfelt, fervent, and effective… prayer that works?

Drawing from the prophet Elijah’s fervent prayer life and his prayers for rain in a drought, Jill guides us in becoming great “pray-ers” and encourages us that effective prayer takes time and work but is completely worthwhile.

Scripture: James 5:13-5:19

When we think of the “heroes of the faith,” we tend to focus on the tasks they accomplished and the people they encouraged—but the things they accomplished on their feet wouldn’t have happened if they hadn’t spent time on their knees in prayer. Even Elijah had to start somewhere! He was a shepherd in a small town who cultivated “the hidden life” of prayer before God called him to change his world.

In this message, Jill walks us through Elijah’s story, before the majestic displays of God’s glory on Mount Carmel, to a life fueled by prayer and trust in the Lord.

Scripture: 1 Kings 17, James 5

It’s easy to get discouraged when we’re praying for a family member or a loved one and we just don’t see God answering our prayers. In those times, we might tend to tell God how and when He should answer the prayer instead of having faith that His answer to our prayers might be in a way or at a time that is different than we imagine—but better!

In this message, Jill gives us the example of Elijah and the widow and her son at Zarephath. Sharing her own personal stories, Jill encourages us to keep praying for our loved ones in any circumstances.

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:7-17:24

In the story of Elijah, God answers Elijah’s prayer and sends fire from heaven down to Elijah’s altar, in order to show the people of Israel that He is the one and only true God. This is just one example of how God answers prayer.

In this message, Jill uses the analogy of an altar and describes twelve components that make up our relationship with God. It’s a way of helping us understand how God can send “fire” down to our altars to answer our prayers.

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:16-18:40

Have you ever felt like you’re running out of prayers? Maybe you’re disappointed with God because you prayed so hard and the prayer wasn’t answered. Or maybe you’ve just run out of spiritual energy, or you’re in a bad situation in your life and you don’t know how you are going to get through it.

In this message, Jill talks about what happens when we feel like we have no prayers left to give, and she offers tools for getting through it.

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-19:18

When we pray, most of us spend a lot of time praying for ourselves, our family, and our friends. But did you know there is a lot more that God wants us to pray about?

In this message, Jill uses the story of the little pot of oil to explain how we can let the Holy Spirit guide us in our prayer life so that God can work in our lives.

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-4:7

If we want to think seriously about living as Christians in this world, we have to address the issue of sex. What Scripture teaches and what society accepts as normal aren't even close.

In this message, Stuart begins in Genesis and shares what God, the inventor of sex, has to say on the subject. And it's more complex than you might think. The question becomes: Will we as believers embrace God's purposeful and strategic design for sex, or continue to pursue worldly sexual pleasure?

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-6:20

Society encourages us to satisfy our sexual needs, but Scripture says our spiritual needs are of utmost importance. How does our spirituality apply to our sexuality? God established sex as a divine creation—its origins dating back to the Garden of Eden.

Can we morally hold true to our sexuality and enjoy it as God's divine creation? It can be a challenging line to walk, but Stuart shows how God's truth can guide us in reclaiming our bodies as He created them to be.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-6:20

Many of us have times in our lives where we feel we’ve lost our spiritual effectiveness. This can happen in a number of ways. Maybe our disciplines have gone awry, our habits have slipped, our priorities changed, or we’ve let worry, pride or selfishness get in the way.

In this message, Jill explains what happens when we lose our spiritual effectiveness, and she shares the steps we can take to retrieve it.

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:1-6:7

Has your perception of sexuality been warped? Our culture feeds us an idolized image of sex that is dramatically distant from God's intent. But just as the world is explicit about sex, so is God's Word! He clearly outlines His intent for the sexual experience.

During His ministry, Jesus demonstrated perfect love to all kinds of sinful people—including women known for their sexual sin. Jill points to Christ's encounters with these women, to reveal Jesus' standard for sexual behavior and of His grace when we fall. Can we accept His truth about sex and live according to His grace?

Whether we realize it or not, hostile forces are at work all around us. The devil is constantly trying to bring down as many people as he can. So, when we are struggling with depression, worry, low self-confidence, or fear, it’s important to root ourselves in prayer.

In this message, Jill discusses the battle between good and evil and gives us ways we can keep our prayer life strong—especially when we are in the midst of the fight.

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-6:23

We have to make a lot of choices every day… financial decisions, relational decisions, parenting decisions. From making a very small decision to dealing with what seems like an impossible situation, we often find ourselves looking for wisdom and striving to follow God's will. We're seeking to make wise choices. In this message, Jill looks at the life of Solomon to help us understand how we can develop wisdom.

What do you do when you feel overwhelmed? Or how about when you feel you need wisdom? This happens a lot in our lives. We can get to a point where we think, "I'm only one person; I can't do this." Parenting is a great example. You may want to pull your hair out when your little kids won't behave. Or you find yourself worrying about making the right decision when your teenager asks if he or she can go to a party. In this message, Jill teaches us what we can do when we feel weighed down in our lives.

Scripture: 1 Kings 3

Runners are told to finish a race strong because it doesn't matter how they started the race, they can make up for it and finish at a good pace. The Christian walk is like that, and it's important for us to finish strong. Many of us start out on fire for Christ, but as time goes on, we slowly fall away from Him. This is exactly what happened to Solomon. In this message, Jill looks at Solomon's life, focusing on his sexual sin as a way of teaching us how we can resist the devil's promptings.

"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father…" This being the case, we will spend a little time unwrapping them to see what He has given us. First, He has given us "the right to become the children of God."

Scripture: John 1:1-1:13

Most people think that our words come from our mouths, but actually they come from our hearts. So when we speak, we are telling people who we really are because it's coming from deep inside. Then what are we revealing when we gossip, nag, or swear? In this message, Jill discusses the hurt that can come from the tongue, how to fix it, and the glory we can bring God when we use our words to honor Him.

It's easy to get wrapped up in what the world says is important, but that worldly mindset is not what God expects from us. He wants our relationship with Him to come first, so that we can be a light in this dark world. When we put Him first and spend time in His Word, He will teach us how to keep our work, family, and relationships in proper perspective. In this message, Jill shows us how we can grow in wisdom and live daily in the spirit.

John 3:16 used to be regarded as the best known Bible verse. But since the advent of political correctness, "Judge not that ye be not judged" has become better known! That is sad because John 3:16 speaks of the greatest gift of all! Today we'll unwrap it.

Scripture: John 3:16-3:21

Jesus talked to Nicodemus, an orthodox Jewish teacher, and to a Samaritan woman, two people who would never tolerate each other. But He loved both of them. His concern for the eternal well-being of all people transcends all other considerations.

Scripture: John 4:1-4:26

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