Audio Messages
Relate - The Father
God the Father loves both the prodigal, wasteful, rebellious son, and the self-willed, self righteous, egotistical son. Which of the two sons are you more like? God loves unconditionally.
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Set Free. Live Free View
Derrick Busch Sermon -
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Sunday Easter Service View
Sunday Easter Service -
Amazing Grace Listen
Can/Does grace have strings attached? Can we work out way into heaven? What is a Biblical perspective of how grace works? Are there any strings attached to receiving the grace that God offers? How can I meet Jesus? -
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Humble Ourselves View
Humble Ourselves: Presented by Derrick Busch -
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Baggage Check Listen
Today Derrick talks about 8 things that Hinder our Spiritual Growth. -
Rethink 8 Listen
How do we live out the Sermon on the Mount? The unfortunate truth is that in our day the biblical view of truth telling and lying have largely been dismissed. "A unique tactic of Satan is taking something that God made to be good, and twisting it just a little to make it bad!" When you became a disciple of His, you signed up to be a truth teller. We should not need to "swear" to convince those listening to us that we are truth tellers. God calls us to be a people of deep integrity. -
Rethink 7: Deep Integrity Listen
Overview: How do we live out the Sermon on the Mount? The unfortunate truth is that in our day the biblical view of truth telling and lying have largely been dismissed. "A unique tactic of Satan is taking something that God made to be good, and twisting it just a little to make it bad!" When you became a disciple of His, you signed up to be a truth teller. We should not need to "swear" to convince those listening to us that we are truth tellers. God calls us to be a people of deep integrity. -
Rethink 4: Love and Law Listen
Big Idea: The heart of the law is good and Jesus came to bring it to life. There is nothing that God hasn't given us that is not good for us, including the law. Not following Jesus from the heart will amount to nothing. Not doing anything from the heart with God will amount to nothing. Will we commit to lives shaped by the heart of the law? God desires us to rethink what it means to keep His commands, to follow Him and obey Him. Bottom Line: I love to follow Jesus as much as I love Jesus. -
Rethink 3: You Are Salt and Light Listen
Overview: How do we live out the beatitudes. We become salt and light. In your experience, are Christians so separate from the world that they can't make any difference in the world? Or have Christians become so much like the word that they're not different enough to make an impact on the world? If we are to be salt and Light to a corrupt, prejudiced, rotting world, we must live in the world, but not be contaminated by the world. We must be salt and light.To influence the world I am to be distinctive from, not identical with the world. -
Rethink: More Than A Vacation Bible School Song Listen
Big Idea: There have many famous speeches through out our time that have shaped and charged our culture. This one they call the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus delivered it. But in a world with quick self help to do it yourself plans, do you really believe that what Jesus says in this great speech can truly change your life? Even if your answer was yes, do you believe you can actually live the way He said?Bottom Line: You can do this. -
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The Gift: Community Listen
Overview: Part 4 of 5 of our series entitled "The Gift." This week we highlight the generous gift that God has given us, the church, a Christian community! -
Christ Power In Us Listen
Derrick talks about Christ's power in us and introduces the next sermon series. -
Life Groups: Life is Better in Community Listen
Today Glynn talks about Life Groups and the benefits of being in a Life Group -
All Access: Ephesians 6 Winning Listen
Through Christ we have access to the armaments, defensive and offensive, needed to win the wear. If we ponder remember we are in a war, and if we're properly armed, God will see to it that we win. There are battles that we will lose, but we ultimately win. -
Ephesians 4 All Access - Clarity of Life Listen
There is no doubt that there is confusion in the world and that even our own lives feel like they are in a state of confusion. Darkness has a way of making things this way. We can't see God in all the confusion and we sometimes even have a hard time finding ourselves. God has sent Jesus to bring clarity. But we so often prefer darkness and confusion. May open minds and soften our hearts to Jesus. Jesus gives all access to clear living in a world of confusion -
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Ephesians 3 All Access Listen
Big Idea: It's no mystery that we live in a world starving for peace, equality, unity, and love. Where do we find these desperately needed thing? Jesus gives us all access to God and His amazing love that can powerfully transform the world.Bottom Line: Jesus gives all access to limitless world changing power. -
Ephesians 2 All Access Listen
Big Idea: God changed our life. He has given us all access to a new way of living. We didn't earn it, He did it, all access to living the best life possible. Living the best life possible doesn't happen by accident or on our own power. Without Jesus or the Holy Spirit there is no access to the best life now. Meet Jesus and taste what an all access life is.Bottom Line: Jesus gives all access to all people to the best life right now -
Social Justice Listen
Where do we start in the in the effort to address social justice concern? Racial issues, inequity, poverty, injustice? What does the O.T have to say? The N.T? Where do we begin? -
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Relate - The Father Listen
God the Father loves both the prodigal, wasteful, rebellious son, and the self-willed, self righteous, egotistical son. Which of the two sons are you more like? God loves unconditionally. -
Relate: Take A Look Around Listen
How do we relate to people in a world that's becoming less easier to relate? Especially to people who see themselves and the world differently than do. One of the most ostracized groups of people our country are those who are part of the LGBTQ community. How would Jesus relate to anyone in the LGBTQ community today? How should we? He shows us how He did it then, so we can today. -
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Relate: Get to Work Listen
The marriage relationship is the toughest out there. It can be the most wonderful thing to ever happen to us to the most frustrating in just minutes. Marriage is not easy, that's why marriage is something you work at. In marriage you don't fall in love, you grow in love. That's hard work. In order for marriage relationships to get simpler, we got to love harder. -
Relate: Just Go Home Listen
Parent & child relationship can be complicated and messy. The only way to simplify them, to relate, is for God to be at the center. We run the risk of ruining, breaking, not being relatable in the relationships that are the most important. Parents, how relatable are you with your children? Children how relatable are you you're your parents? -
Understanding The Bible: Select From Among You Listen
Dan uses Acts 6:1-7 as the focal point of today's message. How are God's leaders, specifically elders and deacons to be selected? The appointment of new church leaders frequently causes great controversy, and sometimes even church splits. In this lesson Dan outlines three Biblical steps that the first century took to select new leaders, and he holds these steps out as a model for the manner in which the Pitman Road Church of Christ will select additional elders in coming months. -
More to Life: Than Being Good or Doing Good Religion Listen
There is an eternal longing for an everlasting relationship and a place with God. There's nothing wrong with that. The problem is that we think we have to do all we can to earn and maintain it. We don't. There aren't enough good religious things we could do. There aren't enough kind, moral, nice things we can do either. Jesus has done it. We are in good standing because of Jesus. -
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Grace Is Born: Grace is Not Cheap Listen
Philip Yancy calls grace - " the last best word" The Conclusion of the series on grace reminds us that grace is not cheap. We are all, like John Newton, guilty of sin. We have violated God's law, so we are convicted as Sinners. We have no hope...except grace. Be sobered by a wild range of human emotions. In the end you will celebrate God's grace. -
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The Problem With Prayer: If You Can Listen
We Tend to think our biggest problem with prayer may be not knowing what to say or not praying enough. The reality is that whether we pray a lot or not enough, know what to say or know nothing to say at all, one of our biggest problems with prayer is that we don't believe. How do we believe. -
The Problem with Prayer Listen
Overview: so how is your prayer life going? Dan and Carlos begin a month long sermon series today. Some of the questions will dive into include 1) Who is prayer for? 2) does God hear me? 3) what about written prayers? 4) memorize prayers? 5) what about when God doesn't answer my prayer? Did you know the only tutorial the apostles ever requested was on prayer? They said, "Lord teach us to pray," Luke 11:1 The problem with prayer is: 1) we expect God to be like Santa Claus. 2) we pray mutually exclusive prayers 3) prayer takes time, we must be still! 4) prayer is almost on American. -
Lamb of God Listen
A Service focused around Communion. -
Rags to Riches: Completely Rich Listen
Everyone has good intentions, maybe even great ones. But what are good intentions if they didn't come alive through actions? Just good intentions. We will wrap up this series looking at Paul's words to the Jesus Followers at Corinth and what he meant when he called them to complete the grace of god. -
Rags to Riches: Keeping God First Listen
Grace Means God's love in action towards us....when we deserved the opposite of love.Grace Means God moving heaven and earth to save us...when we couldn't lift a finger to save ourselves.Grace means God sending His only son to die on the cross....so that we would be reconciled to god in intimate relationship and be received into heaven. -
Rags to Riches: Extravagant Generosity Listen
The outrageous grace of God in our lives causes us to do extravagant things. Things that do not add up, Things That are sense-less. God's Been extravagantly generous with me That I can be so extravagantly generous with others. Give away like it's free grace. -
Rags to Riches : Richly Blessed in Our Trials Listen
Derrick Reminds us that we are deeply blessed in our trials. -
Only Jesus Supplies Listen
A good daddy supplies strength, support, stability to a family. None of us does that perfectly, but that is always our goal, and God is all calling on dad's to lean on Him for our strength. May God help every dad here to be that strength, support and stability provider for his children. -
Rebuilt: Make Some Noise Listen
Today is a day for making some noise. We celebrate an event that changed humanity -
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Rebuilt: No Going Back Listen
There's nothing worse than neglecting and putting off housework that needs to be done. For a long time the house of God had gone neglected. With the help of Nehemiah, God's people not only rebuild, but recommit to the hosue of God. Have we been neglectful of the house of God? -
Rebuilt: The Real Reason For The Wall Listen
It is difficult to discover what the reasons for some of the things that happen to us or even things we must do. But, in this great project that God is in, There is one reason Bottom Line: Grab it, get it & go -
Rebuilt: Distractions Ahead Listen
From the simplest task to the most life changing endeavor, distractions will always present themselves. How do we stay focused through the greatest projects of our life? -
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Rebuilt: One Vision Many People Listen
Vision is not easy to cast, but it is much harder to cast alone. The rebuilding process happens only as a team, when people decide to get next to each other to carry out the vision of what God has next for them. Message bottom line: To see the next. Stand next to. -
Rebuilding 2: No Easy Task Listen
How do we know what step we should take next? What motivates, inspires us to action? What prevents, sabotages action? Career, house, car, retirement, & materialism. What inspires us to action? God put on my heart…Neh. 2:12. Seek first the kingdom of God. -
Rebuilt: It Starts Here Listen
The world is a broken place. Filled with people far from God. As we launch the church's renewed visiosn we should understand that this vision we should understand that this vision must come from broken hearts, ours and God's. Nehemiah 1 -
God Did That Listen
As we bridge between 2014 and 2015, what can we as a church celebrate? To what can we say with confidence: “God did that?” -
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Growing In Service - A Living Sacrifice Listen
•How might our decision to offer our bodies as a living sacrifice change our daily routine? How might it change race relations? What is more difficult than dying for Christ, is offering yourself daily as a living sacrifice of Christ! You sacrifice over and over again. -
Thank You: Your Love Don't Quit Listen
Thanksgiving can be a trick time. You have some that are surrounded by family and enjoying a big feast, and others that, well, don’t feel so thankful. God reminds us this morning that He’s love us from before the beginning & will continue to love us for eternity. For that, we can all say, “Thank you”. Bottom Line: His love don’t quit -
Thank You: it's All Good Listen
Thanksgiving is coming up, but are you really thankful? In a world in which good is overwhelmed by so much bad can we truly say thank you? We tend not to see God’s goodness and blame Him more for the bad that’s going on in our lives. The reality is that God is all good. For that, we want to say “thank you”. -
Orphans Sunday 2014 Listen
This lesson calls for us to "remember the poor," and "put on a heart of compassion." This lesson calls for Christians to go beyond preaching the gospel, teaching pure doctrine, it calls for us to get involved in helping the orphans, neglected, and needy children. -
The Best is Yet to Be Listen
The sermon is designed to celebrate the church's 55th anniversary, the Cooper's 30th anniversary with the church, and to do so as a springboard. May God help us to FOCUS on what's coming in the future! -
Dive into Baptism Listen
Baptism is not just another churchy thing to do. The sacrament of baptism goes deep into the core of Christianity because it is all about Jesus. For the next two weeks, we will dive into baptism and understand why we need to be under the waters of grace. -
Connecting to God Listen
Every now and then our connection with God either gets weak or is lost. If being in fellowship with God means to have a partnership with God, to share life in common with God, and to e connected to Him. How then can we have fellowship with God? Be in the light and not in darkness.Bottom Line: Own up and be cleaned up -
Vision Quest Listen
A new quarter begins this morning here a Pitman Road! The title of this new series is “Vision Quest” and it IS NOT simply a class! This a conversation, a family meeting! Carlos gives a talk on what participants can expect in the coming weeks. -
Growing In Fellowship Listen
On this fifth Sunday our Elder Davide Perine gives a sermon on fellowship. -
Life Group Sermon Listen
Today Pitman Road begins their L.I.F.E Groups! Glynn Durham gives a sermon on the purpose of a L.I.F.E Group and the benifits of becoming a part of one. -
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Going The Extra Mile Listen
What does it mean to be a “second mile” Christian? Does Jesus really expect that “extra mile” of us? Is it mandatory? How can we grow in “extra mile” service? -
Growing In Service Listen
Jesus calls his followers to be servants, not to be saved, but because they have been saved. Serve with a towel wrapped around your waist. To impact our community we are called to serve our community and to become a more externally focused church! -
Growing In Service Listen
This lesson encourages one to reflect on three important parts of growing in service: 1. The scriptural foundation found in Jesus' words and example, 2. Our own personal service Growth Curve, and 3. Our own personal Growth Line. God cares about the direction of our lives. Grow. -
What He's Meant For Children Listen
Chris Seidman starts off our day with a talk on Jesus Christ's impact on children from his time on earth all the way up into modern times. -
What He's Meant For Love Listen
Guest speaker Chris Seidman gives a sermon on the impact of Jesus Christ on love modern day. -
The Holy Spirit: God's Promise Listen
God doesn't break His promises. He doesn't forget or fail to keep them. He's made a promis to His children that would last through all generations. Bottom Line: God is a promise keeper. -
The Holy Spirit: God's Gift Listen
God is a great gift giver. He’s given His spirit to us. His love for us is seen through this wonderful gift. He lives in us and that changes everything. Can’t turn him down. -
Growing In Spirit Listen
When Jesus left the earth, he did not desert us. He left us with a counselor. A helper. He left us with a comforter. We can trust in his presence, His promises, His person! Words of hope and assurance, as we face death, financial setbacks and times of uncertainty. -
Three Keys to Successful Relationships Listen
"Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger". Guest speaker John Cooper speaks on three vital keys to improving our relationships with people. -
Seeing The Unseen Listen
Life is jesus is not found in the seen, but in having faith in the unseen -
FIXING OUR EYES ON JESUS Listen
On Easter Sunday, Jesus provides hope. No matter how much evil we've done, how many sins we've comitted, we have hope when we fix our eyes on Jesus and exercise our faith! Heaven is not a matter of attainment. It is a matter of atonement. If we make it to heaven one day, it will be because we've been faithful, not because we've been faultless! -
Growing Your Faith Listen
Today's sermon was delivered by one of our elders, Horatio Fenton. Horatio presented us with 5 methods of growing your faith: 1) Hear 2) Obey 3) Trust 4) Act 5) Pray -
The Golden Rule Listen
Paul quotes as he bids farewell to the elder's in Ephesus. He reminded them to keep serving, and he quoted the words of Jesus, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." While foot washing is not a comon pracitce in our church or in our culture, the call to follow the example of Jesus in serving is still frequently unheard or ignored. How can we best serve others? If we are to grow the kingdom at the Pitman Road Church, this call to serve as Jesus served must be accepted by the entire church. -
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Reign in our Hearts Listen
Today's sermon from Carlos continues our Your Kingdom Come series, focusing on letting God reign fully in our hearts and loving God the way he loves us. -
When The Kingdom of Heaven and The Domain of Darknes Collide Listen
The kingdom of God and the domain of darkness are locked in a brutal life and death war. We are in the battle, ready or not. How do with overcome temptation? What can we learn from how Jesus faced temptation? -
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Running Start Listen
Today's sermon comes from the book of Jonah as we prepare to get a running start building our faith in the year 2014. -
Seeing The Unseen Listen
Faith without works is dead. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. What does and active faith in the 21st century look like? When has your faith caused you to act upon words you heard from God? When has your faith caused you to do something that others might consider to be bold, unusual or crazy?
