Your Life Group's Podcast
From The Chuck Wallington Life Group Class at First Baptist Spartanburg

A Savior Is Born

The most precious truth and hope of Christmas is that Christ, the Savior, is born!  We take a look at what this means to us today, and celebrate the joy of the season as a result.

 

P.S.-NO Life Group next week (12/29), but we’ll kick off a new series on Jan. 5th.

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A Taste of Christmas

Life Group member Scott Wolfe gives a wrap and shares testimonies from our class’ involvement with his annual “Taste of Christmas” dinner for the inmates at Tyger River Correctional Institute.  We’ve been privileged to help with this event for the last half dozen years or so, and this year was another year filled with rich blessings as we served these men during the Christmas season.

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With the wide array of personalities and characters present in The Christmas Story, you may see a picture of yourself! Join us for a look at some of the many faces of Christmas from Matthew 2 and Luke 1

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:39pm EDT

God’s Faithfulness-Our Response

Just one of the many attributes of God that we as believers should be thankful for is His faithfulness.  In this session, we examine this attribute and our proper response to it.

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What does it take to develop and maintain a thankful heart in all things? Three principles we can learn from one of the most thankful characters in Scripture.

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In Matthew 6:33, Jesus gives a 'summary statement' about His Kingdom and how it affects us in the here and now of life. We conclude our study of the Upside Down Kingdom of God with this session.

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As part of God's Upside Down Kingdom, you are an invited guest to the great Wedding Feast of the Lamb, but you must respond to your invitation... without excuse!

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The Upside Down Kingdom: Lost To the Kingdom

The Kingdom of God is not just “Heaven”, but begins here and now in the hearts of those who chose to enter it.  We’ll look at what you lose if you are “lost” to the Kingdom, and what it means to be “found”.

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The Upside Down Kingdom: Wheat & Weeds and the Kingdom of God

Jesus shared another “agricultural” Kingdom Parable in Matthew 13 that speaks to this concept of the Upside Down Kingdom on two levels.

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The Upside Down Kingdom: The Mysteries of the Kingdom Revealed

In Matthew 13, Jesus shared a parable about a sower and seed, and four kinds of soil.  In this parable and His discourse with the disciples that followed, we learn the reason some have responsive hearts to the Kingdom message, and others simply do not.

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The Upside Down Kingdom: The Kingdom Gives Us Worth

One of the most powerful truths about the Upside Down Kingdom of God is the value and worth it places on us as God’s creation.  We look at how this is related in two of Jesus’ “kingdom parables” in this week’s lesson.

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The Upside Down Kingdom: Hungering & Thirsting To Be Satisfied

Jesus spoke about how He desires to fill and satisfy the hunger and thirst we have in our souls with Himself.  But in order for Him to fill us, we must first be emptied.

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Perhaps the most 'upside down' of all the Beatitudes is the last one, in which Jesus tells us to rejoice when we are mistreated, misunderstood, or treated unfairly. But as we'll discover, Jesus knew exactly what He was talking about!

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The Upside Down Kingdom: Mourning & Meekness

We look at the next two Beatitudes and the counter-intuitive nature of both discovering comfort in our mourning and inheriting the earth through humility as Jesus describes two more principles of His Upside Down Kingdom.

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The Upside Down Kingdom: Broken To Be Whole

As Jesus lays out what His kingdom is like in the Sermon on the Mount, he begins with the characteristic of being “poor in spirit”.  What an odd place to start, but it has deep meaning and rich blessings when we go there

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The Upside Down Kingdom: What Makes It So?

We begin a new series  with this session in which we examine the concept of the Kingdom of God.  It’s a very broad subject, and can seem abstract at times to us, but Jesus offered some very detailed explanations.  We’ll take a look at what makes His Kingdom seem “upside down” to our culture and our logic.

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Hearing the Voice of God

Have you ever heard God speak to you?  He is constantly speaking to His children, in a variety of ways; but in order to hear Him, we have to be tuned in…

 

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Finding Peace

Building on last week’s lesson on fear, Ruthi Neely shares this week’s lesson on finding peace in our lives using a powerful word picture from Psalm 91.

 

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Overcoming Fear

Shawn Parker of H.O.P.E. Ministries shares how to overcome the paralyzing effect of fear in our lives through his powerful testimony

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

We examine the final I AM statement in our series; one that capsules the Gospel and proclaims the victory of Jesus over death and the grave as we wrap up our summer series.

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  A Matter of Life & Death…and Resurrection!

In John 11, Jesus makes another powerful I AM statement; one that declares Him the victor over life’s greatest fear, death.

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  Lessons From the True Vine

Jesus employs one of His most powerful analogies in John 15, the vine and the branches.  What does it mean to stay connected, and what happens when we do?

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  The Good Shepherd

He’s not just the shepherd, He is the GOOD Shepherd.  And because of that, we have several key assurances from Him as the one who cares for us.  We’ll walk through the latter part of John 10 as we examine this 4th “I AM” statement of Jesus.

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  The Open Door

In John 10, Jesus evokes a metaphor concerning who He is that we are all familiar with.  Doors can represent great opportunities for us, or dangerous decisions if we choose the wrong ones to walk through.  We’ll take and indepth look at  what Jesus meant when He said, “I am the door”!

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  Light That Brings Life

There metaphor of “light” is a powerful one in Scripture, and this second “I Am” statement of Jesus is made even more meaningful when you understand the “when and where” of it being spoken by our Lord.  We examine this in our session this week.

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  Bread That Brings Life

In the first of His “I AM” statements, Jesus compared himself to, of all things, bread!  What does it mean to recognize and receive Jesus as the Bread of Life?  We look at the first of these great statements in this session.

 

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The I AM Statements of Jesus:  I Am Who I Am

We begin a new series on the seven I AM statements of Jesus in John’s Gospel.  We begin this week with the first occurrence of the I AM name of God, from the encounter Moses had in Exodus 3.

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A Man After God’s Own Heart: How God Redeems a Life

We conclude our series on the life of David with a look at the last great spiritual struggle David had, and the lessons that can be learned from it of God’s redemptive power over our sin and our lives.

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A Man After God’s Own Heart: A Picture of Grace

One of the greatest illustrations of grace in all the Scriptures is portrayed in an incident from the life of David.  We’ll look at this this part of David’s story, and see how it represents to us the grace that is available to each of us today.

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A Man After God’s Own Heart: Sheltering Tree Friendships

In life’s deepest, darkest times, we all need friends on whom we can rely.  David was blessed with not one, but several friends that acted as “sheltering trees” in his life during his most difficult days.  We’ll examine several, as well as the Ultimate Friend upon whom we can always rely.

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The relationships of David. Our relationships reveal a lot about us and mold us into who we are. This week we take a look at three of David's closest relationships and the impact they had on his life spiritually

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A Man After God’s Own Heart: What Happens When We Sin

We look at the darkest time spiritually of David’s life from 2 Samuel 11 & 12; and two corollary Psalms that he wrote about these days.  While the story is very discouraging, David discovers a true treasure from this episode, the miracle of God’s forgiveness.

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 Man After God’s Own Heart: Throwing Rocks & Dodging Spears (Part 2)

In this week’s session, we cover 13 chapters from the life of David; tracing primarily the pursuit of King Saul and the attempts on his life as a result.  David, the man who would be king wound up hiding in caves; but often “life in the cave” moments have a LOT to teach us and are used to mold and shape us.

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A Man After God’s Own Heart: Throwing Rocks & Dodging Spears (Part 1)

We welcome special guests for the first part of our lesson time today, as one of the youth groups going on our annual Kentucky Missions project shares during the first part of our class time.  Stay tuned afterward for an abbreviated lesson time on Part 1 of a look at the battles David fought, starting with his famous one with Goliath!

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A Man After God’s Own Heart: The Anointing

In the life of David, his anointing by Samuel the priest is the catalyst for everything that God did in and through him from that point forward.  In this session, we examine the similarities between David’s anointing and the anointing we receive as new believers in God’s Holy Spirit and how it serves the same purpose for us as followers of Jesus.

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Walking With Jesus

This Easter Sunday, we take a look at the experience of two of Christ’s disciples and their risen Lord.  On that first Easter Sunday, they had quite a conversation with the one that they thought was gone forever.  He is RISEN…He is risen indeed!

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It's a common question we've all asked. Does God always hear our prayers? Does He always answer them? We take a look at this from several different scripture passages in this week's lesson.

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Living Generously

Guest teacher (and member of our Life Group class) Ruthi Neely shares insights on what makes life “real” and what gives it meaning and purpose.  A great summary follow-up to our study of Ecclesiastes!

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Living Without Regrets (Session #13)-Here’s the Conclusion…

We wrap up our study of Ecclesiastes with a look at the last two verses of the book, where Solomon draws his final conclusions from his life experiences and gives succinct, practical knowledge for “above the sun” living.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #12)-Ageless Wisdom

In Ecclesiastes 11-12, Solomon reminds us that regardless of our age, none of us are getting any younger day by day; and along with this, he offers some wise counsel on living the days of our lives…wisely.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #11)-Go Ahead…Risk It!

Life is filled with risks, and Solomon gives us encouragement to take them, but also caution to take the right kind of risks.  Ecclesiastes 11 offers a challenge to not seek safe, comfortable, predictable lives, but to instead experience the “risk” of letting God direct our lives, our goals and our aspirations.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #10)-Don’t Be a Fool

Life is hard, and can make any of us look foolish; there are just too many variables we can’t control or don’t see coming.  Just as in Solomon’s day, the need for godly wisdom as we face life is an absolute necessity for every person.  Join us as we take an honest look at living “wisely” versus “foolishly” from Ecclesiastes 10.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #9)-Hope For Facing Life & Death

Not only is life hard (and illogical)…there is an appointment at the end of it that we all must keep.  Where do we get the daily hope we need to face both life’s everyday challenges as well as the ultimate end?  Solomon offers some comforting insight from Ecclesiastes 9.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #8)-Life Just Isn’t Fair

Life’s not fair…if you’ve ever thought (or said!) that, this week’s session is for you!  We look at why life doesn’t seem fair, and the advice Solomon offers us on how to deal with the inequities we all face.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #7)-When Life Is Hard

In Chapter 7 of Ecclesiastes, Solomon offers verse after verse of great advice on how to deal with the times when life is hard; especially when it seems “unfair” as it often does.

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Living Without Regrets Session #6 

Living Above The Sun -

Several dozen times, Solomon uses the term 'Life under the sun' in his 12 short chapters. The bottom line is, life under the sun doesn't hold any fulfillment or purpose for us. This week we discuss how we can get above the sun and live life on a level that we were created and intended to.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #5)-How To Deal With a Desert

Ever felt like you were in a “spiritual desert”, lonely, dry and barren?  God has a purpose in the “desert times” we all go through, and it may surprise you why He allows them and how he intends to use them.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #4)-Life Just Isn’t Fair

If you’ve ever thought that you were getting a raw deal in life circumstances, if you’ve ever questioned God as to “why” or “why now”; Ecclesiastes 4 is the chapter for you!  God does have a plan in place to help you deal with these questions, and its closer to you than you might think

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Living Without Regrets (Session #3)-The Seasons of Life

Every life has “seasons”; times of refreshing, and times of trials.  Solomon took a long view of these in Chapter 3, and gave us the secret to handling life’s up’s and down’s.  It has to do with focus and perspective.

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Living Without Regrets (Session #2)-What Works When Life Doesn’t?

Solomon, who was uniquely equipped to “experiment” with just about anything he desired; did so.  He tried finding fulfillment and satisfaction in the world, in his work and in his wealth; but came up short on all three.  There is a reason, and thankfully, there is also an answer to the question of, what works when life doesn’t?

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Living Without Regrets (Session #1)-Life Can Be a Bummer

The wisest, richest, most successful man of his day (and possibly of all history), struggled with the same feelings of frustration, futility and boredom with life that we all face from time to time.  We begin our study of his “personal journal” (The Book of Ecclesiastes) with an introductory look at what works when life doesn’t.

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:45pm EDT

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