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The Right Love Updated: 2011-10-30 21:03:57 Description: The Beatles make the musical statement: "All you need is love." In this message in our series on 2 Timothy, we counter with: "All you need is the right love". There is a world of difference between any love and the right love....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Always the Teacher Updated: 2011-10-25 21:57:28 Description: In times of controversy, we can teach others. At those moments when others oppose us, we can teach others. In the season where people are spouting opinions and not listening well, through patient understanding we can teach others. This sermon talks a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Talking Truth Updated: 2011-10-16 23:56:59 Description: This is the second message in the series focused on 2 Timothy. We are studying how we can ride the dangerous and confusing waves of cultural change coming upon us. This week we look at the seemingly simple topic of how to have a profitable conversati...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Make Disciples Updated: 2011-10-12 22:57:43 Description: With this message we start a new sermon series in 2 Timothy. We are looking at the waves of immoral and unethical behavior sweeping our country. But instead of decrying it, we find a blueprint for living that will help us live counter to this tidal w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming the Great Recession Part 3 - Casting Away Updated: 2011-10-04 18:21:42 Description: The cross is not just a place we cast away our sins. We can cast all our cares, worries and insecurities there as well. In addition, we don't have to keep allowing the Enemy of our souls to run amock with our emotions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Communion Service Updated: 2011-10-04 18:14:57 Description: Pastor Ken Brisco and the Worship Team lead us in worship and to the Communion table and Experience....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming the Great Recession - Part 2: Generosity Updated: 2011-09-26 14:56:00 Description: People imagine that during a time of economic hardship, generosity is the last thing we should be thinking about. But actually, the way the Kingdom of God works, this is the principle that could save your finances...and give you so much more influenc...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming the Great Recession - Simplify Updated: 2011-09-20 16:56:42 Description: As a nation, we are enduring the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Many are calling this the Great Recession, noting that it does not seem to have any end in sight. This message is the first of three where we note some biblical p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Living Mind Updated: 2011-09-12 15:00:51 Description: Our minds are subject to decay. But they can also grow. It is often the decisions we make daily that determine which direction our minds go. This sermon focuses on how to make the best decisions to cause our minds to live and grow....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Measuring Faith Updated: 2011-09-05 16:20:51 Description: People say they want "more faith", but do we even know how much we currently have? This message shows how we can measure the trust level we have with God and how that trust level can steadily increase....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Measuring Faith Updated: 2011-09-05 16:20:00 Description: People say they want "more faith", but do we even know how much we currently have? This message shows how we can measure the trust level we have with God and how that trust level can steadily increase....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seed Faith Updated: 2011-08-21 22:20:30 Description: What is Seed Faith? There are some who claim it has something to do with prosperity, and others who think it involves mental exercises. However, Seed Faith is all about how fast a person wants to grow in their relationship with God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healing Faith Updated: 2011-08-18 15:44:05 Description: The Bible is clear: There is a connection between healing and faith. But what is that connection and how may we enter into it? This message in the Living Faith series focuses on how faith and healing go together most of the time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sacrificial Faith Updated: 2011-08-12 03:30:14 Description: We will sacrifice anything for those we completely love and trust. We sacrifice very little for those we don't love and trust. This formula is the basis for our faith relationship with God as well. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Following Jesus Updated: 2011-07-24 19:07:01 Description: Every summer, our youth ministry does the entire worship service, including the sermon. This year, Mr. Brian Jang brings a message about counting the cost of following after God. This is a crazy, emotional and challenging message from a young man sol...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Breaking Faith Updated: 2011-07-19 23:38:48 Description: When we use the word "unfaithful", it often conjures images of marital infidelity or financial larceny. But there are many ways we can be unfaithful. However, all of the unfaithfulness in our lives has a common cause and similar consequences. It all ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heart and Mouth Faith Updated: 2011-07-13 23:56:32 Description: It's a common statement people make: "I didn't really mean what I said." Unfortunately, we always mean what we say. We don't like what we say and we are certainly embarrassed that certain things come out of our mouths. This message talks about the co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Working Faith Updated: 2011-07-07 01:38:24 Description: Just having faith doesn't mean a person will live any better or will have a good life. In fact, some people who claim to have faith live worse than others. How can we have a good inner belief system and a good outer life with what we do? This sermon ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptism: Freed from Sin's Power Updated: 2011-07-01 19:07:13 Description: No one has to be under the power of sin any longer. This message shows how the Baptism represents two very important milestones in the life of a believer: Death to the Old nature and the birth of a New way to walk in life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Father Heart of God Updated: 2011-06-24 21:32:30 Description: Listen to how much God cares for you....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Manifest Presence of God Updated: 2011-06-17 19:33:28 Description: When the Bible speaks of "The Presence of God" it most often does NOT mean the all-encompassing Omnipresence of God. In this message, we will explore what the Bible does mean and how every follower of Jesus can experience this presence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Age Power Updated: 2011-06-08 20:35:00 Description: Why does God do powerful thing in this world? Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to why that power shows up when it does. Or is there? In this sermon, we address the power of the age to come and why it seems so random. Also, we will be dealing wit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Age Investing Updated: 2011-06-01 22:12:53 Description: So few investments are paying off any more. Real estate, stocks, bonds, all have their down side and very little else. But in this message, we talk about an investment that cannot lose and how it can shape the way we spend every nickel....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Age Grace Updated: 2011-05-24 16:33:54 Description: There is Saving Grace and then there is Living Grace. On top of those is Glorified Grace. You can have all three if you want. All grace is free....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Age Bodies Updated: 2011-05-17 19:30:57 Description: We don't often consider that our bodies are supposed to serve a purpose right to the end of our lives. This message addresses that, and looks into the future at what our bodies will be like in the next age as well. Believe it or not, the two ag...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Age Living Updated: 2011-05-09 20:51:46 Description: When the Bible speaks of the Kingdom of God, there are two primary time periods it is referring to: The "now" age and the "not yet" age. This message introduces this new sermon series on how to live with an eye to both ages at the same time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Babies in God's Family Updated: 2011-04-25 22:38:59 Description: Most healthy families have a desire for babies. That is also true of God's family. This Easter service we saw 26 people receive Christ and become new members of God's family. This happened as a result of seven people being baptized and giving testimo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Needs and Opportunities Updated: 2011-04-24 23:59:29 Description: What do you see when you look at a person with needs? This is the heart of the teaching on being a family. Some people see opportunities and those are the people who change the world. Learn how to become one of them. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Story of 50 Years of Sobriety Updated: 2011-04-19 16:54:27 Description: Johnny, an alcoholic who has been sober for 50 years, tells a wonderful story of God's grace and our responsibility once we have received his grace. This was recorded at a recent AA conference held at Gateway....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Surgery Updated: 2011-04-13 18:44:26 Description: There are many things we should include others in if we want them to be successful. But perhaps the most crucial is the one we don't do: we often don't consider the role others can play in our spiritual growth. Spiritual Surgery is the process of cut...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Forgiveness Not Bitterness Updated: 2011-04-06 21:32:27 Description: There are moments we look back on and say "if only I hadn't done that, my life would be so different". Not only do we affect our own lives when we do certain things, but we also change the lives of those closest to us. This message helps us keep thos...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Equal Weights Updated: 2011-03-28 17:44:13 Description: Should parents provide everything for their kids, or should they expect their kids will fend for themselves? or perhaps it is somewhere in between. This message deals with the same question, only applying it to every member of God's family....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Burdens or Loads Updated: 2011-03-23 19:27:40 Description: When we hear the phrase "bear one another's burdens" it is likely we think of people's problems...health issues, financial difficulties, trouble with teens. But that is not what the verse in Galatians 6 is about. It is speaking about how to help ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Offices Updated: 2011-03-14 20:02:09 Description: There are voices in Christendom who question whether we need church leaders any more. But the section of the Bible we will look at today focuses on how leaders are labeled "Gifts of God". Listen to gain more appreciation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Each and Every One Updated: 2011-03-01 02:14:59 Description: When a half dozen teenagers thought it would be radically different to wear Hush Puppies in 1993 in New York City, the company was almost bankrupt. Those few teens inspired the rest of their friends to wear the slip-on shoe of their grandparents...an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Loyalty and Diversity Updated: 2011-02-23 00:24:49 Description: Every church measures "loyalty" differently. Some measure it by how often a person attends services, how much or often they give, how many ministries they attend or how dutifully they attend special meetings. But however a church measures loyalty, th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gatherings Updated: 2011-02-15 17:37:15 Description: God had a plan when he started the church. Has that original plan come into being, or is it still a long way off. In this message, we start a series of teachings on what the Bible says about the church. We will look at what it can be, what it has bee...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Heartburn Updated: 2011-02-08 04:34:19 Description: You know that moment when everything inside of you gets intense...and it is obvious God wants you to pay attention. Perhaps you do and maybe you haven't been clued into this...it's called "Spiritual Heartburn"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peace - Our Referee Updated: 2011-02-01 17:08:00 Description: Sometimes life comes at us at 140 mph. Not coincidentally, that is the same speed some great tennis players can serve. Other players have learned how to return serve even at those break-neck velocities. There is a way you and I can hear God and respo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Interpretation of God's Voice Updated: 2011-01-24 15:48:50 Description: We think it would be easier to hear God audibly. Yet, when the people of Jesus' day heard a voice from heaven they called it "thunder". Not much help. However, in this message, we explore which part of our being hears God and which part interprets wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is it My Voice, God's Voice or the Devil Updated: 2011-01-17 04:21:10 Description: When we teach on hearing God, the most common question is this: How do I know what I'm hearing is God? In this first message from a three-part series on simplifying the process of hearing God, Pastor Mike fleshes out the basics of telling the d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Redemption - The Art of Being Undragoned (Jonah 1-4) Updated: 2011-01-03 00:51:08 Description: Pastor Larry Yurk...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Relationships Updated: 2010-12-27 04:40:34 Description: It has been shown that having good friends is better than medicine for many ailments. Yet, the opposite is also true. The lack of good friends, or bad relationships, can add to physical problems and cause even more. We explore, in this message, the s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Christmas Updated: 2010-12-20 23:59:24 Description: It would be wrong to talk of simplifying our lives and not deal with the most complicated part of most people's lives - Christmas. We explore the simplest understanding of how to live and flourish during the Christmas festival....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Difficulties with People Updated: 2010-12-14 17:11:56 Description: Family, co-workers, neighbors - some of the most meaningful people in our lives. Yet, they also have the potential to cause most of the difficulties we will face in life. Is there a simpler way of acting in these situations? Jesus shows us how....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Wisdom Updated: 2010-12-06 04:42:24 Description: Rarely do we equate wisdom with simplicity; yet some of the greatest wisdom is the simplest. In this message, we focus our attention on the simplest wisdom and how to obtain it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Worry Updated: 2010-11-30 00:32:31 Description: Don't Worry....Be Happy. Is that really what it means to trust God...never to worry? Actually, there is a benefit to focus and concern that is missed by the vast majority of people. There is such a thing as too many worries, cares and concerns. This...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Righteous Living Updated: 2010-11-30 00:00:33 Description: It seems everyone has a different idea of what it looks like to be a good person. One person would focus on telling the truth, another person thinks it is a list of things they don't do, and still another has rules about how one worships God. Is ther...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Fun Updated: 2010-11-18 21:28:45 Description: Fun is not always acknowledged as a spiritual priority. But it is. This message takes a look at the complex world of entertainment and recreation and discerns and distills the essential core ingredients, especially as they relate to God's conce...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Decisions Updated: 2010-11-08 22:00:40 Description: Not even multi-million dollar football enterprises can make good decisions with all their personnel and financial resources. Yet sometimes a four-year old can make a good decision without all the insecurity and second-guessing we are all prone to. Is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Rest Updated: 2010-11-01 15:02:20 Description: Dr. William Dement calls it an epidemic of tired people. We are not a nation that knows how to rest. And the answer cannot be found simply in getting more sleep (though that would be a great by-product). This sermon gives the basics of rest and how o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Financial Goals Updated: 2010-10-26 20:29:44 Description: I asked a friend one time what his financial goals were. He said, "It's simple: My goal is to have finances every month". That may be over-simplification. In this message, we will be exploring how the Bible advises we view our financial realities and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Discontentment Updated: 2010-10-21 00:44:01 Description: Dr. Larry McKinney speaking on the subject of being discontent with a holy purpose....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Self Esteem Session 6 Updated: 2010-10-20 00:27:33 Description: Final session from the Women's Retreat 2010...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Self-Esteem Session 5 Updated: 2010-10-20 00:18:34 Description: From the Women's Retreat 2010....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplifying Spending Updated: 2010-10-11 16:17:36 Description: Even a 10 year old can understand that if he saves his allowance for several months instead of spending it, he has more options in life. In this message, one of life's poorest people gives a great example on how to simplify our spending....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Self Esteem Session 4 Updated: 2010-10-08 17:17:07 Description: This is the continuation of the Women's Retreat 2010...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Self Esteem Session 3 Updated: 2010-10-08 03:03:00 Description: This is the continuation of the Women's Retreat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Self Esteem Session 2 Updated: 2010-10-08 00:09:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond Self Esteem Session 1 Updated: 2010-10-07 23:48:25 Description: The Women's Ministry of Gateway Fellowship hosted a retreat from October 1-3, 2010 up in the High Sierra. These six messages follow the theme "Beyond Self Esteem". There were testimonies and stories shared that are not part of this podcast because we...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Simplify Vision Updated: 2010-10-04 02:21:23 Description: When management experts talk about vision for the future, they most often focus on planning and executing. This is all well and good, but all of us have learned that we cannot plan for the unexpected - and this is often what derails the best-laid pla...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Goal - Simplicity Updated: 2010-09-27 19:40:17 Description: This is the title message in the series "Simplifying our Lives". We peer inside the mind and heart of Jesus as he seeks to uncomplicate a situation that is charged with emotion and fraught with potential danger. His example can lead us to uncomplicat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Desertion Updated: 2010-09-20 22:22:47 Description: Desertion comes in many types and intensities. A player who stops playing hard is a small desertion, as is a friend who quits the bible study. But desertions can also be huge, such as adultery, murder and renouncing faith. This message applies to all...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Thirst Updated: 2010-09-14 17:01:37 Description: The thirst we experience spiritually is confusing to us. We often try and quench it through things that will never satisy. This message approaches the idea that only one thing can quench spiritual thirst and all the other things must be overcome....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming the Accuser Updated: 2010-09-06 21:25:59 Description: God won the battle over the enemy. The angels in Heaven won the battle over the enemy. So why do we have to fight? We do, and the reason for that is a good one. This message shows how to clearly win all the battles over our common enemy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Lukewarm - Part 2 Updated: 2010-08-29 22:36:03 Description: This is the continuation from last week's study in the Church of Laodicea. It can be listened to on its own or as a companion to last week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Lukewarm - Part 1 Updated: 2010-08-23 16:35:43 Description: This church of Laodicea has been preached on more than all the others combined. Probably because of this, the true understanding of what it means to be lukewarm has been forgotten. This message (Part 1) proposes the cause of lukewarmness and next mes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptisms Updated: 2010-08-23 16:30:36 Description: Testimonies from those baptized on August 22, 2010....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Helplessness Updated: 2010-08-16 03:28:21 Description: You can do everything correctly and things can still seem overwhelming to you. How do you overcome that? The church of Philadelphia gives us the answer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Failure Updated: 2010-08-09 17:45:03 Description: Each of us determines what we consider success and failure. And those considerations change as we get older, more experienced, go through life changes, etc. What does God consider a success and what do we do if He considers our current condition as f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Surrender Updated: 2010-08-03 15:47:00 Description: In the previous sermon, we spoke of how people compromise in daily life. But watching people do this can also affect you, even if you don't participate. Let's see how one church was challenged to overcome this....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Compromise Updated: 2010-07-26 18:18:00 Description: It is not difficult to spot how one goes from a night out with the girls to eventual abuse of alchol problems. But how does a girl go from envying someone's clothes closet to a life of prostitution? The answer is found in the true meaning of Compromi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming the Fear of Trouble Updated: 2010-07-18 22:20:00 Description: We often get the problem wrong as biblically defined. Just as it is the "love of money" that it is the root of all evil - and not "money" - so too, it is the Fear of a problem that causes failure, more than the problem itself. The solution to the fea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Selfishness Updated: 2010-07-14 18:34:00 Description: In the book of Revelation, we are given 9 promises of gifts God will give to "him who overcomes". We need each of these, but the promise is only to those who overcome. This series focuses on what makes a true Overcomer. The first message is on Overco...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Calling of America Updated: 2010-07-07 17:38:00 Description: Every nation has a purpose in God's plan. Every people group, ethnic group, language group, family church and individual has a Redemptive Purpose in the entire plan of God as well. This includes the United States. In this 4th of July message, we begi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Something Old, Something New (Baptismal Sermon) Updated: 2010-06-28 04:44:00 Description: This message explains the meaning and purpose of Baptism. The scripture is from Romans 6:1-4....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD English Testimonies Updated: 2010-06-28 04:42:00 Description: During our baptisms, a number of people did their testimony in English. Here are there stories....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spanish Testimonies Updated: 2010-06-28 04:40:00 Description: These are the testimonies of the eight testimonies of baptisms done in Spanish....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "I Do Not Set Aside the Grace of God" (Gal. 2 8-21) - Rev. Doug Swinborne Updated: 2010-06-20 19:00:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adventuring in Faith, Pastor Ray Van Gilst 6-13-2010 Updated: 2010-06-13 19:19:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Good News Updated: 2010-06-07 00:20:00 Description: Street preachers have a long and hallowed history. But, in recent years, the only ones still preaching on the streets are wide-eyed fanatics and those doing it with the express purpose of being annoying so that people will persecute them. But there i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Unpredictable You Updated: 2010-05-31 17:09:00 Description: Cleopatra was not one of the most beautiful women of her day. Many of her servants were considered much more beautiful. Yet she personally had world leaders clamoring to be with her and woo her. Why? As Julius Caesar said, you never knew what she was...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD God the Director Updated: 2010-05-24 14:19:00 Description: In this series on sharing our Faith, this message focuses on situations that allow us to easily bring the message around to a person's need for God. God sets these up...He is the Director of these scenes, and even though we don't see the script, he m...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meaning Updated: 2010-05-17 00:55:00 Description: When we introduce people to God, most people have some pretty straightforward questions. One of those questions we can honestly answer is "What meaning can my life have? This message shows how to introduce the subject of Meaning to many people in our...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Prodigal Daughter Updated: 2010-05-14 22:02:00 Description: A Mother's Day message with an unusual and helpful twist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Healing Preaches Updated: 2010-05-03 04:19:00 Description: God doesn't heal people just because He loves them. He heals for many purposes, but perhaps the main reason is to show the power and purpose of the Cross....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pointing Updated: 2010-04-21 16:28:00 Description: The process of introducing God to a godless world is not as difficult as one might think. In this second message in the series "The Visible God" we look at the simple process of pointing people to God. As simple as the act of pointing is, it is also ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Visible Updated: 2010-04-11 22:30:00 Description: Would it be easier for people to believe in God if He were visible? Though there are many who think that, actually it would be impossible for our minds to conceive of an infinite God as having any finite characteristics. Therefore, God has designed t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Resurrection Preaches Updated: 2010-04-05 04:28:00 Description: People can do all the preaching they want. The resurrection of Jesus preaches a sermon that tops them all. At the end of this message, an invitation was given for people to receive Christ and over 20 people made committments to follow Him. If you lis...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Time of God's Appearing Updated: 2010-03-29 02:44:00 Description: Is there a perfect plan that God has for each person's life? What happens if we don't live according to that plan...is it ruined? We will address these questions and a few more in this message focusing on the Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in All We Have Updated: 2010-03-27 23:53:00 Description: This is the final teaching on having a Partnership with God. This message talks about all we have and all we will have and describes the attitude that can change our lives and the world around us. It was recorded in two parts...the first part was in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Intimacy Updated: 2010-03-14 21:14:00 Description: Of all the ways in which the Christian walk is a partnership between us and God, the skill of intimacy with God reigns supreme. For, if we cannot be intimate with God, all the other partnerships are not going to happen. This message focuses on the tw...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Sharing your Faith Updated: 2010-03-07 22:42:00 Description: Only 10% of all believers in Jesus Christ ever share their faith with other people. There is a reason for this, and it is not as difficult a solution as you may think. This message talks about the partnership in sharing your faith that will change th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Change Updated: 2010-03-01 16:16:00 Description: One television event more common than it ought to be is the public confession of sin. We see politicians, sports stars, evangelists and movie stars repenting before the general public. Few people really believe in the words spoken at these events: We...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Praying for Missionaries Updated: 2010-02-25 23:37:00 Description: Several times a year, we at Gateway Fellowship focus on the worldwide mission of the Church. In this message, we feature the teaching and testimony of Rev. Bob Boston, missionary with his wife Brenda in the South American country of Paraguay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Conversation About Networks Updated: 2010-02-19 01:11:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Intercession Updated: 2010-01-31 22:58:00 Description: There are people who believe that prayer is just for those who want to relate closer to God. But prayer is a dynamic partnership where some of the most vital and intriguing changes happen. Intercessory prayer, as we will learn, means to pray what God...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Power - Part 2 Updated: 2010-01-25 17:26:00 Description: In the previous message, we looked at the responsibility we all have in living with and operating around God's power. This week, we show where anyone can start in this encounter with the wonder-working power of God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Power - Part 1 Updated: 2010-01-19 15:51:00 Description: The power to heal, the power to speak prophetic words, the power to enact miracles - all of these powers originate with God. But God will not force his miraculous gifts upon anyone. We must receive them and then give them out in obedience. God will s...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partnership in Holiness Updated: 2010-01-12 21:47:00 Description: As we look at all the ways in which God must partner with us, perhaps the most critical has to do with holiness/sanctification. This message explores the mechanics of how we become more holy through a partnership with God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD evangelistic intercession -- part two Updated: 2010-01-07 20:02:00 Description: This is simply a continuation of the school of intercession with an emphasis on evangelism....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Evangelistic Intercession -- part one Updated: 2010-01-07 19:51:00 Description: This is the first part of the seminar on evangelistic intercession, presented as part of our school of intercession held every two months at Gateway Fellowship. our next school of intercession will be held at the end of February 2010....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Union of God and Man Updated: 2010-01-05 17:09:00 Description: This is the first message in a new teaching series called "The Union". In this series, we explore the things that cannot happen properly unless there is a distinct and complete union between God and man. This first message lays out the reas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Faith Cure - Hebrews 11:5-6 Updated: 2009-12-29 19:14:00 Description: Faith is much simpler than memorizing a list of beliefs or convincing yourself God will heal you. Faith is a relationship with God where we trust Him and therefore act upon His leading hand. Those who trust in the Lord come alive inside and when they...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Old Cider House Rules - Christmas Eve 2009 Updated: 2009-12-26 19:37:00 Description: Beginning with an unpublished Christmas miracle story, we then jump into the very nature of what it means to have God come and visit us here on Planet Man. Some startling revelations and insights to keep you warm and thinking clearly during the holid...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Submission Cure Updated: 2009-12-22 19:20:00 Description: Just as there are several things that contribute to our spiritual being becoming sleepy, there are also several ways we can cure this condition. The act of submitting to God is more than just an act of obedience - it also warms up that cold place in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Nurturing Cure Updated: 2009-12-13 22:58:00 Description: All of us who want to get closer to God and experience God's voice and presence need to focus on who we spend time with in life. If we are surrounding ourselves with nurturing, healthy people, it will cause more growth to happen than if our influence...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Evangelistic Intercession - School of Intercession Updated: 2009-12-12 00:28:00 Description: In this December 10 teaching from the School of Intercession, we focus on how we can dramatically impact people's lives who do not have a relationship with God. There are actually five ways addressed in this seminar:1. That the eyes of their heart wi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD By His Stripes We Are Healed Updated: 2009-12-11 23:34:00 Description: During this Communion/Healing service Pastor Larry Yurk goes through the biblical foundation for God's Healing power in our lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thanksgiving Cure Updated: 2009-12-03 13:25:00 Description: As we continue to look at the cures for Spiritual Sleepiness, we encounter the gentlest cure of them all: The Cure of Thanksgiving....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Worship as a Cure Updated: 2009-11-24 18:10:00 Description: As Matt Redman calls out on our behalf, "I'm coming back to the heart of worship". At the heart of worship is a cure for the spiritual sleepiness that ails us. But someone will say "worship is one of the hardest things to do when we're...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Too Many Soul Ties Updated: 2009-11-16 03:31:00 Description: A soul-tie can be defined as two people linking to each other through shared emotional connections, shared experiences and similar shared values. God said that it is good we not be alone, but too many soul-ties (and especially soul ties that result f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lack of a Father's Nurture Updated: 2009-11-10 15:51:00 Description: Many of the factors which lead to a person having Spiritual Sleepiness result from bad choices. But there is one factor which doesn't seem to involve bad choices: An absent father. But the effect it has on a child regarding our relationship with God ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sleepiness From Rebellion Updated: 2009-11-03 00:09:00 Description: In this series on Spiritual Sleepiness, we begin looking at the three primary causes of this type of spiritual problem. This first one is exemplified in the life of Samson. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Sleepiness Updated: 2009-10-26 04:43:00 Description: This is the first message in an 8 part series focusing on the critical problem affecting Christians today called "Spiritual Sleepiness". In this message, we look at what this condition really is and how it looks from the inside out. Conditi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tying up Loose Ends Updated: 2009-10-19 22:10:00 Description: There is a proper way to read the end of a New Testament book and we will learn in this message how to do that. But more importantly, we focus on the meaning of the phrase 'Eternal Life' and what it offers to all men. At the end of the message at our...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Burdens and Loads Updated: 2009-10-12 23:01:00 Description: There are many people who feel weighted down by their own mistakes, by life's difficulties and by the changes life often brings. Some people make those burdens worse...but there are some people who help to lift the burdens off others. When you learn ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flesh Choice Updated: 2009-10-05 02:58:00 Description: Most Christians, when asked, assume that the reference to the "flesh" in the Bible refers to sin. But there is a lot to the flesh that may seem virtuous, godly and reverent...and still be in the flesh. This is a contrast study between the F...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Your Serve Updated: 2009-09-28 16:32:00 Description: We most often think of "service" jobs as the lowest rung on the corporate job ladder. But in God's Kingdom, service is the key to fulfillment and happiness. Though we may admit that the Bible says this, we often don't really believe it. Thi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Born Free Updated: 2009-09-13 22:35:00 Description: The book of Galatians focuses on the dangers of adding laws and rules to the essentials of the Gospel message. But we also run the risk of allowing our freedom to head into territory that is unsafe, unwise and unhealthy. How can a believer find a bal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Energy Crisis Updated: 2009-09-08 14:45:00 Description: The energy we expend daily is running thin. Perhaps this is because too many things are now vying for a share of that energy. Not only that, but at the last minute, crises and calls for help can max out our energy resource pool. This message takes a ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Choice Servants Updated: 2009-08-31 16:52:00 Description: You'll hear it clearly through the story and the testimony from this service focused on serving: We don't need more people; we need more good people....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dark Art of a Wife Updated: 2009-08-28 20:54:00 Description: I say I can't find something in a drawer. My wife says "You look like a man"...meaning "You look through stuff like a man does". She goes over to the drawer and finds it in 4 seconds. Erwin McManus in this clip explains why....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Scoop Updated: 2009-08-24 18:49:00 Description: In a world obsessed with what they see on the "outside" of people, this Inside Edition is really going "inside" to see what can really change when our insides are rearranged....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Divine Love Updated: 2009-08-17 04:10:00 Description: The youth ministry of Gateway Fellowship is called "Flipt 180". In this 10 a.m. service, our message was a combination of some incredible testimonies and a dynamic spirit-filled message from Brian Jang, a Junior at Inderkum High School....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Goodbye Nanny Updated: 2009-08-11 00:03:00 Description: What do drinking, playing musical instruments in church, playing poker and working in a baseball stadium all have in common? At one time or another, all of these have been used as reasons to exclude people from Christianity. In this message from Gala...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trust First Updated: 2009-08-03 16:59:00 Description: Is there really a way to measure if you have enough faith for the future? In order to measure this, we must know what it is we're measuring. And to do that, we must understand how faith works in everyday life. It starts with trust and ends with bless...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hypocrites Exposed Updated: 2009-07-19 23:20:00 Description: Perhaps you've heard the well-worn criticism: "The church is full of hypocrites". In this message, we're going to take a different look at hypocrisy and in the process discover two things: First, the existence of hypocrisy is actually an in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Imperfect People - Perfect Solutions Updated: 2009-07-13 04:28:00 Description: No one relishes church fights. There are some who see problems in the church and decide to leave because it is much easier than working them out. This message deals with the perfect solutions related to imperfect people....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD School of Intercession - The Prayer of Authority Updated: 2009-07-13 04:02:00 Description: This seminar gives five of the six settings for praying with authority. We have removed the parts of the session where people stop and pray. But you may want to stop the recording when you get to that part. Or, better yet, have a partner with you whe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dramatic Changes Updated: 2009-07-06 02:41:00 Description: In this message, we go through some of the processes involved with Interpreting Scripture. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Life's Pleasant Boundaries Updated: 2009-06-30 14:48:00 Description: This is the second message in a series of inductive studies in the book of Galatians. The purpose of the series is to teach skills of studying the Bible for personal benefit. The first half of the message is inductive study and the second half is a p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Real Good News Updated: 2009-06-22 16:19:00 Description: Every three years, we cover the five basic skills that every Christian needs to perfect to live a pleasing and rewarding life in God. One of those five skills is the ability to read the Bible and learn from it yourself. This is the first messag...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oh the Humanity Updated: 2009-06-16 23:14:00 Description: Pastor Rick tried some new and innovative ideas in this message...including interaction with the congregation, allowing them also to talk to each other. Because of this, half of the message could not be recorded. But we have the essential aspect of i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bible Profits Updated: 2009-06-07 21:55:00 Description: We begin the summer of study into how you can learn the Bible for yourself with effectiveness and joy. Before looking at "how" to do it, we will look this morning on how the Bible can benefit your life when you learn to learn from it proper...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Familiar with the Bible Updated: 2009-06-02 17:32:00 Description: This is the first of two pre-messages in our summer series "A Summer with the Good Book". Pastor Larry Yurk kicks this off with his message and Pastor Mike Phillips will continue next Sunday in getting us ready for the Book of Galatians. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Don't Have No Clue Updated: 2009-06-02 16:09:00 Description: Every two years, the Christian and Missionary Alliance (the Movement our church is part of) meets for vision, strategy and spiritual refreshing. This past week, we met in Louisville, KY for 6 days. I was honored to give the Thursday night message to ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Faith and Vision Updated: 2009-05-25 15:15:00 Description: How are Faith and Vision interrelated? This glimpse at the life of Abraham is the greatest and most profound example of how faith can radically change how we view and live out our personal vision in life. This is the last message in the series on Per...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Vision Lifestyle Updated: 2009-05-17 21:31:00 Description: One of the most dangerous moments in a man's life is that year after he retires. Many men actually do not survive three years after leaving employment. The reasons are many, but one stands out clearly: When a person does not have a vision for where t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Restoring a Derailed Vision Updated: 2009-05-11 16:16:00 Description: When a train goes off the track, the cost to fix this disaster is often many times the value of the train itself. But the railways fixes the mess so that future shipments will not be impeded. In this message on Personal Vision, we look at what needs ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Course Adjustments Updated: 2009-04-19 20:38:00 Description: All the Apollo spacecraft, right before re-entering the atmosphere, would make course adjustments to align them perfectly with the right angle to make it home safely. In the same way, only God knows the best route for each of us to make our way to hi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Mentor Updated: 2009-04-07 23:40:00 Description: Our tendency is to treat our personal vision and life burdens alone. We are not inclined to assume that others would want to share those visions or to help us fulfill them. But God's plan is much different: rarely does he allow any of his children to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Freed to Free Updated: 2009-03-30 15:14:00 Description: This message begins with the reading of one of the world's most recognizable books on the human condition and ends with a recognition that we all live in the same place - we just don't live the same way. As we each seek that perfect path for our live...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Timing Updated: 2009-03-22 20:28:00 Description: The difference between a great golf hit and a poor one is often less than a tenth of a second of timing on the wrist turn. That small of a timing problem can seem overwhelming. The same thing is true when we look at our personal vision and direction ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Obedience Updated: 2009-03-16 04:06:00 Description: In the previous teaching, we examined what burdens can be to our lives; the building blocks of personal vision. The sad and sometimes frightening reality is that many people will never see the burdens give birth to vision. This is because they are mi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Burdened Updated: 2009-03-08 21:26:00 Description: Where does personal vision really start? Do we have to find a road laid out in front of us, an overarching plan carved in marble? Are the beginnings of a vision humble or exotic? This message begins to find the nuts and bolts of developing personal v...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD God's Roadblocks Updated: 2009-03-01 23:27:00 Description: The hero in an action adventure movie is approaching a police roadblock. What are the odds that he will slow down, stop or approach the barrier with caution? Exactly - next to none! We are taught that roadblocks in life are for overcoming. But what i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building the Lord's House Updated: 2009-02-25 23:37:00 Description: This sermon was given by Pastor Rick Gall and is based upon Haggai Chapter one....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vision Starts Here Updated: 2009-02-16 05:01:00 Description: Isaac newton said, "If I have seen farther than others, it was because I was standing on the shoulders of giants". In this, he exemplifies what it really means to have vision for life. But as we will learn in this message, even he couldn't ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prophetic Celebrations Updated: 2009-02-09 17:50:00 Description: Your friends are excited about it; but somehow you feel the opposite. Then there are things that really make your heart sing, and the people around you are not happy with those same things. In this case, it is not because you are strange, but because...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Celebrating Communion Updated: 2009-02-04 05:50:00 Description: The longest running celebration in history is almost 2,000 years old and has been celebrated every day since. If you would like to know how and why to celebrate this meal with your friends, listen to this message....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Honor Guard Updated: 2009-01-25 20:55:00 Description: The kid dreams about hitting the home run that wins the world series. The writer envisions the Pulitzer Prize. We all want to be honored by others. But with this sermon, we learn from Jesus that honoring others may be even more satisfying.For those w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gratitude Lives Updated: 2009-01-18 22:31:00 Description: The essential truth in this message centers on this: You cannot be grateful and have a sense of entitlement at the same time. It is impossible. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Love Coverup Updated: 2009-01-05 05:58:00 Description: Love is both something to celebrate and the one thing that can make life truly worth celebrating. How does that work?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hope Floats Updated: 2008-12-29 19:00:00 Description: In this series on celebrating, most of what we have studied relates to good times. But how does one celebrate when life is bad? There is a secret to it all - and it must be a secret since so few people know it - and we learn it from what some people ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Celebrate Giving Updated: 2008-12-22 03:23:00 Description: We often think that we give to bless someone else. But this message shows us that giving delivers us from fear and reveals our calling and character....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holiday Purpose Updated: 2008-12-16 19:02:00 Description: This is the second message in the series "The Art of Celebration". This message features the formation of a new holiday in the book of Esther and what that shows us about finding purpose in all our holidays and feasts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Celebrating Victories Updated: 2008-12-08 03:21:00 Description: A football quarterback named Gus Ferotte scored a touchdown several years ago and was extremely excited. To celebrate, he bashed his head (with the helmet on) against the wall in the endzone. He cracked his neck and gave himself a season-ending concu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dealing With Evil Updated: 2008-11-30 22:58:00 Description: Are you one of the people whose motto is "I went out to conquer the world and something shiny distracted me"? This message is all about distractions, something we all have to learn to get over. And life's major distraction is the existence ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Leash Updated: 2008-11-27 01:04:00 Description: Everyone is thankful when the owner of a large dog walks him with a thick leash. Did you know that God has a leash? And do you know what is on the other end of it? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rebellion Updated: 2008-11-17 00:43:00 Description: In Christianity, the phrase "The Imminent Return of Christ" often means that Jesus can return at any time. But the passage we will be studying suggests that certain things have to happen before His return. But the real focus of this sermon ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Restoring Peter Updated: 2008-11-11 22:30:00 Description: All of Jesus' followers were ecstatic that He had risen from the dead. Well, not all. One of them, Simon Peter, was morose that he above all had failed Jesus. In this message, we will see how Jesus restored him. That process of restoration can be our...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD To Be or Not To Be Updated: 2008-10-27 01:05:00 Description: In Hamlet, the title character asks the question: "To Be or Not To Be?" He is asking himself whether he wanted to live any more or not. And maybe his question is much larger than we think. Do you want to really live? And who can tell us how...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Justice Served Updated: 2008-10-19 21:35:00 Description: There is so much in life that is "not fair". We can see so many situations that are just not right and so many people who start out in life at a huge disadvantage. Does God care when life is not fair? This message points out the difference ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sleepy Souls Awake Updated: 2008-10-12 22:06:00 Description: The days ahead may prove to be the most challenging to our country in a generation. How will we handle them? In times of crisis, it really shows who is walking in the light and who is fumbling around in the darkness. Which are you?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Panic Prevention Updated: 2008-10-05 21:51:00 Description: All the Treasury Secretary had to say were the words "panic in the banking sector" and everyone wanted to throw money at banks to make the panic go away. We often want to avoid that feeling of being powerless, no matter what it costs. But t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Encouragement Updated: 2008-09-29 17:25:00 Description: Do you know the guy who has the future all figured out? Or maybe the preacher who is sure they know when Jesus will return? Or the Great-Aunt who is positive the rapture is going to happen in 2012? Well, none of them are going to like this message. F...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD People Joy Updated: 2008-09-22 18:42:00 Description: Seemingly, there are no guarantees in life. But in this sermon, a core message in the "Presentfuture" series, we will come as close as possible to outlining how you can experience real joy that will last. This is no hype: This works every t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Angry God - September 14 2008 Updated: 2008-09-18 02:08:00 Description: Since God has forgiven the sins of all men, why does God still get angry? Or does He? We will explore what God gets angry at and why. More importantly, we will look at what we can do about that. This is the second message in the "Presentfuture&q...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Glory Hounds - August 31 2008 Updated: 2008-09-01 16:51:00 Description: This is the final message in the series "CSI". In this look at our nature and purpose as humans, we examine the calling and possibilities that we have when others see something of God in our lives. But there is a right way and a wrong way t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Freedom Updated: 2008-08-25 03:49:00 Description: This is a very unusual message. Members of our Encuentro Hispano ministry here at Gateway joined us for the service. Pastor Ken translated as Pastor Mike preaches. This is the 8th message in the series on "CSI: Who Are We" and features the ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Transforming Community Updated: 2008-08-19 16:56:00 Description: This message is the seventh in the series "CSI: Who are We?" From the outset, mankind has made two mistakes when it comes to transforming our lives to become moral. First, we develop systems where we do it all ourselves - pull ourselves up ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Equipping Updated: 2008-08-12 16:53:00 Description: This is the sixth message in the series "CSI: Who are We?" We have already established that God created us, that he helped us work through the issue of sin and the awful way we think about ourselves and others. We learned that we are his pa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD diversifying Updated: 2008-08-05 19:26:00 Description: We live in a diverse community and our church should reflect that diversity. Hear what Pastor Rick has to say about achieving that from Ephesians 2:11-22....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Partners Updated: 2008-07-29 17:42:00 Description: Why would God need a partner? Is he running low on cash? Has his ideas well run dry? Maybe God's energy levels are flagging? Obviously, none of those answers makes sense. Yet, God clearly shows us he wants us to partner with him in this Great Venture...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD We Are Atoned Updated: 2008-07-21 04:26:00 Description: Once again, we couldn't adjust the maximum volume on this recording. But if you turn it down yourself, it should be fine. This message is the third one in the series "CSI: Who Are You". Having established that humans are free-choosing creat...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventy Times Seven Relationships (for Men) Updated: 2008-07-15 02:44:00 Description: Pastor Ray Van Gilst shares with the Men's Ministry of Gateway Fellowship at this summer barbecue. He shares the truth found in Matthew 19 and the story of forgiveness ... both forgiveness offered and received. This message is for more than jus...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Moral Agents July 13 2008 Updated: 2008-07-13 21:55:00 Description: One of the twentieth century's most influential atheists stated that his primary criticism of the church is that it assumes that only believers in God have moral values. He claimed that everyone has basic moral values. Perhaps he thought he was being...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Who Are We Humans - July 6 2008 Updated: 2008-07-06 21:48:00 Description: CSI always starts with Roger Daughtry singing "Who are You". That's how we start this sermon series: "Who are you?" This message is the first in the series where we focus on who we are as human beings. Basic, simple understanding ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spur One Another On Updated: 2008-07-02 19:48:00 Description: Two and a half years ago, Gateway Fellowship planted a new church in Roseville which is affectionately referred to as G2; (they actually refer to us affectionately as G1). The pastor of that church, Mike Marczak delivers this message as he speaks fro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spicy Creating Updated: 2008-06-23 15:52:00 Description: What do Jimi Hendrix, shadow boxes, vintage 57 Chevys and Field of Dreams have in common? They all point to one of God's most exciting attributes: He is the Creator. In this final message in the series "Spicy Living" we explore what it woul...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Salting the Generations Updated: 2008-06-17 20:54:00 Description: Teaching is only one way that we pass on information from one generation to the next. Being salt on this earth means we should become craftsmen in the art of passing good things along....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Chance Lovers Updated: 2008-06-09 03:23:00 Description: Second chances in life can be very confusing. Who deserves a second chance? When should it be given or not given? We will learn in this message that Second Chances can be one of life's greatest teaching opportunities if practiced with care and expert...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Comfortable? Updated: 2008-06-04 00:05:00 Description: We go out of our way to make visitors to our home comfortable. We want them to know they are welcome to be part of our lives and to share, however briefly, in the best our lives have to offer. But the ones who need comfort are often far from us emoti...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spicy Joy Updated: 2008-05-25 19:42:00 Description: Joy and happiness are not the same thing at all. But they are often mistaken for each other. In this message, we explore how it is possible, and even necessary, to exhibit and experience Joy consistently in our lives. Even in the midst of pain....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What's In A Name - May 18, 2008 Updated: 2008-05-18 22:22:00 Description: The Patriarch Jacob was named 'Deceiver' and it defined his life until one incredible encounter with God changed all that. God redefined him with a new name and God wants to give you a new name. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crossing Boundaries 5-11-08 Updated: 2008-05-11 19:14:00 Description: There are many kinds of relational boundaries in this world: Gender, age, race, religion, gang affiliation, language, ... so many boundaries creating so many difficulties in our world. But in this passage we study this morning, there will be a perspe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Patience Is Not Waiting - 04-27--08 Updated: 2008-04-27 19:21:00 Description: We are so afraid to ask God to give us patience. This is because we're afraid that he will dump the worst junk into our lives and then tell us to just be patient with it all. But what if that was not patience? In this message we will look at how to b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Out of Your League (04-20-08) Updated: 2008-04-20 19:18:00 Description: This second message in the "Spicy Living" sermon series focuses on the Spice of Caring. God gives a privilege to the Righteous Ones to care for His needs as they are found in elements of society that others have neglected. In the end, this ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD We Are Salt Updated: 2008-04-15 15:48:00 Description: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus asks a question for which he expects no answer: "What can salt do if it isn't salty any more?" The reason he doesn't expect an answer is that salt never becomes non-salty. In the same respect, the believer ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD We're all Building This Boat Updated: 2008-04-01 15:54:00 Description: Today's Christian thinks of themselves in terms of their individual growth and happiness. That is not primarily how the Church was originally designed to run. This message focuses on how the Body of Christ can really build itself up and see growth th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Voice from the Afterlife Updated: 2008-03-24 18:18:00 Description: One smart aleck college student asked: "I'm not interested in life after death; I'm interested in life before life after death". That statement represents some of the population. But a much higher percentage of the population want to know w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cleaning out the Temple Updated: 2008-03-18 16:27:00 Description: On what we call Palm Sunday, Jesus came to the Temple in Jerusalem and turned everything upside down - both literally and figuratively. The Bible also tells us that God does not live in temples made by hands. The temple of God now is the believer in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trust (March 9, 2008) Updated: 2008-03-11 16:07:00 Description: The tension between wanting to trust someone and not knowing who we can trust can cause many problems. But in this drive to change and be agents of change, there must at least be a faith/trust in God that endures. In this message, we explore why that...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reinforcements (3-02-08) Updated: 2008-03-05 00:01:00 Description: The road to change is sometimes smooth, but most often it faces opposition at many stages. The greatest reinforcement we have is the Holy Spirit. This message focuses on the help the Spirit gives us as we pray for change and make the initial steps to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Engaging (2-24-08) Updated: 2008-02-27 16:33:00 Description: The time has come to discuss how we are going to take the real changes that God has placed in our life and engage with the evil we find all around us: Including our own family trees. This message will take up the cause of engaging the evil in this wo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reconnaisance (2-18-08) Updated: 2008-02-19 18:20:00 Description: Once God begins to communicate his burden to you (as in "My yoke is easy and my burden is light), it is then time to take it out into real life. In order to make us successful in the fulfillment of His calling, God helps us with the Burdens by g...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coded Orders Updated: 2008-01-28 23:32:00 Description: Coded orders are given to a military unit because they are for their eyes only. In the Kingdom of God, it is not so much that God wants to keep secrets as much as He wants every person to concentrate on the particular assignments He gives them and no...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Intelligence (1-13-08) Updated: 2008-01-17 01:52:00 Description: Our goal is to see changes happen in our lives. God's goal goes deeper than that. Not only does God want to see change, but He wants it to be exactly the right change that our lives need right now. Only God has that kind of intelligence to understand...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Change Commander (1-08-08) Updated: 2008-01-08 18:58:00 Description: This message begins a brand-new sermon series, exploring and explaining the foundation of Gateway Fellowship's viewpoint on personal change as a Christian and the role that Intercessory Prayer plays with that. The series is called "The Delta For...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Holy Holy (12-30-07) Updated: 2008-01-08 18:41:00 Description: Pastor Rick Gall of Gateway Fellowship explores the meaning behind Isaiah chapter 6....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stories of Christmas Updated: 2007-12-27 17:19:00 Description: This message focuses on the Government of Jesus as He comes to make his Presence felt in the world. We also have two readings from a collection of stories that were never published about God's miracle working power at Christmas. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Angels Teach us to Party Updated: 2007-12-23 23:40:00 Description: Angels are messengers sent by God to announce the mighty works of God. They have been in that capacity since they were created. And they know how to party. In this final message on "The Jesus Party" we look at what the angels get excited ab...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jesus Brings the Wine - 12-16-07 Updated: 2007-12-18 01:45:00 Description: When Jesus performed his first miracle at a wedding in Galilee, the Gospel writer John mentions that this was a sign. The word "sign" means something of importance which has deeper meaning. This miracle, performed at a party, tells us so mu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Party Animals or Party Poopers (12-9-07) Updated: 2007-12-10 21:39:00 Description: In this second message in the series titled "The Jesus Party" we explore the parable of the Prodigal Son. In this instance, we look not at the return home of the wayward one but rather the celebratory reaction of the father and the poopish ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptismal Testimonies Updated: 2007-12-10 21:31:00 Description: During this regular service of Gateway Fellowship, the entire second half of the service was devoted to the stories of people whose lives were changed by God and wanted to reflect that by being baptized. After these testimonies, Pastor Mike gave a in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Two Parties - 12-2-07 Updated: 2007-12-03 05:27:00 Description: From the beginning of time, God has thrown a party for His people. But at the very time when God began to offer the party to us, another party began. This party was unlike God's party. It promised more than it could deliver...in fact, all it delivers...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Principles of a Healthy Mind (11-18-07) Updated: 2007-11-19 18:45:00 Description: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is given the task of investigating and cleaning up areas of toxic waste and poison to the environment. But that only applies to the physical world. Who will clean up the toxic attitudes that infest our workpl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Detours and Delays Updated: 2007-11-12 04:51:00 Description: In our lives, we make decisions and we live by those decisions, but even with the most well-prayed and well-thought out plans, there are delays and detours that cannot be avoided. Some of these delays are from God and some of the detours are not. But...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Decisive Living Updated: 2007-11-05 23:34:00 Description: Those who have made their living with bold decisions will always tell you that living boldly is the way to go. Those who have thrived with caution and careful planning will tell you that caution is a virtue. But when we look at what it means to live ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Difficulties Updated: 2007-10-21 21:27:00 Description: Life is full of difficult decisions: Relationship decisions, health decisions, location, vocation and legal decisions. Many times we think we are making the best decisions only to have them turn out as disasters. In this three-part series we will loo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Continuing to Keep a Clean Soul Updated: 2007-10-15 20:37:00 Description: Builders of new homes in America cannot allow mold to exist in any quantity or form, or else they face the threat of lawsuit. Mold is a greater problem than almost anything else facing a homeowner because it is a living organism, and if left to flour...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Transfer of Authority Updated: 2007-10-07 21:48:00 Description: One complaint of many church-goers is that some in leadership in churches use their authority to control or manipulate others. But the alternative to that is to have a church where there is no authority. In this message we will examine the spiritual ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Your Soul, the Warrior Updated: 2007-10-01 11:54:00 Description: Do you feel like there are days that you fight an internal battle you just aren't winning? Perhaps the battle isn't against any particular sin or temptation, but ideas, emotions and attitudes that just won't quit and are fighting against the peace we...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Worship is Also for the Soul Updated: 2007-09-24 15:06:00 Description: Though John 4 does tell us that God is seeking those who will worship in "spirit and in truth", this does not mean that worship leaves out the soul. In actuality, the soul reaps many benefits from worship. Come explore Psalm 103 and see how...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Connecting to the Anchor for the Soul Updated: 2007-09-17 03:19:00 Description: Back in 2000, one of the most well-read magazines in the country published their annual issue of the 50 most Popular people in the world. On that list were at least 20 people who would not make the list five years later. Popularity is like that; and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Finding Good Soul Food Updated: 2007-09-10 04:50:00 Description: Chris Webber, formerly a basketball player for the Sacramento Kings, once commented that the only thing he didn't like about Sacramento is its dearth of good soul food restaurants. That's a problem most of us face as well. Where does one go to find g...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Sabbath for the Sake of Your Soul Updated: 2007-08-27 13:57:00 Description: Church fights have been precipitated on the issue of the Sabbath. The dividing line between denominations has swirled around the Sabbath. Many of Jesus' most heated discussions with Jewish leaders had to do with the Sabbath. Maybe God's idea of one d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Times of Refreshing For Your Soul Updated: 2007-08-20 22:39:00 Description: There are two kinds of boredom. There is the boredom where there really is nothing to do. That can easily be relieved unless you're in Algebra at 8 a.m. or your radio receiver can only get the All-Polka station. But the other kind of boredom is actua...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Enjoyable Obligations of the Soul Updated: 2007-08-13 16:54:00 Description: Not only do people have things for us to do, they have things for us to care about. During the first Gulf War, people were watching CNN 18-20 hours a day, and found they lost jobs, marriages and peace of mind following the burden of war around ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sleep - Where Your Soul is Renewed Updated: 2007-08-06 01:50:00 Description: Pastor Jack Hayford of "Church on the Way" in Van Nuys has said that much debilitating spiritual warfare could be reduced or eliminated if God's people learned to get a good night's sleep. Noted sleep researcher, William Dement has said tha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Contentment is the Off-Switch for Your Soul Updated: 2007-07-29 22:45:00 Description: Imagine that our desires are like the bull in the field with all the cows. How do you get him to want to leave such a desirable place when he seems made for the occasion? Or your television has so many program offerings and only 24 hours in the day t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hope is Gatorade for the Soul Updated: 2007-07-24 14:21:00 Description: Hopelessness is a cancer to the soul. It feeds off of every good thing in the soul and makes a mockery of it all. But the person who is caught up in the web of this hopelessness usually has no strength left to fight it off. That is exactly why God cr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Having a Meet and Greet With Your Own Soul Updated: 2007-07-17 00:48:00 Description: We have hundreds of home testing kits to let us know what is happening with our bodies. But where are the tests for our souls? The soul is that amazing bridge between the physical and spirit realms. The soul is the central core of our being, the part...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why Love Can Be So Difficult Updated: 2007-07-02 15:49:00 Description: A young girl wrote an online advice columnist complaining her parents were opposed to her seeing her much older boyfriend she had met online. "But I get knots in my stomach when we're together. He makes me feel dizzy and I sometimes even feel fa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Even Love Has Its Battle Line Updated: 2007-06-25 03:32:00 Description: The Sixties culture told us there were only two alternatives: Make Love, Not War. So is it either love or fight? It is possible to make love and war at the same time...but it's not what you think. We don't often associate love with conflict, and for ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Living Out Of Your Glory Updated: 2007-06-18 16:47:00 Description: In this Father's Day message, Pastor Larry Yurk gives us a biblical perspective on the creation of Man and the glory of God...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Darkness of Fickle Loves Updated: 2007-06-14 04:12:00 Description: This message is not contained in its entirety on this recording...but almost. We are missing a few minutes at the beginning and a two-minute stretch in the middle. We thought about filling it with light elevator music or maybe something from Flogging...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pornography Answers Updated: 2007-06-08 03:42:00 Description: This seminar was run on Monday June 4 at Gateway Fellowship Church in Sacramento. It is one in a series of messages this year on sexual issues for men. Several illustrations were cut out of the final tape because of privacy issues and an inability to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptismal Service and Gospel Presentation Updated: 2007-06-04 03:38:00 Description: In this very special service from Gateway Fellowship, we feature four of our teenagers who are giving their lives to Jesus in Baptism. Pastor Rick Gall gives the message from John 3 as he explains the simplicity of believing in God. Also during this ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Is it Mental Illness or True Love Updated: 2007-05-28 04:47:00 Description: Science has determined that many of the same chemical changes which happen when a person falls in love correspond to the changes found in sufferers with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Schizophrenia. When all of our emotional connections to people ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The People of Love Revealed Updated: 2007-05-21 01:44:00 Description: There are many groups of people with whom we may feel some level of affinity and friendship. We certainly may feel very close to those we share a disaster with for instance. People in the same college course may often spend time together, and even fa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Challenges Women Have Always Faced Updated: 2007-05-14 04:06:00 Description: At Gateway Fellowship, we have always celebrated all the women in our church on Mother's Day and not just the mothers. In this message, we look at the very first mother in this world (and very first woman for that matter) to determine the challenges ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Four People Who Heard God Updated: 2007-05-06 22:50:00 Description: The second fastest selling book on Amazon right now is "The Most Dangerous Book for Boys". Essentially, it is a book that explains how to teach boys basic dangerous skills such as climbing a tree, making a go-kart, playing with a Jackknife ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD I Wouldn't Want You to Miss Anything Updated: 2007-04-30 04:24:00 Description: So many times we are asking ourselves, "would things have gone differently for me if I had heard from God before making that decision." In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus spent his last night on earth asking his Father about the events ahea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stop Abusing the Bible Updated: 2007-04-22 22:00:00 Description: When Billy Graham used to say "The Bible Says...." you could be fairly sure that he was was going to make a clear presentation of what the Bible said. But many people today are not as clear or careful with how the Bible is represented. In t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Call the Police: My Bible is Alive Updated: 2007-04-16 04:49:00 Description: According to Hebrews chapter four, your Bible is Alive and it is energetic. In one sense, it is like the holographic doctor on Star Trek Voyager...but then again, you may not be a trekkie. You'll just have to listen to the message in order to figure ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Wife and No Bones Updated: 2007-04-09 02:42:00 Description: Every year around Easter, today's media likes to produce special magazines, movies and documentaries trying to reinvent Jesus. After "Da Vinci Code" and the "Lost Tomb of Jesus" people just want to hear the truth instead. This mes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peeps in a Microwave - the Meaning of Easter? Updated: 2007-04-09 02:31:00 Description: Here is the video that preceded this morning message. An original video produced by Mike Phillips and his wife Kathy "Vanna White"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How Faith Helps Us Hear God Updated: 2007-04-02 04:50:00 Description: This is a picture of my dad at age 18. The photo was pretty much destroyed, but through the instrumentality of some great graphics programs (particularly GIMP), it was able to be restored somewhat. This message talks about how much we fear getting it...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Waking Up The Sleepy Soul Updated: 2007-03-26 03:14:00 Description: Within the Family of God, there are some who feel left out. They do not hear God's voice, or feel his presence, or read the Bible with any real sense of freedom. There are real reasons why this is so, and the Bible gives us a clear answer to the prob...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why We Still Have Missionaries Updated: 2007-03-20 16:39:00 Description: Some estimates are that the church outside of North America is one of the smaller manifestations of the church around this world. The Church in China may be five to ten times larger than the church in America. The church in Vietnam has conquered terr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD If I Can't Have World Peace, Can I At Least Have Peace Updated: 2007-03-12 03:19:00 Description: As much as we get excited about all the new possibilities connected with hearing the voice of God, the real fear that many Christians face is this question: "How do I know that I'm really hearing God?" In this message, we begin to address t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Knowing Things In Your "Knower" Updated: 2007-03-05 15:18:00 Description: There are some who hear God through dreams and visions, others through emotions and others through straightforward thought patterns. But many people experience God's leading in a completely different way. In this message, we look at a woman who comes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD God Speaks Through Multicolored Emotions Updated: 2007-02-19 04:29:00 Description: Are emotions helpful in any way? Can we trust them for anything? In this seventh message in the series on Hearing God's Voice, we explore the ways that the inner voice of God can be translated into our emotions. And this way of hearing will impact so...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seeing is Believing is Doing Updated: 2007-02-12 05:45:00 Description: God not only speaks to us through thought patterns but also through seeing visions, dreams and pictures. But not only does God show us pictures, but also gives us the ability to interpret and apply the truths He shows.Just as a way of reminder,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD God Speaks Into Our Minds Updated: 2007-02-05 04:43:00 Description: In this fifth message in the series on Hearing God's Voice, we look at the first of the most practical ways that God speaks - directly into our minds. We learn from the Old Testament prophets how they went about hearing God and the real reason God ag...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recognizing Spiritual Hearburn Updated: 2007-01-29 15:54:00 Description: In our series on "Hearing God's Voice" we finally come to the practicalities of listening to God. How do you know God is saying something at that moment? And what are the clues that God is trying to convey something of great importance?Just...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Spirit of the Mystery Updated: 2007-01-22 04:51:00 Description: A mystery in our english language means something strange, unknown and peculiar. However, in the Greek language, a mystery is something that can only be known by Revelation. In this message on hearing God's voice, we explore the spirit of man and how...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD My Sheep Hear My Voice - Part 1 Updated: 2007-01-08 05:42:00 Description: This is the first message in the series on "Hearing God's Voice". In this sermon, we look at what it really means to have an intimate relationship with Father God and to hear what He has to say. We learn that everyone can hear God, and ever...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Communion and Healing Message Updated: 2007-01-08 05:39:00 Description: This is the communion and healing message from the January 7 service at Gateway Fellowship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Value of a Well-Chosen Vow Updated: 2007-01-01 06:03:00 Description: "It was just a little promise" you might say. But the power of a promise - both the promise we keep and the ones we don't - can magnify many times its original size. In this final message in the series on How to Bring God's Presence into Yo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Value of Changed Plans Updated: 2006-12-25 06:06:00 Description: Mary and Joseph are just some of the people who have had their plans changed. Often when God changes our plans, it is not to make us angry or to deliberately inconvenience us, but rather to bring blessings to our lives that cannot come any other way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Value of Peace in Your Home Updated: 2006-12-18 04:18:00 Description: There are many people who look back at their Christmases from childhood with great fondness and joy. There are others who regret so many of their Christmas memories that this season of the year is not all that welcome. No matter which a person has ex...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Value of Feasting Updated: 2006-12-11 05:06:00 Description: Job is not considered the chief party animal among biblical characters. But the beginning of his book shows us a picture of his life and family that goes against the standard picture of his suffering and misery. Though it would be stretching it to ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Real Churches Contain Real People Updated: 2006-12-05 01:03:00 Description: Some people have an ideal in their head that churches should live up to. In one sense, it is an ideal that they themselves do not live up to. Others have given way to cynicism and do not believe that the Church can ever recover the place of respect t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Law and Order Asks the Question Updated: 2006-11-20 22:28:00 Description: As a special bonus for subscribers to this Podcast, we are offering five classic messages from Mike Phillips on the subject of "The Bible Answers the Questions Posed by Today's Culture". These are all re-broadcasts of the most popular sermo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Survivor Asks the Question Updated: 2006-11-20 22:19:00 Description: As a special bonus for subscribers to this Podcast, we are offering five classic messages from Mike Phillips on the subject of "The Bible Answers the Questions Posed by Today's Culture". These are all re-broadcasts of the most popular sermo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SportsCenter Asks the Question Updated: 2006-11-20 22:08:00 Description: As a special bonus for subscribers to this Podcast, we are offering five classic messages from Mike Phillips on the subject of "The Bible Answers the Questions Posed by Today's Culture". These are all re-broadcasts of the most popular sermo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventh Heaven Asks the Question Updated: 2006-11-20 21:55:00 Description: As a special bonus for subscribers to this Podcast, we are offering five classic messages from Mike Phillips on the subject of "The Bible Answers the Questions Posed by Today's Culture". These are all re-broadcasts of the most popular sermo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seinfeld Asks the Question Updated: 2006-11-20 21:46:00 Description: As a special bonus for subscribers to this Podcast, we are offering five classic messages from Mike Phillips on the subject of "The Bible Answers the Questions Posed by Today's Culture". These are all re-broadcasts of the most popular sermo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Don't Waste your Sadness Updated: 2006-11-05 23:03:00 Description: All of us have moments, or even seasons, of sadness. This situation is critical depending on how we handle it. Most people waste times of sadness and do not realize how incredibly loud God can be during sadness. In this message, we explore how you ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Congregational Meeting October 20 2006 Updated: 2006-10-23 03:53:00 Description: On October 20, 2006, the congregation of Gateway Fellowship in Sacramento met to discuss the beginning of our new vision of Gateway 3.0. This vision is of a new way of doing church - Open Source Christianity. Just as Open Source software prepares the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD People We Should Keep Away From Updated: 2006-10-22 22:24:00 Description: One young girl told a pastor that she would be willing to sleep with a guy if it meant he would come to Jesus and go to heaven. On the other end of that spectrum, there are bible teachers who claim that God doesn't want us to have anything to do with...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Obstacles People Lay Before Us Updated: 2006-10-16 02:23:00 Description: Our lives would be so much easier if people were not involved in them. Whether it is pastoring, psychiatry, teaching or working in an office, any job would be a piece of cake if people weren't central to what we have to do. In this message, we explor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Looking Behind the Veil of Legalism Updated: 2006-10-09 02:49:00 Description: Legalism is not a love or rules or a critical spirit or a cultural habit. There is a much different answer completely that may surprise you. When you see what the real reason behind legalism is, you'll realize that any of us can enter into it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How Do You Smell To Others Updated: 2006-10-03 02:44:00 Description: Just as there are physical senses which keep us in touch with the physical realm, so too are there spiritual senses which help us identify spiritual things and truths. There is a spiritual sense of smell and even the person who doesn't believe in God...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stop Being Outwitted by the Enemy Updated: 2006-09-24 22:53:00 Description: We tend to minimize life to sets of rules to guide us. But how do we determine the rules about relationships? If we were thorough, we would need about 1,000 chapters in the "Book of Love"...and that is just to cover Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Two Secrets to Have More Successful Conflict Updated: 2006-09-20 20:06:00 Description: 80% of the people in this country use Avoidance as their primary means of dealing with conflict. This may be because they have rarely seen conflict done properly. This message contains two key ingredients from the teachings in 2 Corinthians that show...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hero For Those Who Need a Champion Updated: 2006-08-24 03:32:00 Description: Do you know of someone who can't solve their problem...it is just too much? That is the point where not only they, but all of their friends, despair. But in this message, we will see how several friends found a way, and thereby set us an example of h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hero for the Overworked and Underutilized Updated: 2006-08-02 17:47:00 Description: Are you overworked? At the same time, are you bored? They are actually flip sides of the same coin. In this message, we will see someone who comes up with an idea that is heroic and majestic...and downright simple....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hero for Those Who Can't Find the Road Updated: 2006-08-02 17:41:00 Description: If there is a perfect plan for each of our lives, it is unlikely most of us have walked it completely. But we try. However, some seem to lose the path completely. The hero we talk about in this message is skilled at helping others find that path agai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Portrait of a Non-Hero Updated: 2006-08-02 17:34:00 Description: Often, we learn a principle by seeing the opposite in action. In this encounter between Jesus and some fuzzy thinkers, the clear differentiation between Jesus the Hero and all non-heroes is clear....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Hero of the Calculated Risk Updated: 2006-08-02 17:28:00 Description: We are taught often that risk-taking is only for venture-capitalists or fools. But the Bible is full of examples of people who found risk-taking (when properly managed) is much more fulfilling and rewarding than hiding behind propriety. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hero For Small Beginnings Updated: 2006-07-07 23:35:00 Description: People often confuse small with insignificant. But not this kind of hero. This hero is looking for those tiny moments and unforeseen opportunities that have the potential to explode once they hit the tipping point. This hero is often the one who tips...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hero Defends The Innocent and the Guilty Updated: 2006-07-07 17:24:00 Description: It isn't easy to come to the defense of someone who is innocent. You may end up getting hurt. But can anyone imagine defending someone who is guilty and knowing that they won't credit you anything for it. This is what one hero did...and it is the rig...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ushers and Greeters Training Updated: 2006-06-29 02:26:00 Description: This is the training audio for the Gateway Fellowship Ushers and Greeters Ministry. After listening to this, email me at my main email and let me know you have finished it. Listen as many times as you need to....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Hero is the One Out Front Updated: 2006-06-27 18:33:00 Description: This is the first message in a new Sermon Series during the summer titled "Ordinary Heroes". In this first message, we will explore the life of Lydia, a wealthy woman who uses her influence to begin something that very few others would have...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Affecting the Place you Love Updated: 2006-06-20 23:05:00 Description: If you could change the place you love - your home, church, town, business, school, nation - would you? Is there a way to pray that is much more effective than what we normally do? (i.e. Throw the prayers up against the wall to see which ones stick)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sanity is Not Hereditary: You Get it From Perspective Updated: 2006-06-20 22:59:00 Description: Sanity is not primarily a mental condition as much as it is spiritual. This is part of the series on "The Parallel Universe" from the Book of Daniel. In this message we encounter someone who loses their mind and gains it back. Why he did ea...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming in the Rat Race Updated: 2006-06-15 16:48:00 Description: Our job can seem unfair; our church may seem unfair; our families certainly seem unfair at times. Daniel was a man who faced a lifetime of service in a job he never wanted, in a place he abhored living in, with a people he felt alien to. But he did h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overcoming Future Shock Updated: 2006-05-24 23:00:00 Description: The spirit realm and the physical realm are both real and parallel to one another, in the sense that they both affect many parts of our lives. One very real area that the spirit realm differs is that it dwells outside the normal rules of time and spa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Entering Into His Rest Updated: 2006-04-25 21:56:00 Description: With so much going on most Christians don't rest very well. And yet God has called us to rest in him. In this sermon you can gain some insight into the problem of unrest and the solution God offers you. Thousands of years ago God...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Allowing a Lamb to Lead Updated: 2006-04-10 18:07:00 Description: When asked, very few people consider themselves to be leaders. But from experience, we find there are several times each week when our actions and decisions affect the lives of so many other people. At the very least, we lead in what we decide and wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities If We Learn to Live in Peace Updated: 2006-04-04 18:21:00 Description: To most peace activists, the definition of peace includes the idea of ending war. To take the Iraq war as an example, we might ask: Did they have peace before the war started? Have they had peace during the war? Is there peace after the war? So maybe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities If We Learn to Live in Love Updated: 2006-04-04 18:18:00 Description: For the majority of people, living a life of love either means becoming a "romeo" or a sex goddess...or being an idealistic dreamer who lives on the ideal plain. But the type of love God wants to give us as a tool is eminently practical and...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities When We Minister with His Power Updated: 2006-03-25 17:47:00 Description: This series of messages is all about adding new tools to our spiritual toolbelt. If we can learn to use them, the additional strength and power that flows out of our life will open up windows of opportunity and allow the flow of God to be constant th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities if We Believed the Truth Updated: 2006-03-25 17:45:00 Description: Lie-based thinking is shattering the hopes and dreams of so many people. But God can thoroughly change that and can help us to see the difference the Truth makes. Living in the Truth is much more than just believing the right things in our head...it ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities if We Obey God - Part 2 Updated: 2006-03-25 17:43:00 Description: The continuation of the idea of the first message with some more practical applications of the concept....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities If We Obey God Updated: 2006-03-25 17:41:00 Description: "Obey" is a word that doesn't even show up in wedding vows much any more. However that may rankle some, we have to realize that we have come to see obedience as equal to slavery. But what if obedience is the path to freedom? Come and see what that co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consider the Possibilities When We Pray for Loved Ones Updated: 2006-03-25 17:39:00 Description: At times we complain about our family, we try to avoid them and even set very necessary but difficult boundaries. Have you tried praying for them? Perhaps you have, but did it make any difference? We look at how to pray for loved ones in a way that w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Possibilities When You Practice Friend-Focused Prayer Updated: 2006-03-25 17:31:00 Description: Friend-focused prayer is also called Intercession by some people, but in this case, is intent upon seeing changes in those we care about and know. Sometimes that knowledge gets in the way and can hinder. We'll talk about how to overcome that to pray ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building a New Foundation for Your Future Updated: 2006-03-24 23:48:00 Description: Everyone has seasons in their life when they feel like building something new into their life. How does that correspond to what God is doing with your life? How does God want to build the people of God? This message explores how God has always wanted...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Seminar - Is The Bible Really God's Word? Updated: 2006-03-24 23:46:00 Description: Is the Bible really a message from God, or is it a collection of writings of man about God. Yes...(what does he mean, yes? Isn't that confusing...I'm not sure either...I guess we'll have to listen to find out)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Seminar - How Can We Prove that God Exists Updated: 2006-03-24 21:47:00 Description: This is one of the oldest questions mankind has ever asked. If there was an answer that everyone would accept, we would have discovered it by now. In answering this one, we come to the place where maybe the question is not one question at all....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Seminar - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People Updated: 2006-03-24 21:46:00 Description: This question has haunted mankind forever. Good things happening to bad people and its converse side seem to suggest that there is no justice and therefore, no God of Justice. But there is another way of looking at this (you knew there would be, didn...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Seminar - How Can a Loving God Send People to Hell? Updated: 2006-03-24 20:03:00 Description: These two concepts...God's Love and Hell...don't seem to reconcilable in the same universe. How can one co-exist with the other? Not only can they co-exist, but they actually must exist together if God is to be consistent with Himself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Seminar - Why Doesn't God Heal Everyone? Updated: 2006-03-24 20:02:00 Description: Even for those who believe in healing (as we do), there are moments when you throw up your hands in despair and ask this question. Are there principles to follow in understanding this question? Yes, there are....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Seminar - Why Does God Allow the Innocent to Suffer Updated: 2006-03-24 19:59:00 Description: In this series of messages, we will take on the toughest questions posed by those who struggle to believe in God. This first one is the most honest of the bunch and the answer is simpler than most people realize....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Solution to Despair Updated: 2006-03-24 19:58:00 Description: It is when we give up completely that the fight has been lost. But there are seasons in our lives when it is difficult to hold on. This message focuses on how to stay away from the life-draining experience of despair....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dealing With Temptation Updated: 2006-03-24 19:57:00 Description: Temptation is often viewed as all our fault or all the Devil's fault. But the truth is somewhere else...as usual. Come explore how to deal with these spiritual tests and always come out the Victor....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Remember the Good Work God is Doing Updated: 2006-03-24 19:55:00 Description: A great way to bring joy and thanksgiving is to dwell upon the good things that God is doing. But so much of life wants to point our attention the other direction. In this message we will explore how to accomplish the kind of thought life that will d...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Warfare Basics Part 4 Updated: 2006-03-24 19:53:00 Description: The hardest spiritual warfare is the fight you can't see. The enemy's job is to convince you he isn't there and that you're just fighting yourself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Warfare Basics Part 3 Updated: 2006-03-24 18:06:00 Description: Much of what we consider to be spiritual warfare is something else entirely. In the same light, much that is spiritual warfare is called something else. In this message, we explore the difference between the two....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Warfare Basics Part 2 Updated: 2006-03-24 18:02:00 Description: The Armor of God is often taken to be definitive things that God adds to our lives. But what if it isn't? What if the Armor of God is something we already possess and need to learn how to use?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spiritual Warfare Basics Part 1 Updated: 2006-03-24 18:01:00 Description: In this message, we continue the series on Ephesians, but begin a new series which encompasses the basic types of spiritual warfare that every person has to overcome....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Basics of Worship Updated: 2006-03-24 17:57:00 Description: This message is part of a series of messages in Ephesians and encompasses the strength of ministry we can have when we worship together....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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