Stories You've Missed Blake Hardcastle

In this episode, Lead pastor, Neil McClendon, addresses questions from our advent sermons. How should we experience disappointment and hope? How does embracing Jesus' perfection help me embrace my imperfection?  What is the purpose of self-talk? How does God hate the sin and hate the sinner? What does God mean by "my face is toward you"?  

Listen as Kyle and Astrid share how the Spirit led them to Idaho to prepare for pastoral ministry. This is a lighthearted conversation with dozens of stories and lots of laughs. As a fairytale, their story would start, "Once upon a time, a Columbian and a Church dropout took a financial seminar. "

Listen as Neil addresses questions from sermons on Acts 9-12. How do I treat myself like someone I love?  What is the proper way to give and receive affirmation? How do we get Romans 8:28 wrong? Is God consistently healing us of our biggest need?

Listen as Wade shares how God moved him from a 20+ year career in health care to being the Executive Pastor at Grand Parkway. You will hear about his aspiration to be a college basketball coach and how God used a flier on a bulletin board to direct him to Houston. What does an EP do? How can God call someone to vocational ministry later in life? Listen to find out. 

In this episode, we address questions from 3 sermons on Acts chapter 8.  You will hear Neil explain, how we make the Kingdom about "no" and miss out on its "yes". In what ways can we experience the Holy Spirit as both subtle and practical? How do we stop thinking, "the sky is falling" and have the mindset that "the Kingdom is coming"?  What messages has God given us to convince us we can trust him? 

Jessy retells her experience of being led by the Spirit to this local church.  She shares how God grabbed hold of her heart and caused her to live for him.  You will hear how he spoke clearly and repeatedly in different ways. Jessy describes how being led by the Spirit is a little scary but a lot more thrilling.