Traders Point Christian Church (Audio)
Traders Point Christian Church
Traders Point is a gospel-centered church that gathers for worship, studies God’s Word, and impacts communities through service in Indianapolis and around the world. To find out more, visit tpcc.org.
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May 9, 2021 • 40min
Achilles: Where Can You Be Taken Down?
Pride is the thing that can so easily take us down and out. It can be blinding. That’s what we see in Saul in 1 Samuel 15. Saul has been so focused on himself that he loses touch with reality. Pride manifests itself in many different ways, and Saul’s story shows us that insecurity is one way it can show up in our lives. Let’s consider how pride sneaks into our own lives and ask God to replace it with humility by pointing us to our example, Jesus.
Aaron Brockett • Achilles • 1 Samuel 15
May 2, 2021 • 39min
Dirt: Whole-Hearted
In the parable of the sower, Jesus used something His audience would have been culturally familiar with – agriculture – to connect with their hearts. If the seed is God’s Word and the soil is our hearts, what type of soil is God’s Word finding in your heart? Hard? Shallow? Distracted? Or is it the last type of soil Jesus mentions, the good soil – people who hear God’s Word, cling to it, and then patiently produce a harvest? Through His life, Jesus showed us the way to create a sustainable and consistent environment for growth in our own hearts. God will grow the harvest. Our only job is to plant and be faithful. To be present, patient, and persistent.
Kyle Riley • Dirt • Luke 8:4-15
Apr 25, 2021 • 37min
Dirt: Half-Hearted
Jesus tells the parable of the farmer scattering seed to explain how personal and spiritual growth happens in our lives. The seed is God’s Word and the soil is our hearts. If the seed is going to produce anything, it has to push up through the soil, as well as the thorns that threaten to choke the life out of it. There will be thorns and weeds in our lives, but God wants to take what happens to us to accomplish His work in us, so He can fulfill His purpose through us.
Aaron Brockett • Dirt • Luke 8:4-15
Apr 18, 2021 • 53min
Dirt: Hard-Hearted
The parable of the sower teaches us that the kind of soil we have in our hearts determines the kind of growth we will see in our lives. We have a tendency to focus almost exclusively on the fruit above the surface in our lives, but there’s nothing we will see above the surface that didn’t start below. To experience change, we need to get to the root – the condition of our hearts.
Aaron Brockett • Dirt • Luke 8:4-15
