Hill City Church Podcast

Money: Spent - Andrew Branham

As American's we live our lives beyond our limits. In our money, time, and energy we are almost completely spent. Yet the way of Jesus shows us a life giving alternative. Jesus teaches a life of margin. In week 1, Family Pastor Andrew examines how we can learn to round down on spending so that we can round up on being generous to God.

Teaching text: Luke 12:13-21

Humility: Joshua - Josh Branham

There are two ways we can respond to God's will: with pride or humility. The Gibeonites give us a great example of what humility looks like and God blesses them because of it. The five Kings of the Amorites display pride resulting in destruction. Pride starts battles, but humility creates peace.

Teaching text: Joshua 9-11

Justice: Joshua - Jake Wright

Is God good? If God is love, why is there so much death and destruction in the Old Testament? Is God different in the Old Testament than He is in the New Testament? 
These are questions that often arise in our minds when we come across difficult passages like Joshua 7–8 with the conquest of Canaan and the stoning of Achan. In this sermon, associate pastor Jake Wright walks through the narratives in these two chapters of Joshua, looks at why God does what He does, and shares the hope of the gospel. 

 

If you'd like more information on this topic, check out a few of these articles and resources:

• Judgment or Cruelty? Conquering the Promised Land – The Bible Project
• The Hope of Holy War – Joshua Ryan Butler
• The Skeletons in God's Closet – Joshua Ryan Butler
  
• Is God a Moral Monster? – Paul Copan