Pastor Jeff discusses the importance of Core Element One…..GOD. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various View All Files at the Internet Archive …
059-01CORE Part 1
Pastor Jeff discusses how a healthy Core is the key to full life. The task in 2010 for Lafayette Community Church is to build the Core. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various View All Files at the Internet Archive …
03. His Burial and Resurrection
Special guest Reggie Alderman shows us the significance of the fact that Jesus didn’t stay in the grave but that he went all the way to the resurrection. Not only that, but he challenges us not to think of the message of Jesus like a baton in a relay race. It’s our responsibility to pass …
02. The Year of Favor
Pastor Jeff unlocks a Christmas passage that no one generally speaks about. However, Luke 4 and Isaiah 61-65 together give us a Christmas message with life-changing implications! Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various View All Files at the Internet Archive …
01. His Birth
Pastor Jeff takes us 700 years before the birth of Christ to an ancient prophecy describing the incredible significance of the virgin birth. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various View All Files at the Internet Archive …
05. Is Jesus It?
In this final message of our Big Questions series, Pastor Jeff addresses the question ultimately underlying all the others. “Will I trust Jesus?” The claim of Christianity is that Jesus validates the Bible, Jesus rules the church, and Jesus reveals God to us, so the question of our …
04. Which Church Is Right?
Beginning with Matthew 16:13, Jesus guides his followers into an understanding of what his followers should do and be after his death. In this message, Pastor Jeff addresses the questions related to all the different kinds of churches in the world. Why are there so many churches? Why can’t …
03. Is the Bible for Real
In this message, Pastor Jeff tackles what he claims is actually the most important spiritual question of them all. Where do you get your spiritual authority? or What is your spiritual authority? To answer that question, we are pointed to the Bible and are taught the three key elements to trusting …
02. If God, Why Evil
The oldest spiritual question is the one that remains unanswered today. Though many good answers have been given, none are fully satisfying to us. This should tip us off that maybe the question itself is misguided. Perhaps, rather than putting God on trial for his management skills, we should …
01. What do I do with my questions?
In this introductory message, Pastor Jeff opens the discussion of how to approach the big questions of life and faith. We see that even John the Baptist faced serious doubt, and we learn from his example that we need to bring our questions directly to Jesus and be ready to hear even a surprising …
Big Questions (intro)
Next week, we begin our new series called “Big Questions” in which I tackle some of the largest questions of life… yours. Seriously, for the next few weeks, we will be addressing YOUR questions about life, faith, family, anything. We’ll even have live question / answer …
04. The Treasure Principle Part 4
The real dilemma God faces constantly is this: How do you bless people who are never satisfied? God could give us the universe and we’d still want more. No, in fact, the only way to truly bless us is to get us to willfully release our grip on something, and to choose to be limited. Is it …
03. The Treasure Principle Part 3
In this message, Pastor Jeff addresses the topic of investing for eternity. As Jim Elliott said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various …
02. The Treasure Principle Part 2
Pastor Jeff tackles the specific issue of tithing in this message. Many people differ on the purpose or the specifics of tithing, but the Bible is pretty clear. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament address the principle of giving God the first 10% or more of our income. Listen up to hear …
01. The Treasure Principle Part 1
God is the giver of all good things, but regardless of all he has given us, we often take what he has not given. It’s a pattern that began with Adam and Eve and continues to this day. In order for us to regain a right relationship with this world around us, we need to learn to receive what he …
04. Passing on Your Values
In this final message of our Family Secrets series, Pastor Jeff describes the secret of passing on your values to the next generation. It basically boils down to this: The Life You Live is the Legacy You Leave. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various View All Files at the Internet Archive …