Radiant Church - Audio Podcast

What type of legacy will you leave? In this two-part weekend service series on marriage and family, discover God’s design to building strong, healthy relationships and leave a lasting legacy for future generations. In this sermon, Pastor Lee lays the framework of a Godly legacy and shows us ways we can break the influence and win the battle. Sermon Highlights:   Definition of Legacy = Legacy is an inheritance transmitted or handed down from an ancestor or predecessor from the past   Family is God’s conduit for generational blessing (LEGACY)   Four ways to leave a Godly legacy:   1. Start with the end in mind   2. Work harder at being “the one” than finding “the one”   3. Embrace the fact that marriage and family are the frontlines of spiritual warfare   4. Make peace with your past   How can we win the battle?   1. Pray together
  2. Forgive quickly
  3. Resolve conflict daily (Ephesians 4:26-27)   4. Create environment in home of worship   5. Read the Bible as a family   6. Put God first in your finance

In this special sermon from Pastor Toby Cavanaugh, the Radiant School of Ministry Director, we learn about the dangerous power of gossip and discover ways to identify and remove the enemy’s weapon from our lives. Sermon Highlights 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV) “Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” Romans 1:29-31 (ESV) “They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient TO parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.” Matthew 15:19 (ESV) “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.” Ephesian

In this stand-alone sermon from Pastor Jon Zondervan, we re-visit the Question of Jesus and learn more about His heart and what He requires of us as followers of Him. Matthew 16:13-18 (NKJV) “13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” How does Jesus describe his heart? 1. Gentle 2. Lowly Matthew 11:25-30 (NKJV) “25 At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and ea

FIRST LOVE. FIRST TENTH. FIRST THING. FIRST DAY. FIRST PRIORITY. IN THE FINAL PART OF OUR FIRST SERIES, PASTOR LEE TEACHES ON HOW THE PRIORITY OF OUR LIVES SHOULD NOT BE GETTING WHAT WE WANT, BUT GIVING GOD WHAT HE WANTS SERMON HIGHLIGHTS MATTHEW 28:16-20 (ESV) “NOW THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES WENT TO GALILEE, TO THE MOUNTAIN TO WHICH JESU HAD DIRECTED THEM. AND WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THEY WORSHIPED HIM, BUT SOME DOUBTED. AND JESUS CAME AND SAID TO THEM, “ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. GO THEREFORE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND BEHOLD, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE END OF THE AGE.” JESUS’ PRIMARY MISSION WAS TO SEEK AND SAVE THOSE WHO WERE LOST AND BOUND JESUS’ LAST ASSIGNMENT MUST BE OUR FIRST PRIORITY THE 4 ASPECTS OF THE GREAT COMMISSION: 1. PREACH THE GOSPEL 2. DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF THE KINGDOM 3. BAPTIZE NEW BELIEVERS 4. DISCIPLE THEM T

FIRST LOVE. FIRST TENTH. FIRST THING. FIRST DAY. FIRST PRIORITY. IN PART FOUR OF OUR FIRST SERIES, PASTOR LEE SHARES THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICALLY GOING TO CHURCH AND WORSHIPPING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SERMON HIGHLIGHTS GATHERING TO WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK HAS BEEN AN ALIGNING PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH FOR 2,000 YEARS   JOHN 20:1 (ESV) “NOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK MARY MAGDALENE CAME TO THE TOMB EARLY, WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK AND SAW THAT THE STONE HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THE TOMB."   ACTS 20:7 (ESV) “ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHEN WE WERE GATHERED TOGETHER TO BREAK BREAD, PAUL TALKED WITH THEM, INTENDING TO DEPART ON THE NEXT DAY, AND HE PROLONGED HIS SPEECH UNTIL MIDNIGHT.”   I CORINTHIANS 16:1-2 (ESV) “NOW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS: AS I DIRECTED THE CHURCHES OF GALATIA, SO YOU ALSO ARE TO DO. ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY WEEK, EACH OF YOU IS TO PUT SOMETHING ASIDE AND STORE IT UP, AS HE MAY PROSPER, SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO COLLECTING WHEN I COME.”   THE PRACTICE AND PRIORITY

IN WEEK THREE OF OUR SERIES CALLED FIRST, PASTOR CALEB CULVER TEACHES OUT OF MARK 1 AND SHARES HOW TO MAKE THE SECRET PLACE THE FIRST PLACE. SERMON HIGHLIGHTS FIRST PLACE: MAKING THE SECRET PLACE THE FIRST PLACE   MARK 1:32-38 (NKJV) “32 AT EVENING, WHEN THE SUN HAD SET, THEY BROUGHT TO HIM ALL WHO WERE SICK AND THOSE WHO WERE DEMON-POSSESSED. 33 AND THE WHOLE CITY WAS GATHERED TOGETHER AT THE DOOR. 34 THEN HE HEALED MANY WHO WERE SICK WITH VARIOUS DISEASES, AND CAST OUT MANY DEMONS; AND HE DID NOT ALLOW THE DEMONS TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THEY KNEW HIM.   35 NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. 36 AND SIMON AND THOSE WHO WERE WITH HIM SEARCHED FOR HIM. 37 WHEN THEY FOUND HIM, THEY SAID TO HIM, “EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR YOU.”   38 BUT HE SAID TO THEM, “LET US GO INTO THE NEXT TOWNS, THAT I MAY PREACH THERE ALSO, BECAUSE FOR THIS PURPOSE I HAVE COME FORTH.”   BEAUTIFY THE PLACE WHERE YOU MEET   2 SAMUEL 7:1-5 (NKJV) “NOW IT

FIRST LOVE. FIRST TENTH. FIRST THING. FIRST DAY. FIRST PRIORITY. IN WEEK TWO OF OUR BRAND NEW SERIES CALLED FIRST, PASTOR LEE TEACHES ON TITHING AND REVEALS ANSWERS TO SEVERAL QUESTIONS AROUND THE SUBJECT OF HONORING GOD BY GIVING YOUR FIRST 10%. SERMON HIGHLIGHTS MALACHI 3:6-10 (NKJV) “6 “FOR I AM THE LORD, I DO NOT CHANGE; THEREFORE YOU ARE NOT CONSUMED, O SONS OF JACOB. 7 YET FROM THE DAYS OF YOUR FATHERS YOU HAVE GONE AWAY FROM MY ORDINANCES AND HAVE NOT KEPT THEM. RETURN TO ME, AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU,” SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. “BUT YOU SAID, ‘IN WHAT WAY SHALL WE RETURN?’ 8 “WILL A MAN ROB GOD? YET YOU HAVE ROBBED ME! BUT YOU SAY, ‘IN WHAT WAY HAVE WE ROBBED YOU?’ IN TITHES AND OFFERINGS. 9 YOU ARE CURSED WITH A CURSE, FOR YOU HAVE ROBBED ME, EVEN THIS WHOLE NATION. 10 BRING ALL THE TITHES INTO THE STOREHOUSE, THAT THERE MAY BE FOOD IN MY HOUSE, AND TRY ME NOW IN THIS,” SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS, “IF I WILL NOT OPEN FOR YOU THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN AND POUR OUT FOR YOU SUCH BLESSING THAT THERE WILL NOT BE

FIRST LOVE. FIRST TENTH. FIRST THING. FIRST DAY. FIRST PRIORITY. IN WEEK ONE OF OUR BRAND NEW SERIES CALLED FIRST, PASTOR LEE SHARES HOW 2022 WILL BE A YEAR OF ALIGNMENT AS WE BRING OUR PRIORITIES AND PASSIONS IN LINE WITH HIS PRESENCE. SERMON HIGHLIGHTS 2022 IS A YEAR OF ALIGNMENT. BRINGING OUR PRIORITIES AND PASSIONS IN LINE WITH HIS PRESENCE FIRST LOVE: KEEPING YOUR FIRST LOVE ALIVE “NO LOVE OF THE NATURAL HEART IS SAFE UNLESS THE HUMAN HEART HAS BEEN SATISFIED BY GOD FIRST." - OSWALD CHAMBERS WHAT CAUSES OUR FIRST LOVE FLAME TO GO OUT? 1. OUR FIRST LOVE GIVES WAY TO OTHER LOVES 2. IDOLS = ANYTHING THAT HINDERS LOVE AND DEVOTION TO JESUS WHAT WILL RESTORE OUR FIRST LOVE FLAME? 1. THE FIRST WORKS WILL RESTORE OUR FIRST LOVE
 2. FIRST WORKS = RECALIBRATING OUR AFFECTIONS REMEMBER + EXAMINE + CONFESS + PURSUE

As the people of God, we must make the presence of God a governing value in our lives. Watch this sermon from Pastor Jon Zondervan and discover the the three decisions you need to make in 2022! Sermon Highlights As the people of God, we must make the presence of God a governing value in our lives 3 decisions you need to make in 2022 Put God’s presence above anything else Psalm 16:11
 “You will show me the path of life;
 In Your presence is fullness of joy;
 At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Develop hunger for God’s presence Matthew 5:6
 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.” Recognize that only God’s presence can bring change Ephesians 3:20
 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,”

Unpack the greatest story ever told in our Windows to Christmas series that offers four unique views into the Christmas story. This week, Pastor Lee Cummings teaches out of Luke 2 and shares the Christmas story from the perspective of Anna and Simeon. Sermon Highlights LUKE 2:22-38 (ESV) 
“22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when t

Unpack the greatest story ever told in our Windows to Christmas series that offers four unique views into the Christmas story. This week, Pastor Lee Cummings teaches out of Luke 2 and shares the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds. Sermon Highlights LUKE 2:8-21 (ESV) “And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is please

Unpack the greatest story ever told in our Windows to Christmas series that offers four unique views into the Christmas story. This week, Pastor Tim Matthews shares from the perspective of Mary and reveals how she was a worshipper, feeler, thinker, seeker, and servant. Sermon Highlights LUKE 1:26-38 (ESV)
 “26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 

As a church, we have a mandate to expand the Kingdom of God and continue to remember the poor and those in need in our community. In this special Big Give Weekend sermon, Pastor Lee teaches on thankfulness as being the prime commodity of the Kingdom of God. Sermon Highlights Luke 7:36-50 (ESV)
 “36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. 37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” 40 And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have somet

Being a Christian is not just about believing in God or praying a prayer to avoid hell. It is a completely new way of living where Jesus is at the center and Jesus is Lord of your life. In this sermon from Pastor Jon Zondervan, we unpack what the Bible says about following Jesus and how we can prepare ourselves for the road ahead. Sermon Highlights WHO IS JESUS? LUKE 2:8-14 (ESV) 
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God

Special guest Preston Sprinkle delivers a message on the posture of Jesus and explains parallels between how Jesus related to Zaccheaus and how believers today are called to relate to LGBTQ+ people. Preston Sprinkle is a biblical scholar, speaker, podcaster, and New York Times bestselling author. He has proven to be one of the best communicators on sharing biblical truths in conversations regarding homosexuality, violence, alcohol, and others. He has written several books, including People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue and Living in a Gray World: A Christian Teen's Guide to Homosexuality. Focus Scripture // Luke 19:1-10 (ESV) "He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. 5 And wh

Are we living in the end times? Last Days Bootcamp will teach us how to prepare our hearts and lives to thrive in these last days. In the final week of our Last Days Bootcamp series, Pastor Lee shares the significant signs indicating that the countdown has begun. Matthew 24:3 (ESV) “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” What are the most significant signs indicating the countdown has begun? 1. The Restoration of Israel 2. The Acceleration of Technology Zechariah 12:2-3 (ESV) “Behold I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all nations of the earth will gather against it.” Technology = the great accelerator Singularity = computer programs becoming so advanced that artificial intelligence (AI) transcends human intelligence, potential

Are we living in the end times? Last Days Bootcamp will teach us how to prepare our hearts and lives to thrive in these last days. In Week Two of our Last Days Bootcamp series, Pastor Lee speaks on deception and how we can guard our hearts from it. MATTHEW 24:10-13 (ESV)
 “And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.” 

1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2 (ESV)
 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron..” 2 TIMOTHY 3:15 (ESV)
 “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, un

Are we living in the end times? Last Days Bootcamp will teach us how to prepare our hearts and lives to thrive in these last days. To kick off the Last Days Bootcamp series, Pastor Lee shares from Matthew 24 and answers IF we’re living in the last days, and HOW we’re supposed to live. MATTHEW 24:1-14 (ESV) “Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” 3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take