I AM: The True Vine

Jesus is what we couldn't be! Listen as Brian Pursley concludes the I AM statements of Jesus and discusses why God will not only allow but will use our hardships in life, why our past and future failures don't define us, why we need to stop comparing ourselves to others, why we are dependent upon Jesus for everything, and why our love for God is measured by our devotion.

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I AM: The Resurrection and the Life

Listen as Brian Pursley discusses John 11 and shares why developing a theology of suffering is essential in our journey of following Jesus. Listen as we explore inviting God into our suffering, why the presence of suffering doesn't indicate an absence of the love or goodness of God, what we must accept and acknowledge when we find ourselves in difficult circumstances, why frustration is a normal part of faith, how people grieve, and why our hope is ultimately in Jesus who is the resurrection and life.

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I AM: The Good Shepherd

Jesus described himself as the Good Shepherd. Listen as Brian Pursley breaks down John 10:11-21, and highlights the significance of God being good, why God was willing to die for us, how God allowing people not to follow him is proof of his goodness, and how we should live as a result.

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I AM: The Door

Listen as Brian Pursley discusses how Jesus is our salvation, security, and sustainer. As we investigate John 10:1-10 we also discover why we never have to question if our lives are important, why engaging Scripture is essential for those who follow Jesus, and how the enemy always attempts to destroy us and if he can't will distract us instead.

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I AM: The Light of the World

Jesus is the light of the world. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses why it is imperative for people who follow Jesus to walk in the light, the darkness of the world, how to respond to cancel culture, why speaking the truth is love, and why we must remember that God is in control from John 8:12-24.

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I AM: The Bread of Life

Jesus promises that he will sustain us and fill us and if we encounter him we will never be hungry again. Listen as Brian Pursley discusses what this means in regards to our spiritual journeys, why we sometimes strive after things that don’t ultimately satisfy, and what this means for Lakeside as a church. Please join us in praying that Lakeside will be a place where the hungry encounter Jesus and leave full and we see God change lives in 2021.

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Hope In The Hard Times: Part 3

It isn’t a question of if suffering is going to come our way but how we’re going to handle it when it does. Listen as Brian Pursley shares why we must have a theology and philosophy for dealing with hard times and how our faith can be strengthened when they occur from 1 Thessalonians 3.

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Hope In The Hard Times: Part 2

Listen as Brian Pursley discusses 1 Thessalonians 2 and why Lakeside must be a place of love, support, and truth. Join us as we are challenged to think of how we will respond when we face opposition, why Jesus is the only thing the church can be built around, and what our responsibilities are in living in community.

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Horrified: Dismembered

Judges 19 is one of the darkest parts of Scripture. Listen as Brian Pursley explains how the murder, rape, and dismemberment conveyed in this passage reveals the problem of evil in our world and how God has called us to respond in light of that evil individually and collectively as a church.

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Horrified: Zombies

When you picture God taking you to a valley you probably don’t picture death, decay, and zombies, but that’s exactly what God did to Ezekiel. Listen as Brian Pursley breaks down Ezekiel 37 and explains how this scene of death and zombies reveals God’s love for his people and how we can cling to the certainty that God provides in the midst of all of the uncertainty.

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