Back Creek Church | Charlotte, NC
Connecting people with the hope of the Gospel.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 292
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
What Is the Church? The Field of God (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)
The Church is God's field and he wants us to grow.
What Is the Church? The Family of God (Galatians 4:4-7; Matthew 12:46-50; 1 Timothy 5:1-2)
What does it mean for the Church to be the Family of God?
It means the Gospel shapes our identity (as children of God)
It means the Gospel shapes our lives (as those who do our Father's will)
It means t…
What Is the Church? The Flock of God (John 10:1-30)
The Church is the flock of God and Jesus is our Good Shepherd.
The Good Shepherd calls the flock (and we must respond).
The Good Shepherd leads the flock (and we must follow).
The Good Shepherd keeps t…
What Is the Church? The Building of God (1 Peter 2:4-10)
Jesus is building his church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
What Is the Church: The Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12-27)
What is the church? The Body of Christ - many members, one body. As the Body of Christ:
Our connection is intimate
Our connection is interdependent
Our connection is indispensable
Our connection is inten…
What Is the Church? We Are (Romans 12:1-5)
What is the church? We are. The Called (by God's mercies). The Committed (offering our bodies as living sacrifices and our minds for renewal). The Connected (one body and members of one another).
What Are You Looking For? (1 John 1:1-4)
The Christian faith is objective reality and ultimate relationship.
Easter 2024: Resurrection Reality (Luke 24:1-12)
If the resurrection of Jesus is reality, it's time to change our expectations.
If resurrection is reality, the last will be first.
If resurrection is reality, the dead will be alive.
If resurrection i…
Rooted In Christ: Church (Colossians 4:7-18)
Salvation, transformation, proclamation - we're all in this together! We are the Church.
In these final greetings, Paul models and commends at least seven characteristics of a church growing more deep…
Rooted In Christ: Proclamation (Colossians 4:2-6)
Gospel transformation brings Gospel proclamation by changing our posture (inward focus to outward focus) and our participation in God's mission - we prepare with prayer, walk with wisdom, and speak w…
Rooted In Christ: Transformation Pt. 2 (Colossians 3:18-4:1)
We need all of Christ for all of life.
He is our Savior and the Lord of all our relationships, roles, and responsibilities:
As husbands and wives
As children and parents
As workers and bosses
Rooted In Christ: Transformation (Colossians 3:5-17)
The root of the Gospel is Christ. The fruit of the Gospel in change. In Colossians 3:5-17, the Apostle Paul calls us to seek transformation by killing sin and living Christ.
Rooted in Christ: Glory (Colossians 3:1-4)
We are naturally inclined and oriented to this world and the things in it. But they can't bear the weight of glory. We need a reorientation of our glory (our identity, our honor, our pursuit, our sat…
Rooted in Christ: Victory (Colossians 2:6-23)
If we are rooted in Christ, we can walk in victory...
victory over the world
victory over the flesh
victory over the devil
Rooted in Christ: Community (Colossians 2:1-5)
We are called to fight for community by
- struggling for one another's encouragement
- struggling for one another's belonging
- struggling for one another's assurance
- struggling for one another's good
Rooted in Christ: Mission (Colossians 1:24-29)
We have a mission.
Three essential parts of our mission:
- The cost of our mission: a ministry of suffering and stewardship
- The content of our mission: a mystery of riches to be revealed
- The culmination …
Rooted in Christ: Hope (Colossians 1:13-23)
What is the hope of the Gospel?
The One who is above everything (Jesus) has done everything so you can have everything and overcome everything.
Rooted in Christ: Prayer (Colossians 1:9-12)
The Apostle Paul prays for the local church in Colossae and provides a model for us to pray for our church (to grow).
Pray for your church to grow full of wisdom (1:9)
Pray for your church to grow fru…
Rooted in Christ: Gospel (Colossians 1:1-8)
Thank God for the root and the fruit of the Gospel.
The root of the Gospel is Christ, as we receive and rest in him alone.
The fruit of the Gospel is change, as we are transformed by grace and bear fr…
Rooted In Christ (Colossians 2:6-7)
Are you rooted in Christ? In this first message on Paul's letter to the Colossians, we unearth the essence of being firmly planted in faith. As we navigate Colossians 2:6-7, we see the deep connectio…