Southside Baptist Church Podcast

In one of His most bizarre parables, Jesus praises the techniques of a crooked money manager. If that isn't odd enough, He then tells us we should learn something important about investing from this guy. Join us for part five of Invested where we will share an important lesson learned from white collar criminals.

In Matthew 25 Jesus tells three parables. The first is like a canvas, the second is like a palate of paint and sets of brushes, but the third is the subject of the painting. Join us for part four of Invested, where we will see the heart of God as captured in His most precious treasure.

We are all born into a particular set of circumstances with certain advantages and disadvantages. Like the baggage claim at the airport, each of the bags coming out belong to someone and you do not get to pick the bags you want, but must take the bags assigned to you. Jesus told a story about three servants who were each handed a portion of their master’s baggage. The bags all contained differing amounts of gold. The servants didn’t get to choose what was in their bags, but they were responsible for what happened to it. Join us for part three of Invested, when we will discuss what we do with what we have.

The most valuable commodity is also one of the most wasted. It doesn't matter how much money you have, who you know, or how hard you work, everyone is given the same 24 hours in a day. That's exactly 10,080 minutes each week that we will either spend on pointless pursuits or invest in things that cannot be bound by the confines of time. Join us for part two of Invested as we look at a story Jesus told about the difference between investing and spending time.

In the most famous sermon ever preached, Jesus gave his listeners some investment advice from the birds. His advice wasn’t just about money, however, it included the secret to real and lasting security – a kind of security you’ll never find in a safety deposit box or an IRA. Join us for part one of Invested and learn the secret of investing wisely.

There are seasons of life when certain paths converge. While we are in high school or college, we may travel down the same path with a variety of people for a few years, but after graduation, our paths diverge and we go our separate ways. It’s not so much that we ever chose to leave our own path or to stop traveling together, as it is that our paths only happened to converge for a while before separating and continuing on their own ways. When Jesus invited His disciples to follow Him, He was inviting them to do more than engage with Him as long as their paths happened to converge. He was inviting them (and us) to leave their own paths and follow Him, even past the point where the paths might otherwise have diverged. Join us for the final part of In His Steps to hear the story of a disciple who confused a convergence with Jesus for a decision to follow Jesus, and learn how many of us make that same mistake.

Some of the most popular events in the Summer Olympics are the relay races. In these races, the “hand off” is crucial. A dropped baton means all hope of a medal is lost. For more than 2,000 years, the church has successfully passed the baton from one generation of Jesus Followers to the next. Following in the steps of Jesus can be difficult without the benefit of someone a little farther down the path. The Apostle Paul said, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” That is quite an invitation. Join us for part four of In His Steps as we discuss the importance of learning from mature disciples and becoming the kind of disciples that future generations can follow.

What started in the Upper Room with a small handful of Jesus followers quickly turned into a movement with thousands of people. The eleven remaining Apostles found themselves in a leadership crisis as they were confronted with the demands of thousands of new believers. How they responded set an example that the church still follows today. Join us for part 3 of In His Steps as we discuss how a church full of Jesus followers leads the next generation of Disciples.

Everyone knows what you’re supposed to do when the shoe fits, but finding one that does can be a real problem. We are all looking for a perfect fit. The right spouse, the right profession, the right neighborhood. The desire to “fit” in points us to a deeper reality. We were designed by God for a purpose. Join us for part 2 of In His Steps, as we learn the secret to finding God’s purpose for your life.

When Jesus began His public ministry, He never once invited people to become “Christians.” In fact, Jesus never used that term to describe anyone. Instead, He issued a simple invitation to “Come, follow me.” With those three words, a global revolution was launched. One generation after another has heard and responded to the call of Jesus, not to simply believe a set of theological doctrines, or practice a particular program of religious rituals, but to walk in the footprints of Jesus. In the opening message of In His Steps, Pastor Gary Webber explores the early church and what set Jesus’ earliest disciples apart.

As Americans we treasure our freedom of speech. But what does that freedom mean for those who have surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ? Jesus said that “what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart.” That must mean that a heart fully surrendered to Christ will result in a tongue that has been pierced for His purposes. Join us for the final installment of the Tongue Tied series as we consider what it means to fully and finally surrender our tongues to God.

Words are powerful. They have been used to influence the course of future events and to shape the perception of history. While human words may alter our perception of reality, only God’s word has the power to create it. In the third message of the Tongue Tied series, Pastor Gary Webber explores the beginning of the Genesis story to discover the danger of deceitful words and the power of knowing the source of Truth.

The specific words we say are not the only challenge we face in taming our tongues. Many times, when we choose to speak, our attitude and our intended audience can have as great an impact as the specific words we use. In this message, Pastor Gary Webber explores what the Bible teaches us about the timing of our words, the tone of our words and the target of our words.

In part one of Tongue Tied, we consider the power of the human tongue and the challenges of taming it. In this sermon, Pastor Gary Webber introduces the 4:29 challenge as a way to be more intentional with the most dangerous part of the human anatomy.