Browse published messages from Langdon Palmer in Langdon Palmer.
Sep 30, 2012 5:30 AM America/Chicago
Some of us really struggle with conflict and our anger. Others of us think we don't have an anger problem but anger has many faces including Grumbling, Sarcasm, Cynicism, Moodiness, Withdrawing, Playing the Victim, Depression, and Contempt. Jesus teaches
Sep 23, 2012 6:30 AM America/Chicago
In this crazy world filled with so many opinions and choices, where is the path to the good life found? What's more important - what we believe or what we do ? Could it be that most of us get this question wrong? When Jesus said "Don't think I have come t
Sep 9, 2012 4:11 PM America/Chicago
One bible scholar has called the Beatitudes the best known and the least understood of all of Jesus' teachings. What are they really about ? What does Jesus mean when he says Blessed are the Poor, or Blessed are those who mourn? Today we look in depth at
Sep 2, 2012 6:39 AM America/Chicago
Sometimes when we hear too many details, our minds go numb, and we miss the big picture of the forrest because of the clutter of the trees. In our scripture for this morning, Paul sweeps away all the clutter, all the secondary concerns and lays out the go
Aug 26, 2012 6:23 AM America/Chicago
There are ideas that empower us and draw us closer to God, and there are ideas that undermine us and paralyze us, leaving us defeated. We look at an episode in The Hobbit, where a small, uncertain, very ordinary person who felt trapped and lost, learned h
Aug 19, 2012 4:15 AM America/Chicago
Why do Christians act so weird ? It has to do with seeing the world differently. But is this view accurate? What does it mean to walk by faith and not by sight? Is Christianity 'blind faith' ? Do you have to turn off your brain to be faithful ? We get a b
Aug 14, 2012 10:53 AM America/Chicago
What is the key to a life well led ? Is the good life based on what we do or fail to do? What is the relationship between the Old Testament law and the Grace and Freedom found in Jesus ? How can we experience for ourselves the presense of God? All these i
Jun 24, 2012 5:20 AM America/Chicago
Is holding on to dogma as bad as people in our culture think it is? How about the dogma that declares that God loves us so much that he wants to give us eternal life? What does the wilderness portage of a canoe from one lake to another have to do with ete
Jun 17, 2012 6:06 AM America/Chicago
Ever try some new experience and look at everyone else and wonder - am I doing this right ? Is what I am feeling what I am supposed to be feeling when I do this? How do you know that you are really a Christian? How do you know that what you are experienci
Jun 4, 2012 5:56 AM America/Chicago
If the kingdom of the Son of God is real and shall have no end, why does it seem like our culture is falling apart ? Why are we falling apart ? In the year 410 the Christian thinker Augustine was struggling with the same questions - he came up with profou
May 20, 2012 11:07 AM America/Chicago
Does the church every drive you nuts ? Do you ever look around in church and think this doesnt look much like the church I see described in the New Testament? Today we dig into the fours signs of a healthy church - that it is one, holy, catholic and apots
May 13, 2012 9:36 AM America/Chicago
What is a two bit political hack named Pontius Pilate doing in the middle of Christianity's most holy creed? How can we believe in God in a world full of suffering? What did Jesus achieve on the cross? Who should you vote for in the next presidential elec
Apr 29, 2012 1:14 PM America/Chicago
If Jesus was born on the first Christmas, but the Son of God existed before all worlds, where was he before the first Christmas? Today we explore one of the most challenging and amazing aspects of the Christian faith - the implications of Jesus being full
Apr 22, 2012 7:57 AM America/Chicago
Every word of the first phrase of the Nicene Creed was carefully chosen and is packed with scripture, history, and meaning. Is it obvious that this phrase touches on why we still need the Old Testament, Discuses how God can be all powerful and all loving
Apr 17, 2012 1:44 PM America/Chicago
A song written and recorded within our church community that talks about what we believe the church should be about. For lyrics goto http://www.southridgeworship.com/credo_lyrics.htm
Apr 15, 2012 4:41 AM America/Chicago
What should your church be all about ? What are the signs of a healthy vibrant church that is headed in the right direction? We talk about six distinctives of a great church and discover that the first one - a commitment to the basic gospel as found in th
Apr 8, 2012 6:59 AM America/Chicago
What happens when a commuter train filled with 1000 peoples travels down the tracks 600 miles in the wrong direction?
Apr 1, 2012 6:53 AM America/Chicago
Is being lazy really that bad ? After all, isnt busy uptight people who cause all the wars ? Why would the ancient church consider Sloth a deadly sin? It turns out their understanding runs much deeper than ours and is brutally conviciting. On this Palm Su
Mar 25, 2012 5:11 AM America/Chicago
What do I do with this Anger? Many folks struggle with anger, and many Christians don't know what to do about it. Is it OK to be angry? If so, when? When does Anger turn evil? How can I handle it ? We look at Jesus and the wisdom of scripture and discover
Mar 18, 2012 3:31 AM America/Chicago
Is it wrong to want more money? How much food is too much ? What are gluttony and greed and where do they come from? More importantly, how do I say no when they come knocking at my door? Join us as we face these two G's of the seven deadly vices with wisd
Mar 7, 2012 7:27 AM America/Chicago
Ever know someone who, no matter what the conversation begins about, they always find away to make it all about them? Ever known someone who constantly needs attention and praise? Turns out, there is some of it in all of us, and this old sounding vice of
Feb 26, 2012 2:44 PM America/Chicago
Envy doesn't feel good at all. It's easy to see other people's envy, but aren't most of us tempted to get bitter when others have it better? It turns out that Envy is not just a cute phrase used in commercials, it is one of the deepest rooted sins in the
Feb 21, 2012 11:33 AM America/Chicago
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Feb 12, 2012 1:38 PM America/Chicago
Do you ever go by the smell test - when something just smells wrong, seems fishy, but you dont know why? It is the one time when listening to your gut can pay off. In this installment of the Nudge Series we look at the amazing gift of smell, and how we ca