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Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "ANOTHER GOSPEL"1879. A man named Charles Taze Russell starts a magazine in Pennsylvania called Zion’s Watch Tower. That’s the beginning of the orgin we know today as Jehovah Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses Follow the beliefs of Arius. Popular. Good with a crowd. But he was a heretic and taught, “There was a time when the Son was not.”He didn’t say Jesus was bad. He said Jesus was not eternal. That He was a created being. The first thing God ever made. The greatest thing God ever made. But that He was MADE.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "ANOTHER GOSPEL" One of the first Moralistic Deists in the whole bible. Was the rich young ruler! He was a Good Man. By the world's standards, But was still empty inside. Still seeking more. He approaches Jesus and calls Him, “Good teacher”. He was grading Jesus on the same curve that he was grading himself. "Good Works". Because Jesus was doing so many good things. Only God is truly Good.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "ANOTHER GOSPEL"Islam's founding claim is literally an angelic visitation. The angel Jibril (Gabriel) appearing to a man in a cave, delivering a new and final revelation that corrects and supersedes the Gospel. Islam's own origin story is the exact scenario Paul warned about. A different messenger, message, and gospel.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan kicks off our new message series "ANOTHER GOSPEL" Now, some people might wonder if a series like this is a little controversial, but the truth is what sets us free. As followers of Jesus, we need to know what we believe and be equipped to have loving, helpful conversations with people who might believe a different gospel.Today, we are talking about Mormonism and answering a big question: Are Mormons Christians? In light of biblical and historical Christianity, the answer is actually no. Here are five key reasons why:First, Mormons believe in a different God. Their founder, Joseph Smith, taught that God the Father was once a man on another planet who progressed to become God. But the Bible clearly tells us that God does not change. He is the eternal "I Am," and there never has been and never will be another God besides Him.Second, they believe in a different Jesus. Mormon doctrine teaches that Jesus is the first spirit child born to a Heavenly Father and Mother, which would make him the spirit brother of Lucifer. But scripture tells us that Jesus is eternal, begotten and not created, and has no brotherly relation to the devil.Third, Mormons rely on a different authority. They believe the Bible was corrupted over time and that the Book of Mormon was needed to correct it. However, historical discoveries like the Dead Sea Scrolls prove that our scriptures have been supernaturally preserved and remain incredibly accurate. God takes His word seriously and warns us never to add to or subtract from it.Fourth, they believe in a different destiny. Mormonism teaches there are three degrees of glory in heaven, where the highest level allows faithful Mormons to become gods of their own worlds. The Bible, on the other hand, teaches only two eternal outcomes: eternal life in heaven with Christ, or eternal judgment.Finally, Mormons believe in a different gospel of salvation. They teach a system of works where grace only kicks in to fill the gaps of what you cannot do yourself. But the true gospel is built on grace alone. We cannot earn our salvation; it is a free gift from God through faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan wraps up our message series "JONAH"Who is in your boat? That question might matter more than almost anything else. The people you do life with. The people you've let into the inner circle of your world. Who they are, what they carry, what they're running from.... it all ends up in the boat with you. 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Mike Trenton continues our message series "JONAH"Jonah 3:10 When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.Have you ever had an experience where you made plans for a certain activity or project, maybe at work or a family outing, and based on the direction you were given you work hard on the project. You pour yourself into it, taking care of every detail. After you have spent hours on the project, the person in charge comes.to you and says, “Never mind, I’ve changed my mind!”

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Special Guest Pastor Gerad Strong continues our message series "JONAH"The direction that God will lead you is not a guarantee of an easy task... However, when God’s presence feeds you, the task ahead can be endured. 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "JONAH"Jonah 1:4 NLT: But the Lord hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.Sometimes God will throw a storm into your story. The storm was not a coincidence. The storm was intentional. The Hebrew word hêṭîl—translated "hurled". Means more than just "sent." It implies "to cast," "to hurl," or "to throw down" with force and intent. It means a deliberate and powerful act of God, unleashing the storm directly upon the sea.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan kicks off our new message series "JONAH"We have been conditioned, especially in church culture, to believe that God uses us despite our weaknesses. That He's constantly working around our rough edges, tolerating our blind spots, and somehow pulling off his purposes in spite of who we are. And there's truth in that. Sometimes God doesn't just work around your flaws. Sometimes he works through them.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Monty Sears brings a special message for Father's Day.In the Gospel of John alone, this all important name, spoken by Jesus, is repeated seven times. Jesus repeats the words “I AM.” In this repetition we see the fullness of His character. We have a tendency to see ourselves as we are... BUT GOD sees us not as we are, but as He has called us to be! 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan wraps up our message series "THE MOUNT"Matthew 5:8 (NLT) God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.When Jesus used "pure/clean" (katharos), Jewish listeners would immediately have thought of all the purity laws in Exodus, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. In the religious culture of Jesus's day, purity laws dominated the Temple worship. They identified religion with rules which had to do with cleanness and uncleanness... Jesus identified religion with the state of a person's heart. Jesus was radical.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "THE MOUNT"We live in a world that is wired for distractions to avoid feeling pain. If your heart stops "feeling" the weight of your sin or the brokenness around you, that thing has something wrong with it. We often fill our lives with busyness and entertainment to numb the ache internally. Mourning isn't just for funerals; it’s about a heart that is soft enough to be saddened by what saddens God.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "THE MOUNT"Matthew 5:3 NLT: "God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs."We are taught to build our "spiritual resume" with good deeds and moral behavior. Jesus isn't talking about being "a little bit humble." He’s talking about being spiritually bankrupt. You don't get into the Kingdom by bringing something to God. You get in by admitting you have nothing to bring. In the Kingdom of God, if you are overqualified (full of yourself), you are disqualified.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "THE MOUNT"Mathew 5:6: God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.Hunger and thirst can be summed up as Desire! Jesus used language people in this day would understand.... We don’t know much about being hungry and thirsty. And yet internally we are dealing with desires.... Hunger and thirst in a much deeper way. To hunger and thirst shapes much of our life!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan kicks off our new message series "THE MOUNT"The sermon on the mount is hands down the most powerful sermon that has ever been preached. From the lips of Jesus, the principles and the kingdom of heaven were unfolded for all of the world to see and know! Here Jesus teaches the postures that God blesses, prayer, giving, loving our enemies, etc. 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Amanda shares a special message for Mother's Day titled "THE QUEENS OF FAITH"God sees his children as special! Over and over in the bible God calls us chosen, royal, special, friend, a treasured possession, co-heirs with Christ! Don’t call average what God has called extraordinary! God sees royalty in you! Each one of the matriarchs of faith had something special inside of them. Each of these women carried a "royal" weight, not necessarily through crowns and palaces, but through their divine calling, their resilience, and their role as the architects of a nation.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan & Amanda wrap up our message series "GROWING PAINS"Marriage is not always hard. There are ways of doing marriage that are hard, but marriage is not always hard. Marriage is hard when one or both individuals refuse to grow. Your marriage can grow! Believe this today! Be filled with faith that you can grow. There may be some "Growing Pains", but your marriage can thrive and grow!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "GROWING PAINS"If you want to have uncommon health and impact, you must have uncommon boundaries. Since you cannot change people, you must change yourself so that their destructive patterns do not harm you! Boundaries protect closeness. Many people think if we love people, we will not set boundaries, but God shows us that even with people we love we must set boundaries.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Special Guest Pastor Mike Santiago continues our message series "GROWING PAINS" 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan kicks off our new message series "GROWING PAINS" John 15:1-8 (NLT)In this passage Jesus is introducing us to a concept that is hard for many of us to understand. That concept is necessary endings! It’s the idea that some things must be ended and removed before other things can GROW! The word “ending” just scares most people! We hear the term and we just cringe! Many avoid “endings” because we fear the unknown! We have had past painful endings! We are fear loss and pain! This is why many don’t grow and why many fear growth....

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan wraps up our message series "JESUS STORIES" The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of the Christian Faith. People have many opinions about Jesus. He was a prophet, a teacher, philosopher, etc. The only problem with that is that He claimed to be God’s own son. And claimed the proof of that would be that He would die and three days later He would rise from the dead! 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "JESUS STORIES" Mark 11:12–24 NLTThis story is not about a tree! It’s about: Religion without power. Spirituality without forgiveness. Form but no fruit. God but no grace! When cursed this tree.... He did something He never did again. The cursed tree was the only miracle of destruction that Jesus ever performed. It really wasn’t about the tree! This was about the temple, for Jesus! This was a prophetic picture!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "JESUS STORIES"Matthew 6:19–26 NLTJesus opens this story with one of the most powerful and yet challenging scriptures in the bible. He’s teaching us to live for heaven more than earth. He’s teaching us to trust Him with our resources and our lives. But so much more than that He is teaching us Kingdom realities about what actually shapes our lives!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "JESUS STORIES" There are many people, Christians, and pastors that are trying to predict a lot right now. Does this mean the end is coming? Does this mean the rapture of the church is closer? Is this setting the stage for the end times? With biblical Persia being modern day Iran... There are certainly implications! This wouldn’t be the first time the prince of Persia had been restrained so that God’s will could be done!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Paul Shulga continues our message series "JESUS STORIES"Jesus lived a miracle life! From His birth to His death, His life was marked by Miracles. Two things Jesus Marveled at during His ministry. The lack of faith of people in his hometown, and the amount of faith when a centurion responded “just say the word" and my servant will be healed.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges kicks off our new message series "JESUS STORIES"Jesus lived a miracle life! From his birth to his death, his life was marked by Miracles. There are about 37 distinct miracles in the bible directly done by Jesus. The Bible doesn’t use the word “miracles in the stories of Jesus. It uses signs... A sign can be a miracle but it is more than that. A sign points to something!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges wraps up our message series "CHURCHOLOGY"The church must be, very intentionally, the place where God is. And in the church Gods truth is of the highest priority! In the ancient world, pillars were not just structural; they were used to lift and display important objects or statues. The church's role is to "holdup" the Gospel for the world to see! Jesus came to reveal the truth of God to the world!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Special Guest Speaker Pastor Travis Turner continues our message series "CHURCHOLOGY" We don't serve to earn a place in the house. We serve because we're already in it. It's not about filling gaps. It's not about guilt or needing more help. It's about who we become when we understand the house correctly. Our world tells us "Protect your time, Guard your energy, Don't commit to what you can't control. The house of God has a different value system.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges kicks off our new message series "CHURCHOLOGY"Fruit comes from connection. No shortcuts. Nothing comes without a planting. You didn’t choose your first planting, you were born into it. Planted in darkness. Stunted. Sin. Brokenness. Shallow roots. No spiritual fruit. But God, He transplanted you. Pulled you out. Planted you in light. Deep. Thriving. Fruit-bearing. 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges continues our new message series "ALL THE THINGS"You were designed for a purpose. You were designed to fulfill that purpose with other people. Your purpose needs people. Isolation is assassination to the plans God has for your life! One of the greatest deficits today in relationships is that we view them as a commodity instead of a necessity.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges continues our new message series "ALL THE THINGS"When we want to hear from the Lord; we come to His word. When we are at a crossroad; we come to His word. God and His word and not separate. Jesus is literally called the “The Word” of God. God is not contradictory. He is The Word. He is in alignment with His word. What God says, is never going to contradict the word. People have always looked at Gods word as primary tool for hearing God’s voice and knowing Gods will.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges starts our new message series "ALL THE THINGS"For better or for worse you are what you repeatedly do. Destiny is not a mystery; destiny is what you repeatedly do. We've heard it said, people don’t decide their future. They decide their habits and their habits decide their future. We are all creatures of habit. So, we must deconstruct our habits every now and again to make sure our habits are helping not hurting.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location.So many times, we even limit our imagination for the future on what we have seen in the past! Don’t do that! Leave room for God to do something MORE. Allow the Holy Spirit to fill you with faith for the future! Your past is not the lid. on the future! Last year’s miracles are not the standard for this year’s potential! You are going to move FORWARD into the purpose of God.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges continues our message series "HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"I see so much fear in the world today. This was true of that time as well! The coming of Jesus was an act of PEACE! It was God stretching out His hand to the world in the form of His son! It is vital that we learn to break out of fear and live in favor! Nobody overcomes the battles of life with fear! Just like the first Christmas, the temptation of this season will be to give in to fear.... When God has given us favor.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges starts our new message series "HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"Luke 2:1-7(NLT)The incarnation! God becoming flesh! Such a central and powerful part of our doctrine and beliefs! What does it mean.... God made his home among us. 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. We are called to move FORWARD and believers in Christ! We are meant to move forward as Christians.... Even in our anatomy.... Everything faces FORWARD. The blessings of today have everything to do with the faith of yesterday. The miracles we experience tomorrow will be tied to the faith of today.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges wraps up our message series "TEST THE SPIRITS"The Judas spirit is best identified by, the betrayal of trust due to self-centered entitlement and offense. What kind of doors does this spirit use to find a way in to our life.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges continues our message series "TEST THE SPIRITS" There is whole world of things going on in the world around you, that you can’t see. This is true of everyone you meet! They have voices you don’t know. They have influences you don’t know. They carry struggles you don’t know! The enemy wants to add voices into your life too! Voices of: Hurt. Pain. Confusion. Doubt. We must be discerning to know what Spirit people are coming at us from.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges continues our message series "TEST THE SPIRITS"Jezebel isn’t about a man or a woman. It’s about influence without integrity. Anyone can be influenced by her! Men are most susceptible to Jezebel when they seek to gain power and authority from others who have it. Women are most are most susceptible to Jezebel to gain authority from those in their lives: Dads, husbands, etc. Not every manipulative person is influenced by Jezebel, but every person influenced by Jezebel manipulates.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan Hodges continues our message series "TEST THE SPIRITS"We all think about a primary figure involved in the last days before Jesus! We think of THE Antichrist. But more than a specific person, the bible talks about the Antichrist as a spirit that is at work in the world. Especially today it is nearly impossible to claim that Jesus doesn’t exist. So this spirit works to diminish! Over history many religious groups have denied the works and deity of Christ to dimmish who He is....

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Mike Trenton continues our message series "TEST THE SPIRITS"Before we talk about OTHER Spirts that try to influence us.... We should start with Holy Spirit! The Holy Spirit is a distinct person, part of the trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Because we don’t know the Holy Spirit, we are deceived by other spirits at work in our world. The world doesn’t know the Holy Spirit.... But we should know Him!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan kicks off our new message series "TEST THE SPIRITS"How do you know that something is really from God? A word, show, movie, sermon.... How do you know if something is from God. We watch so much online, we read so many books, but not everything we see, hear, or read is from God. Just because you have the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean you cannot be influenced by another spirit that is NOT of God. There are different spirits at work. We don’t want to be suspicious, but we don’t want lack discernment.

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan wraps up our message series "Mind Monsters 2.0"Nearly half of American report sometimes or always feeling alone. Social isolation is as bad for you as 15 cigarettes a day…. And have a similar impact on life expectancy. Loneliness is a problem, and relationships are the answer. The key is understanding that loneliness doesn’t need to be eliminated as much as relationships need to be revealed!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "Mind Monsters 2.0"Depression is a malfunction of the instrument we use to determine reality.... A depressive episode is different than a mood change.... They last on average 1-2 weeks and can be longer. 21 million or 7.8 percent of all adults have had a bought of depression in the LAST YEAR. Depression is NOT a sin. Anxiety is NOT a sin. Mental illness is NOT a sin. Feelings of depression are a good indication that something needs to change!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan continues our message series "Mind Monsters 2.0"Anxiety is a monster that touches nearly every single one of us in some way! Either in our personal lives or someone we love! Anxiety is a part of life, but it does not need to dominate our lives! The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional! 

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan starts a new message series "Mind Monsters 2.0"Anger is a secondary emotion. In other words, it’s always triggered by something else. More than 40% of people with anxiety report anger problems. Over 30% of those with depression experience frequent anger outbursts. No one just gets angry. We get Hurt. Shamed. Scared. Tired. Depressed, and then Angry

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Shannon Marocco wraps up our message series "Homecoming"

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan starts a new message series "Homecoming"Luke 15:11-20 NLTMost of the time when Jesus tells a story with two people, He is typically trying to contrast pictures. In this story there are two sons. This is the best picture of repentance we see in the scripture! Until we truly understand repentance, a Homecoming is hard!

Thank you for joining us for Christian Faith Center’s Sermon of the week. This message is from our Nampa Location. Pastor Jordan wraps up and closes our message series "Static"There are three predominate voices we all hear in life. The voice of the Lord, The voice of self, and The voice of the enemy. 1 Kings 19:7–18 NLT We see Elijah trauma dumping on God all his own thoughts about being all alone and forsaken. His own voice. Then God begins to reveal His voice.