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Good News from Good Sam
by Good Samaritan Church, Las Vegas, NV
Messages, interviews and more from Good Samaritan Church in Las Vegas, NV. Listen to one of our pastors and other staff members talk about a recent message in a more relaxed style. And, for more information, feel free to visit our website at: http://www.goodsamlv.com
Episodes
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Ever Wonder Why? Why Doesn’t God Hear My Prayers?
You’ve been there before… prayed for something and felt like God wasn’t there to hear you. He certainly didn’t give you an answer much less the one you were looking for. Today, we’re going deeper into the messages from the weekend about wondering why God doesn’t hear our prayers. I think you’ll…
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Ever Wonder Why? Why Did God Let It Happen?
Have you gone through a really difficult situation and asked yourself, “Why did God let this happen?”. Yep… us too. But we’re going deeper into that question today and looking at the stories from the Bible where we see that similar situations have happened. What choices are we making? What…
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Ever Wonder Why? Why Does God Feel Far Away?
Have you ever found yourself asking why in situations surrounding your faith? Listen, we all have! This series is taking time to look at scripture for the best response to these why questions. On today’s episode, Tommi and Pastor Don are going deeper into the weekend message asking “Why does God...
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Deeper: Spending Time With Others
We’re going Deeper this lenten season with messages based on scripture to help bring a more deeply rooted faith. On our episode today, we have Pastors Don & Jason along with Tommi and we’re talking about spending time with others. When we are with others and taking the time to be present and make...
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Deeper: Bible Study & Prayer
We are in the season of Lent and our series for Lent is Deeper: Spiritual Practices For A More Deeply Rooted Faith. On today’s episode we have both Pastor Jason and Don along with Tommi to discuss the importance of prayer. Pastor Jason gives us the many examples in scripture where we are…
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Starting Fresh: Make A Difference
We’re wrapping up our series on Starting Fresh and what better way to start a new year than seeking out to make a difference? Pastor Jason and Tommi are talking about how the example was set for us by Jesus and our job is to follow his lead. Through kindness toward others and loving one another…
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Starting Fresh: Learning To Let Go
This week we’re talking about letting go with Pastor Don, Natalee, and Tommi. Specifically, we are spending time with Natalee’s message on letting go of your past. We talk about the 4 “steps” to accomplish this: forgiveness, renewal, repentance, and testify. Before you’re too intimidated by the...
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Starting Fresh: Mending Relationships
We continue our series, Starting Fresh, and this week Pastor Jason and Tommi are tackling a tough one… Mending Relationships. Scripture shows us how we are to treat relationships with others. We are to forgive, have mercy, show grace, but that’s hard! Let’s go deeper into the message from Sunday...
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Starting Fresh: Building Healthy Habits
It’s a new year and we have a new sermon series. We’re kicking off 2024 with our series: Starting Fresh. This week’s podcast episode features Pastors Don and Jason as well as Tommi. We’re talking about building healthy habits, what scripture tells us about that, and how we can jump start the year...
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God Bless Us Everyone! Don’t Be A Scrooge!
Our Advent sermon series is based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and on today’s episode of Deeper, we’re talking about Scrooge himself. Listen, we all can be a little Scrooge like from time to time. In Scrooge’s defense… he had gone through some stuff to get him to his cantankerous ways.…
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Christ The King Sunday
We’re talking royalty this week… and it’s not the British Monarchy… As Americans we don’t typically talk kings and queens, but we’re talking about a different king today, Christ the King. Pastors Jason and Scott along with Tommi are going deeper into the weekend message where we take a look at…
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Faith: Why It Matters With Courage, Resilience, and Identity
We’re back this week with Pastor Don, Pastor Jason, and Tommi going deeper into the weekend message. We are talking about how our faith matters in forming our identity and providing that courage and resilience. We look at the example set by Martin Luther at the time of the Reformation as well as...
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Faith: How It Brings Life Greater Meaning & Purpose
Pastor Don and Tommi are talking about the weekend message and going deeper into how faith brings life greater meaning and purpose. During weekend services, we had guest, Tom Eggum, join us to talk about his ministry and providing clean water to villages in Africa. God designs us to make a...
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Faith: Why It Matters In Times Of Doubt and How It Brings Us Hope
Today’s episode of Deeper is with Pastor Scott, Pastor Jason, and Tommi. We’re spending some time talking about how doubt plays a role in our faith and the division it brings. Scripture shows us that doubt is not a sin, but is expected at times. The key here is to keep that faith in times of…
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The Woman At The Well
On today's episode, Pastor Don and Tommi are diving deeper into a segment from the show The Chosen. We are looking at the portrayal of the scripture that brings us the story of Jesus meeting the woman at the well. We look at the significance of the details surrounding this visit... Jesus planning...
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Faith: Why It Matters To Overcome Obstacles
Pastor Scott and Tommi are sitting down today to examine the size of a mustard seed. We’re pulling out the magnifying glass, because that thing is tiny! But in all seriousness, we’re going deeper in the message of our faith and it’s role in overcoming obstacles. In the Bible, we read that faith…
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Faith: Why It Matters To Celebrate and Appreciate
Pastor Jason and Tommi are going deeper into the weekend message on celebration and appreciation how that comes together with our faith. We know that God’s gifts are received in faith and we can look at the impact faith has on our lives as we live out Christianity. By the end of today’s episode,...
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Faith: Why It Matters To Connect With God And People
Pastor Don and Tommi are going deeper into the weekend message about the importance of connecting with God and people and the impact that connection has on our faith. Pastor Don’s weekend message shows us how Jesus responded to Mary and Martha from Luke 10:38-42. Tommi talks about one of the ways...
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God’s Faithfulness
Today’s episode is with Pastor Jason, Natalee Butler, and Tommi Garza. We’re going deeper into the two weekend messages from Good Samaritan. Pastor Jason and Natalee preached on different topics, but we can see where the overlap lies in this conversation. God’s faithfulness is seen throughout the...
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Getting Old: Summary of The Old Testament
On today’s episode, Pastors Scott and Don along with Tommi are going deeper in the lessons of the Old Testament. We spent the summer going through some of the books of the Old Testament and not the more common ones that we’re more familiar with. What did you take away from this summer series? Did...
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Getting Old: Generosity in Jeremiah
We’re continuing our discussion on the prophet Jeremiah on today’s episode. Pastors Scott and Jason along with Tommi are going deeper in the lessons from Jeremiah. The biggest takeaway is the faithfulness of Jeremiah and how we can apply that in our daily lives. It’s not easy and as we read…
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Getting Old: Jeremiah - Restoration, Redemption, & Generosity
We’re talking about the prophet Jeremiah on today’s episode. Pastor Don describes him as a not great prophet. But there is so much wisdom and good news to be found in this book of the Old Testament. With the messages from both campuses we’re going deeper into the restoration and redemption that…
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Getting Old: Isaiah & Assurance
When was a time you needed assurance from God? On today’s episode, touching on the prophet Isaiah and how his time and stories from the Bible really line up with what we face in our lives today. Pastors Scott and Jason both gave messages about the ate chapters of Isaiah writing to the people and…
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Getting Old: Isaiah Part 1
We’ve moved into the prophets of the Old Testament and we’re starting with Isaiah. Isaiah was around during a tumultuous time and we learn that he was given this message from God and he didn’t want it! But Pastor Jason helps us go into this message to see the reminders of God throughout Isaiah…
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Getting Old: Wisdom In Song of Songs
Pastor Scott calls this one an obscure book in the Bible and there may have been blushing taking place while talking about this one, but we’re going deeper into the Song of Songs. Pastors Jason and Scott both had messages talking about the love we read about in this book yet one went with the...
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Getting Old: Wisdom In Proverbs
On today’s episode, we’re going deeper in the book of Proverbs. We often look for wisdom in a myriad of places, but Pastor Jason’s message from Sunday has us looking to God’s word for true wisdom and to grow in out faith. We have some examples of how to listen to the wisdom of God in our lives....
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Getting Old: Exodus & Moses
We’re going Deeper with Pastor Jason this week into Exodus and specifically Moses. This story with Moses shows us that he was uncertain and unsure of the command God was giving him. He had doubts. He didn’t feel worthy. But we know through this story that even when we also doubt and feel…
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Getting Old: Joseph
We’re spending the summer in the Old Testament and this week we’re going deeper into the story of Joseph. In this story we see the transformative power of forgiveness. Forgiveness can be difficult for us but we see these examples in the Bible that help us to see the outcome that leads to a richer...
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Getting Old: In The Beginning…
We’re spending the summer in the Old Testament and this week we’re going deeper into the creation story. Both Pastors Jason and Scott spend time talking about creation and the Trinity. God breathed life into everything around us. His creation can be seen all around us and not just in the Old...
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The Holy Spirit
We’re going deeper into Pentecost and the coming of The Holy Spirit to the disciples. What does your life look like when you open yourself to the Holy Spirit? Are you rowing across the Atlantic or sail across the world? Bible verses: Acts 2:36-41; Galatians 5:22-25; 2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Chronicles...
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Google It: Empowerment
We see many examples of power in our cultures & societies, but we’re talking about empowerment and specifically being empowered by the Holy Spirit. This power given to us by God is to be used top spread the Good News of thee Gospel. Pastor Jason gives us examples on how to do this through prayer,...
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Google It: Searching For Love
Searching for love in all the wrong places? We are searching for love and today’s episode of Deeper we’re looking at love. What does God’s word say about love? Where can we find that love? We do know that God tells us to love one another and that he loves us… unconditionally. But does that really...
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Google It: Searching For Grace
Lutherans love talking about grace, but what is it? How do we get it? What do we have to do? Today’s deeper we’re talking about the GIFT of grace and how we really don’t have to do anything to earn God’s grace and how we can extend that grace to others. Bible verses: John 5:6; Hebrews 4:16; John...
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Google It: Searching For Optimism
What are you searching for? When we’re so used to searching Google for the answers we can forget that we have the answers right in God’s word. But where can we find optimism when sometimes life is HARD? Let’s dig in a little deeper to what God has to say about finding optimism. Bible verses:...
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Google It: Searching For Guidance
What are you searching for? When we’re so used to searching Google for the answers we can forget that we have the answers right in God’s word. This week, we’re talking guidance… guidance in the big and small decisions and relationships and more. Let’s see what God has to say about it. Bible…
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Let Me Tell You About My Jesus: Part 4 - He Makes A Way Where There Aint No Way
Our Lent Sermon Series is based on the faith stories of Good Samaritan. We’re going deeper into these testimonies of the transformative power of Jesus. We implore you to ask yourself, “What is my faith story?”. There is power in sharing our stories and we’re going to take a look at the stories...
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Let Me Tell You About My Jesus: Part 3 - God Is In The Ordinary
Our Lent Sermon Series is based on the faith stories of Good Samaritan. We’re going deeper into these testimonies of the transformative power of Jesus. We implore you to ask yourself, “What is my faith story?”. There is power in sharing our stories and we’re going to take a look at the stories...
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Let Me Tell You About My Jesus: Part 2
Our Lent Sermon Series is based on the faith stories of Good Samaritan. We’re going deeper into these testimonies of the transformative power of Jesus. We implore you to ask yourself, “What is my faith story?”. There is power in sharing our stories and we’re going to take a look at the stories...
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Let Me Tell You About My Jesus: Part 1
Our Lent Sermon Series is based on the faith stories of Good Samaritan. We’re going deeper into these testimonies of the transformative power of Jesus. We implore you to ask yourself, “What is my faith story?”. There is power in sharing our stories and we’re going to take a look at the stories...
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Dress For Success: Love
Finally and most importantly, we are dressing ourselves in Love. On today’s episode of Deeper, we’re talking about the most transformative power in the world, the power of God’s love. Bible verses: Colossians 3:12-14; Romans 12:2; 1 John 4:7-8; 1 Corinthians 13:1-4 Download Love infographic here....
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Dress For Success: Patience
We continue talking about how to Dress For Success and this week we’re clothing ourselves in patience. Patience can be a struggle but when we understand we need other’s patience as much as they need ours, it helps us to grow in our ability to be patient. Bible verses: Colossians 3:12-16…
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Dress For Success: Humility & Meekness
Humility. Meekness. These are 2 words we often associate with showing weakness, but we hear from Pastors Scott and Jason about how that is far from the truth when we look at God’s word. Today, we’re going deeper into what this looks like for us and why is it so hard to be humble? The sermon…
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Dress For Success: Kindess
God's Word has something to say about how we are to dress and we’re spending the next five weeks going deeper into the message about God’s dress code for our lives. This week, Pastors Scott and Jason along with Tommi are talking about kindness. As a fruit of the spirit, kindness is how we as...
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Dress For Success: Becoming More Like Jesus
God's Word has something to say about how we are to dress and we’re spending the next five weeks going deeper into the message about God’s dress code for our lives. This week, Pastors Jason and Don along with Tommi are talking about becoming more like Jesus. The sermon outline from the message...
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What Will It Be In ’23?
With the New Year we have the opportunity for the fresh start! So, what will it be in ’23? Today’s Deeper with Pastors Scott and Jason will go into depth on the outlook for the new year. The sermon outline from the message referenced HERE.
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Drought Buster: Drought Of Grief
Follow All Saints’ Sunday, we are going deeper into Pastor Don’s message on the Drought of Grief. We’re talking about hope and how we can find that hope even in the midst of our grief. Just like in times of drought, when our lands are in need of water, our souls are thirsty. Our dehydrated hearts...
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Drought Busters: Drought of Apathy
When faced with the drought of apathy, we can be left feeling a lack of interest or concern. But we can call upon God to bust the drought with compassion and understanding. Just like in times of drought, when our lands are in need of water, our souls are thirsty. Our dehydrated hearts send…
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Drought Buster: Drought Of Isolation
We’re going deeper into the message from the weekend on the drought of isolation. Today we are looking to scripture to bust the drought of isolation with community and connection. Just like in times of drought, when our lands are in need of water, our souls are thirsty. Our dehydrated hearts send...
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Drought Busters: Drought of Selfishness
We’re going deeper into the message about the drought of selfishness. We can bust this drought with connection and gratitude. What are you grateful for today? Just like in times of drought, when our lands are in need of water, our souls are thirsty. Our dehydrated hearts send messages of stress,...
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Drought Busters
Pastor Don and Tommi go deeper into the upcoming series Drought Busters. We face drought in our lives that bring grief, fear, loneliness, and more… how do we face that drought? Who you gonna call upon in those times of drought? Subscribe to this podcast and be updated when new episodes are...
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Messages, interviews and more from Good Samaritan Church in Las Vegas, NV. Listen to one of our pastors and other staff members talk about a recent message in a more relaxed style. And, for more information, feel free to visit our website at: http://www.goodsamlv.com
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