Santa Cruz Bible Church Podcast

Gossip seems harmless but can get out of control fast, destroying relationships in its wake. This message gives us new ways to deal with people and problems using our words.

How do so many people get caught up in politics? While the political pitfall is a real temptation for all of us, Jesus offers a different way to live and respond to our political climate.

We tend to use superstition to understand the supernatural. But an irrational fear of evil can lead to some pretty scary stuff. That’s where the truth can set us free.

Jesus frees us to use our resources to love others.

A look at how to handle being offended or hurt and how to see God's movement in your hurt.

Temptations are not big, dramatic moments. There’s little turns we barely notice taking advantage of unmet desire in our lives.

We are all broken people living in a broken world. Is that brokenness a curse? Or a gift?

As we continue in Genesis 3, we see what happens when we try to find who we are in the acceptance of others or even our own achievements. Good news: there’s another way to live!

We all play the blame game. Shame drives us to blame others for what we did wrong. But what would happen if we came clean and confessed our mistakes?

One of the most important yet misunderstood chapters in the Bible, Genesis 3 begins with the origin of a feeling that’s a struggle for everyone: shame.

The Bible is a book full of meals: time around a table shapes us and reminds us of who we have been, who we are, and where we are going.

Is anyone living rent-free in your head? It’s time for an eviction.

Community is a key that unlocks new life for us and surprisingly, it's a key anyone can create.

If God has given us everything we have, what does He ask us to do with what we have?

Everything changes when we take ownership of our spiritual growth.

Jesus’ Kingdom is an upside down Kingdom.

In the most well-known parable, the Prodigal Son, Jesus gives us a dramatic picture of grace and the cost of living out that grace to others.

Jesus tells a story about sin and sinners with a shocking twist. This twist shakes up the ways we think about ourselves and others. 

Dawn Lindholm looks into the parable of the Sower and the Seed.