Dwelling Place on Oneplace.com

Today on The program, pastor Al Pittman continues his study of Galatians, and has us turn to the fifth chapter. It's here that the apostle Paul combats the legalists of his day with the message of God's grace. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Pastor Al Pittman will show us today what the apostle Paul was referring to when he told the Galatians “They have fallen from grace”. And as we go along in this section of Galatians, we'll receive a very strong but needed warning not to pursue self-righteousness. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Here in America, we consider it a courtesy to open and close a door for another person. Some of us guys forget that about the fourth or fifth year of marriage, right? Today, we'll observe God opening and closing doors for His children, and specifically the apostle Paul. God sovereignly orchestrates the events of our lives, and that can be a great comfort to know. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today, Pastor Al Pittman will urge us to do live by faith. Galatians chapter four will be our text for today's teaching. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

If we look at God's law as a set of rules to follow in oder to get to heaven, we miss then point. We cannot obey the law perfectly, and the law points that out to us, so we must turn to faith in Christ for our salvation. Today on The Dwelling Place Pastor Al Pittman will elaborate as he continues his study of Galatians. We'll be in chapter three on this day, beginning in verse twenty-two. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

oday on The Dwelling Place, we continue through Colossians, and we're going to examine the relationship between living under the law and living under the Grace of Jesus Christ. The law exists for a purpose, but too many Christians today are hung up on ritual and laws. That's exactly what Paul addresses in the section of Colossians we'll look at today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

The law of God has no power to prevent sin - or redeem the sinner. Only grace can do that. That's our theme on today's The Dwelling Place with pastor Al Pittman. The churches in Galatia had been deceived by false teachers, who had convinced them that they could be saved by works rather than grace. Let's head over to Galatians chapter three and find out what the Apostle Paul had to say on this important issue. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Our problem with perfection was solved by Jesus. He paid the price to perfect us before a holy and perfect God. Isn't that awesome? However, there are some people who still try to get to heaven by being “perfect”. It simply won't work. The people of Galatia had a similar issue. They thought following rules was the path to heaven. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We all need someone in our lives who is not afraid to “tell it like it is”. The Galatians had a friend like that, and his name was Paul. We'll see just what he had to say to the Galatians today on The Dwelling Place. Pastor Al Pittman is taking us through this challenging epistle, and we can see that the Galatians were much like many Christians today – they thought they needed to add something to their faith in order to please God and get to heaven. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Pastor Al Pittman is currently taking us through the book of Galatians - a letter written by Paul to a group of believers who had been seriously misled by false teachers. They had been taught by Paul that the gospel message was for Jews and Gentiles alike, but they had then been misled into believing that the gentiles were disqualified. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

On today's program, pastor Al continues his in depth look at Galatians chapter two. In order to really understand what the Apostle Paul is saying in this chapter, it's important to know what was going on in the churches in Galatia at the time. In a word, the problem was hypocrisy. The Galatians talked a good game, but they actually had let false teaching and bigotry creep into their midst, and were preaching a gospel that contradicted the truth. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We're currently enjoying a journey through the book of Colossians, and once again, we see the incredible inspired word of God coming through in this letter from Paul to the church in Colossi. Do you think God knew two thousand years ago how relevant these words would be for us today? Of course He did! Colossians chapter two has much to teach us about false teachers, and the true source of security and happiness- our Lord Jesus Christ. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Pastor Al Pittman will underscore the gospel of grace alone through faith alone on today's broadcast as part of our continuing study of Galatians. We've just begun a look at chapter two, where we read Paul's passionate defense of the gospel. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

The grace of God is definitely something to be thankful for, and grace is the topic as we continue Al's new series in Galatians. As we begin a look at chapter two today, Paul has set the stage for his theme in this letter. The churches in Galatia had fallen victim to false teaching. Of course, there was some backlash, but here in chapter two, Paul defends his authority to preach the gospel, and he defends the gospel message as well. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

As we continue in Galatians one today, we are going to continue to see Paul's angry reaction to his beloved friends in Galatia turning to a false gospel. Paul had taught them a gospel based on the grace of God, and the Galatians had turned to a gospel of works. Paul was thoroughly ticked! As Al has mentioned before, this is the only letter Paul wrote that contains absolutely no encouragement. It's a good old fashioned dressing-down! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today we begin a series in Paul's letter to the Galatian church. The underlying theme of this series is going to be one word - grace. The churches in Galatia had strayed away from the truths Paul had taught them when the church was formed. Salvation through grace was the corner stone, and the Galatians had listened to the wrong teachers after Paul left, and now they believed they had to work for their salvation. That's the same false doctrine that many people are falling for today - even in the strongest Christian churches. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today on The Dwelling Place we will be treated to some timely encouragement. In First Thessalonians chapter five, verse twenty three, Paul concludes this wonderful letter to the Church by expressing a great confidence in God's ability to keep us! Our series in this wonderful letter ends today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

To know Jesus and His attributes is to realize that there no reason to follow any other path but the path that takes you to Him. He paid the full price for our sins, and the rewards of living a life pleasing to Him, and accepting Him as your savior are almost impossible to put into words. We've just begun a study of Colossians chapter two, so turn there in your Bible and join us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

The Apostle Paul is giving a series of very important exhortations to the Thessalonian believers, and they are just as applicable to us today. With only a couple of days left in this series, Pastor Al zeroes in on some key points raised in this chapter and how it applies to our lives. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We will be focusing on chapter five, verses twelve through twenty eight today. This section of Scripture contains instruction about life in the church. Paul's words are very practical, basic, and as we are about to see, very straightforward. We're talking about how we're to live and relate to each other in the church today on The Dwelling Place. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We have been steadily making our way through First Thessalonians, a book full of encouragement and wisdom from the Apostle Paul concerning not only how Christians should live, but how we should be prepared for the Lord's return. The day of the Lord is what we'll be discussing today as we zero in on chapter five. Now remember in chapter four, believers have already been raptured, so it's important to realize where we're at when all this goes down. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Are you looking forward to the day when Jesus returns to take us home? It really could happen any day now. This is The Dwelling Place with Pastor Al Pittman. Today we begin First Thessalonians chapter five, and transition from the rapture of the church to the Day of the Lord. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We've all pondered the ultimate question in life: What happens when you die? Well, the Apostle Paul tells us it's much different for believers than it is for unbelievers. Of course we know about heaven and hell, but in our study today, Pastor Al shows us that Paul gets a little more specific in this passage. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

oday we begin a study of one of the most encouraging and uplifting chapters in the Bible, chapter two of Colossians. It's a favorite among many because it expresses very eloquently the pure joy of knowing Jesus Christ as Savior. If you don't have that joy in your life, then please take the next twenty minutes or so and join us as we look at the first ten verses of Colossians chapter two. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today, pastor Al is going to speak about the afterlife. There are just two destinations, and we encourage you to look at your own life to see where you're headed. We're in First Thessalonians four. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today on The Dwelling Place, pastor Al Pittman takes us to First Thessalonians, chapter four, to give us some practical insight into some basic do's and don'ts of the faith. I invite you to follow along in your Bible, as we join Pastor Al for a message titled, “Brotherly Love”. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Someone has said that love is the spiritual lubricant that keeps life running smoothly. That's true, and as we'll discover today, it was the secret to the success of the Church in the first century. In First Thessalonians chapter four verses nine through twelve, we learn that love is not only evidence of life in the Lord and a true knowledge of Him, but also evidence that we are truly His disciples. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

astor Al Pittman is taking us through First Thessalonians right now, and we're studying chapter four. Here the apostle Paul describes the Believer's Walk. We'll learn through this study how to walk in a God-pleasing manner. We most certainly need encouragement in this area as we're bombarded with messages to go in the opposite direction in the world as we know it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Pastor Al Pittman has been leading us verse by verse through First Thessalonians, a great letter full of encouragement in how to live the Christian life. Having finished chapter three yesterday, we now move into chapter four, which deals with the subject of how to please God. Hopefully that's your ambition in life... so let's see how to get there. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Do you ever feel as though your not up to the task, that you just don't have the ability to do something? The marvelous thing about the Christian life is that we are not called to rely on our own sufficiency, but rather on the sufficiency of Christ. Pastor Al will address several precepts today that will help us get on a road to ministry that is beyond our natural abilities. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

If you've been tuning in lately, you know that we are in the midst of a verse by verse study through the book of First Thessalonians. We're back at it again today, and I invite you to turn to chapter three now To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

The Thessalonians knew they could count on Paul and that's what we're going to see today as we continue our ongoing study of First Thessalonians here on The Dwelling Place with Pastor Al Pittman. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. The winning definition read: "A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out." This is the kind of friend the apostle Paul was to the Thessalonians. They held a special place in his heart, that's for sure. Yet, there were some who questioned his loyalty to them. His response is a valuable lesson in friendship for us all. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

A promise we don't often claim is that those who seek to live godly lives will suffer persecution. This was true of the Thessalonian Christians, and yet they stood firm in persecution for the gospel's sake. But that raises the question, why does the gospel arouse such opposition? As we will hear on today's broadcast, the gospel ignores all human achievement. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We'll be continuing our series through Colossians here today on the broadcast, as we begin our final study in chapter one. You've no doubt been asked to do something that was a stretching experience for you, that called you to go out of your comfort zone. Perhaps it was giving a speech in class, or doing something else that you really didn't want to do. Well, sometimes our call to ministry will lead us beyond our comfort zone too, and that's a good thing as we'll soon see. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

One of the things that helps us obey is knowing from whom the command comes, how much authority they have, and how much doing what they ask will matter. If the command comes from a coworker - it will not have the same impact as if it had come directly from the boss. Well, we have commands that have come directly from the Lord. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Everyone comes into the world as a baby but we mature - some faster than others!. The same is true spiritually. And too many in the Church have not matured. As we'll hear today, part of the problem is our low view of the Bible - that's why there is such a disinterest in the things of God. But the bible is the very word of God - when the bible speaks, God speaks. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today Pastor Al will be teaching from First Thessalonians chapter two, verses one through twelve. We'll be reminded that Christian ministry is like the selfless and sacrificing roles of a mother and father. Paul and those who served with him are example for us to follow as pastors and spiritual leaders. Though not many are called to be pastors, we're all called to the ministry on some level and to some degree. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We are currently traveling through First Thessalonians, where we begin chapter two today. We'll be looking at some of the instructions given by the apostle Paul on how to effectively live out the Christian life. Let's go ahead and open our Bibles now as pastor Al gets today's study underway. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

The apostle Paul certainly went through intense persecution, but God used this in his life in a magnificent way to spread the Good News. Today, we'll take a look at First Thessalonians, chapter one, and what it means to us twenty-first century Christians. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

How did the Gospel come to the apostle Paul? For that matter, how did it come to you? In our new study of First Thessalonians today, we'll seek to answer this question and more. Join us, in the first chapter of First Thessalonians as we plan on covering verses five through ten. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Do you feel as though your life is falling apart? You've lost your job, your family life is a mess, or are facing tremendous persecution. What's going to sustain you and keep you going? Well that's the place the Thessalonians were in, and we'll see what keep them going in a moment. As Al Pittman takes us through this study we'll notice three valuable insights about the church. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

On today's program, we are going to turn our attention to a new study in the New Testament book of First Thessalonians. The apostle Paul wrote this awesome letter and as we get into it, we'll notice the marks of a healthy and growing church, and look forward to the soon return of Christ. Al has noticed several things about the church in the first few verses and today he'll draw that out of the text for us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today we bring you Al's final message in his verse by verse series through Colossians. If you summed up this letter, it would be a loving warning to the church of Colossi that they had strayed from the true gospel and were more interested in philosophy and “higher thought” than the real message of repentance and salvation through Christ. Sound familiar? That's what's so great about God's word - it's as relevant today as it was when these words were written. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Have you ever had that feeling that someone was watching you? Well, if you're a Christian, that feeling is legitimate, because the world is watching. We have an awesome responsibility as believers to live a pure and holy life - so the world will see the difference Christ has made in our lives. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

We're currently studying Colossians, and we'll be in chapter four, verses two through four. The subject is prayer - and why we should always seek the Lord first and foremost! Too many of us use prayer as a “last resort”, and that's a real shame. It's as if we're telling God, “OK, I can't figure this out, so it's your turn to try”. Is that really the message we want to send to God? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today, pastor Al Pittman returns to his study of Colossians, and has us consider a situation most of us have faced at one time or another - feeling like our faith in Christ is not what it used to be. That special experience of being born again is something we never forget, but as we move along in life, sometimes that excitement kid of dwindles, doesn't it? Pastor Al is going to urge us today to continue in our faith, and he'll use the words of Paul in Colossians chapter one to tell us how we can do that. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today, as we continue our series through Colossians, as we look at chapter four, verses two through four. Here, the apostle Paul gives some sage advice about prayer. Prayer is a wonderful gift from God, but it's wasted by far too many Christians. Can your prayer life be described as vigilant? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today on The Dwelling Place, we're going to see that one of the best places to demonstrate the presence of God in your life is in the workplace - whether your a worker or the boss! Pastor Al Pittman will be looking at the first verse of Colossians chapter four, so turn there in your Bible if you can and join us! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

Today were looking at the last few verses of Colossians chapter three, and we'll get into the relationship between employers and employees. As in every other area of life, there are right and wrong ways for both bosses and workers to act. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29

If you're a parent, I'm sure you could use some encouraging words about raising Godly kids. It's a tough job, isn't it? But God has a specific plan for us parents - and He's always there for us in those times when we become frustrated. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1425/29