Arise Church with Brent Simpson

Killing Spiders: Greed and Materialism - Part Two - Tina Blount

Once upon a time, there were two friends. Sam came from a family of bakers and Tom from a family of farmers. One day while returning from the market they met a banana salesman who offered them quite the deal on a batch of bananas. Sam wanted to buy the bananas to make banana nut bread. Tom wanted to buy the bananas to resell them. However, Sam had more money and insisted on buying all of the bananas, which made Tom angry. Tom called Sam greedy and selfish. For several weeks afterward, Tom would not talk to Sam. One day, while in the market, Tom saw a sign that said, Tom and Sam’s Banana Stand”. At the stand were fresh bananas and homemade banana bread. It was there that Tom realized his friend's true intention. The moral of the story is that sometimes what appears to be selfish is actually generosity in disguise.

Killing Spiders: Lie To Me - Part One - Brent Simpson

What bug do you most hate seeing in your house A) Spiders. 😎 Roaches. C) Ants.

Have you ever thought, "Why do I keep sinning? Why do I keep making bad decisions and falling into the same patterns over and over again!?” Maybe it's time we stop cleaning the cobwebs in our life, and instead, start Killing the Spiders!

Who are ”We”? | En Christo | Champa Bay | Part 3 | Brent Simpson

With swinging a bat, touching a football, or skating on ice, people around Champa Bay relished in the glory of being named champions. When it comes to the Kingdom of God we are winners by association.

Who Do You Think You Are? | Champa Bay | Part 2

Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right.” The Tampa Bay Rays are a true underdog story that optimizes that quote. Having one of the lowest payrolls in baseball, with some of the lowest fan attendance, the Rays could have chosen to believe they were a mediocre team… but instead they dared to believe they could be more. They won the American League pennant in 2020 and currently hold one of the best records in baseball. Why does this matter to you?

One one One with PK | Change your Mindset | EP04

HOW TO WIN | Picked from the Pasture | Champa Bay | Brent Simpson

It's time to move beyond merely surviving life and start winning at life! Learn how you can Awaken the Champion within

Be Contagious | Prathyash Thomas

A young salesman was disappointed about losing a big sale, and as he talked with his sales manager he lamented, "I guess it just proves you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink." The manager replied, "Son, take my advice: your job is not to make him drink. Your job is to make him thirsty."

 

This is also true of evangelism. Jesus said Christians should be the "Salt of the earth", and salt makes you thirsty! Our lives should be so filled with Christ that they create a thirst for the Gospel in others.

One one One with PK Podcast | How to deal with control

Can I Trust The Bible? | Brent Simpson

We live in a cynical world.

Many grew up trusting things that are now considered untrustworthy. Whether it be trusting tap water, colleges to train your children, the government to have your best interest in mind, or trusting a handshake that a deal was done. We now live in a cynical world of distrust.

So what can we still trust? For instance, can we still trust the Bible? Or is it an antiquated book of legend and religious lies that has been changed and edited throughout the years?

Tomorrow at Arise we will rap up the Evidence series by taking a historical and scientific approach to examining whether or not the Bible is still trustworthy in our age of cynicism.

Hide & Seek | Brent Simpson

The word “apologetics” derives from the Greek word apologia, which was originally used of a speech of defense or an answer given in reply. In ancient Athens it referred to a defense made in the courtroom as part of the normal judicial procedure. After the accusation, the defendant was allowed to refute the charges with a defense or reply (apologia). The accused would attempt to “speak away” (apo—away, logia—speech) the accusation.

The classic example of such an apologia was Socrates’ defense against the charge of preaching strange gods, a defense retold by his most famous pupil, Plato, in a dialogue called The Apology (in Greek, hē apologia).

I hope you have enjoyed this weekends apologetics conference! Tomorrow we will continue in this theme as we give more evidence for Christianity and the logic of a life devoted to Jesus.