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Skycrest Community Church
Bible-centered teaching from Skycrest Community Church in Clearwater, Florida. Each week Pastor Chris Stephens and the Skycrest team open God's Word and show how it speaks to real life: faith, family, regret, prayer, and following Jesus day to day. This feed includes our full Sunday sermons and Truth Worth Living, short teaching episodes from Pastor Chris. Skycrest exists to make friends, meet needs, and make disciples. If you're in the Tampa Bay area, join us in person on Sundays: Group Bible…
Episodes
Skycrest Community ChurchDoes Your Life Mean Anything? | Essentially This Pt 6
Shakespeare's Macbeth called life "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Without God, that would be true. Pastor Chris explains…
Skycrest Community ChurchWho Is the Holy Spirit? | Essentially This Pt 5
What must Christians believe about the Holy Spirit? Pastor Chris explains that the Spirit is fully God and lives in every believer from the moment of…
Skycrest Community ChurchLiar, Lunatic, or Lord? | Essentially This Pt 4
C.S. Lewis said Jesus left us only three options: liar, lunatic, or Lord. Pastor Chris lays out what Christians believe about Jesus: fully God and fully man…
Skycrest Community ChurchHow Can We Know God? | Essentially This Pt 3
God wants to be known (Jeremiah 9:23–24). Pastor Chris explains the two ways God reveals Himself: through creation and through Scripture. He also shows why…
Skycrest Community ChurchIn Essentials, Unity | Essentially This Pt 2
In 1627, Peter Meiderlin wrote: "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity." Pastor Chris uses that line and Ephesians 4 to explain…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhat Must I Believe to Be a Christian? | Essentially This Pt 1
Pastor Chris opens Essentially This with a question every follower of Jesus should be able to answer: What must I believe to be a Christian? He explains why a…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhy Doesn't God Get Rid of Evil People? | Parables Pt 13
Why does God let evil people keep doing harm? Pastor Chris looks at the parable of the wheat and the weeds in Matthew 13:24–30. Jesus' answer seems backward at…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhat Should We Do While We Wait for Jesus? | Parables Pt 12
Some people live as if Jesus will never come back. Others live as if He is coming tomorrow, so nothing they do now matters. Pastor Chris walks through the…
Skycrest Community ChurchLove Keeps No Record of Wrongs | Parables Pt 11
Paul wrote that love "keeps no record of wrongs" (1 Corinthians 13:5, NIV). That is easier said than done. Pastor Chris looks at the story Jesus told when…
Skycrest Community ChurchThe Rich Man and Lazarus | Parables Pt 10
A rich man lives in luxury while a beggar named Lazarus lies covered in sores at his gate. After both men die, everything is reversed. Pastor Chris explores…
Skycrest Community ChurchWho Gets the Best Seat? | Parables Pt 9
The disciples kept arguing about who would get the most important seats in Jesus' kingdom. At dinner in a Pharisee's home, Jesus told a parable about guests…
Skycrest Community ChurchThe Surprise in the Good Samaritan | Parables Pt 8
We expect good things to come from good people. Jesus' story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30–35) turns that idea upside down. Pastor Chris explains the twist…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhere Is Your Joy? | Parables Pt 7
The Bible says the joy of the Lord is our strength (Nehemiah 8:10), so why do so many Christians seem joyless? Pastor Chris explains that joy is a gift of…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhy Did Jesus Praise a Dishonest Manager? | Parables Pt 6
Some scholars have argued this parable doesn't even belong in the Bible. In Luke 16, Jesus tells a story with a dishonest manager at the center. Pastor Chris…
Skycrest Community ChurchIs It Unfair for God to Be Generous? | Parables Pt 5
In Matthew 20, a landowner pays workers who put in one hour the same wage as those who worked all day. The all-day workers grumble. Pastor Chris explains the…
Skycrest Community ChurchIs the Kingdom of God Your Treasure? | Parables Pt 4
In 2014, a California couple walking their dog found buried cans holding more than 1,400 gold coins worth over $10 million. Jesus told two short parables about…
Skycrest Community ChurchBuilt on the Rock | Parables Pt 3
A guest speaker shares stories from his grandfather, who came to America from Lebanon, and shows how Jesus used parables to help people listen, learn, and…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhy Dads Need to Pray | Parables Pt 2
On Father's Day, Pastor Chris talks about the part of a father's role we often leave out: prayer. In Luke 11, Jesus tells a story about a man who knocks on his…
Skycrest Community ChurchDo You Have Ears to Hear? | Parables Pt 1
Jesus was a great storyteller, and His stories still make us ask whether following God has made a difference in our lives. Pastor Chris opens the Parables…
Skycrest Community ChurchWill You Do What's Right When It Costs You? | Character Counts
On graduation Sunday, Pastor Chris says the dividing line between success and failure is character: the will to do what is right, as God defines it, no matter…
Skycrest Community ChurchNo Greater Love | Memorial Day 2021
On Memorial Day weekend, Pastor JP remembers the lives laid down for our freedom and points to the life Jesus laid down for us. "Greater love has no one than…
Skycrest Community ChurchLove the Sinner, Hate the Sin? | Half Truths Pt 2
Many people read Jesus' words "Do not judge" (Matthew 7:1, NIV) as a total ban on judging others. Pastor Chris reads the passage in context and shows what…
Skycrest Community ChurchGod Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It? | Half Truths Pt 1
"God said it, I believe it, that settles it" once summed up how most Americans saw the Bible. Pastor Chris explains how postmodernism, the belief that there is…
Skycrest Community ChurchLessons From God's Parenting | Mother's Day 2021
What can God's care for Israel teach us about raising children and influencing others? On Mother's Day, Pastor Chris turns to the Song of Moses in Deuteronomy…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhat Happens at Judgment? | Afterlife Pt 4
Scripture says "people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment" (Hebrews 9:27, NIV). Pastor Chris closes the Afterlife series by explaining…
Skycrest Community ChurchIs Hell Real? | Afterlife Pt 3
Hell is the hardest thing the Bible teaches about the afterlife, and Pastor Chris admits he struggles with it too. He explains why we can't remove hell from…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhy Should We Long for Heaven? | Afterlife Pt 2
There has to be more to heaven than streets of gold. Pastor Chris starts with Jesus' promise to the thief on the cross, "Truly I tell you, today you will be…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhy Don't We Talk About Heaven Anymore? | Afterlife Pt 1
Christians used to sing about heaven and long for it. Today we rarely mention it. Pastor Chris opens the Afterlife series by asking what changed, clearing up…
Skycrest Community ChurchDid Jesus Really Rise From the Dead? | Easter 2021
Faith doesn't have to fear hard questions. On Easter Sunday, Pastor Chris asks whether Jesus was really raised from the dead. He shows that people in Jesus'…
Skycrest Community ChurchThe King Rides In | Palm Sunday 2021
Centuries before it happened, the prophet Zechariah wrote that Israel's king would come "lowly and riding on a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9, NIV). On Palm Sunday…
Skycrest Community ChurchGod Cancels Our Failures, Not Us | Canceled Culture
Cancel culture tells people that one mistake can erase everything they are. Pastor JP shares what students in our youth ministry are facing and shows that…
Skycrest Community ChurchThree Commitments That Keep Us Salty | Salty Again Pt 11
Jesus said, "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you" (John 20:21, NIV). Pastor Chris closes Salty Again with three commitments Jesus lived by, starting…
Skycrest Community ChurchHow Did Jesus Lead People to Faith? | Salty Again Pt 10
Jesus didn't just send us to do what He did. He sent us to do it the way He did it. Pastor Chris studies the conversations Jesus had with people and draws out…
Skycrest Community ChurchGet Out of the Salt Shaker | Salty Again Pt 9
After Hurricane Maria, thousands of pallets of bottled water sat unused on a runway in Puerto Rico while people went without. The problem wasn't supply. It was…
Skycrest Community ChurchWhy Baptism and the Lord's Supper Matter | Salty Again Pt 8
People with amnesia often say that losing their past makes it hard to know who they are. Pastor Chris explains that God gave the church two practices to help…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 7 - 2-14-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 6 - 2-7-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 5 - 1-31-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 4 - 1-24-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 3 - 1-17-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 2 - 1-10-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchSalty Again - Part 1 - 1-3-2021
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchIs God an Investor? - 12-27-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchMessiah - Part 3 - 12-20-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchMessiah - Part 2 - 12-13-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchMessiah - Part 1 - 12-6-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchAttributes of Childlike Faith - 11-29-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 8 - 11-22-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 7 - 11-15-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 6 - 11-8-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchBreaking News - 11-1-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 5 - 10-25-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 4- 10-18-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 3 - 10-11-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 2 - 10-4-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchOn Dignity - Part 1 - 9-27-2020
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchDecisions That Can Determine Your Destiny
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchThe Future is Bright - Part 3
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchThe Future is Bright - Part 2
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…
Skycrest Community ChurchVirtual Spirituality - Part 4
Skycrest Community Church · 125 N Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33765 Sundays: Group Bible Studies 9:00 AM · Worship 10:30 AM Wednesdays: Pastor's Bible Study…