Best CreeksideDM Podcasts (2026)

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John 7:53-8:11 - Grace in the Dirt 45:06

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Mark Kline :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, January 4, 2026Mark Kline resumes our sermon series in the Gospel of John with an exposition of John 7:53-8:11, a controversial passage about the sin of a woman, the law of Moses, and the grace of God. At the advent of a new year, we are encouraged to resolve to be a friend to sinners while challenging them…

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Disciples Making Disciples (Matthew 28:16-20) 53:05

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Jesse South :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 28, 2025In Matthew 28:17, Jesus’ last words to His disciples include a command to “disciple all the nations”. The word disciple is usually a noun in Scripture, but in His Great Commission, Jesus also uses it as a verb. In Pastor Jesse South’s year-end message based on this passage, we explore a ba…

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"Like Us to Save Us" (Hebrews 2:14-18) & Candllelight Service 37:09

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Stevev Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 24, 2025The Son of God became like us in order to save us. At this Christmas Eve candlelight service, Pastor Steve presents a brief message from Hebrews 2:14-18 about the humility and humanity of Jesus designed to redeem us. The 5th and final Advent reading concludes the service.Worship music per…

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Come Let Us Adore Him - Christmas Program 2025 36:50

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 20, 2025We adore small children in a Christmas program because they’re cute and wearing sheep costumes, but we adore the babe in the manger because He was God in the flesh. Pastor Steve Smith's brief message based on Philippians 2:5-11 highlights this truth during our Christmas program, a collecti…

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The Impact of the Incarnation - Titus 2:11-14 56:38

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 21st, 2025.God’s grace showed up in a tangible human form when Jesus was born. Pastor Steve’s message from Titus 2:11-14 shows us a threefold impact of God’s grace appearing in the person of Jesus. Through the incarnation, we know God’s grace in our salvation, we grow in it through transformation,…

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John 7:37-52 - Who is Jesus to You? 16:26

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 14, 2025Our individual answer to the question, “Who is Jesus?” Is one with eternal consequences. Pastor Steve’s message from John 7:37-52 examines Jesus’ powerful invitation to salvation (“Living water”) and our possible reactions to Jesus. Steve’s message follows announcements and a brief intervi…

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John 7:24-26 :: Reactions to Jesus' Instructions 55:36

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, December 7, 2025Following several announcements about upcoming events, Pastor Steve’s message from John 7:25-36 uncovers three reactions to Jesus claims’ to be God’s messenger and our Messiah. After the sermon, Zach and Janné Kapfer light the candle for the 2nd Sunday of Advent. Worship music permitted und…

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John 7:14-24 - Jesus' Real ID 55:06

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 30, 2025The Jewish leaders in John 7:14-24 couldn’t refute what Jesus was teaching, but they didn’t want to accept it either, so they resorted to personal attacks and superficial judgment. After brief announcements, Pastor Steve’s message highlights two steps Jesus took to confirm His divine autho…

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John 7:1-13 - Give Up or Go Up 49:06

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 23, 2025In John 7:1-13, Jesus received hostility, unbelief, and uncertainty from others. In Pastor Steve’s message, these reactions to Jesus demonstrate the trouble in, timing for, and tenacity needed to carry out and communicate God’s plan of salvation so all who believe will live. Steve’s messag…

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John 6:60-71 - Wonderful Words of Life 52:09

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 16, 2025When Jesus offered words of life, not everyone accepted them. Pastor Steve’s message from John 6:60-71 examines two responses to Jesus by those claiming to be His disciples, and how those responses determine our eternal destiny. Steve’s message follows several announcements, including a ne…

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Celebration of Life service for Jasen Burton 46:45

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In Loving Memory of Jasen William Burton, 1982–2025VisitationSunday, November 9, 2025 - 1:30–3:30Celebration of LifeMonday, November 10, 2025 - 11:00 AMOrder of ServiceWelcomeAddress to the FamilyPrayerSong: Amazing GraceMessage: Pastor Steve SmithSong: It Is WellSong: Great Is Thy FaithfulnessClosing PrayerFamily asks that you stay following the s…

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John 6:41-59 - Eat theread that Gives Life 46:35

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 9, 2025In John 6:41-59, Jesus’ enemies didn’t believe His heavenly origin or understand His “bread of life” metaphor. Pastor Steve highlights Jesus’ two responses that confirm He is the source of eternal life and provide clarify on how to secure it. Steve’s message follows several announcements, i…

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John 6:30-40 - The True Bread of Life 51:34

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, November 2, 2025Two important insights come to light from Pastor Steve’s message from John 6:30-40, revealing that Jesus is the “true bread from heaven” that provides eternal life. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.By CreeksideDM

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John 6:16-29 - Jesus in the Boat 48:17

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Alan Crim :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 26, 2025In John 6:16-29, Jesus evades a large crowd and later rendezvous with His disciples on a stormy sea. Alan Crim’s message from this passage instructs us of some important truths about the person of Jesus and the impact of His presence in our lives. Alan’s message follows an announcement about …

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John 6:1-15 - Supernatural Supper 43:28

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 19, 2025Preaching from John 6:1-15, Pastor Steve brings to light 3 steps Jesus took in miraculously feeding the 5,000 to strength His followers’ faith, show Himself to be the Messiah, and encourage belief in Him. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.…

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John 5:30-47 - Witnesses to Jesus' Deity 52:05

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 15, 2025From John 5:30-47, Pastor Steve preaches about the steps Jesus took in summoning four indisputable witnesses to confirm His deity. Steve's message follows announcements and a prayer sendoff for Jim Fennessey as he departs for a short term missions trip.Worship music permitted under CCLI Lic…

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John 5:17-29 - The Father = The Son 51:17

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, October 5, 2025“…He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.” Preaching from John 5:17-29, Pastor Steve uncovers 3 important ways that God the Son is equal with God the Father. Steve’s message follows brief announcements.Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.…

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Psalm 139:7-12 - God's Presence 42:16

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Mark Kline :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 28, 2025“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?” Mark Kline preaches from Psalm 139:7-12 about the inescapable, individual, inclusive, insulating, and illuminating presence of God. Mark’s message follows brief announcements.Worship music permitted under CCLI Licen…

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Jayda Burton Funeral Service 49:47

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In her loving memory: Jayda Berniece Burton, 2012 – 2025Creekside Church2743 82nd PlaceUrbandale, IowaVisitation5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 26, 2025Funeral Service11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 27, 2025OfficiatingPastor Steve SmithMusical Selections“A Million Dreams”“Hymn of Heaven”“Be Thou My Vision”PallbearersClint WedgwoodJoven ArceloI…

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John 5:1-16 - Truth that Triggers 51:48

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 21, 2025Jesus was never sinfully triggered by the truth, but many of the things He said and did triggered others. From John 5:1-16, Pastor Steve expounds on 2 ways that Jesus sought to prove His identity that triggered increased hostility of the Israelites against Him. Steve's message follows bri…

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John 4:43-54 - Uraveling Unbelief 47:14

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 14, 2025.In John 4:43-54, Jesus’ recognized, rebuked, and remedied unbelief. Pastor Steve's message shows us how Jesus' encounter with a royal official teaches us three ways to unravel unbelief and inspire trust in Him. Steve's message follows several announcement, including an update from Anne M…

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John 4:27-42 - Jesus is the Savior 56:06

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, September 7, 2025"I, the one speaking to you—I am He" (John 4:26). In Pastor Steve's message from John 4:27-42, we discover four ways that Jesus’ declaration that He is the Messiah is demonstrated, inviting the lost to trust Him and inspiring believers to tell others about Him. Steve's message follows anno…

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Ron Billings Funeral Service 1:10:47

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Funeral service for Ronald Billings at Creekside Church, Friday, September 5th, 11:00am-12:00pm CST.In Loving Memory OfRonald Eugene BillingsWelcome & PrayerPastor Steve SmithMusical Selection“The Old Rugged Cross” — Elizabeth Tenney and Lucia RandazzoObituaryMeribeth TenneyFamily ReflectionsJesse TenneyAmi RandazzoAlana GentosiMusical Selection“Ho…

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John 4:1-26 - Living Water 58:16

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 31, 2025“If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” Pastor Steve's message from John 4:1-26 shows us four scenes in Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well that reflect His commitment to…

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John 3:22-36 - Pass the Baton 1:02:57

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 24, 2025“He must increase; but I must decrease.”Three parts of John the Baptist’s testimony in John 3:22-36 point us to Christ’s supremacy in hopes that all will believe in Him wholeheartedly. Pastor Steve's message follows brief announcements and presentation of an urgent need in Haiti.Worship music …

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Psalm 139 - God Knows 44:14

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Mark Kline :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 17, 2025“…Lord…You know me.” To conclude our series on the Psalms, Mark Kline preaches from the perfect, personal, protective, purposeful and praiseworthy knowledge of God revealed in Psalm 139:1-18. Mark’s message is followed by announcements by Doug Elrick about upcoming events, our college care mi…

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Psalm 1 - The Fruitful Path 49:01

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Alan Crim :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 10, 2025Alan Crim continues our short series in the Psalms with a message from Psalm 1, an ancient treasure map for blessing. Alan presents 3 critical landmarks—the path to avoid, the path to follow, and the 2 destinations in view. This message follows an announcement from Mark Kline about Awana, and …

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Psalm 96 - Declare His Glory & Immanuel Mission Team Recap 41:51

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Josh South :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, August 3, 2025Beginning with Mark Kline’s introduction to Immanuel Mission, we heard from several others who served the Navajo through the mission in Northeast Arizona this past June about what God taught them through the experience. These testimonies are followed by a message by guest speaker Josh South fr…

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Psalm 73 - My Feet Almost Slipped 56:23

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Jesse South :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 27, 2025"But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold." Pastor Jesse South preaches from Psalm 73, a song written by Asaph, about his emotional journey through frustration at the prosperity of the wicked and his struggle with doubts about God's goodness. Asaph's faith decon…

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John 3:16-21 - God's Love, Our Gain 1:13:40

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 20, 2025In Pastor Steve's message from John 3:16-21, Jesus highlighted the reason for and the reaction to God sending His beloved Son into a lost world. Steve also announces several new Creekside members, and his message follows announcements about upcoming events.Worship music permitted under CCLI Li…

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John 3:1-15 - You Must Be Born Again 57:20

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 13, 2025What is the meaning and magnitude, and means of being “born again”? Pastor Steve’s message from John 3:1-15 highlights Jesus’s answer to these 3 questions revealing the spiritual and substance of a new life in Christ. Steve’s message follows the testimonies and baptisms of two individuals at t…

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John 2:12-25 - Authentic or Artificial Faith? 55:17

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, July 6, 2025Jesus’ flipping tables and driving the money changers from the Temple in John 2:12-15 was a confrontation of the irreverence and condemnation of the false faith He encountered. Pastor Steve’s message points out three demonstrations of Jesus’ deity that drive home the necessity of authentic fait…

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Parable of the Sower - Matthew 13 50:09

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Mark Kline :: Creekside Church :: Sun day, June 29, 2025When Jesus taught in parables, His purpose was two-fold: To conceal the truth from hard-hearted listeners and to reveal the truth to sincere seekers. Mark Kline preaches about the 4 types of soil described in Jesus’ Parable of the Sower from Matthew 13, a picture of the various heart responses…

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John 2:1-11 - Proof Positive 46:53

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 22, 2025In John 2:1-11, while attending a wedding, Jesus answers a menial problem with a miraculous solution. Pastor Steve's message from this story confirms Jesus’ use of miraculous means to prove and manifest His deity. Steve's message follows brief announcements. Worship music permitted under CCLI …

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John 1:35-51 - Jesus is Calling 51:56

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 15, 2025Is Jesus calling? Have you picked up? In Jesus’ call of His first disciples in John 1:35-51, we observe at least four human and divine means employed to convince people to follow Him. Pastor Steve's message follows brief announcements.Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.…

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John 1:19-34 - Case Closed 50:37

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 8, 2025"Now this was John’s testimony... He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, 'I am not the Messiah.' In John 1:19-34, Pastor Steve offers three pieces of the testimony of John the Baptist that provide compelling evidence of Messiah’s presence and purpose in the person of Jesus. Worship m…

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John 1:14-18 - Chip Off the Old Block 54:01

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, June 1, 2025“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” From Pastor Steve’s message on John 1:14-18 we learn three ways God’s Son coming to earth in the person of Jesus Christ revealed His Father’s glory, enabling…

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John 1:6-13 - Reacting to the Light 51:54

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 25, 2025Light is an intrusion when we’re sleeping and a welcome help when we need to find our way. Just as there are varied responses to physical light, we see varied responses to the “Light of the World.” From John 1:6-13, Pastor Steve reveals three facts highlighting the priority and possibilities of…

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Don't Forget Christ - 1 Corinthians 4 51:54

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John Ottley :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, May 4, 2025Following a recognition of Creekside’s high school and college graduates, we welcomed back John Ottley, who served as Pastor 1998-2011 when we were known as Cornerstones Community Church. John gave an update on his chaplaincy ministry before preaching from 1 Corinthians 4, encouraging believers …

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2 Samuel 24 - Firm Yet Forgiving 50:21

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, April 27, 2025In wrath God punishes our sin, but in mercy He pardons it. As our final message in our sermon series covering 2nd Samuel, Pastor Steve preaches from chapter 24 of a firm yet forgiving God.Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.By CreeksideDM

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Celebrating the Life of Betty Stanger 51:40

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In Memory of Betty Louise (Fredregill) StangerJuly 13, 1929 ~ April 6, 2025Memorial Service3:00 P.M., Saturday, April 26, 2025Creekside ChurchUrbandale, IAWelcome: Pastor Steve SmithOfficiating: Pastor Mark Stanger"In the Garden" — C. Austin Miles - Betty’s Favorite SongSharing of Memories of Betty"I’ll Fly Away" — Reba McIntireThe Family invites y…

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Easter 2025: Resurrection Ramifications 53:06

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025The apostle Paul stressed that if Christ had not been raised from the dead, Christianity would be useless. “But the fact is, Christ has been raised.” This Easter Sunday, Pastor Steve presents a message from 1st Corinthians 15:20-34 and both the comfort and challenge the reality of a ri…

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2 Samuel 23:8-39 - Memorial to Might Men 52:35

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, April 13, 2025In Pastor Steve's Palm Sunday message from 2 Samuel 23:8-39, we learn several lessons from David’s mighty men who protected and perpetuated God’s kingdom. From this story we see God's victory that involves us, genuine loyalty that humbles us, great notoriety that encourages us, and grievous f…

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2 Samuel 23:1-7 - Kingdom Comfort 56:43

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, April 6, 2025What we get a taste of now will become a feast in heaven. From “the last words of David” in 2 Samuel 23:1-7, Scripture provides us with good reason for confidence and comfort in the coming kingdom, especially in contrast to our present world. From Pastor Steve’s message, we are convinced by th…

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2 Samuel 22 - Sing His Praises 1:06:55

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 30, 2025“I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies.” David, whose song of praise is recorded both in 2nd Samuel 22 and Psalm 18, was an expert at being rescued. From Pastor Steve’s message we find 3 aspects of God’s deliverance that inform, improve, and instruc…

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The Way God Uses Storms: Music and Message by Travis Lee Band 1:16:17

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Travis Lee :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 23, 2025Worship led by Travis Lee Band (travisleeband.com)Message: "That Way God Uses Storms" (Jonah 1:10-16) by Travis LeeWorship music permitted under CCLI License #264436. Travis Lee Band music property of Travis Lee Band.By CreeksideDM

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2 Samuel 21:15-22 - The Lamp of Israel 55:43

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1. Four Battles Fought, and Four Giant Enemies Slain a. Who killed the giant named Goliath, David or Elhanan? i. 1 Samuel 17; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 23:24 b. Who are these giant warriors and what is their significance? i. Genesis 14:5; Deuteronomy 2:10-11, 20; 3:2,11; Joshua 11:21-22 ii. Numbers 13:33; Genesis 6:1-4 c. How are the promises of …

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2 Samuel 21:1-14 - The Cost of Corruption 50:19

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 9, 2025Corruption always has a cost. In a challenging passage (2 Samuel 21:1-14), Pastor Steve walks through 4 concepts to grasp in understanding the painful reality—and the remedy—for God’s wrath against sin to help us in living rightly. Steve’s message follows brief announcements.Worship music perm…

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2 Samuel 20 - Repeat Performance 53:09

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, March 2, 2025Rebellion, remorse, ruthlessness, reason and reassurance—The characters in 2nd Samuel chapter 20 inform us of and inspire us to face some sobering realities of kingdom living. Pastor Steve's message follows brief announcements. Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.…

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2 Samuel 19:9-43 - Homecoming Reality Check 59:19

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Steve Smith :: Creekside Church :: Sunday, February 23, 2025Have you ever come home to an abrupt reality check? King David’s return to Jerusalem in 2nd Samuel 19:9-43 elicits at least 3 proper responses to the rule of the Lord’s Anointed. Pastor Steve’s message follows several announcements.Worship music permitted under CCLI License #264436.…