Welcome to the Trailside Church Podcast! We will post weekly audio versions of our Worship experiences as well as midweek spotlight conversations and more! Subscribe today! Trailside Church is based just outside of Greenville, SC in Travelers Rest and exists to be "A Refuge for the Hurting and a Refinery for the Saints." For more information about our church, check out www.trailside.church today! Thank you for joining us!
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Excuse Me!? Talkin' Crazy: Prophecy and Preparation
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Daniel chapter 8 provides compelling historical evidence for the Bible's trustworthiness through prophecies written around 550 BC that accurately predicted events 200-300 years later. The vision of the ram and goat precisely foretold the rise of Greece, Alexander the Great's conquests, and persecution under Antiochus Epiphanes. While some struggle …
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Excuse Me!? A glimpse of the future for our hope in the present.
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Daniel's vision in chapter 7 reveals four terrifying beasts rising from chaos, representing earthly kingdoms vying for power. Yet above this turmoil, the Ancient of Days sits sovereignly on His throne, and the Son of Man receives an eternal kingdom. When life feels overwhelming and chaotic, we can find hope by remembering that God remains in comple…
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Daniel's story reveals that sometimes faithfulness requires prayerful defiance against cultural pressure. When corrupt officials trapped Daniel with a law forbidding prayer to anyone but the king, he continued his daily practice of seeking God. Though thrown into the lion's den, God protected Daniel and used his integrity to transform an entire emp…
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Excuse Me!? God Isn't afraid of other Kings
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Pride may appear impressive on the outside but is hollow within, as demonstrated by King Nebuchadnezzar's story in Daniel 4. God confronts dangerous pride by exposing its folly, faithfully warning us, refining us through discipline, and showing the futility of human boasting. When faced with God's confrontation of our pride, we can dismiss it, hide…
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In a world that pressures us to bow to modern idols like success, social approval, and comfort, we can learn from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who refused to worship Nebuchadnezzar's golden statue. Their unwavering faith wasn't conditional on God rescuing them from the fiery furnace - they trusted Him regardless of the outcome. When thrown into …
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In a world that often values pleasant words over hard truths, Daniel's story teaches us how to stand firm when flattery seems easier. When King Nebuchadnezzar demanded his wise men interpret an undisclosed dream, Daniel responded with wisdom, prayer, humble honesty, and a refusal to flatter. He boldly interpreted the dream, revealing that all earth…
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Excuse Me!? Conviction in Compromise Culture
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In a world that constantly pressures us to conform, Daniel's story provides a powerful blueprint for maintaining faith without compromise. When Babylon conquered Israel, they attempted to reshape Daniel's identity through re-education, renaming, and cultural assimilation - tactics our modern culture still employs. Rather than responding with arroga…
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AI Artificial Inspiration: "Invite Jesus into your heart."
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Is your faith just a transaction or a true commitment to follow Jesus? When we trust God's plan over our own and live in obedience, we experience the transformation He intended. Without repentance and daily self-denial, we miss the whole point of discipleship. The good news? He's always inviting us back.…
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AI Artificial Inspiration: "They Don't Deserve Forgiveness"
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Unforgiveness is a poison we drink ourselves. 'Holding on to unforgiveness destroys your heart and the good within you more than anything else.' When we choose to release others from our judgment, we find freedom—even if they never change. You can only keep YOUR heart clean.
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AI Artificial Inspiration: "Follow your Heart"
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When we say 'God told me' to justify our emotional decisions, we're often taking the Lord's name in vain. This powerful clip reminds us that accountability matters in our faith journey, and we can't use God as a trump card to avoid it. Are you letting your emotions speak for God?
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AI Artificial Inspiration: "God won't give you more than you can handle."
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God doesn't promise we won't face more than we can handle—He promises we won't face it alone. When life overwhelms us, it's an invitation to rely on Him instead of ourselves. Because if we could handle everything on our own, what would be the point of Jesus?
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AI Artificial Inspiration: "Only God Can Judge Me"
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When God looks at believers, He doesn't see our failures—He sees Christ's righteousness covering us. The phrase 'only God can judge me' misses the beautiful truth that in Christ, we're already declared righteous! God's judgment becomes our salvation, not our condemnation.
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Jesus taught a radical form of love that transcends cultural norms, religious expectations, and personal comfort. He challenged us to love our enemies, not just those who love us back. Throughout His ministry, Jesus demonstrated this by engaging with the 'unlovable,' like the Samaritan woman, meeting physical needs before spiritual ones, and embrac…
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Echoing Jesus means becoming more like Him in how we live, love, and serve. Scripture calls us to imitate Christ by developing His humility and love. We become like Jesus by spending time with Him through prayer and devotionals, just as we naturally pick up traits from close friends. Jesus demonstrated true humility by washing His disciples' feet a…
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True relationship with Jesus goes beyond knowing facts about Him—it requires intentional time in His presence. Based on Matthew 11, we discover three foundations: we must choose to be with God, learn who He truly is, and embrace the truth that God desires to be with us. When we surrender our burdens to Jesus and spend quality time with Him, we disc…
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This sermon focuses on forgiveness, obedience, and receiving others as Christ receives us. Using Paul's letter to Philemon as the foundation, Pastor Sean emphasizes how we must move beyond our opinions and preferences to embrace God's commands, particularly regarding forgiveness and reconciliation. The message challenges believers to receive rather…
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"Don't Waste the Prison" - Chains to Changed
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This sermon focuses on the book of Philemon and explores the concept of gospel relationships. Pastor Sean emphasizes that true gospel relationships are rooted in love, empowered by grace, and bring both refreshment and challenge. He discusses how Paul writes to Philemon about accepting back a runaway slave, Onesimus, not as a slave but as a brother…
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"Building Vs. Bullying" - Chains to Changed
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In this sermon from the book of Philemon, Pastor Sean explores the concept of gospel authority and leadership through Paul's letter to Philemon regarding the runaway slave Onesimus. The sermon emphasizes that true gospel leadership builds up rather than bullies, and operates through love rather than leverage. Paul could have commanded Philemon to a…
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"From Slave to Brother" - Chains to Changed
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This sermon focuses on forgiveness, grace, and the gospel through Paul's letter to Philemon. pastor Sean examines how Paul offers to take on Onesimus's debt and wrongdoing, modeling Christ-like substitutionary atonement. The message emphasizes that true forgiveness comes from understanding how much we've been forgiven by God through Jesus's sacrifi…
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"Charge it to My Account" - Chains to Changed
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This sermon focuses on forgiveness and grace through the lens of Paul's letter to Philemon. Pastor Sean examines how Paul offers to take on Onesimus's debt and wrongdoing, modeling Christ-like substitutionary atonement. The message emphasizes that when we truly understand the gospel and how much we've been forgiven by God, it enables us to extend t…
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Love is thrown around so loosely in the english language. I love my car, I love pizza, I love working out, I love my spouse, but what do we mean when we say that? Are we really saying we love pizza the same that we love our spouse?!?!!? NO! (Or at least we hope not!) Jesus was very clear in scripture about how and WHO we should love. Jesus tells us…
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Is your 2019 looking just as crazy as 2018? Have you been thinking, "I just don't have the time, energy, or resources to do anything else right now."? Jesus came to give us life to the full, but maybe you just don't have any more to give. Join us over the next 5 weeks as we talk about what it looks like when we allow God to "Launch" us into 2019. H…
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Is your 2019 looking just as crazy as 2018? Have you been thinking, "I just don't have the time, energy, or resources to do anything else right now."? Jesus came to give us life to the full, but maybe you just don't have any more to give. Join us over the next 5 weeks as we talk about what it looks like when we allow God to "Launch" us into 2019. H…
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Is your 2019 looking just as crazy as 2018? Have you been thinking, "I just don't have the time, energy, or resources to do anything else right now."? Jesus came to give us life to the full, but maybe you just don't have any more to give. Join us over the next 5 weeks as we talk about what it looks like when we allow God to "Launch" us into 2019. H…
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Is your 2019 looking just as crazy as 2018? Have you been thinking, "I just don't have the time, energy, or resources to do anything else right now."? Jesus came to give us life to the full, but maybe you just don't have any more to give. Join us over the next 5 weeks as we talk about what it looks like when we allow God to "Launch" us into 2019. H…
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Join us as we celebrate Christmas! Jesus came and made his home with us. Becoming fully man and fully God. We learn this Christmas that Christ has made a home for us in heaven and given us a family here on earth… His Church.
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The time as finally come! We are in our last full series in our current facility. In preparation for our move we have decided to look back into the book of Exodus and see what the Israelites went through when they made their big move from Egypt to the Promised Land. Join us as we learn together more about the Israelites story, and how we can implem…
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The time as finally come! We are in our last full series in our current facility. In preparation for our move we have decided to look back into the book of Exodus and see what the Israelites went through when they made their big move from Egypt to the Promised Land. Join us as we learn together more about the Israelites story, and how we can implem…
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The time as finally come! We are in our last full series in our current facility. In preparation for our move we have decided to look back into the book of Exodus and see what the Israelites went through when they made their big move from Egypt to the Promised Land. Join us as we learn together more about the Israelites story, and how we can implem…
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The time as finally come! We are in our last full series in our current facility. In preparation for our move we have decided to look back into the book of Exodus and see what the Israelites went through when they made their big move from Egypt to the Promised Land. Join us as we learn together more about the Israelites story, and how we can implem…
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The time as finally come! We are in our last full series in our current facility. In preparation for our move we have decided to look back into the book of Exodus and see what the Israelites went through when they made their big move from Egypt to the Promised Land. Join us as we learn together more about the Israelites story, and how we can implem…
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Join us as we spend this month learning about the Holy Spirit. We are using the book "Forgotten God" written by Francis Chan as a template for our topics through this series, and are digging into what God's word says about His Spirit. Our hope is that this is a series that grows our understanding and interaction with the Holy Spirit.…
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Join us as we spend this month learning about the Holy Spirit. We are using the book "Forgotten God" written by Francis Chan as a template for our topics through this series, and are digging into what God's word says about His Spirit. Our hope is that this is a series that grows our understanding and interaction with the Holy Spirit.…
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Join us as we spend this month learning about the Holy Spirit. We are using the book "Forgotten God" written by Francis Chan as a template for our topics through this series, and are digging into what God's word says about His Spirit. Our hope is this is a series that grows our understanding and interaction with the Holy Spirit.…
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Forgotten God - Theology of the Holy Spirit
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Join us as we spend this month learning about the Holy Spirit. We are using the book "Forgotten God" written by Francis Chan as a template for our topics through this series, and are digging into what God's word says about His Spirit. Our hope is this is a series that grows our understanding and interaction with the Holy Spirit.…
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Join us as we do a four week series through the book of Colossians. The goal through this series is to remind ourselves that: Everything is about Jesus, Our acceptance comes by Christ alone, our lives are not our own, and that we are going through life together - not alone. As we go through this series we want to encourage you to read a chapter of …
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Join us as we do a four week series through the book of Colossians. The goal through this series is to remind ourselves that: Everything is about Jesus, Our acceptance comes by Christ alone, our lives are not our own, and that we are going through life together - not alone. As we go through this series we want to encourage you to read a chapter of …
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Join us as we do a four week series through the book of Colossians. The goal through this series is to remind ourselves that: Everything is about Jesus, Our acceptance comes by Christ alone, our lives are not our own, and that we are going through life together - not alone. As we go through this series we want to encourage you to read a chapter of …
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Join us as we do a four week series through the book of Colossians. The goal through this series is to remind ourselves that: Everything is about Jesus, Our acceptance comes by Christ alone, our lives are not our own, and that we are going through life together - not alone. As we go through this series we want to encourage you to read a chapter of …
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It seems today that people think that truth is something that changes from person to person. We believe as a church that this is not the case. Truth is absolute and never changes. Our goal as a church is to reinforce the truth that Jesus came to seek and save that lost. We believe he is the way, the TRUTH, and the life. So join us as we teach throu…
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It seems today that people think that truth is something that changes from person to person. We believe as a church that this is not the case. Truth is absolute and never changes. Our goal as a church is to reinforce the truth that Jesus came to seek and save that lost. We believe he is the way, the TRUTH, and the life. So join us as we teach throu…
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It seems today that people think that truth is something that changes from person to person. We believe as a church that this is not the case. Truth is absolute and never changes. Our goal as a church is to reinforce the truth that Jesus came to seek and save that lost. We believe he is the way, the TRUTH, and the life. So join us as we teach throu…
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It seems today that people think that truth is something that changes from person to person. We believe as a church that this is not the case. Truth is absolute and never changes. Our goal as a church is to reinforce the truth that Jesus came to seek and save that lost. We believe he is the way, the TRUTH, and the life. So join us as we teach throu…
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We believe as a church that we have been called to do the work of Jesus on the earth today. In fact we believe that Jesus has called all churches to go into all the world and share the gospel. In this series we invite you to join us as we talk about the vision of this church and how it aligns with the greater vision of our Lord and Savior, Jesus th…
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Beyond These Walls - Offering Forgiveness
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We believe as a church that we have been called to do the work of Jesus on the earth today. In fact we believe that Jesus has called all churches to go into all the world and share the gospel. In this series we invite you to join us as we talk about the vision of this church and how it aligns with the greater vision of our Lord and Savior, Jesus th…
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We believe as a church that we have been called to do the work of Jesus on the earth today. In fact we believe that Jesus has called all churches to go into all the world and share the gospel. In this series we invite you to join us as we talk about the vision of this church and how it aligns with the greater vision of our Lord and Savior, Jesus th…
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We believe as a church that we have been called to do the work of Jesus on the earth today. In fact we believe that Jesus has called all churches to go into all the world and share the gospel. In this series we invite you to join us as we talk about the vision of this church and how it aligns with the greater vision of our Lord and Savior, Jesus th…
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We all get excited about Christmas time! But we must never forget what the season is really about. Join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus by going looking at the birth narrative from a few perspectives. Let's remember together that it's CHRISTmas!
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We all get excited about Christmas time! But we must never forget what the season is really about. Join us as we celebrate the birth of Jesus by going looking at the birth narrative from a few perspectives. Let's remember together that it's CHRISTmas!
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