The Paradox Church

The Paradox Church is located in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Our work is to Preach the Gospel, Plant Churches, and Push Back Darkness.

The Paradox Church is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 199 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Plant Churches

  Aug 16, 202643 min

  You can build a church in America with a gifted communicator, good music, and a growing neighborhood. You don't need the Holy Spirit for that. But you cannot multiply without him. In week three of our Multiplying Church series, Pastor Jim Essian teaches from Acts 9:26-31 on how a church actually multiplies — and shares a major announcement about the future of The Paradox Church. When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, the disciples were afraid of him. It took Barnabas, the son of encouragement, vouching for the church's former greatest enemy. Churches that multiply are filled with people who remember their own story of redemptive grace — who know they needed it too. Luke gives us the formula in verse 31: walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, the church multiplied. Not respect. Not reverence. Fear — the full-body kind. And a Spirit who doesn't remove us from the uncomfortable thing, but comes alongside us in it. Scripture: Acts 9:26-31 Preached by Jim Essian at The Paradox Church in Fort Worth, TX — We saturate Fort Worth with the glory and grace of Jesus, even unto the nations — by praying heaven down, preaching the gospel, planting churches, and pushing back darkness.

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  Preach The Gospel

  Aug 9, 202638 min

  In week two of our Multiplying Church series, Pastor Jim Essian teaches from Exodus 14 on what it means to preach the gospel — to ourselves, to one another, and to the world. The Israelites were already free when God pinned them between the Egyptian army and the Red Sea. They were redeemed, but they hadn't learned how to live free yet. Most Christians know the same thing to be true of themselves: we know our sins are forgiven, but our past, our performance, and our fear are what's actually playing in high definition. Every other religion sends back military advice — you're going to have to fight for your life. The gospel sends a messenger with news: the war is already won. The Lord will fight for you, and you only have to be still. Scripture: Exodus 14 Preached by Jim Essian at The Paradox Church in Fort Worth, TX — We saturate Fort Worth with the glory and grace of Jesus, even unto the nations — by praying heaven down, preaching the gospel, planting churches, and pushing back darkness. Plan a visit: https:// www.theparadoxchurch.com/sunday-gatherings Give: https:// www.theparadoxchurch.com/give Take your next step: https:// www.theparadoxchurch.com/nextsteps #TheParadoxChurch #FortWorth #Exodus14 #Gospel #MultiplyingChurch #Sermon

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  Pray Heaven Down

  Aug 2, 202641 min

  Pray Heaven Down | The Multiplying Church, Week 1 A year and a half ago, our prayer gatherings were 28 people in a room on a Tuesday at noon. We moved them to the Annex Chapel last July, and they've grown to 60+ people packed in, singing and praying. In this message from Luke 11, we look at why — and at what Jesus actually taught his disciples about prayer. This is week one of The Multiplying Church, our four-week vision series on how we Pray Heaven Down, Preach the Gospel, Plant Churches, and Push Back Darkness — the four things we exist to do as we saturate greater Fort Worth with the glory and grace of Jesus. In this message (Luke 11:1-13): • Why "should" pray produces shallow prayers, and "must" pray produces kingdom prayers • What Jesus means by "hallowed be your name" and "your kingdom come" • Why persistence in prayer (Luke 11:5-8) is about identity, not will power • The difference between coming to God as a beggar and coming as a son or daughter (Heb. 4:16) • Why the enemy doesn't need a crisis to stop your prayer life — just your calendar

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  Jesus Makes Missionaries Out of His Enemies

  Jul 26, 202641 min

  False gods make martyrs out of their enemies. Jesus makes missionaries out of his. On Nation Sunday, Pastor Jim Essian walks through Acts 1:1-11 and the identity Jesus gives his church before the world: witnesses. Not activists. Not consumers. Witnesses — people who have seen a thing and testify to it. Jesus gives us proof that this is true, power from the Holy Spirit to carry it, and then names two problems that keep the church standing still: a kingdom that's too small, and a spiritual consumerism that's too high. Both of them make us the center of God's activity instead of sending us out. There are still 2 billion people in the world who have never heard the story of Jesus. Where you are is on purpose. Where you go is intentional.

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  Jesus Saves and Sends

  Jul 19, 202650 min

  When Jesus meets the woman at the well in John 4, he doesn’t lecture her — he asks for a drink. Pastor Stan Rhoden walks through this encounter to show what it looks like when Jesus moves toward people in their sin instead of away from them, and what happens next: a changed life can’t stay quiet. If Jesus has given you living water, who’s the one person in your life who needs to hear “come and see”?

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