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Withholding In Worship

March 23, 2025

Israel was performing all the right acts of worship, but their hearts weren’t in it. God’s stern warnings to His people show His mercy, like a friend pulling us back from disaster. In this message from Malachi 1, Pastor Philip Miller guides us from cavalier worship and cursed religion to God’s compelling greatness. Why is God worthy of our first and our best?

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Past Episodes

Focusing on all our disappointed dreams leaves us feeling miserably unloved. Does God’s love depend on life going our way? In this message from Malachi 1, Pastor Philip Miller shifts our focus from life’s gaps to God’s graces, examining Israel’s weighty concerns, wary hearts, and God’s wonderous love. His love is bigger than our losses and disappointments.
March 16, 2025
We are all learning from someone how to “do” life. For those who follow a secular or a religious philosophy, is their way of living durable? In this message from Matthew 7, Pastor Philip Miller shows us a third way—the way of Jesus. Jesus’ words stand firm as a rock, while other philosophies crumble like shifting sand.
March 9, 2025
The religiously moral heart can hide a long time in the walls of the church yet lack true life. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presents two paths, two different foundations. In this message from Matthew 7, Pastor Philip Miller shows the contrast between the Pharisees’ religious moralism and the way of Jesus. The stakes are high—choose between destruction or life.
March 2, 2025
Many people measure their virtue by what causes the least among of harm. But Jesus’ ethic is completely different. In this message from Matthew 7, Pastor Philip Miller depicts Jesus’ way to a virtuous life: the way of love, the life of the Spirit, and the heart of righteousness. What is a truly virtuous life?
February 23, 2025
Some view the Sermon on the Mount as random bits of wisdom. But Jesus’ "Golden Rule" is unlike any other code of ethics. In this message from Matthew 7, Pastor Philip Miller guides us through this complex passage, where Jesus reveals three types of hearts: the unhelpful, the helpful, and the helpless. What kind of heart treats others rightly?
February 16, 2025
There’s so much to worry about in life: Politics, economy, our health, safety, our families. But worry is not our friend. In this message from Matthew 6, Pastor Philip Miller walks us through six antidotes Jesus offers us to free us from worry. We exist in a God-filled and God-kept universe—so why worry?
February 9, 2025
In our broken world, the kingdom of heaven is establishing a beachhead of the new creation. And Jesus is inviting us to follow Him into this cosmic disruption. In this message from Matthew 6, Pastor Philip Miller shows us three insights into what it means to invest in the kingdom of heaven. Because, only what’s done for Christ will last.
February 2, 2025
Fasting isn't just about skipping meals. It's a pattern of life that focuses less on the physical and attends to the spiritual. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller explains how fasting is often overlooked, yet it's a biblical practice worth adopting. What if fasting is less about appetite suppression and more about growing our hunger for God?
January 26, 2025
For millennia, the church has recited the Lord’s Prayer with this final benediction, “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” This is a blessing to God, giving Him the honor due His name. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller explains the frame, the scope, and the goal of this benediction. There is light and high beauty that no darkness can touch.
January 19, 2025
We all prefer to avoid life's tests and trials. But Jesus taught us to pray “Lead us not into temptation,” preparing us for those challenges. In this message, Pastor Philip Miller explains four ways this prayer guides us through temptation. How do we find our footing when we feel frail and faltering?
January 12, 2025
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About Moody Church Hour

This Sunday morning program provides a meaningful worship service for those far from God or unable to attend a local church. With insightful teaching from Pastor Philip Miller and joyous congregational worship, you’re invited to join Jesus on the journey of a lifetime.

 

About Pastor Philip Miller

Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church. Philip holds a B.A in Pre-Seminary Bible from Cedarville University (’04) and a Th.M. in Pastoral Leadership and New Testament Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary (’10). His wife, Krista, also holds an Th.M. degree from DTS. They have four children: Claire, Violet, Cora, and Jude.

Philip is a visionary leader with over twelve years of ministry experience, including three at Christ Community Church in the western Chicago suburbs and nearly seven as Senior Pastor at Westwood Baptist in Olympia, WA. He believes people flourish as followers of Jesus when they live deeply in the gospel, experience the healing of true community, and join Jesus on mission in their world. He is committed to cultivating a gospel-centered church that welcomes spiritual explorers, promotes gospel clarity in culturally engaging ways, inspires passionate worship, fosters deep spiritual vitality, empowers people to holistic discipleship, and catalyzes a multiplication movement of gospel renewal both locally and globally.

Philip enjoys cycling and all things outdoors, Garrett’s Carmel popcorn, Lou Malnati‘s deep dish pizza, and Henry Weinhard‘s root beer. For more information about Philip and his family, visit moodymedia.org/pastorphilip.

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1635 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60614
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