Just as an engaged couple is in-between dating and marriage, so we, engaged to Christ as His church, are in-between a broken world and the redeemed world to come. Yet, our engagement isn't static. We're called to prepare for the wedding. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores how our engagement to Christ calls us to engage with our world for the sake of the Gospel and the coming Kingdom.
When he was a member of Pharoah's household, Moses had significant political power, extraordinary pleasures, and treasures beyond what most humans have ever seen. Yet, when God called him to identify with God's people and lead them out of slavery, Moses' faith faced its biggest test. In this sermon, Pastor Adam shows from Hebrews 11 how great faith calls us to withstand great pressure from the myriad temptations the world offers.
Abraham and Sarah received some of God's most incredible promises, but their faith in those promises was tested in extraordinary ways. What do we do when God has declared his promises, but the world makes us doubt? In this sermon, Pastor Donny digs into Hebrews to show us how Great Faith calls us to follow God in the present while focusing on his promise.
The Bible is filled with faith greats like Abraham, Noah, and Moses. It seems like they accomplished so much for God, and when we compare our faith to theirs, it seems impossible that we could ever measure up. Yet, as Campus and Youth Director Kevin McKenzie shows from the example of Enoch, trusting God with the mundane, everyday tasks of life looks exactly like great faith to the Father.
The Bible is filled with faith greats like Abraham, Noah, and Moses. It seems like they accomplished so much for God, and when we compare our faith to theirs, it seems impossible that we could ever measure up. Yet, as Campus and Youth Director Kevin McKenzie shows from the example of Enoch, trusting God with the mundane, everyday tasks of life looks exactly like great faith to the Father.
Christianity isn't easy, so what do we do when following a righteous God leads us into challenging and trying circumstances? In this sermon, Pastor Adam looks to Hebrews to show us how truly great faith helps us endure as we give our trust to a God who is truly good.
It's that time of year again when we anticipate the brand new year and its possibilities, and yet, New Year's Eve can be full anxiety. Each new year, we face more promises, more resolutions, the same sins, the same pains, and potentially all those hurdles with additional problems. How can we escape these yearly cycles of frustration. In this sermon, The Musikavanhus show that a new year under the lordship of Jesus Christ can free us to new life.
Merry Christmas Eve's Eve from Aletheia Church! This Sunday, Pastor Adam turns to John 1 to explore the central mystery of Christmas: what could it mean that The Word - God's Word - became flesh, and how is it that we ought to live if this is true?
This Christmas, we're looking at the accounts of the Birth of Jesus found in the Gospels! In the first installment of this series, Pastor Adam looks to Matthew's account of the Magi to unveil how the giving of believers is a response to the radical generosity of God through Jesus.
This Christmas, we're looking at the accounts of the Birth of Jesus found in the Gospels! In the first installment of this series, Pastor Adam looks to Matthew's account of the Magi to unveil how the giving of believers is a response to the radical generosity of God through Jesus.
In his account of Jesus's death, Mark stays away from the gory details of crucifixion and focuses instead on the isolation that Jesus experienced. In this sermon, Pastor Adam answers the question, "why was King Jesus forsaken by everyone in his death, including God the Father?"
In his account of Jesus's death, Mark stays away from the gory details of crucifixion and focuses instead on the isolation that Jesus experienced. In this sermon, Pastor Adam answers the question, "why was King Jesus forsaken by everyone in his death, including God the Father?"
In lives full of activity, tension, and strife, we can be tempted towards two traps - we either withdraw from our culture out of the sense of being overwhelmed, or we withdraw from Jesus as we set about trying to order the world around our individual notions of right and wrong. In this sermon, Pastor Adam illustrates how Jesus calls us to wakefulness and engagement in anticipation for His coming kingdom.
In lives full of activity, tension, and strife, we can be tempted towards two traps - we either withdraw from our culture out of the sense of being overwhelmed, or we withdraw from Jesus as we set about trying to order the world around our individual notions of right and wrong. In this sermon, Pastor Adam illustrates how Jesus calls us to wakefulness and engagement in anticipation for His coming kingdom.
When Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, he confronts the Jewish rulers. His accusation is that they're pretending to be all about God but their hearts are really invested elsewhere. They're pretending. In this sermon, Pastor Adam shows how the same places pretense used to hide for them are the same places pretense hides for us today.
God is on a mission to bless the world, but Jesus is profoundly disturbed when His people fail to embrace that mission. In this sermon in Mark, Pastor Donny describes the dire consequences of fruitless faith.
Sometimes, everything seems like a ploy for power. Politicians volley for our votes, celebrities demand our attention, and we even seek acclaim for ourselves. In this sermon, however, Pastor Adam explores Mark 10 to unpack how Jesus' views on power upend the expectations of the rich and poor alike.
Have someone ever been too busy to meet with you? Oftentimes, big, important people are inaccessible to average humans. If Jesus is infinitely important person, we would expect the distance between our Lord and ourselves to span an eternal distance. However, using Mark 9, Pastor Adam Mabry shows that Jesus is the kind of leader who wants passionately to commune with His disciples.
In this guest message, Pastor Donnell Jones of Grace Covenant Church in Washington, DC explores what it means to take up one's cross to follow Jesus in the context of our modern world.
Is it possible to respect Jesus' authority and still fail to understand the true nature of his Kingdom? If we fail to see him not as a powerful despot, but rather as a trusted shepherd, then we absolutely miss something essential to Jesus' nature. In this sermon, Pastor Adam uses Mark 6 to show that Jesus is not only the one we obey, but also the one we can follow with joyful peace.
We all have urgent needs, but what do we do when God takes His time to meet those needs? In this sermon, Pastor Donny explores the stories of Jairus' daughter and the woman with the issue of blood to show that in our times of urgency, Jesus may ask more from us than we plan to give, but he will also give us more than we can ever imagine.
We all have urgent needs, but what do we do when God takes His time to meet those needs? In this sermon, Pastor Donny explores the stories of Jairus' daughter and the woman with the issue of blood to show that in our times of urgency, Jesus may ask more from us than we plan to give, but he will also give us more than we can ever imagine.
When Jesus first confronts the religious leaders in his day, it showed just how different kingdom life is from a life characterized by religion. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explains how religion and the gospel have very different things at their core.
Jesus is pretty neat, but what's up with healing and exorcisms in Scripture? Is any of that stuff real? Do any of those things possibly relate to my life today, and what does it say about Jesus' kingdom that he performs these miracles during his ministry? In this sermon, Pastor Adam addresses these questions and so much more as he explores how Mark shows Jesus to be King over our conflicts.
In superhero movies, only the best and brightest are chosen to lead the battle against evil. Yet, in Jesus' kingdom, things operate a bit differently. In this entry of the UpsideDown Kingdom series, Pastor Adam shows that discipleship is not a matter of merit, but rather the result of the compelling call to follow Jesus.
Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is extraordinarily rewarding, but it comes at a cost. In this sermon, Pastor Adam details what it means to willingly accept the call, the cost, and the crises of discipleship for the all-surpassing joy of knowing Jesus Christ.
Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is extraordinarily rewarding, but it comes at a cost. In this sermon, Pastor Adam details what it means to willingly accept the call, the cost, and the crises of discipleship for the all-surpassing joy of knowing Jesus Christ.
Discipleship isn't easy, but it can transform us into something greater than we ever imagined. In a guest sermon, Pastor Jim Laffoon shows how in under Jesus' reign, discipleship shapes us into citizens with proper character for the coming kingdom.
For many, authority is a tricky subject. So many of our leaders, parents, teachers, and other figures of power have used their privileges to hurt and abuse us. Is there any King who can be good? In this introduction to a brand-new series, Pastor Adam unpacks the first chapter of Mark's gospel to preview how Jesus reveals himself to be the King whose goodness and faithfulness extend beyond our imaginations.
Many Christians consider church attendance par for the course in Christian life, but fail to understand what being in the Church truly means. On Newcomer's Sunday, Pastor Adam uses 1 Peter 2:9-10 to explore answers to an essential question: why does God want us at church?
