What If Jesus Was Serious? | Christians & Culture
If Jesus was serious, then transforming our world happens one heart at a time.
Oct 15, 2023•36 min
Gateway Church Austin
You don’t have to dress up. You don’t have to be any particular age. We don’t care who you voted for in the last election. And please don’t feel the need to pretend about anything. Gateway Community Church is a place where God meets people who are far from perfect. That means anyone is welcome no matter where they are on their spiritual journey.
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What If Jesus Was Serious | Who Is Really Blessed?
If Jesus was serious, then the Kingdom of God is truly upside down.
Oct 08, 2023•36 min
Future Ready - The Butterfly Effect
The smallest decisions ripple into eternity.
Oct 01, 2023•34 min
Future Ready - Holy Living
Being Future Ready isn’t about technological savviness or hustling to make a name for yourself. Being Future Ready means making the most of the time, resources, and opportunities you’ve been given, here and now. Being Future Ready isn’t about manufacturing a moment, it’s about not missing the moment in front of you. It isn’t about waiting for some far-off glorious destination. It’s about creating a beautiful journey, one step at a time.
Sep 24, 2023•36 min
Future Ready - Living Whole
In order to be ready for the future we must allow ourselves to be restored holistically.
Sep 17, 2023•37 min
Future Ready - All You Have Is Now
You can’t change your past, but you can create the future. You have been given one life. How are you going to make it count?
Sep 10, 2023•36 min
Back to School - Change Your World
Current location + opportunity + action = Change
Sep 03, 2023•38 min
Back to School - You Belong
Engaging in healthy community can, and should, be a spiritual habit we develop. Whether it is a church, at home, or at school, everyone wants to know that they have a place to belong!
Aug 27, 2023•36 min
Back to School - Build Character
As school is set to start, let’s go back to the basics. In this series, we discover what it looks like to explore God and be rooted in the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Our goal is to help each other in knowing that God guides us to make wise choices and He has given us the Bible to grow in obedience, forgiveness, love, and faith.
Aug 20, 2023•39 min
Back To School - Know Jesus
As school is set to start, let’s go back to the basics. In this series, we discover what it looks like to explore God and be rooted in the fundamentals of the Christian faith. We use the 5 key concepts of Gateway Kids as a guide to awaken child-like wonder in following Jesus together. Knowing Jesus is not a concept to be grasped, but a person to be experienced. We must know who Jesus is and why He came to earth. When we talk about Jesus and our place in His story, it helps us believe, understand...
Aug 13, 2023•33 min
Back to School - Explore the Bible
If we are ever going to make our faith our own, we’ve got to start spending time with God personally. It means indulging in the Bible, having conversations with God, and discovering how we best connect with God through worship.
Aug 06, 2023•36 min
Local Voices - Ted Beasley - Connect Sunday To Your Monday
Along with being one of the founders of Gateway Church, Ted Beasley is the founder and Lead Instructor of EmergentExecs, coaching hundreds of emerging and senior leaders. As a consultant, he has brought strategic and financial expertise to small businesses and Fortune 500 companies.He has launched many business ventures across the globe. Ted is currently a professor at the Acton School of Business, a 100-hour-per-week intensive Entrepreneurship program rated as one of the top 5 MBA degrees in th...
Jul 30, 2023•36 min
Local Voices - Don Tate - Everyone's an Artist
Don Tate is an award-winning author and the illustrator of numerous critically acclaimed books for children. Books he’s illustrated include the Roto and Roy series, books one and two (Little Brown, 2021); Swish! The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, and many more. Don is a founding host of The Brown Bookshelf, a blog dedicated to advocating for books created by African American youth literature creators. Don and his wife, Tammy, and son, Kolby, live in Austin, Texas.
Jul 23, 2023•36 min
Local Voices - Clint Phillips - Living A Life Of Wonder
In the wake of a medical emergency, Clint and his wife were shocked at the difficulty in accessing a pediatric neurologist.This led him on a journey to found "2nd.MD" and later "Medici" which provides 9 million Americans to free access to the world's best doctors. As a former Chiropractor, Rugby National Champion, and entrepreneur, Clint Phillips, has been on a mission to provide easy access to quality care for decades.
Jul 16, 2023•34 min
Local Voices - Jamie Schwarz - Killing Your Comfort
Your Spiritual Growth doesn't happen by accident. Jamie Schwarz is a native Texan, born and raised right here in Central Texas. She is a wife, mom, hair stylist, and pastor here at Gateway Church. Jamie has been active in recovery since first working through the 12 steps 18 years ago. She has since sponsored countless others through the program and has been an advocate for building up our recovery program here at Gateway.
Jul 09, 2023•36 min
Church Has Left The Building
So how can you serve others? What needs are right in front of you? You will find that in giving yourself away, you find yourself. In creating time to serve you gain something eternal that can never be taken away. Here’s your challenge, serve someone with no strings attached over the next day or two. Jump into serve somewhere at a campus near you. Go above and beyond for someone in your family this week. And watch what God does.
Jul 03, 2023•17 min
Best Summer Ever, When We Stir One Another Up
Hebrews was written to a community of Jewish believers who are being persecuted for their faith and beginning to question if it’s worth it to keep following Jesus. They are tempted to turn their back on Him and return to their former Jewish practices. In light of this: For whom in your life are you doing the same?
Jun 25, 2023•35 min
Best Summer Ever - Submit to One Another
In what relationships do you experience submission- both in submitting to others and others submitting to you? Would you say those relationships are healthy? Why or why not? Do you think submission is a dirty word in Western culture? Why or why not? What stood out to you from the message? Read Ephesians 5:1-2, 15-21 Read Philippians 2:3-11. In Ephesians 5:21 , we are told to submit to one another “out of reverence for Christ” , that is, out of respect for who He is and what He has done for us. W...
Jun 18, 2023•37 min
Best Summer Ever When We Are Unified with One Another
What will make this the best summer ever won’t be the destinations we go to or the pictures we take, but rather the people we do life with- those we impact and those that impact us. Diversity in all its facets makes the world the beautiful kaleidoscope that it is, but when we become fixated solely on our differences it leads to division.
Jun 11, 2023•41 min
Best Summer Ever - Belong To One Another
What will make this the best summer ever won’t be the destinations we go to or the pictures we take, but rather the people we do life with- those we impact and those that impact us. We know accountability is important for growth, but so few of us allow people close enough to help us.
Jun 04, 2023•35 min
Best Summer Ever - When We Love One Another
What will make this the best summer ever won’t be the destinations we go or the pictures we take, but rather the people we do life with- those we impact and those that impact us. Love is perhaps the most used and misused word in the world. Today we explore what love means in the context of a Christian community.
May 28, 2023•37 min
Our City
Work through the following questions and scriptures on your own or get together with your group, spiritual running partners, or family to talk through what you are learning. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Have you ever been in a situation that you didn’t want to be in? Maybe you were forced to move schools, jobs, and/or cities. How did you respond to your new situation? What stood out to you from the message? The church is called to be a bridge from the city to God. Have you given much thought to this? Ho...
May 21, 2023•32 min
10 Commitments That Last
These commitments are based on how God has designed us to be and how Jesus instructed us to live in unity in order to show what He is like and lead others to Him.
May 14, 2023•34 min
Succession Sunday
As John Burke passes the baton of senior pastor to Carlos Ortiz we focus on the story of how God led John to start Gateway church. "Come as you are. No perfect people allowed."
May 07, 2023•29 min
Are You There, God? It's Me - Where Were You When?
Whether or not you believe in prayer and whether or not you feel like you know how to pray, during this series, you will discover the power of and the path to connecting with God which can bring comfort, hope, and healing. In the midst of your deepest pain, biggest regret, and hardest loss, you can still talk to God.
Apr 30, 2023•43 min
"Are you there God, it's me..." - "Spam Likely"
Whether or not you believe in prayer and whether or not you feel like you know how to pray, during this series you will discover the power of and the path to connecting with God which can bring comfort, hope, and healing. Prayer is meant to be persistent, because persistent prayer is powerful!
Apr 23, 2023•37 min
"Are you there God, it’s me..." - “Who Dis?”
Whether or not you believe in prayer and whether or not you feel like you know how to pray, during this series you will discover the power of and the path to connecting with God which can bring comfort, hope, and healing. Prayer is simply communicating with a loving God who desires to speak to you and loves to hear from you.
Apr 17, 2023•38 min
"Are you there God, it's me..." - "Who Dis?"
Whether or not you believe in prayer and whether or not you feel like you know how to pray, during this series, you will discover the power of and the path to connecting with God which can bring comfort, hope, and healing.
Apr 16, 2023•39 min
The Weekend: Easter Service 2023
Pastor John Burke brings us his last Easter message as Senior Pastor of Gateway. There are many characters in the story about the death and resurrection of Jesus. They are all real people living in a real place, in a specified time for a specified purpose, with real human emotions and motivations. Friday was suppose to be the end of the story. At least that's what they all thought. But they didn't know that Sunday was coming. This sermon will challenge you to leave your sin at the cross and cele...
Apr 09, 2023•30 min
Chosen When This Is All I Have
When Jesus showed up in people’s lives in the Gospels, something shifted. The same is true today. When we radically encounter who God really is, in the greatest way possible, nothing is ever the same. God will stop at nothing to show you that you are chosen like a woman who demonstrated that extravagant love invites extravagance.
Apr 02, 2023•23 min
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