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The Alternative

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The Alternative: a family that is Christ, Community, and Commission-centered. Our aim: is to extend the Glory of God through the power of the gospel.
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#WHY: He's Working

The Lord works through human sinfulness to reveal Himself to all people. This is the aim of the lesson from Habakkuk 1:5-11.

May 06, 202336 minSeason 4Ep. 2

#WHY: The Struggle is Real

God does not tolerate or overlook wrongdoings. This is the aim or argument in Habakkuk 1:12-2:1.

May 06, 202342 minSeason 4Ep. 3

#WHY: Angry, But Trusting

This week, we begin a brand new series through the prophetic book of Habakkuk entitled, #WHY. This first week, Eddie Williams preached from Habakkuk 1:1-4, from a sermon entitled: Angry, But Trusting. The emphasis of the lesson was, trusting the Lord's sovereign work when it does not align with our expectations.

Apr 17, 202336 minEp. 1

#COME: Encountering The Risen Lord

On resurrection Sunday, Eddie Williams preached from John 20:11-29, from a sermon entitled: Encountering the Risen Lord. Where the emphasis was on, an encounter with the risen Lord makes a difference in an individual's life.

Apr 09, 202330 minSeason 4Ep. 2

#COME: A Right View of God

In this first installment of our, #COME lent series... Sis. Irene Steele preached from Matthew 21:1-11, focusing on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem challenging us to get the right view of God.

Apr 04, 202336 minSeason 3Ep. 1

#ENOUGH: Secret Sauce

In this last installment through the epistle of Colossians, from the series #ENOUGH: Christ is enough. Eddie Williams preached from Colossians 4:7-18; from a sermon entitled, "Secret Sauce of A Healthy/Great Church." Where the punch line was, "Healthy practices among members build great and healthy churches".

Mar 27, 202334 min

#ENOUGH: Representing Christ

In this sixth installment of our #ENOUGH series through the epistle of Colossians, Eddie Williams taught from Colossians 3:18-4:1; from a sermon entitled, "#Represent." Where the punch line of the sermon was, "A changed life must properly represent Christ in all areas of life", including the home and workplace in a particular way.

Mar 20, 202338 min

#ENOUGH: New Self (Life)

In this fifth installment of our #Enough series through the epistle of Colossians, Eddie Williams teaches from Colossians 3:1a, from a sermon entitled, "New Self." Where the central idea was, to be raised with Christ is to be made New, hence, 'The New Self.'

Mar 12, 202336 min

#ENOUGH: Stand Firm

In this installment of our #ENOUGH series, Robert Nelson preached from Colossians 2:1-5 in a sermon entitled, "Stan Firm". Where he encouraged us to not make ourselves be deluded by plausible arguments that can take us off from the right path.

Feb 27, 202333 min

#ENOUGH: Get Him Right

In this third installment of our #Enough series through the epistle of Colossians, Eddie Williams teaches from a sermon entitled, "Get Him Right: Christ is Above All." Where he challenged us from Colossians 1:15-23, to continue in the faith in spite of the threats and challenges to faith in Christ.

Feb 20, 202343 min

#ENOUGH: Gospel Fidelity

In this second installment of the #Enough series, Eddie Williams preached on the subject, "Gospel Fidelity." Where he focuses on the faithfulness of Epaphras in sowing the seed of the gospel in a hard city/place like Colossae.

Feb 13, 202338 min

#ENOUGH: Let's Continue

In this first installment of our #Enough series, which is a study through the epistle of Colossians; Eddie Williams introduced the book from the sermon entitled, "Let's Continue".

Feb 06, 202335 min

#PRIORITIES: Community

In this last installment from our priorities series, Edna Livingston spoke on the subject of prioritizing community. Her central idea was, community is the backbone of the church.

Jan 31, 202340 min

#PRIORITIES: Let's Keep Trusting

In this installment of the series entitled, "Priorities", and in this sermon entitled, "Let's Keep Trusting", from Hebrews 11:13-16; Eddie Williams teaches on the faith of the Patriarchs that died believing. Their faith teaches that difficulties is not an excuse to distrust and quit trusting the Lord.

Jan 23, 202328 minEp. 4

#PRIORITIES: Let's Follow

In this installment of the series entitled, "Priorities", and in this sermon entitled, "Let's Follow", from Luke 9:57-62. Eddie Williams teaches on Jesus' encounters with three different people to whom He tells of the cost, call, and condition of being His disciple.

Jan 17, 202328 minSeason 1Ep. 4

#PRIORITIES: Maturity

From Hebrews 5:11-6:12, Eddie encourages us to pursue maturity in Christ as a priority in this year. He spoke on the different elements on the growth chart to test and identify an immature vs. a mature believer in Christ Jesus.

Jan 10, 202332 minEp. 2

New Year's Eve: Rise Above

In view of the observance of the traditional New Year's Eve service, Eddie Williams challenge was to Rise Above life's unfortunate, uneventful, and unexpected experiences that often paralyzes our lives. Therefore, from Lord's speech in the first 9 verses of Joshua chapter 1, we learn certain principles that will help us Rise Above unfortunate difficulties in life and proceed to possess the Lord's promises.

Jan 02, 202337 min

#PRIORITIES: Prioritizing the Kingdom

In our first installment of the #PRIORITIES series, Elena Corpus spoke to us on prioritizing the Kingdom as we begin this new year. The overall objective for the new year is to focus on what really matters. Therefore, the Kingdom of God should be our utmost priority!

Jan 02, 202319 minEp. 1

An Attitude Check: Approaches to Family Crises

In this sermon, Eddie Williams provides a framework from which believers should approach decision making through a moment of crisis from the life of Joseph and Mary in their first relationship crisis as partners!

Dec 26, 202238 minEp. 5

#DISRUPTIVE: Divine Disruption

In our las installment of our Advent series, Eddie Williams reminds us of this timely truth about our God-He created the world and set up natural laws to govern it. However, Jesus’s birth disrupted even the natural course of things all to prove his unfailing love and fulfill His redemption purpose.

Dec 18, 202239 min

#DISRUPTIVE: What A News!

Jesus, the King's coming to earth DISRUPTED the discriminatory and exclusivist societal norms among Jews of the time, making the insignificant important, and the forgotten, key players in God’s story of redemption.

Dec 11, 202239 minSeason 12Ep. 4

#DISRUPTIVE: Don't Disturb My Peace

From Matthew 2:3, Eddie helps us to understand that the Lord often comes into our lives and spaces when we are the most comfortable. He comes into our lives at a time when we are more comfortable, to disturb our comfort so His glory can be establish in our lives.

Dec 04, 202233 minSeason 12Ep. 2

#DISRUPTIVE: He Ain't Stingy

In this episode, Eddie Williams launched out the Advent Season series entitled, DISRUPTIVE. In this first installment, Eddie speaks about the purpose of Matthew's gospel account in terms of establishing the sovereignty/Lordship of Jesus as the promised Messiah for all people, and not for some people.

Nov 30, 202231 minSeason 12Ep. 1

Stay Focus

From Acts 1:9-11, pastor Eddie encourages all those who have had to deal with a lost, to learn in spite the reality of said lost, to stay focus on their mission. From the life of Jesus' disciples after the ascension, they had to keep their focus on the mission to be Jesus' witnesses.

Nov 21, 202220 min

Hakarat: Psalm of Thanksgiving

In Psalm 100, Keshia Howard, reminds us of the 7 verbs that should become our posture in regards to the Lord's "Hesed".

Nov 20, 202234 minEp. 3
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