Reality La Audio Podcast: Bible Teaching

How does the good news of Jesus affect how we relate to our families? Pastor Brook Mosser preaches from Ephesians 6:1-4 on what it looks like to honor our parents, how to raise children in the Lord, and the perfect love found only in God our Father.

What is God’s design for marriage? Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches from Ephesians 5:22-33 on what God calls married men and women to, how biblical marriage models Christ’s love for the church, and why singleness is in no way a lesser calling than marriage.

God calls us to walk in love, light, and wisdom in response to His great love for us. Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches from Ephesians 5:1-21 on what a God-glorifying life looks like as we pursue a wise and biblical approach to sexual purity, alcohol, and personal integrity.

What makes Christianity unique is not the call to be good, but the message of how to be good. Pastor Jeremy Treat teaches from Ephesians 4:25-32 on how Jesus empowers us to cultivate character consistent with the identity we’ve been freely given in Christ, living as people of integrity, righteous anger, generosity, and forgiveness.

What does it mean to live out of the identity we’ve been given in Christ? Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the destructive nature of sin, our need for change, and how we are to live as people renewed by Jesus.

What gifts has Jesus given His people and how are we to use them to grow together? Pastor Adam Smith teaches from Ephesians 4:7-16 on the importance of seeking unity, using spiritual gifts for the good of the church body, and pursuing maturity in Christ.

What is the unity that God calls all Christians to? Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches from Ephesians 4:1-6 on the essentials we’re to be unified on, what forms the basis of this unity, and how we can maintain that unity as we look to God Himself.

On Vision Sunday, Pastor Jeremy Treat shared about our church’s mission in Los Angeles, where we’ve been in 2015, and where we sense God leading us in 2016.

How should we use the resources and gifts that God has given us? Pastor Jeremy Treat teaches from Luke 19:11-27 on the biblical meaning of stewardship and how following Jesus transforms our view of money, work, and culture.

What traditions of the early church does God call us to be committed to together? In this Advent teaching, Pastoral Resident Obed Brefo teaches from Acts 2:42-47 on our commitment to the knowledge of God, the people of God, and the mission of God — all of which is empowered by Christ's commitment to us.

What reason do we have to rejoice at Christmas? In this Advent teaching, Pastor Jeremy Treat teaches from Luke 1:26-38 on God's gift of Jesus to the world, which inspires us to joyfully respond in faith alongside our brothers and sisters in Christ.

How does God call His people to wait together? In this Advent teaching, Pastoral Resident Devin Deuell teaches from Jeremiah 29:4-14 on the value of putting down roots and faithfully serving others as we wait on God, who has shown His faithfulness to us in Jesus Christ.

How do our expectations affect our relationship with God and others? In this Advent teaching, Pastor Brook Mosser preaches from Isaiah 7:1-17 on what it means that Jesus is "God with us” – and how that affects our approach to life and the community of the church.

How does our union with Jesus Christ enable us to communicate with God? Pastor Jeremy Treat teaches from Ephesians 3:14-21 on Paul's prayer for the church in Ephesus, which serves as a helpful example of how to pray, what to pray for, and why to pray in the first place.

How is God redeeming His creation, and what are the practical implications of that mystery for us? Teaching from Ephesians 3:1-13, Pastor Jeremy Treat explains how God is reconciling all things through Jesus and the church, and why that gives us hope and courage.

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