Reality La Audio Podcast: Bible Teaching

The first sermon in a new series through the book of Galatians. Pastor Jeremy Treat begins our time in Paul's letter with an examination of what the gospel is, what it is not, and how it has the ability to transform all of life.

We return to the letters of John with a look at 2 John. Pastor Jeremy Treat examines the care John takes to make sure we understand how intimately tied together truth and love are. Truth without love and love without truth are both errors, but truth with love is the way of Jesus.

Pastor Christian Simas from Reality Stockton concludes our summer in the psalms! We all have insecurities. We've all felt like our world and its rules are crumbling around us. How do we learn, as this psalm puts it, to "dwell secure?"

Pastor Adam Smith continues our series in Psalms with a look at Psalm 2. Until Christ's return, the nations will always rage; there will always be conflict and unease on earth. But God's holy justice does more than just convict us of sin: it gives us confidence and comfort in Christ.

Pastor Chris Lazo from Reality Santa Barbara preaches Psalm 4, which shows us how to be honest before a faithful God about the mess in our hearts. Bringing him our anxiety, stress, grief, disappointment, and disillusionment is actually an act of worship.

Our Youth Director Jonathan Fitzgerald preaches his first RLA sermon! He walks us through Psalm 146 and how having the right perspective of God as our creator, sustainer, and king enables us to live lives of praise, regardless of circumstances!

Visiting pastor Tim Chaddick opens our summer series through the psalms! We live by the stories we believe, and Psalm 73 looks at some of the common toxic narratives we tell ourselves, and how God's story reorients us to see and live by what's true.

Pastor Jeremy Treat concludes our time in the book of Nehemiah with a look at the final chapter, where we see that reform never stops. The church must always be reforming around the good news of Jesus Christ.

As we near the conclusion of our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at what it means for Jerusalem to finally be fully restored. At how to pause and celebrate God's blessings. At what it means and what it looks like for us to be faithfully present in any city as the people of God.

Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Nehemiah with a look at Israel's renewal of their covenant with God based on his keeping of covenant with them, and how that created community. He examines what covenant is, and how its basis of God enables us to relate as close as family.

In this sermon from our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at the retelling of the story of God in Nehemiah 9. Like Israel, we need to hear the story to be reminded of God’s grace and faithfulness.

From our series through the book of Nehemiah, Mike Portland examines Israel's response to hearing the word of God. Restoring a physical city was only the beginning of God's planned renewal - ultimately he desires to restore our hearts and joy in him!

In this sermon from our series through the book of Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at the long list of names in Nehemiah 7. Why is it included in Scripture, and how is it profitable? Because people matter. God knows each of our names, too.

Pastor Jeremy Treat continues out series through Nehemiah with a look at the way Nehemiah responded to the distractions, criticisms, and temptations that arose in response to his important work in Jerusalem.

Continuing our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at the way Nehemiah and Israel addressed systemic injustices within their own community that maligned the reputation of God in a healthy, just, and restorative way.

In this sermon from our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at the way Nehemiah and Israel balanced utter dependence on God with complete willingness to plan, prepare, and be the ones who did the work.

In this sermon from our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Adam Smith illuminates how a passage of Scripture we can easily dismiss as a list of names actually gives us beautiful insight into how God restores us in midst of our own brokenness.

In this sermon from our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat examines Nehemiah's first steps toward rebuilding Jerusalem: how he acted with long-term, rather than short-term, success in mind, how he shared his vision, and how he dealt with early opposition.

In this message from our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at how Nehemiah grieved, prayed, planned, then looked for opportunity--not to serve his own ends, but as a way of relying on and glorifying God's work of restoration.

In this message from our series through Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches on prayer. Nehemiah prays according to God's character, purposes, and promises, and with the knowledge God may actually want to involve him as part of the answer.