Synopsis
Bible teachings from Reality LA, a church in Hollywood, CA.
Episodes
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Weeping Over the City
23/04/2017In this first message from our series through the book of Nehemiah, Pastor Jeremy Treat explores how only a full, holistic understanding of brokenness informs a full, holistic understanding of God's restoration work.
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Fully Alive
16/04/2017On Easter Sunday we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and rejoice in the life and peace found in Him. In this 2017 Easter message from the Hollywood Palladium, Pastor Jeremy Treat reflects on how Jesus' raised life provides us abundant life.
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Humble Confidence
10/04/2017In this final sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at the final words of John’s letter, looks back at the book as a whole, and looks at the last five things we can know about God, His work, and one another from these concluding verses.
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God Testifies
02/04/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Adam Smith preaches how the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ baptism, and His death and resurrection ultimately comprise God’s own testimony to us about the work of His Son.
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Faith Is a Catalyst
27/03/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches on the topic of faith, how it produces love, obedience, and victory in our lives, and how it’s ultimately not “our” faith that matters so much as the object of our faith—Jesus.
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A Manifesto on Love
19/03/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches through one of the most powerful passages on one of the most important topics—love. What does “God is love” mean, and how does God’s love transform ours to be like it?
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Truth and Lies
12/03/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat examines the nature of truth and falsehood: that they exist, and that they’re personal in nature. Far more than mere facts, Truth is a person: Jesus Christ.
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The Murder and the Message
05/03/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, church planter Devin Deuell examines how the overflowing love and sacrifice of Christ in us enables us to love others selflessly and sacrificially.
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Practicing Righteousness
27/02/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at how our practices both form and reflect our true character in Christ, and how God uses such practices to break the pattern of sin in our lives.
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When He Appears
19/02/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at how the tension between the "now" of Jesus' first coming and the "not yet" of his second empowers us to live daily in hopeful endurance.
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Real Recognize Real
12/02/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, visiting pastor Steve Coble looks at the foundational truth of Christianity and what it means for us to remember and abide (dwell) in such truth.
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How to Love
05/02/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at what it means for us to love like a family, like God’s beloved, and, ultimately, like God.
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Love Perfected
29/01/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat looks at how knowing God is the answer to both how we change and who we should be changing into.
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Walking in the Light
22/01/2017In this sermon from our series through 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat takes a practical look at confession, and how the biblical model is not a form of punishment, but a path to freedom.
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Jesus and the Search for Community
15/01/2017In this introduction to 1 John, Pastor Jeremy Treat gives some background on John and his letter and teaches how the reality of Jesus creates truly authentic, fully loving gospel community.
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Vision Sunday 2017
08/01/2017In this special teaching, Pastor Jeremy Treat shares about our church’s identity, our mission in Los Angeles, where we’ve been in 2016, and where we sense God leading us in 2017.
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Risking It All on Jesus
02/01/2017Do our sins and brokenness define our identity? Pastoral Resident Mike Portland preaches from Mark 1:40-45 on what it’s like for each of us to be healed, truly and miraculously, by a compassionate savior.
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The Gift of Joy
25/12/2016What are we remembering when we give gifts on Christmas? In this message, Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches from Luke 2:8-20 why Jesus is God’s ultimate gift to humankind and why this is “good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”
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Joy in Waiting
18/12/2016Can we have joy now for things that haven’t happened yet? In this Advent message, Pastor Adam Smith preaches from Luke 1:26-56 on Mary’s emotional, intellectual, and active response to God’s work, culminating in a song of joy for both the present and the future.
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Joy in Trials
12/12/2016Can joy actually thrive in suffering? Visiting pastor Casey Fritz preaches from Isaiah 49:8-18 how God’s real and personal response to our real and personal pain redefines both suffering and joy.