Synopsis
This is the sermon podcast of Aletheia Church and Pastor Adam Mabry. Aletheia exists to bring the truth, grace, and changing power of the gospel for the glory of God and the good of all people. For more information, visit www.aletheia.org
Episodes
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The Spiritual Family
05/04/2020 Duration: 41minIn a time of social distancing, what value does the biblical concept of spiritual family offer to our lives and to the world at large? In the final sermon of our series in Romans, Pastor Adam explores Romans 16 to uncover how Paul blessed and sustained by a God-given spiritual family, and challenges us to embrace spiritual family to help us obey and enjoy God.
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Apostolic Hope
29/03/2020 Duration: 27minWhat could hope mean for us in a time of great crisis and uncertainty, and how can the Scripture show us what to hope for? As we near the end of our series in Romans, Pastor Adam looks at the fifteenth chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans to uncover what apostolic hope looks like for the people of God.
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Faith, Not Fear
22/03/2020 Duration: 34minIn the time of COVID-19, it can be hard to live out our faith without fear. But it's not just hard to live out courageous, loving faith in the times of a pandemic: it's a challenge all the time. The Apostle Paul knew that when addressing a burgeoning Roman church in a letter, and in this sermon, Pastor Adam explores that letter to uncover how the Gospel of Jesus Christi enables God's people to live out bold, courageous faith toward each other without fear.
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Honor People
15/03/2020 Duration: 23minWe're doing online church this week on the advice of the government, health care professionals, and the Center for Disease Control, so what better time to talk about honoring authorities? In Romans 13, Paul discusses not only how God would have us honor the authorities around us, but also how God would have us honor anyone around us. In this sermon, Pastor Adam looks to this passage to explore how exactly God's people should honor people.
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Be You Together
08/03/2020 Duration: 36minWe're in a new season of Romans today! This week, we answer several questions: how does the Gospel shape the way people relate to each other in the Body of Christ? How do we discern what we can contribute? Pastor Donny Fisher explores Romans 12 to see how the Gospel produces true unity!
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Worshipful Humility
01/03/2020 Duration: 43minIn chapter eleven of Romans, Paul builds into a crescendo and breaks into song. We all want his same experience of awe and wonder, but we need to see that he gets there through the most surprising route—by thinking about God's severity and kindness. In this sermon, Pastor Adam unpacks what it is about God's severity and kindness that should lead us to worship and humility.
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Peace Merchants
23/02/2020 Duration: 46minWe received a special visit from Pastor Brett Fuller of Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly, VA! In this sermon, Pastor Fuller mines Jesus' words about peacemakers to cast a uniquely Christian vision of stewardship, love and reconciliation in God's multi-ethnic church.
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Simple Gospel
17/02/2020 Duration: 35minWe’ve looked at some mind-bending topics over the past two weeks as Paul endeavors to give us a peak into the mind of God. In the rest of chapter ten, however, he’s going to show us that that the while the inner workings of God’s mind may be complicated, His plan is simple. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores Romans 10 to uncover Paul's conviction that the gospel is simple, has a simple message and a simple method, and calls for a simple response.
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Simple Gospel
17/02/2020 Duration: 35minWe’ve looked at some mind-bending topics over the past two weeks as Paul endeavors to give us a peak into the mind of God. In the rest of chapter ten, however, he’s going to show us that that the while the inner workings of God’s mind may be complicated, His plan is simple. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores Romans 10 to uncover Paul's conviction that the gospel is simple, has a simple message and a simple method, and calls for a simple response.
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A Gospel That Offends Us
09/02/2020 Duration: 38minWhat does it mean for the gospel to be "a stumbling block of offense?" Is it ever ok for the Gospel to be offensive, and, if so, to whom is the Gospel meant to be offensive? In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores Romans 9 to unveil how the Gospel is a stumbling block of offense to the self-righteous so that we may receive the righteousness of God.
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God Chooses
02/02/2020 Duration: 45minThis week, we begin Romans Season 3 with a stunning passage from Romans 9. In it, Paul seems to imply that God chooses whom to love and chooses others to relegate to destruction. How can a God like this be just or loving? In this sermon, Pastor Adam illustrates how the Apostle Paul explains the Gospel in a way that responds to these objections and expounds upon the striking conclusion that God chooses.
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More than Conquerors
19/01/2020 Duration: 42minSuffering is an unfortunate fact of life for both Christians and non-Christians. However, those who belong to Jesus have access to a unique solution in the midst of our suffering - access to the intercession of God's Holy Spirit. What does this mean, and how can we access the peace the Spirit provides? In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores the second half of Romans 8 to explain how the Spirit sanctifies us through suffering.
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More than Conquerors
19/01/2020 Duration: 42minSuffering is an unfortunate fact of life for both Christians and non-Christians. However, those who belong to Jesus have access to a unique solution in the midst of our suffering - access to the intercession of God's Holy Spirit. What does this mean, and how can we access the peace the Spirit provides? In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores the second half of Romans 8 to explain how the Spirit sanctifies us through suffering.
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Spirit-Filled Sons
12/01/2020 Duration: 49minWe're back in Romans Season 2! In Romans 8, Paul begins to expound upon the concept of the Holy Spirit and its role in salvation. How does the Holy Spirit change the way we relate to God? What does the Holy Spirit produce in our lives? In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores the first section of Romans 8 to explain what it means for followers of Jesus to be Spirit-filled sons of God.
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Spirit-Filled Sons
12/01/2020 Duration: 49minWe're back in Romans Season 2! In Romans 8, Paul begins to expound upon the concept of the Holy Spirit and its role in salvation. How does the Holy Spirit change the way we relate to God? What does the Holy Spirit produce in our lives? In this sermon, Pastor Adam explores the first section of Romans 8 to explain what it means for followers of Jesus to be Spirit-filled sons of God.
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Blessing of the In-Between
05/01/2020 Duration: 41minWhere can we find the good life? Money? Security? Fitness? Family? How do we discover that which can provide us with an eternal sense of satisfaction? In this sermon from the Promise Kept series, Pastor Adam explores Revelation to show that the good life is positioned between God's promises, amidst His presence.
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Living Stones
29/12/2019 Duration: 29minIn this sermon series Promise Kept, we've been examining promises given by God found in Old Testament prophecies and exploring the ways in which God has fulfilled those promises through Jesus! Today, Pastor Donny digs into Zechariah to show that God is building his Holy Temple through Jesus, and we, as followers of Jesus, represent the stones of this temple.