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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Great Faith In The Mundane
13/01/2019 Duration: 24minThe Bible is filled with faith greats like Abraham, Noah, and Moses. It seems like they accomplished so much for God, and when we compare our faith to theirs, it seems impossible that we could ever measure up. Yet, as Campus and Youth Director Kevin McKenzie shows from the example of Enoch, trusting God with the mundane, everyday tasks of life looks exactly like great faith to the Father.
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Great Faith Endures
06/01/2019 Duration: 41minChristianity isn't easy, so what do we do when following a righteous God leads us into challenging and trying circumstances? In this sermon, Pastor Adam looks to Hebrews to show us how truly great faith helps us endure as we give our trust to a God who is truly good.
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Under the Sun or Under the Son?
30/12/2018 Duration: 36minIt's that time of year again when we anticipate the brand new year and its possibilities, and yet, New Year's Eve can be full anxiety. Each new year, we face more promises, more resolutions, the same sins, the same pains, and potentially all those hurdles with additional problems. How can we escape these yearly cycles of frustration. In this sermon, The Musikavanhus show that a new year under the lordship of Jesus Christ can free us to new life.
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The Final Word
23/12/2018 Duration: 16minMerry Christmas Eve's Eve from Aletheia Church! This Sunday, Pastor Adam turns to John 1 to explore the central mystery of Christmas: what could it mean that The Word - God's Word - became flesh, and how is it that we ought to live if this is true?
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God Gives
09/12/2018 Duration: 30minThis Christmas, we're looking at the accounts of the Birth of Jesus found in the Gospels! In the first installment of this series, Pastor Adam looks to Matthew's account of the Magi to unveil how the giving of believers is a response to the radical generosity of God through Jesus.
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God Gives
09/12/2018 Duration: 30minThis Christmas, we're looking at the accounts of the Birth of Jesus found in the Gospels! In the first installment of this series, Pastor Adam looks to Matthew's account of the Magi to unveil how the giving of believers is a response to the radical generosity of God through Jesus.
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King Jesus, Forsaken
02/12/2018 Duration: 45minIn his account of Jesus's death, Mark stays away from the gory details of crucifixion and focuses instead on the isolation that Jesus experienced. In this sermon, Pastor Adam answers the question, "why was King Jesus forsaken by everyone in his death, including God the Father?"
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King Jesus, Forsaken
02/12/2018 Duration: 45minIn his account of Jesus's death, Mark stays away from the gory details of crucifixion and focuses instead on the isolation that Jesus experienced. In this sermon, Pastor Adam answers the question, "why was King Jesus forsaken by everyone in his death, including God the Father?"
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Stay Awake
25/11/2018 Duration: 45minIn lives full of activity, tension, and strife, we can be tempted towards two traps - we either withdraw from our culture out of the sense of being overwhelmed, or we withdraw from Jesus as we set about trying to order the world around our individual notions of right and wrong. In this sermon, Pastor Adam illustrates how Jesus calls us to wakefulness and engagement in anticipation for His coming kingdom.
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Stay Awake
25/11/2018 Duration: 45minIn lives full of activity, tension, and strife, we can be tempted towards two traps - we either withdraw from our culture out of the sense of being overwhelmed, or we withdraw from Jesus as we set about trying to order the world around our individual notions of right and wrong. In this sermon, Pastor Adam illustrates how Jesus calls us to wakefulness and engagement in anticipation for His coming kingdom.
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The Ways We Pretend
18/11/2018 Duration: 40minWhen Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, he confronts the Jewish rulers. His accusation is that they're pretending to be all about God but their hearts are really invested elsewhere. They're pretending. In this sermon, Pastor Adam shows how the same places pretense used to hide for them are the same places pretense hides for us today.
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Fruitless Faith
11/11/2018 Duration: 39minGod is on a mission to bless the world, but Jesus is profoundly disturbed when His people fail to embrace that mission. In this sermon in Mark, Pastor Donny describes the dire consequences of fruitless faith.
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Kingdom Status
04/11/2018 Duration: 29minSometimes, everything seems like a ploy for power. Politicians volley for our votes, celebrities demand our attention, and we even seek acclaim for ourselves. In this sermon, however, Pastor Adam explores Mark 10 to unpack how Jesus' views on power upend the expectations of the rich and poor alike.
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The King Wants Communion
28/10/2018 Duration: 29minHave someone ever been too busy to meet with you? Oftentimes, big, important people are inaccessible to average humans. If Jesus is infinitely important person, we would expect the distance between our Lord and ourselves to span an eternal distance. However, using Mark 9, Pastor Adam Mabry shows that Jesus is the kind of leader who wants passionately to commune with His disciples.
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Take Up Your Cross
21/10/2018 Duration: 35minIn this guest message, Pastor Donnell Jones of Grace Covenant Church in Washington, DC explores what it means to take up one's cross to follow Jesus in the context of our modern world.
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The Shepherd King
14/10/2018 Duration: 30minIs it possible to respect Jesus' authority and still fail to understand the true nature of his Kingdom? If we fail to see him not as a powerful despot, but rather as a trusted shepherd, then we absolutely miss something essential to Jesus' nature. In this sermon, Pastor Adam uses Mark 6 to show that Jesus is not only the one we obey, but also the one we can follow with joyful peace.
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Daughter, Be Healed
07/10/2018 Duration: 39minWe all have urgent needs, but what do we do when God takes His time to meet those needs? In this sermon, Pastor Donny explores the stories of Jairus' daughter and the woman with the issue of blood to show that in our times of urgency, Jesus may ask more from us than we plan to give, but he will also give us more than we can ever imagine.
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Daughter, Be Healed
07/10/2018 Duration: 39minWe all have urgent needs, but what do we do when God takes His time to meet those needs? In this sermon, Pastor Donny explores the stories of Jairus' daughter and the woman with the issue of blood to show that in our times of urgency, Jesus may ask more from us than we plan to give, but he will also give us more than we can ever imagine.
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Letting Go of Religion
30/09/2018 Duration: 45minWhen Jesus first confronts the religious leaders in his day, it showed just how different kingdom life is from a life characterized by religion. In this sermon, Pastor Adam explains how religion and the gospel have very different things at their core.
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King Over the Conflict
23/09/2018 Duration: 40minJesus is pretty neat, but what's up with healing and exorcisms in Scripture? Is any of that stuff real? Do any of those things possibly relate to my life today, and what does it say about Jesus' kingdom that he performs these miracles during his ministry? In this sermon, Pastor Adam addresses these questions and so much more as he explores how Mark shows Jesus to be King over our conflicts.