Chi Alpha Uni - Sermon Audio

This Tuesday, Pastor Derek kicked off our final sermon series of 2021, called ‘tis the season! We took a deep dive into Jesus’s true nature of being our meek and lowly savior. If the God of the universe humbled himself to be born a human in a stinky manger, then we can become people who are gentle and lowly at heart, humbling ourself and letting God do the exalting.

This Tuesday, we had a very special guest at Chi Alpha! The former lead pastor, Daniel Quinby, who is now the lead pastor at Sent Church, taught us about the gifts of the spirit. He explains why spiritual gifts are lacking in the western church, what the apostle Paul says about them, and what they're intended for.

This week at UNI's Chi Alpha, Pastor Derek shed some light on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:4-8 tells us to "wait for the gift my Father promised", which is the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and that we will "receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on us". If you want to learn more, check out the podcast!

This week, we talked about the third person in the trinity. Victor Martinez, one of our staff members, walked us through who the Holy Spirit is and how he empowers us to look more like Jesus.

This Tuesday, Pastor Derek walked us through what it means to find, feed, and fight for the lost lambs on our campus. This truism is the definition of real responsibility at chi alpha, and is part of our foundational pillars.

On Tuesday, Pastor Jon taught what real community looks like. Community is essential in everyone's life. For a Christian, it's attained through creating fellowship and having intimate relationships by being vulnerable with each other.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through the story of Mary and Martha. We learned more about what intimacy is, why we should pursue it, and what it looks like to have an intimate relationship with God through having real devotion with king Jesus.

On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the story of the rich, young ruler. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.

On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the story of the woman at the well. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.

On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the story of the Samaritan woman. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.

On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the parable of the prodigal son. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through 2 Timothy 4:7 where Paul talks about how he "fought the good fight" and he "finished the race". Pastor Derek taught us how to finish our race well with the rest of this semester, but also with our college careers. He showed us the importance of running our own race and how much it can impact another person's life.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through Matthew chapter 5 where we learned that we must die to comfort. We learned that we must die to the comfort of our "normal" lives when we go home for the summer so that we can live to persecution. Pastor Derek reminded us that this summer break might be hard as we go home, but we must be okay with being uncomfortable for the Kingdom of God.

This week, Pastor Jon taught us that we must die to disunity and live to peace. We learned that peacemakers cannot be divided with each other and that peacemakers must remain pure of heart. Pastor Jon taught us that we can do all of the right things, but if we don't know Jesus it was all for nothing.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through Matthew chapter 5 where we learned about Jesus says about hope at the Sermon on the Mount. We learned that we must die to the despair in our life so that we can live to hope. Pastor Derek taught us that we should remain joyful in times of despair.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through Luke 9:23 where Jesus tells us that we must deny ourselves and take up our cross daily and follow Him. We learned that our old sinful self and our new self cannot coexist, we must die to our old self daily so that the new can live.

This week, Pastor Derek shared his heart on what it looks like to be generous with our finances. He took us through Mark 12, the story of the women who gave all she had. We learned that it isn't about the amount that we give, its about our hearts when we give and the trust we have in God when we give.

This week, Pastor KC took us through 2 Corinthians 9 where it teaches us about generosity. We learned that we must be generous with the time and talents that God has given us. Pastor KC taught us that we must give without reservation and that when we are generous, we bring glory to God.

This week, Pastor Derek concluded our love series with our happily ever after: Marriage. We walked through Genesis and God's perfect design for marriage, as well as our reasons for marriage: Friendship, Gardening, Sexuality, Family, & Re-Creation.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through Judges 14 where it tells the story of Samson and the lion. We learned that we need to run away from the cliff of "sex" and run towards Jesus. Pastor Derek taught us that we must trust the creator of sex over the creation that is sex.