Chi Alpha Uni - Sermon Audio

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.

This week, Pastor Derek continued in our love series by talking about dating intentionally. He took us through chapter 2 of Song of Solomon where it talks about the chase, the line, the friends, and the journey to the day in our dating relationships. We learned that the rising action of our love story is dating with intentionality.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through Psalm 37 where we learned that we must wait patiently throughout our love story no matter where we are at in it. Pastor Derek gave us a few practical ways to wait patiently in our life whether that be in our relationships or in other areas of life.

This week, Pastor Katie took us through Exodus 3 where God called Moses to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt. We learned that God does not need us to do anything, but He wants us. Pastor Katie taught us that God does not depend on anything or anyone, but we must depend on God. God is the only One that we can depend on because He will never fail us.

This week, Pastor Derek continued in the series New Year. New You. Same God. He took us through Matthew 18 where we see Jesus tell Peter to forgive seventy-seven times. Pastor Derek talked about the importance of forgiving the people we are frustrated with. He reminded us that our bitterness towards someone isn't hurting them, but it's hurting our own relationship with God.

This week, we started off a new series: New Year. New You. Same God. Pastor Derek started off the new year teaching about the Immutability of God. He took us through Luke 22 with the story of Peter denying Jesus. We learned that God never changes, but we can.

This week, Pastor Katie took us through Acts 16 where it tells the story of Paul and Silas in prison. Paul and Silas were praying and singing to the Lord and an earthquake had opened all of the doors in the jail and all their bonds were loosened. We learned that we must worship even when we don't feel like it because the Lord moves when He hears our praises.

This week, Pastor Derek walked us through several chapters of Acts where it teaches us about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Derek showed us several stories of the Bible where believers are Baptized in the Holy Spirit. We learned that we have access to the promise and the power of the Holy Spirit. We also learned four ways that the Holy Spirit helps us!

This week, Pastor Daniel walked us through Matthew 24 where it teaches us that we must take responsibility for establishing God's rule throughout the earth. Pastor Daniel taught us the importance of each of us proclaiming the gospel to the whole world. We learned that we need to spread the name of the Lord on our campus, in our city, and to our world until every tribe and nation hears the name of Jesus.

This week, Pastor Derek took us through 2 Timothy 2:2 where it teaches us to be faithful, available, and teachable. We learned that we are called to be faithful, available, and teachable so that we can find, feed, and fight for the lost because we cannot let the line of discipleship die with us.

This week, Pastor KC took us through Mark 2 where it teaches us that Jesus calls the sinners, not the righteous. We learned that we are each called to find those who are far from Jesus, and bring Him. Pastor KC challenged us to be willing to be uncomfortable and to be rejected when we talk to our friends about Jesus who may not know Him.

This week, Pastor Derek talked took us through Matthew 28 where it tells us to "Go and make disciples of all nations". We learned that we need to find, feed, and fight for our friends that don't know Jesus. Pastor Derek taught us that we are called to go out and make disciples.