Aletheia Church, Providence Ri

Will the strong eat the weak forever? In this sermon, Pastor Justin outlines what the biblical concept of justice is and how the Babylonians in Habakkuk's time were rejecting it. This vision of God's justice helps us process times in life that feel unfair.

We like God's plans for our lives to come through quickly. That's not always the case. When God seems slow, how do you live with hope instead of frustration? In this sermon, Pastor Justin explores the second part of Habakkuk's exchange with God to find the answer.

The prophet Habakkuk lived in an evil time, and although he prayed earnestly, things only got worse. So he cried out to God. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at God's answer to Habakkuk, and what it means for our lives in the moments when God seems silent.

Easter Sunday is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, but the possibility of resurrection is often met with skepticism. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul explains why resurrection is central to the Christian faith, and why it's really, really good news for those who believe it.

Just before he entered Jerusalem and people celebrated him as King with palm branches, Jesus told a parable intended to correct people's wrong thinking about what it meant. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks that parable to show us the meaning and significance of Palm Sunday.

Jesus announced his ministry by saying he'd come to preach the good news to the poor. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at the words of Jesus to help us understand what it means to love our neighbors who are poor. It might be different than what we expect.

Loneliness isn't just a matter of the quantity of friendships you have — it's a matter of the quality of relationships. In this sermon, Tyler Parker looks at Jesus's words in John 15 to show us how we can form the kind of friendships that are deep, and how we can extend that friendship to others experiencing loneliness.

Jesus said the most important thing in life is to love God and love your neighbor. In this sermon, Pastor Justin kicks off this series by looking at how to love your neighbor well in the complex landscape of race.

In the opening of his letter, Jude said this Christian community needed to “contend for the faith." In the close of his letter, he tells them how. By looking at Jude's words, Pastor Justice explains the advice Jude gives for how to defend yourself against unbiblical living, and how to treat others who are influenced by it.

Blasphemy sounds like an old-fashioned word, but the danger it presents to a church community is as dangerous today as it was in Jude's time. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains why Jude warns his readers against the influence of blasphemy.

In the opening of Jude, he says to his readers that he wanted to write a feel-good letter about how great it is following Jesus. But Jude was aware of something dangerous that was threatening to take root in their church. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what heresy Jude warned against and how we recognize it today.

Jesus told his disciples to go make other disciples, but he also told them to wait. They wouldn't be able to successfully help others find and follow Jesus without the promised Holy Spirit. In this sermon, Pastor Justin gives three reasons that the Holy Spirit is essential for the mission of making disciples.

Ministry sounds like something that ministers do, but we can wrongly assume that ministers are only paid professionals, like pastors or church staff. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Ephesians 4, where Paul describes how church leaders are meant to equip disciples for ministry. Leaders do the equipping and all followers of Jesus do the ministry.

How do you help someone find and follow Jesus in a time when challenging personal views is culturally taboo? In this sermon, pastor Justin looks at one verse from Judges 21 that shows us why disciples of Jesus must let the gospel be their foundation, rather than personal opinions.

When Jesus gave his followers the mission to make disciples of all nations, it was assumed that this meant engaging other people. They couldn't carry out the mission by withdrawing. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks six reasons from Isaiah 45 why we must engage our world with the gospel.

Every disciple experiences pressure to do things Jesus wouldn't do, say things Jesus wouldn't say, and agree with things Jesus would never agree with. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at the great faith of Moses in Hebrews 11. Even though Moses had all the pressure of Egypt bearing down on him, he withstood it by faith. We learn from his story how to withstand the great pressures we face.

Abraham is celebrated in the Bible as one of the greatest examples of faith. In Hebrews 11, we see how his faith moved him from the comfort of the city he grew up in to the wilderness of Canaan. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains why faith is the very thing we need when obedience to God gets uncomfortable.

Hebrews 11 is often called "the hall of faith," where famous Old Testament characters are celebrated for their great faith. Enoch is included in this list and yet little is known about what he did. And that's the point. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how Enoch's inclusion in the hall of faith means that even our most mundane moments in life matter.

Following Jesus requires endurance. How do disciples find this endurance when they face great challenges? In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Hebrews 10:32–39, where the author is encouraging the Hebrew believers to hold onto their boldness and not to give up.

Nobody is immune to battles with anxiety. Yet Jesus promised that, even though this life won't be trouble free, he's given us the necessary tools to battle anxiety. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how Psalm 42 equips us to battle anxiety effectively.