Aletheia Church, Providence Ri

We're all familiar with "hellfire and brimstone" preachers who seem to find great joy in telling people they're going to hell. We've also heard those who water down the gospel so much that it lacks potency. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how we can't water down the gospel, but how an un-watered down gospel is actually really good news, because that's the only way it can clean us.

Revelation 12–14 presents every person with a stark choice. It's the most important choice any of us will every make. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks the rich symbolism in these chapters, and explains how we're in a spiritual battle whether we realize it or not. Our actions show which side of this battle we've chosen to be on.

The two witnesses in Revelation 11 represent the Church in its role to bear witness Jesus. It also shows us how that mission will be met with opposition, but that God brings victory in the areas that look like defeat. In so doing, he opens blind eyes to his glory.

God's judgment is in focus once again in Revelation 9, with this symbol of seven trumpets. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how these seven trumpets serve as a warning against worshiping the wrong thing, and how misdirected worship is something that we're all faced with in life.

In Revelation 6–7, we come face to face with the reality of the world we live in. We also see God's response to this reality. In this sermon, Pastor Justin walks through the meaning of the scroll's seven seals, what it means about how God's kingdom will come on earth, and how it should impact our lives.

In moments of chaos and crisis, it can be difficult to know where God is. In this sermon, Pastor Justin Revelation preaches out of Revelation four and five. The vision that John has of God's throne room, and the victory of the Lamb, assure us that God is King in the chaos.

Last week we looked at the cost of faithfulness to Jesus. Like any big purchase, the cost needs to be worth what you're getting in return. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what Revelation 3 says some of the rewards are for following Jesus faithfully. In light of these extraordinary rewards, we can readily bear the cost of following Jesus. Like the Apostle Paul said, in light of the glory being prepared for us, the price to pay is a "light momentary" cost.

What does "winning in life" look like for you? For followers of Jesus, the "win" in life means staying faithful to Jesus. By looking at Jesus's letters to the churches, we see what faithfulness looks like in action… and what it doesn't.

You may have heard many weird things about the book of Revelation. But we should push through the weird to understand it better. When we do we'll see that its message is incredibly important to our lives. Of no small importance is the fact that John's revelation from Jesus for the churches begins with Jesus himself.

If our lives are part of a bigger story, where is that story going? In this sermon, Pastor Justin explores Ephesians 1 to see how our hope for the future helps us stay the course in the here and now.

When Jesus began preaching the gospel, he immediately started calling people to follow him as disciples. This means that true belief in the good news of the gospel leads a person to follow Jesus. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what it means to follow Jesus.

When we consider the story that the Bible tells, a tension develops early on. How will God reconcile sinners to himself and judge sin? In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how Jesus is the unexpected twist that resolves this tension.

When current events are so uncertain, we need something to fix our hope on. By exploring the anticlimactic ending of Nehemiah, Pastor Justin explains how it (and the entire Old Testament) points us to hope in Jesus. The only way to have an unconquerable hope is to fix it on Christ.

Gathering together to worship God is supposed to have a transformative impact on a person. In this sermon, Pastor Justin examines what the Bible says true worship looks like, and what we can expect to experience when we worship.

In this sermon, Pastor Justin explores the reality of spiritual warfare in the lives of God's people, and the spiritual weapons we've been given to do battle effectively.

Taking a one-week break from Ezra-Nehemiah, Pastor Justin looks at how Jesus builds faith into his disciples. We all experience storms in life, but the faith that Jesus offers means we can be at peace, even when the storm is at its fiercest.

When Nehemiah began rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem, he encountered a major problem. There was a famine in the land, and the poorer Jews were suffering. Nehemiah called the wealthier Jews to repent of leveraging the situation to build wealth, and to be generously help those in need. He also personally exemplified extreme generosity. The thing that inspired Nehemiah's generosity is the same thing that will move us to be generous.

Ezra and Nehemiah have drastically different personalities, but their prayers are characterized by the same thing… honesty. The work God calls his people to can't happen without honest prayer. In this sermon, Pastor Justin helps us learn from Ezra and Nehemiah how to pray honestly.

In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how holiness means much more than just moral purity. To be holy is to be "set apart" for God. Holiness requires obedience, but when seen as faithfulness, obedience is a joy, not a burden. When Ezra returned to Jerusalem, he discovered that the people failed to be holy. His response shows us how to lay the groundwork of holiness in our lives.

Sixty years after the dedication of the temple, Ezra is sent to Jerusalem to bring the Law of Moses to the Jewish people. In the same way that the Law of Moses was essential to the lives of those in Jerusalem, the Bible is essential for our lives. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how the truth found in God's word is a make-or-break issue. If we lay the groundwork of truth, success awaits us; without the groundwork of truth, failure awaits.