Aletheia Church, Providence Ri

In Galatians 5:6, Paul says that what matters most is faith working through love. In this sermon, we look at what that means and how we actually live that way.

This is our final sermon in our Acts series. The details Luke chooses to focus on in the final chapters of Acts show us where his emphasis lies. In this sermon, Jonathan Cothron points to what that focus is and what it means for this generation of Spirit-empowered witnesses.

After two years in prison, Paul finally got a chance to appeal for his freedom. But what did he do? He preached the gospel. When we get squeezed, what will come out of our lives?

Paul made many close friends through his work of spreading the good news about Jesus. There’s something about the mission of Jesus that makes us a strong, flourishing community.

Philippi had a special place in Paul’s memory. He’d been especially mistreated there. But the discomfort Paul felt in Philippi was like good soil for unbelievable fruit.

Phil Bonasso is a co-founder of Every Nation Churches & Ministries, and in this sermon he explores the importance God has placed on relationships. Whether or not we’re willing to accept it, we can’t be who God wants us to be unless we embrace the relationships he wants us to embrace.

The Jerusalem council is pivotal in Acts but uninteresting for modern readers at first. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at how the challenge facing the Jerusalem council can make or break the mission of the church in any generation.

We love stories, and the truth is that we see our lives as part of a story. But is it the right story? In Acts 13, Paul preaches the gospel to a city of Jews and Gentiles, and he tells them the story they’re meant to be living.

Behind the moments when God seems slow, silent, absent, or confusing is the feeling that God seems… wrong. When Jesus decided to wait for Lazarus to die, everyone thought he was wrong. This moment from the ministry of Jesus helps us know what to do when we feel like God is wrong.

We like things to move fast… like 2-day shipping with Amazon. But God doesn’t always work quickly, even though he has more power than Amazon. What do we do when God seems slow? In this sermon, we look at two people who knew a slow process, Abraham and Sarah.

This is the first sermon in a new series, When God Seems Gone. Everyone who follows Jesus can feel at one point or other that God seems distant. How do we handle those moments? What should we do?

It’s resurrection Sunday and our theme today is “Everything can change.” We’re told so often about how to change for the better, but many of those changes don’t stick. The resurrection, however, is news of a different kind of change… one that sticks.

[We only have audio for this sermon because we’re moving into a new auditorium next week.]We have negative associations with kings—tyranny, oppression, self-enrichment—yet on Palm Sunday we celebrate the arrival of Jesus as King. How is it good news that Jesus came to rule as King?

We can all get caught up in thinking that the grass is greener on the other side, but Jesus calls us to love where we live. He told his disciples to see their surroundings differently, to see the opportunities all around them. He calls us to do the same.

Before Jesus instructs his disciples to go make disciples of all nations, he makes the statement, “All authority has been given to me.” What is the link between Jesus’s authority and the commission to go make disciples of all nations?

When Jesus was asked what the greatest command is, he connected loving God with loving your neighbor. So the question becomes, how are we meant to love our neighbors? That’s what this sermon is all about.

In this final part of season 2 in Acts, we look at Peter’s miraculous release from prison. It’s a battle of two kings—King Herod and the true Sovereign King, God himself. When you see the true King at work, the threat of the lesser king shrinks into its right perspective.

Peter’s encounter with Cornelius creates a firestorm of pushback, but once Peter tells the story, the listeners accept it. In our day and age, how does the Spirit work to reshape our perspective? This story helps show us.

The encounter in Acts 10 is as much about Peter as it is about Cornelius. The way God sends Peter to Cornelius does something important inside both men. This shows us that our sending plays an important part in God transforming us and those he sends us to.

Saul seemed like the least likely person to become a disciple of Jesus. Not only was his story transformed by Jesus, but it built up the entire church at the time.