Aletheia Church, Providence Ri

Paul tells the Philippians to "watch out for the dogs." In this sermon, Campus Ministry Director, Jonathan Cothron, explains Paul's strange warning and how it relates to our lives. The warning is against treating any lesser prize in life as the greater prize.

What does he mean when Paul tells the Philippians to "work out their salvation with fear and trembling." In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what it means, and how working out our salvation leads to invincible joy.

If you were looking for sources of joy, "humility" would be a very unlikely place. Yet Paul says humility is a powerful and surprising source of joy. In this sermon, Pastor Quentin Bunnell unpacks the surprising ways in which humility leads to joy.

This is part one of our new series in Philippians. Two things are true about this letter Paul wrote: 1) Paul constantly talks about his joy; 2) Paul wrote the letter from prison. In chapter one of the letter, Paul gives us his first source of invincible joy—gospel partnership.

In this final part of our series, we're looking at the topic of race. Pastor Justin explores how Jesus crosses an ethnic barrier to engage a woman from Samaria… when Jews and Samaritans typically had nothing to do with each other.

How is Jesus' seemingly narrow and restrictive teaching on sex and sexuality good news? In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Jesus' answer to a question on divorce in Matthew 19 to find out.

Pastor Adam Mabry visits our Providence location for part 4 of our Jesus, Justice, and ________ series. The question in focus for this sermon: How does Jesus say we should use our wealth?

Imagine being a non-anxious presence in an anxious political climate. In his answer to a politically-charged question, Jesus explains that a person can live for God while under the authority of human government. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Jesus' response and how it helps us to live well for God and with government.

Talking about the marginalized—the poor and needy—has become controversial because we have the conversation along political lines. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Jesus' parable about Lazarus and the rich man, showing us that Jesus engages the marginalized in a very different fashion.

This is the first part in a series looking at important subjects that often spark debate. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at John 5, where Jesus says that he is the authority on what's right and wrong.

This week we're taking a closer look at our mission: We exist to make disciples who bring the truth, grace, and changing power of the gospel for the glory of God and the good of all people. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Jesus' parable of the sower, and explains how it equips disciples to be sowers.

In this final part of The Test, Pastor Quentin Bunnell looks at the final days of David’s life. The most important thing for David to focus on is setting the next generation up for success. It poses the following question to the reader: How will we set up the next generation for success in following Jesus?

The later parts of David's life are marked by tragedies—but they are partly of his own making. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at the rise of Absalom, David's son, who stages a coup. David's apathy created a vacuum into which Absalom stepped. Apathy can do similar damage in our own lives.

The story of David and Bathsheba is probably the best known failure from David's life. At its core, it's a failure of holiness. In this sermon, Pastor Justin walks through the story and explains why holiness is such good news.

In God's presence there is both joy and danger. In his first major act as king of Israel, David brings the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem—the presence of God to the center of Israel's national identity. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks how we must respond to experience the joy of God's dangerous presence.

When facing one of the greatest challenges of his life, David was able to find strength in the face of despair. In this sermon, Pastor Quentin looks at David's response in the face of despair and looks at how we can tap into the same strength when we face down despair.

When David has the chance to kill Saul and secure the kingship for himself, he doesn't take it. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains the times when temptation to disobey will be most intense, and where we find the power to trust and obey.

In the familiar story of David and Goliath, Israel is paralyzed with fear at the sight of Goliath but David moves swiftly towards the fight. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at the beliefs and perspectives that give David a paralysis-defying courage.

David's story begins with God "seeing" him. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explores how God's oversight of David is of ultimate importance in his story.

What does it mean for Christians to be the light of the world? In this sermon, Aletheia's discipleship director, Sarah McCarthy explores how Christians embody grace by showing up.