Chi Alpha Uni - Sermon Audio

Pastor Victor gave his parting message to Chi Alpha as he transitions to a new season as the Sent Church worship Pastor.

Pastor Derek started our final sermon series of the school year. He preached a message on faithfulness and challenged us to change the world by being faithful to what God has asked of us.

Pastor Amber closed out our series on mental health with a message about having a resilient mind. She challenged us to block out our constant need for distraction as we pursue having a sound mind.

This week, Pastor Derek preached the second sermon in our current series on mental health. His message was focused on worry, and how different things can cause us to choose worry over the peace of Jesus. He challenged us to listen to the whisper of God instead of the shouts of fear.

Pastor Derek preached the first message on our new series talking about mental health. He showed us how the world and the devil can attack our mental health, and he gave us tips on how to start our journey to having a sound mind.

Pastor Derek concluded our love series with a message on sex. He walked us through the story of Samson and showed us what is can look like to live a life of sexual purity that not only pleases God, but helps us thrive.

Pastor Derek kicked off our sermon series on love, dating, and marriage with a message on how love can become our idol. He challenged us to evaluate our relationships and to ensure that Jesus is the only thing we worship.

Pastor Amber delivered a message on the topic of dating, and gave us insight into how to date well. She also walked us through what it looks like to date in a way that pleases God while also prioritizing our relationship with Him.

In this latest sermon, Pastor Derek talked about the importance of cultivating our hears for prayer and revival. He taught on how our hearts need to be hungry for the things of God, and for seeing God move on our campus.

In this message, Pastor Derek continued talking about how we can cultivate our hearts by preaching on the importance of reaching others with the good news of Jesus. He encouraged us to live a life for more than ourselves, and emphasized that in order to fully be on fire for Jesus, we must have a heart for others.

Pastor Amber continued our series on cultivating our hearts by preaching on the topic of growth. She taught through the story of Josiah, and challenged us to not let our hearts for Jesus grow stagnant.

Pastor Derek kicked off the spring semester by introducing our new sermon series. This series is all about cultivating our hearts for the different things of God. In this first message, he preached about cultivating a heart for God.

In our final service of the semester, Pastor Derek preached a message on Jesus' father Joseph. He talked about how Joseph faithfully married Mary and raised Jesus even though the situation was uncertain.

We continued our sermon series on different characters from the beginning of Jesus' life, and Pastor Joel gave us a message on Simeon and Anna. He preached about how their greatness came from how they stayed completely devoted to the coming of Jesus in their lives.

Pastor Derek kicked off our final sermon series of the semester with a message on the greatness of John the Baptist. He taught on how he modeled humility in how he lived his life not for his own glory, but for the coming of Jesus.

For missions week, we got to hear from guest speaker Jake Johnson. Jake and his wife are missionaries to Botswana, and he shared a message on the importance of being sent. He highlighted how we are all sent by God to the people around us.

This week Pastor Amber finished off our sermon series on Counterfeit Truths by sharing about how the suffering we go through shapes our character. She notes how beating the temptation to give in to easy choices shapes us into the person God wants us to become.

Pastor Derek continued our sermon series on counterfeit truth with a message on fame and identity. He preached on how our identities need to be rooted in being a son or daughter of Jesus, and not in the approval of others or achievements.

This week, Pastor Derek started our new sermon series on the temptations of Jesus. He taught us how we have both strong desires and deep desires, and how we can avoid the lies in our life by choosing our deepest desires over the desires we feel in the moment.

In week two of our sermon series on the pillars of Chi Alpha, Pastor Derek preached on the importance of community. He emphasized how we cannot follow Jesus alone, and he challenged us to be our authentic selves as we engage in community going forward.