Episode Archive
528 episodes of Acts 2 Sermons since the first episode, which aired on November 30th, 2014.
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Living in an Upside-Down World, part 1: How Jesus Taught
March 10th, 2025 | 30 mins 57 secs
Jesus told upside-down stories where rebellious sons were welcomed home and rich men had trouble getting into heaven. He spoke to everyday people using everyday things like money, fruit, seeds, vines, and sheep. His teachings show us what it looks like to live in the Kingdom of God, which is available right now to all people.
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The Relationship Challenge, part 3: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
March 2nd, 2025 | 35 mins 8 secs
Everyone struggles with relationships, faces temptations, and has regrets. If we want to improve our relationships, we don't have to be perfect. We just have to be open, honest, and willing to shift.
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The Relationship Challenge, part 2: Teaching Children to Fly
February 24th, 2025 | 43 mins 22 secs
It takes bravery to live in relationship. If we want our children to learn bravery, we can teach them by helping them practice, leading by example, and being part of a community that lives bravely together.
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Made for Friendship – The Relationship Challenge, part 1 – 2/16/2025 Sermon
February 17th, 2025 | 40 mins 9 secs
In a busy culture, few people feel like they have time for friends, but friends are a gift from God, and when we make time for them, we can experience the support, encouragement, and joy that only friendship can bring.
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Reckless Love, part 6: A Wake of Love
February 10th, 2025 | 32 mins 23 secs
What kind of wake do you leave behind? As a boat creates a wake on the water, so we leave a wake behind, and we can choose whether to create a wake of chaos or of love.
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Reckless Love, part 5: Love Values the Vulnerable
February 3rd, 2025 | 36 mins 44 secs
While society reveres the powerful, God values and seeks the vulnerable. This is good news for all of us because all we will all be vulnerable at some time, and we can rest assured that when everything else leaves, God’s love remains.
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Reckless Love, part 4: A New Deal
January 26th, 2025 | 38 mins 21 secs
Jesus doesn’t just invite us into a one-time decision. He invites us into a new way of life, and he wants us to understand that if we are going to follow him, we are going to become the most loving people on the planet.
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Reckless Love, part 3: The Journey of Love
January 20th, 2025 | 33 mins
Jesus presents us with a profound command: love your enemies. This kind of love doesn’t come naturally, and it almost seems impossible. Yet love is a journey, and we can grow into people of love simply by taking our first step.
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Reckless Love, part 2: Expand the Circle
January 13th, 2025 | 33 mins 59 secs
Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves, not more than ourselves. If we do not learn to love ourselves, we will struggle to love other people and to expand the circle beyond the people who are already inside so that they might experience the life-changing love of Jesus.
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Reckless Love, part 1: The Most Important Commandment
January 5th, 2025 | 31 mins 57 secs
Jesus dove headfirst into situations that other people intentionally avoided. Some might even consider Jesus’ actions reckless. The Reckless Love series begins an exciting journey of having God move us from where we were in 2024 to who we can become in 2025. Our goal is to “be love” to those around us wherever we go and in whatever season we may find ourselves.
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Finding Meaning in a New Year
December 30th, 2024 | 31 mins 45 secs
A new year brings a new opportunity for things to be different, yet we often pursue meaning and joy from things that cannot deliver. In 2025, let go of the pursuits that can't give life and seek the Jesus, the one who came so that we might have life and have it abundantly.
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Christmas Candlelight 2024
December 25th, 2024 | 16 mins 35 secs
Christmas—the coming of Jesus—is God’s rescue mission for all humankind for all time. Jesus comes as a light into our darkness, and he invites us to participate in his mission for the good of all people.