Acts 2 Sermons

To Love and To Cherish

February 9th, 2020  |  40 mins 3 secs

colossians, marriage, relationships

The beginning of marriage is exciting, but it's also challenging--particularly when you realize your spouse's habits, expectations, and dreams are much different than your own. And when children enter the picture, everything else goes out the window as we just try to get by. But when we clothe ourselves with the character of Jesus, we can learn to navigate difference and conflict so that we're able "to love and to cherish" one another for a lifetime.

In Singleness, We're With You

February 2nd, 2020  |  33 mins 31 secs

Over the years, dating has changed drastically! What does dating look like today? Even more important, what role does faith in God have with dating and singleness? In this sermon, we explore contemporary dating, Scriptures pertaining to singleness, and what the church can do to equip single people.

Thy Will Be Done

January 26th, 2020  |  37 mins 31 secs

C.S. Lewis wrote, “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, in the end, ‘Thy will be done.’ All that are in Hell, choose it.” In this message, Dr. Mark Foster looks at God’s will versus Jonah’s will when it comes to the people and animals of Nineveh. Much of knowing what to do starts with knowing who you are and who God is.

Let's Try This Again

January 19th, 2020  |  35 mins 38 secs

Rock Bottom

January 12th, 2020  |  37 mins 25 secs

Discernment performed alone can become delusion.

How can you tell if the voice in your head is from God or from a dark place?

In “Rock Bottom,” Dr. Mark Foster takes a look at the life of Jonah as an example of what God does, how God does it, and how to know if it is truly God or not.

The good news is we have a God of second chances and we have thousands of years of brothers and sisters in the faith leading us to the way that leads to life.

Reading the Signs of Daily Life

January 5th, 2020  |  37 mins 2 secs

Direction without confirmation is delusion. How do we know what God wants us to do? How can we confirm what God is showing us individually and for our common mission? In “Seeing 2020” Dr. Mark Foster draws from the teaching and practice of the early church in helping us see how to discern what God is showing us. God is always speaking. Our question is, “Do we want what God wants?” or do we just “Want God to give us what we want?"

Not What I Expected

December 29th, 2019  |  31 mins 19 secs

It's the most wonderful time of the year...for some of us. For others, this time of the year can be filled with disappointments and unmet expectations. In Matthew 2, we see that the first Christmas ever did not go how Mary and Joseph had expected. When we, too, find ourselves in difficult, unexpected places in life, we can rest in God's love and find comfort in community.

Longing for Christmas

December 24th, 2019  |  13 mins 21 secs

Longing for light, we wait in the darkness remembering that God does his best work in the dark: the darkness of a womb and the darkness of a tomb. God is always working for your good.

Longing for Love

December 22nd, 2019  |  41 mins 16 secs

Mother Teresa said the hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. The love we all long for has arrived, and it has a name--Jesus. But to understand the love that Jesus brings, we first have to understand what love is not. Dr. Mark Foster shares what God's love is and is not, and how the love incarnate in Jesus changes everything.

Longing for Joy

December 15th, 2019  |  29 mins 48 secs

Aim at joy and you’ll miss it. Joy happens while we are busy serving others, in the quiet of a forest, or in the prayer of thanks for another day of grace from Jesus. In this sermon, Dr. Mark Foster looks at joy as described in the Bible from the prophet Ezra through the words of Jesus and the actions of the early church. If you need joy, this message is for you.

Longing for Peace

December 8th, 2019  |  36 mins 43 secs

We long to find peace in the midst of struggle, and not only as individuals, but in our communities and world as well. We are called to be people of peace in a chaotic world. The good news is Jesus makes peace in this life possible. Dr. Mark Foster explores the Bible's teaching and how to live a life of peace.

Longing for Hope

December 1st, 2019  |  40 mins 36 secs

The season of Christmas lays bare the deepest longings of our heart, and in a world of violence, division, and suffering, we’re desperate for hope. In the 8th century BC, the prophet Isaiah spoke of the birth of a ruler who would establish peace and rule with justice and righteousness, and who continues to give us hope today.