Acts 2 Sermons

214: Lust and Chastity

March 17th, 2019 | 26 mins 47 secs

Lust can wreck our relationships and reduce our capacity for love. The virtue of chastity helps us overcome lust so that we no longer see others as object for our use, but as people with whom we can have real relationships.

213: Anger and Patience

March 10th, 2019 | 31 mins 35 secs

It's easy to respond with anger when things don't go our way, but patience allows us to let go of the anger that ensnares us.

Episode 212: Pride and Humility

March 3rd, 2019 | 37 mins 22 secs

Pride distorts our sense of self and prevents us from seeing clearly, but when we humble ourselves before God, God's truth leads to life, freedom, and connection with God, self, and others.

Episode 211: Family Matters

February 24th, 2019 | 36 mins 32 secs

How can we best love our families? In the conclusion to “Relationship Bootcamp,” we look to the latest research and biblical wisdom for dealing with parents, children, and in-laws.

Episode 210: Loving Difficult People

February 17th, 2019 | 28 mins 27 secs

We all have difficult people in our lives, and we struggle to know how to be in relationship with them. The Bible gives us guidance for how to relate to wise, foolish, and evil people. When we follow this teaching, and we set and maintain healthy boundari...

Episode 209: Becoming the Right Person

February 10th, 2019 | 39 mins 33 secs

Episode 208: This is Us

February 3rd, 2019 | 37 mins 45 secs

Relationships are the greatest source of both joy and pain in our lives. But before we can begin to improve our relationships, we have to start in the right place—the love of God that makes possible our love for others. Our ability to love begins with t...

Episode 207: An Unexpected End

January 27th, 2019 | 23 mins 24 secs

What is perhaps most unexpected in the Gospel of Mark is the ending. In the oldest manuscripts, the Gospel ends with three women finding Jesus’ tomb empty, encountering an angel, and fleeing; “and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.” ...

Episode 206: An Unexpected Refusal

January 20th, 2019 | 33 mins 14 secs

We don't always get what we ask for, and it can be painful when we receive an answer we didn't expect. Sometimes, Jesus says no when we expect him to say yes. But his "Yes" and his "No" are always for our good.

Episode 205: An Unexpected Choice

January 13th, 2019 | 34 mins 21 secs

Episode 204: An Unexpected Start

January 6th, 2019 | 30 mins 59 secs

We often see what we expect to see. But Jesus walks into situations and does the unexpected. Experience the unexpected Jesus, who creates new possibilities greater than we could have ever expected.

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