Episode Archive
511 episodes of Acts 2 Sermons since the first episode, which aired on November 30th, 2014.
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Almost Christmas Sermon Series, part 3: Love in Action
December 17th, 2023 | 38 mins 6 secs
Love is more than a feeling—it’s something we put into action. In this sermon, Pastor Mark invites Acts 2 families to share how they have answered God’s call to embody Jesus’ love through service to others.
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Almost Christmas, part 2: An Altogether Hope
December 11th, 2023 | 32 mins 32 secs
When we're struggling, hope can seem distant an even unattainable. The hope that Jesus brings, though, comes into the darkness with us and shines a light.
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Almost Christmas, part 1: Peace: Anger’s Antidote
December 4th, 2023 | 30 mins 1 sec
As the season of Advent begins, this four-week sermon series is to help us move from merely living an “almost” life to the full, altogether life God has for us in God’s kingdom.
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The Gospel of Mark, part 6: Terror and Amazement
November 26th, 2023 | 33 mins 28 secs
When they encountered Jesus’ empty tomb, the women who came there felt terror and amazement and ran away. Eventually, though, they told others of Jesus rising from the dead. At the end of the Gospel of Mark, we are faced with the same question they faced: how will we respond to the Good News of Jesus?
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The Gospel of Mark, part 5: The Year the Stars Fell from the Sky
November 19th, 2023 | 36 mins 35 secs
When Jesus describes wars, suffering, and starts falling from the sky, it can be confusing and even scary. But when he teaches about these things, he’s actually preparing the disciples for the cross and resurrection. As we read those words today, they help us to bear witness to the cross and live the resurrection in our daily lives.
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The Gospel of Mark, part 4: Encountering Jesus
November 13th, 2023 | 39 mins 43 secs
When we read the Gospel of Mark, we encounter Jesus in all of his power, and through that encounter, he invites us to live in a new kind of reality--the Kingdom of God.
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The Gospel of Mark, part 3: A Call to Die
November 5th, 2023 | 35 mins 49 secs
Most of us avoid suffering when we have the choice, but Jesus actually chose to serve and to suffer for our sake. In doing so, he showed us what true greatness really looks like.
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The Gospel of Mark, part 2: A Second Chance
October 30th, 2023 | 35 mins 56 secs
Jesus invites us to follow him. And while it’s simple, it’s not easy. To follow Jesus is to find ourselves face to face with the needs of the world and the evils of the world. Yet he also not only promises that he’ll always be with us, but that he’ll send us with companions on the journey as well.
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The Gospel of Mark, part 1: Tearing Heaven
October 23rd, 2023 | 41 mins 54 secs
Jesus’ life is good news for the world, and in the Gospel of Mark, we learn what that good news means for our everyday lives. In this series, we’ll explore how we can experience his good news for ourselves and be part of his mission to share it with the world.
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What the Tech, part 6: If Jesus Had an iPhone
October 16th, 2023 | 41 mins 2 secs
If Jesus had an iPhone, how might he use it? By looking at his life and teaching, we can learn he would have us do with our technology so that we can be fully present, attentive, and loving to God and the people around us.
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Truth: Discerning Fact from Fiction
October 9th, 2023 | 38 mins 14 secs
As technology progresses, it’s getting harder and harder to know what’s real and what’s generated by a computer. But Jesus teaches us that discerning the truth is enormously important because, as he said, the truth will set us free.
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What the Tech, part 4: Temptation and Technology
October 1st, 2023 | 39 mins
Since the beginning of time and by the third page of the Bible, humanity has struggled with the relationship between God, knowledge, control, and temptation. When we get it wrong, the results are catastrophic.