Mars Hill Church - Mobile, AL

This week, the Professor forces us to deal with time. Specifically, our limited time and our limited ability to control it. He once again tips his hand, though, and in verses 9-15, he points us to the God who rules over time.

In our text this week, the Professor revisits two themes he has addressed before: wisdom and work/ achievement. As is typical with wisdom literature the text spirals and revisits themes rather than following a straight line. His conclusion is that wisdom is better than folly, yet death comes to all, and our life's work will be left to others. Remember, his goal is to lead us to God through des...

The Professor's initial claim was that everything under the sun, apart from God, is vanity and chasing after the wind. This week, he examines another place we look to for meaning, purpose, and identity: the pursuit of earthly treasures and pleasure. His final analysis is the same, this too is "vanity and chasing after the wind, there is nothing to be gained under the sun." But like a...

In Ecclesiastes 1:12-18, The Professor continues his chief question, "What gain is there in_______?" and examines the pursuit of human knowledge and wisdom. He shows that under the sun, apart from God, human wisdom is incomplete and insufficient to fix our crooked world or heal our broken hearts.

Mars Hill Church began a new verse-by-verse study through the Book of Ecclesiastes this past Sunday. Ecclesiastes often gets a bad rap, but it's extremely honest, applicable, necessary, and rewarding. Join us over the next few months while we learn Biblical truths through the study of God's Word in Ecclesiastes.

Mars Hill Church closed out our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts this Sunday. This recap sermon looks at how we can individually and corporately remain faithful to the mission and message of the early church today. 

We're wrapping up our verse-by-verse study of Acts this week with Paul arriving in Rome...finally! We'll see the gospel preceded Paul long before he arrived or even wrote to Rome. We'll get another case study in evangelism which leads some Jews to believe and the whole imperial guard to hear. And finally, though the book of Acts is finished, the gospel continues unhindered!

Surviving a storm and shipwreck, Paul now survives the snake and makes the most of this opportunity to share the grace of God in Jesus with people who were traditionally disregarded. Nothing can stop God's promises and plans to take the gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth. 

*Due to complications with our system on Sunday (2/09), we were unable to record Kyle Beshear's sermon on Acts 27. Uploaded here is Neal Ledbetter's sermon on the same passage at the Fairhope campus. In our verse-by-verse study through Acts Chapter 27, we see how Luke devotes 58 verses in Acts 27:1-28:14 to recounting Paul's journey to Rome. He meticulously details 17 geographic points...

In Acts 26, we hear Paul's testimony for the third and final time. There is much to learn and discuss from what he shares and how he shares it. For more resources on this passage, head over to the Mars Hill website at pomh.org .

In this week's scripture study through Acts 25:13-27, the narrative of Paul's trial continues to slow down while the threat intensifies. Governor Festus is confused and perplexed and Herod Agrippa II and many prominent leaders enter the scene. Everyone in the line of Herod tried to destroy the way of Jesus. Everyone in this scene thinks they've come to sit in judgment of the way of Chr...

This week's study of Acts 25:1-12 has Paul standing before Governor Festus once again. What looks like a Groundhog Day of injustice and accusation is actually the steadfast love and faithfulness of God protecting, preserving, and providing for his servant so that the name of Jesus goes forth. While Satan never takes a day off from accusing us (Rev 12:10), Jesus never takes a day off from defen...

This week's verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts takes us through Chapter 24. We're looking at Acts 24, where Paul stands before Governor Felix, falsely accused. Though he counters his accusers with evidence of his innocence, his real hope is in what he confesses in Acts 24:14-15. Also interesting is how Paul views his imprisonment as an opportunity for the gospel (Phile 1, 9, 13, and Eph...

In this first sermon of 2025, we head back to our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts by focusing on Acts 23:12-35. For more resources on this passage, see our website at pomh.org .

As we head into a new year, join us for a refresher on the 3 Pillars of Mars Hill Church: Biblical Teaching, Intentional Discipleship, and Gospel Community. Why are these important and how do we engage in each?

View your free digital copy of the Mars Hill Church Advent Guide at pomh.org/discipleship-resources .

This third week of Advent focuses on God's promise to be with Moses throughout it all. View additional resources on this message at pomh.org .

This week's Sunday sermon focused on God's faithfulness in His promises to Jacob. For additional devotionals on this message, see our Advent Guide at pomh.org/discipleship-resources.

During this season of Advent, we pause our verse-by-verse study through the Book of Acts to focus on our yearly Advent Series. This year's theme of God With Us walks us through the times God said "I AM will be with you" to five individuals in the Old Testament; we'll discuss what that meant for them and what it means for us today. Head over to pomh.org/discipleship-resources for your free digital...

This week Paul is dragged before the Sanhedrin, ordered struck by Ananias, and Jesus is with Paul in these dark moments. This will segue perfectly to our 2024 Advent series where we will hear the promise of "I am with you" to Issac, Jacob, Moses, and Joshua fulfilled in Immanuel, God with us. 

In our text this week, Paul turns to the mob that just beat him, and rather than retaliate or attack, he graciously and respectfully shares the good news of Jesus and how encountering Jesus changed Paul's life. Though he is one of their own and shares the words of life, they still want to kill him. There is much to learn in this text from the example of Paul, about following Jesus through difficul...

This past week at Mars Hill Church, we continued our verse-by-verse of the Book of Acts by focusing on Acts 21:27-36. For more resources on this passage, head over to the Mars Hill website at pomh.org.

This week, we look at Acts 21:17-26 and Paul's arrival in Jerusalem. It was an extremely volatile time according to historians. One commentator summarizes it this way, " intense Jewish nationalism   and political unrest. One insurrection after another rose to challenge the Roman   overlords, and Felix brutally suppressed them all. This only increased the Jewish hatred  f or Rome and inflamed anti-...

Our verse-by-verse study through the book of Acts this week focuses on Acts 21:1-16, but as Teaching Pastor Neal Ledbetter reminds us, "the message Paul received in Acts 20:22-23 and how he responded in verse 24 is important to keep in mind as we study our text this week. In Acts 21:1-16, the disciples receive the same word Paul did in Acts 20:22-23, but they have a different human response to the...

Our verse-by-verse focus on Acts 20:17-38 takes a look at Paul's meeting with and encouragement to the Ephesian elders. For more resources on this passage, check out the Mars Hill website at pomh.org .