Aletheia Church, Providence RI

Peter tells the disciples that they shouldn't be surprised when faith is a fight.

What do you do when you're dishonored by someone? In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks Peter's answer to that question for Christians.

"Be holy." This is Peter's instruction to his readers. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks what holiness looks like in action, as well as how God uses it — to make his people into a hot spot of his glory.

When Peter writes to a group of Christians facing difficulty and complexity, he starts by getting their minds onto the destination to which their journey is taking them. In this sermon, Pastor Justin studies the opening of Peter's letter, and explains how fixing our hope in the right place prepares our minds to live well.

In this final sermon in the Awesome God series, we look at the name "The Lord Almighty." Pastor Justin unpacks the encounter that God has with Jacob to show how God uses his power to transform his people.

Genesis 22 is perhaps one of the most unsettling chapters in the Bible, but, like all Bible passages, it's in there for a reason. In this sermon, Pastor Justin delves into the chapter to explain what we learn about God as the One who provides.

In Genesis 16, Hagar describes God as "the God who sees." In this sermon, Pastor Justin dives into Hagar's experience to help us understand what it means for God to see and why it's really, really good news.

What is powerful enough to give us peace in the midst of fear? In part two of our Awesome God series, Pastor Justin looks at Gideon's encounter with God. Ironically, it's the fear of God that's powerful enough to give us peace in the midst of fear.

It's Big Give Sunday 2020! In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Jesus's words in Matthew 6:19–21. In the passage, Jesus tells us what kind of treasure we should treasure. When that message drops into our hearts, it frees us to give big for God.

Herod and the wise men had two drastically different responses to the news of Jesus's birth. In this sermon, Providence's director of campus ministry, Jonathan Cothron, shows how we all are presented with the same choice of how to respond to God becoming flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.

Matthew begins his Gospel account with a genealogy. What appears to be a boring part of the Bible actually contains some powerful truths about who Jesus is and what he came to do. In this sermon, pastor Justin looks at the meaning of the genealogy ahead of the season of Advent.

The final chapter of Daniel is a fitting end to the book. The visions are summarized and Daniel is given instructions for what to do in light of them. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains how this chapter shapes our perspective on the age in which we live, and what we can walk away and do.

In Daniel 9 we see a man longing for the end of his exile. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Daniel's way of processing his yearning, and how it can help us in a way that doesn't lead to dishonesty or despair.

Daniel receives a terrifying vision of four beasts, but what follows dwarfs the fear of the beasts. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks the meaning of the vision and how it's really good news for those who follow Jesus.

The story of Daniel and the lion's den is one of the most famous Bible stories. In the face of danger and malice, Daniel remains stable. In this sermon, Pastor Adam Mabry unpacks Daniel 6 and explains how we can find the same stability as Daniel when we face danger and malice.

In Daniel 4, the most unexpected twist happens — Nebuchadnezzar experiences a transformation, and becomes a humble, worshipful king. In this sermon, Pastor Justin shows how we all have more in common with Nebuchadnezzar's pride than we'd like to admit. What's more, God will take us through humbling experiences in order to make us thrive in exile.

[There was a problem with our video for this sermon, so there's only audio.] The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego is well-trodden territory as an example of biblical loyalty to God, but what can we learn about hope and its sources from this story? What kind of hope would motivate these Hebrew men to accept the death sentence by rejecting the popular idolatry of their day? How can we look t...

The book of Daniel has a large scope, but it begins with a small story… about meat and vegetables. In this sermon, Pastor Justin illustrates how Daniel and his friends navigate the tension of being in Babylon, and how Christians can learn to do the same in our current cultural moment.

Great conversation is the lifeblood of a great relationship. How then can we have meaningful conversation with God? In this final part of our With God series, Pastor Justin looks out the Lord's prayer and how it helps us understand how to pray.

In chapter four of James, he calls the people he's writing to "an adulterous people." Describing sin as adultery is an uncomfortable metaphor, but in this sermon, Pastor Justin explains why it's a helpful metaphor in understanding how we can have a life-giving relationship with God.

Having a close, life-giving relationship with God involves more than just God and you—it requires that we love others too. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at 1 John 4, where John explains how the love we're called to have for each other is so profound, that it defies hate.

Jesus used a profound image when describing what it means to live your life with God. In the same way that a fruit-producing branch "abides" in a vine, so a fruit-producing person "abides" in God. In this second part of the series, Campus Ministry Director, Jonathan Cothron, explains what that means and how we can abide in Christ.

Our new sermon series is about discovering how to spend time with God. Some of us find ourselves chasing after wealth, sex, money, power, and other sources of pleasure in the world. Others of us find it hard to seek because we feel we aren't worthy to seek God, or we bear difficult resentments against God. In this sermon, David Fulton examines the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 to show us ho...

In this final installment of our Vision for this House series, Pastor Justin unpacks Ephesians 2–3. In these chapters, the Apostle Paul explains his personal motivation for being part of God's house, and why it's worth it, even though it landed him in prison. His reasoning shows that being part of God's house is worth any cost.

How should Christians view and relate to non-Christians? It's an important question, and in this sermon, Pastor Justin preaches from Jesus's confrontation in the temple to answer it. God's house must have God's heart to help outsiders become insiders.