The Alley Church Podcast

Our own Laura Leiss shares her story in a wonderful powerful way!

Q & A on The Endtimes with Pastor Dan Frank

John has led us well through his theme: True Teaching, True Loving, True Living (20) We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (21) Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. NIV (21) Dear children, keep away from anything that mi...

U sually we read from the New International Version of the Bible, and this AM We are reading from the NLT this morning because we believe it captures the heart of this passage ideally.  (18) We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them. (19) We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is un...

1 John 5:16-17 (16) If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. (17) All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

1 John 5:13-15 (13) I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (14) This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (15) And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. Set up: This passage is the perfect opportunity t...

Bill Secord is an elder at Alley Church and an incredible friend to us all. He delivered a powerful message from Numbers 13.

Today, we’re going to be going over 1 John 5:6-12, which speaks to the testimony God has given us about His Son, Jesus Christ. This passage not only deepens our understanding of who Jesus is but also gives us practical insights into living out our faith with confidence and assurance. Let’s read the passage together: (6) This is the one who came by water and blood —Jesus Christ. He did not come by...

Joyful Obedience I John 5:1-5 (1) Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. (2) This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. (3) In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, (4) for everyone born of God overcomes the worl...

(17) This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.  (18) There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. (19) We love because he first loved us.  (20) Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a li...

Living In Him    1 John 4:12-16   (12) No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. (13) And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. (14) Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (15) All who declare that Jesus is t...

Knowing God Through Love Part 2 1 John 4:7-11 (7) Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. (8) But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. NLT (9) God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. (10) This is real lo...

“Every Christian would agree that man’s spiritual health is exactly in proportion to his love for God.”- C.S. Lewis Knowing God Through Love - PT 1 1 John 4:7-11 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent...

1 John 4:1-6 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (2) This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (3) but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of th...

Hearts at Rest 1 John 3:18-24 (18) Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. (19) This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: (20) If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (21) Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before...

What is Love 1 John 3:10-17 John Wescott said, and I actually don’t know who this is, “Life reveals the children of God.” END QUOTE! There is no way of telling what a tree is other than by its fruits, and there is no way of telling what a person is other than by their conduct, how we love. (our property which is new to us has a lot of trees and plants. We didn’t know and some things we still don’t...

Being A Child of God 1 John 3:1-10 (1)See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (2) Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him a...

Continue As You Began 1 John 2:24-29 True Teaching, True Living, True Loving (24) As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. (25) And this is what he promised us—eternal life. (26) I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.  (27) As for you, the anointing you receive...

1 John 2:17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. Contrasted with But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.  (18) Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. (19) These people left our churches, but they never really...

The Resurrection  What do we celebrate at Easter?  Jesus' resurrection. Today we will discuss why the resurrection is so important. ASK: Why is it? I Cor 15:12 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ h...

HOLY WEEK EXERCISES  Truly search your heart and determine who or what is your King. What is the King of your life? What are you giving your life to? What do you bow down to and worship with your time, money, and energy/thoughts?  Holy Monday - Dig deep… Where am I looking religious, yet only have the appearance of a fruitful life (fig tree parable Mark 11)?  Do I see this as hypocrisy and decepti...

The One Thing: One Thing You Need, One Thing You Lack, One Thing I Do EXERCISE…Take out the lyrics in front of you HOW SATISFIED / HAPPY? On the piece of paper write down on a scale of 1-10  10 being can’t name one thing that would make me more satisfied than I am today.  1 -  being I have really nothing satisfying about my life.  Quickly just name a few things that would make it a ten or your sco...

Cindy Roper rocks it !

What to love and what not to love. That is the question.  Last week we had the comforting, assuring message to prepare ourselves for this week!!!  :)  I can chase the things of this world or I can choose the things of God. Jesus said we can’t serve 2 masters, we can’t serve both God and mammon.   (15) Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is...