Aletheia Church, Providence RI

Is love simply a feeling? The New Testament author John doesn't seem to think so. When he describes the God kind of love, he makes it very clear that love shows up. In this sermon, Pastor Quentin explores the ways in which love shows up.

Christianity is an embodied faith, and that means God calls us to show up (with our bodies) for him and for others. In this first part of our new sermon series, Embodied, Pastor Justin looks at the foundation of our embodied faith—the embodiment of God himself in Jesus Christ.

If you knew how your life was going to end up, how would it affect the way you live today? Although we may never know what job we'll have ten years from now, God has told us how the story of this age ends. In this sermon, Pastor Quentin Bunnell looks at how that story ending empowers present victory in our lives.

How can you live with hope in a body destined to wear out and die? In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what Paul means when he says, "We have this treasure in jars of clay," and how that reality is the key to winning the war within the body.

Every one of us has an internal opponent working against the things of God. How do we defeat it? In Galatians 5, the Apostle Paul tells us how.

Who gets to tell you who you are? In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what it means when Paul says, "I have been crucified with Christ." Believing in Jesus gives you a new identity source, and that's really good news.

Our emotions can feel like a battlefield, but it's a battlefield God can lead us through. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Elijah's experience of deep despair in 1 Kings 19. God led Elijah through his emotional battlefield, and he can lead you through yours too.

James says if you can tame the tongue, you can control your whole life. But taming the tongue is almost an impossible battle. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks James chapter three, and talks about the power our tongues wield, and how to make sure that power if used for good.

There's more to the battle within than meets the eye. In this first part of our new teaching series, The War Within, Pastor Justin dives into what the Scriptures say about the unseen resistance every disciple faces.

Happy Easter! In this final sermon of our series, Road to Resurrection, Pastor Justin looks at how a person truly comes to believe in the risen Jesus.

When Jesus prayed on the Mount of Olives, something more was happening than simple fear. In this sermon, Pastor Adam Mabry looks at the difference in the responses of Jesus and his disciples to a dark moment, and unpacks what it means for how we can face darkness.

Who doesn't want to be great? In this first part of our Easter series, Pastor Justin looks at the Passover meal that Jesus has with his disciples, and Jesus's response to the disciples arguing about who's the greatest.

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.