Aletheia Church, Providence RI

Growing up in Christ isn't easy, it's a fight. What makes it worth it? In this final sermon of the series, Pastor Justin looks at John's vision in Revelation 7 and explains this picture makes the fight to grow up in Christ worth it.

If we're going to be great friends and find great friends, we need to grow up. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Jesus's words in John 15 and at wisdom from Proverbs to explain how the friendship of Jesus can deeply impact our friendship with one another.

When Jesus was asked a question about marriage, he went back to how marriage played a part in God's story. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Mark 10 and numerous verses out of Proverbs to put some practical applications for how we can mature in our approach to romantic love.

Jesus said that money is the number one threat to our trust in God. Money isn't evil in itself, but it seems like a viable alternative for security and fulfillment. In this sermon, Pastor Justin shows how Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 9 help us to love God with our money by using money as a tool for his kingdom.

Learning wisdom from God isn't always easy. Some lessons don't feel like good news. Unless we grow up in how we think and how we feel, we won't mature. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at 2 Corinthians 10 and 2 Timothy 4, where Paul tells us what it looks like to grow up in our thoughts and emotions.

Changing for God's glory doesn't happen by accident, by association, or by osmosis. It comes from putting something into practice. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at what Paul the Apostle said about our part to play in becoming mature.

To grow in an area of life, you need some way to measure growth. In this sermon, Pastor Justin preaches from psalm 90, where Moses explains what it looks like for God's people to live a life that glorifies God.

In this final part of the series in Habakkuk, Jonathan Cothron looks at the prophet's response to God. What started out as a frustrated exchange became worship for Habakkuk, and Jonathan looks at how he gets there and how we can move from frustration to worship when God seems different than we expect.

Jeremy Moore from Freedom Church in Philadelphia preaches about what it means to live as a son and daughter of God.

One of the great promises of Christianity is the ability to live in freedom, but often Christianity is associated with giving up freedom. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Galatians 5 to find out what it means to truly live in the freedom Christ offers us.

Will the strong eat the weak forever? In this sermon, Pastor Justin outlines what the biblical concept of justice is and how the Babylonians in Habakkuk's time were rejecting it. This vision of God's justice helps us process times in life that feel unfair.

We like God's plans for our lives to come through quickly. That's not always the case. When God seems slow, how do you live with hope instead of frustration? In this sermon, Pastor Justin explores the second part of Habakkuk's exchange with God to find the answer.

The prophet Habakkuk lived in an evil time, and although he prayed earnestly, things only got worse. So he cried out to God. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at God's answer to Habakkuk, and what it means for our lives in the moments when God seems silent.

Easter Sunday is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, but the possibility of resurrection is often met with skepticism. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul explains why resurrection is central to the Christian faith, and why it's really, really good news for those who believe it.

Just before he entered Jerusalem and people celebrated him as King with palm branches, Jesus told a parable intended to correct people's wrong thinking about what it meant. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks that parable to show us the meaning and significance of Palm Sunday.

Jesus announced his ministry by saying he'd come to preach the good news to the poor. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at the words of Jesus to help us understand what it means to love our neighbors who are poor. It might be different than what we expect.

Loneliness isn't just a matter of the quantity of friendships you have — it's a matter of the quality of relationships. In this sermon, Tyler Parker looks at Jesus's words in John 15 to show us how we can form the kind of friendships that are deep, and how we can extend that friendship to others experiencing loneliness.

Jesus said the most important thing in life is to love God and love your neighbor. In this sermon, Pastor Justin kicks off this series by looking at how to love your neighbor well in the complex landscape of race.

In the opening of his letter, Jude said this Christian community needed to “contend for the faith." In the close of his letter, he tells them how. By looking at Jude's words, Pastor Justice explains the advice Jude gives for how to defend yourself against unbiblical living, and how to treat others who are influenced by it.

Blasphemy sounds like an old-fashioned word, but the danger it presents to a church community is as dangerous today as it was in Jude's time. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains why Jude warns his readers against the influence of blasphemy.

In the opening of Jude, he says to his readers that he wanted to write a feel-good letter about how great it is following Jesus. But Jude was aware of something dangerous that was threatening to take root in their church. In this sermon, Pastor Justin explains what heresy Jude warned against and how we recognize it today.

Jesus told his disciples to go make other disciples, but he also told them to wait. They wouldn't be able to successfully help others find and follow Jesus without the promised Holy Spirit. In this sermon, Pastor Justin gives three reasons that the Holy Spirit is essential for the mission of making disciples.

Ministry sounds like something that ministers do, but we can wrongly assume that ministers are only paid professionals, like pastors or church staff. In this sermon, Pastor Justin looks at Ephesians 4, where Paul describes how church leaders are meant to equip disciples for ministry. Leaders do the equipping and all followers of Jesus do the ministry.

How do you help someone find and follow Jesus in a time when challenging personal views is culturally taboo? In this sermon, pastor Justin looks at one verse from Judges 21 that shows us why disciples of Jesus must let the gospel be their foundation, rather than personal opinions.

When Jesus gave his followers the mission to make disciples of all nations, it was assumed that this meant engaging other people. They couldn't carry out the mission by withdrawing. In this sermon, Pastor Justin unpacks six reasons from Isaiah 45 why we must engage our world with the gospel.