Reality LA Audio Podcast: Bible Teaching

Suffering is inevitable but, through Jesus, we can know for certain that no storm will overcome us in the end. Pastor Jonathan Fitzgerald continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 27 .

The gospel is not private advice but public truth about a risen King. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 25-26.

Luke shows us both the danger of approaching Jesus on our terms, and the better path of approaching him as he truly is: not an advisor to consult, but a King to trust and follow. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from  Acts 24:22-27 .

The way love fights is by surrendering everything for the good of the beloved. Pastor Philip Chew continues our series through Acts with a sermon from  Acts 24:1-21 .

When following Jesus gets hard, the risen Christ draws near, strengthens his people, and advances his mission. Pastor Jeremy Treat resumes our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 22:30 - 23:35 .

Every believer who trusts in Christ for salvation receives the Holy Spirit! Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches a Pentecost Sunday sermon from Joel 2:23-32.

Jesus is the king who rules on behalf of God with perfect mercy and justice and the priest who reconciles us to God by offering his own life as a sacrifice. Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches an Ascension Sunday sermon from Psalm 110 .

Many people reject Christ because they misunderstand Christianity, but such misunderstandings are opportunities for us to clarify misconceptions, tell our story, and appeal to their own standards. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 21:37 - 22:29 .

On the surface, Paul's faithfulness looked like failure: resulting in being slandered, arrested, beaten, and imprisoned. But he didn't see it that way. Pastor Nathan Potter continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 21:1-36 .

Gospel mission requires goodbyes, but it also turns them into moments of grace marked by eternal hope. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 20:1-38 .

The gospel being good doesn't mean it's "safe." It's disruptive, subversive, and even threatening to the structures and idols of worldly culture. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 19:21-41.

Modern expressions of the occult usually aren't dark and dramatic, but aesthetic and therapeutic. The root desire, however, is the same: seeking spiritual power apart from God. What does it mean to follow Jesus in a city that's looking for power elsewhere? Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 19:11-20 .

We can be faithful because we've been forgiven, we can be teachable because we're secure in Jesus, and we can be filled because his Spirit now lives in us. Pastor Alex Hitchens continues our series through Acts—and delivers his first Reality LA sermon!—with a teaching from Acts 18:18 - 19:10 .

Jesus loves Los Angeles, and that includes you. He doesn't just care about a sea of people. He knows your name, your story, your pain, and your fears—and he loves you. Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches and Easter sermon from Luke 19:41-42.

While God's glory is revealed in the beauty of creation and his mighty deeds revealed throughout the story scripture, his glory is most fully on display in the cross of Christ. Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches a Good Friday sermon from John 17:1-5 .

Promised, humble, saving—Jesus is a different kind of king, one who confronts our self-righteousness, reveals our utter sinfulness, and demands our total allegiance. Pastor Jeremy Treat preaches a Palm Sunday sermon from Matthew 21:1-11 .

The story of the early church in Corinth shows us how the gospel takes root and produces thriving churches in diverse, transient, status-driven, and sex-obsessed cities like ancient Corinth or modern Los Angeles. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 18:1-17 .

The gospel affirms our longings but challenges our methods of pursuing them, redirecting us instead to Jesus as their true fulfillment. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermin from Acts 17:16-34 .

People are looking for a story to live by, and the Bible is the true story of the world. It tells us what we're made for, what's wrong with the world, what the remedy is, and why there's hope. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 17:5-10 .

May we be a people so devoted to our king, so rooted in his kingdom, and so faithful in our practices that the world looks at us and says, "Look, those who have turned the world upside down have come here also." Pastor Goodwin Deng continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 17:1-9 .

Whether the ancient Roman city of Philippi or the modern U.S. city of Los Angeles, the gospel transforms individuals, brings them together as a church, and impacts entire cities. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 16:11-40 .

Mission is not just heroic moments -- Jesus advances his mission through ordinary faithfulness in everyday life. Pastor Jeremy Treat resumes our series through Acts with a sermon from Acts 15:36 - 16:10.

What are you already doing that God is inviting you to re-approach with a posture of sacrificial service? Where might God be calling you to go into new, costly service of his kingdom, people, and city? Pastor Kevin Weiner concludes our Essentials series with a sermon from James 2:14-17 .

Only a community centered on Jesus can actually last because it's built on forgiveness before effort, grace before growth, and identity before obedience. Pastor Jeremy Treat continues our Essentials series with a sermon from Colossians 3:12-17 on the practices and postures of real community.

To be a disciple means to be a learner, or a student. Our discipleship pathway is important for us as a church because it gives us a common understanding of discipleship, a shared experience around following Jesus, and a common language to understand what it means to follow Jesus. Pastor Jonathan Fitzgerald continues our Essentials series with a sermon from John 10:22-30 .