Sermons By Antioch Community Church in Waltham, MA (Boston Area)

What is drifting? What could cause us to drift? As the Scripture warned us of drifting, David reminded us of the significance to see Jesus as He is and offered us a few ways to respond.

When the season changes and the circumstance is shaken, we need to go to the Eternal One who is immutable, unchanging, unshakable. 

On our Youth Sunday, Naomi reminded us of the meaning and significance of Communion, and she charged us to hold unto the reverence for the sacrifice of the Lord.

The Buckners are back from their Sabbatical! Listen to their brief teaching on Sabbatical and their report on their Sabbatical.

We are starting off our summer Hebrew series! Mark gave us an overview of the book of Hebrews that thoroughly illustrated the superiority of Jesus (Heb 1 - 2: angels & Torah | Heb 3 - 4: Moses & the Promised Land | Heb 5 - 7: the priests & Melchizedek | Heb 8 - 10: the sacrifice & the Covenant). Do we attach ourselves purely to Jesus, or Jesus plus something else?

Sean is the founder of Antioch New England. In his last message to the church he planted before his family moving away, he reminded us of God as a good good Father and encouraged us to carry on the mantle of spiritual parenthood.

The world we live in is warring against our patience. When God doesn't seem to answer the things we have been waiting for, how can we respond with integrity? This concludes our Minor Prophet Series.

Do you feel any pressure from expectations weighing on you? The action of faith is not to meet the expectation but to take the first step and trust that the Lord will complete it.

Our Minor Prophet Series resumes! Through the prophetic vision from Zechariah that has been fulfilled by the coming of our Savior, Katie reminded us of the joy that we have been fully liberated and our stain has been washed clean, and also that we are made new in Christ!

What is faith? What does "believing in Jesus" mean? How do we know if we have believed? Listen to Will's message that exhorts us to walk by faith.

If Christ has not risen, our faith will be futile. Why did Christ have to die? Why did Christ choose to die? We all need to hear this amazing news today.

On this Palm Sunday, Sean's message brought us back to the last hours of Jesus' earthly ministry, His prayer of unity over His followers and His agony in the garden. Through not merely what happened but why, God's character and His heart can be clearly seen.

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given him all authority, washed His disciples feet. He uses His absolute power for the purpose of human flourishing. How can we respond as people who have been blessed by His leadership?

We continue our Minor Prophet series to the next book Habakkuk. How did Habakkuk go from pain to praise, despair to hope, even when God's answer didn't meet his expectations? Marla opened up her own life and offered us practical ways to bring our suffering to God.

We continue our Minor Prophet series to the next book Zephaniah. When we read text of God's divine judgment, we can have three reactions: being offended, being indifferent, or being despondent. Brian traced the root of all three reactions and suggested to us a response of integrity.

We continue our Minor Prophet series to the next book Nahum. Through the historical context of Nineveh and Nahum, Danny helped us see God's justice and His comfort to His people in a more clear way. The already fulfilled prophecy of Nahum also points to God's ultimate promise and hope to come.

What is behind the commandment from God about sacrifice? How does God win our hearts? By answering these questions, Brian led us through the surface of the commandment of "act justly, love mercy, walk humbly" to the depth of God's heart of love. We restarted our Minor Prophet series from Spring 2024 and we will finish the remaining Minor Prophet books.

A survey in recent years shows that 63% of Americans claims themselves to be Christian, and yet only 4% self-identifies as followers of Jesus. Can someone be a Christian and yet not follow Jesus? Listen to Mark's sobering message that challenges us to not simply embrace a system of belief and doctrine but follows Jesus and truly lets Him be our Lord.

How can we be a good witness of Jesus in this age? Love is the litmus test of our walk with the Lord. Sean invites us to live a life that is so good and intriguing in this generation that people around have nothing bad to say but give glory to God.

Listen to a word from Nikki (our out of town guest speak at World Mandate) for us and Mark's unpacking of Antioch Word of the Lord (WOTL) this Sunday. If you would like to learn more about WOTL, a good resource is https://www.antiochwotl.com/. We encourage you to discern, digest, and engage with us.

We are entering into a brief two-week Word Of The Lord (WOTL) series around our annual conference World Mandate. Mark used this time to look back at the Dunamis series we just finished and look forward to our upcoming series related to Practicing The Way. We will dive deeper into WOTL next Sunday.

We continue on the topic of weakness and are focusing on trauma today. Brendon's message unpacks trauma from both a scientific and a spiritual perspective and reminds us of the hope that our King empathizes and suffers with us in the midst of pain that isolates us.

We will continue to talk about weakness and focus on a major barrier to embrace weaknesses: shame. Christopher's message distinguishes sin, needs, and weakness and gives us language to categorize different types of shame.

Forgiveness is a command, a choice, and a process, and it's more a relationship activity than a religious activity. Listen to Christopher's message that inspires forgiveness and provides very practical guidelines about how to forgive. This message concludes our Dunamis sermon series.

We are going to kick off 2025 with a four-week series called Dunamis, which means "power" from 2 Cor 12:9. We live in a world where weakness is not celebrated but is ashamed of. Listen to Christopher's message and Jo's powerful testimony on how we should view weakness from the lens of God.