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Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioEremos - Enter the Eremos | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek Quinby preached on what it means to enter the eremos—the wilderness—with the Lord. As followers of Christ, we’re called to step away from the noise, spend time alone with Jesus, and allow Him to minister to our souls.
2025-11-1147 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioSeason for Greatness - Humility in a Season of Promotion | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek kicked off our final sermon series of the semester with a message on the greatness of John the Baptist. He taught on how he modeled humility in how he lived his life not for his own glory, but for the coming of Jesus.
2024-11-2043 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioCounterfeit Truth - Counterfeit Fame | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our sermon series on counterfeit truth with a message on fame and identity. He preached on how our identities need to be rooted in being a son or daughter of Jesus, and not in the approval of others or achievements.
2024-10-3046 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioCounterfeit Truth - Counterfeit Desire | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek started our new sermon series on the temptations of Jesus. He taught us how we have both strong desires and deep desires, and how we can avoid the lies in our life by choosing our deepest desires over the desires we feel in the moment.
2024-10-2948 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioThe Way of Jesus - Real Community | Derek QuinbyIn week two of our sermon series on the pillars of Chi Alpha, Pastor Derek preached on the importance of community. He emphasized how we cannot follow Jesus alone, and he challenged us to be our authentic selves as we engage in community going forward.
2024-10-1551 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Thing Coming - New Heart Coming | Derek QuinbyIn the final week of this sermon series, Pastor Derek explained how God wants to do a new thing through giving us more of Him. We looked at the story of the early church in Acts, and how they received power from God in a new way.
2024-09-2548 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Thing Coming - New Purpose Coming | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek emphasized how Jesus does not just want to give us forgiveness and restoration, but he also wants to give us a new purpose.
2024-09-2346 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Thing Coming - New Life Coming | Derek QuinbyIn week three of our current sermon series, Pastor Derek talked about the holistic life change that Jesus has to offer. He challenged us to give every part of our lives to Jesus and to jump all in for him in order to experience new life.
2024-09-1147 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Thing Coming - New Water Coming | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek walked us through the story of Jesus and the woman at the well. He taught us about the living water that Jesus offers us, and how we will never be truly satisfied until we accept it.
2024-09-0545 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Thing Coming - New Way Coming | Derek QuinbyIn our first service of the new school year, Pastor Derek launched our opening series with a sermon about the prodigal son. Through this story, he encouraged us to view God as a loving father and as someone who we do not have to perform for. He challenged us to find a new way of coming to God so that we have a correct view of our relationship with him.
2024-08-2944 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady For More - More World Changers | Derek QuinbyIn our last service of the school year, Pastor Derek casted vision for what it looks like to have a good summer. He challenged us to spend extravagant time with Jesus, and to pray every day for God to move this upcoming Fall.
2024-05-0657 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady for More - More Hard Workers | Derek QuinbyWe continued our Ready for More series with a message from Pastor Derek. He walked us through the parable of the sower and he challenged us to make sure that the soil of our hearts is ready for God to move in our lives.
2024-04-2544 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady for More - More Risk Takers | Derek QuinbyStarting our last series of the school year, Pastor Derek preached a message on taking risks for the sake of the Gospel. He encouraged us with the story of Peter walking on water, and he challenged us to get out of our comfort zones so that God can use us to help change the campus.
2024-04-1142 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRobe of Many Colors - Remember the Robe | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek closed out our sermon series on the story of Joseph by talking about how Joseph trusted God through all of his hardship. He highlighted how God had a plan for Joseph's life, and that we too should remember God's faithfulness and trust him with our own lives.
2024-04-0945 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLove's a Game: Wanna Play? - Winning the Game | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek closed out our series on love, dating, and sex with a message about the Bible's view on sex. He showed us how to stay pure before God, and encouraged us not to see how close to the line we can get, but to see how close to Jesus we can be.
2024-03-061h 02
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLove's a Game: Wanna Play? - Tutorial | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek kicked off our sermon series on love, dating, and marriage with a message on dating. He challenged us to look inward before dating and to make sure we are ready for marriage before we even start. To play the game of love, we need to be the person that the person we are looking for is looking for.
2024-02-2659 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady For Revival - Faith in a Time of Revival | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek closed out our "Ready for Revival" sermon series by talking about the importance of faith. He challenged us to pray that God would help the areas of unbelief in our lives, and that revival only happens when we have enough faith in God to do it in our time.
2024-02-1954 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady for Revival - Consecration in a Time of Revival | Derek QuinbyIn week four of our Ready for Revival series, Pastor Derek talks about the importance of being set apart. He explained that if we want to be used by God in a special way, we have to live in a way that is aligned with the teachings of Jesus. In order to be ready for revival, we have to pursue a life of consecration.
2024-02-0755 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady for Revival - Devotion in a Time of Revival | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek talked about how revival will not happen in our time until we are wholeheartedly devoted to Jesus. He challenged us to think through the areas of our lives that might be idols, keeping us from spending time with Jesus. To be ready for revival, we have to be fully devoted to seeking His presence.
2024-02-0154 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady for Revival - Are you Ready? | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek kicked off our first service of the semester by proclaiming how God wants to do big things in 2024. He encouraged us that if we want to see revival on our campus, we have to be hungry for his presence, and persistent in prayer. Only when we do this, will we be ready for revival.
Parts of the sermon were inspired by Jon Tyson's "God Comes Where He's Wanted" series from Church of the City New York.
2024-01-2352 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioHere Comes the Light - Light Up the Way | Derek QuinbyIn our last service of the semester, Pastor Derek talked about how we can share the light of Jesus to others. He explained how we can't show others the light, however, until we clear out the things in our heart that blocks it. If we can make a path in our hearts and pursue holiness, God will make the light shine through.
2023-12-1251 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioHere Comes the Light - When the Light Enters | Derek QuinbyKicking off our final sermon series of the semester, Pastor Derek preached on John chapter one. He talked about how Jesus is the light against darkness, and how the light always wins. No matter how dark our lives get, the light is always present.
2023-11-1646 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioBecoming - Live Service | Derek QuinbyIn part five of our Becoming series, Pastor Derek talked about what greatness looks like within the Kingdom of God. He highlighted how Jesus modeled true greatness through servant-hearted leadership by washing the disciples feet. We are all called to live service by humbling ourselves and serving others.
2023-11-0249 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioBecoming - Find Freedom | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our sermon series about the areas in our lives we can grow in to become more like Jesus. This week, he walked us through Genesis and how the devil tempted Eve with lies. He then encouraged us to find freedom from the lies and sins that entrap us in our own lives by confessing them to God and to others.
2023-10-2649 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRest On Us - Equipped With Power | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our teaching on the Holy Spirit, and this week he talked about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. He walked us through how the Disciples in Acts received this baptism and how it was necessary for them to obtain the power of God in order to start the early church. Similarly, we also need the power of the Holy Spirit so that we can walk into all that God is calling us to.
2023-10-1151 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioBecoming - Know Self | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our series on the six elements that help make us a healthy disciple of Jesus by talking about the importance of knowing ourselves. He challenged us to dig deeper into ourselves in order to discover why we do the things we do. Knowing ourselves helps us know who God has made us to be.
2023-09-2847 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioJourney of a Lifetime - Journey Back to the Future | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek finished our first sermon series of the year by telling us the story of Lazarus' death and resurrection. He taught us how Jesus wept with Mary, showing us how Jesus cares about our present circumstances even though he knows the future. The journey of a lifetime is about journeying back to the future that we have in Jesus.
2023-09-1352 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioJourney of a Lifetime - A New Journey | Derek QuinbyIn the third week of our new sermon series, Pastor Derek continued to take us on a journey of what it looked like to follow Jesus on earth. He highlighted the story of Jesus turning water into wine, and how Jesus wants to make us new in him. To embark on the journey of a lifetime, we have to start a new journey.
2023-09-0745 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioJourney of a Lifetime - Journey to the Well | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek preached the second sermon of the new school year by walking us through the story of Jesus and the woman at the well. He talked about how Jesus is the only thing that will fulfill us, and how the things of this world will only leave us wanting more. The Journey of a Lifetime is about journeying to Jesus, who is the well of living water.
2023-08-3046 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioJourney of a Lifetime - Journey Home | Derek QuinbyWe kicked off a new school year with a brand new sermon series titled: Journey of a Lifetime! Pastor Derek told us how Jesus is like a forgiving father who loves us no matter our background. He showed us how following Jesus is the journey of a lifetime, and we start it by journeying home.
2023-08-2439 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioVision Tuesday | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek closed out our last service of the school year by casting vision for where Chi Alpha is headed. He shared that the vision of Chi Alpha is Jesus, and that the dream is for every student to run after Him.
2023-05-0342 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioAwaken - What Do You Want? | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek kicked off our new sermon series by talking about spiritual awakening! He explained how God comes where He is wanted, and he challenged us by asking what we really want most in our lives.
2023-04-1748 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMeet Me In The Marketplace - Find Your Garden | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek preached on how to find our calling in life, and how to know whether or not our plans are in line with God's. He encouraged us all by reminding us how we are called to reach those around us no matter what our vocation is.
2023-04-0547 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMeet Me In The Marketplace - Empty Glory | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our marketplace ministry series with a message about service. He emphasized how we can live for a greater purpose in Jesus through serving those around us and in the marketplace.
2023-04-0342 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioGetting Together - Action | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek brought us a message on sex to continue our love and dating series. He walked us through what Jesus has to say about our sex lives, and he challenged us to set healthy boundaries in our lives to help us avoid sin.
2023-03-0255 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioGetting Together - Attraction | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek kicked off our new dating series by not only outlining what dating should look like as a Jesus follower, but also how we can assess whether or not we are ready to start dating in the first place. He challenged us to give over our relationships to Jesus and let Him lead us in a healthy direction.
2023-02-1548 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioFormed - It's About The Inside | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek continued our series on formation as he talked about how important our heart is to Jesus. He talked about how important it is to avoid hypocrisy by being vulnerable with God and others about who we truly are.
2023-01-2544 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioFormed - Be Before Do | Derek QuinbyAt the first service of the new year, Pastor Derek taught us how our busy lifestyle keeps us from being formed into the image of God. He explained how we need to slow down, and he emphasized how we need to prioritize being with God over doing things for God.
2023-01-1843 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to Beauty - Beauty of Surrender | Derek QuinbyFor the last service of the semester, Pastor Derek showed us what Godly surrender looks like through how Mary and Joseph surrendered their lives to God's will. He also gave us ten steps on how to have a successful and healthy break!
2022-12-0751 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to Beauty - Beauty of Serving | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek introduced our last sermon series of the semester "Right to Beauty". We learned how Jesus set the example of service by humbling himself before others and washing their feet. We know to serve others in this way, because Jesus served us first.
2022-11-1641 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to Live Missions - Behold the Lamb | Derek QuinbyLast night, Pastor Derek Quinby continued our "Right to Live Missions" series by talking about how important it is for us to share Jesus with others. He highlighted how Jesus is worthy of our lives, and how His beauty should motivate us to share our faith with others.
2022-11-0243 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to More - A Life of More | Daniel QuinbyOur former Chi Alpha director Pastor Daniel Quinby and the pastor of Sent Church came to campus to continue our Right to More series. He shared what life can practically look like after the move of God that students experienced through fall retreat last weekend. He emphasized the importance of becoming a friend of the Holy Spirit and how to keep the fire burning after we experience Him.
2022-10-2047 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to More - Power of More | Derek QuinbyThis week Pastor Derek continued our series, Right to More by diving deeper into how the Holy Spirit can operate in our daily lives, emphasizing on the gift of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Encounters with the Holy Spirit take time, intentionality, and are meant to change us.
2022-10-1249 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to More - Promise of More | Derek QuinbyLast week Pastor Derek talked about the character of the Holy Spirit and how He works in our lives. We can have confidence knowing that when we follow Jesus we have access to His Holy Spirit that can help us bear fruit.
2022-10-1239 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to Family - Real Family | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek wrapped up our series Right to Family with a message that encouraged vulnerability within community. Confession of sin within community creates an opportunity for freedom and accountability. If we hide our struggles, we may feel alone in our sin, but if we express them, we can help one another gain freedom.
2022-09-2935 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to Royalty - Birthright | Derek QuinbyThis week Pastor Derek wrapped up our sermon series, "Right to Royalty", with a message about our Birthright. In this message he emphasized that God knows the best way to live in this universe, which is following His commands for our life. When we sell our birthright for the things of this world, we are saying that living for God is not worth it. We must trust God with our lives and know that He has what is best for us. This allows us to live in His freedom.
2022-09-1440 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight to Royalty - Royal Presence | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our "Right to Royalty" series with a message titled "Royal Presence." The story of Mary and Martha painted a picture of what it looks like to simply be with Jesus instead of doing things for Him to earn His love. Derek showed us what it looks like to grow in intimacy with Jesus through intentional relationship and communion instead of adding Him to our checklist.
2022-09-1138 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight To Royalty - Royal Water | Derek QuinbyPastor Derek continued our Right to Royalty series with the second sermon last night, Royal Water. He preached on the story of the woman at the well in John 4 and shared what it means to receive living water from Jesus. We must find our satisfaction through the living water of Jesus and not momentary fixes.
2022-08-3137 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRight To Royalty - Royal Inheritance | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek kicked off the school year preaching over the parable of the prodigal son. Through this series we're going to be looking at our birthright as a son or daughter of our King.
2022-08-2541 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioVision Tuesday - Nehemiah | Derek QuinbyFor our last Tuesday of the 2021-2022 school year, Pastor Derek sent our students off with vision for their lives and this coming school year. We got to spend time before the sermon to celebrate our 19 students that are graduating, most of them moving into the workplace mission field. The rest of our students are coming back next with a vision to make disciples who make disciples who live a life of real devotion, real community, and real responsibility.
2022-05-0438 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioA Life Worth Emulating - Daniel | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek spoke on our third life within our sermon series, the life of Daniel. Going through the book of Daniel, Pastor Derek showed us how Daniel remained firm in the Lord while the culture around him was shifting away from God. We can look to Daniel's and the three brother's faith as a model for resisting ungodly culture when we are away from our community on the campus.
2022-04-2743 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioA Life Worth Emulating - Joshua | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek started our last sermon series of the school year, where we'll be walking through the lives of people in the Bible. We started off by looking at Joshua's life and how he consecrated himself for the Lord. Remaining reliant and obedient to the Lord, Joshua saw victory over Jericho.
2022-04-1348 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioPray Like This - Pray Like Jesus | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek taught us how to pray like Jesus through dissecting the Lord's Prayer and applying the P.R.A.Y. acronym to it. The main idea for this sermon was praying like Jesus means connecting to our Father. This looks like pausing and silencing our thoughts, rejoicing in what the Lord is doing in your life, asking him for your needs and the needs of others, and yielding to his will over your life.
2022-03-3047 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioPray Like This - Pray Like Children | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek started a new sermon series titled Pray Like This, with the first sermon teaching us how to pray like children. We went through Mark 10 to see how Jesus responds to children and then looked at how children act today. They’re honest, they ask, and they’re talkative and we applied these to our prayer lives to grow in praying like children.
2022-03-2350 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioWhen Sparks Fly - Combustion | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek took us through Judges 14 where it tells the story of Samson and the lion. We learned that we need to run away from "the cliff of sex" and run towards Jesus. Pastor Derek taught us that we must trust the creator of sex over the creation that is sex.
2022-03-0248 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioWhen Sparks Fly - Slow Burn | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek continued our love series by speaking on the topic of dating. We looked into the relationship that the man and woman had in the book song of Solomon, and we looked at what our relationships should look like on the way to marriage using John Mark Comer's four marks; the chase, the line, the friends, and the journey to the day.
2022-02-2350 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioWhen Sparks Fly - Starts With A Spark | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek kicked off our love series! We walked through 1 John 4 and talked about God's attribute of love as well as the four different types of love in the greek language.
2022-02-1650 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLies At Large - The World | Derek QuinbyThis week, Pastor Derek finished off one of our favorite sermon series, Lies at Large, speaking more on the third enemy of the soul, the world. While the last two weeks have touched on the lies and desires within our flesh, this week Pastor Derek showed us how the world deceives us through normalizing sin.
2022-02-0947 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLies At Large - The Flesh | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek continued our sermon series by speaking on how the flesh deceives us through our disordered desires. He dives into the difference between our strongest desirers and our deepest desirers and helps us discern between the two.
2022-02-0649 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLies At Large - The Devil | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek started the semester off with a new sermon series titled Lies at Large, inspired by a book called "Live No Lies" by John Mark Comer. Pastor Derek explained who the devil is and how he uses lies to keep us from God.
2022-01-2744 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioTis The Season - That's A Wrap | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek wrapped up our sermon series, and our fall semester with a powerful message! Looking at Simeon's prophecy over Mary and the "sword that will pierce her soul", Derek explained that when we're faced with inner turmoil, causing us to choose between this world and God, we must look to Jesus.
2021-12-0840 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioTis The Season - Season of Waiting | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek gave a message over expectantly waiting. For many college students, their season of life looks like waiting to step into their careers and start the next chapter, but no matter what season you're in the Lord is calling us to be patient and expectantly wait for his guidance.
2021-12-0138 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioTis The Season - Season of Meekness | Derek QuinbyThis Tuesday, Pastor Derek kicked off our final sermon series of 2021, called ‘tis the season! We took a deep dive into Jesus’s true nature of being our meek and lowly savior. If the God of the universe humbled himself to be born a human in a stinky manger, then we can become people who are gentle and lowly at heart, humbling ourself and letting God do the exalting.
2021-11-0442 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioFresh Wind - Part 3 - Gifts Of The Spirit (Daniel Quinby)This Tuesday, we had a very special guest at Chi Alpha! The former lead pastor, Daniel Quinby, who is now the lead pastor at Sent Church, taught us about the gifts of the spirit. He explains why spiritual gifts are lacking in the western church, what the apostle Paul says about them, and what they're intended for.
2021-10-2751 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioFresh Wind - Part 2 - Fresh Gift (Derek Quinby)This week at UNI's Chi Alpha, Pastor Derek shed some light on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:4-8 tells us to "wait for the gift my Father promised", which is the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and that we will "receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on us". If you want to learn more, check out the podcast!
2021-10-2042 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioFoundations - Part 3 - Real Responsibility (Derek Quinby)This Tuesday, Pastor Derek walked us through what it means to find, feed, and fight for the lost lambs on our campus. This truism is the definition of real responsibility at chi alpha, and is part of our foundational pillars.
2021-10-0642 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioFoundations - Part 1 - Real Devotion (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through the story of Mary and Martha. We learned more about what intimacy is, why we should pursue it, and what it looks like to have an intimate relationship with God through having real devotion with king Jesus.
2021-09-2238 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioHope is on the Horizon - Part 4 - Hope In The King (Derek Quinby)On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the story of the rich, young ruler. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.
2021-09-2136 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioHope is on the Horizon - Part 3 - Hope In The Vine (Derek Quinby)On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the story of the woman at the well. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.
2021-09-2140 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioHope on the Horizon - Part 2 - Hope In The Savior (Derek Quinby)On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the story of the Samaritan woman. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.
2021-09-0139 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioHope Is On The Horizon - Part 1 - Hope in the Father (Derek Quinby)On Tuesday, Pastor Derek took us through the parable of the prodigal son. Hopelessness is often around us, but we were reminded that hope is on the horizon with Jesus, He is our hope, and there is joy in joining His family.
2021-08-2639 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioVision Tuesday - Finish Well (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through 2 Timothy 4:7 where Paul talks about how he "fought the good fight" and he "finished the race". Pastor Derek taught us how to finish our race well with the rest of this semester, but also with our college careers. He showed us the importance of running our own race and how much it can impact another person's life.
2021-04-2843 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioCost Of Discipleship - Part 4 - Live To Persecution (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Matthew chapter 5 where we learned that we must die to comfort. We learned that we must die to the comfort of our "normal" lives when we go home for the summer so that we can live to persecution. Pastor Derek reminded us that this summer break might be hard as we go home, but we must be okay with being uncomfortable for the Kingdom of God.
2021-04-2144 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioCost Of Discipleship - Part 2 - Live To Hope (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Matthew chapter 5 where we learned about Jesus says about hope at the Sermon on the Mount. We learned that we must die to the despair in our life so that we can live to hope. Pastor Derek taught us that we should remain joyful in times of despair.
2021-04-0837 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioCost Of Discipleship - Part 1 - Die To Self / Live To Christ (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Luke 9:23 where Jesus tells us that we must deny ourselves and take up our cross daily and follow Him. We learned that our old sinful self and our new self cannot coexist, we must die to our old self daily so that the new can live.
2021-03-3146 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioGenerosity - Part Two - Financial Generosity (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek shared his heart on what it looks like to be generous with our finances. He took us through Mark 12, the story of the women who gave all she had. We learned that it isn't about the amount that we give, its about our hearts when we give and the trust we have in God when we give.
2021-03-2649 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioIts A Love Story - Part 4 - Happily Ever After (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek concluded our love series with our happily ever after: Marriage. We walked through Genesis and God's perfect design for marriage, as well as our reasons for marriage: Friendship, Gardening, Sexuality, Family, & Re-Creation.
2021-03-1147 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioIt's A Love Story - Part 3 - The Climax (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Judges 14 where it tells the story of Samson and the lion. We learned that we need to run away from the cliff of "sex" and run towards Jesus. Pastor Derek taught us that we must trust the creator of sex over the creation that is sex.
2021-03-0355 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioIt's A Love Story - Part 2 - Rising Action (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek continued in our love series by talking about dating intentionally. He took us through chapter 2 of Song of Solomon where it talks about the chase, the line, the friends, and the journey to the day in our dating relationships. We learned that the rising action of our love story is dating with intentionality.
2021-02-2450 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioIt's A Love Story - Part 1 - Once Upon A Time (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Psalm 37 where we learned that we must wait patiently throughout our love story no matter where we are at in it. Pastor Derek gave us a few practical ways to wait patiently in our life whether that be in our relationships or in other areas of life.
2021-02-1845 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Year. New You. Same God. - Part 2 - Mercy Of God (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek continued in the series New Year. New You. Same God. He took us through Matthew 18 where we see Jesus tell Peter to forgive seventy-seven times. Pastor Derek talked about the importance of forgiving the people we are frustrated with. He reminded us that our bitterness towards someone isn't hurting them, but it's hurting our own relationship with God.
2021-02-0345 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Year. New You. Same God. - Part 1 - Immutability of God (Derek Quinby)This week, we started off a new series: New Year. New You. Same God. Pastor Derek started off the new year teaching about the Immutability of God. He took us through Luke 22 with the story of Peter denying Jesus. We learned that God never changes, but we can.
2021-01-2842 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMore Power - Part 1 - Power Of The Holy Spirit (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek walked us through several chapters of Acts where it teaches us about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Derek showed us several stories of the Bible where believers are Baptized in the Holy Spirit. We learned that we have access to the promise and the power of the Holy Spirit. We also learned four ways that the Holy Spirit helps us!
2020-11-0448 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMore Calling - Part 3 - Call To Feed & Fight (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through 2 Timothy 2:2 where it teaches us to be faithful, available, and teachable. We learned that we are called to be faithful, available, and teachable so that we can find, feed, and fight for the lost because we cannot let the line of discipleship die with us.
2020-10-2147 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMore Calling Week - Part 1 - Call To Discipleship (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek talked took us through Matthew 28 where it tells us to "Go and make disciples of all nations". We learned that we need to find, feed, and fight for our friends that don't know Jesus. Pastor Derek taught us that we are called to go out and make disciples.
2020-10-1441 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMore Together - Part 3 - Welcoming Community (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Luke 14 where we are shown how important it is to invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. We learned that we can be blessed by inviting people to come alongside us who we wouldn't normally invite. Pastor Derek taught us that we need to welcome and love the outsider so that they can become an insider. We need to welcome, love, and serve the outsiders.
2020-09-3046 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioMore Together - Part 1 - Essential Community (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through 1 Corinthians where we learn how we are all an important part of the body of God. Pastor Derek taught on the importance of Real Community and how each of us play a very important part in Chi Alpha, and especially in small groups. We learned that we all need community, and the community needs each of us.
2020-09-1642 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady For More: More Jesus - Part 4 - More With Your Life (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Luke 5 where we find the story of the fishermen who toiled all night and caught no fish. Pastor Derek taught on how we were each created on purpose and for a purpose. That purpose is to glorify His name and to become fishers of men. We learned that we must obey when it may not make sense to us but the Lord is calling us to do so.
2020-09-0940 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady For More: More Jesus Part 3 - More With Him (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek took us through Luke 10 where we can find the story of Mary and Martha. Pastor Derek taught on what Real Devotion is and how we must try to be like Mary and abide with Jesus and not fall into the trap of being like Martha. We learned that if we want more, we must be with Jesus.
2020-09-0746 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady For More: More Jesus Part 2 - More Freedom (Derek Quinby)This week, Pastor Derek continued our Ready For More: More of Jesus series by taking us through a story in John 8 about the woman caught in adultery. Pastor Derek exhorted us to turn to Jesus because Jesus sets us free so we can pursue Him and as we do that chains will be broken off of our lives.
2020-09-0744 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioReady For More: More Jesus Part 1 - More In Your Life (Derek Quinby)This week, we started off our series Ready For More: More of Jesus. Pastor Derek started off our year in Luke 15 with the story of the two sons. Pastor Derek dove into the idea of how following Jesus isn't about earning His love, but enjoying His grace.
2020-09-0745 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Lands Part 3 - Life of Faith (Daniel Quinby)Pastor Daniel gives his final message as the Director of Chi Alpha where he dives into Genesis 12 and the story of Abraham. Pastor Daniel shares his heart that we must live a life of faith and that we must lay it all on the line for Jesus as we contend for revival in the Cedar Valley. We are so grateful for Pastor Daniel's ministry to Chi Alpha and we are so excited to see him step into his new calling as the Lead Pastor of Sent Church coming in the Fall of 2020 to the Cedar Valley.
2020-06-0252 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Lands Part 2 - Follow (Derek Quinby)Pastor Derek explores the stories of the disciples and their following of Jesus as he casts vision for the next season of Chi Alpha. He jumps into Matthew the Tax Collector and how he had to leave his tax collecting booth and leave all else behind to follow Jesus. Pastor Derek casts the vision that we must leave our old nets behind and forsake all to follow Jesus, no matter the cost.
2020-06-0237 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioNew Lands Part 1 - The Priority of His Presence (Daniel Quinby)New Lands Part 1 - The Priority of His Presence (Daniel Quinby) by Chi Alpha UNI - Derek Quinby
2020-05-0240 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioThis is Hope (Derek Quinby)This week we continue our series This is Our Moment with the last part, This is Hope. Pastor Derek dives into Romans 12:12 where it tells us to "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, and be constant in prayer." We discuss finding joy amidst the Coronavirus pandemic and how we can be in prayer for our world in this time.
2020-04-0934 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioThis is Jesus (Daniel Quinby)This is Jesus (Daniel Quinby) by Chi Alpha UNI - Derek Quinby
2020-04-0238 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioRuler of My Heart Part 1 - Selflessness (Derek Quinby)Ruler of My Heart is a series about how Jesus calls us to live in an "upside down kingdom" where we submit to Him and make Him the ruler of our hearts. In week 1, Pastor Derek shares a message with us on how to be selfless.
2020-03-0544 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLoveology Part 2 - Dating (Derek Quinby)Loveology is a sermon series about love, dating, and marriage. In week 2, Pastor Derek talks about dating.
2020-02-1956 minChi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioLoveology Part 1 - Love (Derek Quinby)Loveology is a sermon series about love, dating, and marriage. In week 1, Pastor Derek talks about love.
2020-02-1356 min
Chi Alpha UNI - Sermon AudioThe River Part 2 (Austin Weaver)The River Part 2 (Austin Weaver) by Chi Alpha UNI - Derek Quinby
2020-01-2246 min