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North Avenue Church PodcastDoes Scripture Teach Libertarian Free Will or Calvinistic Compatibilism? | Acts 13This is an age-old discussion, and yet it has real ramifications for how we live and how we understand our own conversion. Who's choice is ultimately decisive in your conversion to Christ?
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2023-08-021h 04North Avenue Church PodcastCommon Objections to Unconditional Election: What About Foreknowledge & God’s Desire to Save All?In this message the teaching team responds to some of the most common objections to the doctrine of unconditional election. First, isn't election based on foreknowledge (Rom 8:29; 1 Pet 1:1-2)? If so, doesn't that mean God merely chooses those He foreknows/foresees will believe? Secondly, doesn't God's desire to save all rule out the possibility that He elects only some?
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2023-08-0144 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastJesus and the Demons | Matthew 8:28-34Here the Greg's outline for the message:
Jesus comes to the demons (v 28)
The demons respond to Jesus (v 28-31)
Jesus responds to the demons (v 32)
The people respond to Jesus (v 33-34)
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2023-07-3148 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Sealed Scroll and the Slain Lamb | Revelation 5The dramatic scene of Revelation 5 shows us the hopelessness and despair that comes for humanity without Jesus but the thrilling present and future that is ours because Christ has conquered and is reigning now.
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2023-07-2856 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastA Calvinist Response to Arminian Interpretations of Romans 9 (TULIP Series)There are several common objections to the Reformed/Calvinistic understanding of Romans 9. In this video we take a dive into these issues with the response to these objections from the Calvinist perspective, which we believe best explains Paul's line of thought in this important passage.
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2023-07-271h 01North Avenue Church PodcastThe Foreknowledge of God: Foresight or Something Better? | Unconditional Election (TULIP Series)It is commonly assumed that God's foreknowledge is merely foresight. Is this what Scripture really teaches? The teaching team shows why for God to know someone means something far better!
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2023-07-2548 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastJesus Calms the Storm | Matthew 8:23-27Here are the four points of Scott's message:
The calm before the storm
The disciples' response to the storm
Jesus's response to the storm
The disciples' response to Jesus
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2023-07-2435 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastHoly, Holy, Holy: God on His Throne | Revelation 4Revelation 4 shows us the throne of God and the angels who surround it. This chapter is the setting to the drama of Revelation 5. However, this setting by itself contains stunning imagery of God's presence and should humble us and lead us to worship as the elders do who cast their crowns before God's throne.
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2023-07-2254 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastPresent & Future Blessing for All Repentant Sinners | Haggai 2:6-23Here is the sermon outline for our last sermon in Haggai:
Unrepentant sinning defiles all we touch (v 10-18)
Repentance leads to immediate blessings now (v 19; 1:2-11)
Repentance leads to astonishing blessings later (v 6-9, 20-22)
God will shake the nations
God’s temple will be glorious
God’s chosen king will reign
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2023-07-1839 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastDoes the Bible Really Teach Unconditional Election? | Acts 13:48; Romans 9:1-23Does Scripture really teach that God elects to salvation unconditionally? This is a significant issue that really is addressed clearly in various passages in Scripture.
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2023-07-1747 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastLaodicea: Warning to a Lukewarm Church | Revelation 3:14-22Of all the seven churches of Revelation, none receives so negative a response from Jesus as Laodicea. It is the church that makes Jesus want to vomit! As intense as the language of Jesus is here, there is much for all of us to learn and apply to our lives.
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2023-07-1457 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastWhat Does ”Keep From” Mean in Revelation 3:10?These are some extended reflections on a very intriguing and often debated verse in Revelation 3 that we covered briefly this past Thursday night here. Some believe it is the single strongest verse used to support the pre-tribulation rapture of the church. However, we do think there is a more convincing way to understand it in the light of the whole context of Revelation, Jesus's words in Matthew 24, and Daniel's visions in Daniel 11-12.
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2023-07-1243 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Word Takes Effect: Fear God & Fear Not! | Haggai 1:12-2:5Here are the three points of the message:
God’s word stirs up God’s people (1:12-15)
God’s people grow discouraged (2:1-3)
God’s word brings fresh comfort & assurance (2:4-5)
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2023-07-1144 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastTotal Depravity & Moral Inability: A Biblical Defense (TULIP Series)To understand the five points of Calvinism one must have a solid grasp on the T in the TULIP. Total depravity means moral inability. Is this really taught in Scripture?
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2023-07-1050 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Church in Philadelphia: For Those Who Feel Weak & Insignificant | Revelation 3:7-13The Philadelphian church was perhaps the least impressive outwardly of all the seven churches. Yet, along with Smyrna (which was also not outwardly impressive) Jesus speaks more highly of them than all the other churches. There is much here for us to be encouraged by in our walk with the Lord!
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2023-07-0800 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastTotal Depravity: Understanding Moral Inability (TULIP Series)This is the first week where the team is walking through the five points of the Calvinist TULIP. They begin with total depravity which is really moral inability.
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2023-07-0444 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastHaggai’s 24 Extraordinary Days | Haggai 1:1-11In just 24 days God's word through Haggai changes everything that had not changed in 16 years.
God’s Word confronts sin:
By comparing passions (v 1-5)
By showing sin’s miserable results (v 6, 9-11)
By pointing to something better (v 7-8)
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2023-07-0341 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Letter to Sardis: A Church Asleep & Dying | Revelation 3:1-6Sardis is the first church to receive only negative criticism from our Lord, with the exception of a small few in Sardis who were still walking faithfully.
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2023-07-0150 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastOvercoming Opposition with God’s Word | Ezra 4:4-5:2Ezra chapter four focuses on opposition to the work (in the present) of rebuilding the temple and (in the future) the city of Jerusalem. Chapter five begins with God overcoming opposition with His word.
God’s Enemies Stop the Work through Intimidation (4:4-5, 24)
God’s Enemies Stop the Work through Political Force (4:6-23)
God Revives the Work through His Word (5:1-2)
At 25:32 Mark meant to say, "It is not the wrong side of history to believe in what Christianity teaches."
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2023-06-2743 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastIntroducing the Five Points of Calvinism (TULIP Series)The TULIP grew out of the soil of a significant discussion and disagreement regarding God's role in salvation. Did God choose us because He knew we would choose Him? Or, did God choose us so that we would choose Him? This topic is worth many hours of our best mental efforts and prayers as we pour over God's word.
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2023-06-2649 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Church at Thyatira: Sinful Tolerance | Revelation 2:18-29Tolerance has been a chief virtue in our culture over the past couple decades, however, Jesus shows that tolerance can very easily become sin that threatens the very life of His church.
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2023-06-2354 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBiblical & Unbiblical Ways to Talk about God’s WillThe question, "What is God's Will for My Life?" is popular and often based on unbiblical assumptions. What is a better and more biblical way to approach this issue?
Does God Have Two Wills? Is it actually true that God has a will of decree and a will of command? What does Scripture really say about this?
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2023-06-2049 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThree Tactics of the Enemies of God’s People: Then & Now | Ezra 4:1-6God's enemies (both then and now) seek to...
Join God's people (v 1-3)
Intimidate God's people (v 4-5)
Politically stop God's people (v 6)
The basic idea behind these points (excluding their wording) was adapted from Don Carson's devotional book For the Love of God volume 2, January 4th.
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2023-06-1938 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Letters to the Churches in Smyrna and Pergamum | Revelation 2:8-17Smyrna and Pergamum are both experiencing attacks from Satanic opposition. Smyrna is holding fast to Christ, but Pergamum is beginning to compromise. There is much to learn for all Christians from Christ's letters to these churches!
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2023-06-1758 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastWorship Rekindled: Laying the Foundation of the Temple | Ezra 2:68-69; 3:7-13Here are the four sermon points for how worship is rekindled in Jerusalem:
They Gave Generously [2:68-69; 3:7]
They Worked in Unity [3:8-9]
They Praised Joyfully [3:10-11]
Some Wept Loudly [3:12-13]
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2023-06-1342 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Sovereignty Over SinFew issues are as misunderstood as the relationship of God's sovereignty to the sinfulness of men and demons. There are many dangers in discussing this topic because of how easily it can be misunderstood. Yet Scripture is not unclear about this issue and there are several important applications points that we all should apply to our lives by God's grace.
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2023-06-1249 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastEphesus: Have We Lost Our First Love? | Revelation 2:1-7The teaching team thinks that of all the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation, perhaps this letter to Ephesus would apply most directly to North Avenue. What a wonderful and fearful privilege to hear these words today! Have we lost our first love and passion for the Lord? If our love has waned, let us fan into flame that love again!
For Spurgeon's excellent sermon on the passage see the audio version here and written version here.
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2023-06-0957 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastTen Ways God is Sovereign Over SatanJerry, Mark, and Papa Fred didn't get a chance to cover these ten points in Sunday school, so they made an additional recording on Zoom this week to make sure they were covered.
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2023-06-0758 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Sovereignty Over SatanGod is completely sovereign over Satan. What does this look like in Scripture? How can this, perhaps strangely at first, actually be a great comfort to those who know Christ?
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2023-06-0648 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Altar Rebuilt: Obedience in the Midst of Fear | Ezra 3:1-6Here are the three points from the message:
The Altar Rebuilt [v 1-3]
The Feast of Booths Celebrated [v 4]
God’s Word Obeyed [v 2, 4-6]
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2023-06-0538 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastJesus Among the Lampstands | Revelation 1:9-20John sees Jesus in His glorified state and falls on the ground before Him. There is so much that is comforting and even fearful that we can learn from the description of Jesus in this passage. As Greg's quote reminds us, Revelation 1 describes "not what Jesus looks like, but what He is like."
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2023-06-0154 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastA Right View of Divine Healing & Following Jesus | Matthew 8:14-22Here are the main points to Greg's message:
Jesus displays His divine power
Jesus demands our full commitment
Jesus demands that we follow Him over all other obligations
Following Jesus today involves:
A devotion to knowing Him and responding to Him as revealed in Scripture
A devotion to obey His commands in Scripture
A devotion to conform our whole life to all we know of Him in Scripture
A devotion to His global church through involvement in a faithful local church
A devotion to His church's mission to multiply mature disciples in all nations.
You...2023-05-3043 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastSovereign Over the Womb: God’s Providence Over Infertility, Miscarriage, Birth, & DeathInfertility and miscarriage is trial that can cause deep grief. How are we to see God's goodness and providence in the midst of struggles to get pregnant or the sorrow of miscarriage and death?
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2023-05-2947 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Revelation of Jesus Christ | Revelation 1:1-8Revelation is an intriguing and perhaps surprisingly practical book. We plan to spend ten weeks this summer covering the first five chapters while giving special attention to the seven churches of chapters two and three. We hope you will find our meditation on "The Revelation of Jesus Christ" edifying!
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2023-05-2656 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastWhy Names Matter to God | Ezra 2:1-67Ezra 2 is a long list of names. We can be very tempted to skip over passages like this, yet they, like all of Scripture, are God-breathed and profitable. What can we learn from a chapter like this? We learn that God cares about His people and knows their names. He keeps track of their lives and their actions have eternal significance. Let us be encouraged! God has not forgotten you.
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2023-05-2344 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Sovereignty Over Sickness and Natural DisastersGod is creator, sustainer, and sovereign over nature. This includes natural disasters and illness. How can this challenging truth be a great comfort to the believer?
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2023-05-2249 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastWhy I Became Baptist . . . After Growing Up PresbyterianMark gives a series of the primary arguments and passages that have proved most convincing for him regarding believer's baptism. This is after growing up in a solid PCA church and now being a convictional baptist.
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2023-05-171h 05North Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Sovereignty in the Book of JoshuaIn this message we look briefly at glimpses of God's sovereignty and providence throughout the book of Joshua.
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2023-05-1650 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Leper, the Centurion, and Jesus | Matthew 8:1-13Here we observe Jesus interact with a many with severe leprosy and a centurion with a servant who is suffering greatly. We learn much about our Lord in this text!
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2023-05-1543 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Promised New Exodus | Ezra 1:1-11Cyrus is raised up to physically deliver Israel from exile and yet there is another future Servant of the Lord who will deliver us from spiritual bondage by taking away our sins.
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2023-05-0946 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Providence: The Drowning of the Egyptians | Exodus 14-15God's providence not only applies to the salvation of His people, but also incorporates the hardening and judgment of His enemies. While this may be a less popular topic, it is one that is clearly taught in Scripture and one that we must not ignore.
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2023-05-0847 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastEric Mason on Wokeness and Reparations: A Brief CritiqueYou can watch this video here and the full message here.
2023-05-0615 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThabiti Anyabwile on Wokeness and Reparations: A Brief CritiqueYou can watch this clip here and the full message here.
2023-05-0511 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastMatt Chandler on White Privilege: A Brief CritiqueYou can watch this video here and the full message here.
2023-05-0411 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastTim Keller on White Privilege: A Brief CritiqueYou can watch this excerpt here and the full message here.
2023-05-0313 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastIntroducing Ezra | Ezra 1:1-4Ezra is certainly one of the least read, preached, and discussed historical books of the Old Testament. What is the goal of spending the summer months in this rather remote part of Scripture? There is much for us to learn and grow from in this wonderful book! As we will see again, "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). [Image from here.]
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2023-05-0145 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastGod’s Sovereignty Over Pharaoh & the ExodusWe see God's sovereignty clearly in the Exodus event of the Old Testament, including God's sovereignty over the heart of Pharaoh.
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2023-04-2550 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBuild Your House on the Rock | Matthew 7:24-29How are Christians to think about introspection in regard to our salvation? Here are four marks we are building our houses on the rock.
Good fruit is growing from your transformed heart
Your outward righteousness is matched by inward righteousness
You know and are known by Jesus
You experience godly grief over your sin, not worldly grief
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2023-04-2445 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastI Never Knew You: Six Marks of a False Convert | Matthew 7:21-23Six Marks of False Convert:
The Beatitudes do not truly characterize your life
You obey God superficially and selectively to please man
The gospel is folly to you, not captivating
The Lordship of Jesus is a mantra, not a reality
Your faith is dead, not living
You do not experience joy and anguish regarding how others are walking with Jesus
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2023-04-1845 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastIs God Egotistical?God does everything for the glory of God. God also commands us to praise and glorify Him. Is this egotistical?
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2023-04-1748 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastEASTER: Doubting Thomas and the Risen Jesus | John 20:19-31We have the privilege of seeing the despair, grief, fear, doubt, and unbelief of the disciples come into the peace-and-joy-giving presence of the risen Jesus and His scars.
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2023-04-1041 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Upper Room: He Came Not to Be Served | John 13:1-12You can watch the message here.
2023-04-0842 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastDoes God Ordain All That Comes to Pass? | Providence (Week 2)The teaching team continued introducing the glorious and challenging topic of God's providence this Sunday.
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2023-04-0447 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBeware of False Prophets (Part 2): Eight More Marks of a False Teacher | Matthew 7:15-20Last Sunday we covered the nine marks of a false teacher. We pick up with point ten this week and cover eight more marks of a false teacher according to Scripture.
10. They fail to truly help people fight their sin
11. They exploit the sheep financially
12. They undermine the authority of Scripture…
By rejecting parts of the Bible
By tampering with God’s word
By claiming God has spoken to them when He has not
13. They preach another gospel (for example: by denying the imputation of Christ’s righteousness)
14. They teach...2023-04-0349 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastReflections on the Nashville Shooting at The Covenant SchoolThis is a brief reflection on the tragic shooting at The Covenant School, a Christian elementary school in Nashville this past Monday. These reflections were recorded on Tuesday, March 28th.
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2023-03-3117 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBeware of False Prophets: Nine Marks of a False Teacher | Matthew 7:15-20Here are Nine Marks of a False Teacher:
They disguise themselves as servants of righteousness
They reject the narrow way
They sound attractive to our flesh
They are often popular
They often allow idolatry
They twist Scripture
They often allow sexual immorality
They often deny God’s wrath
They speak like the world
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2023-03-2852 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Doctrine of God’s Providence: An IntroductionMeditating on God's providence involves some of the deepest thinking and applying God's providence involves some of the most all-encompassing application. This doctrine boggles the mind, warms the heart, and applies to all areas of life!
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2023-03-2750 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastWhat Does the Bible Teach about Conversion, Evangelism, & Discipleship?: What We Believe | Part 2This is the second part of our prospective members' meeting from Saturday, March 18th.
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2023-03-2555 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastChurch Membership & Church Discipline: What We Believe | Part 1This is from our prospective members' meeting on Saturday, March 18th.
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2023-03-241h 00North Avenue Church PodcastJ.D. Greear on Black Lives Matter: A Brief CritiqueYou can watch this video here and the full message here.
2023-03-2413 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Narrow Way | Matthew 7:13-14This is the sermon outline, which Mark borrowed from Voddie Baucham and Don Carson:
Two gates
Two ways
Two crowds
Two destinies
Here are discussion questions that go with the message:
Two Gates:
1) Have someone read Matthew 7:13-14. What are things that will change in a person who is truly born again?
2) Have someone read 2 Corinthians 5:14-17. What are ways Christianity in the South has tended to water-down the new birth?
Two Ways:
3) Have someone read Colossians 3:5-11. What makes the wide path so attractive and easy to follow?
4) Why is the narrow path so challenging an...2023-03-2136 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastLast Week on CRT: Responding to Tim Keller, David Platt, & Eric MasonThis week we wrapped up our cultural series, which began in September of 2022.
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2023-03-2048 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastFinal Romans Sunday School! | Romans 16We had a packed teaching team for the last message in the Romans series! What a tremendous 15 months this series has been.
2023-03-2052 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastDisney Plus on Wokeness and Reparations: A Brief CritiqueYou can watch this video here and the full message here.
2023-03-1711 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Golden Rule and Its Counterfeits | Matthew 7:12What does the Golden Rule really mean?
The Golden Rule does not mean that you treat others according to your own tastes and preferences!
The Golden Rule arises from a deep love for God
The Golden Rule is not based on how others have treated you in the past
The Golden Rule is not based on how others may treat you in the future
The Golden Rule is meant to devastate us and lead us to Christ
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2023-03-1542 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastA Critique of Tim Keller & Eric Mason: On Wokeness, White Privilege, & ReparationsThe teaching team wants to be clear that they are not critiquing Keller and Mason out of some personal dislike. Both Keller and Mason were pastors that they would have recommended in the past. Keller used to be one of Mark's favorite teachers to listen to and read. However, sadly, the woke worldview has begun to creep into their teaching and we now have serious concerns with some of what these men teach.
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2023-03-1350 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastJerry Ediger’s Testimony: God’s Faithfulness through 39 Years in a Wheelchair | Part 2Mark had the privilege of interviewing Jerry Ediger for a second time about his life and God's faithfulness. He has had diabetes most of his life and been in a wheelchair since he broke his neck at age 17. Jerry's story is an amazing display of God's providence throughout Jerry's many trials. Listen in and be prepared to laugh and be encouraged!
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2023-03-101h 01North Avenue Church PodcastJudge Not! | Matthew 7:1-6Matthew 7:1 may be the most frequently quoted and most widely misunderstood verse in all of Scripture. For that reason it is all the more important that we understand and apply it correctly! In this message we see what Jesus did not mean and what He did mean in this passage. What does it mean to not judge? When is it right to judge? What is the difference between a judgmental attitude and wise, biblical discernment? What does it mean to not cast our pearls before pigs? These are some of the questions addressed in the message.
You ca...2023-03-0739 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastReparations and Generational Guilt: A Biblical CritiqueReparations are now being taught by Disney as a kind of indoctrination to for our children. However, far more disturbingly is how popular reparations have become among the Evangelical world, including the Reformed world. In this message we hear from various evangelical leaders and the teaching team offers a critique of this view.
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2023-03-0652 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastPaul’s Ambition to Preach the Gospel to the Gentiles | Romans 15The teaching team covers Romans 15 which highlights the relationship between the Jews and the Gentiles.
2023-03-0648 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastAre Racial Disparities Due to Discrimination?It is tempting today to argue that all racial disparities in our culture are due to discrimination of one kind or another. But does this bear out with the facts and data? The truth is more complicated than that.
Throughout this message, the main point is that disparities are due to a wide range of issues. Even the last five minutes of the message are not meant to blame all disparities on the passing of Medicaid in 1965. These issues are complex, but the main point is to say that CRT is wrong to claim that all disparities b...2023-03-0357 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Significant Sin of Anxiety | Matthew 6:31-34Scott preached for the first time since October and shared a powerful message about trusting God in the midst of the uncertainties and trials of life. There is much we can learn here! Let us commit to respond to anxiety with God's Word and Spirit.
Here is the sermon outline:
The significant sin of anxiety
There is no reason to worry
What are you seeking?
Seven ways to fight the sin of anxiety
Flood our lives with what fills with faith
Live a day at a time
Unmask the sin of anxiety
Fight the sin with...2023-02-2844 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe New Religion of WokenessThe Woke worldview is spreading through institutions in the world including the church. It functions like a new religion in many ways. It is important that Christians are able to identify and reject its false assertions.
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2023-02-2746 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Weaker Brother | Romans 14The teaching team talks about how the strong brothers should show kindness to the weaker brothers.
2023-02-2747 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastAsk, Seek, and Knock | Matthew 7:7-11Included below are the five sermon points along with discussion questions for further reflection.
1) WE SHOULD NOT ASK FOR AN IDOL
How can we tell if we are actually beginning to pray for an idol? (Have someone read James 4:2-4)
2) WE SHOULD ASK HUMBLY
How can we grow in praying in humble dependence on God’s fatherly care? (Have someone read Matthew 7:7-11)
3) WE SHOULD ASK FOR MORE OF GOD
What can motivate us to pray more earnestly for more of God Himself in our lives and th...2023-02-2140 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBlack Lives Matter: Exposing Its False & Dangerous NarrativeThis week the teaching team builds off of the previous week and continues to expose the false and dangerous narrative that the BLM movement has created using Critical Race Theory as its ideological foundation. BLM promoted the motto "Defund the Police" which led to the tragic consequences of higher crime, including more theft and murder, over the past three years, especially for black and other minority communities in our country.
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2023-02-2047 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastLove Others and Make No Provision for the Flesh | Romans 13:8-14The teaching team discusses the last verses of Romans 13 and how love is the fulfillment of the law.
2023-02-2048 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastDo Not Be Anxious | Matthew 6:25-30Worry and anxiety are on the rise in our culture. We worry about all kinds of things and often think there is no way to win the battle. However, Jesus has something better for us than worry. Jesus gives us reasons to trust our Heavenly Father so that worry can be lessened and even destroyed as we learn to walk by faith in His promises.
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2023-02-1438 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastA Biblical Response to Black Lives MatterMark and Greg discuss the dangers of the BLM organization and also what has been misleading about how the statement itself has been used in our culture.
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2023-02-1347 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBe Subject to the Governing Authorities | Romans 13:1-7The teaching team discusses an important passage regarding how Christians should respond to and submit to governing authorities.
2023-02-1348 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastProvidence and Paralysis: Jerry Ediger on God’s Faithfulness through 39 Years in a WheelchairJerry Ediger was converted around the age of six, found out he had diabetes when he was ten, and broke his neck playing football when he was seventeen. The Lord's providence has been displayed throughout all of Jerry's life, and especially so during the last 39 years Jerry has had paraplegia.
We think you will be greatly encouraged!
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2023-02-101h 03North Avenue Church PodcastThe Anxiety Battle | Matthew 6:24-25Anxiety is something that we all struggle with in daily life. Jesus mercifully tells us how to battle it the right way by God's grace.
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2023-02-0742 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastHow Critical Race Theory is Controlling the Dictionary and NarrativeThe death of Tyre Nichols by the police in Memphis has been interpreted by many through the lens of CRT. How does this distort reality? And how does Scripture define key terms like righteousness and justice?
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2023-02-0649 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastLet Love Be Genuine | Romans 12:9-21The teaching team covers this wonderful passage of practical application. We discover more fully what true love looks like in this passage.
2023-02-0651 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastReal Racism vs. Critical Race TheoryThe teaching team discusses real racism that existed in our nation's past and still exists today. However, they also show that much that is being called "racism" and "white supremacy" today is in fact not. This is due to parasitic worldview known as the Social Justice Movement, Critical Theory, and the Woke ideology. These false beliefs have, like a parasite, redefined terms so that things are being called racism that in fact are not.
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2023-01-3150 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastTwo Visions, Two Treasures, Two Masters | Matthew 6:19-24Our eye must be fixed on the right object so that our whole body and life will be flooded with the light of truth. If we treasure heavenly things rather than earthly, and serve God rather than mammon, we will have a good eye and a life flooded with the light of God's truth and goodness.
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2023-01-3041 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastBe Transformed by the Renewal of Your Mind | Romans 12:1-8The teaching team discusses the beginning of Romans 12. Romans 12-16 is when Paul especially begins to apply all the theology he has covered so far in the letter.
2023-01-3051 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Doxology: All Things are From Him, through Him and to Him | Romans 11:25-36The teaching team covers the difficult phrase "all Israel will be saved" (11:26) and then spends most of the time meditating on the glorious doxology at the end of Romans 11.
2023-01-2547 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastStore Up for Yourselves Treasures in Heaven! | Matthew 6:19-21Introduction: Structure of 6:1-21
Jesus is not teaching ultimate self-denial
Jesus is teaching us to live for true and lasting treasure.
You can watch the message here.
2023-01-2442 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastLast Week on LGBTQ: What About Polygamy, Revoice, Side B, Sexual Orientation, Sinful Desire, and Practical Application?The teaching team tied up a few loose ends regarding the LGBTQ sexual revolution and ended with some practical application in how to fight our sin.
You can watch the message here.
2023-01-2346 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastAll Things For Good: Reflections on God’s Providence Over Liliana’s Life and LegacyHere are the questions Scott answers throughout the interview:
Could you start by giving us some big takeaways that you want us to walk away with tonight.
When did this trial begin with Liliana, and walk us through the opening day in the hospital?
You guys got the cancer diagnosis on Friday October 21st, could you walk us through that day?
Talk about Michael and how he responded to all of this trial. How has Michael deal with this all of this?
How has studying church history helped you face this trial?
People have told you that they d...2023-01-211h 11North Avenue Church PodcastWCA Chapel Message: The 50th Anniversary of Roe v Wade (1/22/73)In this message we discuss the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade this weekend (1/22/73). We also discuss three positions some believers can be tempted to take:
Pro-life but hesitant to criminalize abortion from concept to birth.
Pro-life but sympathetic about voting for pro-choice candidates (including those who are running on codifying Roe into law).
Pro-life but don’t feel it’s right to force my religious views on society.
What about…
Ectopic pregnancy?
Rape?
The fact that I'm a man?
Conclusion:
What does Scripture teach about the unborn?
How does the gospel apply to those who have a...2023-01-2034 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastLead Us Not Into Temptation | Matthew 6:13This message begins with an introduction answering three puzzling questions about Matthew 6:13.
Why is the line "for yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen" missing from most translations today?
Are we asking to be delivered from "evil" or "the evil one"?
What exactly is the meaning of "temptation" in this verse? The Greek word "peirasmos" (tempt/test) can mean at leastthree different things in the New Testament.
The heart of the sermon covers the following questions: What does it mean to pray "lead us not into temptation"? What does it mean to...2023-01-1639 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Need and Renewal of Reconciliation | 2 Corinthians 5:10-21Here is the outline for the message:
We see our need (v 10, 20)
We become new (v 11-17)
We seek to persuade (v 11, 18-21)
You can watch the message here.
2023-01-1045 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastFrom Lesbian Professor to Pastor’s Wife: Reflections on the Conversion of Rosaria Butterfield (16 mins)You can watch the full testimony of Rosaria Butterfield that was shown in Sunday school before the panel spoke here. While we disagree with Rosaria's use of the incorrect pronoun ("she") regarding her biologically male friend who claims to be a woman and the team had a few other disagreements, there is still much to learn about her journey to Christ and how she was so faithfully evangelized by a pastor and his wife.
You can watch this brief message here.
2023-01-1016 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Gentiles are Grafted In: The Wild Olive Tree and the Natural Branches | Romans 11:7-24The teaching team covers the middle of Romans 11 which deals with the Jewish people largely being cut off from the Messiah while the Gentiles are brought into the church.
2023-01-0952 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastUnderstanding and Responding to the Sexual Revolution as Teachers and Parents: WCA FacultyThis message was given to a group of teachers at Westminster Christian Academy on January 3rd. It relies heavily on Carl Trueman's material from The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. The shorter version of this book is titled Strange New World and Trueman's lecture series begins here.
Where are we?
How did we get here?
How can we invite our students to something better?
For a video of a message by Mark and Jerry covering much of the same material, see here.
2023-01-0350 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastJudgment According to Works | 2 Corinthians 5:10It is important that we as Christians understand the relationship between grace and works in regards to final judgment. It is very easy to go wrong in one direction or the other.
Judgment is According to Works:
For Everyone
Regarding Salvation and Condemnation
Regarding Rewards and Punishments
For God's Public Vindication
You can watch the message here.
2023-01-0245 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastWhy Christmas and the Incarnation? | Hebrews 2:14-18Why Christmas and the incarnation? Why did Jesus become human?
To defeat the devil (v 14)
To free us from the fear of death (v 15)
To make propitiation for our sin before God (v 16-17)
To become a merciful and faithful High Priest (v 17-18)
You can watch the message here.
2022-12-2529 minNorth Avenue Church PodcastThe Heart of Christmas | Luke 1:26-56Here is the outline of this Christmas message:
1. The fulfillment of God's promise
The giving of surprising grace
The arrival of a long expected King
The miracle of a virgin birth
2. The faith response of God's servant
She trusted in God's Word
She rejoiced in God's mercy
She meditated on God's providence
You can watch the message here.
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