North Avenue Church Podcast

The Beast who Makes War on the Saints | Revelation 13:1-10

We seek to answer five questions about this passage:

1. What is the beast from the sea? (vv. 1-2) [Rome? The Antichrist? Something else?]
2. When are the "42 months" wherein the beast exercises authority? (v. 5b)
3. What is the mortal wound that is healed? (v. 3a)
4. How does the beast obtain worship? (vv. 1-5)
5. How do the beast and saints seek to "conquer" each other? (vv. 6-10)

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Contentment vs. Discontentment: Sanctification Week 3

The battle for contentment is more important than we may often think!

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Make Disciples of All Nations, Baptizing and Teaching Them | Matthew 28:18-20

This is the last (and the 130th!) sermon in the Gospel of Matthew. We are thankful for this great book and for the Great Commission at its conclusion! The message breaks the commission into four points.

1. Go therefore
2. Make disciples of all nations
3. Baptizing and teaching them
4. I will be with you always

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The Red Dragon and the Woman in the Wilderness for 1,260 Days | Revelation 12:7-17

There are three controversies about this chapter that must be addressed before we can apply it appropriately to our lives.

1. Who is the woman?
2. What time period do the "1,260 days" (v. 6) and the "time, times, and half a time" (v. 14) refer to?
3. When is Satan cast out of heaven (vv. 7-12)?

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Humility vs. Pride: Sanctification Week 2

It has been rightly said that pride is our greatest enemy and humility is our greatest friend. While we will struggle with pride until the day we die, we can still grow in humility over time. But how?

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Introducing the Great Commission | Matthew 28:16-18

Our mission as the church is clear: We are to make disciples.

And the breadth of the command is global: Of all nations.

Three main points:

1. A Mountain in Galilee (v. 16)
2. Some Doubting Disciples (v. 17)
3. The All-Authoritative Christ (v. 18)

Application (adapted from John MacArthur):

1. We need to be present and available.
2. We need to worship the resurrected Jesus.
3. We need to go to Him with our doubts.
4. We need to humbly submit to and find great encouragement in His supreme authority over heaven and earth!

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The Woman, Her Son, and the Dragon | Revelation 12:1-6

We started back in Revelation for this summer's Table Talk series.

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Sanctification: A Critique of Second Blessing Theology in Wesleyan, Kewsick & Pentecostal Traditions

How we understand progressive sanctification and it's relationship to justification is a matter of great importance in the Christian life. Catholic theology falls into heresy by merging to the two together. However, "second blessing" theology has the opposite error of seperating the two entirely. The Reformed view (and, we would argue, the one Scripture clearly teaches) is that justification and sanctification must be clearly distinguished but never chronologically seperated. Justificaiton is a one-time event at conversion, and progressive sanctification begins immediately at conversion. There is no time gap.

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Hannah's Desperate Prayer for a Son | 1 Samuel 1:1-20

The message has four points on this powerful passage:

1. Sovereignty
2. Suffering
3. Supplication
4. Samuel

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Whenever Our Heart Condemns Us, God is Greater than our Heart | 1 John 3:19-24

John and Jerrry cover this encouraging text to finish the 1 John series until after the summer, Lord willing!

The Past, Present, & Future Meaning of the Lord's Supper | Matthew 26:26-29

This message looks back on the past meaning of the Lord's Supper seen in the Passover event and Christ's death for us. It then looks at present meaning the Supper has for the local church. It then looks to the future meaning as this meal points forward to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

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Love One Another (and Don't be Like Cain!) | 1 John 3:11-18

John VanDeLinde joins Jerry as they walk through a helpful passage about true love amonst believers.

Why Protestants Reject the Catholic Eucharist: A Critique of Transubstantiation

The Lord's Supper is yet another significant area of difference between Protestant and Catholic theology.

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Justification is by Faith Alone, but Not a Faith that Remains Alone

Justification is by faith alone, but not a faith that remains alone. We look at Romans 3-4 among other passages to show this truth in Scripture.

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Judas & Peter: Wordly Grief vs. Godly Grief | Matthew 27:1-10

Judas and Peter both betray Jesus on the same night, and yet one we admire and the other is infamous for his betrayal. What made the difference is how they responded to their sin.

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