North Avenue Church Podcast

The Perseverance of the Saints | Part 1 | Sunday School

The phrase "once saved, always saved" is true when understood biblically but has also been frequently misused and abused. We must have a more biblically balanced understanding of the perseverance of the saints.

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God's Sovereignty and Man's Responsibility . . . in Evangelism | Acts 18:9-23

God's sovereignty should encourage and reinforce human responsibility in evangelism.

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Practical Help for Sanctification and Spiritual Growth | Sunday School

Jerry, Mark, Scott, and Papa Fred discuss what sanctification should look like practically in our lives.

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The Challenging Beginnings of the Corinthian Church | Acts 18:1-8

In today's passage we see three challenges and three encouragements that came in the founding of the Corinthian church.

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The Doctrine of Sanctification | Sunday School

Mark, Greg, and Papa Fred began our time discussing sanctification by overviewing Romans 5-8.

Paul's Message at Mars Hill | Acts 17:22-34

Paul provides us with a masterful example of how to share the gospel with those who do not have a biblical worldview or even have much familiarity with the Bible. We learn much about how to engage our secular world from Paul's example!

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Presenting the Gospel in a Secular Age | Acts 17:14-23

In Acts 17 we have the longest message delivered to a completely pagan audience. There is much we can learn in our secular age!

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The Doctrine of Adoption | Sunday School

Jerry, Mark, Scott and Papa Fred talked about the glorious doctrine of our adoption into God's family at conversion.

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The Good News of Justification by Faith Alone | Sunday School

Mark, Greg, and Papa Fred talked about some of the practically helpful aspects of believing the essential gospel doctrine of justification by faith alone apart from our works.

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Becoming a Berean | Acts 17:10-15

Luke contrasts the jealous and prejudiced Thessalonian Jews with the more noble and teachable Berean Jews. This passage gives us much practical help regarding how we should listen to sermons and read Christian books. We should be like good Bereans who test everything we are taught against God's Holy Word.

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Paul's Last Words: I Have Fought the Good Fight | 2 Timothy 4

Paul's gives his final exhortation to Timothy before the end of his life. What is central? Persevere to the end!

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The Doctrine of Justification | Sunday School

Jerry, Mark, Greg, and Papa Fred discuss what Martin Luther called "the doctrine on which the Church stands or falls." This is the doctrine of how sinful man can stand righteous before a holy God.

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The Birth of the Thessalonian Church | Acts 17:1-9

Luke describes the birth of the church in Thessalonica. The sermon outline is as follows: 1) Reasoning with Proofs (17:1-3); 2) Reacting with Prejudice (17:5-9); 3) Repenting with Passion (17:4; 1 Thessalonians 1-3).

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Avoid Ungodliness by Preaching the Word | 2 Timothy 3:1-4:2

Jerry, Greg, and Scott walked through 2 Timothy 3 discussing a list of sins that will be prominent in the "last days" (which includes the entire period between Jesus's first and second coming). Only a firm belief in and commitment to God's unedited Word can help us fight these sinful tendencies.

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A Narrative of Surprising Conversions | Acts 16:16-40

Scott covers the story of Paul and Silas casting a demon out of a slave girl and singing in the Philippian jail at midnight which led to the surprising circumstances of the jailer's conversion.

Scott borrowed this title, along with Sinclair Ferguson, from Jonathan Edwards' book by the same name.

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