North Avenue Church Podcast

The First Missions Trip: Confrontation & Conversion | Acts 13:1-12

The Church in Antioch sends out the first official missionaries in church history in this passage.

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Don't Waste Your Singleness | 1 Corinthians 7

Mark, Jerry, Scott, and Fred discuss ways singleness can be used for the glory of God.

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Praying through Psalm 40 | Congregational Prayer

Scott helped us to pray through a section of Psalm 40 during our time of congregational prayer.

God's Good Design for Women in the Church | 1 Timothy 2:8-15 & Titus 2:3-5

Mark, Scott, and Papa Fred talk about God's count-cultural, often misrepresented, glorious design for women in His church.

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King Herod and the Love of Human Praise | Acts 12:20-24

Mark spent the first half of this sermon covering some of the history of the Herod family and then applied Herod Agrippa I's love of human praise to our own lives using John the Baptist as an example of one who loved God's glory more than his own.

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Praying Psalm 32 | Congregational Prayer

Greg led us as we prayed through Psalm 32 together in the service Sunday. It is a wonderful prayer of confession and forgiveness from the pen of King David.

New Members' Class | Week 3

During our third and final New Members' class, Greg walks us through our church covenant.

Ten Things Biblical Submission Does (and Doesn't) Mean in Marriage | 1 Peter 3:1-6

This passage flies in the face of the so-called wisdom of our culture regarding wives and marriage. Let us learn from God's Word what is best for us and let us live accordingly for the sake His glory and our good.

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Praying to a Sovereign God | Acts 12:1-19

God's sovereignty is both His total control over His creation and also His freedom to do with it as He sees fit in His infinite and inscrutable wisdom. As Psalm 115:3 says, "Our God is in the heavens; He does all that He pleases." This passages shows us how God's sovereignty is the very reason we pray . . . and why we should pray together more often and more earnestly!

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The Converting Power of Special Revelation | Psalm 19

Jerry shows us the power of God's Word to convert and influence the lives of others.

New Members' Class | Week 2

Greg Rentz continued leading our new members class through its second week.

Biblical Womanhood: Becoming a Godly Wife & Mother | Proverbs 31

Mark and Fred walk through Proverbs 31 and identify eight marks of a godly woman. She is: 1) Rare; 2) Trusted; 3) Hard working; 4) Compassionate; 5) Prepared; 6) Wise & Kind; 7) Admired; 8) She Fears the Lord.

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Six Marks of a Healthy Church | Acts 11:19-30 (4/11/21)

The birth of the church in Antioch is a momentous event in redemptive history. This church will be the sending church of the Apostle Paul on his first missionary journey. We learn six things about what made that church spiritually healthy.

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Giving Thanks to the Lord | Psalm 9

Scott reminds us of how important thankfulness is in both the Old and New Testaments.

New Members' Class | Week 1

Greg Rentz led through our first week of our new members' class.