North Avenue Church Podcast

Unsaved Disciples? The Utter Necessity of Receiving the Holy Spirit for Salvation | Acts 19:1-7

Today's passage may seem somewhat confusing upon an initial reading. Who are these twelve disciples? How are they so ignorant of Jesus? Why are they re-baptized? However, there is much for us to apply from this text.

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What Happens After We Die? Death, the Intermediate State, and the New Heavens and New Earth | Sunday School

Christians often are somewhat confused about the difference between the intermediate state (what happens after we die before Christ's return) and the eternal Resurrection state that includes the New Heavens and New Earth. Listen in as we examine Scripture on this important topic.

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The Perseverance of the Saints | Part 2 | Must We Endure to the End to be Saved? | Sunday School

In our second week on this important doctrine we try to explain further why this doctrine is both biblical and extremely important to the Christian life.

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Learning from Apollos | Acts 18:24-28

Apollos appears briefly in three New Testament books (Acts, 1 Corinthians, and 2 Timothy) and played an important role in both the Ephesian and Corinthian congregations. There are 11 things we learn about them most of which can be applied to our lives in various ways.

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Seeing God‘s Providence in 1 Samuel 30 [9 mins]

Scott led us through a less familiar passage of Scripture and showed how we see God's providence in an infrequently studied story.

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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