North Avenue Church Podcast

Wise in Our Own Eyes? | Proverbs 3-4

Jerry reminds us that we must trust God's word above our deceitful hearts.

Israel's Constant Complaining...and Ours | Numbers 11

Allen powerfully reminds us of our tendency to complain by comparing our hearts to the hearts of those who wandered in the wilderness for those 40 years.

Plagues 1-3: Blood, Frogs, & Gnats | Exodus 7:14-8:19

What is the theological significance of the first three plagues and what can we learn from Pharaoh's poor example?

Redefining Ministry Success | Exodus 7:1-13

All Christians are called to minister to others. Do we measure our 'success' by business standards that have crept into our thinking or do we measure our success biblically? In this message we observe the what, when, and how of true ministry success.

Confession: Temptation and Deception | Genesis 3

Jerry reminds us how temptation works through deception in our lives.

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Prayer | Exodus 6

Moses reaches one of his lowest points in today's passage and turns prayer. The Lord mercifully responds by reminding Moses of His promises and power.

Confession: Praying for Conversions | Romans 9:1-3

Scott tells a story that occurred during D.L. Moody's ministry that illustrates the power of prayer for the conversion of others.

Bricks Without Straw | Exodus 5

In this passage we see four different ways people respond to God's word: 1) Believe, 2) Disbelieve, 3) Believe for a Season, 4) Struggle to Believe.

Mark's Message at BCM (19 mins)

Mark shared at the BCM this morning about how all of us live with someone or something having the final word in our lives. Who is our final authority when it comes to truth? We looked at Jesus's final authority to find out what ours should be.

Confession: Frustration | Acts 27

Allen reminds us of how we can become sinfully frustrated when bad things happen to us. We must remember to practice what we really believe about God's sovereign goodness.

Moses's Strange Journey Back to Egypt | Exodus 4:18-31

Six different scenes flash before our eyes in just these 14 verses. One of them is especially strange. We look at five practical lessons we can learn from this somewhat obscure series of events.

[Mark mentioned that he adapted his outline from this sermon by Kevin DeYoung.]

Trials, Tongues, and Temptations | James 1 (7 mins)

Jerry read all of James 1 and modeled for us how to turn a passage like this into a prayer of confession.

What Does Paul Mean by 'Lest I Should be Disqualified'? | 1 Corinthians 9:27

After spending time trying to better understand Paul's warnings about apostasy in 1 Corinthians 8-10, we then turn with genuine grief to a recent example of unexpected and shocking apostasy in the life of Josh Harris.

[For more on this shocking and sad story, you can listen to Al Mohler here.]

Put No Obstacle in the Way of the Gospel | 1 Corinthians 9

Jerry, Scott, Mark and Tyler walked through Paul's example of giving up his own rights in order to make the truth of the gospel shine more brightly before others. There are things we must do, things we must not do, and matters of Christian freedom. Are we bending our freedoms to serve others for their good or are we letting comfort and convenience master us?

Shepherds, Sheep, Humility, & Pride | 1 Peter 5

Jerry, Greg, and Fred did a great job wrapping up 1 Peter. There is much here for us to learn and apply!