North Avenue Church Podcast

How can Christians think about politics and voting from a biblical perspective this election season? You can watch this message here.

We must put off the old man and put on the new man in Christ! You can watch this message here.

Here are six implications from this passage: The pagan state is a legitimate state The Church is transnational, not a theocratic nation Christians should be good citizens and give Caesar his due Caesar’s realm is not above or beside but within God’s realm Civil disobedience is sometimes necessary We must give ourselves entirely to God (Mark adapted points from Kevin DeYoung and Mark Dever.) You can watch this message here.

This is our last week on church and state issues in Sunday school. In this last message we attempt to show that natural law is how governments are to find their moral norms if they are not to be explicitly Christian. You can watch this message here.

On Monday, Greg gave a message to college students at our church for a BCM event. He discussed from Daniel 1 how to live in a pagan culture, as Daniel and his three friends experienced in the Bablyonian exile.

When Christ ascended to heaven He gave gifts to the church for the building up of the saints. You can watch this message here.

Scripture roots human government in a post-fall, post-flood world through the Noachic Covenant. You can watch this message here.

Paul urges us to walk, that is live our lives, in a manner worthy of the calling we have recieved in Christ. This is the turning point in Ephesians where the indicatives of chapters 1-3 give way to the imperatives of chapters 4-6. You can watch this message here.

This week we continue the critique of Christian Nationalism from last week as presented by Wolfe and Wilson. You can watch this message here.

Main idea: We are all invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb. How your heart is responding — even today! — to this gracious invitation of our great God and King is of eternal importance. Two Gracious Invitations and Two Unworthy Responses (vv. 1-8) An Expanded Invitation and a Third Unworthy Response (vv. 9-14) You can watch this message here.

This week the teaching team walked through Paul's second prayer in the book of Ephesians. There is much here to fuel our hearts and prayer lives! You can watch this message here.

Doug Wilson said, "If you want to attack Christian Nationalism from now on, and do so seriously, you're going to have to contend with [Stephen] Wolfe's book." That book is The Case for Christian Nationalism. Here we point out some serious problems we have with Wolfe's book. You can watch this message here.

Greg preached a sermon responding on Hurricane Helene. He references various passages of Scripture that show God's providence over storms in our lives, but literal and metaphorical, and how He has good purposes for His people in them.  You can watch this message here.

Paul writes, "To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ." You can watch this message here.

As we overview seven views of religion and politics, we spend most of our time on postitions four and five, which is where the vast majority of Christian leaders are today. What differentiates these two views and which view appears to be more biblically faithful? You can watch this message here.

Main idea: God is patient yet will eventually judge those who bear no fruit and reject His Son. The Failure of Israel (v 33-39) The Judgment on Israel (v 40-42) The Church and its Fruit (v 43-46) You can watch this message here.

We overview seven views of religion and government. We relied heavily on this helpful article by Andrew David Naselli during this Sunday school. You can watch this message here.

Main idea: We should humble ourselves and gladly submit to the authority of Jesus rather than outwardly claim to obey God while actually being enslaved to what people think. Jesus's authority displayed and questioned (v 23) Jesus's question about John's authority (v 24-27) Jesus's parable about obeying God's authority (v 28-32) You can watch this message here.

Paul has given up his freedom and become a literal prisoner of Christ for the sake of making Him known to the Gentiles. You can watch this message here.

The main idea: The Noahic Covenant is foundational for understanding the role of governments today. You can watch this message here.