Arundel Christian Church's Podcast

Pastor John delivers the next sermon in our Meaningless series.  We learn how trying to find significance here on Earth is meaningless, and how we can find true significance in God.  

Today marks the beginning of a new sermon series, Meaning(Less).  This morning's message, Merest Breath, reminds us of what truly has meaning in our lives and what is meaningless.  In the overall timeline of God's creation, our lives are like a mere breath -- temporary and quickly over, so it's important to learn how to live in true connection with God. 

Today we return to our Collide series with the final sermon "Holy of Holies."  This refers to the central room of the tabernacle.  Not even all the priests could enter here; this room was reserved only for the high priest, and even he could only enter once per year.  Being in this room meant being directly in the presence of God.  But now, WE have access to be in God's presence, because of Jesus' sacrifice -- how?  Through praise.  

Today we will interrupt our Collide sermon series to bring a special sermon called It's Time To Go!  Pastor Matt will discuss the concept of loving our neighbors as ourselves and how we can make that a reality on Go Big Day.

We experience the Holy of Holies, and the congregation will be divided up to visit the three different stations to see how the ancient priests worshipped in the most holy place. Join us to learn more of this holy tradition that was originally only meant for the highest priest.  

In last week's kickoff to our new series Collide, we learned about the layout of the Tabernacle -- the Outer Courts (for the general public), the Inner Courts (for priests only), and the Holy of Holies (only for the one High Priest).  Today, our service will be a little different than usual.  Instead of all the music at the beginning of the service, we will only have one song (a new one, don't miss it!) and then a very short sermon from Pastor Matt.  After that, the congregation will split and walk through various "stations" with elements representing the Lampstand, the Table of Showbread, and the Altar of Incense, so you get a sense of what worship was like in the Tabernacle.  

Today is the beginning of a new sermon series, Collide.  Today's message examines the tabernacle -- how it differs from a temple (they're not the same!),and how it influences the way we worship.  

Why is there so much suffering in the world—and where is God in the middle of it?In this message, we begin our “7 Myths of Christianity” series by tackling tough questions about pain, doubt, and God’s role in it all. Many people believe myths like “Christians are anti-science” or “God can’t be real if suffering exists.” But Scripture tells a different story.We’ll explore 7 reasons why suffering exists—and how God is not distant from our pain, but deeply involved. From creation to the cross, we see that suffering wasn’t God’s original plan, and it’s not the end of the story.God hears the silent screams—and He responds with truth, compassion, and hope.

Today Pastor Mike will examine morality from a biblical perspective and show how the existence of morality confirms the existence of God. 

Last week we heard from some unbelievers in the community about why they do not believe in God or, in some cases, why they were not sure.  Today, Pastor Matt continues our Beyond Belief series with the message Uncomfortable Truth, showing how we can apply logic and science to show the truth about the existence of the one true God.  We will also explore the role of faith vs. proof when it comes to accepting the truth. 

Today we will start our new sermon series, Beyond Belief, with an event rather than a sermon.  Today's message, called Understanding Unbelief, will feature a group of atheists (people who do not believe in God) in a discussion with our clergy and leadership to explain the foundations of their lack of belief in a religious system.  

Today's final sermon of the Trends series, Pastor Matt shows how clothing choices reflect faith and our culture all the way back from the Garden of Eden to modern times.  

Our "Trending" series continues with Pastor Mike's sermon Social Media & Cellphones.  You see them everywhere, all day -- people who can't put down their phones or stop doom-scrolling on their social media accounts.  How much is too much?  Pastor Mike reminds us that these technologies aren't evil, but must be used with wisdom and judgement.  During this sermon, we will learn some of the pitfalls of this technology and how to be better and wiser consumers.  

Today's sermon, part of the Trending series, is about Entertainment. Do you know how the entertainment you choose to watch affects your daily life and your relationship with God?  Join us at 10 a.m. to see how powerful media entertainment is.  

The beginning of a new sermon series!  Our new series is Trending, and we will be learning how to view the different trends of modern society through the lens of God's word.  Today's trend is technology, and we will learn how to filter the different technologies under our control (even AI!) through a biblical lens.  

Pastor Matt concludes our series "Majoring in the Minors" with the lesson Return to Me, studying the book of Malachi.  We will learn how we, just like the people of Israel, have turned away from God, and how we can return to Him. 

Pastor John continues our series "Major in the Minors" with the message "Rebuilding Hope" about the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. 

The Majoring in the Minors series will focus on the minor prophets Zephaniah and Obadiah, to show us God stays the same and stories of the past can be examined to get clues to how God is today and how he will continue to be in the future.  

Pastor Matt returns to the stage with the third in our "Majoring in the Minors" series -- God's Mercy vs. Human Resistance.  In this lesson, we study the next three minor prophets (Jonah, Nahum, and Habakkuk) and the common theme their stories present of how humans resist the concept of God's mercy being available to ALL -- even to those we don't believe are worthy to receive it, and even to US ourselves.  

Pastor John continues our "Majoring in the Minors" series.  Today we will study the minor prophets Joel and Micah to learn how God is always in control.