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For more resources and information from Anthem Church, visit us at https://www.anthemcolumbia.com/
For more resources and information from Anthem Church, visit us at https://www.anthemcolumbia.com/
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Marriage on earth is designed to be a tangible display of the Gospel. Listen as Pastor of Mobilization, Chris Kurtz, teaches from Ephesians 5 on the delight and depth we experience in Christ's pursuit of us and what this means for our marriages.
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The joy of the Christmas season seems to give us a small glimpse of shalom - of things the way they are meant to be. While the season is fleeting, we can delight in the fact that God has brought a true and eternal shalom to us in Jesus Christ. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through Matthew 1:1-17 on the lineage of Jesus, our long-awaited Prince of Peace.
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We are called to take hold of that which is truly satisfying, beautiful, and glorious - Christ Jesus. However, we must first let go of lesser things. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 12:27-43 on letting go of the temporary kingdom of this world to take hold of the eternal Kingdom of our God.
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If we lose our lives for the sake of Christ, we will truly find life the way it is meant to be. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 12:1-36 on the countercultural Kingdom influence that Jesus calls us to pursue above all worldly influence.
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In the story of Lazarus, we see Jesus demonstrate His love for His people and His power over death. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 11:1-54 on the resurrection of Lazarus and the life Jesus provides now and forevermore.
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When we pick up stones in our hearts to defend our agendas or ideologies, we forfeit the peace found when we pray for our enemies and allow God to enact His perfect justice and mercy. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 10:22-42 about anchoring ourselves in the secure hands of a good Father as we trust His salvation and not our own.
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We live in a world full of imperfect shepherds that lead us astray or have wrong motives. We can look to Christ as the only perfect Shepherd who laid His life down for us, took it up again, and triumphantly leads us into good pasture. Listen as Nick Sweerin teaches through John 10:1-21 on Christ as our good Shepherd.
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The God who created us from the dust came to earth to dwell among us. Not only can we know of this God, but through Christ, we can walk with and enjoy Him. Listen as Brandon Moore teaches through John 9:1-41 on Jesus healing the man blind from birth and how abiding in His Word allows us to receive sight from Him as well.
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What characterizes those who truly belong to God's household? Jesus teaches that our relationship with the Word of God indicates whether we are His followers. Listen as Brandon Moore teaches through John 8:31-59 on how and why we embrace the Word of God as our source of truth and freedom.
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When the darkness around us and within us is overwhelming, we can take comfort in God as the Light who came to penetrate the darkness. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 8:12-30 on Jesus as the light of the world.
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When the darkness around us and within us is overwhelming, we can take comfort in God as the Light who came to penetrate the darkness. Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 8:12-30 on Jesus as the light of the world.
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We have a God who desires to draw near to us. What is it that prevents us from hearing His voice? Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 7:1-13 on Jesus at the Feast of Booths and what we learn from this passage about how to walk in greater awareness of God's presence.
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We have a God who desires to draw near to us. What is it that prevents us from hearing His voice? Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 7:1-13 on Jesus at the Feast of Booths and what we learn from this passage about how to walk in greater awareness of God's presence.
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The words of Jesus have the power to govern reality. Our desires, on the other hand, make promises they have no power to keep. When we watch others walk away from following Christ and our desires wage war against us, how can we remain steadfast in following the One who truly holds life? Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 6:60-71 on seeking understanding in God's Word by faith.
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The words of Jesus have the power to govern reality. Our desires, on the other hand, make promises they have no power to keep. When we watch others walk away from following Christ and our desires wage war against us, how can we remain steadfast in following the One who truly holds life? Listen as Matt Dennings teaches through John 6:60-71 on seeking understanding in God's Word by faith.
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How do you define Jesus? Our perspective of Jesus drives our life. Yesterday, Nick Sweerin continued our sermon series in John 6:22-59 about Jesus as our ultimate meaning and satisfaction.
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How do you define Jesus? Our perspective of Jesus drives our life. Yesterday, Nick Sweerin continued our sermon series in John 6:22-59 about Jesus as our ultimate meaning and satisfaction.
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As Jesus multiplied the contribution of five barley loaves and two fishes to satisfy the masses, we can trust Him as we ask Him to meet the deep spiritual needs of the restless crowds that surround us in our day. Yesterday, Matt Dennings continued our sermon series in John 6:1-21 and encouraged us to contribute our skills and gifts in full dependence on Christ's provision and power.
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The uncertainty of engaging with the restless in our city, workplace, and campus can seem to us as difficult as venturing into the wilderness. However, as we see in Exodus, God has a history of going before His people in the wilderness and paving a way forward. Yesterday, for Vision Sunday, pastor Matt Dennings walked through Exodus 3:1-15 and challenged us to pursue renewal in our own lives as we remove the obstacles that hold us back from showing neighbors how to find life in Jesus.
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Every year, we like to pause for two weeks to focus on our mission and vision as a church. We believe that Jesus has defined the mission of the church for us in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). Yesterday, for Mission Sunday, pastor Matt Dennings distilled how Anthem's mission of helping people know, love, and obey Jesus parallels this important shared calling we have as believers.
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It is not only out of commandment or necessity or love for others that we are to share the Gospel with those around us, but out of love for Jesus. For he said, "the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Listen to hear pastor Brandon Moore unpack this further.
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What is your heart most dutifully committed to? When our greatest priority and joy is Jesus, we will find ourselves walking in the life of wisdom Proverbs describes. Listen as guest Jake Hering, Teaching and Equipping Director at Candeo Church, teaches on how we can tune our inner life with Jesus as our point of reference.
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We are responsible for our choices, yet none of our actions fall outside of God's sovereign control. God's control frees us from anxiety when our plans go awry yet also encourages us to pursue lives of significance for God's glory. Listen as Brandon Moore discusses wise planning as we pursue the ultimate will of God for our lives - becoming more like Christ.
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Nick Sweerin takes us to Proverbs 6:6-11 to look at the calling we have been given, the assignment we were created for, that is working the land that God has placed us in for His glory.
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How should we think about patriotism as Christ-followers? Though our ultimate citizenship is in heaven, we know God has providentially placed us in the nation we live. Matt Dennings continued our series in Proverbs as he walked us through how we can exercise patriotism wisely and biblically.
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When God created humanity, He didn't intend for us to go about our lives alone. We were created with a need for friendship; deep relationships with others that will speak truth in to our lives and show grace when it is needed. As we continue in our series through Proverbs, Chris Kurtz encourages us to look to Proverbs 17:17 as we go about pursuing deeper, truer friendships with our brothers and sisters.
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The tongue is a powerful muscle. It can build up or burn down others. In this week's sermon in Proverbs, Nick Sweerin teaches on the importance of having a tamed tongue, not one that causes destruction.
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Because we are completely understood by God, we can cease striving to be understood by others. Salt Company director Chris Kurtz continues our summer series in Proverbs and discusses how we can exercise wisdom in listening and seeking understanding.
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In a world where there is more information than ever before and knowledge is readily accessible, there is a decline in wisdom. In response to this we must live with God's truth applied to every aspect of our lives. Listen as pastor Matt Dennings begins our new series on finding wisdom in Proverbs.
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Church reminds us of and reorients us to the truth of the Gospel. When God's people gather, we are meant to encounter God through the retelling of His story of redemption. Matt Dennings helps us understand how we do this as a church as he teaches the value of 'Encountering God Over Personal Expectations.'
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God's plan for community is for us to embody His character through unconditional brotherly love. We disrupt God's design for community when we put on a facade of love, run after our own ambitions, or back out when it becomes difficult. Nick Sweerin walks through how to build community as he unpacks the value of 'Deep Commitment Over Shallow Connection.'
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Each of us have been given different gifts from God. But, we are not called to be selfish with these gifts. Listen as pastor Brandon Moore teaches on the next value and how we can use the gifts we are given to serve those around us.
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Revelation 7:9 describes a great multitude of people from every nation, tribe, and language standing before the throne of God. It is because of His love for all people that we too, as Anthem, value all of humanity over those that are just similar to us.
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In this week's sermon on our values, pastor Matt Dennings addresses how we engage with the culture around us.
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As we take a break in our series on the Gospel of John, we will be looking at our values as Anthem Church. Pastor Matt Dennings begins with the value of taking God's word over our own opinions.
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"And behold, Jesus met them and said, "Greetings!" And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him." Join us for pastor Matt Dennings' teaching on Matthew 28:1-10 and the celebration of Jesus' resurrection this Easter.
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How do we know that Jesus is who he says he is? Is he really Lord or just another teacher of good morals? Listen to pastor Brandon Moore unpack the answers to these questions as they written in John 5:30-46.
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In his sermon on John 5:18-29, pastor Matt Dennings speaks on the restlessness found in the world around us today as people try to define life without God.
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There are many circumstances we encounter that will leave us feeling discontent. But rather than focusing on how life could be better if these circumstances improved, we can find hope in the work that Christ Jesus is doing. Listen in as Nick Sweerin teaches from John 5:1-17.
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Desperation surfaces when we reach the end of our own sufficiency and often leaves us scrambling. But, Jesus invites us to bring our needs to him because he is always enough. Hear pastor Matt Dennings teach on this through John 4:46-54.
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We all have a thirst in our soul that can only be satisfied by God alone. But, we often miss the thirst of others around us and perceive it as a threat instead. Reading from John 4:1-45, pastor Matt Dennings teaches on how to help others quench their thirst.
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Bearing the weight of expectations is crushing, and only when we let the hero of our story, Jesus, take the load from us can our joy become complete. In this week's sermon, pastor Brandon Moore walks through John 3:22-36 to look at this more in depth.
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Being born into this broken world, we often seek kingdoms of our own desires. Yet no life other than life in Jesus will fulfill and we must be born again in Him so that we may find the kingdom of God. Listen as pastor Matt Dennings teaches on this and the rest of John 3:1-21.
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When the temple became impure, Jesus brought reformation to it in the forms of purification, promise, and pursuit of relationship and He does the same for our impurities and shortcomings. Listen as Nick Sweerin unpacks John 2:13-25.
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As we move along in the Gospel of John, pastor Matt Dennings takes us to John 2:1-12.
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We often attach ourselves to things or people that we believe will provide for us, a sense of heaven on earth. However, the only true heaven on earth comes from what Jesus brings to us. Listen in to hear pastor Matt Dennings unpack this more as he teaches from John 1:43-51.
As we move to John 1:29-42, pastor Brandon Moore reminds of us of the simple mission we have been given: to see Jesus and share Jesus faithfully.
Our series in the Gospel of John continues with Nick Sweerin teaching from John 1:19-28.
Picking up in John 1:6-18, Pastor Matt Dennings preaches on how we can see the glory of God in Jesus Christ and have life-change as a result.
Kicking off a new series in the gospel of John, Pastor Matt Dennings speaks from John 1:1-5 on what it means to truly be alive and how we have been invited into the true life by Christ.
Chris Kurtz, director of the Salt Company, teaches from Isaiah 66:1-2 on how acknowledging our need for Jesus prompts humility in our hearts.
Salt Company Associate Director, Than Drage, shares his on favorite passage from Hosea 1-3.
For the final Sunday of Advent, Nick Sweerin shares on the unconditional and compassionate love of God.
Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-9
The joy we get from Jesus' coming is more than just a sentimental feeling. It is knowing that God is in control and that He will provide for His children. Pastor Matt Dennings turns to Isaiah 40:1-5 to unpack more on this joy.
For the second Sunday of Advent, pastor Brandon Moore takes us to Isaiah 11:1-9 to look at the peace that is only found in Christ Jesus.
As we enter the season of Advent, pastor Matt Dennings speaks from Isaiah 9:1-5 on the hope that is found in Jesus Christ.
Continuing our current series with 1 Peter 5:1-5, pastor Matt Dennings teaches on shepherding the flock.
As Christians, we are told that we will suffer in this world. This is not a punishment from God but rather a result of the broken world we live in. But God has given us an opportunity to respond to our suffering that brings Him glory and today Nick Sweerin takes us to 1 Peter 4:12-19 to have a look at how we should respond to our suffering.
At the heart of being human is having passion. This passion greatly determines how we live our lives. In today's sermon, Pastor Matt Dennings takes us to 1 Peter 4:1-11 to help us grasp what it means have passion for the Lord and how we steward that passion.
In a world that is full of chaos, many struggle with finding peace. The darkness around seems to consume everything it touches. But there is a path to peace and that is Jesus. Pastor Brandon Moore, dives into 1 Peter 3:8-22 to look at how to use Jesus to bring peace to madness.
Pastor Matt Dennings takes us to 1 Peter 3:1-7 to help us get a better picture of what it means to submit.
Continuing the Living as Exiles series, Nick Sweerin tackles the difficult truth of submitting to human institutions in order to be Godly witness.
Pastor Brandon Moore takes us to the beginning of 1 Peter 2 to unpack our identities as exiles.
Pastor Matt Dennings looks to 1 Peter 1:22-25 to identify the source of love that drives the church and how we be a church that loves one another sincerely.
God has given us the great opportunity to run towards His grace and not be trapped by our own guilt. As we continue in our series, pastor Matt Dennings unpacks this further in 1 Peter 1:13-21.
In the third week of our Living As Exiles series, college ministry director Chris Kurtz, takes a look a 1 Peter 1:10-12 to talk about suffering in the Christian life.
Pastor Matt Dennings continues the series in 1 Peter with a look at the hope we have, as exiles, in Jesus.
Matt Dennings, pastor for teaching and equipping, kicks off the fall with a new series in the book of 1 Peter. In this series we will look at what it means, as believers, to be Living as Exiles.
Pastor Matt Dennings shares the vision of Anthem Church: helping people know, love, and obey Jesus.
Pastor Brandon Moore shares on the mission of Anthem Church as he teaches through 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 and what it means to make disciples that make disciples.
Taking a break from our Psalms series, pastor Brandon Moore, turns to Revelation 4-5 to encourage us to look to Jesus, the true king worth following.
Because of the the broken world we live in, affliction is all too common in our lives. But there is still opportunity to live radiantly for God. Nick Sweerin unpacks this idea with Psalm 34, as we continue in our summer series though Psalms.
Pastor Brandon Moore takes us to Psalm 133 to look at why it is important to be in unity under the Gospel.
Our college ministry director, Chris Kurtz, shares his favorite Psalm, Psalm 16, for our summer series through Psalms.
As our Summer Psalms series continues, Nick Sweerin preaches on seeing God's glory through Psalm 90.
Jake Hering, teaching pastor at Candeo Church, leads us through Psalm 100 as we continue on in our summer Psalms series.
Pastor Brandon Moore takes us to Psalm 127 to explore what it looks like to be whole people.
Guest pastor Daniel Hood, from Hill City Church, joins us to walk through Psalm 126 and what it means to find hope in the midst of struggle.
Guest pastor Troy Nesbitt, director of the Salt Network, continues our Psalms series in Psalm 32 and how to find joy in confessing sin.
Teaching and equipping pastor, Matt Dennings, kicks off our summer series in the Psalms by looking at Psalm 1 and how we can find wholeness in Christ.
The story of God and the Spirit of God enculturate the church to make disciples.
Proverbs 8, Matthew 28
Nick Sweerin
Why we need the church in our lives as a pillar and buttress of truth.
1 Timothy 3:14-16
Matt Dennings