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McKenna goes through James 4:1-10, and talks about what it looks like to reject the ideas of the world and what it looks like to have humility as a follower of Jesus.
Scripture: James 1:1-18
Raquel starts off the summer sermon series by expositing the first 18 verses of James focusing on trials we face and where we should be rooted.
To know God is more than knowledge alone. Hear what Taylor has to say about knowing God.
Meet Aaron! He’s a senior studying kinesiology, and the Lord has been speaking to him a lot about having a thought life that honors God. Working in a mental health hospital, Aaron has seen how our thoughts can lead us to dark places, especially during this time of isolation and uncertainty. If we can keep our minds in love with God, we can wake up every day knowing we have a reason to be joyful and grateful because of Christ.
Meet Sonia! She’s been a small group leader for 3 years, and she’s studying Family and Child Sciences!
Sonia shares with us her testimony, what the Lord has been speaking to her about, and why discipleship is so important!
Meet Anthony! He loves basketball, math, and Jesus! 🏀➕✝️ He graduated from NMSU in December, and he’ll be doing the CMIT Internship with us starting in the Fall! He truly believes that EVERYONE should do the Chi Alpha internship at some point. If you’re still not sure what you’ll be doing after graduation, check out why Anthony chose to give a year and pray about a lifetime in ministry.
Meet Lydia Land! This is her second year in Chi Alpha, and first year as a Small Group Leader. Right now, the Lord is teaching her a lot about prayer. NMSU Chi Alpha Intern, Ximena Tapia, interviewed her so we can all know her better!
Last week we looked at the parable of the Vineyard workers. This week, we continue looking at this parable wanting to know which attitude we live with - an attitude to minister or to be ministered unto?
This week, continuing our series on the mysteries of the Kingdom that Jesus reveals through the parables, we are looking at Matthew 20:1-16 - The Parable if the Vineyard Workers. There is so much to behold about the Kingdom in this parable that there we will be multiple parts on it! Listen in so you don’t miss out!
We have our special guest Jonathan Bryce, Chi Alpha missionary to Texas A&M, speaking to us about the parable of sower and how we relate to the soils in which Jesus is telling this parable. Sorry at the end of the sermon the recording is choppy, once again sorry for the inconvenience.
This week as we continue in our series of the Mysteries of the Kingdom, in Matthew 18:21-35 we take a look at perils of unforgiving people and what forgiveness looks like in our lives.
With Valentines Day about to be celebrated, we wanted to walk everyone through some questions regarding relationships like ‘why do we date?’, ‘Who should we date?’, and ‘when should we date?’ Join in as Sarah gives us great biblical insight into these questions.
This week, we’re looking at the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares in Matthew 13:24-30 and asking God to help us discern whether all or parts of our lives, actions, thoughts, or conversations act more as enemies or allies of Him and His Kingdom.
This week, as we continue letting Jesus share the mysteries of His Kingdom with us, we look at Matthew 13:33 to see what real relationships look like with friends, romantic relationships, and more importantly Jesus Himself.
Jesus said because the 12 disciples trusted him he could tell them the mysteries of the Kingdom plainly. However, to everyone else he divulged those mysteries in parables. One of the greatest mysteries people often have wrong is the heart and character of God. Listen in as Jesus’ parable of the lost things shows us who God is and what He is like.
Matthew 1:21. The story of mankind is brief indeed, and our appearance on the scene is even shorter still. One breath, and we’re done. We only have one short life, we might as well make it count.
Romans 15:1-7. Everyone here is different from one another.
We may have similarities, but by and large, we are motivated differently, we are hurt by different things, we see the world differently, and we value many different things.
But everywhere in life you and I are trying to find unity in diversity.
Relationships are two different people in one unified companionship.
Friends are different people trying to discover one same love and passion.
Coworkers are different acquaintances trying to work towards one same mission and vision. The question is, how do we create this unity amidst diversity?
As we come to the final two sermons of our Romans series, we’re going to talk about commitment because we all commits to things. We commit to relationships, to marriages, to organizations, to degree plans, to employers, to a set of ideas, and to many other things. The question is, regarding commitment, do we like what we get, but refuse to give what we have to give and therefore not commit altogether? Romans 12:1
Our guest speaker, Crystal Martin holds all of the following positions: Chi Alpha Cross Cultural Missions Director, Associate Pastor at Central Assemblies of God, and Director of the Network for Women Ministers. Listen in for a great night at Chi Alpha
The great commission is not a suggestion but a command for all Christians. Jesus longs for us to take real responsibility for His commands as King, not just consume His love as our Father.
Pain is something we all experience in some way. Jesus doesn't promise us that we won't experience pain, but actually lives a life that endures through all kinds of pain. So often we believe that we need to mask our pain or we find our identity in our pain, but rather we are called, by Jesus himself, to overcome any pain, through His victory over all pain and death.
Romans 8:1-5. We all know how it feels to fail miserably and hurt the heart of God by choosing selfishness again like a dog running back to its own vomit. We know how it feels to try to work our guilt out of us by doing good things, but the Bible says when that happens there is a banner we must always look at to find our way back to the Lord.
We all wake up with a sense of purpose for the day. Whether said or unsaid, we all do it. The question is, ‘what is it?’ And ‘Whose supreme happiness is it for?’ Continuing our Romans Series, Paul starts in 5:1-8 describing a christian’s future hope that determines our present habits - in other words, our daily purpose. If we call ourselves Christians, does Paul’s description describe us?
Romans 2:17-24. We all call ourselves something. The question is, what do we call ourselves, do we live up to, and is it even worth it? Listen with us and find out!
On Sunday, September 29th Chi Alpha missionary Taylor Cruz and our intern director Shannon Collins along with interns visited Las Vegas, New Mexico to speak at Victory Life Church along with visiting the University of Highlands. If you are interested in being a part of our Chi Alpha internship email Shannon: shannon.collins@xa-nm.com.
Through the cross, Jesus reconciles us to a relationship with God, a key aspect of the gospel. A relationship implies understanding, expression, and the very quality of being known. This week, we look at Romans in order to answer the question: How do we know we have seen God and why does it matter if we have?
This week we start a new series on the book of Romans - its main theme being how God, through Jesus, made the Gospel possible.
The Gospel and everything Jesus did to achieve it has many components, one of which is the subject of power. Our modern western society firmly believes power rests in our freedom to do whatever we want and say whatever we want, but we'll take a look at Romans chapter 1 to see if this is a full and accurate view of Gospel power.
We all have an inherent longing to make the world better, yet like many things in life we have failed to SEE WHAT or WHOM needs fixing in order for the world to actually get better. Culture tells us that we are basically good and that laws and science help us to become better people, but we have seen in history this isn't true. God has told us that we are all selfish and need to change our hearts over to Him in order to make a difference in the world.
We all have a wide variety of relationships to which we belong and give different levels of priority. Culture tells us which ones to prioritize even if we don't hear it, and Jesus says something about it even though we may not know it.
In our first series of the semester, 'They say, God says' we're looking at what culture says to us that we might not hear, and what Jesus says about it that we might not know. Tonight we look at three ideas about identity - our sense of self and sense of value - How culture says to find it, how we actually find it, and an identity that is received, not achieved. John 10:2-4
How can we go into the summer, leave community, or move on to new stages in life and not lose what Jesus has done in our lives? Find out in the final sermon from our Great Physician series this semester.
Everyone deals with doubt, which is actually normal. But, what we do with it and how do we practically handle it?
We all want things in life, but at what point does our want turn to greed and what are the effects of it?
On Sunday April 7, 2019 Chi Alpha Missionary Taylor Cruz spoke at Central Assembly Church in Las Cruces, NM.
Sunday March 31, 2019 Chi Alpha Missionary Alex Rodriguez spoke at Movement Church in Las Cruces, NM.
When times in our lives are hard and it feels like we're constantly going uphill, how can we not lose the vision of God?
A second-hand faith is better than no faith, but it can only last so long. Pilate came face to face with Jesus and we all have to as well.
A lot of us feel thay if we lost a certain thing or a certain someone that our life would crumble and lose meaning. This thought is at the core of insecurity and conceit. How does Jesus confront losing much?
Humans naturally hate mystery. Our rebellion against it has driven mankind to discoveries without ever ultimately removing mystery altogether. So how do we walk into mystery - the unknown - without fear, anxiety, stress, etc.?
Many people let their feelings decide their attitude, trust, and obedience to God. However, Jesus never marvelled at men and women of this type. Jesus marvelled at a man who's faith was independent of his feelings.
Jesus meets a man who had money, had position, and had prestige, but he longed for more - a change in being.
Continuing our Great Physician series, we look at how our society encourages the idea of starting things without the intent to finish and what Jesus' response is when people havent thought about what it takes to finish following Him their whole lives.
National Training Director, Alex Rodriguez, continues our series with Jesus addressing the issue of duplicitousness (two-faced people).