AUXANO: Recent Episodes
College + Young Adult Service
AUXANO is a worship service for college students and young adults that takes place weekly during the school year at the Dawson Family of Faith. If you’re ever in Birmingham, AL, on a Tuesday night, we hope you’ll join us as we worship through song, prayer, and the Word.
In your darkest hour, peace begins with honesty to God, trust in God, and praise towards God. There is no better model than Christ.
Through the Psalmist Asaph, Psalm 73 takes us on a challenging ascent of questions that find their resolution in the righteousness of God and His anointed.
Psalm 130 offers us a template for genuine confession, which begins with a cry for God's forgiveness and relies on the hope of God's promises and character revealed through Jesus Christ.
We fulfill the law of Christ when we live in interdependence of one another.
Galatians 5:25-6:10
Ecclesiastes is a daunting and puzzling book. As the Preacher narrates his vain pursuits and comes to terms with his mortality, we can learn to live wisely and look to Jesus who redeems the central conflicts of the human experience in Ecclesiastes.
Ephesians 4:17-32 // You’re a Christian now. You’re new now. This is not just a new set of beliefs, but a new life! // Cole Frier
Ephesians 4:1-16 // Holistic and sustainable growth is directly tied to relational depth with Jesus. // Jacob Pierce
God will remove the threat, renew the creation, and be with His people forever. // Blake Jenkins
Our God is jealous and deals with evil.
Our God is good and a strong refuge.
Our God is a bringer of good news and a publisher of peace.
Nahum 1:1-8 // Cole Frier
The book of Jonah confronts us. We see the worst in ourselves. We are Jonah. We are Nineveh. We are in need of salvation. Aren’t you glad God loves his enemies? // Blake Jenkins
Acts 1-4 // The church is the body of Christ, called out and indwelt by the Holy Spirit to dynamically testify to the resurrection of Jesus in word and deed // Jacob Pierce
Matthew 16:13-23
Blake Jenkins
To follow Jesus, we must clearly understand who he is (his person) and what he’s done (his work).
Luke 5:1-11
Jacob Pierce
Jesus redeems our toil and calls us to a life of devotion to Him.
11 Has a nation changed its gods,
even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for that which does not profit.
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
be shocked, be utterly desolate,
declares the LORD,
13 for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.
(Jeremiah 2:11-13 ESV)
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33 ESV)
God has designed marriage to be . . . between one man and one woman in covenant for life // a picture of the relationship between Christ and the Church // for a time // a foreshadowing of an eternal marriage.
Matthew 22:34-40 & Matthew 28:16-20 //
Go – in Jesus’ authority
Go – helping others to follow Jesus, initially and continually
Go – with the presence of Jesus
Go – out of love for God and love for others
Revelation 7:1-12 // Because there will be people around the throne of Jesus from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation, we must go to them to tell them about Jesus.
Guest speaker: Cole Frier
What we know:
God is good // We are limited // Jesus has set us free
Genesis 6-9
God grieves over and punishes sin
God gives grace and saves
God remembers and helps us to remember
Genesis 1-3
God – He’s the creator
Humanity – We are made in His image
Sin – The image is defaced, but not destroyed
How we’re together again – the sin-and-death-slaying life of Christ
Who can stand against? Jesus, but he’s on your side
Who can bring a charge? Jesus, but he declares you righteous
Who can condemn? Jesus, but he sets you free
Who can separate? Jesus, but he brings you in
Romans 8:31-39
STAND FIRM in the Lord’s strength
STAND FIRM in the Lord’s armor
STAND FIRM on the Lord’s ground
Ephesians 6:10-18
The book of Jonah confronts us. We see the worst in ourselves. We are Jonah. We are Nineveh. We are in need of salvation. Aren’t you glad God loves his enemies?
ALERT: it is possible to have the reputation of following Jesus without the reality // Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22
ALERT: False teaching can look slow & incremental -- tolerating things that are anti-Christ // Revelation 2:12-28; 3:7-13
Christian confession has two parts: confessing what we have done and confessing what Jesus has done // Psalm 51
We can see God's glory in his world. We can know God's will in his Word. In light of this revelation, there must be a response // Psalm 19
We are really just setting up 90-foot statues of ourselves all over the place, and then calling people to worship us // Daniel 1-4
God doesn't need your money. But you need to know that money is a poor god // Matthew 6:19-24 // 1 Timothy 6:6-11
God-worship or idol-worship? We all engage in one or the other // Exodus 32:1-8 // 1 Corinthians 10:6-11
Satan tempts to trip up and lead astray. God tests to build up and lead to Himself // Matthew 6:13 // Matthew 4:1-11
Cheap forgiveness is sweeping it under the rug -- Costly forgiveness is nailing it to the cross // Matthew 6:12 // Colossians 2:13-15
Because of the amazing love we have received from God, let us step into faithful obedience. // Philippians 2:12-18