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Matthew 5-7 contains the longest of Jesus’ collected teachings. Within it are some of the most well-known and quoted passages not just from Jesus’ life, or the bible, but in all of religious history. Not only is it the most well-known and quoted, but it is often the most misunderstood. In the book of Matthew, Jesus’ ministry begins with him preaching the “good news (or the gospel) of the kingdom.” It is here in the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus describes what life in this kingdom is like, how those who are a part of this kingdom of heaven should and can live. Jesus challenges our fundamental assumptions of happiness, righteousness, love, anger, obedience, and so much more. By this Jesus describes a kingdom in which true happiness, true righteousness, true obedience, true love can be a reality for us, on earth “As it is in Heaven.”

This week's message covers Matthew 5:17-48. This passage contains the key to understanding the entire Sermon on the Mount. The key is that the Kingdom of God requires righteousness, right relationship to God and others. However, Jesus is going to redefine righteousness, raising the bar for what God's commandments truly require so that we understand that the level of righteousness that we must possess can only come from Him, by faith in what Christ has done for us in his life, death, and resurrection. It is understanding that only Jesus is truly righteous that are free enough to walk with God in the Kingdom and grow to look more and more like him. 

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

Welcome back to another episode of our new podcast series, "Truth for Our Lives." Throughout this series, we will be addressing some foundational beliefs and ideas of the Christian faith and how they impact the way we live as followers of Jesus!

In this episode, Logan and Kenzie are joined by Kord Offenbacker to discuss discipleship, specifically the why and how to engage in deep discipleship relationships. Discipleship is a great gift that the Lord has given us to learn and grow in our walk with Christ in both being discipled and making disciples. This episode covers everything from why discipleship is so important, how to overcome common barriers and misunderstandings, and experiencing the unique joys of meaningful discipleship relationships over a lifetime. 

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

Matthew 5-7 contains the longest of Jesus’ collected teachings. Within it are some of the most well-known and quoted passages not just from Jesus’ life, or the bible, but in all of religious history. Not only is it the most well-known and quoted, but it is often the most misunderstood. In the book of Matthew, Jesus’ ministry begins with him preaching the “good news (or the gospel) of the kingdom.” It is here in the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus describes what life in this kingdom is like, how those who are a part of this kingdom of heaven should and can live. Jesus challenges our fundamental assumptions of happiness, righteousness, love, anger, obedience, and so much more. By this Jesus describes a kingdom in which true happiness, true righteousness, true obedience, true love can be a reality for us, on earth “As it is in Heaven.”

Within all of us is a deep longing for happiness. Behind everything we do, every choice we make, there is a hope and a desire that it will ultimately make us happy. Our greatest goal and desire is true happiness and satisfaction. Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:1-16, by describing that those who are in this kingdom of God are those who will be truly and eternally happy, or “blessed.” In this message, Brent Cummings, our Young Adults pastor, walks us through what Jesus describes true happiness looks like, and what effect this true happiness will have on the world. 

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

Welcome back to another episode of our new podcast series, "Truth for Our Lives." Throughout this series, we will be addressing some foundational elements of the Christian faith and how they impact the way we live as followers of Jesus!

In this episode, Brent, Kenzie, and Logan discuss what we often call "spiritual disciplines." They touch on the "why" behind the spiritual disciplines, why as Christians we stress the importance of frequent bible reading, prayer, and other things that fall under the category of spiritual disciplines. They also discuss some practical tips to prioritize spiritual disciplines to cultivate a life of spiritual growth and "walking by the Spirit."

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

From Genesis to Revelation, there is one theme that occurs time and time again, there is a place called heaven where the people of God will spend eternity with God. Even though the entire Bible seems to point us toward heaven, it does not seem to be the topic of many of our conversations, it does not seem to affect our day to day life. Why is this? If the entire course of our Christian life and all of history is heading toward followers of Jesus spending eternity in heaven, what does that mean for us right now? What will it be like? What will we do there? Who will be there? We aim to answer those questions in this new series, Paradeisos (Paradise), during this 3 week series, we will look at what the Bible actually tells us about heaven and why it is so important. 

In the third and final message of our series, Brent Cummings, our Young Adults Pastor, walks us through what the bible says about who exactly will in heaven. It is a question that is not as simple as it may seem at first, but the it is clear from Scripture that those who will spend forever in the perfect, glorious place called heaven will be 1) Animals, 2) Angels, 3) Believers in Jesus Christ, 4) Those under grace, and 5) God himself. 

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

In this episode, Brent, Kenzie, and Logan introduce our new podcast series, "Truth for Our Lives." Throughout this series, we will be addressing some foundational elements of the Christian faith and how they impact the way we live as followers of Jesus!

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

From Genesis to Revelation, there is one theme that occurs time and time again, there is a place called heaven where the people of God will spend eternity with God. Even though the entire Bible seems to point us toward heaven, it does not seem to be the topic of many of our conversations, it does not seem to affect our day to day life. Why is this? If the entire course of our Christian life and all of history is heading toward followers of Jesus spending eternity in heaven, what does that mean for us right now? What will it be like? What will we do there? Who will be there? We aim to answer those questions in this new series, Paradeisos (Paradise), during this 3 week series, we will look at what the Bible actually tells us about heaven and why it is so important. 

In this message, Brent Cummings, our Young Adult Pastor, helps us to answer the question, what will we do in Heaven? It is difficult to wrap our minds around eternity, what could we possibly do forever? Will Heaven be boring? We may tend to picture heaven as one continuous worship service. In this perfect place called heaven, we will be worshipping the Lord, because that is what we were made to do! We will also work, and we will enjoy rewards. More than anything, knowing what we are going to do in heaven helps us to know how we are to live now!

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

A few weeks ago during our "Red Flags & Green Lights" series, a few older godly men from our church spoke on a panel to the men of Fellowship YA answering questions regarding how to become a godly man. On this podcast episode, Logan Moss our YA Resident, AJ Jeffries, our YA Worship Pastor, and Brent Cummings, our YA Pastor, revisit some of the questions that were sent in that they did not have time to answer on the panel!

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

A few weeks ago during our "Red Flags & Green Lights" series, a few women from our church spoke on a panel to the women of Fellowship YA answering questions regarding how to become a godly woman. On this podcast episode, Kenzie Dowdy, our YA Women's Pastor, and Heather Patterson, our Connections Pastor, revisit some of the questions that were sent in that they did not have time to answer on the panel!

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].

When it comes to dating, relationships, and marriage, it can feel that we are often left with more questions than answers. Why do we marry? Who should I marry? How do I know when they are “the one?” How do we date? When do we break-up? How can I be content in singleness? As Christians, it is vital that we trust in Scripture as the lamp to our feet and the light to our path, listening to God and his Word rather than listening to what the culture and the world around us has to say about relationships. In this Series, we will answer what, why, how, and who to date as followers of Jesus in our culture and context.

In this message, our Young Adults Pastor, Brent Cummings, wraps up our series by answering the question, "how do we date?" In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul states that the will of God is our sanctification, or growing to look more like Jesus. If that is the will of God for our life, then that should guide us with each decision we make, especially in dating. Brent walk us through 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 to highlight some biblical principles that we can use to date in a way that prioritizes our personal holiness. 

We hope you’re encouraged by this podcast! If you have questions about our church or what it means to follow Jesus, we’d love to hear from you! Check out our Instagram @fellowshipya, website www.fellowshipar.com/young-adults, or send us at email at [email protected].