Ada Bible Church Podcast

Pastor Aaron continues our Discipleship Journey series by exploring how the early church in Acts 2 learned to grow together after roughly 3,000 people said yes to Jesus. We discover that we were never meant to follow Jesus alone. We were made for a shared life that reflects the community of the Triune God. We learn that gospel joy drew the first believers around the table and fueled their persistent devotion to Scripture and to one another. We are challenged to lean into the community God designed us for.

Pastor Aaron Buer begins our new series, The Discipleship Journey, by exploring what it means to follow Jesus. We discover that discipleship begins with God’s grace, not our performance, and that following Jesus means more than learning facts about him. As we surrender our lives to him, Jesus transforms our desires, habits, and priorities to become more like his. We’re challenged to count the cost of discipleship and trust Jesus with every part of our lives as we follow him, grow together, and pursue his mission.

Pastor Luke Koskinen brings a message on the first word of Jesus’s public ministry: “Repent.” We discover that repentance isn’t a call away from the good life but an invitation to trade up, turning from sin and toward the King and his kingdom. Through the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl, we learn that Jesus himself is the treasure worth more than everything we own. We are challenged to surrender control, make repentance a daily practice, and turn to Jesus with joy.

Pastor Aaron Buer concludes our Spaces series by exploring The Temple, tracing God’s heart to dwell with his people from Eden to the cross and beyond. We discover that Adam and Eve were created first to know and enjoy God in the garden, and that God later asked for a tabernacle and temple so he could “dwell among them.” We learn that sin brought “access denied,” but when the temple curtain tore from top to bottom at Jesus’s death, it became “access granted” to everyone who trusts him. We are challenged to live as the temple of the living God, turning from whatever doesn’t reflect his presence in us.

Pastor Aaron Buer continues our Spaces series by exploring The Sea, the space of fear, through three scenes from Mark's Gospel. We discover that when a furious storm leaves seasoned fishermen feeling powerless, the answer isn't to stop the fear but to remember who is in the boat with us. We learn that the same Jesus who calms the chaos also has power over spiritual darkness and over death itself, freeing a man held by a legion of demons and raising a little girl to life. We are challenged to respond to Jesus with reverence and awe by trusting him, worshiping him, and obeying him, even when fear feels overwhelming.

Pastor Jeff Manion continues our Spaces series by exploring the Wilderness. As Israel faces three crises in the wilderness, we see how the wilderness can become a place where faith grows or goes to die. We discover that Jesus entered the wilderness in Luke 4 and obeyed where Israel failed, and his faithfulness is credited to us. Whether we're grieving, waiting, or facing an unexpected season, we're challenged to guard our hearts against complaint and replace it with gratitude, anticipation, and trust. The wilderness can be the very place where God does some of his greatest work in our lives.

Pastor Aaron Buer continues our Spaces series by exploring three encounters on the road—the lake path, the desert road, and the Damascus road—to reveal what it truly means to follow Jesus. We discover that Jesus doesn't invite us to bring him along on our journey but calls us to leave our path and follow his, becoming disciples who think, talk, and live like Jesus. We learn that God relentlessly pursues outsiders, moving toward anyone who takes even a small step toward him, just as he did with the Ethiopian eunuch on the desert road. We are challenged to embrace our identity as both disciples and witnesses, recognizing that wherever we are and whatever we do, our role in Jesus's mission is to serve and testify to who he is.

Pastor Aaron Buer continues our Spaces series by exploring Jeremiah's powerful imagery of the spring, the cistern, and the river to answer one question: where do you get your water? We discover that those who trust in the Lord are like a tree planted by streams of water, remaining fruitful and unafraid even in seasons of drought. We learn that our hearts are prone to forsake God, the spring of living water, and dig our own broken cisterns that can never hold what we need. We are challenged to sink our roots into God through his Word, trusting that Jesus alone offers the living water that transforms everything it touches, even turning dead places into places teeming with life.

Pastor Aaron Buer begins our Spaces series by exploring what it means to trust God in unfamiliar spaces. We discover that faith isn't a blind leap but confident trust in God's unchanging character and promises, even without knowing every detail of the path ahead. We learn that God calls us to radical dependence on him rather than self-reliance. We are challenged to trust and depend on God in the unfamiliar spaces we find ourselves.

Pastor Jeff Manion concludes our Saved series by exploring glorification—the future hope of complete salvation. We discover that our salvation isn't just past and present but has a triumphant future when Jesus will end sin's presence and reunite with us forever. We learn that the war within us still rages, but the promise of glorification motivates our sanctification today, giving us hope in the midst of suffering. We are challenged to reorient our understanding of heaven around Jesus himself and let the truth of our future salvation inform how we worship and persevere now.