Edinboro Chi Alpha Sermons Edinboro Chi Alpha

It can be challenging to ask questions especially if there's a chance of being rejected, belittled, alienated, or insulted for asking. Luckily, we serve a God who isn't afraid of our questions, and who is always ready to answer them with grace, love, and compassion.

To close out the final Chi Alpha of the semester, Bri, TJ, and Cody answer questions submitted by you--the students. They look at how to love people who hurt us, how do we reconcile what the Bible says with what modern science tells us about the earth's age, how can I know if I'm operating in the correct gifting, and is the devil omnipresent?

We've all experienced the feeling of being offended at one time or another. Whether it was something a professor said, a family member did, a troll commented, or something we read in the Bible--we've felt it. Depending on the level of offense, it can be really difficult to move on from it.

This week, Jonathan and Kristi go through John 6. They discuss what the root of offense really is, the types of offense, and how we can work through it in a Biblical way.

It can be really easy to make a big commitment when conditions are easy; it can also be really easy to break that commitment when we no longer "feel like it." Many of us have agreed to plans with friends or family only to bow out at the last minute when the time arrives to make good on our commitment. Unfortunately, this tends to happen in our relationship with God as well.

This week, Bri and Tehya look at Jesus' question "Do you love me?" (Matthew 26:32-35; Luke 22:54-62). They talk about the significance of this conversation between Peter and Jesus, what it means for us, and how we can practically grow in our love for God.

Who are you? If someone were to ask the people in your life who you are, what would they say? Would they give the same answers? Now think about Jesus. If someone were to ask you who Jesus is, what answer would you give?

This week, Cody and Jared take a look at Matthew 16:13-18 where Jesus poses this very question to his disciples: "Who do people say I am? Who do you say I am?" They discuss the importance of truly knowing who Jesus is and how we can take practical steps to know him better.

Anyone who is alive had to be born, and each of us has a unique story to tell regarding our births. Whether you were born late, early, easily, with a lot of complications, in the morning, through C-section, etc., the basic facts are the same: you were formed in your mother's womb, she gave birth to you, and now you are here. Now that we are adults, we obviously can't undergo that same process again, so what did Jesus mean when he said we had to be born again?

Nicodemus asked the same question of Jesus in John 3:3-21: "How can anyone be born again when he is old?" For our special Easter edition of Chi Alpha, TJ goes through the Scripture and breaks down what it means to be born again.

The clip shown during this sermon is from The Chosen and can be watched here: https://youtu.be/_p2XIUK9VgA

The song played during the sermon is "Is He Worthy" by Shane & Shane and the lyric video shown can be watched here: https://youtu.be/1pBeDoSlUnU

Doubts are often treated as something we should hide or be ashamed of, but what if it didn't have to be that way? What if the way we handle our doubts is more important than the doubts themselves?

This week, Ally and Nicole sit down to discuss this very idea. "Are you the one?" is a question posed by John the Baptist in Matthew 11. Ally and Nicole take a look at the surrounding Scripture, share a bit about times when they've had doubts, and provide insights into the best way to move forward when faced with them.