The Alley Church Podcast

Dr. Scott Sutherland and Mrs. Shandel Sutherland
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There is a new little church in Quincy, California that is located in a Bowling Alley and we affectionately call it "The Alley."  We meet at 10:45 am and we are publishing these for our children 's minister and those who are vacationing. They are raw but they are real, so we hope anyone that stumbles across this the Holy Spirit will bless you.

  1. 4h ago

    1 Peter 4:1–6 - Living the Rest of Your Life for the Lor

    This message hits especially close to home for me because it ties directly into my personal story. While some of you have heard my testimony before, others may not have. I grew up in the church... Yet by my senior year of high school, my desire to attend church had completely vanished, I didn’t see the point. The reason was simple: I lacked a genuine relationship with Jesus and I just didn't understand it. I'd be happy to share more details later if anyone is interested, but after high school, I attended an intensive one-year Bible college in Montana. Two months before graduating, (catch that I was at bible school for 6 months) I committed my life to Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Within five months, a deep passion for Jesus was ignited in my heart, which eventually led me onto the mission field. However, after enduring several years of difficult trials, that initial fire began to fade, leaving me feeling disappointed, discouraged, and depressed. Bad things kept coming to me. Ultimately, overwhelmed by hardship and pain, I strayed from obeying Jesus and began to do things my way and chose to follow the ways of the world instead. What had happened?   SCRIPTURE READING: Read 1 Peter 4:1–6 from the NIV. Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. (2) As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. (3) For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. (4) They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. (5) But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. (6) For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit. How are you preparing for the road ahead? Peter’s message in this passage is to–Prepare Your Mind according to the will of God. I thought I was doing that for those 5 years, but I was not prepared for suffering.

  2. Sep 27

    1 Peter 3:17–22 - THE VICTORY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SUFFERING

    Because Jesus suffered, rose, and now reigns, we can suffer for doing good without fear—our salvation is secure and everything is under His authority. We suffer spiritual attack and we suffer human hurt and we question when bad things happen … if you will to good people. YET WE HAVE HOPE! Have you ever followed a game where one team seemed destined to lose? They lagged behind on the scoreboard, the crowd fell silent, and defeat appeared inevitable. Yet in the final quarter, the closing moments, momentum swings drastically, revealing that the scoreboard hadn’t captured the true trajectory of the game.  Daily life often mirrors this dynamic. Choosing obedience can make it feel as though you are falling behind. Honesty carries a price, forgiveness can leave you exposed to further hurt, and standing firm in Christ brings rejection. From our limited viewpoint, it often appears that evil is winning and we just suffer.

  3. Sep 22

    1 PETER 3:13–17 - Mirroring the Goodness of God

    1 PETER 3:13–17 NKJV And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? (14) But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”  (15) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; (16) having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. (17) For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. Vs 13 is both a fact and a rhetorical question. If you seek to do good, to be righteous, as a rule things go much better for you. If I obey the speed limit, I don’t get a ticket. If I am honest, I don’t go to jail for stealing. If I obey Biblical Principles, I am in the circle of blessing and things generally go well for me.  Next, let’s look at this word harm and the rhetorical question Peter is asking… who can harm you?

  4. Sep 16

    Special Speaker - Rylee Cooper Testimony

    Rylee Cooper is headed on a YWAM adventure and she is taking the opportunity to share her story with us.

  5. Sep 13

    1 Peter 3:10-12- THE LIFE GOD BLESSES

    Passage this morning will be  And we will start with 1 PETER 3:10–12 Last week we went through 5 qualities of a Christian: like minded, compassion for one another, we love as brothers and sisters, tenderhearted, and courteous. And today Peter supports those qualities by quoting Psalm 34. He shows us that the call to bless rather than retaliate is consistent with Jesus teaching when He gave His sermon on the mount. If we want to experience the life God intends, our faith must match with the things we say, what we do, and how we affect peace to those around us. To say it another way: It’s when our words, our thoughts and our actions align with what we believe. That is living a life of integrity. Vs 10, keep your tongue from speaking evil. The Greek is, restrain yourself. That means don’t give into it. What would cause yourself to speak evil? If you are angry or hurt because someone cheated you, took advantage of you, betrayed you, and or cancelled you publicly. These are moments for legitimate feelings that lead to anger and hurt. But what do we do with those strong emotions? What is in control? The flesh or the Spirit?  When the flesh takes over we fight back in the flesh. When we walk in the Spirit we view our wounds differently, as “light and momentary”. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms, Eph 6:12. Evil forces have banded together to hinder children of God to cause us to fight the wrong battle. And when we give into the demonic deception that people are the enemy, we fight in our flesh and fight evil with evil.

  6. Sep 6

    1 Peter 3:8-12 - The Christian's response to pain

    Have you ever been walking with a full cup of coffee when someone suddenly bumped into you? Coffee spills everywhere, and our first response might be, “Look what you made me do!” But why did coffee spill out of the cup? Because coffee was what was inside it. If the cup had contained water, water would have spilled out. Whatever fills the cup is what comes out when it is bumped. Life has a way of bumping us. Someone insults us, disappoints us, misunderstands us, or treats us unfairly—and whatever has been filling our hearts begins to spill out. Anger comes out. Bitterness comes out. Pride, fear, resentment, and grace come out. We may say, “Look what you did!” or “accidents happen”. What is inside? Whatever it is, is revealed when we get bumped. Maturity would say, I need to check my heart before God. Why am I feeling these strong negative emotions? Lord Jesus I want: unity, compassion, love, humility, blessing, hope, and gentleness to come spilling out, not whatever this is. Help ! The clearest evidence of the condition of our heart, is not how we behave when life is peaceful—it is what comes out of us when life bumps us, people hurt us, and we react. 1 Peter 3:8–9 Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing. Peter is saying “finally, to conclude my thoughts on this topic” of Christian relationships, I have these instructions for you, the Church, in Asia Minor. These instructions are for Christian’s. This is how every follower of Jesus is called to live.

  7. Aug 30

    I Peter 3:1-7 WHEN JESUS ENTERS THE HOME - Part 2

    Last week we began exploring what happens when Christianity enters the home. So follow along as I review. Biblical submission is not inferiority, keeping one’s mouth shut, being controlled, or enduring abuse; it is voluntary cooperation, and trust in God’s order. Peter urged Christian wives with unbelieving husbands to let their lives become the sermon. Christianity had changed the landscape for women. For the first time, women could worship publicly with men. Women were not equals to men at all, Christ changed all of this. Both got the Holy Spirit and gave both equal spiritual gifts to be used in building up the body of Christ. And in a short amount of time, the work of God transforming lives was just as powerful a testimony in women as it was in the lives of men. This was unheard of before Jesus! Peter is encouraging wives to win over their husbands by their behavior and the beautiful conduct of their new character in Christ. Ladies, where do get our value, worth, hope, beauty? Sadly, more than ever its from how we look and what we wear and how good our selfie filter is working, BUT it should not be…your inner self that is being changed by the Holy Spirit is your beauty.  Your new character is a trust in Jesus that is so gentle and quiet, fierce and confident in your worth in what Christ has saved you from, that God sees and smiles!!! Fear you’ve lost your hold on me!!! That wins husbands over. Fear of rejection, fear of being alone, fear of abandonment, fear of not being enough… GONE! Okay well, we are working on it…I struggle with all of those, but I see them as sin and unbelief…and I bring them to Jesus and do not expect my husband to be my savior, my rescuer, because Jesus is. He gets to play a part in my rescue because of the role that he plays when he is submitted to Christ. TODAY…

  8. Aug 24

    I Peter 3:1-7 WHEN JESUS ENTERS THE HOME - Part 1

    I Peter 3:1-7 WHEN JESUS ENTERS THE HOME - Part 1Last week Peter told us that following Jesus sometimes means doing what is right even when doing what is right costs us something. He gave us the ultimate example in Jesus Christ, And now Peter continues the same thought by taking everything he has been teaching us about following Jesus into one of the most personal and sometimes difficult places of all: our homes and our marriages. Peter has talked about our relationship to the government, our relationship to those we work for, and now our relationship to our spouse.  And that is where Christianity gets very real, because it is much easier to look like Jesus around people who only see us occasionally than around people who live with us every day. Our spouse sees us tired, frustrated, disappointed, stressed, irritated, triggered, and afraid. Marriage has an incredible ability to reveal selfishness, pride, impatience, control, insecurity and our need to be right.  Verses 1–2 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

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There is a new little church in Quincy, California that is located in a Bowling Alley and we affectionately call it "The Alley."  We meet at 10:45 am and we are publishing these for our children 's minister and those who are vacationing. They are raw but they are real, so we hope anyone that stumbles across this the Holy Spirit will bless you.

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    Dr. Scott Sutherland and Mrs. Shandel Sutherland
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    167
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