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. 12h ago

    1 Peter 1:6-9 - Why do Christians suffer?

    We are in a series called: When Life Gets Hard and we are learning from the Apostle Peter, who was one of Jesus' closest disciples and he was one who knew suffering and experienced great persecution. He is writing to believers who had never seen Jesus, yet had a deep faith in Him, and He is encouraging them as they too were suffering and enduring trials. He is also including us here.  When I was a kid, my dad and I loved to go back packing, and sometimes we’d see amazing wildlife. And while hiking along he’d exclaim out of the blue, there they are. What? Big Horned Sheep! And I would be looking in the wrong direction. So he would take his huge hand and physically turn my head so that I would see what he was referring to.  Peter is taking our collective heads and is turning our gaze away from our present circumstances to an unimaginable future reality that God has prepared for us who love Him and are called according to His purpose, and that is our eternal inheritance. Last week, in vs 3-5,  we learned three great truths: • 1st: We have been born again with changed minds that desire to know and do the will of God, because we have a living hope based on the truth of Jesus' resurrection from the dead.  • 2nd: We have received an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade, reserved for us in heaven. • 3rd: We are being guarded by God's power through faith until the day our salvation is fully revealed. And because of that we can rest and be at peace when it seems like our lives are falling apart.  Peter wanted suffering believers to know that their future was secure because of what God has done for them. But that naturally raises an important question. If we have a living hope... If we have an eternal inheritance... If we are being guarded by God's power... Then why is life still so hard? So difficult?  Why do Christians suffer? Why does God allow grief, loss, disappointment, sickness, persecution, and hardship? Why do I have so many BIG emotions & triggers? The Christian life is lived between two realities: presently, we live in a fallen world with everyday struggles, and at the same time we long for our future home without the effects of sin in the glorious Kingdom of God.  REALITY! And while we wait for that glorious day, God is at work—preparing us for His eternal Kingdom and the vehicle for this includes various trials, not fun. Let’s read the passage. NLT this week 1 Peter 1:6-9 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. NLT

    41 min

  2. May 31

    1 Peter 1:3–9 - Living Hope

    1 Peter 1:3–9 Series “When life gets hard” Last week, we saw that Peter was writing to believers who were suffering, scattered, and struggling to remain faithful in a hostile world. And that has not stopped. For us in this country the hostility is not so overt, but covert, it's subtle, and we don’t realize it because we are not beaten for our faith, or thrown in prison.  by drawing people's attention from the truth to that which seems like truth.  Peter reminds us that following Jesus has always come with a cost. Our hope is not rooted in this temporary life/world—it is rooted in the eternal promises of God. We learned that our identity is not found in relationships, success, or the comfort of approval, but in the fact that we are God's chosen people and citizens of a heavenly kingdom. Shandel in whom christ dwells. Most importantly, Peter showed us that our salvation is secure because it rests in the completed work of the trinity, the Triune God: chosen by the Father, sanctified by the Spirit, and redeemed by the Son. No matter how difficult life becomes, as a believer you can stand firm because God knows you, God is shaping you, God sees you and God has secured your eternal future through Jesus Christ. (3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (4) to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, (5) who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

    39 min

  3. May 25

    I Peter 1:1-2 - When Life Gets Hard

    We are about to spend the next few months discovering…“How to stand firm and live faithfully for Jesus when life gets difficult.” I Peter 1:1-2  - right after James before 1 John which we did too. The letter was written around 64 AD, during the reign of Emperor Nero.  History: Written by Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ Originally named Simon  He addresses the letter as Peter, which means “rock”, the name the Lord gave him

    41 min

  4. May 17

    Prayer pt 2 - The Spiritual Battle of Prayer

    “Prayer is not preparation for the battle; prayer is the battle.” 2 Cor 10:3-6 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

    40 min

  5. May 12

    Lord Teach us to pray - PT 1

    Part one of two on prayer

    43 min

  6. May 3

    Violence, War, and the Christian’s Response

    Romans 12:17-19 Do not be wise in your own opinion. Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 1) Why does violence and war exist in the first place? Where did it start and why doesn’t God prevent it? Violence and war exist because of sin. We live in a fallen world and the prince of this world, Satan, has a period of time for which to lead people away from God, This is the reason we have violence and war in the first place, people choose to listen to the lies of Satan and evil ensues. What God created was good. What Satan distorts is evil. Satan is a liar, a deceiver and an accuser. The deception is that we can be like God. And because we think we can be like God, we think we can do whatever we want because we don’t understand the depth of our sin, our capacity for evil, and how far our sin has led us away from Him.

    47 min

  7. Apr 26

    Proverbs 9:10 The Missing Foundation

    Fear of the Lord !

    43 min

  8. Apr 21

    Q & A Gen 1:26-27 Created In The Image Of God

    This morning's message will focus on the core biblical truth that every person is created in the image of God. Our goal is for you to leave with a deep understanding of your inherent importance and significance to God. And to worship him fully  for In him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28)  To structure this discussion, we will answer six questions that have been submitted to us.  1. Scriptural evidence we are “made in the image of God”? Gen 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they (both man and woman) may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. This establishes that: humanity was uniquely created by Godhumanity bears God’s imageboth men and women equally bear that image

    40 min
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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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  • Creator
    Dr. Scott Sutherland and Mrs. Shandel Sutherland
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    150
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Alley Church
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