New Post Church

New Post Church
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Welcome to the weekly audio podcast for New Post Church in Fredericksburg VA where our mission is to Love God, Love People and Make a Difference. Our hope is that this podcast will encourage to the another step in your faith journey. Visit us at Newpost.church

  1. 5d ago

    Lukewarm Faith Isn't Faith | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    The most dangerous place spiritually is not always open rebellion. Sometimes it is comfort. It is knowing just enough about Jesus to feel secure while living as if we do not really need Him. It is having enough resources, success, routine, and religion to convince ourselves that everything is fine—even when our hearts have grown cold. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard closes our Dear Church series by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14–22. Laodicea was wealthy, comfortable, and self-sufficient. They believed they had everything they needed. But Jesus saw something very different. They were spiritually poor, blind, and exposed. Even more sobering, Jesus was standing outside the door of the church, knocking. This letter is urgent because lukewarm faith is not neutral faith. It is a decision to keep Jesus close enough to be familiar, but far enough away that He does not disrupt our comfort. We can attend church, know the language, believe the right things, and still live as though we are the ones in control. Jesus does not want a portion of our lives. He wants the whole heart. But the image of Jesus knocking is not a threat. It is an invitation. After all the compromise, comfort, and self-sufficiency, He is still there. He still wants relationship. He still wants to come in. The final letter of Revelation is not just a warning about lukewarm faith; it is a picture of relentless grace. Lukewarm isn’t a temperature. It’s a decision. In This Message: ► Dear Laodicea: Why spiritual comfort can be more dangerous than obvious rebellion. ► The Illusion of Self-Sufficiency: How success and comfort can convince us we do not really need Jesus. ► Lukewarm Faith: Why Jesus refuses a faith that keeps Him close enough for convenience but too far away for surrender. ► Jesus Is Still Knocking: The hope of a Savior who continues to pursue us and invite us into real relationship. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  2. Aug 6

    Stay Faithful in the Storm | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    Faithfulness is not measured by how strong you feel. It is revealed by what you do when your strength is running low. We often assume God can only use us when we feel confident, capable, and fully prepared. But some of the greatest acts of faith happen when we have little strength left and choose to keep obeying anyway. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard continues our Dear Church series by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7–13, along with the call in Ephesians 5 to live faithfully and make the most of every opportunity. Philadelphia was not described as powerful or influential. Jesus said they had little strength. Yet they kept His word and refused to deny His name. Because of their faithfulness, Jesus placed before them an open door that no one could shut. They did not create the opportunity through their own power, and no person could take it away. Their responsibility was not to force the door open. It was to remain faithful to the One who opened it. This is one of the most encouraging letters Jesus gave to the seven churches. He offers no rebuke to Philadelphia. He simply tells them to hold on. Faithfulness is not about how much talent, influence, energy, or strength you have. It is about what you do with what God has already placed in your hands. The storm may be real, and your strength may feel small, but Jesus is still faithful. Hold on to His Word. Keep carrying His name. Walk through the doors He opens, and stand firm in the place where He has called you. Stand firm. In This Message: ► Dear Philadelphia: Why Jesus honors a church with little strength but genuine faithfulness. ► The Open Door: How God creates opportunities that cannot be forced open or shut by people. ► Hold On: Why perseverance matters when obedience becomes difficult and strength runs low. ► Stand Firm: Practical ways to remain faithful, walk wisely, and make the most of what God has placed before you. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  3. Jul 29

    Making a Difference in FXBG and the Philippines

    Join us for an update from the Brazilian soccer missionaries and our missionary to The Philippines, Pastor Kelly, and see how God is moving and changing lives. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  4. Jul 20

    WAKE UP | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    It is possible to look alive and still be asleep. We can have activity without intimacy, reputation without renewal, and motion without a heart that is truly surrendered to Jesus. From the outside, everything can appear fine. The calendar is full. The language sounds right. The habits are familiar. But Jesus is not impressed by a reputation that is disconnected from reality. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard continues our Dear Church series by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Sardis in Revelation 3:1–6. Sardis had a name for being alive, but Jesus said they were spiritually dead. They were going through the motions, but the motions were not reaching the heart. They had the appearance of faithfulness without the life that should flow from it. This letter is a wake-up call, but it is not a call to earn salvation. Jesus is not telling Sardis to work harder so they can be loved by God. He is calling them to wake up and live out what salvation was always meant to produce. We are not saved by good deeds, but we are saved to good deeds. Real faith does not stay asleep. Grace does not leave us unchanged. The hope in this letter is that it is not too late. Jesus says there are still a few names in Sardis who have not soiled their garments. There are still people who are awake, still faithful, still walking with Him. And by grace, it is never too late to be one of them. Wake up. You were not saved by good deeds, but you were saved to them. In This Message: ► Dear Sardis: What happens when a church has a reputation for life but is spiritually asleep. ► Wake Up: How Jesus lovingly confronts empty religion, spiritual drift, and going through the motions. ► Saved To, Not By: Why good deeds do not earn salvation, but they should flow from a life changed by grace. ► Still a Few Names: The hope that it is never too late to wake up, return, and walk faithfully with Jesus. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  5. Jul 13

    Kill The Hippo | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    Not everything called love is actually loving. Sometimes what sounds like grace is really permission to stay stuck. Sometimes what looks like patience is actually passivity. And sometimes the most loving thing Jesus can do is confront what is quietly destroying us before it has the final word. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard continues our Dear Church series by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Thyatira in Revelation 2:18–29, along with the biblical call to flee from sexual immorality. Thyatira was not a church without good fruit. Jesus saw their love, faith, service, and endurance. In fact, He acknowledged that they were growing in some areas. But they were also tolerating sin and calling it grace. They had allowed sexual immorality to take root, and Jesus loved them too much to ignore it. This letter reminds us that real love does not look away from sin. Grace is not God pretending sin does not matter. Grace is God calling us out of what is destroying us and into something better. Holiness is not a punishment. It is an invitation. It is Jesus saying there is more for you than compromise, secrecy, shame, and temporary satisfaction. The hope in this letter is that Jesus does not only confront what must change. He also holds out a promise. To those who hold on, He offers the morning star. There is something far greater than what we settle for when we stop flirting with sin and start running toward Christ. Flee. Don’t flirt with it. In This Message: ► Dear Thyatira: How Jesus sees the good in His church while still confronting what is dangerous. ► Tolerating Sin: Why calling something grace does not make it loving if it keeps people trapped. ► Flee, Don’t Flirt: Why sexual immorality is not something to manage, excuse, or entertain. ► The Morning Star: How Jesus invites us into holiness, freedom, and something better than compromise. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  6. Jul 6

    You Can Only Have ONE King | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    It is possible to hold on to Jesus and still let the wrong things take root. Sometimes compromise does not walk through the front door with a warning label. It slips in quietly. A little addition here. A little exception there. A version of faith that still uses the name of Jesus, but slowly makes room for things Jesus never approved. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard continues our Dear Church series by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Pergamum in Revelation 2:12–17. Pergamum was a city saturated with idolatry, pressure, and cultural compromise. Yet in the middle of that environment, the church had held on to the name of Jesus. Jesus honors their faithfulness. But He also confronts what they had allowed to grow among them. They had stayed loyal in some areas while tolerating false teaching in others. This letter reminds us that the gospel does not need additions. Jesus does not need to be improved, adjusted, or combined with something else to make Him enough. Christ plus nothing is still the whole message. The moment we add anything to Jesus, we have not made the gospel stronger; we have emptied it of its power. But the hope of this letter is not just that Jesus warns His church. It is that He offers something better. He offers hidden manna. He offers the real thing to people tired of settling for spiritual substitutes. There is something better waiting for those who stop mixing Jesus with compromise and choose Him fully. The moment you add anything to Jesus, you’ve subtracted everything. In This Message: ► Dear Pergamum: What it looks like to follow Jesus in a culture full of competing loyalties. ► Christ Plus Nothing: Why the gospel does not need additions, upgrades, or substitutes. ► Quiet Compromise: How false teaching can take root when we tolerate what Jesus calls us to confront. ► The Hidden Manna: Why Jesus offers something better to those who choose the real thing over spiritual compromise. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  7. Jun 30

    Trust Jesus in the Pain | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    Not every hard season means something has gone wrong. Sometimes the pain we are walking through is not proof that God has left us; it is the place where we discover He has been closer than we realized. We often measure blessing by comfort, resources, ease, and escape. But Jesus measures differently. What the world calls poor, He may call rich. What the world calls losing, He may call faithful. What the world sees as weakness, He may see as endurance. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard continues our Dear Church series by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Smyrna in Revelation 2:8–11. Smyrna had very little by the world’s standards. They were facing pressure, poverty, slander, and real persecution. Yet Jesus looked at them and said they were rich. He did not minimize their suffering, but He also did not promise them an easy exit. He promised them something greater: His presence, His faithfulness, and a crown of life. This letter is for anyone going through something hard right now. The diagnosis you didn’t expect. The pressure that will not let up. The grief you cannot shake. The season that feels unfair. Suffering does not mean God has forgotten you. Sometimes it means He trusts you with something most people cannot carry. Jesus does not always remove the fire, but He meets His people in it. He sees what you are enduring. He knows what it is costing you. And He reminds His church that pain does not get the final word. Faithfulness does. The presence of pain does not mean the absence of God. In This Message: ► Dear Smyrna: Why Jesus’ words to a suffering church still bring hope to hurting people today. ► Poor but Rich: How Jesus redefines blessing, strength, and spiritual wealth. ► No Easy Exit: Why Jesus does not always remove suffering, but promises to be faithful through it. ► Suffering Well: Practical ways to remain faithful, hopeful, and anchored in Christ when life gets hard. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

  8. Jun 23

    Truth AND Grace | Dear Church | Pastor Brandon Woodard

    It is possible to be right and still be distant. We can know the truth, defend the truth, work hard for the truth, and still slowly drift away from the love that made the truth beautiful in the first place. That is the danger of religion without relationship. It can look faithful on the outside while something is growing cold on the inside. In this message, Pastor Brandon Woodard begins our new series, Dear Church, by looking at Jesus’ letter to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2:1–7. The church in Ephesus had a lot going for it. They worked hard. They endured. They had sound doctrine. They refused to tolerate false teaching. On paper, they looked strong. But Jesus saw something deeper. They had abandoned the love they had at first. This letter is a reminder that Jesus cares about both grace and truth. Truth matters. Doctrine matters. Endurance matters. But Jesus is not just looking for a perfect record; He is looking for a real relationship. He does not want a church that only knows how to be correct. He wants a church that remembers how to love. The good news is that Jesus’ correction is not rejection. His call to return is itself an act of grace. He names what has drifted because He loves us enough to bring us back. No matter how long you have been going through the motions, you can come back. You can return to the love that started it all. Stand for truth and walk with grace. In This Message: ► Dear Church: Why Jesus’ words to the churches in Revelation still speak to us today. ► The Ephesus Problem: How a church can be doctrinally strong but relationally distant. ► Grace and Truth: Why Jesus calls us to stand firmly for truth while walking humbly in love. ► Come Back to Love: Practical ways to recognize spiritual drift and return to a real relationship with Jesus. Next Steps: ► New to New Post? We’d love to connect with you: https://www.newpost.church/contact-10 ► Need Prayer? If you’re ready to tear down an altar today, our team would love to stand with you: https://www.newpost.church/care ► Give: Support the mission of making disciples by visiting: https://www.newpost.church/give ► Join a Group: Don't swing the axe alone. Find a community to walk with: https://www.newpost.church/life-groups Subscribe to stay updated on the latest messages from New Post Church. #Sermon #BibleTeaching #BibleStudy #Jesus #Christianity

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Welcome to the weekly audio podcast for New Post Church in Fredericksburg VA where our mission is to Love God, Love People and Make a Difference. Our hope is that this podcast will encourage to the another step in your faith journey. Visit us at Newpost.church

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  • Creator
    New Post Church
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    197
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