The Moody Church Sunday Morning Podcast

Is Jesus enough? Acts 15 reveals how grace, not law, welcomes outsiders and transforms hearts by faith alone in Christ alone.Acts 15:1–35
  Jesus is the only and all-sufficient grounds of our salvation. The Controversy• Adding to the Gospel:Jesus + Circumcision + Law-keeping = Salvation  The Consensus• Drawing out the implications of the Gospel:Grace + Spirit + Word=Love  The Clarification• Transforming hearts by the Gospel:Grace + Spirit + Word=Love of God and Others  Takeaway: Jesus + Nothing = Everything

Acts 14:1–28 Following Jesus means facing conflict and cost. Acts 14 reveals how God brings lasting fruit through bold faith and shared mission. Five truths that prepare us to step out for Jesus:1: Face the Battle2: Let God Fight3: Keep Your Head4: Bear the Cross5: Share the Load Takeaway: “Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” —Joshua 1:9

Acts 13:13–52
 
Why do some people refuse Jesus’ offer of salvation? Acts 13 exposes how pride resists grace—and how humility leads to life.
 Jesus: Our Hero
• Jesus is the Hero of our history.
 Jesus: Our Hope
• Jesus is the Hope of our hearts.
 Jesus: Our Humbler
• Jesus is the Humbler of our hubris.
 Takeaway: The Gospel Dilemma: The consolation we require comes through the confrontation we resist.

Acts 13:1–12
 Why are Christians compelled to live on mission? Jesus sends us into a dark world where the truth of Christ brings salvation and freedom.
 Personal Burden
• We go because we love the lost.
 Divine Commission
• We go because we’re sent by Jesus.
 Spiritual Darkness
• We go because souls are in danger.
 Liberating Truth
• We go because Jesus is Savior for all.
 Takeaway: How will I join Jesus on mission in my world?

You Become Like What Your Worship”
Pastor Stephen Farish
December 28, 2025
Psalm 115:4-8; 2 Corinthians 3:161. Two definitions
a. worship: the right response of the human heart to God’s revelation of himself, which
response involves loving God with all we have and all we are by, among other things, seeing,
delighting in, treasuring, and obeying the Lord
b. idolatry: loving any person, thing, idea, or status more than we love (worship) God2. Psalm 115:4-8: Those who worship idols become like them (cf. Psalm 135:15-18).
a. idols of the heart (Ezekiel 14:1-5)
b. four questions to ask yourself to discern the idols of your heart (Timothy Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters (Dutton, 2009), pp. 167-170)
i. About what do I daydream?
ii. Where do I spend my money?
iii. How do I respond when I am frustrated?
iv. What are the emotions I find hard to control?
c. “the expulsive power of a new affection” (Thomas Chalmers, 1815)3. 2 Corinthians 3:16: Those who worship Jesus Christ become like him.
a. how this dynamic works in Christian souls
b. the bottom line: we desperately need the grace of God to stop making mud pies in a slum and start enjoying a holiday by the sea (C.S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory,” sermon preached June 8, 1942)