Chelten - a church of hope
483 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsChelten – a church of hope exists to worship the triune God, to nurture his family and to share his gospel of hope.
We are a community of people brought together by the Gospel—that God the Father cared so much for us who live in a broken world that he sent his son Jesus to be the solution for all of humanity’s needs so that his Spirit would live in us forever, we with him and with each other.
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God Bankrupts Greed - Micah: Walk Humbly with Hope
January 30, 2022 12:00 - 41 BytesHow much is enough for you in terms of money, or things? Are you content with what you have or do you find you always want just a little more? In this sermon pastor Bill addresses Israel’s idol of greed—our idol of greed. Not willing to co-exist with idols, God graciously guides our lives so that our greed for things other than himself will be bankrupt and our lives increasingly shine with generosity.
Repent and Remember
January 23, 2022 23:51 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBGod’s warning to the people of Jerusalem and Samaria through Micah was simple. “LOOK! The Lord is coming.” For too long they had allowed idols to coexist with God in their hearts and lives. Now, judgment was at hand. But the people are not left without hope. Micah reminds them that God is slow to anger, loving and compassionate to those who repent. In this first sermon of the series, pastor Jin challenges us to identity the idols we allow to coexist with God in our own lives; encourages u...
Repent and Remember - Micah: Walk Humbly with Hope
January 23, 2022 12:00 - 41 BytesGod’s warning to the people of Jerusalem and Samaria through Micah was simple. “LOOK! The Lord is coming.” For too long they had allowed idols to coexist with God in their hearts and lives. Now, judgment was at hand. But the people are not left without hope. Micah reminds them that God is slow to anger, loving and compassionate to those who repent. In this first sermon of the series, pastor Jin challenges us to identity the idols we allow to coexist with God in our own lives; encourages us ...
Spiritual Friendship
January 17, 2022 04:08 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBSpiritual Friendship | The Book of Proverbs (selected verses) In our very busy and individualistic culture, friendship often takes a back seat to productivity and tyranny of the urgent. During the COVID pandemic relationships with our friends has become even more tenuous. In this very timely sermon pastor Jin takes us to a handful of verses in the Book of Proverbs to show us just how important friendships are to our spiritual formation and why we need to work at cultivating them.
Spiritual Friendship - Chelten 2022: Prayer, Word, Community
January 16, 2022 12:00 - 41 BytesSpiritual Friendship | The Book of Proverbs (selected verses) In our very busy and individualistic culture, friendship often takes a back seat to productivity and tyranny of the urgent. During the COVID pandemic relationships with our friends has become even more tenuous. In this very timely sermon pastor Jin takes us to a handful of verses in the Book of Proverbs to show us just how important friendships are to our spiritual formation and why we need to work at cultivating them.
Take It And Read
January 10, 2022 04:02 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBEverywhere we turn we are bombarded with narratives that compete for our attention. In this sermon Pastor Bill encourages us to take and read the only source that can inform and transform us in 2022 - the God-breathed Scripture.
Take It and Read - Chelten 2022: Prayer, Word, Community
January 09, 2022 12:00 - 41 BytesEverywhere we turn we are bombarded with narratives that compete for our attention. In this sermon Pastor Bill encourages us to take and read the only source that can inform and transform us in 2022 - the God-breathed Scripture.
Slow Down And Listen - Chelten 2022: Prayer, Word, Community
January 02, 2022 12:00 - 41 BytesMessage from Jon Shepherd on January 2, 2022
Jesus The End Of Our Faith - Jesus: The End of Our Longing
December 26, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesMessage from Jake Fairfield on December 26, 2021
Our Longing For Love
December 20, 2021 04:23 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBIn the heart of every human that has ever lived, and is yet to live, there resides a deep longing to love and to be loved. In fact, Jesus commands it. What? Is loving on command even possible? Isn’t love something you feel? How can you love someone you don’t like, or someone you—hate? In this sermon pastor Jin takes us on a journey to discover just what Christian love is, what it isn’t and how we can love others well.
Our Longing For Love - Jesus: The End of Our Longing
December 19, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesIn the heart of every human that has ever lived, and is yet to live, there resides a deep longing to love and to be loved. In fact, Jesus commands it. What? Is loving on command even possible? Isn’t love something you feel? How can you love someone you don’t like, or someone you—hate? In this sermon pastor Jin takes us on a journey to discover just what Christian love is, what it isn’t and how we can love others well.
Our Longing For Joy - Jesus: The End of Our Longing
December 12, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesOur Longing for Joy | John 16:20-24 In his gospel John writes often about the joy that we have as believers and followers of Christ. Why is it, then, that many of us find joy so elusive and in such short supply? What is Christian joy, anyway? And, how do we get it? In this sermon pastor Jin takes us John 16 to find answers.
Our Longing For Joy
December 12, 2021 07:38 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBOur Longing for Joy | John 16:20-24 In his gospel John writes often about the joy that we have as believers and followers of Christ. Why is it, then, that many of us find joy so elusive and in such short supply? What is Christian joy, anyway? And, how do we get it? In this sermon pastor Jin takes us John 16 to find answers.
Jesus Is Our Peace
December 06, 2021 04:53 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBDuring this Christmas season we often see and hear the phrase, “Peace on Earth." Nations strive for it. Individuals long to experience it. But what exactly did those angels mean? What is, and where is, this “peace” they proclaimed on that starry night in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago? In this sermon Pastor Bill takes us back to this familiar passage to understand the real meaning of God’s peace that comes through Jesus Christ.
Jesus Is Our Peace - Jesus: The End of Our Longing
December 05, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesDuring this Christmas season we often see and hear the phrase, “Peace on Earth." Nations strive for it. Individuals long to experience it. But what exactly did those angels mean? What is, and where is, this “peace” they proclaimed on that starry night in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago? In this sermon Pastor Bill takes us back to this familiar passage to understand the real meaning of God’s peace that comes through Jesus Christ.
Our Longing For Hope - Jesus: The End of Our Longing
November 28, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesWe humans are chronically discontent, always longing for something greater to come. Why is that? In this sermon series our pastors explore the traditional Advent themes of hope, peace, joy, love and faith to peel back the layers of our discontent and uncover the true object of our longing. In this sermon pastor Jin explores the theme of hope by examining three realities: the troubles of our hearts, the promise of home and the pathway there.
Our Longing For Hope
November 28, 2021 05:02 - 39 minutes - 36 MBWe humans are chronically discontent, always longing for something greater to come. Why is that? In this sermon series our pastors explore the traditional Advent themes of hope, peace, joy, love and faith to peel back the layers of our discontent and uncover the true object of our longing. In this sermon pastor Jin explores the theme of hope by examining three realities: the troubles of our hearts, the promise of home and the pathway there.
Christian Warfare
November 22, 2021 00:55 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBAfter giving the Ephesians an array of instructions for Christian living Paul makes a sober turn from domestic affairs to darker, cosmic, ones. He knows their real struggle is not against human enemies, but spiritual ones. In this sermon pastor Jin leads us through a serious, but balanced review of the important topic of spiritual warfare—and the armor and weaponry God graciously equips us with us as believers.
Christian Warfare - Ephesians: One Church
November 21, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesAfter giving the Ephesians an array of instructions for Christian living Paul makes a sober turn from domestic affairs to darker, cosmic, ones. He knows their real struggle is not against human enemies, but spiritual ones. In this sermon pastor Jin leads us through a serious, but balanced review of the important topic of spiritual warfare—and the armor and weaponry God graciously equips us with us as believers.
Subversive Submission - Ephesians: One Church
November 14, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesSubversive Submission | Ephesians 5:21-6:9 Paul writes that as believers we must submit to each other out of reverence to Christ. In this sermon pastor Bill unpacks what that means for us relationally in our marriages, in our families and in our work. Mutual submission puts the needs of others ahead of our own.
Subversive Submission
November 14, 2021 07:01 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB> Subversive Submission | Ephesians 5:21-6:9 > Paul writes that as believers we must submit to each other out of reverence to Christ. In this sermon pastor Bill unpacks what that means for us relationally in our marriages, in our families and in our work. Mutual submission puts the needs of others ahead of our own.
Living Wisely - Ephesians: One Church
November 07, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesLiving wisely | Ephesians 5:3-20 How can we live wisely as followers of Christ? What does it mean for us to put off our old selves and put on our new ones? In this sermon pastor Jin explores our metamorphosis as believers from lives of ruthless and aggressive self-seeking to ones marked by self-donation as we become our true redeemed selves.
Living Wisely
November 07, 2021 04:14 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBLiving wisely | Ephesians 5:3-20 How can we live wisely as followers of Christ? What does it mean for us to put off our old selves and put on our new ones? In this sermon pastor Jin explores our metamorphosis as believers from lives of ruthless and aggressive self-seeking to ones marked by self-donation as we become our true redeemed selves.
I Am Means I Must - Ephesians: One Church
October 31, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesRecounting the amazing things God has done for us and to us, the first three chapters of Ephesians tell us who we are as believers in Christ. We are richly blessed and eternally secure. As we continue our move into chapter four, Pastor Bill sketches the ways that our new identity changes how we live. We cannot receive God’s affirmation without robust obedience to God’s commands. His ways point us to the new creation already planted in our hearts by grace.
I Am Means I Must
October 31, 2021 04:36 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBRecounting the amazing things God has done for us and to us, the first three chapters of Ephesians tell us who we are as believers in Christ. We are richly blessed and eternally secure. As we continue our move into chapter four, Pastor Bill sketches the ways that our new identity changes how we live. We cannot receive God’s affirmation without robust obedience to God’s commands. His ways point us to the new creation already planted in our hearts by grace.
Maturity Through Unity And Diversity - Ephesians: One Church
October 24, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesGod gave each of us spiritual gifts. But we mustn’t mistake spiritual gifting for spiritual maturity. Discover why as pastor Jin implores us to saturate our lives with the gospel, reminds us of the unity that we have in the Spirit, and challenges us to use our diverse gifs for the benefit of others. After all, church is not just for ourselves!
Maturity Through Unity And Diversity
October 24, 2021 05:48 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBGod gave each of us spiritual gifts. But we mustn’t mistake spiritual gifting for spiritual maturity. Discover why as pastor Jin implores us to saturate our lives with the gospel, reminds us of the unity that we have in the Spirit, and challenges us to use our diverse gifs for the benefit of others. After all, church is not just for ourselves!
The Pivot to Practice (with guest speaker, Dr. John Currie)
October 17, 2021 12:43 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBThe Pivot to Practice | Ephesians 3:14-21 As the apostle pivots his letter from the precepts of who we are in Christ to the practice of growing in maturity to his likeness, Paul pauses to pray for his readers. Guest speaker, Dr. John Currie unpacks this essential and moving prayer to reveal three things we need in order to pivot: passion for maturity, power for maturity and to know the path to maturity.
The Pivot to Practice - Ephesians: One Church
October 17, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesAs the apostle pivots his letter from the precepts of who we are in Christ to the practice of growing in maturity to his likeness, Paul pauses to pray for his readers. Guest speaker, Dr. John Currie unpacks this essential and moving prayer to reveal three things we need in order to pivot: passion for maturity, power for maturity and to know the path to maturity.
The Mystery Of Grace And The Church - Ephesians: One Church
October 10, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesMessage from Jin Lee on October 10, 2021
No More Walls
October 03, 2021 23:39 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBDiverse groups of people with opposing views will readily lay aside their differences and rally together around a greater, deeply-held, passion. Shared passions tear down walls of division. But when shared passions fail, when they wain, we quickly rebuild the walls. In this sermon Pastor Shep speaks to us about a shared passion that will not fail, or wain. The dividing wall is down for good. And if God broke down the wall, who are we to try and rebuild it?
No More Walls - Ephesians: One Church
October 03, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesDiverse groups of people with opposing views will readily lay aside their differences and rally together around a greater, deeply-held, passion. Shared passions tear down walls of division. But when shared passions fail, when they wain, we quickly rebuild the walls. In this sermon Pastor Shep speaks to us about a shared passion that will not fail, or wain. The dividing wall is down for good. And if God broke down the wall, who are we to try and rebuild it?
New Life In Christ - Ephesians: One Church
September 26, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesYou know how weight-loss commercials and ads include those before and after images? Well, in chapter two the author of Ephesians gives us just that, a before-Christ image and an after-Christ image. The “before” image shows us as dead in our sin; dead in a secular culture that blurs right and wrong and dead in a pervasive self-centeredness that pollutes even the good we do with a curve inward. As appalling as our before-Christ image is, our after-Christ image is beautiful beyond description. G...
New Life In Christ
September 26, 2021 05:51 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB09/26/2021 You know how weight-loss commercials and ads include those before and after images? Well, in chapter two the author of Ephesians gives us just that, a before-Christ image and an after-Christ image. The “before” image shows us as dead in our sin; dead in a secular culture that blurs right and wrong and dead in a pervasive self-centeredness that pollutes even the good we do with a curve inward. As appalling as our before-Christ image is, our after-Christ image is beautiful beyond d...
Knowing God Better - Ephesians: One Church
September 19, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesIn this Sermon Pastor Bill spells out from Ephesians 1:15-23 why knowing God is enough. It's more than enough.
God's Master Plan
September 13, 2021 01:20 - 37 minutes - 42.6 MBPaul wrote this letter to a group of gentile believers in Ephesus who recently left a of cult emperor worship to become followers of Christ. In chapters 1-2 Paul presents foundational truths about who we are in Christ and the riches of our new relationship with God and each other. In Christ God created us into one new humanity, one church. Walls that divided us no longer stand. In chapters 4-6 Paul gives us very practical instructions about living as one humanity, not just for ourselves, bu...
God's Master Plan - Ephesians: One Church
September 12, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesPaul wrote this letter to a group of gentile believers in Ephesus who recently left a of cult emperor worship to become followers of Christ. In chapters 1-2 Paul presents foundational truths about who we are in Christ and the riches of our new relationship with God and each other. In Christ God created us into one new humanity, one church. Walls that divided us no longer stand. In chapters 4-6 Paul gives us very practical instructions about living as one humanity, not just for ourselves, but ...
Keep Running the Race
September 05, 2021 17:42 - 37 minutes - 43.1 MBFor the last nine Sundays our pastors have surrounded us with examples of men and women whose faith moved them to obedience. In a sense, these witnesses have urged and cheered for us to run the races of faith that God marked out for each of us. In this final sermon in the series pastor Bill breaks down our faith marathon strategies into three points: preparation, perseverance and focus. Whether we're poised at the starting line, experiencing a runner’s high on mile 19 or have the finish lin...
Keep Running the Race - Faith That Moves
September 05, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesFor the last nine Sundays our pastors have surrounded us with examples of men and women whose faith moved them to obedience. These witnesses have urged and cheered for us to run the races of faith that God marked out for each of us. In this final sermon in the series, Pastor Bill breaks down our faith marathon into three strategies: preparation, perseverance, and focus. Whether we're poised at the starting line, experiencing a runner’s high, or have the finish line in view, finding joy in Je...
Seasons of Faith: Triumph, Trial, and Fulfillment
August 29, 2021 14:50 - 35 minutes - 40.4 MBIn the sermon series, Faith that Moves, our pastors examine the men and women of faith highlighted in Hebrews 11. How did faith mobilize and enable them to fulfill God’s calling? How does faith do the same for us? Inevitably, our journeys of faith include seasons trials and seasons triumphs. Inward, self-centered responses to trials and triumphs wreak havoc on our lives. In this video pastor Jin exhorts to respond to these seasons wisely by understanding and embracing them as from the Lord,...
Seasons of Faith: Triumph, Trial, and Fulfillment - Faith That Moves
August 29, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesIn the sermon series, Faith that Moves, our pastors examine the men and women of faith highlighted in Hebrews 11. How did faith mobilize and enable them to fulfill God’s calling? How does faith do the same for us? Inevitably, our journeys of faith include seasons trials and seasons triumphs. Inward, self-centered responses to trials and triumphs wreak havoc on our lives. In this video pastor Jin exhorts to respond to these seasons wisely by understanding and embracing them as from the Lord, ...
When Fear is Faith
August 22, 2021 14:31 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn the sermon series, Faith that Moves, our pastors examine the men and women of faith highlighted in Hebrews 11. How did faith mobilize and enable them to fulfill God’s calling? How does faith do the same for us? In this sermon pastor Shep highlights a unique member of Hebrews hall of fame; a woman, a gentile, and a prostitute. Why is Rahab included? Her response to the Hebrew spies revealed a “good fear” of God that both trembled at his power and depended on his mercy. Rahab's fear was fa...
When Fear is Faith - Faith That Moves
August 22, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesIn the sermon series, Faith that Moves, our pastors examine the men and women of faith highlighted in Hebrews 11. How did faith mobilize and enable them to fulfill God’s calling? How does faith do the same for us? In this sermon pastor Shep highlights a unique member of Hebrews hall of fame; a woman, a gentile, and a prostitute. Why is Rahab included? Her response to the Hebrew spies revealed a “good fear” of God that both trembled at his power and depended on his mercy. Rahab's fear was fai...
Fighting By Faith
August 15, 2021 14:26 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBIn the sermon series, Faith that Moves, our pastors examine the men and women of faith highlighted in Hebrews 11. How did faith mobilize and enable them to fulfill God’s calling? How does faith do the same for us? The Israelites showed their faith in God by attacking Jericho in a most unusual way. Learn how we can begin to defeat our walled cities by fighting them with faith in Christ’s promises. Walled cities are opportunities to replace Jericho with the New Jerusalem.
Fighting By Faith - Faith That Moves
August 15, 2021 12:00 - 41 BytesIn the sermon series, Faith that Moves, our pastors examine the men and women of faith highlighted in Hebrews 11. How did faith mobilize and enable them to fulfill God’s calling? How does faith do the same for us? The Israelites showed their faith in God by attacking Jericho in a most unusual way. Learn how we can begin to defeat our walled cities by fighting them with faith in Christ’s promises. Walled cities are opportunities to replace Jericho with the New Jerusalem.