Amwell Church of the Brethren

 In a world where loyalty is often hard to find, this message explores the three essential elements of steadfast allegiance: how it is learned, earned, and returned. Using the powerful backdrop of Joshua's final challenge to Israel, we examine why conscious consistency and self-sacrifice are the bedrock of lasting trust in our relationships with God and one another. Discover how to move past a fickle, "fair-weather" faith and embra...

In a world obsessed with forward motion, we often confuse technological advancement and economic growth with true human progress. While our tools have improved and our knowledge has increased, the human heart remains as prone to corruption and wandering as ever. This message challenges the secular definition of "advancement" by pointing to the cross of Calvary as the only true pinnacle of human history. Discover how real progress i...

In a world dominated by news of conflict, political unrest, and personal anxiety, where can we find true, lasting peace? This message explores the powerful Hebrew name Jehovah Shalom, revealing that peace is not merely the absence of trouble, but the presence of a Person. By looking at the life of Gideon—a man hidden in a winepress out of fear—we see how God meets us in our lowest moments to replace our "shaking" with His "shalom."...

How is your prayer life? Statistics show that while many Americans pray occasionally, few maintain a daily, vibrant connection with the Lord. This message, "Standing in the Need of Prayer," moves past the religious ritual to explore prayer as your vital stronghold and connection to the peace of Jesus. Whether you are feeling disconnected, disrupted by life's circumstances, or simply disappointed by unanswered requests, discover how...

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: In a world of "shifting patterns" and constant change, where rules and absolute truths seem to be disappearing, where do we find a solid foundation?  This sermon explores the profound power found in the names of Jesus. From being the Rock that provides security in insecure times to the Good Shepherd who humbles Himself to guide and protect us, each name reveals a different facet of His character and His comm...

In a world of increasing religious diversity, it is vital to understand what different faiths truly believe. This message, "In Their Own Words," provides a biographical and theological overview of Muhammad and the foundations of Islam, including the Quran and the Hadith. Rather than offering a critique, this study simply presents the words and actions of Muhammad and compares them directly with the teachings and life of Jesus Chris...

What do you do when your faith feels "thin," or your answers run out? This encouraging message explores the biblical definition of faith not as a lack of questions, but as a deliberate trust in the God who holds all the answers. Drawing from Hebrews 11, we discuss how faith is built, tested, and matured through God's design. Whether you feel your faith is rock-solid or you are currently in the middle of a difficult test, discover w...

Is hell a real place or just a spiritual concept? This sobering yet vital message explores the biblical reality of hell—a topic Jesus Himself preached on frequently. Using historical memoirs like those of WWII commander Charles B. MacDonald and theological insights from Clarence Larkin, we examine the origin, geography, and experience of hell. More importantly, this sermon highlights the "Remedy"—the Good News of how to avoid this ...

Is love just a "frilly" emotion, or is it something much deeper? This sermon explores the biblical truth that love is a choice —a deliberate decision to act in the best interest of others, regardless of how we feel. Drawing from 1 John 4, we examine how God's unconditional love serves as the ultimate template for our own relationships. Discover why your love for those in your proximity is your greatest testimony and how choosing lo...

In a world filled with confusion and shifting truths, the Apostle John wrote a letter to the early church that remains strikingly relevant today. His purpose was to warn believers against false teachers who were trying to distort the gospel and cause confusion over the divinity of Christ. Drawing from 1 John 5, this message explores six foundational truths that God wants every believer to hold onto firmly. Whether you are facing in...

The title of this message is borrowed from the classic Christmas carol, but the question it asks is the most important one you will ever answer: Who is Jesus? This sermon explores the unique birth and genealogy of Christ, challenging us to recognize that the Virgin Birth is an absolute necessity for faith—it is not optional. Join us as we explore the biblical evidence, the historical genealogies of both Mary and Joseph, and why bel...

In the grand cast of characters in the Christmas story—from the lowly shepherds to the intellectual wise men—one figure often stands at the center of both the miracle and the mystery: Mary, the mother of Jesus. This message explores the life of a humble teenager from Nazareth who found favor with God and faced a journey of unspeakable joy and deep heartbreak. Discover the inner strength Mary developed through her daily walk with Go...

We often view the birth of Jesus as a sweet, isolated holiday story, but the truth is far more profound. In this moving message, we explore how the cradle and the cross are not two separate events, but one unified mission of redemption. From the humility of a Bethlehem manger to the ultimate sacrifice at Calvary, discover why you cannot fully understand Christmas without Easter. We dive into how Christ's birth fulfilled ancient pro...

In a world that tries to commercialize and ban the true message of Christmas, this powerful sermon affirms, "𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀." We dive deep into the prophetic scripture of Isaiah 9:6 to reveal the five majestic names of Jesus Christ and what they mean for your life today. Discover the irrefutable evidence of Jesus's birth and life, and why the true Christmas spirit can never be lost or ...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝟐𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ...

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬—𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, ...

𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮—𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮...

𝖫𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝖡𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗅𝖾𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖲𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾. 𝖥𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖦𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖬𝖺𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂, 𝖦𝗈𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝖲𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖮𝗅𝖽...

𝐉𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝟖:𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 ...