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Watch the latest message: Growing Together
Pastor Aaron continues our Discipleship Journey series by exploring how the early church in Acts 2 learned to grow together after roughly 3,000 people said yes to Jesus. We discover that we were never meant to follow Jesus alone. We were made for a shared life that reflects the community of the Triune God. We learn that gospel joy drew the first believers around the table and fueled their persistent devotion to Scripture and to one another. We are challenged to lean into the community God designed us for.
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- Devotional
David’s Thanksgiving
The ark of the covenant makes its long-awaited arrival in Jerusalem, and joyful excitement is palpable ( 1 Chronicles 15 ). Israelites dance in the streets as David leads the people of God in collective prayer and praise for all God has done. Israel neglected the ark during Saul’s leadership ( 1 Chronicles 13:3 ). But now, David has brought it to Jerusalem, where it symbolizes God’s presence and reign among his people. In response, David appoints Asaph to lead the people in a song of thanks for God’s provision...
- Devotional
Devotion
Luke, the author of Acts, chooses his words carefully. As he describes the early church’s commitment to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, he uses a word our Bible translates as “devoted.” It means to be “obstinately persistent.” In other words, their dedication to the practices of Jesus is unyielding. Nothing can interrupt their learning more about Jesus and becoming like him. Nothing will stop their new life together. The only thing that explains this level of commitment is that they fully believe in Jesus’s resurrection. Wholly devoted, they reorient their lives around growing in the knowledge and character of their Lord and Savior...
- Sermon
Growing Together
Pastor Aaron continues our Discipleship Journey series by exploring how the early church in Acts 2 learned to grow together after roughly 3,000 people said yes to Jesus. We discover that we were never meant to follow Jesus alone. We were made for a shared life that reflects the community of the Triune God. We learn that gospel joy drew the first believers around the table and fueled their persistent devotion to Scripture and to one another. We are challenged to lean into the community God designed us for.
- Sermon
Follow Jesus
Pastor Aaron Buer begins our new series, The Discipleship Journey, by exploring what it means to follow Jesus. We discover that discipleship begins with God’s grace, not our performance, and that following Jesus means more than learning facts about him. As we surrender our lives to him, Jesus transforms our desires, habits, and priorities to become more like his. We’re challenged to count the cost of discipleship and trust Jesus with every part of our lives as we follow him, grow together, and pursue his mission.
- Podcast
Spaces | The Temple
In the final week of our Spaces series, Sam Schubkegel steps into the host chair for the first time, joined by Amelia Rhodes and first-time guest Nancy Erickson. Nancy holds a PhD in Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East, is an editor at Zondervan Academic, and has been a longtime resource for our teaching pastors. She shares how living and traveling in Israel has brought Scripture to life for her, and walks us through what archaeologists are uncovering right now around the Temple Mount and the City of David. Together, the team talks about how God designed sacred spaces like the tabernacle and the temple, yet he can’t be contained by any building. Through Jesus, his people are now his temple. Sam and Amelia close with this week’s focus on holiness and the Greek word hagios , meaning “set apart.” Beyond the Weekend will take a week off and return on November 4 with the start of the Discipleship Journey series. Resources mentioned in this episode: Ada Bible Academy Exodus 17:1–7 Numbers 20:1–13 Exodus 3 Genesis 28:10–22 Jonah 4 John 1:14 1 Peter 2:4–5 Spaces Magazine Join a group! 1 Peter 1:15–16 care@adabible.org Listen to the sermon for this podcast, Spaces | The Temple at: adabible.org/sermons/the-temple Have questions for the podcast? Submit your questions related to the sermons here: https://my.adabible.org/page/1710
- Podcast
Spaces | The Land of Promise
In this episode of the Beyond the Weekend Podcast, Stephen Lewis and Amelia Rhodes sit down with Pastor Aaron Buer to explore what it really means to live a blessed life. As they unpack the first message in the Spaces series, they challenge the common idea that blessing means comfort, success, or getting what we want, and instead point to the deeper blessing of knowing and trusting God—even in seasons of suffering and uncertainty. Through honest conversation about pain, unanswered prayer, community, and learning to trust God’s promises over time, they explore how we can become conduits of God’s blessing to the people around us. The conversation ultimately invites us to consider: What might need to change in our lives for us to become more of a conduit of blessing? Resources mentioned in this episode: Join us! Turkey/Greece Study Tour Spaces Magazine - bonus content Join a Group! Beyond The Weekend Devotional Ada Bible YouVersion Reading Plan Spurgeon Study Bible 2 Corinthians 12 Five-Year Prayer Journal Interested in serving at funerals? Fill out this form BTW Podcast Season 9 Bonus Episode all about Greece & Turkey! Questions about the study tour trip? Email us at btw@adabible.org . Listen to the sermon for this podcast, Spaces | The Land of Promise at: adabible.org/sermons/the-land-of-promise Have questions for the podcast? Submit your questions related to the sermons here: https://my.adabible.org/page/1710
- Video
Kids Hope USA 2026, Mentor Story
Sometimes the most meaningful ministry doesn't happen from a stage—it happens across a small table in a school library, over a game, a book, or a simple conversation. Week after week, Kids Hope mentors show up for one child, offering a listening ear, encouragement, and the steady presence of someone who cares. These relationships may seem ordinary, but God uses them in extraordinary ways. We believe every child is created in God's image and deeply loved by him. By faithfully investing just one hour each week, mentors become a tangible expression of Christ's love and hope, reminding students they are seen, valued, and never alone. Watch to discover how God is using simple acts of faithfulness to make an eternal impact—one child, one relationship, one hour at a time.
