Resonate Church Atlanta Sermons

Worship as warfare

Worship as warfare

Using influence to open doors, empower and encourage others.

Using influence to open doors, empower and encourage others.

God lifts the lowly and humbles the proud; true power starts with surrender and trust.

God lifts the lowly and humbles the proud; true power starts with surrender and trust.

Exile runs through every page of Genesis – but God is always moving toward return, blessing, and incarnation.

Exile runs through every page of Genesis – but God is always moving toward return, blessing, and incarnation.

In this Advent sermon, Trey invites us to slow down, breathe, and consider what it really means to bear the image of God. Using stories from childhood Magic Eye books to mountain fog in Shenandoah, he shows how our view of Jesus can become fuzzy—and how Scripture clarifies what the world distorts.Rooted in Colossians 1, this message explores Christ as the true Image, the One who holds all things together, and the One restoring His likeness in us. If you've ever wrestled with spiritual winters, comparison, or the fear that you're “not worth hearing from God,” this sermon offers hope: Jesus is present, patient, and committed to transforming us.Advent reminds us to look again. To lift our eyes. To behold the One who sees us clearly—and makes us like Himself.

Advent doesn't begin with twinkle lights and hot chocolate. It begins in the dark. In this message, Chris traces the story from Eden to Exile—through Cain and Lamech, the flood and Babel, Israel and Babylon—to show a repeated pattern: autonomy, fracture, exile… and surprising grace. This first week of Advent names the ache: the world is not as it should be, and neither are we. But into that long history of human failure, God comes near. Jesus steps into the pattern and breaks it from the inside—absorbing violence, reversing revenge, surrendering where Adam grasped. With Pentecost as the great reversal of Babel, we see how the Spirit now writes a new pattern in us: surrender instead of autonomy, honesty instead of hiding, love instead of violence, bearing the name of Jesus instead of making a name for ourselves. Advent hope isn't optimism; it's a Person. The light has come, the light is coming, and the light now lives in you.

Every rebellion repeats the first one.  From Eden to Babel, the cycle is fracture, exile,…

In this sermon on the Tower of Babel, Pastor Chris explores the deep human impulse to build lives of self-reliance—lives shaped by fear, control, and the need to make a name for ourselves. Far from a story about ancient architecture, Babel reveals the patterns we still live in today: the bricks we stack to feel safe, the towers we build to feel significant, and the names we chase to feel seen. But God's response is not anger—it's mercy. Scattering becomes protection. Confusion becomes rescue. And the story bends toward a promise: a God who comes down, who breaks the power of fear, and who gives a name we don't have to earn. Through Babel, Pentecost, and the hope of the New Jerusalem, this message invites us into the freedom of smallness, trust, and the strong tower of God's unfailing love.

In this sermon on the Tower of Babel, Pastor Chris explores the deep human impulse…

In this message from Genesis 9, we explore the final scene of Noah's life… his vineyard, his vulnerability, and the surprising family fracture that follows. The story exposes how even in a washed-clean world, the human heart still needs redemption. We look at honor, covering, generational words, and the danger of exposure culture, then trace the thread that leads from Noah's vineyard to the cross, where Jesus becomes the better gardener, the better vine, and the One who covers our shame for good.

In this message from Genesis 9, we explore the final scene of Noah's life… his…

After the flood, Noah steps off the ark and offers worship to God — and God responds with mercy, blessing, and a covenant that will never be broken. In this message from Genesis 8–9, Sarah Pasquale explores the heart of a God who listens to His people, delights to bless, and binds Himself to humanity in everlasting faithfulness. Through Noah's offering, God's promise, and the bow hung in the sky, we glimpse divine mercy that still invites us today to trust, respond, and live in light of His grace.

In the story of the flood, judgment and mercy meet. Before the rain, God grieves; in the storm, He remembers. This message explores Genesis 6–9 as more than a tale of destruction—it's a story of divine heartbreak, faithful trust, and the God who says “enough” so new creation can begin again.

In Genesis 5–6:8, the refrain changes from “it was good” to “and he died”—until one stunning interruption: Enoch walked with God. Chris tackles the strange “sons of God” passage, the pattern of “saw and took,” and why Scripture shows a God who grieves before He judges. Far from a divine tantrum, the flood emerges as painful mercy in a world unraveling. We're invited to name where we cross boundaries, to share God's lament, and to choose Enoch's way—walking with God while grace finds Noah and hope breaks in.

A litany of death, yet hope with Enoch; God's heart grieves over violence and moves…

In Genesis 4:17–26, we trace Cain's city, Lamech's boast, and the birth of music, tools, and industry—human progress rising while peace falls. Chris contrasts the “city of self” with a people who “begin to call on the name of the Lord,” asking whether we're building without God or building with Him. We explore empire vs. kingdom, vengeance “seventy-sevenfold” vs. Jesus' forgiveness, and the slow way of prayer and presence. When the world builds towers, the church learns to build altars.

Lamech builds empires of violence.  But Seth's line begins to call on the Lord

In Genesis 4:1–16, Chris unpacks the first act of worship outside the garden and the fracture between two brothers. Why does God “regard” Abel's offering and not Cain's—and what does that reveal about trust, envy, and the myth of limited favor? We explore sin “crouching at the door,” the mark of Cain as a sign of mercy, and the call to be our brother's keeper. The episode ends by pointing to the better word of Jesus' blood—ending rivalry and inviting us to trust God's abundant grace east of Eden.

Worship corrupted, anger ignored, blood crying from the ground

Genesis 3 closes with justice and mercy side by side. We walk through God's words to the serpent, the woman, and the man, noting that only the serpent and the ground are explicitly cursed, and exploring how childbirth sorrow and fractured relationships name life outside the garden. We consider why patriarchy is a result of the fall, not God's design, how toil reshapes our vocation, and why exile explains the ache we all feel. Along the way we talk proto-gospel hope, the meaning of Eve's name, spiritual warfare as everyday unity, and God's tender act of clothing his children. The story does not end east of Eden. In Christ, the serpent's head is crushed and the way home is opened.

Genesis 3 closes with justice and mercy side by side. We walk through God's words…

We all know the instinct to hide—whether it's a child covering up a broken toy, or adults curating perfect résumés and Instagram feeds to keep others from seeing what's really going on. In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve's first response to shame is fear, hiding, and blame. Yet God doesn't storm in with wrath or withdraw in disgust—He comes walking in the garden, calling out, “Where are you?” This sermon explores how shame distorts our identity, drives us into hiding, and fractures our relationships, but also how God's first movement toward fallen humanity is grace. From Eden to the cross, God refuses to leave us in our hiding. Instead, He pursues, invites, and ultimately bears our blame and shame in Christ so we can come out of hiding and be restored.

We all know the instinct to hide—whether it's a child covering up a broken toy,…

In Genesis 3, the serpent's whisper raises the same questions we still wrestle with today: Can God really be trusted? Is He withholding from us? Pastor Chris Case unpacks the familiar Eden story with fresh eyes—exploring the talking serpent, the allure of autonomy, and the shame of fig leaves. Along the way, he draws connections to the Lion King, Israel's history, and Jesus as the new Adam. At the heart of the story is a question for all of us: Which voice will we trust—the whisper of lies or the Father's voice that names us beloved?

In Genesis 3, the serpent's whisper raises the same questions we still wrestle with today:…

Genesis 2 surprises us: even with meaningful work and God's presence in the garden, the Lord says, “It is not good for the man to be alone.” In this message, Chris explores what that means for our design as image-bearers—made for mutuality, not isolation. We unpack the Hebrew phrase ezer kenegdo (“a strong help who corresponds”), why “helper” never implies inferiority, and how “from the side” paints a picture of equality, dignity, and shared vocation. Yes, marriage is in view—but Scripture also widens the lens to friendship, spiritual family, and the church as covenantal belonging.Along the way we tackle common distortions (domination and radical individualism), celebrate the given-ness of our embodied sex as male and female, and consider how the gospel forms a new people who live with and for one another.The refrain we carry home: Made together, not alone—side by side, God's love is shown.Text: Genesis 2:18–25.