The Gate Community Church Podcast

Join us as we explore the easy yoke and light burden of the gospel. Sermon by Trent Meng.

Jesus became the sin that you know you've done – that's why God can forgive you. Jesus became the consequences of all the sin done to you – that's why God can heal you. Join us for this special Easter message from Steve Fry as he unpacks the power of the Christ crucified and how He is able to meet us in our every need. 

Join us as we discuss Paul's invitation to submit to one another our of reverence for Christ. Sermon by Trent Meng.

Remember God's Purpose for the Church: Reflect Jesus together. According to Ephesians we do that in 2 ways: We supply each other and we function together. Join us for this teaching as Steve Fry unpacks the different gifts in the body of Christ and how we walk in them to experience the intimacy of Jesus together as his church.

Christ's death is not just a substitute for our death, His life is a substitute for our lives. Christ's obedience to the Father becomes our obedience to the Father; Christ's trust in the Father becomes our trust in the Father; Christ's yieldedness to the Holy Spirit becomes our yieldedness to the Holy Spirit. When I claim Christ as my substitute life it leads to such security and it so takes the performance pressure off in which we are at such peace that we can cultivate a desire for holiness. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

When pressures and performance complicate our purpose, we need to be reminded of the simplicity of the Kingdom. Sermon by Christine Sexton.

What is the fitting response for being a recipient of God's lavish grace? Ephesians 4:1-3 provides an answer that runs counter society's culture, and should dramatically reorient even much of the church's current culture. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

Join us as we explore the miraculous and surprising transformation of the man behind the book of Ephesians and many epistles of the New Testament. Sermon by Trent Meng.

God's purpose is to showcase the beauty of His Son through His Church. Our desire to reflect Christ shows how much we love Him. It is His pure unselfish love transforming us to purely loving Him in return. In this sermon Steve Fry will unpack the 5 spiritual gifts and how Jesus works through these to connect to those around us. 

One of our greatest drives in life is to influence others but God's purpose is to display His beauty, His many-colored wisdom through The Church. Our lives are fulfilling when we are a part of God's purpose and not trying to make a life outside of that. A sermon by Steve Fy. 

The mystery is that each of us are one with Christ and all in Christ are one with each other. The Church simply being the Church is the most powerful vision and the most potent strategy to impact the planet. It's not so much about finding my gift, it's about showing Jesus to the world by being rightly fitted together as His body. Sermon by Steve Fry.

Join us as we look at the top 10 surprises of the Christmas story from Matthew and Luke. Sermon by Trent Meng.

In Hebrews 11.13-16, as in the letter as a whole, believers are challenged to remember the inherent ‘foreigner and nomad' nature of true Christianity—a challenge to live out a faith that effects the whole of one's life. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

We do things through Christ by accepting the outcomes of what we commit to Him, living in this brings contentment. To be strengthened in this moment is to know that Christ is in the next moment. To be strengthened is to first embrace our weakness. A message by Steve Fry. 

God is able to bring Himself into your mind as often and as deep as you desire Him. It is not up to your efforts to keep God in your thoughts… It is only up to your desire. In this message Steve Fry unpacks the faith of Enoch, holiness, and faith.   

Join us as we look at what we can learn about the life of faith from the story of Joseph. Sermon by Trent Meng.

What we do when we're together can form reflexes into our lifestyle that model the kingdom in society. In this message Adam Narciso highlights 18 habits that formed early church and inspired her dynamic growth in the Roman world.

To sow to the Spirit is to release yourself from the pressure of achieving outcomes. Releasing yourself from the pressure of getting answers or trying to change your heart yourself. In the midst of hard emotions you can sow to the Spirit by sowing scripture into your emotions. It's not about you, it's just a life surrendered to the Spirit. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

The heart of a martyr is simply one who wants Jesus in every part of their life and wants to reflect His beauty. In this sermon, Steve Fry will unpack thoughts about the tribulation as it pertains to believers and living a life of true prayer and worship. 

Before the first seal is broken and the end-time clock is set in motion, followers of Jesus will be found in every tribe, nation and tongue. When Christ is about to break the first seal, a sound of worship will come forth in the earth unparalleled in human history! Don't let the spirit of the age suffocate your faith! Worldwide worship is a sign that Christ is about to open the scroll! A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Unity is the intimacy of knowing and being known for exactly who we are in order to simply delight in each other and value what we can become together. We develop love by entering the way The Spirit binds us together. Unity is love expressed in fellowship: Being in the scriptures together, practicing hospitality toward each other,  praying together, having a common mission. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

This Psalm is a recalibrating reminder of what the God-honoring life looks life, and is a call to do violence against the moral ills that would try to influence our lives. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

A deep dive into Psalm 51, and one of the lowest moments in the life of King David. Sermon by Trent Meng.

How do we manage everything and have anything left over for our families, friends, job? If any biblical character was acquainted with being overwhelmed, it's David. In fact, a great many of David's Psalms are his prayers dealing with how overwhelmed he is and reminding himself of God's goodness, wisdom, and power. God knows him inside and out, He surrounds him and has His hand on David. This is David's position in God. That is OUR position as well, we are fully known and loved by God and we are IN Him. A sermon by guest speaker, Mark McComas. 

Because we have lost sight of the truth that our identity in Christ means our identity as members of His Body, we haven't had the sufficient desire for unity. If we rightly understand our faith, we will come into unity. Excellence should be based in our mutual desire to help each other thrive and flourish and our gifts. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

When the book of Hebrews talks about Christ making intercession for us, it is not just about Christ praying for us. It is about Christ extending the power of his blood to us. One of the reasons we stand NOT condemned, is so that we can know the piercing love of conviction of sin without becoming anxious that we have lost the favor of God. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Christine Sexton shares her testimony of walking through fear, anxiety, and mental torment. In a season where the enemy felt so big, God was at work in the details. Psalm 66 is full of hope - reminding us of how God refines us and brings us out into the place of abundance. 

Jesus says, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Jesus' promise stands that he has overcome the world, but in the meantime, we live in difficult, sometimes very painful times of suffering. Amy Phillips takes us through 6 steps to hold onto when we are “in the midst” of difficulties. 

A side by side reading of psalms 22 and 23 yields both startling incongruence and astounding celebrations. Herein the Shepherd's heart for his sheep, in the great variety of circumstances they might experience, is made sweetly and powerfully known. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

There are great joys in conflicts because it is how we discover God as our Rock, our Refuge and our Shield! If we want to be found faithful we need to be ready for pressures that would tempt us to be faithless. If we want to know the power of God our Rock and the great relief of God our Refuge, then we need to embrace the only ways we can ever know these blessings of God: the times of warfare. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Keys are important. Without the right key we can end up locked our or behind the wrong door. Revelation 7:17 provides a key to understanding the tone and tenor of the book as a whole, an understanding that takes into the Lamb of God's shepherding heart. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.

Looking at some of the end times language of Revelation, Ryan Hall takes us through practices that we can incorporate in our spiritual formation that will result in lives prepared for the coming of Jesus. 

Intimacy with God is ultimately loving one another. Love is the ultimate proof that we have been in God's presence. To lose our ‘first love' simply means to withdraw our love from Jesus by not loving each other. Love is not something that we generate; nor a love we emulate; but rather a love we enter. A sermon by Steve Fry.

Join us as we continue our Revelation series, Victory: The End is Near, and explore what God is saying to his church today through this incredible book. Sermon by Trent Meng. 

Ever wondered what your purpose is? Your purpose is to be the image of God on this earth! You get to live your best life when you are your unique self, the way God created you to be, reflecting the image of Jesus in you. Reflecting Christ is the way we experience His resurrection life right now! Join as we hear this special Easter message from Steve Fry. 

We all intellectually assent that “church” means “the people.” But the way we as a Christian culture talk about church and the way we behave with and towards church often undermines the true power of what church could and should be. Join us as we hear from guest speaker Garrett Waltz as he walks us through Revelation and the 7 letters to the churches with their admonishments and corrections and what we need to hear from that in our churches today. 

Worshiping God together shapes us into trust, shapes us into love, shapes us into obedience. If we truly enter into worship we are opening ourselves to God's magnificence. Submitting to God's authority through worship is a priceless delight. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

The Book of Revelation has often been misunderstood, but John's words have the power to encourage us in the midst of impossible circumstances. Sermon by Trent Meng.

The Book of Revelation tells us where we're going so we can be full of faith. Christ is already victorious and has chosen to reveal Himself through the churches [lampstands] and He will empower us to persevere. Perseverance is the realization that nothing can separate you from the love of God. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Following Jesus means you are sure to sail into some storms that test your trust. In this message, Adam Narciso shares practical steps to build a stronghold of trust - a place of confidence in God's goodness and perfect leadership as you pass through rough waters. 

Dependence is more than relying on God, it is abandoning our mind and emotions to Him. Surrendering our inability to trust rather than trying to trust.  Dependence on God is resigning from ourselves. Holy Spirit will answer our prayers in the way and timing that makes us most like Jesus. A sermon by Steve Fry. 

Jesus' final public statement in the Gospel of John portends both the painful challenge and the great blessing of trusting in the God we cannot see. Sermon by Aaron Weaver.