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Welcome to The Chapel in Wadsworth Podcast, where you can listen to the weekly sermons straight from our worship services. We are an evangelical, non-denominational church in Wadsworth, Ohio, committed to living out the gospel and making disciples. Each week, our pastors bring practical, biblically grounded messages to encourage and challenge you in your walk with Jesus.
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- Cultivating Gratitude · 50 minAs believers, how we respond to God's mercy and goodness matters profoundly. Gratitude begins with receiving God's goodness, and returning to Jesus' feet to express our gratitude…
- Made for the Mountain, Sent to the Valley · 41 minBelievers are meant for the glory of God but are simultaneously sent into the "valley" of a broken, fallen world. While we naturally desire to stay in moments of spiritual…
- Cross Before the Crown · 43 minAs we embrace placing our lives under the authority of Christ, we recognize it requires a daily commitment to denying our flesh and taking up the cross, prioritizing God's…
- Christ's Abundance · 38 minOur obedience is fueled by Christ's abundance. While the disciples were tasked with a seemingly impossible mission without material provisions, they learned that true provision…
- Spiritual and Physical Healing · 40 minJesus invites everyone into a relationship defined by faith, proving his power over the most broken circumstances. We are encouraged to persevere in our trust in Christ…
- Trust and Testify · 1 h 32 minWe are called to trust Christ in difficult circumstances especially knowing the reality that spiritual warfare exists. The evil one is ultimately a defeated enemy. As Jesus helps…
- Your Faith Has Saved You · 37 minRecognizing the magnitude of one's own sin and the depth of forgiveness received is essential to growing a genuine, deep love for Christ. As Jesus followers, are we living with…
- Crushed Expectations · 39 minWhen our circumstances do not align with our hopes or understanding of God's plans, it is necessary to take these struggles directly to Jesus and remain anchored in truth…
- Rooted & Fruitful · 38 minWe as Jesus followers are called to move beyond simply calling Jesus "Lord" and instead live a life of active, obedient faith. Through Luke 6, we see that true spiritual growth…
- Forgiveness Through Sacrificial Love · 39 minFollowers of Jesus are called to embody a radical, sacrificial love that extends even to their enemies, reflecting the merciful heart of God rather than worldly reciprocity. We…
- The Way of Jesus · 43 minJesus commands His followers to love our enemies, teaching that a true follower of Christ should reflect the Father's mercy rather than simply responding in anger or retaliation…
- Greater Transformative Law · 49 minIn Luke 6, we find Jesus is the founder of a new community and the authority in a new, transformative law. We have a compassionate call as disciples to reject worldly values in…
- Sabbath - The Person, Pattern and Promise · 39 minWhile the Pharisees turned the Sabbath into a burden of strict rules and missed its original purpose, Jesus reclaimed it. We are called to view the Sabbath not as a rule, but as…
- Compassion, Confrontation, and Power · 37 minIn Luke 5:12–26, we see an intentional outline of Jesus’s compassion, confrontation, and power shown in the healing of two people. Jesus uses His divine power to address…
- Beyond Our Limits · 30 minAs we considered Luke's account of Jesus calling His first disciples, we see a contrast between the safety of the shore with the vulnerability of the deep water. Jesus…
- Authority of Jesus and His Mission · 37 minThis Sunday we dove into Luke 4:31-44, and recognized Jesus' absolute authority over evil as demonstrated through his miraculous healings. These miracles serve as signs of…
- Prayer · 41 minWe considered the concept of becoming a "house of prayer" as defined in Mark 11, and emphasized that believers carry both the authority of Jesus and the intimacy with God. In…
- Ministry in the Church Body · 33 minAs we looked at Ephesians 4, we focused on the Ministry & Mission environment of our Discipleship Pathway, and zoomed in on the Ministry side. We considered how believers can…
- To The Ends of the Earth · 38 minWe considered that every believer is part of a "royal priesthood" called to both an inward-facing role of worshiping God and an outward-facing role of sharing the Gospel. As the…
- Heavenly Humanity on Earth Part 2 · 34 minHumanity is aching for a kind of life it cannot manufacture on it's own. The future re-creation that humanity longs for has broken into the present through Jesus. We can't do the…
- Heavenly Humanity on Earth · 33 minThis week we considered that God’s primary mission is recreation of the world through Jesus. The church is called to be a "new humanity" empowered by the Holy Spirit. We have a…
- Vision Sunday · 43 minThis week we answer the question for our church; how do we as the church grow as followers of Christ in the work that the Lord is doing here in Wadsworth? To understand this, we…
- Great Doubt to Great Joy · 39 minAs we look at the conclusion of the Gospel of Luke, we see that the Resurrection of Jesus is a physical reality that transforms fear and doubt into great joy. Encountering the…
- Open Eyes · 42 minLooking at the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, we considered how God nourishes and sustains the faith of believers through both objective truth and personal experiences. Though Jesus…
- Resurrection · 23 minAs we celebrated the Resurrection, we considered the initial lack of expectation for a miracle from the people closest to Jesus. How often does our own brokenness blind us from…
- Triumphal Entry · 41 minWe considered Jesus' entry into Jerusalem through the "living parable" of the healing of two blind men. This miracle serves as a lens to show that only those who are humble…
- The Devil · 48 minThis week we considered how the devil acts as a personal deceiver who exploits our disordered desires. "Flaming darts," or attacks from the enemy, are designed to sow confusion…
- The Flesh · 39 minTemptation often starts with our own disordered desires and appetites that seek ultimate satisfaction in things of the world. Giving in to these impulses over and over makes us…
- The World · 39 minThree distinct yet interdependent sources of temptation are the world, the flesh and the devil. An external system, internal appetite and the evil one who is a wicked…
- Obedience and Endurance · 38 minAs we look into Jesus’ third temptation in Luke 4, where the devil tries to get him to "prove" God’s love, we can relate because in seasons of vulnerability and isolation we…
- No Shortcuts · 42 minThe temptation to seek immediate satisfaction and ease over faithful obedience is a universal human vulnerability. From scripture, we observe that true joy and intimacy with God…
- Temptation · 37 minJesus, though fully divine, faced trials in His humanity by relying on the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. God often allows us to experience hunger or unmet needs to prove that…
- Shared Life Together · 33 minAs we consider the biblical metaphor of the body in 1 Corinthians 12, we see that every member is indispensable and that true growth requires both relational depth and a…
- Ministry & Mission · 37 minAs we consider Jesus’ ministry and mission, we can define it as the proclamation and embodiment of the "Kingdom of God," where the beauty and order of heaven are brought into…
- The Worship Gathering · 35 minThe Worship Gathering is the next of our four foundational commitments that we as a church are prioritizing in our devotion to Jesus. The weekly assembly of God's people returns…
- Devotion to Jesus · 34 minThe first of our Foundational Commitments we will be considering as a church is Devotion to Jesus. As we follow the example of the Peter in Matthew 16, we see the internal…
- Light of the World · 29 minAs we consider Matthew 2, we see a contrast of the reactions of King Herod and the Magi to the birth of Jesus, illustrating the difference between moving toward or away from…
- Christmas Eve 2025 · 22 minMerry Christmas! The incarnation of Jesus represents God’s kindness in entering the world to address the problem of death. Through the lens of creation, fall, redemption, and…
- Human Worth Through Jesus · 33 minWe explore how Psalm 8 demonstrates that human worth is an intrinsic gift from God, rather than something earned through status, appearance, or productivity. While humanity was…
- Joy to the World · 35 minAs we see consider the rejection Jesus faced in Nazareth as He began His ministry, we can see parallels to the story of Naaman and what God is revealing to us that we can apply…
- Blessing God in All Things · 40 minAs we consider Psalm 145, we recognize that our blessing of God is a response to who He is. David outlines for us ways in which we bless God. We see that joy is the life of the…
- Empowered by The Holy Spirit · 37 minJesus is our supreme example of humble dependence upon the Holy Spirit. We see in Luke as Jesus is being baptized, that He receives the approval of God, affirmation from His…
- Repentance Leads to Life · 39 minOn the other side of the destination of repentance, there is greater life than you ever experienced and then in so repeating that same journey and course of action, repentance to…
- Treasuring God and the Work He is Doing · 38 minGod has made Himself to be known and to become one with those who bear His image. Jesus shows us the way. If we want to treasure the greatest treasure of all, God himself, we can…
- Holiness and Humility · 35 minIn Luke 2:22-40, we consider the contrast between the Holiness of God and the lowliness of humanity, and the significance of His ability to use those who would be seen as…
- Seeing God's Purposes Accomplished · 37 minIn the Christmas story, rightly understood in it's context, there are points of application that can help us grow in confidence that God is accomplishing His purposes through…
- Responding in Faith · 37 minWe recognize as people of faith that we should expect that there will be times when our faith is not strong enough. What kind of expectations should we have when God is deepening…
- Holiness in the Power of The Spirit · 40 minAs we look at how Mary responded in obedience to the Lord in Luke 1:26-56, one can consider where in your life the Lord would invite you to respond to His word by saying, "May it…
