26 West Church: Audio Podcast

Romans Part 4: Love and Lament

Romans 9v1-5

Paul turns for rejoicing in all God’s done for us (Romans 8) to a lament. Why the change? We feel the most deeply about the people we love. What does it look like for us to live compelled by love?

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: If God Is For You

Romans 8v31-39

What if you had everything you need at the precise time you need it every time? What kind of difference would that make? Paul finishes this section on the hope of the Gospel with a call to believe what is true: God is for you.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: How God works all things for our good.

Romans 8v29-30

Romans 8v28 promises that God works in all things for the good of those who love him. The question is, "how?" Thankfully Paul gives five important words to describe God's great rescue plan: foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: He is alive

Romans 8v28

The Scriptures are filled with promises. Romans 8v28 happens to be one of the most talked about and yet misunderstood. In light of the Resurrection, what does it mean that “in all things God works for the good?”

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: Children of God

Romans 8v14-27

What does it mean to be adopted into God’s family? Discover the benefits and responsibilities of living as children of God.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: No condemnation

Romans 8v1-13

In Jesus, remember what God has done and will do for us. Expose yourself constantly to His unimaginable love. This exposure stimulates a wave of gratitude that leads to Godly living today.

Taught By Kenny Stone

Romans Part 3: Question 3: What about God’s law?

Romans 7v7-25

How do we read and apply God’s law in light of Jesus?  Paul retells the story of Adam and Israel, reminding us what the law was given for and what it will never be able to do.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: Question 2: Who do you serve?

Romans 6v15-7v6

We have choices to make every day. Now that Jesus is our new Master, Paul teaches us to serve Jesus in the new way of the Spirit.

Taught By Steve Marshman

Romans Part 3: Question 1: What’s the right response to God’s grace?

Romans 6v1-14

What's the motivation to resist temptation? Paul pulls on baptism as the metaphor for the dramatic change that’s taken place. We have been changed. The old life is gone. We are now united to Jesus.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: A New Way to Be Human

Romans 5v12-21

There's more than one way to live. Adam represents the path of sin that leads to death. But Jesus lives and shows the better way. 

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: The Best is Yet to Come

Romans 5v6-11

Another Christian cliche, an optimist’s lens, or the grounded hope for every Jesus follower? Romans 5 unlocks the secret to living with hope. The source might surprise you.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 3: Why Justification matters

Romans 5v1-5

Following Jesus doesn't promise a pain-free life. Consider three realities in our justification and why human suffering is never wasted.

Taught By Kenny Stone

Romans Part 2: Faith like Abraham

Romans 4v9-25

Faith is one of those words that means lots of different things to different people. What does faith look like in the Scriptures? How do we know we have it?

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: Bragging Rights

Romans 3v27-4v8

Paul has reminded us of the good things that come through faith in Jesus. How should we respond? Paul asks four questions to consider as we live out our faith in our divided world.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: Atonement

Romans 3v25-6 & Leviticus 16

The high priest. Two goats. Sacrifice. Wilderness. What are these pictures pointing to? In Romans 3, Paul pulls on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus as the backdrop to describe the heart of the Gospel in the ministry of Jesus.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: Redemption

Romans 3v24-25; Exodus 6v1-8

Have you ever seen a “photomosaic?”  It’s picture made up of smaller photos. If you only look at the smaller photos you can miss the big picture. If you focus only on the big picture, you can miss the beauty in the details. Paul uses four graphic words  to try and explain the big thing God has done for us in Jesus: Righteousness, Justification, Redemption, and Atonement. What do they mean? How do they fit?

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: From Wrong to Right

Romans 3v21-24

"But now..." Paul moves from where we were to where we are now because of Jesus Christ. We have moved from wrong to right. We are righteous. We have been justified.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: Life on Trial

Romans 3v9-20

 

There’s a courtroom. And evidence. And good reason to see why God’s grace changes everything.

 

Taught by Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: Advantages and Excuses

Romans 3v1-8

A key to growing is learning to ask the right questions. What advantages do we enjoy? What excuses are we making?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: Check Your Status

Romans 2v17-29

Romans 2 is filled with reasons why we should never point the finger in judging other people’s behavior. Everyone has a story. At times, we’ve all put our confidence in the wrong things. Where is your hope for life in God?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: In Light of “The Day”

Romans 2v1-16

It’s always easier to see other people’s faults while ignoring our own. Romans 2 reminds us why judging one another never makes sense. We are called to live in light of the “Day of the Lord, a day when God puts the world to rights.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: God’s Vision for Human Flourishing

Romans 1v24-32

What do the Scriptures teach about homosexuality? Jose looks at God’s vision for marriage, important questions people are asking, and our way forward as we navigate conflicting worldviews.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Romans Part 2: God Is Angry (and why that should make you glad)

Romans 1v18-23

Romans 1v18-3v20 makes one big point, in many parts: God is right. We are wrong. Yet Paul starts his argument with an interesting and controversial topic - the wrath of God. What does it mean for God to be angry? And how does that fit with God’s love?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Romans Part 1: I Am Not Ashamed

 

Romans 1v16-17

Paul ends his introduction with thesis of his letter – the Good News is God's power to save through faith. But what is salvation? Faith? And how do we experience it for ourselves?

Taught By Jose Zayas

Living above the Fray

Colossians 3:1-14

Jesus is building His kingdom and all who have chosen to follow Him have joined Him in His work. In light of events taking place in our country right now how can we stay above the fray and live out the  way of Jesus? The answer is found here in Paul's letter to the Colossians.

Taught by Phil Comer

Romans Part 1: Open Doors

 

Romans 1v8-15

Paul's introduction is filled with thanksgiving and prayer. How are the two connected? And how do they fit with the open doors we are walking through?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Romans Part 1: Listen to a Letter

Romans 1v1-7

Paul’s letter to a tiny church in the capitol city of the Roman empire has shaped Jesus followers for centuries. In the first teaching of the series, Jose looks at what Romans is, how it's shaped, and why it's important as we live as disciples to Jesus in our city.

Taught By Jose Zayas

Vision Series Part 7: Words and Works

Romans 15v14-20

Paul tells the church the secret to his church planting strategy. What you say matters. What you do matters. God wants to use your words and works to help people experience life in Jesus.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Vision Series Part 6: Grace and Truth

John 1

What kind of church are we going to build? One full of rules or one where anything goes? Jesus shows the perfect balance of grace and truth.

Taught by James Gleason

Vision Series Part 5: Do Something

Matthew 14v13-21

Jesus is our model on how to live with compassion in the face of suffering and injustice.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Vision Series Part 4: 26 West Communities

Here at 26 West Church we value community. We hope that each of you have community that is leading you to be who God says we are in Jesus… a family of missionary disciples. 

Taught by Kenny Stone

Vision Series Part 3: Embracing Change

Disciples are called to growth in compassion, calling, and community life.  How do we take practical steps to follow Jesus together?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Vision Series Part 2: Our Calling

Jesus was moved with compassion to bring hope and healing to cities and villages. The needs were so great that Jesus called disciples to join Him in the work. What does it mean to live as a disciple? And how can we grow in our calling this year?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Vision Series Part 1: Deeply Moved

Where are we headed for the coming year? We are stepping into a season of growth as a church. Matthew shows us how Jesus’ ministry grew; how He was deeply moved to teach, proclaim, and demonstrate the Father’s healing touch. Growth begins with a heart of compassion.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Words to the Wise: Consider The Ant

Proverbs are filled with wisdom for everyday life. In the final teaching of the series, Jose Zayas contrasts the work habits of the sluggard and the ant.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Words to the Wise: When We Speak, Remember: Part 2

Part two of a series on the power of words.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Words to the Wise: When We Speak, Remember: Part 1

The average person speaks 16,000 words per day. The question is, what are we doing with them? In this two-part teaching from Proverbs, Jose looks at how words are used to shape reality, to build up or tear down, to bring hurt or healing.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Words to the Wise: The Benefits of Moral Purity

Almost all Christians know what the Bible teaches about purity. Are there benefits to sexual purity? Jim Williams takes an took at this needed subject from the book of Proverbs and other selected passages.

Taught by Jim Williams

Words to the Wise: Moving Through Offense

Moments of offense lead us into choosing either to blame or to overlook the offense (what we’ve called, agreeing with Love, or living beautifully.) Wisdom is the choosing to hand our thinking, feeling, and actions back to God in moments where we could easily become, and live, in offense.

Taught by Nate Kupish

Words to the Wise: What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do

“What do you do, when you don’t know what to do?” is a question that God’s wisdom answers for us.

Taught by Matt Karsh

Words to the Wise: What Wisdom Says about Anger

We all struggle with anger in one way or another. What does the Bible say about this important subject and how are we to overcome it?

Taught by Jim Williams

Words to the Wise: Little Faith Great Faith

How do we grow our faith?

Taught by Steve Marshman

Words to the Wise: Training and Correction

In an earlier teaching we saw Wisdom calling us to “start children off in the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” To grow in Wisdom we should start early. The question is, “how?” How do we get a good start? What does that look like? The book of Proverbs answers these questions will a plea for training and correction.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Words to the Wise: Proverbs and Promises

How do we read and apply the book of Proverbs? Are they promises for everyone or something different?

Taught by Jose Zayas

Words to the Wise: Be Humble

Wisdom is tied to a Person. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. From the library of God’s wisdom, He says, be humble.

Taught by Kenny Stone

Words to the Wise: Wisdom has a Beginning

With unprecedented access to information and technology, are we living better? In the first teaching of the series, Jose looks at what wisdom is and isn't.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Written on the Heart: No coveting

In the final teaching in the series, Jose Zayas looks at how coveting ties together all 10 commandments. Desire is a gift from God. Misplaced desire can be dangerous.

Taught by Jose Zayas

Written on the Heart: No Coveting

In the final teaching in the series, Jose Zayas looks at how coveting ties together all ten commandments. Desire is a gift from God. Misplaced desire can be dangerous.

Written on the Heart: No Lies

God is in a good mood, we’re His children, and He’s patient with us. So these words, “Do not give false testimony against your neighbor” are not a test, but a how-to tutorial on enjoying life with Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.

Taught by Nate Kupish

Written on the Heart: No Stealing

You shall not steal, guides us into ways of generosity, honesty, fairness, moderation, frugality, timely payments, wholehearted efforts, sincere promises, and so forth.

Taught by Kenny Stone