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Who We Become

We were created to be image bearers who become like what we behold. So who we become is determined by who we…

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Posted on November 10, 2019 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Mary and Martha

Jackie Militzer continues our series The Stories We Tell Ourselves with a look at Jesus’ interactions with two of his beloved friends…

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Posted on June 9, 2019 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Building Up and Tearing Down

First week in our new series on Christian community called Build Each Other Up. After a demonstration with the kids on how…

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Posted on January 20, 2019 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Measure of a Church

What’s the measure of a church? How do you know if a church is healthy, fruitful, and making progress in their calling?…

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Posted on August 19, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Get Moving

The next sermon in our series A Story Worth Living comes from Mark 10.35-52. We have contrasting stories of disciples who brought their…

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Posted on July 9, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Good Shepherd

John 10.11-18 is the famous passage where Jesus says he’s the Good Shepherd, the true ruler of the people of God, the…

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Posted on April 22, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Healing Friendships

John 5.1-15 tells the story of Jesus going where people who are disabled, forgotten, and facing poverty gather for healing. There he…

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Posted on March 18, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

The Life God Wants for You

From Colossians 1.9-14 we find a good definition of discipleship: to live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in…

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Posted on February 25, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Disciples, Advocates, and Adversaries

From Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 comes the story Jesus tells to sum up the whole story of what he’s doing: the Parable of…

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Posted on January 7, 2018 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Offering Everything

Pastor Mark Scandrett speaks to us today from John 6.1-13. Whether we have a lot or a little, the call of Jesus…

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Posted on August 13, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Make Disciples

Our trek through the Great Commission (Matthew 28.16-20) in our Everyone is a Missionary series continues with Javi Malave preaching on “Make Disciples.”…

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Posted on July 9, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Kids in the Kingdom

Christie Malave preaches from Galatians 5.22-23 to help refocus our community on the purpose and goal of discipling children in our midst….

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Posted on April 30, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

A Community of Love

We’re doing a new sermon series between Easter and Pentecost called We Are a New Creation Community. Our first message today is from…

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Posted on April 23, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

This Is Not the End

We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…

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Posted on April 16, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Becoming Great and Being First

Mark 10.32-52 contains the most direct teaching Jesus offers in Mark’s Gospel on discipleship and leadership. Prompted by his disciples’ jockeying for…

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Posted on March 5, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Harsh Words in Context

From Mark 8.22-9.1 we get a saying of Jesus that is often unfairly used to motivate agreement and action. Jesus said, “If…

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Posted on February 19, 2017 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Unearned Suffering Is Redemptive

We’re in Romans 5.1-11 this morning talking about how enemy love and unearned suffering accomplish reconciliation. Most of the words in today’s…

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Posted on November 13, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

New Creation Now

This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…

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Posted on May 22, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Doubting Like a Disciple

A sermon for the third Sunday of Easter season on doubt. What else? We look at the (in)famous story of Doubting Thomas…

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Posted on April 17, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized

Courage to Live a Better Story

Fourth sermon in our Lent series Apathy and the Passion. This morning from Mark 1.14-20: “Courage to Live a Better Story.”

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Posted on March 6, 2016 by altonmission in Sermons, Uncategorized
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