Athens Church Podcast
Welcome to the weekly podcast of Athens Church in Columbus, Indiana! Our messages are designed to help you experience God’s presence, grow in faith, and live with purpose wherever you are on your journey. Whether you missed a Sunday or you’re just exploring, we’re glad you’re here.
Episodes
49 episodes
When God Moves In | Exodus 40
What if God's greatest gift isn't a destination, a solution, or even a change in circumstances but His presence? In the final chapter of Exodus, God's people finish building the tabernacle, and God comes to dwell among them. The story ends with...
Obedience in Every Thread | Exodus 39
In this week's message, Eric Fults, one of the elders at Athens, walks through Exodus 39 and shows how even the smallest details of the tabernacle point us to Jesus, our perfect High Priest. What may seem like a chapter about priestly garments ...
Built for His Presence | Exodus 36:8-38:31
In Exodus 36:8-38:31, we see that the tabernacle was much more than a construction project. Every curtain, clasp, frame, and furnishing revealed the kind of life God was forming among His people. He was teaching them to live in obedience, to be...
The Spirit at Work | Exodus 35:30-36:7
In Exodus 35:30–36:7, we see God begin to reorder what sin had disordered. The same gold, skills, and creativity that were once used to build a golden calf are now being used to build the tabernacle, a place for God's presence to dwell. Through...
Presence and Peace | Psalm 122
Psalm 122 reminds us that gathered worship is far more than a weekly habit; it is one of God's primary means of meeting us with His presence and peace. As the pilgrims journeyed to Jerusalem with gladness, they anticipated worshiping alongside ...
Grace That Stirs the Heart | Exodus 35:1-29
In Exodus 35, God invites His people to respond to His mercy with willing hearts. After Israel’s failure with the golden calf, God calls them back into relationship and invites them to help build the tabernacle. In this message given by Tyler B...
Celebration Service | May 17, 2026
This Celebration Service was a joyful reminder that Jesus is building His church. Through child dedication, covenant membership, baptism, communion, and the installation of new elders, we celebrated God’s grace at work in the lives of His peopl...
Rebuilt by Mercy | Exodus 34
This week’s message in Exodus 34 reminds us that God’s mercy does more than forgive failure. God's mercy actually rebuilds what’s been broken. After Israel’s rebellion with the golden calf, God meets His people again with compassion, grace, and...
Do Not Send Us Without You | Exodus 33
In Exodus 33, we’re faced with a searching question: would the life we want still be enough if God wasn’t in it? Israel is offered blessing, provision, and a future, but without God’s presence. Their grief reveals what’s really at stake, and Mo...
When Waiting Exposes Us | Exodus 32
Exodus 32 shows how waiting can quietly unravel our trust. While Moses is on the mountain receiving instructions for God’s presence among His people, Israel grows impatient and turns to something they can see and control. Their idolatry doesn’t...
Worship, Work, & Rest | Exodus 30-31
In Exodus 30–31, God isn’t just freeing Israel from Egypt. He’s reshaping how they live. Their lives, once driven by pressure and production, are now being reordered around His presence through rhythms of worship, holiness, and daily awareness ...
Draw Near | Exodus 28
After rescuing Israel from slavery, God brings them to Mount Sinai not just to change their location, but to form a relationship with them. Though they are free, they still think like slaves, and when invited to draw near to God, they shrink ba...
Walking With the Risen Christ | Luke 24:13-35
What do you do when your hopes about God, life, or the future don’t unfold the way you expected? In this Easter message from Luke 24, we step onto the quiet road to Emmaus with two disciples who are trying to make sense of disappointment, confu...
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday begins Holy Week, the most significant week in history. As Jesus enters Jerusalem, the crowds celebrate him as king and cry out for peace. Yet many misunderstand the kind of king he is. Jesus comes humbly, riding a donkey and moving...
The Way Back In | Exodus 25-27
This message reminds us that even the detailed, easy-to-skip parts of Exodus are telling a beautiful story telling us about God’s desire to be with His people. The tabernacle wasn’t just a tent. The tabernacle was a sign that God was making a w...
A Change of Pace | Exodus 23:10–33
This sermon from Exodus 23:10–33 highlights how God was shaping Israel not only through rules but through rhythms. After rescuing them from Egypt’s relentless pace, God gave His people practices of rest, generosity, and remembrance: Sabbath, th...
Restraining Power, Repairing Harm, & Protecting the Vulnerable | Exodus 21:1-23:9
In Exodus 21:1–23:9, the story at Sinai moves from the Ten Commandments into everyday life. These case laws about servitude, violence, property, and justice are not random rules but instead, they are concrete applications of God’s heart. Having...
When God Kneels In the Dirt | Ash Wednesday Service
This Ash Wednesday message frames Lent as a holy interruption and an invitation to step out of the rhythms that quietly shape us and into the story of Jesus. Beginning with the words, “You are dust,” we are reminded that this truth is not meant...
The 10 Words | Exodus 20:1-17
This sermon reframes the Ten Commandments as words of freedom spoken to a people who have already been rescued. Given at Mount Sinai, the “Ten Words” are not a checklist for earning God’s love but covenantal language meant to undo what slavery ...
The Invitation to Come Near | Exodus 19:1-25
This sermon centers on Mount Sinai as the moment when rescue turns into formation. God has freed Israel from slavery, but freedom alone doesn’t change reflexes, fears, or identity. At the mountain, God encounters His people, reminds them of His...
Shared Life, Shared Story | Exodus 18:1-27
This sermon reflects on Exodus 18 and the often-overlooked way God forms us in the wilderness, not through dramatic moments, but through ordinary, shared life. Moses’ reunion with Jethro shows how telling the whole story of God’s faithfulness, ...
Enough for Today | Exodus 16:1-36
This week’s sermon walks us into Exodus 16 and the long, uncomfortable middle ground known as the wilderness. Just weeks after the miracle of the Red Sea, Israel is hungry, frustrated, and questioning whether God can be trusted to sustain them ...
Rehearsing the Song of Freedom | Exodus 15:1-27
In Exodus 15, Israel stands on the far side of the Red Sea and responds to God’s deliverance not with a plan, but with a song. Before they know what comes next, they declare who God is. They sing songs that declare Him to be their strength, sal...