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
43 episodes
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...
Not All Who Wander Are Lost | Matthew 2:1-12
This sermon opens the season of Epiphany by asking a simple but important question: what if God is already at work and we are just moving too fast to notice?Walking through the story of the Magi in Matthew 2, this message explores how f...
This is Love
Christmas brings our deepest longings to the surface. In the middle of joy and exhaustion, celebration and grief, many of us are quietly asking the same question: am I really loved as I am right now? This Eve of Eve message reminds us that Chri...
Joy: Finding Delight in the In-Between
Advent is a season of waiting, but it's not passive waiting. Scripture invites us to wait with anticipation, and that kind of waiting is meant to be marked by joy.In this message, we explore what biblical joy really is, why it’s more th...
Nevertheless: The Promise of Peace
Advent often feels like it begins in the dark. Circumstances crowd in, anxiety hums beneath the surface, and waiting feels like a spotlight on everything we cannot control. Yet into that very place, God speaks a single, hope-soaked word: nevert...
The Flip Side of Suffering: Finding Real Hope
What does it mean to hope when life is messy, uncertain, or even painful? Zack Lykkegaard explores this question as Advent begins, connecting everyday longings with the unshakable hope found in Christ. He shares moments of joy, frustration, and...
The Road Through | Exodus 14:1-31
In this morning's message, Israel reaches the edge of the sea with the desert behind them and Pharaoh’s army racing toward them, yet right in that impossible place, God is quietly doing something they cannot see. He leads them to a spot they wo...