The Resting Place Podcast
The Resting Place's Sunday sermon archives. We are a non-denominational church in Augusta, GA. Learn more at https://www.revivify.church
Episodes
155 episodes
Gospel of John - Week 5: The Well of Life
What does it mean to truly encounter Jesus, not just know about him? In John chapter 4, the story of the woman at the well unfolds as one of the most layered and personal encounters in all of Scripture. This woman arrives at Jacob's well at noo...
Finding "I Am" in the Storm - Dr. David Campbell
What does it look like when God shows up in the middle of our worst moments? In Matthew 14, we find the disciples battered by wind and waves in the dead of night, far from shore, and utterly exhausted. Then something extraordinary happens. A fi...
Gospel of John - Week 4: From Darkness to Light
Nicodemus, a powerful and respected Pharisee, came to Jesus under the cover of night, afraid of what following Him might cost. Jesus cut straight to the heart of his need, declaring that no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born ag...
Gospel of John - Week 3: A Journey to Cleanse
John 2 is far more than the story of a miracle at a wedding. When Jesus turned water into wine using Jewish purification jars, He was making a profound statement: true purification comes from Him alone, not from religious ritual. The miracle is...
Eschatology - Theology Nights
Many Christians have inherited a very specific picture of the end times, one built around a secret rapture, a seven-year tribulation, and a literal thousand-year reign of Christ on earth. But this framework, known as dispensationalism, was not ...
Gospel of John - Week 1: Who is Jesus?
The opening of John's Gospel answers some of the biggest questions about who Jesus is and why He came. Jesus is identified as the Word, the full revelation of God, who existed before creation and through whom all things were made. He entered th...
Jesus the Conquerer
Evil still exists in the world, but Jesus conquers it in a way no human ruler ever has. Rather than defeating His enemies through force, He transforms them through agape, the self-sacrificing love that seeks another person's good at personal co...
Hebrews 11 - Week 2
Faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Christianity. True, biblical faith is not about believing hard enough until things go your way, nor is it a formula for receiving health, wealth, and prosperity. Hebrews 11 paints a full pictur...
Hebrews 11 - Week 1
Faith is one of the most misunderstood concepts in Christianity, and Hebrews 11 gives us a clear picture of what it truly means. Biblical faith is not positive thinking, manifesting, or believing hard enough to get what you want. It is taking G...
Remember & Respond
Psalm 145 is King David's final psalm, and it serves as a powerful roadmap for a life of genuine praise. Blessing God is not about adding to who He is but about acknowledging who He already is. Praise grows naturally when we take time to rememb...
Undignified - Week 2
Praise and worship are two distinct acts. Praise looks back at what God has done, while worship sets everything aside to focus entirely on who God is. To truly worship God, we must truly know God, because you can only love someone as much as yo...
Undignified - Week 1
Praise and worship are not the same thing. Praise is the honest acknowledgment of what God has done, while worship is the complete surrender of who we are to who He is. Many people go through the motions every week without ever truly engaging w...
Growing Together
Church growth is a gift, but it comes with real challenges. In Acts 6, the early church faced a crisis when rapid growth caused some of its most vulnerable members to be overlooked. Rather than slowing down or shutting the doors, the apostles r...
A Considerable Distance
Life's pressures can make us feel distant from God, just like the disciples in Mark 6 who couldn't recognize Jesus walking on water during their storm. After experiencing ministry success and devastating loss with John the Baptist's death, exha...
Suffering Well
Life brings us to our knees through unanswered prayers, unexpected loss, and prolonged difficulties. The Apostle Paul's experience with his thorn in the flesh teaches us that sometimes God says no to our requests, not because He doesn't love us...
Fire Fell, Wind Blew .. and He Never Left
Pentecost Sunday marks the birth of the church when the Holy Spirit descended upon 120 believers in Jerusalem. This supernatural event reversed the confusion of Babel, as people from every nation heard the disciples speaking in their own langua...
Fighting for Holiness
Fighting for holiness means learning to live like you belong to God, not just following rules but being set apart for His purposes. Holy living is our response to salvation, not the path to it - when we understand what God has done for us, holi...
Fighting for the Next Generation
The church faces a critical moment as children experience unprecedented mental health challenges and spiritual confusion. Jesus made clear in Matthew 18 that children matter deeply to God, warning against causing them to stumble. Every church m...
Fighting for Unity in a Divided World
The enemy's primary strategy against the church is division, knowing that a divided kingdom cannot stand. True unity requires believers to walk worthy of their calling with humility, gentleness, and patience. Scripture calls us to avoid those w...
Fight the Good Fight - For Your Family
Christians face spiritual warfare that directly targets marriages and families through cultural lies and worldly pressures. This battle requires spiritual weapons like prayer, God's Word, and sacrificial love rather than worldly methods. Husban...
Fighting for a Christian Worldview in a Post-Christian World
Living as a Christian in 2026 presents unique challenges as we navigate a post-Christian culture filled with overwhelming information and opposing worldviews. Maintaining a biblical perspective requires intentional effort to let Scripture, not ...
Seeing The Kingdom
Human nature tends toward constant dissatisfaction, always wanting more regardless of what we have. Even Christians can drift into a default mode of greed, gluttony, and apathy, losing awareness of God's daily provisions. The Israelites exempli...