St John the Beloved
Sermon and teaching audio from St John Church in Cincinnati Ohio.
Episodes
162 episodes
Building Wealth
Wealth can make us defensive, jealous, proud, or anxious, sometimes all in the same week. We want a clean answer: is money the root of all evil, or the proof that we’re finally secure? Proverbs and Jesus give a better story, one that honors wis...
Profit And Fruitfulness
Profit is a loaded word, but Proverbs treats it with surprising honesty and hope. We want our work to matter, our hours to count, and our effort to produce real fruit not just more exhaustion. So we ask a blunt question: what if the missing ing...
The Poor You Will Always Have Among You
Scarcity is not just an economics term, it is a daily pressure that shapes housing, wages, debt, and the quiet fear of not having enough. We start with a simple story about buying a home after the 2008 collapse and watching the same neighborhoo...
Stewards in God’s Economy
God has put something valuable in your hands, and it’s not actually yours. That’s the tension Jesus targets in Luke 19’s Parable of the Minas, where servants receive a small sum, a clear command to “engage in business,” and a coming day of acco...
The Empty Tomb Invitation
A moved stone, folded grave clothes, and a woman who refuses to go home. John 20:1–18 is more than a resurrection account, it is a turning point that forces a decision: will we treat Easter as interesting information, or as an invitation into a...
Our Hope Must Be in God
A powerful king loses sleep because he can’t undo his own law. Daniel is faithful, the verdict is sealed, and the lion’s den waits. That tension is exactly where we live when we realize the people we depend on can’t carry the weight we place on...
10,000 Hours
The lion’s den isn’t where Daniel becomes faithful, it’s where his lifelong training finally shows. We walk through Daniel 6 and keep coming back to one simple line: he prayed “as he had done previously.” That quiet consistency reframes everyth...
The Dangers of Arrogance
A thousand guests, sacred cups stolen from God’s temple, and a king so sure of himself he throws a party while Babylon is under siege. Then it happens: a human hand appears and writes on the palace wall. Daniel 5 isn’t just a famous Bible story...
He Is Able to Humble
Pride whispers that we’re in control; Daniel 4 shows what happens when heaven answers back. We walk through Nebuchadnezzar’s sweeping testimony—from ease and prosperity, to a troubling dream, to a warning delivered by Daniel, to a hard fall, an...
Who Is The God Who Will Deliver?
A fiery furnace, a furious king, and three young men who refuse to bow—yet the heart of the story isn’t heat or heroism. It’s the way God saves. We walk through Daniel 3 to uncover a pattern we can live by: God rescues with precision, turns del...
Faith in the Heat of the Moment
A furnace roars, a crowd bows, and three quiet men stay standing. We step into Daniel 3 to explore how pressure exposes the difference between the appearance of faith and the reality of it—and why the strongest convictions often speak in a whis...
Burning Fiery Furnace
A 90‑foot idol, a blast of music, and a furnace roaring in the background—Daniel 3 reads like spectacle, but it’s really a mirror. We walk through Nebuchadnezzar’s ceremony to expose four marks of godless power: it demands ultimate allegiance, ...
The Rise and Fall of Nations
We trace Nebuchadnezzar’s dream from glittering statue to heaven-cut stone and explore why empires fade while God’s kingdom grows. History, politics, and daily life converge in a call to shift from grasping for control to practicing near faithf...
Credibility Is Everything
A crisis can expose the limits of every system we trust—whether that’s money, institutions, or our own cleverness. When Nebuchadnezzar demands the impossible, the court experts stall and credibility collapses. Daniel steps into that void with a...
Winning Friends and Influencing People
Ever feel powerless in a system you can’t shape? We walk through Daniel 1:8–21 and trace how a young exile with no authority became a trusted voice in a foreign court. The shift is jarring and hopeful: control isn’t the gateway to impact. Faith...
New Resolutions
We open a new series in Daniel by facing catastrophe, exile, and the quiet power of God’s severe mercy. Daniel 1 shows how resolve, small communities, and public accountability help us resist assimilation and live with holiness and influence.
Disturber of the Peace
A caravan from the East rolls into Jerusalem and asks a question no one is ready to answer: where is the newborn King? That simple inquiry cracks the city’s calm, exposes Herod’s fear, and reveals a deeper truth about real peace. We open Matthe...
Safety Second
A quiet betrothal, a shocking pregnancy, and a dream that changes everything—Joseph steps into a life he didn’t plan and shows us what real courage looks like. We walk through Matthew’s account to explore three hard truths we often avoid: mercy...
I’m The Problem
We trace how the conflict of Christmas moves from a cosmic battle to a personal struggle, using Zechariah’s story and a mini ramp to show why fear, unbelief, and the need for control block grace. Exposure hurts, but it is the wound that heals w...
This Means War
We trace Revelation 12 to show Advent as a story of conflict and hope: a child pursued by a dragon, the church sustained in the wilderness, and accusation broken by the blood of the Lamb. Light is winning, not because life is easy, but because ...
Our Eyes Are On You
A vast army gathers, panic rises, and a king makes a surprising move: he admits he’s powerless and points an entire nation to fix their eyes on God. We walk through 2 Chronicles 20 and the story of Jehoshaphat to uncover a counterintuitive stra...
Act Like Men (Ordain Yourself!)
A grown-up church doesn’t just get older; it takes responsibility. We wrap our 1 Corinthians journey by focusing on Paul’s final charge in chapter 16—organize tangible generosity, persevere in contested mission fields, and honor the unseen peop...
Praise the Lord
What if your loudest cheers are aimed at the wrong throne? We dive into Psalm 98 and make a bold case: worship isn’t about musical style or mood, it’s about worth. From the first line—sing to the Lord for he has done marvelous things—we trace h...