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Del Rey Church Sermons
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A weekly broadcast of St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, California—a vibrant and inclusive community of faith serving Venice, Playa Vista, Mar Vista, Ocean Park, Marina Del Rey, and beyond. Each week, Soundwaves will feature the sermon from last Sunday’s worship services. In addition, as often as possible, we will share selections from the extraordinary St. Bede’s music program, update our listeners on church news, and convey the stories of our faith as we live out our baptismal co ...
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John 8:31-53 | 6/23/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Our nation celebrates Juneteenth, commemorating the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas after the Civil War. In this sermon, we explore a different kind of slavery - a slavery that all humankind has been subject to for its entire history. And we explore a different kind of emancipation…
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Genesis 11-27; John 5,8,17; Malachi 1-4 | Father's Day 2024 | 6/16/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt delivers a stirring message of biblical fatherhood - both a description from the Bible of what fatherhood should NOT be, and prescriptions of what fathers SHOULD be.
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1 Thessalonians 5:11 | 6/9/2024 | Micah Anglo. Our guest preacher, Pastor Micah Anglo of Pillar Bible Church in Long Beach, shares a timely message on how we can encourage each other and build one another up.
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John 11 | 6/2/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt shares awful personal news. The Lord Jesus comforts us in our distress, as He too dealt with the death of a friend.
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Acts 8:25-40 | 5/26/2024 | Pastor Tony Shen. This Sunday is Baptism Sunday! To celebrate, Pastor Tony preaches through Acts 8 where we meet a man who after hearing the Gospel wants to participate in the faith and asks the heartfelt question, “what prevents me from being baptized?”
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Acts 1-2 | 5/19/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. In celebration of Pentecost Sunday, Pastor Matt teaches through Acts 1 and 2, examining the origin of the church body, the ordinance of Christian baptism, and the organization of Christ's believers.
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2 Timothy | 5/12/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Happy Mother’s Day! In celebration of the women of our church, Pastor Matt guides us through a survey of 2nd Timothy highlighting the actions and attributes of mothers of the Christian faith in the early church.
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Hebrews 10:19-25 | 5/5/2024 | Pastor Derek Berry, Gospel of Christ Church. Pastor Berry preaches from the book of Hebrews examining the blessed gathering of the saints each time we meet for church to focus on Christ, drawing near with confidence, holding fast to our confession of faith, and considering each other in community.…
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Acts 1-2 | 4/28/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt gives an overview of the birth of the Church in Acts 1 and 2, which chronicles how the Lord Jesus Christ began to fulfill his word to build his church. This message will cover how the church began, how it grew, and what our role today in the Lord’s mission. All hands on deck!…
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Luke 4-5, 14 | 4/21/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. As Pastor Matt has preached the gospel of Christ's death and resurrection on Good Friday and Easter, he now turns to the question of what happens after we put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. We become disciples - that is, learners and followers of Jesus. What does it look like to be fa…
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Matthew 28:16-20 | 4/14/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt preached on Good Friday and Easter Sunday about Christ's death and resurrection. Last week, he taught us the first part of Matthew 28, more on the resurrection of Jesus. Today, he teaches us from the rest of Matthew 28, where Jesus commands us to go out into the world. But He also stays …
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Matthew 28:1-15 | 4/7/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. As a follow-up to Easter, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus the Christ, we learn more about His resurrection from Scripture in the last chapter of the gospel according to the apostle Matthew.
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Luke 24 | Easter | 3/31/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt preaches the glorious resurrection of Christ on this Resurrection Sunday.
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Psalm 22 | Good Friday | 3/29/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt preaches on Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus, His atonement for humanity's sins.
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John 11:55-12:36 | Pastor Matt Jones | Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024. In our study through the book of Esther, we learned that the festival of Purim was established as part of that narrative. This year, Palm Sunday and Purim fall on the same date. How are they linked?
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Esther 8-10 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 23 | 3/17/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt concludes the Book of Esther by emphasizing the grace of God to protect His people, even when His people neglect Him and disobey Him. How gracious is the Lord!
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Esther 7:1-10 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 22 | 3/10/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones.
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Esther 4:1-6:13 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 21 | 3/3/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Mordecai, having provoked the murderous and Haman to start a genocide against the Jews in Persia, now pressures Esther into trying to influence the king. Many role reversals show that God is ultimately in control of the situation.…
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Esther 2:19-3:15 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 20 | 2/25/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. We continue our Faithful to Fulfill series on Israel's history after the exile to Babylon with the continuing story of Esther. This week, we see how Mordecai, having gained inside information to thwart the king's assassination, then makes an enemy of Haman. Haman then …
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Esther 1:1-2:18 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 19 | 2/18/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. "Faithful to Fulfill" is Pastor Matt's study of God as revealed in post-Exilic Scripture, namely the Old Testament books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The Exile refers to the captivity of the southern Jewish nation of Judah by the world powe…
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Acts 17:26 and Other Scriptures | 2/11/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Last week, our guest speaker Dr. Tuvya Zaretsky preached on “Why Israel Still Matters.” This week, Pastor Matt builds on this foundation with “Why the Nations Matter.” What is God’s plan for the nations in coordination with Israel? With the Super Bowl today that attracts nations aroun…
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Our guest preacher Tuvya Zaretsky of Jews for Jesus tells us why Israel still matters. The modern state of Israel has been in the news a lot in recent months with the attack by Hamas and its counter-attack. Tuvya will explain why Israel matters in God's unchanging, eternal plan. Because God chose Israel. Because God shows His love and loyalty in Hi…
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Psalm 121-122 | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 4 | 1/28/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt continues through this series emphasizing our commitment to God’s everlasting ways rather than newfangled trends. With this in mind, this message explores the way ahead in the New Year with all of the new Sundays that our great and gracious God has given u…
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Psalm 139 | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 3 | 1/21/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt teaches through Psalm 139 and discusses some implications that is pertinent to today's culture. Even in a new year, we celebrate the immutable, triune God who is omniscient (all-knowing), omnipresent (everywhere), and omnipotent (all-powerful).…
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Various Scriptures | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 2 | 1/14/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. In part two of this study, Pastor Matt continues to admonish Del Rey Church in 2024 to stick to the same ol’ plan God has clearly laid out in His word, preach the Gospel.
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Various Scriptures | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 1 | 1/7/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Happy New Year! As we embark on a new year, Pastor Matt wants to remind us that even though we’ve turned the page on a new year, Del Rey Church intends to keep proclaiming the same gospel of God, from the same Bible of old, about the same Lord and savior, Jesus Ch…
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Luke 2 and other Scriptures | Christmas Christology, Part 5 | 12/31/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In this conclusion to our Christmas series, we explore the early years of Jesus and what His earthly life means for humanity. What was the purpose of the Word of God becoming incarnate, and how does this relate to us?…
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Various Scriptures | Part 4 | 12/24/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. It's Christmas Eve! Christmas, of course, is about a baby being born. A birth doesn't happen without conception. And in this special, indeed unique, case, the conception happened in a virgin. Why did God make that happen? How do we know it is historically true and not a fairy tale? Why i…
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Various Scriptures | 12/17/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. We can best enjoy Christmas if we understand who Jesus is. Jesus is fully and completely God. Jesus is also fully and completely human. The divine and human natures of Jesus are distinct. The divine and human natures of Jesus Christ are completely united in one person. This is a wonderful doctrin…
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Various Scriptures | 12/10/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In our Christmas Christology series, we turn this week to the affirmation that Jesus is fully human. If Jesus is not human, we have no revelation of God. If Jesus is not human, we have no salvation. So Christmas is of first importance to us.
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Various Scriptures | 12/3/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. It’s Christmas time, which means it’s time to commemorate and celebrate the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God who became a human being, starting off as a little baby born in Bethlehem. As this concept can be confusing, Pastor Matt will teach on who Jesus is and His…
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Various Scriptures | 11/26/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt concludes our National Adoption Month series, A Family Made In Heaven, with a message explaining how our adoption into the family of God is the mission and heart of God and how that should always lead us to celebrate the Savior together.…
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1 John 3 | 11/19/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In part 3 of our sermon series A Family Made in Heaven, Pastor Matt explains how our adoption as sons is much more than a metaphor. Because of our sinfulness, we are children of the devil. But through the loving act of adoption, we’re made children of God through the will and work of the Father, the Son an…
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Various Scriptures | 11/12/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In part 2 of our sermon series A Family Made in Heaven, Pastor Matt explains the Spirit’s role in our adoption into God’s family. In order to fully understand what our adoption means, we must understand God as the Trinity and the work of the Spirit as a person in the Godhead.…
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Various Scriptures | 11/5/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In honor of National Adoption Month, Pastor Matt begins a sermon series on adoption. Why do we adopt? Because our Heavenly Father in heaven adopts his enemies as sons and daughters through Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor Matt explains how even if you are not called to adopt, you can still …
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1 Timothy 3, Titus 1 | 1029/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. October is Pastor Appreciation Month. As it draws to a close, we learn about the qualifications and roles of pastors in the church.
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Gen. 12, 15, 17; Deut. 7:6-9; Matt. 1-28; Rom. 9-11 | 10/22/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. God planned and executed the origination and growth and purposes of the nation of Israel, including the rise of the Messiah who would die for the sins of humankind. What is God's plan for Israel? It is good for us to understand in light of the current war between …
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Matthew 3:13-17 | 10/25/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Today we celebrate and perform the baptisms of 5 new believers, Ernesto and Jessica, Corbin, David, and Setareh. What does baptism mean? What does repentance mean? How do they go together along with the Good News of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, our Lord and Savior?…
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Matthew 1:1-3:12 | 10/8/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In preparation for Baptism Sunday next week, we explore the ministry of John the Baptist. He is the audacious forerunner preparing the way, calling for repentance. His audience responded to the gracious invitation to repent. Will we?
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Matthew 8:14-22 | 10/1/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In today's sermon, we learn about the sufficiency of Christ (anyone can come to Jesus); the efficiency of Christ (but who actually will come to Christ); and the discipleship of Christ (who will follow Christ). Jesus Christ is in fact Lord, and while being gracious to save us out of mere mercy, He nev…
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Mark 9: 30-10:31 | 9/24/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Brat-like behavior resides in all of us, no matter age or status. Pastor Matt teaches that through discipleship, we can examine our bratty tendencies and confront them with the Gospel of Christ.
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Luke 15:11-32 | 9/17/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. This Lord’s Day, pastor Matt takes a fresh look at the parable of the Prodigal Son, examining the meaning of the word “prodigal,” how each person the parable is prodigal, and how the parable addresses our sin, self-righteousness, and God's grace towards us.…
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Various Scriptures | 9/10/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. God’s word teaches that the heart is deceitful above all things. Yet the culture pushes the idea that you should always follow your heart. Pastor Matt explores the problem of the heart, the origins of our fallen hearts, and the solution to the heart which come from the gospel of the Lord Jesus Chr…
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Ecclesiastes 5 | 9/3/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. God is holy, and He is wholly different and distinct from everything else, which is His creation. The book of Ecclesiastes was written to reach unbelievers through a "cultural apologetic" so that they might straighten out their thinking, acting, and values, and prepare for God's judgment of sin. It was…
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Various Scriptures | 8/27/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. It is said that blood runs thicker than water. In other words, we should be prioritize relationships with blood relatives over relationships with people we are not related to genetically. But the Bible says, essentially, that Spirit runs thicker than blood. Or put another way, those joined togethe…
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Mark 1:1-20 | 8/20/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Mark 1:1-20 | 8/20/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In today's message, we read from the opening of the Gospel of Mark. Pastor Matt exposits the biblical text where Jesus gave his early followers a mission, and we ask and answer the question, how do we apply His commands to understand our mission in the modern …
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Psalm 51:1-19 (cf. 2 Samuel 11-12) | 8/13/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Today we baptize a few new believers in Christ. From Psalm 51, we learn that God is holy and thus naturally distant from sinners. God is gracious and thus freely cleansing sinners. God is joyful and thus happy to renew sinners. And God is worthy and thus we worship Him and share Hi…
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1 Corinthians 10, 11, 15; and Romans 6:3-7 | 8/6/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In this Lord's Day sermon, we focus on the essentials of the gospel and how we picture them in the church. This sermon will lead into our upcoming baptism Sunday on August 13, and prepare us for our mission in the month of August.…
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Psalm 54 | 7/30/2023 | Michael James Warren. Our guest preacher Michael James Warren from Sovereign Grace Church in Bakersfield teaches us from Psalm 54 important lessons from when King David was fleeing for his life. David asked the LORD for salvation and vindication, and he praised the LORD for His help.…
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Philippians 1:1-14 | Pastor Matt Jones | 7/23/2023. Pastor Matt preaches to us from the book of Philippians, reminding us of our calling in Christ to advance the gospel through giving our time, talents, and treasures.
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