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A Future and a Hope Sep 29, 2026

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God said the same thing to exiles in Babylon that He's saying now: I know the plans I have for you. Pastor Mattie puts Jeremiah 29:11 back in its original context — spoken to people staring down 70 years of captivity, not a season of ease — and makes the case that God's promise of a future and a hope was never a promise of comfort. It was a promise that He sees the end of the story, even when all you can see is the pain right in front of you.

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The Secret Life Sep 22, 2026

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Proximity and intimacy are not the same thing. You can prophesy, cast out demons, build a ministry, and gain a million followers, all in Jesus' name, and still hear "I never knew you" at the end. Using Judas as the central figure, Jacob Coyne calls the church back from performative Christianity to the secret place: the hidden, unhurried prayer life that's not a strategy for ministry but a return to the first love.

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A Theology For Suffering Sep 08, 2026

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Suffering is not something we can always pray our way out of, and following Jesus does not mean we will never experience it. This message walks through what Scripture teaches about suffering, showing how God meets us in the middle of our pain and uses even the hardest seasons to shape our faith. We may not always understand why we suffer, but we can hold onto the hope that our suffering is temporary, God is with us through it, and eternal glory is coming.

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Revival in Chains Sep 01, 2026

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Paul and Silas didn't end up in prison by accident, and they didn't worship their way out of it by waiting until things got better. Pastor Mattie walks through Acts 16 to show that the most powerful moments in the kingdom happen not when we chase God encounters, but when we chase God Himself. Wherever He places you, including the places that feel like prison, is exactly where He intends to move.

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The Ministry of Multiplicity Aug 25, 2026

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Churches don't produce disciples — disciples do. Pastor Mattie builds the case from Genesis, Moses and Joshua, and the Apostle Paul that the law of multiplication isn't a strategy, it's written into the order of creation. That is, you reproduce what you are, not what you say. The calling isn't to fill a seat or build an institution… it's to find a Paul and become one.

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The DNA of a Dynamic Church Aug 18, 2026

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Titus 2 has a lot to say about what a healthy church actually looks like — and most of it starts not with programs, but with people. Pastor Mattie walks through Paul's instruction to older men, older women, younger women, and younger men, making the case that the health of a church rises and falls on whether each generation is willing to take responsibility for the one coming behind it.

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Come To The Table Aug 11, 2026

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The coming revival won't happen in stadiums. Pastor Mattie makes the case from Luke 24 that Jesus is most clearly seen not in spectacle or noise, but in the regular, simple act of sitting down to eat together… and that the dinner table may be the most revolutionary place in the Kingdom right now.

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A Reintroduction Aug 04, 2026

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Pastor Mattie returns from sabbatical with a reintroduction — his own story, from a father who broke cycles of poverty and addiction in one generation, to a college dorm where God met him mid-argument, to ten years of touring the world with a band, to a living room in Johnson City where a church was born. Seven years later, neither he nor The Altar are what they once were. This Sunday he traces the thread of God's faithfulness through each step.

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The Mystery Of Divine Rest - Part 2 Jul 28, 2026

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Rest isn’t just something you do when the work is over — it IS the work. Pastor Mattie continues his series on divine rest, showing how a soul truly at rest in the finished work of Christ worships differently, works differently, and becomes something the world is desperate for: a place to land.

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The Mystery Of Divine Rest Jul 21, 2026

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Pastor Mattie returns from sabbatical and preaches on the one discipline most of us have never taken seriously: rest. Drawing from Genesis, Exodus, the Psalms, and the life of Jesus, he makes the case that rest isn't the reward you get after the work is done — it's the evidence that God's presence is actually with you, and the rebellion against a performance-driven life that the gospel demands.

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