Christ Is Here: Part 4 - The Promise Fulfilled: Christ in Us
Donelson First Podcast
In Part 4 of our Advent series Pastor Jeffrey begins by a look into the person Luke. The one who wrote the story of Jesus's birth, without having met Jesus during His earthly ministry. The story of Jesus was related in order that all of us could hear of it and be blessed by it. It is the very promise of God fulfilled. "The Christian faith is not built on legend nor myth. It is grounded and authenticated through carefully examined truth."
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Christ is Here: Part 3 - The Peace: Christ for Us
Donelson First Podcast
In Part 3 of our Advent series Pastor Jeffrey explores the cultural context and significance of the details surrounding our saviors birth. From the task of these particular shepherds to the language utilized throughout Luke God was writing a story that was understood to the Hebrews even as it was being written. "Is this not just like the Lord? He takes the vocabulary of the culture - the words normally used to exalt earthly power - and He turns them toward a far greater truth."
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Christ is Here: Part 2 - The Presence: Christ Among Us
Donelson First Podcast
Part 2 of our Advent series looks closer at the prophetic details perfectly fulfilled by the birth of Christ. Pastor Jeffrey details the historic context of Jesus's birth place, and the beautiful prophetic fulfillment found in it. " Every detail was divine. Every detail was anointed. Every detail precisely as God wanted it to be."
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Christ is Here: Part 1 - The Promise: Christ Foretold
Donelson First Podcast
Pastor Jeffrey opened the Advent season with part 1 of Christ is Here: Christ Foretold. This message centers around the character of God that is revealed through His promise fulfilled. The beauty of God's plan is revealed through prophecy made and fulfilled.
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Gratitude - Part 4: Rejoice
Donelson First Podcast
Pastor Jeffrey concludes our series on Gratitude with part 4: Rejoice. This week focuses on the beauty and necessity of gratefulness in the life of believers. We are called in every circumstance and season to give thanks to God. Gratitude in the easy moments is appreciation. Gratitude in the hard moments is adoration.
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Gratitude - Part 3: Return
Donelson First Podcast
Pastor Jeffrey continues our series on Gratitude this week with part 3: Return. This week focuses on the call of God to return to Himself. Gratitude calls us to return to the Father who all our blessings come from. This does not only apply to those who have run away in rebellion, but those who wish to walk more closely with God.
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Gratitude - Part 2: Remember
Donelson First Podcast
Pastor Jeffrey continues our series on Gratitude this week with part 2: Remember. This week focuses on the act of worship that is remembering what God has done. Gratitude grows when memories are tended to. When you remember what God has done, you rest in who God is.
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Gratitude - Part 1: Return
Donelson First Podcast
Pastor Jeffrey begins our new series, Gratitude. He details the natural human tendency to seek God out of need, and then forgetting gratitude while in the state of blessing. Gratitude is a way to live, independent of circumstances.
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The Joy of Pain - Part 11: The Eternal Joy
Donelson First Podcast
Pastor Jeffrey concludes our 11 week series The Joy of Pain with this week's message: The Eternal Joy. We are encouraged to hope in the knowledge of the eternal reality of joy in spite of present circumstances. The source of eternal joy is the very presence of God. "The joy of pain is not that pain is easy, but that pain does not win. The joy of pain is not that suffering disappears, but that suffering does not last. The joy of pain is not that sorrow avoids you, but that sorrow cannot hold you."
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The Joy of Pain - Part 10: The Power of Resurrection
Donelson First Podcast
info_outlineIn the first message of our new series, The Divine Place, Pastor Jeffrey explores how the Church is not a building or a weekly service, but a divine mystery revealed through Christ. Discover how God’s purpose has always been to create a people for Himself—set apart to reflect His wisdom, not just to the world, but to the spiritual realm as well. Join us as we unpack what it means to be part of this sacred body, called to display the glory of Christ.