Radical Generosity Pt.4 | Pastor Josh Roberts | All People
Release Date: 12/09/2025
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This week at All People, Pastor Josh celebrates the Christmas season by focusing on the core meaning of the birth of Jesus Christ. He begins by updating the congregation on their church's successful launch in Lowell, Massachusetts, highlighting the community's "radical generosity" and sharing testimonies of faith and miraculous provision. The central theme revolves around a reading from Luke 2:8-20, using the Williams translation, to emphasize three key points about the Christmas message: that God brings "good news for all people," that God makes "salvation...
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This week at All People, Pastor Josh embraces radical generosity as a form of stewarding the move of God, emphasizing that their giving is not merely for church programs but for the salvation and transformation of lost people. He details how this generosity is aimed at two main goals: investing in generations through a major renovation and expansion of the children's ministry space in North Reading, and expanding into new territories by officially launching a new permanent campus in Lowell, Massachusetts. This expansion, a year after a...
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This week at All People, As the church prepares to launch a new location in Lowell, Massachusetts, Pastor Josh focuses on the theme of radical generosity. He argues that true generosity must follow the example of Christ's ultimate sacrifice, requiring believers to be radical in their beliefs, worship, and stewardship before they can participate in truly transformative giving. Emphasizing that radical giving is essential for spiritual expansion, the message illustrates that this generosity must always find a name, leading to the transformation of real lives, exemplified by...
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This week at All People, Pastor Josh opens with announcements, including the exciting news of the church's transition from preview nights to the formal planting of a new church in Lowell, Massachusetts, with regular Sunday services beginning December 7th. Pastor Josh then dives into the concept of "radical generosity," asserting that God established this principle through the creation of the world and the ultimate gift of Jesus Christ (John 3:16) to restore humanity from the consequences of sin. He challenges the congregation to embrace a "radical way to live" by...
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This week at All People, Pastor Josh speaks on Radical Generosity, which serves as an enthusiastic and deeply personal sermon emphasizing that God is the author and originator of true unselfish giving. He introduces the topic by sharing a recent experience of being hospitalized, which he framed not as a setback, but as a setup for a comeback, reinforcing a theme of resilience through faith. He defines "radical" as "very different from the usual" and "generosity" as unselfishness and "liberality in our giving," contrasting the world's desire for improvement with the...
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This week at All People , Pastor Stephanie begins emphasizing that nothing is a surprise to God, and sets a tone of surrender to the Holy Spirit. She addresses the chaotic and divided state of the modern world, which she asserts is foretold in scripture, characterized by self-worship and truth avoidance. She then pivots to the role of the church, defining believers as the unified body of Christ called to live differently, known for unity, love, truth, and peace. Ephesians 4 us used to illustrate the biblical blueprint for the church, emphasizing that...
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This week at All People, Bishop Brian Green centers on the scriptural command to "contend for the faith”. The Bishop encourages his listeners to "fight with everything you have" for their spiritual beliefs and divine promises, drawing heavily on the Epistle of Jude. He emphasizes that contending involves wrestling with challenges, arguing for blessings using God's word, and competing fiercely like an athlete who secures a crucial touchdown, exemplified by the famous football "catch." The core message is a call to tenacity and renewed passion in one's faith, urging...
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This week at All People, Pastor Josh begins by emphasizing the importance of Christians actively engaging with the world, specifically challenging congregants to "be the light of the gospel" to their neighbors by participating in community outreach. The message is a sermon series titled "Ghost Stories," which refers to the Holy Spirit and its essential role in the believer's life, stressing that "Prayer always precedes power." The sermon repeatedly asserts that the Holy Spirit first empowers individuals privately so they can be used publicly,...
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This week All People, Pastor Josh is speaking about the role of the Holy Spirit, introduced within a sermon series titled "Ghost Stories" that redefines the term away from the spooky and toward the spiritual. The primary purpose of the message is to emphasize that the Holy Spirit is the greatest story for a believer, providing power and acting as an Advocate or Prayer Partner in their lives. He passionately encourages the congregation, including a group tuning in via watch parties, to seek the baptism of the Holy Spirit—signified by a heavenly...
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This week at All People Church, Pastor Josh launches a new series titled "Ghost Stories," which focuses on the Holy Spirit. The central purpose of the message is to encourage listeners to understand that the Holy Spirit is God living in us—not an "it," but a divine presence—and is actively writing God's story through our lives. He emphasizes the power of stories to capture attention, build connection, bring truth to life, and inspire action, arguing that our personal testimonies are essential elements of God's ongoing narrative. Ultimately, he challenges believers...
info_outlineThis week at All People, Pastor Josh embraces radical generosity as a form of stewarding the move of God, emphasizing that their giving is not merely for church programs but for the salvation and transformation of lost people. He details how this generosity is aimed at two main goals: investing in generations through a major renovation and expansion of the children's ministry space in North Reading, and expanding into new territories by officially launching a new permanent campus in Lowell, Massachusetts. This expansion, a year after a faith-stretching offering, is presented as an act of obedience to God’s call to "enlarge the place of your tent," illustrating that faith in action precedes the promised miracle of growth. Ultimately, the message is a call to a spiritual revolution sparked by communal, sacrificial giving.