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Midtown Fellowship Two Notch Podcasts
Sermon by Ant Frederick on September 28, 2025. Key scripture: John 3:16-21 In His conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus not only proclaims God’s love for the world but also exposes the human tendency to cling to darkness. Yet He invites all to step into His light, where freedom, truth, and salvation are found.…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on September 21, 2025. Key scripture: John 3:1-21 What if your biggest problem isn’t what’s happening to you—but what’s happening inside you? Jesus tells Nicodemus that the solution isn’t more self-effort or more rules. It’s being born again.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on September 14, 2025. Key scripture: John 2:13-22 Jesus’ love shows up not just in gentleness, but in righteous passion. His zeal for God’s house drives him to act boldly, calling us to let Him cleanse what’s keeping us from worship.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on September 7, 2025. Key scripture: John 2:1-12 What do you do when the wine runs out? At a wedding on the verge of social disaster, Jesus quietly turns shame into honor and scarcity into abundance—hinting at the deeper rescue He offers to all who trust Him.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on August 31, 2025. Key scripture: John 1:35–51 Jesus’ first disciples didn’t just believe in Him—they followed Him. This message invites us to consider how our own lives are always being discipled by something, and what it would mean to follow Jesus as our true Rabbi.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on August 24, 2025. Key scripture: John 1:6–8, 19–34 & 3:22–30 As we welcome our children for a child-friendly message, we receive from John the Baptist a reminder that, because Jesus is the light, we are to seek His glory above our own.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on August 17, 2025. Key scripture: John 1:1-5, 14 & 20:30-31 The book of John is a firsthand account from one of Jesus’ closest friends—someone who walked with Him, heard His voice, saw His miracles, stood at the cross, and ran to the empty tomb — so that “you may believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:30). At…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on August 10, 2025. Key scripture: Jonah 4:1-11 Is there a limit to how far you want God’s grace to go? What if His grace extended beyond your comfort zone—toward the people you dislike, fear, or would rather see judged?By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on August 3, 2025. Key scripture: Jonah 3 In a chapter filled with a short sermon and shocking repentance, Jonah 3 shows us what true repentance looks like, and how God responds to it.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 27, 2025. Key scripture: Jonah 1:17-2:10 In Jonah 2, we find a prophet at rock bottom and a God who hears from the deep. Even in judgment, grace is breaking through.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 20, 2025. Key scripture: Jonah 1:1–17 The book of Jonah has captivated and perplexed audiences for generations. It’s often understood as “that story about a guy who got swallowed by a whale.” But truth be told, there’s so much more going on than that. At its core, Jonah is a story about a prophet who calls others to …
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 13, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 At the end of his extensive teaching about wisdom, the preacher leaves us with one command that is he says is the whole duty of man. As we conclude our sermon series, we'll gain understanding in what it truly means to fear God and how fearing God leads to enjoying the li…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on July 6, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 What if the reason money never feels like enough is because it was never meant to be? Solomon doesn’t just critique materialism—he unveils a deeper invitation to contentment in God’s provision and presence.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 29, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 What if the reason money never feels like enough is because it was never meant to be? Solomon doesn’t just critique materialism—he unveils a deeper invitation to contentment in God’s provision and presence.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 22, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 In a culture chasing status and striving to measure up, Solomon’s words in Ecclesiastes 4 point us to a richer life—one found in relational depth, not personal gain.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 15, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Life brings seasons we can’t predict or control. But in Ecclesiastes 3, we’re invited to be spiritually prepared—not by mastering outcomes, but by entrusting ourselves to a God who sees the whole story.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 8, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-18-26 Does your work ever feel like it owns you? Ecclesiastes exposes the futility of toil “under the sun”—yet points us to a God who meets us even in our weariness with purpose and joy.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on June 1, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, 17 and Mark 8:36 What if the life you’re building still leaves you empty? Solomon had it all—pleasure, power, wealth, and wisdom—and still found it meaningless. What are you chasing, and will it really satisfy?By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on May 25, 2025. Key scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 “Meaningless, meaningless… everything is meaningless.” That’s the opening line, and somehow the beginning of hope. Week one in Ecclesiastes shows us why everything “under the sun” eventually lets us down—and how life with God brings joy to even the most ordinary days.…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on May 18, 2025. Key scripture: Acts 2:1-41 The church was born not from strategy or charisma, but from divine power. Acts 2 shows us what happens when ordinary people are filled with an extraordinary Spirit.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on May 11, 2025. Key scripture: Acts 1:6-11 Jesus didn’t disappear—He ascended. And that changes everything about where we look for help, hope, and meaning.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on May 4, 2025. Key scripture: Luke 24:13–35 What if the Savior you're hoping for isn't the one you expected... but is actually far better? This week, we walk the road to Emmaus and discover how Jesus meets us even in our confusion.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 27, 2025. Key scripture: John 21:1-19 & Luke 22:59-62 Because of Jesus' resurrection, everything has changed. In our previous sermon series, we unpacked the significance of Jesus' atoning death on the Cross. For this series, we're shifting our focus to a short period immediately after Jesus' death and resurrection, …
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 20, 2025. Christ has risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father where He reigns and intercedes for us as our Great High Priest!By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 13, 2025. Key scripture: Galations 4:4-7 All of us long to belong. This week, we explore how, through Jesus' work on the Cross, we are brought into the family of God and what that means for us now.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on April 6, 2025. Key scripture: Colossians 1:13-14 What does freedom look like when following Jesus? What happens when you see the life Scripture calls you to, but it feels disconnected from your reality? In the third week of our series, we’ll unpack what it means that Jesus is our redemption - that He’s come to free us fro…
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Sermon by Devin Coleman on March 30, 2025. Key scripture: Psalm 69:1-36 In the second week of our Cross of Christ series, we’ll dive into how the cross deals with our shame.By Devin Coleman
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 23, 2025. Key scripture: Galatians 3:13-14 It has been said that atonement is like a multi-faceted diamond. What Christ accomplished on the cross is massive, and its window into the heart of God is grand. In this series, we study the many things Jesus’ death and resurrection achieved as we prepare our hearts and min…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 16, 2025. Key scripture: James 5:7-20 In chapter 5, James wraps up everything he’s said and offers practical wisdom: How can we know we have true faith? How can we make it for the long haul? How can we walk faithfully with Jesus and others no matter what life throws at us?…
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Sermon by Jon Ludovina on March 9, 2025. Key scripture: James 4:13-5:6 In chapters 4 and 5, James shows how brief life is and how that ought to influence how we live.By Jon Ludovina
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on March 2, 2025. Key scripture: James 4:1-12 In chapter 4, James shows us the true sinful source of our relational conflicts and how to deal with it.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 23, 2025. Key scripture: James 3:1-18 This week in James 3, we’ll dive into practically one of the most challenging areas to live in as a follower of Jesus. The Scriptures will call at times a source of healing and blessing and at other times a “raging fire” and a “restless evil” — our words.…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 16, 2025. Key scripture: James 2:14-26 Is your Christian faith the real deal or just a façade? James 2 challenges us to examine our faith, asking if it's genuine and produces real change in our lives, or just a convincing imitation.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 9, 2025. Key scripture: James 1:22-2:13 This week, James warns us of the danger of learning things about God without doing what God says, particularly when it comes to showing partiality.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on February 2, 2025. Key scripture: James 1:13-18 This week, James will help us fight sin in our lives by showing us the nature of sin and the perspective to resist it.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 26, 2025. Key scripture: James 1:1-12 To faithfully follow Jesus, our faith must be marked by action. Our belief should lead us into good works and obedience. In the book of James, we are challenged by the brother of Jesus to examine the authenticity of our faith and to ensure that it fills each area of our everyd…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 19, 2025. Key scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 As we wrap our series, we look at the last piece of our vision as a church: to know and love our neighbors. This week, we look at how loving God and our church family moves us to go out, build friendships, invite others in, and tell them about Jesus.…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 12, 2025. Key scripture: 1 John 4:7-12 Last week, we explored the most important thing about us: our vertical relationship with God. This week, we look into how that impacts our horizontal relationships with others and what challenges we often face, as followers of Jesus, from experiencing meaningful community.…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on January 5, 2025. “Known and loved.” That’s a powerful phrase. At some level, all of us are looking for places in life where we feel known and loved. Some of us have that, and some of us don’t. Others of us are looking for that in family, romance, friendships, or any number of things - and have felt hurt or betrayed in the…
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Timestamps: 0:38 - Looking back, why did we want to do this year-long initiative? 1:48 - What have been your highlights for the year? 7:15 - What’s our hope for our church moving forward? 9:46 - Practically what does that look like? RESOURCES Check out MidtownBiblicalLiteracy.com for videos, book recommendations, and Bible reading plans How-to Stud…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on December 22, 2024. As we end our Advent series and Year of Biblical Literacy, we look at the final chapters of Revelation and the ultimate hope that’s given for those in Christ.By Ant Frederick
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Sermon by JayWill Wilson on December 15, 2024. Because of the first advent of our King, there will be a time where all of our hearts will experience unhindered joy and praise to God. As we anticipate His second advent, we anticipate the time when all of God's people from all time will erupt in that praise together.…
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Year of Biblical Literacy | Reading Apocalyptic Literature and Revelation (Without Losing Our Minds!)
Timestamps: 1:30 - How do we think about Revelation/apocalyptic literature? 4:08 - How do we begin to read Revelation/apocalyptic literature correctly? 8:20 - How do we understand the stranger imagery and ideas in Revelation? 9:27 - How are we to think about the end times? 12:40 - What about the “antichrist”? 16:27 - What about the “millennium” in …
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on December 8, 2024. This week, we look at Revelation 12. Through the grandiose imagery of this passage, we'll see the author pulling the curtain back to show us the cosmic battle taking place and how, ultimately, Jesus wins. This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.…
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Sermon by Will Broadus on December 1, 2024. Our Savior is both a mighty conquering lion and a slain lamb. In this paradox, we find ample reason to worship Him. This series is part of our Year of Biblical Literacy initiative.By Will Broadus
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Sermon by Justin Gates on November 24, 2024. We are often distracted many different things that gain our attention and focus. This week we look at the Apostle Paul's words that show us 3 distinct benefits of focusing our attention on the Lord.By Justin Gates
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on November 17, 2024. The race of remaining faithful to God as we lay aside weights and sin is a tiring one, and it can be easy for us to grow weary. Thankfully, the author of Hebrews gives us encouragements about the Discipline of The Lord that remind us of the beauty and the glory of God's process of developing us. This se…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on November 10, 2024. One of the most detrimental things a runner can do is cling to something that is slowing and weighing them down. In chapter 12, we are encouraged to lay aside every weight that would hinder us as we "run the race" that Jesus has set before us. This week we are encouraged to run well with endurance. This…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on November 3, 2024. How would you define "faith"? That word is so foundational to following Jesus and so familiar to us, that we sometimes lose its power and meaning. This week, we look at Hebrews 11 to clarify what that means and how it enables us to endure whatever we face. This series is part of our Year of Biblical Lite…
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Sermon by Ant Frederick on October 27, 2024. This week, we look at one of the most foundational concepts in the Old Testament: the temple, the priests, and the sacrifice. Even though, we don't use the sacrificial system in the same way as the people of God did in the Old Testament, learning about this system helps us to know, appreciate, and cheris…
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