Jonathan Dodson continues teaching through the sermon series "Truly Human." This week he covers Gospel-centered Parenting.

Jonathan Dodson continues through the series Truly Human. This week he teaches on: Restoring the Symmetry: Singleness & Marriage.

Truly Human: Biblical Femininity

Jonathan Dodson teaches on biblical masculinity: Hypermasculine Conservative or Feminized Liberal?

Jonathan Dodson teaches on: Everyday Mission: Motivations & Practices of Missional Church

Jonathan Dodson continues our series on missional living. This week he teaches on: Idols that Keep us from Mission

Nate Navarro teaches from John 17 on: Community: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful

Jonathan Dodson teaches out of Eph 4:1-16 on: The Three Conversions of the Gospel

Jonathan Dodson teaches on: Missio Dei and the God of Mission

Jonathan Dodson teaches on: The Gospel of Ezra: Sin, Exile & Restoration

Jonathan Dodson teaches on: Renewal: The Gift of Repentance (Ezra 10)

Renewal: Holiness of God (Ezra 9)

Jonathan Dodson preaches over: Renewal through Prayer: Ezra 8

Gospel Identity: Fulfilling our Calling without Going Crazy (Ezra 7:1-10)

Temple Worship & Cafeteria Tray Jesus (Ezra 6)

The Shift in Global Christianity: Good or Bad?

 Gospel Renewal (Ezra 5): the core of urban rebuilding Guest Speaker Jeremy Hager

Faithful Suffering (Ezra 4): Guest Speaker Ross Appleton

Exiles: A Worshiping Community of Peculiar Saints (Ezra 3)

Church & Culture: How to Live in the City (Ezra 2)

Created for Community: Daniel Davis

Missional Pluralism: Cyrus & the Sovereignty of God (Ezra 1)

Return from Exile: Intro to Ezra (Ezra 9:8-9)

What Is Baptism? Why Should We Be Baptized? (Acts 2:22-41)

Gospel of New Creation & Fahrenheit 451
Isaiah 43:3-21; Isa 65:17-18;
2 Cor 5:14-18

Gospel of Adoption: How We Get in God's Family (Gal 4:1-7)

Gospel of Justification: How to Get Right with God (Romans 3:21-26)

 Gospel and Atonement: Why Did Jesus Die? (Romans 3:21-26)

Why Should We Obey God?

The Gospel: Regeneration (Ezek 36.23-38; Tit 3.1-8)

The Gospel in Three Dimensions

This sermon explores the plausibility of the resurrection of Jesus Christ
by examining the historical perspectives of the 1st century and addresses
the implications of Jesus victory over sin, death, and evil.

This sermon explores how our character is formed by image, either positively or negative, in vanity or in beauty.

This sermon explores various forms of anger in an attempt to understand the difference between righteous and sinful anger and how the gospel addresses our sinful anger.
Psalm 4
Ephesians 4:20-27

This sermon explores the Christian practice of financial giving and how it relates to the gospel.

the closing sermon in Colossians, this message explores what it means to be the church instead of "going to church."

This sermon considers the urban future of history and the role of Austin City Life in redemptively engaging the peoples and cultures of Austin as we relocate to a new venue on historic 6th Street.

This sermon identifies the biblical roles of husbands and wives while also exploring our idolatry and cynicism about marriage. With the help of Radiohead, we uncover how twisted our approaches to marriage are and how redemptive the Gospel can be.

This sermon explores how we contend with the old man as new men in Christ, with specific application to the issue of
sexual sin.

This sermon considers what it means to seek the things above, how to live and love in the light of the receiving new life in the new age of the kingdom of God. Plus, there is an amazing Bonhoeffer quote.

How do we know God? How do we grow in our Christian faith? This sermon explores the dangers of religion and spirituality while considering the gospel alternative--clinging to Christ and living as a Body.

This sermon explores the powers that hold sway
over us, like consumerism and atheism, contrasting them to the rule of Jesus
who is head over all powers.

Is receiving Jesus as Lord simply the way out of hell and into heaven or does it mean something more? This sermon compares popular and biblical views of what it means for Jesus to be Lord.

This sermon ponders the significance of Jesus' birth in a manger, a feeding trough of all places! It explores how the birth of Jesus reverses human expectation in order to accomplish redemption for those who hope in him.

This sermon explores our unfulfilled longing for community in all kinds of places, correcting and directing that longing to Jesus.

This sermon explores how the incongruity of Christian faith (i.e. joy and suffering, righteousness and sin) is explained in the mystery of the kingdom of God.

This sermon explores how the gospel of reconciliation applies to both past and present sin.

In this stand-alone sermon, we look at the first chapter of the book of James and seek to gain perspective on God’s purpose for us in times of difficulty and trial.

In this final sermon on the Christ poem, this message explores the themes of reconciliation and New Creation. Since the Fall doesn't stand alone, what are the implications for Christians who follow a Jesus who is Lord of New Creation?

The first of three sermons on the Christ poem of Colossians 1:15-20, this sermon explores the relationship between Christ and creation.

This sermon explores why God is so worthy of thanksgiving by considering how we qualify to inherit the kingdom of God. From the beginning of Genesis to the future of Fahrenheit 451, the rescue and redemption of God in Christ charts a course for a new a world we all long for.

This sermon considers cultural conceptions of knowledge, the knowledge of God, what happened to knowledge of God, and how we can recover it in order to become truly human.

This sermon explores how we can grow as Christians from three angles: 1) What is Gospel growth? 2) How we grow and 3) The power to grow.

This sermon considers the problem of mission, as it confronts us socially and spiritually, while considering the potential solutions of community and the gospel.

This sermon introduces Paul's letter to the Colossians by considering the historical context, narrative context, and major themes contained in Colossians. It emphasizes the importance of detecting Paul's echoes of the six primary stories of Scripture (Creation, Fall, Israel, Jesus, Church, New Creation) in Colossians and their relevance to the letter's central theme--Jesus is Lord.

Looking at 1 Corinthians 12:4-31, guest speaker Jacob Vanhorn discusses spiritual gifts in the context of a gospel-formed community, its subtle enemies and apologetic power, when lived in through Jesus and the Spirit.

This sermon seeks to answer two questions: "What will we do in heaven?" and "What difference should it make in how we live now?" Culture is a central part of heaven, so how does that affect the way we live now?

This sermon is the first in a series that examines songs from Andy Melvin's album The Human Engine Waits. We consider one of the Old Testament texts that inspired Andy's song "Our God Above." We explore Jeremiah the prophet's message regarding "the fountain of living waters and broken cisterns that can hold no water" and its relevance for the church today.

This sermon reflections on the three characters of the so-called "Prodigal Son" story. As it turns out, there are, in fact, two prodigals and much that can be learned from their gracious father.

This sermon explores the perspectives on truth in the book A New Earth and in the film The Dark Knight. How does Eckhart Tolle perceive truth? How does Batman perceive truth? How does the gospel inform our understanding of these perspectives on truth?

This sermon launches a three part series examining the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, bestselling author of A New Earth. In it we explore the predicament of humanity by comparing Eckhart Tolle's view of the Ego and dysfunction to the Apostle Paul's view of spiritual deadness and sin. We also briefly consider the differences between the solution to the predicament of humanity (consciousness vs. salvation), which will be continued in the next sermon.

This weeks sermon is a stand alone sermon. Pastor Jonathan K. Dodson preaches out of revelation exploring popular cultural notions of heaven and how they compare to the biblical vision of heaven.

This sermon explores four practices of the missional church as described in Acts 2:42-47 and expressed in Austin City Life. They are: SHARE life and truth, PRAY for one another and the city, ENGAGE peoples and cultures, and LOVE one another.

Austin City Life exists to redemptively engage peoples and cultures. Vision and teaching pastor Jonathan Dodson speaks out of Colossians 1:15-20. "Lord of the Story" answers the question, "Is Jesus a deus ex machina, a 'god from a machine'?" Taking Aristotle's critique of story seriously, that the resolution of the plot must arise from within the story, we examine how Jesus emerges from the Old Testament and what he does to resolve the conflict in the grand Story of Scripture. We also check out Shysters, Fundys, and Hypocrites along the way.

Austin City Life Sermon Podcast: June 22, 2008. Pastor Jonathan Dodson is the vision and teaching pastor of Austin City Life, an Acts 29 church plant in the heart of Austin, TX. "Lost in Exile" is a part of an on going sermon series "Story of Scripture and Our Place In It".

This sermon is Austin City Life's Vision and Teaching pastor, Jonathan Dodson speaking from Coram Deo Church in Omaha, NB. Jonathan teaches on, Jesus: The True temple (Mk 11:15-18).

May 25: Fall (Gen 3) Doubt the Serpent, Trust the Savior God wants to change our hearts so we can enjoy exalting him in all things but we don’t want exalt or enjoy him. In Adam we have rejected God’s good agenda for us and our world. This sermon will address God’s redemptive solution to our rejection of him as King.

May 18th, 2008 The Imperfection of Creation: Did God make the world perfect or was it flawed from the beginning? This sermon explores God's plan for the creation project and how its glorious future affects the present predicament of the world.

May 4: Creation (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:5-8; Col 1:9-10) True Humanity: What Does it Mean to be in the Image of God? Where does our significance come from? What separates us from animals, if anything? What does it mean to be in the image of God? How does this inform our participation in God’s purpose to exalt himself in all things? This sermon will address our role in the creation project.