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ReGeneration Church
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This podcast features the Sunday morning teachings of Pastor Matt Valencia from ReGeneration Church in Scotts Valley, California.
ReGeneration Church exists to cultivate a community of disciples who respond to the Gospel by growing in relationship with Jesus and intervening for Him.
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Acts 4:32-5:42, "Obeying God vs the Fear of Man"
1w ago00:52:39Tap to summarizeAnanias and Sapphira secretly hold back part of their offering while claiming to give the full amount, and both fall dead when confronted. The apostles fill Jerusalem with their teaching, drawing such crowds that the high priest has them arrested and jailed, only for an angel to release them and send them straight back to the temple to keep speaking. Dragged before the council again and flogged, Peter and the apostles answer that they must obey God rather than men. They leave rejoicing, and day after day they do not stop teaching in the temple and in homes. When pressure increases, do your convictions sharpen or soften?
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Acts 4:1-31, "We Can't Keep Silent!"
2w ago00:58:50Tap to summarizeAfter healing a lame man and preaching in the temple, Peter and John are arrested and brought before the Sanhedrin, who demand they stop speaking in Jesus' name. Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, boldly declares that salvation is found in no one else—not even under threat of punishment will he be silenced. The council, unable to deny the miracle, releases them with warnings, but Peter and John insist they cannot stop speaking of what they have seen and heard. Reunited with their companions, they pray for boldness, and the room shakes as the Holy Spirit fills them all and they continue proclaiming the Word. What does the gap between what you believe privately and what you say publicly reveal about you?
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Acts 3:1-26, "Healing & Refreshment in Christ"
3w ago00:44:00Tap to summarizeAt the temple gate called Beautiful, Peter and John encounter a man lame from birth who asks them for money, but Peter raises him up in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and the man's feet and ankles are immediately strengthened. The healed man enters the temple walking, leaping, and praising God, drawing a crowd of astonished onlookers who recognize him as the longtime beggar. Peter addresses the crowd, insisting the miracle comes not from his own power but through faith in Jesus — the one they had disowned — and urges them to repent and turn back so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. He grounds this moment in the ancient covenant promises, declaring that all the prophets from Moses onward had been pointing to these very days now unfolding before them. Is there an area of your life where you have grown so accustomed to brokenness that you no longer imagine it could be made whole?
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Acts 2:37-47, "The Spirit-Filled Church"
4w ago01:00:34Tap to summarizePeter delivers a message that cuts the crowd to the heart, and thousands respond by repenting, being baptized, and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. The new believers devote themselves to the apostles' teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer, while signs and wonders occur among them. They hold their possessions loosely, selling what they have to meet one another's needs, and gather together daily in the temple courts and in their homes with gladness and sincerity. The community grows steadily as the Lord adds to their number day by day those who are being saved. Where have you drawn the line between your private faith and your shared community life?
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Acts 2:12-36, "Spirit Empowered Prophecy & Teaching"
May 300:57:20Tap to summarizeAs the crowd questions what they are witnessing, Peter stands and addresses them, explaining that the outpouring of the Spirit fulfills Joel's prophecy that God would pour out His Spirit on all flesh. He draws on Psalms 16 and 110 to argue that David anticipated both the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus, grounding his message in the Hebrew Scriptures. The Spirit's empowerment is evident not only in Peter's boldness but in his ability to interpret and apply Scripture in a coherent, persuasive way. He concludes with a direct declaration: God has made Jesus, the one they crucified, both Lord and Messiah. How do you discern whether boldness in your speech is coming from the Spirit, or from yourself?
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Acts 2:1-13, The Fire & Wind of the Holy Spirit"
Apr 2601:07:05Tap to summarizeThe disciples are gathered together when suddenly a sound like a rushing wind fills the entire house. Tongues of fire appear and settle on each of them. They begin speaking in languages they have never learned. Devout Jews from every nation hear their own tongues proclaiming God's wonders, leaving them astonished and perplexed. Others mock, assuming they are drunk. What do we do when confronted with something we can't explain? Are you more likely to respond with awe or skepticism?
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Acts 1:9-26, "The Ascension"
Apr 1900:44:10Tap to summarizeAs the disciples watch, Jesus is lifted up and a cloud takes him out of their sight, leaving them standing and gazing up toward heaven until two men in white robes appear and redirect their attention back to earth. The disciples return to Jerusalem and gather in the upper room, where they devote themselves to prayer alongside the women, Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. Peter stands among the gathered believers and addresses the need to replace Judas, whose betrayal and death had left a vacancy among the twelve apostles. Matthias is chosen by lot to take Judas's place, completing the circle of witnesses who will carry forward what they have seen and heard. When the visible disappears, what do we anchor our certainty to?
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Acts 1:1-8, "Jesus' Work Through the Spirit & the Church"
Apr 1201:01:50Tap to summarizeJesus appears to his disciples, calming their fear and showing them his hands and feet as proof that he stands before them in bodily form, then opens their minds to understand how the scriptures have been fulfilled in him. He commissions them to carry the message of repentance and forgiveness to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem, and promises that the Father will send what he has promised to equip them for this work. Before he is carried up into heaven, he leads them out toward Bethany and blesses them, leaving them to return to Jerusalem with great joy. There, as they wait in the city, he instructs them through the Holy Spirit that they will receive power and become his witnesses not only in Jerusalem but to the very ends of the earth. How do you move forward even when the future feels uncertain?
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Easter Sunday – "The Imminent Dawn"
Apr 501:07:00Tap to summarizeAs it begins to dawn, two women make their way to a sealed tomb—only to find the stone rolled away, an angel waiting, and the announcement that the One they came to mourn is no longer there. The sorrow they had carried gives way not gradually, but all at once, as sudden and irreversible as daybreak. Writing in 1 Corinthians, Paul later insists on the concrete reality of this moment, anchoring the Jesus's Resurrection in history: Christ died, was buried, rose on the third day, and is seen by Peter, by the twelve, by more than five hundred. What areas of your life still need to experience the unstoppable hope of Jesus?
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Palm Sunday - Luke 19:28-40, "This Is Our King"
Mar 2900:54:40Tap to summarizeJesus approaches Jerusalem by first sending two disciples to retrieve a colt that has never been ridden, and they find it just as He described. The crowd that sees Him coming spreads their cloaks on the road and praises God, declaring the King has come. When the Pharisees urge Him to silence the crowd, He replies that if they were silent, even the stones would cry out. This Palm Sunday, come join us as we lift our voices together and seek the face of our King.
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