GARDEN CHURCH Podcast

CRAZY PRAYER | Darren Rouanzoin

Acts 12 gives us two apostles arrested by the same king. James meets a sword in a single verse. Peter, guarded by sixteen soldiers and bound in chains, is set free by an angel while the church prays…

Jesus Builds His Church | Ramin Razavi

Jesus promised he would build his church, and Acts 11 shows us what that actually looks like in practice. The church at Antioch didn't have a famous founding pastor or an official send-off from…

He Stole Caesar's Title | Darren Rouanzoin

Hospitality is Theology | Darren Rouanzoin

Acts 10 is one of the great turning points in scripture. A Roman centurion named Cornelius prays and gives generously. A Jewish apostle named Peter wrestles with a vision he doesn't yet understand.…

Resurrection Power | Bill Dogterom

Peter heals Aeneas in Lydda and raises Tabitha in Joppa, and the whole region turns to Jesus. But the point of Acts 9 isn't the miracle. It's the kind of people the Spirit is forming.Pastor Bill…

When Mercy Calls Your Name | Chase Cofer

In Acts 9, Saul is on his way to Damascus to imprison followers of Jesus when a light from heaven stops him in his tracks. He hears his name called, goes blind for three days, and the entire…

Kingdom Success | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 8, Philip leaves a thriving revival in Samaria to walk a desert road, where he finds one Ethiopian official reading Isaiah in a chariot. That single conversation becomes the seed of the…

Counterfeits and Consumers | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 8, the gospel moves into Samaria and a whole city begins to come alive. But Luke pulls back the curtain on something we can't miss: wherever God is moving, a counterfeit power is always at…

Life After Death is Conquered | Bill Dogterom

This message explores the tension many of us feel after Easter. If Jesus really rose from the dead, why does life still feel the same? Why are we still dealing with anxiety, uncertainty, and…

Resurrection Changes Everything | Darren Rouanzoin

The Triumph of Jesus - Palm Sunday | Ramin Razavi

When Jesus Doesn't Meet Your Expectations - Palm Sunday | Bill Dogterom

This Palm Sunday message invites us to wrestle with a version of Jesus that doesn’t always match what we want.The crowd expected power, control, and deliverance on their terms. Instead, Jesus comes…

They Tried To Bury Us | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 8, the early church faces one of its darkest moments. Persecution breaks out, Stephen is killed, and believers are scattered. But what looks like loss becomes the very thing God uses to move…

A Vast Panorama of Grace | Ramin Razavi

In Acts 7, Stephen stands before the Sanhedrin under intense pressure and opposition. Instead of defending himself, he tells the bigger story of what God has been doing all along. From Abraham to…

Radiant Life | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 6 we meet Stephen, an ordinary follower of Jesus chosen to help care for widows in the early church. Yet Scripture describes him as a man full of faith, full of grace, full of power, and full…

What Happens When Your Faith Is Tested? | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 6, Stephen is described as a man full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom, faith, grace, and power. Not a platform preacher. A table server. A volunteer. Yet when pressure came, what spilled out of…

Serving Tables; Shaking Cities | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 6, the early church is growing fast. Revival is breaking out and right in the middle of it, there’s conflict. Widows are being overlooked. Needs are exposed. And the solution is not better…

Rejoicing in Suffering | Bill Dogterom

How to Suffer Well | Darren Rouanzoin

In Acts 5, revival turns into resistance. The apostles are arrested, beaten, and warned to stay silent. And yet they leave rejoicing.Why? Because they did not see suffering as failure. They saw it as…

God's Presence Transforms Lives | Darren Rouanzoin

What does it look like when God’s presence is not just talked about, but carried?In this message from our Church on Fire series through the book of Acts, we look at Acts 5 and the early church as a…