The Altar Fellowship

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  Christ and Him Crucified 06.10.2026 37min

  We don't graduate from the gospel. Pastor Mattie returns to 1 Corinthians 2 and the message that got him started in ministry, then walks through Isaiah 53 to show why Jesus is a Savior and not just an example. The man of sorrows wasn't written to make us pity Him. He was written to bring us to the foot of the cross in awe at a love that carried what we couldn't. Support the show
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  A Future and a Hope 29.09.2026 33min

  God said the same thing to exiles in Babylon that He's saying now: I know the plans I have for you. Pastor Mattie puts Jeremiah 29:11 back in its original context — spoken to people staring down 70 years of captivity, not a season of ease — and makes the case that God's promise of a future and a hope was never a promise of comfort. It was a promise that He sees the end of the story, even when all you can see is the pain right in front of you. Support the show
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  The Secret Life 22.09.2026 40min

  Proximity and intimacy are not the same thing. You can prophesy, cast out demons, build a ministry, and gain a million followers, all in Jesus' name, and still hear "I never knew you" at the end. Using Judas as the central figure, Jacob Coyne calls the church back from performative Christianity to the secret place: the hidden, unhurried prayer life that's not a strategy for ministry but a return to the first love. Support the show
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  A Theology For Suffering 08.09.2026 51min

  Suffering is not something we can always pray our way out of, and following Jesus does not mean we will never experience it. This message walks through what Scripture teaches about suffering, showing how God meets us in the middle of our pain and uses even the hardest seasons to shape our faith. We may not always understand why we suffer, but we can hold onto the hope that our suffering is temporary, God is with us through it, and eternal glory is coming. Support the show
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  Revival in Chains 01.09.2026 41min

  Paul and Silas didn't end up in prison by accident, and they didn't worship their way out of it by waiting until things got better. Pastor Mattie walks through Acts 16 to show that the most powerful moments in the kingdom happen not when we chase God encounters, but when we chase God Himself. Wherever He places you, including the places that feel like prison, is exactly where He intends to move. Support the show
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  The Ministry of Multiplicity 25.08.2026 47min

  Churches don't produce disciples — disciples do. Pastor Mattie builds the case from Genesis, Moses and Joshua, and the Apostle Paul that the law of multiplication isn't a strategy, it's written into the order of creation. That is, you reproduce what you are, not what you say. The calling isn't to fill a seat or build an institution… it's to find a Paul and become one. Support the show
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  The DNA of a Dynamic Church 18.08.2026 54min

  Titus 2 has a lot to say about what a healthy church actually looks like — and most of it starts not with programs, but with people. Pastor Mattie walks through Paul's instruction to older men, older women, younger women, and younger men, making the case that the health of a church rises and falls on whether each generation is willing to take responsibility for the one coming behind it. Support the show
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  Come To The Table 11.08.2026 48min

  The coming revival won't happen in stadiums. Pastor Mattie makes the case from Luke 24 that Jesus is most clearly seen not in spectacle or noise, but in the regular, simple act of sitting down to eat together… and that the dinner table may be the most revolutionary place in the Kingdom right now. Support the show
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  A Reintroduction 04.08.2026 45min

  Pastor Mattie returns from sabbatical with a reintroduction — his own story, from a father who broke cycles of poverty and addiction in one generation, to a college dorm where God met him mid-argument, to ten years of touring the world with a band, to a living room in Johnson City where a church was born. Seven years later, neither he nor The Altar are what they once were. This Sunday he traces the thread of God's faithfulness through each step. Support the show
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  The Mystery Of Divine Rest - Part 2 28.07.2026 42min

  Rest isn’t just something you do when the work is over — it IS the work. Pastor Mattie continues his series on divine rest, showing how a soul truly at rest in the finished work of Christ worships differently, works differently, and becomes something the world is desperate for: a place to land. Support the show
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  The Mystery Of Divine Rest 21.07.2026 50min

  Pastor Mattie returns from sabbatical and preaches on the one discipline most of us have never taken seriously: rest. Drawing from Genesis, Exodus, the Psalms, and the life of Jesus, he makes the case that rest isn't the reward you get after the work is done — it's the evidence that God's presence is actually with you, and the rebellion against a performance-driven life that the gospel demands. Support the show
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  Set Free In The Sovereignty of God 14.07.2026 57min

  God is more in control than you realize — and that's not a threat, it's the most stabilizing truth in Scripture. Pastor Ian walks through Romans 8–11 to show that the tension between God's sovereign will and human choice isn't a contradiction to resolve but a mystery to rest in, and that the people you can't stop praying for may be the clearest evidence that God is already moving in their lives. Support the show
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  God’s Justice In Reconciliation - Kashif Khan 07.07.2026 58min

  Reconciliation isn't just sentiment — it's a legally just transaction. Elder Kashif Khan walks through 2 Corinthians 5 to show how God can remain perfectly just and still forgive guilty sinners, and why understanding the mechanics of the gospel changes everything. Support the show
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  Knowing God's Will - Ian Miller 30.06.2026 1h 6min

  Most people give up praying because they're not sure what God actually wants — and an unanswered prayer starts to feel like a closed door. Pastor Ian walks through five ways the Bible uses the phrase "God's will," showing that confusion between them is what quietly kills our confidence in prayer, and that knowing which one applies is the difference between giving up and pressing through. Support the show
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  Father Lessons 24.06.2026 51min

  Maybe you never had a father who showed up. Maybe the men who were supposed to teach you taught you the wrong things instead. This Father's Day, five fathers stood up and told the truth about the one Father who never failed them. He finds you. He fights for you. He turned over His own Son so you could come home. You don't have to be a perfect dad to be a good one — you just have to know the Father, and let Him do in you what no one ever did for you. Support the show
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  What God Started - Jon Back 16.06.2026 1h 2min

  Students came back from summer camp with more than memories—they came back changed. Over 80% shared that they encountered the Holy Spirit for the first time, and what started as a week of games and late nights ended with spontaneous worship, healings, and teenagers ministering to each other and to the adults around them. What God started in Roanoke, He wants to continue here. Support the show
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  The Formula for Breakthrough is Repentance - Owen Barclay 09.06.2026 51min

  The Christian life is not won by trying harder, but by surrendering more deeply to Christ. When the Holy Spirit exposes the roots beneath our struggles, conviction becomes an invitation—not to shame, but to repentance, where our weakness meets His strength and our obedience echoes His finished victory. Support the show
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  Thailand Missions Trip 2026 Recap - David Morrison 04.06.2026 1h 7min

  After a powerful time in the unreached country of Thailand, Pastor David Morrison and the missions team share testimonies of God's power with the Thai people. Support the show
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  Q&A with Gavin Ortlund and Mattie Montgomery 04.06.2026 1h 17min

  Listen to a question-and-answer session with Mattie Montgomery and Gavin Ortlund. They discuss Protestantism, Catholicism, and important questions regarding the truth of the Gospel. Support the show
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  The Power of the Gospel - Gavin Ortlund 04.06.2026 49min

  The gospel is not advice for better living—it is the power of God to save. When we stop trying to earn God's favor and trust in Christ alone, we discover the freedom Luther found: our standing before God rests not on our performance, but on His finished work. Support the show