Welcome to the Chi Alpha at UVA podcast! Chi Alpha at the University of Virginia is a passionately devoted, diverse, missional community of the Spirit—building lifelong followers of Jesus. Here you will find all of the most recent messages from Monday Night Live, retreats, and seminars. You can find more content by visiting our website at www.xaatuva.com.
In this very special episode of Sunday Morning Live, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, shares some lessons he’s learned from 20 years of serving at the University of Virginia! Listen in as he walks through Acts 20 and gives us some ever-timely reminders of how to stay rooted in God and healthy community.
Have you struggled to understand God’s will for your life? Well, you’re not alone! In this week’s message, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, walks through Paul’s missionary journey and how he relied on both wisdom and the Spirit to fulfill God’s plan for his work. This is the eighth message of our series in the book of Acts, The Way Forward, where we are looking at the early church, how the Holy Spirit guided their path, and how the Holy Spirit guides in a similar way today.
Throughout the Gospel, Jesus uses meals to share knowledge, healing, and, most importantly, love to those around him. In this week’s message, our campus pastor Pete Bullette and pastoral staff member Rigo Herrera explore how the choosing of the seven in Acts chapter 6 sets an example of how to invite the diverse body of Christ into our lives today, with every action being centered around loving each other as God loves us. This is the sixth message of our series in the book of Acts, The Way Forward, where we are looking at the early church, how the Holy Spirit guided their path, and how the Holy Spirit guides in a similar way today.
In this week’s message, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, speaks on the role of prayer in the forwarding of the Gospel message, specifically in Acts chapter 4. Do you believe that powerful prayers make a powerful impact, just as we see so many times throughout the Gospels and book of Acts? This is the fourth message of our series in the book of Acts, The Way Forward, where we are looking at the early church, how the Holy Spirit guided their path, and how the Holy Spirit guides in a similar way today.
Are you experiencing the fullness of the Holy Spirit in your life? In this week’s message, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, speaks on the Pentecost narrative in Acts chapter 2, and how we can experience the Spirit’s power today just as the early church did. This is the second message of our series in the book of Acts, The Way Forward, where we are looking at the early church, how the Holy Spirit guided their path, and how the Holy Spirit guides in a similar way today.
To kick off our new series for the semester, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, walks us through the first chapter of the book of Acts and how it continues the story of Jesus where the Gospel of Luke left off! How can the presence of the Holy Spirit have an impact on your life, just like he had on the lives of the early church? This is the first message of our series in the book of Acts, The Way Forward, where we are looking at the early church, how the Holy Spirit guided their path, and how the Holy Spirit guides in a similar way today.
How are you being formed by the world? In this week’s message, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, shows how the cultural values around us shape us, and how we can be shaped by Kingdom values instead. This is the third and final message in our three part series, The Resistance, where we are taking a deep dive into the battle against sin and how to trust in God for strength and guidance as we seek after him.
Where in your life have you been fed lies by the enemy? In this week’s message, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, details how we can fight against the enemy’s deceptive whispers by looking at the truth that Jesus provides in Scripture. This is the first message in our three part series, The Resistance, where we are taking a deep dive into the battle against sin and how to trust in God for strength and guidance as we seek after him.
In our first message of the semester, Pete walks us through how the story of Nehemiah inspires us to have a powerful impact on the UVA community this year. How can we walk boldly this semester and proclaim the good news of Jesus to everyone we encounter? Let's get in the game together!
How is Jesus calling you to follow him? In our last message of the semester, our campus pastor, Pete Bullette, speaks about how Jesus calls us to develop both the active and passive aspect of our faith, and how they both lead us on the journey to becoming transformed through Jesus Christ. This is the fourteenth and final message of our series in the book of John, Come & See, where we are exploring what it means to seek Jesus and merge every aspect of our lives with his desire for us.
