Apostolics Anonymous

What if the most radical thing we could do for our faith was to stop treating it like a checklist and start treating it like a deep, unquenchable thirst? This message from Joe Lake on Sunday, October 25th 2026 takes an unexpected and fascinating look at the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and uses it as a mirror to reflect something profound about the early church. Those first believers were not known for their theological precision or their organized programs. They were known for acting so strangely, so full of something beyond themselves, that onlookers assumed they were drunk. Acts 2 places us right in the middle of that moment, where the outpouring of the Holy Spirit landed on a gathered people with the force of wind and fire, echoing the very imagery of God descending on Mount Sinai. The parallel is not accidental. It is a signal that something of cosmic, covenantal significance was happening. The message invites us to ask ourselves an honest question: have we allowed our faith to become a set of correct beliefs we carry in our pockets rather than a living, flowing experience that shapes how we speak, how we forgive, how we love, and how we face the hardest moments of our lives? The Spirit was never meant to be a doctrine alone. It was meant to be an encounter.