by admin | Jun 19, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
06/19/2016 – An Illustrated Earth – Part 3 – The Woman at the Well Matthew 3:13-17 We’re not all that different from the woman at the well. Like her, we are all prone to looking for life / meaning / hope in places other than Christ. How can the Samaritan’s...
by admin | Jun 12, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
06/12/2016 – An Illustrated Earth – Part 2 – The Red Sea Exodus 14:15-31 There is more happening in the story of the Red Sea than Israel’s salvation out of an Empire of violence, power, dominance and brutality. There is another salvation story at work....
by admin | Jun 5, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
06/05/2016 – An Illustrated Earth – Part 1 – The Separation of Waters Genesis 1 The Genesis 1 creation account includes a strange story about the separation of the waters above and the waters below. Interestingly, the Bible wasn’t the first book to record this story....
by admin | May 29, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
05/29/2016 – Reconciled – Part 2 – Right Road. Wrong Direction. Mark 10:35-45 A message by special guest, Dr. Telika McCoy. When James and John asked Jesus to sit at his right and his left in glory, their request wasn’t entirely wrong. They were on the right road, but...
by admin | May 22, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
05/22/2016 – Reconciled – Part 1 – Peter, Cornelius, Huck and Jim Acts 10 There are some striking similarities between the apostle Peter and Huckleberry Finn … and how they each are led to accept outsiders as insiders....
by admin | May 15, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
05/15/2016 – Appearances – Part 7 – Pentecost Acts 2:1-24, 36-41 What is Pentecost? Why are there so many people? Where are they? Why wind, fire, and speaking in other languages? http://ekklesiaraleigh.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/ekklesia20160515.mp3Podcast: Play...
by admin | May 8, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
05/08/2016 – Appearances – Part 6 – A Dead Man’s Last Words Luke 24:35-49 Jesus’ visible scars on his resurrected body speak hope into our own wounds and scars. His final words about repentance and forgiveness, are not simply a matter for the...
by admin | May 1, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
05/01/2016 – Appearances – Part 5 – Peter, do you love me? Luke 21:1-14; Matthew 4:18-22; John 21:15-19; 10:11 The story of Jesus’ post-resurrection interaction with Peter is so rich and beautiful … and it holds within it something we all need to hear....
by admin | Apr 24, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
04/24/2016 – Appearances – Part 4 – Emmaus Road Luke 24:9,11,13-32 Cleopas and his companion on the Road to Emmaus were carrying a load of soul-crushing disappointment. All of their preconceived, pre-formed, pre-determined ideas about Jesus had been crushed. Their...
by admin | Apr 17, 2016 | Homepage, Podcast |
04/17/2016 – Appearances – Part 3 John 20:19-23 When Jesus first appears to a group of his disciples after his resurrection and “breathes” his Spirit onto them, they are hiding in a room with the doors locked behind them. What can this teach us about the life of...
