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Colossians – Part Three – Heaven. It’s not the End of the World.
2/16/2020 – Colossians - Part Three - Heaven. It's not the End of the World Colossians 3:1-17. Heaven is important, but it's not the end of the world. And not only that ... it starts now.
Colossians – Part Two – Be Careful not to get Synagogue’d
2/2/2020 – Colossians - Part Two - Be Careful not to get Synagogue'd Colossians 2:1-15. The believers in Colossae are facing pressures from the religious establishment to follow Jewish observances, rituals and laws. Paul warns them (tongue-in-cheek) not to get...
Colossians – Part One – Maturity
2/2/2020 – Colossians - Part One - Maturity Colossians 1:1-20. The church in Colossae was a young church living in a very divided culture. In other words, they were a lot like us. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the main theme of the letter is...
The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) – Part Four – Community
1/26/2020 – The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) - Part Four - Community Matthew 28:16-20; John 13:34-35. For many (most?) of us who call Ekklesia home, we share a common experience of faith deconstruction and the corresponding search for a better faith. As it turns out,...
The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) – Part Three – Money / Generosity
1/19/2020 – The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) - Part Three - Money / Generosity Matthew 28:16-20; Matthew 6:19-24. The world and the gospel are at odds with how we should handle our resources. The world encourages a "bad eye" but Jesus calls us to a "good eye." What...
Communion Moment – led by Amy Freeman – 01-12-2020
1/12/2020 – Communion Moment led by Amy Freeman On 2nd-and-4th Sundays, we serve full corporate communion. Often these communion moments are led by a lay-person from within the church. We do not normally make a podcast of these moments, but on Sunday, January 12th,...
The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) – Part Two – Jesus’ Kingdom Welcome
1/12/2020 – The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) - Part Two - Jesus' Kingdom Welcome Luke 5:27-32, Mark 1:16-20, and Matthew 28:16-20. When Jesus invited people into his Kingdom life, his starting point was always "belonging" which eventually led to "believing." Over...
The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) – Part One – Discipleship
1/5/2020 – The Great Omission (Refresh 2020) - Part One - Discipleship Matthew 28:16-20. What does it mean to "go and make disciples?" On the other side of the guilt-laden (and often destructive) approach to evangelism and discipleship of the late 20th century...
The Women of Advent – Part Four – Bathsheba
12/22/2019 – The Women of Advent - Part Four - Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11:1-17. The fourth woman mentioned in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus is "the wife of Uriah" (Bathsheba), who became the mother of Solomon. The story of David and Bathsheba is messy and hard to look at....
The Women of Advent – Part Three – Ruth
12/15/2019 – The Women of Advent - Part Three - Ruth Ruth 1:1-17. At face value, the story of Ruth is already beautiful and deeply moving. But when read against the backdrop of Jewish laws that forbid intermarriage and placed harsh rules on any children born of a...
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