Sermon Podcasts
The Power of the Tongue
9/15/2024 – The Power of the Tongue
In today’s message, we dive deep into the power of words. Drawing from James 3, we explore how our speech both reflects our hearts and directs our hearts.
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First Sunday in our New Home – Practical Discussion
9/8/2024 – First Sunday in our New Home – Practical Discussion
In these early days in our new home, following each shortened message there will be a brief practical discussion about what lies ahead.
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Salvation Has Come to this House
9/8/2024 – Salvation Has Come to this House
Today’s message explores the nature of salvation through the lens of Zacchaeus’ encounter with Jesus. True salvation is transformative, leading to tangible changes in how we view and treat others, with faith and works arriving in tandem. Salvation isn’t merely heady or cerebral or theoretical. It is real and earthy and intimately connected to this life.
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Changes – Worship at Pullen Park
9/1/2024 – Changes
As we prepare to move into St. Mark’s, today’s message challenges us to embrace change not just in location, but in our approach to faith. Drawing from James’ wisdom, it calls believers to move beyond mere intellectual understanding to active, transformative faith—creating a community we can’t live without and others can’t help but be drawn to.
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New Building, Same House
8/25/2024 – New Building, Same House
One of our lectionary texts this Sunday is the story of the grand opening of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem. What can that story teach us as we conclude our time at Athens Drive high school and prepare to start a new chapter in a new building?
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Remembering and Re-membering
8/18/2024 – Remembering and Re-membering
As we prepare to leave a beloved space, today’s message explores how the mystery of communion can guide us into our next chapter. Discover how remembering and re-membering the flesh and blood of Jesus can animate our lives and inform our actions, bringing the Kingdom of God with us, no matter where we gather.
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The Hair Incident Explained
8/11/2024 – The Hair Incident Explained
In this season, the Lectionary is telling the story of David. This Sunday we learn of his son Absalom’s death, in part because of his luscious locks. This story is part of a much larger story about the latter part of David’s reign. What does this story teach us about Scripture, Sin, and Jesus?
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The Dark and Light of David’s Confession
8/4/2024 – The Dark and Light of David’s Confession
What happens when King David’s darkest failure becomes a public psalm? What can we learn from the raw honesty and troubling omission in David’s confessional-Psalm after his sin against Bathsheba?
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Wide, Long, High and Deep
7/28/2024 – Wide, Long, High and Deep
In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul offers a prayer for the church. The prayer doesn’t focus on wisdom, intelligence, or morality. Rather it focuses on grasping the immensity of God’s love. How can this prayer guide us in our complex world today?
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The Onion, The News, and The Good News
7/21/2024 – The Onion, The News, and The Good News
In a world inundated with misinformation and constant news updates, how can we navigate truth and maintain our sanity? Today’s message explores the dangers of misleading narratives and information overload, while offering practical wisdom from Jesus’ example on finding rest and discernment in our digital age.
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