Sermon Podcasts

Matthew 5:1-10. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” – Matthew 5:9. To watch this message on our YouTube channel, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvdGzlRQrsc

Matthew 5:1-10. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” One of the biggest impediments to seeing God is thinking we know precisely where to look. It turns out God prefers to surprise us. To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOgxryJX7g&t=906s

Matthew 5:1-12. “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IKsOkATag&t=2061s

Matthew 5:1-10. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” When Jesus uses the word “righteousness” in this beatitude, he has something much bigger and more expansive in mind than personal holiness. The righteousness of God always includes justice. To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kj5IXgQ3ss

Matthew 5:1-12. “Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth.” In our particular moment in time, perhaps no beatitude is more counter cultural than “blessed are the meek.” But this is precisely why we need to hear it so badly! To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6kFq_bRc3w&t=868s

Matthew 5:1-10; Luke 23:33-47. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” In this beatitude, Jesus is blessing those who willingly enter into solidarity with the pain of the world. If we’re willing to see it, there is much to mourn in our world today. More than once in the gospel stories, Jesus mourns. What can we learn from these stories? To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnFBP3_T2tQ&t=10s

Mathew 5:1-12. The beatitudes challenge us to reconsider the idea of blessedness. They describe an upside down kingdom where the porr and poor in spirit are the truly blessed. “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdzZNL6xnLE

Mathew 6:19-34. Before we ever started meeting as a church, we wanted to take very seriously our commitment to live out radical generosity. And we did. We have always set aside one-third of all offerings to use beyond our walls so that we could engage in some radically generous actions. But this decision was never easy … and there are (at least) two significant barriers that often keep us from living this way. To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRJolG6RpDY&t=1020s

Mathew 6:19-34. What’s In A Name? Part Three – Loving Community. Pastor CJ connects our name, Ekklesia, to “Loving Community.” To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCpagjvhYd4&t=1273s

Mathew 6:19-34. In my 25+ years of vocational ministry, I’ve known believers who span the age spectrum, the theological spectrum and the political spectrum who hold thoughtful faiths. But I’ve also known believers who hold unthoughtful faiths that span the same. So if it isn’t age, politics or even theology that determines whether or not a faith is thoughtful, what is it? To watch this message online, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq1STs4VuA4&t=1086s