Sermon Podcasts
Christmas Music and John the Baptist
12/17/2023 Christmas Music and John the Baptist
John the Baptist is one of the central figures of Advent. In many ways he embodies the spirit of this season of faithful waiting. In this third Sunday of Advent, we ask what Christmas music can tell us about our current cultural moment and what John the Baptist calls us to in its midst.
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O Great and Terrible Day
12/10/2023 O Great and Terrible Day
In 2 Peter 3, Peter instructs us to earnestly desire the coming “day of the Lord” — a day when our lives and deeds will be exposed for what they are. Why on earth would we desire such a day? Peter also gives us advice on how to wait.
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An Unexpected Starting Point
12/03/2023 An Unexpected Starting Point
This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, and we begin with a seemingly odd text for December (Mark 13). A text with cryptic statements about stars falling and keeping watch. It turns out a version of this text is our starting point every year for Advent, so what makes it so special and important?
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Hope for the Goats?
11/26/2023 Hope for the Goats?
The parable of the Sheep and the Goats ends with the king dismissing the goats to “eternal punishment.” Is it possible these words hold hope for the goats to be restored? What is the worst way to read this parable? What is a better way?
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Thanksgiving & Stewardship
11/19/2023 Thanksgiving & Stewardship
With the holiday season approaching, today we pause for prayer and reflection. Additionally, we discuss the parable of the talents (bags of gold). This story often makes us uncomfortable, but how can it remind us of our “first principles” as Christians?
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Some Things Cannot Be Borrowed
11/12/2023 Some Things Cannot Be Borrowed
In one of the last parables Jesus tells his disciples before his arrest, he tells the story of ten bridesmaids awaiting the bridegroom’s return. At the surface, the parable seems to contradict other teachings of Jesus, but when we dig just a little deeper, we learn this: some things cannot be borrowed.
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You Are Not to Call Yourself Rabbi
11/05/2023 You Are Not to Call Yourself Rabbi
In Matthew 23 Jesus has a final conflict with the Pharisees and teachers of the law. He critiques them not for their theology or biblical interpretation, but for hypocrisy. Given this teaching, how can we remain faithful in a culture where performance exceeds practice?
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Tension, “Refugia” and Good Trouble
10/22/2023 Tension, “Refugia” and Good Trouble
Imitating Christ put Paul in tension (“good” trouble) with his culture. Imitating Paul put the Thessalonian church in tension (“good” trouble) with their culture. If the U.S. church lacks tension (“good” trouble) with our culture, what questions should we be asking of ourselves and of our faith?
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The Political Letter to the Philippians
10/15/2023 The Political Letter to the Philippians
Philippians is one of the most fascinating letters in the New Testament. It is simultaneously revolutionary and relational. In this sermon, we do a quick crash course on the letter, the history of Philippi, and what it might have to say to us today.
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Consider it All Crap
10/08/2023 Consider it All Crap
Where do we find our true identity? Is it within ourselves, our ideologies and our accomplishments? Is this the way of Christ? Drawing inspiration from the life of the Apostle Paul and his own experiences, Pastor Greg offers a different perspective – finding our identity by looking beyond ourselves.
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