Sermon Podcasts
Lent: Week Six – Liturgy of the Passion
4/2/2023 – Liturgy of the Passion
On Palm Sunday, the lectionary gives us two choices for worship: the liturgy of the palms, or the liturgy of the passion. Though we might prefer the singing and excitement of the triumphal entry, this Sunday we will look forward to the darkness of the cross.
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Lent: Week Five – Dry Bones
3/26/2023 – Dry Bones
According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, the category of non-religious/unaffiliated has become increasingly “sticky” (gaining a lot more people than it is shedding). Christianity is experiencing the opposite. In the most well-known passage from Ezekiel, he has a vision of a “valley of dry bones.” How might this scripture relate to the church today?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. To watch the archived live-streamed version of this message, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVQWtIMIlgI&t=2026s
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Lent: Week Four – Mud, Blindness, and the Pool of Siloam
3/19/2023 – Mud, Blindness, and the Pool of Siloam
Our Gospel lectionary text on this fourth Sunday of Lent is the story of Jesus healing a man born blind and sending him to the pool of Siloam. This is a powerful act with resonance beyond what we often realize. And it poses the challenging question: what does it mean to be truly blind?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. To watch the archived live-streamed version of this message, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSRWnoXBRz0&t=1852s
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Lent: Week Three – We Are Not Nowhen
3/12/2023 – We Are Not Nowhen
In the beautiful and compelling story of Jesus encounter with the woman at the well, we realize that God does not just meet us where we are, he meets us *when* we are. What does this mean? What gift might this create for us and for the world?
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. To watch the archived live-streamed version of this message, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2cOQ88fRe4&t=1999s
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Lent: Week Two – Cell Phones and the Spirit
3/05/2023 – Cell Phones and the Spirit
Today is our annual meeting. We’ll spend a few minutes talking about how much things have changed over the last 12 years of our life together as a church. And we’ll also discuss the famous passage when Jesus tells Nicodemus you must be born again.
Our services are streamed every Sunday on our YouTube channel (https://ekklesiaraleigh.org/youtube). Join us Sundays online at 10:45am. To watch the archived live-streamed version of this message, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53eeH9GHCMA&t=1603s
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Lent: Week One – Make it Easy. Make it Spectacular.
2/26/2023 – Make it Easy. Make it Spectacular.
The gospel reading for this first Sunday of Lent is the story of Jesus in the wilderness where the devil tempts him to turn stones into bread, and to jump from the highest point of the temple and be caught by angels. What do these strange temptations mean? And are we still tempted today in the same way?
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Transfiguration Sunday
2/19/2023 – Transfiguration Sunday
This Sunday is transfiguration Sunday. What does this unique story tell us about the world we live in? And how does it relate to movies and video games?
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Epiphany Week Six – Jesus’ Sermon on the Margins
2/12/2023 – Jesus’ Sermon on the Margins
Today’s gospel reading from the sermon on the mount is well-known to most Christians. But being so removed from Jesus’ context — living under Roman occupation with the loss of status, freedom and autonomy — how well do we actually understand it? What might help us understand this sermon better?
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Epiphany Week Five – Intellectual Wisdom or Incarnational Wisdom
2/5/2023 – Intellectual Wisdom or Incarnational Wisdom
At our Youth Winter ski retreat, I was reminded that there are two kinds of knowledge: intellectual knowledge, and incarnational knowledge. As followers of Jesus, we are called to incarnational knowledge. How does this awareness change our understanding of evangelism and faith in general?
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Epiphany Week Four – Micah 6:8 and Alexa Reminders
1/29/2023 – Micah 6:8 and Alexa Reminders
What does the Lord require of you? Throughout much of early Jewish history, Israel thought the answer to this question was “sacrifices.” Throughout my faith journey, I’ve embraced several different answers to this question. How does Micah answer this question?
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