Episodes
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Born to be Generous
October 6th, 2019 | 30 mins 17 secs
God is love, and God's love for us has been revealed perfectly in Jesus. As loved people who are created in God's image, we respond to God's love by loving others and being generous.
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The Reliability of the New Testament
September 29th, 2019 | 36 mins 58 secs
Is the New Testament reliable? Rev. Brandon Blacksten explores the challenges of the New Testament's origins and consistency, and concludes that, ultimately, we can trust the New Testament account of the Good News of Jesus.
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Homosexuality and the Bible
September 22nd, 2019 | 45 mins 13 secs
Homosexuality is the most divisive issue facing Christianity today. Of the more than 31,000 verses in the Bible, less than 8 potentially relate to homosexuality. Dr. Mark Foster explores these passages and casts a vision for a community that is grounded in the love of God, even in the midst of differences.
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Violence and God in the Bible
September 15th, 2019 | 42 mins 4 secs
How do we understand violence and God in the Bible? Some Old Testament passages where God commands violence and genocide stand in stark contrast to Jesus' new command to “Love one another as I have loved you.” Dr. Mark Foster is joined this week by three members of Acts 2 who are exemplary Christian military officers to make sense of violence in the Bible, in our world, and how we respond.
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The Word of God
September 8th, 2019 | 37 mins 49 secs
The Word of God is Jesus Christ, and the words of the Bible tell us about that Word. So what do we do when we don’t understand portions of the Bible? What do we do when we do understand and are appalled? Dr. Mark Foster helps us learn how to read and NOT read the Bible in Week 1 of our September Sermon Series, “Making Sense of the Bible."
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Words to Build a Life On
September 1st, 2019 | 33 mins 42 secs
In a world of “soundbites,” “headlines,” and “memes,” it can be difficult to get to the truth of what someone is saying.
In this sermon, Dr. Mark summarizes the Sermon on the Mount covering the highlights of Matthew chapters five, six, and seven to allow us to hear the sermon as a whole. Jesus is not giving us advice or another set of restrictive rules. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching us that it is possible to become like Him in this life and live with him forever in the next! -
The Community of Prayerful Love
August 25th, 2019 | 30 mins 50 secs
In a world filled with condemnation, the church can be a "community of prayerful love." Through offering compassion (and not condemnation!) and through prayer, we can look more and more like the community Jesus described in Matthew 7.
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Letting Go of Worry
August 18th, 2019 | 32 mins 40 secs
We all experience worry—sometimes to the point that we can't think of anything else. But our worries can tell us what we truly treasure. Jesus teaches that when we learn to treasure what God treasures, we can let go of worry and find freedom.
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How to Be Holy
August 11th, 2019 | 32 mins 41 secs
One of the primary hinderances to our ability to connect with God is the desire for the approval of others. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shares how to overcome this challenge and teaches us to live beyond the opinion of others.
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A Life Without Anger
August 4th, 2019 | 38 mins 3 secs
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233: The Best Invitation
July 28th, 2019 | 32 mins 17 secs
Who is really well off? What is the good life? Dr. Mark Foster explores these questions in the first installment of our new series on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, "The Best Teaching You'll Ever Hear."
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232: Connecting All the Pieces
July 21st, 2019 | 43 mins 2 secs
We can go out in Jesus' protection and power because all authority on heaven and earth are his. He is Christ Pantocrator, Ruler of All. Be not afraid. We are in the wonderful and loving reign of Jesus the Christ.