Synopsis
Dave Lomas is the regular teaching pastor at Reality San Francisco. Reality SF is part of the Reality Family of Churches, which seeks to love Christ and fruitfully engage in His mission for His glory. For more information, visit realitysf.com.
Episodes
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God and Country
15/08/2016 Duration: 45minDave Lomas speaks on the tension of living in a nation with its own civic religion while giving primary allegiance to Jesus and His Kingdom in Daniel 3.
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Resilience and Resistance
09/08/2016 Duration: 51minDave Lomas speaks on Daniel's resolve to resist conformity in Babylon and how it can inspire us to preserve what makes us unique as followers of Jesus in Daniel 1.
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Living in the Tension
02/08/2016 Duration: 35minJon Tyson introduces our new series on the Book of Daniel by comparing our current experience as followers of Jesus in a post-Christian America with Daniel's faithfulness in exile in Babylon.
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A Story of Poetic Justice
26/07/2016 Duration: 38minDave Dealy concludes our series in the Book of Esther by speaking on God's remarkable deliverance of the Jews and how it relates to the ways Jesus has delivered us and called us to live.
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A Story of Pride
19/07/2016 Duration: 40minDave Dealy speaks on the issue of pride and the motivations and desires that lie at the heart of it in Esther 6.
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A Story of Providence
12/07/2016 Duration: 36minJosh Waidley speaks on the magnitude of Esther's decision to use her power and influence to defend the weak and oppressed in Esther 4.
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A Work in People
04/07/2016 Duration: 51minDave Dealy speaks on how God works in and with Esther and turns her into something great in His story as part of a new series in Esther called, "The Work of God."
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How to Find Meaning & Purpose
21/06/2016 Duration: 41minDave Lomas speaks on the Book of Ecclesiastes and how it can lead us to the source of true meaning and purpose.
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How Wisdom Leads Us to the Good Life
13/06/2016 Duration: 46minMark Sayers speaks on the difference between our society's notion of wisdom and the wisdom presented in the Bible and ultimately in Jesus in Proverbs 1:1-7.
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How to Approach God in Pain & Suffering
07/06/2016 Duration: 25minGerry Breshears speaks on Job's experience with God in the Book of Job, prompting us to consider our own response and engagement with the Lord in times of sorrow and difficulty.
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How to Go Through Pain & Suffering
01/06/2016 Duration: 41minDave Lomas speaks on the overall meaning and goal of the Book of Job as part of a new series on the Old Testament’s Wisdom Literature called, “The School of Life.”
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The Suffering & Supremacy of God
23/05/2016 Duration: 48minDave Dealy speaks on how God took the world's pain, evil, and injustice upon Himself in order to bring about ultimate restoration in Isaiah 52:13-53:12.
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The Hope & Plan of God
16/05/2016 Duration: 46minDave Lomas speaks on the kind of community which God hopes to cultivate in order to bring about healing in the world in Isaiah 5; 11.
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Lecture on the Biblical Ordering of Justice with Mako Nagasawa
10/05/2016 Duration: 01h09minIn our fourth lecture in the Year of Biblical Literacy Lecture series, writer and speaker Mako Nagasawa spoke on the different forms of restorative justice in the Bible and how they demonstrate God's passion for redemption and life-giving relationships. He then applied these principles to the current issues of systemic racism in the U.S. justice system and mass incarceration of non-violent drug offenders. Hosted by Reality SF on May 9th, 2016, at Dolores Park Church.
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The Pain & Anger of God
10/05/2016 Duration: 47minDave Lomas speaks on the Biblical context, passion, and ultimate goals of the Old Testament prophets in Isaiah 1 and Hosea 1.
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Understanding Evil
03/05/2016 Duration: 44minDave Lomas speaks on how the Bible addresses the problem of evil and suffering in our world in Genesis 3:1.
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Understanding Judgment
26/04/2016 Duration: 53minDave Dealy speaks on the Old Testament’s view of God as a good, patient, and merciful judge in Isaiah 52. Includes audio from The Bible Project's video, "The Gospel of the Kingdom." Viewable at jointhebibleproject.com
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Understanding Love, Sex, and Marriage
19/04/2016 Duration: 43minDave Lomas speaks on the sexual brokenness found in the Old Testament, which points to our own desperate need for God’s renewing grace in Genesis 38.
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Understanding Violence
12/04/2016 Duration: 43minJosh Butler speaks on the true nature of Israel's wars with Canaan and what it says about God in Exodus 14:13-14.
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Understanding the Old Testament
05/04/2016 Duration: 45minDave Lomas speaks on the goal and purpose of the Old Testament laws and narrative and what we can learn from them in Luke 24:13-35.