Synopsis
Each week, we gather as "loving community for bold exploration." These messages help us engage with God and one another along the way. Join us.
Episodes
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ADVENT: The Shepherd King
17/12/2023 Duration: 44min12/17/23 The Anointed Shepherd King of Bethlehem is the only one who can rule the world as God intends.
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ADVENT: I Am With You
10/12/2023 Duration: 48min12/10/23 In the advent of the Messiah, we receive God-With-Us, who liberates us from bondage to freedom.
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ADVENT: The New Adam
03/12/2023 Duration: 56min12/3/23 In the advent of the Messiah, the serpent’s head is crushed, sin and death are destroyed, and the children of Adam are gifted new life.
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CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY: The Transfiguration
26/11/2023 Duration: 43min11/26/23 Christ the King of the cosmos is the culmination of all time and space. Every story and experience; past, present, and future; even death and life find their completion in him.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Testimony Sunday
22/11/2023 Duration: 51minTo live “in the name of Jesus” is to testify with our lives to the reign of the king in his new heavenly world.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Confidence in What We Hope For
12/11/2023 Duration: 50min11/12/23 There is a kind of hope that removes us from the action, and a kind of hope that gives us courage to stay faithful to the good work of the Kingdom.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Reading Creation
05/11/2023 Duration: 42min11/05/23 If the light of Christ is at the heart of all life, and we are the part of creation tasked to see life flourish, we read creation to find God and do all we can to care for it.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Worship & Justice
29/10/2023 Duration: 56min10/29/23 The biblical vision for God’s justice and righteousness insists there is enough for everyone.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Race, Gender, and Class
22/10/2023 Duration: 56min10/22/23 For us, being “in Christ” becomes the foundational identity through which all other identity markers are redeemed.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Neighbors
16/10/2023 Duration: 29min10/15/23 To love our neighbors as Jesus commands is to let ourselves be affected on the heart level, for our benefit and theirs.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Resident Aliens
08/10/2023 Duration: 57min10/08/23 Christians are called to faithfully work for “the common good” as resident aliens in a foreign land.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Everything is Permissible, But...
01/10/2023 Duration: 53min10/01/23 Freedom is not a wide-open ocean we tread indefinitely; it is a river we cross to begin our moral formation in the name of Jesus.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Enemy Love
24/09/2023 Duration: 49min09/24/23 To live in the name of Jesus is to develop the courage and imagination to live peaceably in a violent world.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Baptisms & Dedications
17/09/2023 Duration: 32min09/17/23 Living “in the name of Jesus” begins with commitment to him and his new heavenly family called the Church.
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PRAXIS FALL 2023: Working the Field
10/09/2023 Duration: 50min09/10/23 It is our willingness to put our hand to the plough that speaks to our relationship with Christ.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: Light & Darkness
03/09/2023 Duration: 45min09/03/2023 Our joy is made complete when we participate in the revelation of Jesus together.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: What's In A Name?
27/08/2023 Duration: 55min8/27/23 To live “in the name of Jesus” is to testify with our lives to the reign of the king in his new heavenly world.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS: In But Not Of The World
20/08/2023 Duration: 49min08/20/23 To be “in the world but not of it” means that we are to live from a different starting point than the world into which we were first born.
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A PILGRIMAGE OF UNFOLDING GRACE: Summary
14/08/2023 Duration: 38min08/13/23 To be willing to say, “here I am” when the Lord calls us is to embark on a grand adventure that can only be fueled by Grace.
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A PILGRIMAGE OF UNFOLDING GRACE: Gifts
06/08/2023 Duration: 52min08/06/23 Gifts are the realm of the Spirit, who equips each of us to love the world back into relationship with God. https://www.citybeautiful.ch/gifts