2014.06.29 - Kevin Makins - So What?
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In the last month, how many times do you think you’ve said “I’m just so busy”?
We live in a busy, overworked and overstretched culture… and God wants to save us from it.
2014.06.22 - Jared Both - So What?
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Reflections on the churches… mixed… history with politics.
2014.06.15 - Kevin Makins - So What?
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Should Christians drink alcohol? If not, why? If so, how?
And is there a way to enjoy alcohol that doesn’t devolve into harsh judgements, or dumb decisions, or long lists of rules, or selfishness, or vomit-in-your-hair? What does the bible say about alcohol?
Well apparently a lot! (Seriously, look at all there verses up there)
This sermon is a fairly lengthy exploration of alcohol in the bible, but it’s ultimately asking one simple question: how did Jesus drink?
2014.06.08 - Kevin Makins - So What?
Technology: The Stencilling on the Casing of an Atomic Bomb
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Some of the topics in this series are often talked about in church… but Christians rarely talk about technology.
Technology surrounds us: it’s cars and bikes and running shoes and smart phones and printed books and slides on a screen!
And it shapes us. Whether we want it to or not, technology changes us.
2014.06.01 - Matt Willard - So What?
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“It’s not that we don’t like to talk about money. We love to talk about other people’s money! It’s that we don’t like to talk about OUR money”
2014.05.25 - Kevin Makins - So What?
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Here it is: the most important (and awkward) topic on the list! We are surrounded by sex in our culture, but our culture fails to understand it. Our culture is sex OBSESSED, but is still as lonely and disconnected as ever. We are in desperate need of a better word on sex, and the church has tried to bring this word.
The problem is that sometimes, in trying to bring a good word, the church has heaped shame, judgement, and pain on people .
There must be a better way to talk about, and practice, sex as Jesus followers.
2014.05.18 - Stephen Edwards - So What?
Vocation: When Good Work Sucks
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Genesis 1-3, John 21, 1 Thessalonians 4
Work is created good: it’s good to work! But anyone who has ACTUALLY worked a job knows that it’s not all it was meant to be.
Let’s be honest, sometimes work sucks.
We need to redeem work! How can we learn to work as if Jesus is Lord over all?
Music is led by Jeff Wynands and starts 54 minutes in.
2014.05.11 - Kevin Makins - So What?
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James 3, 5; Matthew 15, 1 Peter 4
The tongue is a rudder, a spark, a deadly poison and a creature that cannot be tamed.
James, the brother of Jesus, clearly takes from his mothers side as he writes a scathing letter to the early Christians. Some Christians use their tongue to praise God one moment, while cursing those made in God’s likeness the next.
This should not be. This cannot be. There has to be a better way to talk.
Music is led by Alex Drumm and starts 44 minutes in.
2014.05.04 - Kevin Makins - So What?
Evangelism: Why Does Good News Sound So Bad?
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Mark 1, Matthew 4, 28, Luke 10
Evangelism is when a Christian tells someone about Jesus with the goal of converting them. When I say “evangelism” or “convert” or “repent”, what do you think of?
Do you think of love, and grace, and hospitality, and mutuality? Or do you think of OTHER things?
Like soap-boxes, and protests, and debates, and arguments, and judgement, and fear, and hellfire?
The message of Jesus is supposed to be good news! How did good news start to sound so bad?
And here is the real question: is there a way to reclaim this good news?
Music is led by Aaron Craig and starts 55 minutes in.
Creation: The Bible’s Environmental Agenda
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Genesis 1-2, 6, Psalm 19, 104, 148, 2 Chronicles 36, Romans 8
Sometimes when Western Christians talk about environmentalism it sounds like a BAD thing. People say “what does it have to do with people gettin’ saved?” or “don’t bring your environmental agenda into it!”
The problem is the Bible has an environmental agenda. And apparently God does too… Oops.
Music is led by Joel Cumby and starts 41 minutes in.
