Nemesis

2015.03.29 - Jamie Robertson - The Church Calendar

Nemesis

John 12:12-19

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History professor, pastor, and friend of EC Jamie Robertson preached a great word about a tough question:

What can Jesus teach us about our enemies, and what do our enemies teach us about ourselves?

The text:

John 12:12-19

The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—
   the King of Israel!”
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:
Look, your king is coming,
   sitting on a donkey’s colt!”

His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him. So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify. It was also because they heard that he had performed this sign that the crowd went to meet him. The Pharisees then said to one another, “You see, you can do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”

The Nazis of the Ancient World - The Sign of Jonah

2014.09.29 - Kevin Makins - The Sign of Jonah

The Nazis of the Ancient World

Jonah 1

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The world Jesus lived in was ruled over by the Roman Empire. Nearly a millennium before Jesus, there lived a man named Jonah.

And the world of Jonah had it’s own Empire: the Assyrians.

And the capital city of Assyria? Nineveh.

As we dive into the text of Jonah, we also dive into the world he inhabited, and it is most certainly a violent, depraved, and wicked world.

Two side notes: 

1) The quality of the recording this week is… subpar. It’s listenable, but not great. Listen at your own risk!

2) This sermon has a fairly large audio clip from Dan Carlin’s “Hardcore History” - the clip is about 10 minutes, but the full episode comes in at over an hour. It’s ABSOLUTELY worth listening to if you want to understand more about the Assyrians and the city of Nineveh.

To download the rest of the episode visit this link: http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-17-judgment-at-nineveh/

For more podcasts from Dan Carlin, including his “Hardcore History” series, visit dancarlin.com

Dan, you are incredibly smart, interesting, and talented. Please don’t sue our little church. xoxo

COLOSSIANS REMIXED - SUBMISSION REMIXED / ADVENT 1

2013.12.01 - COLOSSIANS REMIXED - Kevin Makins

SUBMISSION REMIXED / ADVENT HOPE

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Colossians 3: 18-21

Nothing says “the road to Christmas” like women submitting to their husbands and children doing what their fathers say. Well, ok, so it’s a bit of a weird text for for the first week of Advent. But what if the problem isn’t what the text is saying.

What if the problem is that we don’t have the same ears as the original recipients. What sounds like bad (or repressive) news to us was filled with hope to them.

And that hope is what the Kingdom of God is all about.

The text:

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Targum written and read by Scott Fairley

Mustard Seeds. - Go Tell That Fox

2013.02.24 - Kevin Makins - Mustard Seeds.

Go Tell That Fox

Luke 13

This text is Jesus at his absolute coolest. He is just SO COOL in this text. 

So cool.

A sermon about foxes, fire, selling security systems on the side of the road, tetrarchs, sin, and how annoying it is to name all your children “Herod.”

Music led by Rachel Van Oostveen - starts 42 minutes in.