Bodies: God Blessed Your Body

Bodies: God Blessed Your Body

Advent 2015: Sexuality & Incarnation

Genesis 1, John 1, Psalm 33, Isaiah 40 & 55 & 53

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When God entered into humanity, he did so in a body. A physical body that got sick, and did manual labour, and smelled bad sometimes. 

He had a real body.

We live in a world obsessed with image, and sex, and weight... but it's a world that is very "anti-body".

But what if God, in taking on a body, blessed all bodies? 

Your body is blessed.

Alcohol: Party Like Jesus - So What?

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2014.06.15 - Kevin Makins - So What?

Alcohol: Party Like Jesus

John 2, Psalm 104, Joel 3, Amos 9, Proverbs 23, Titus 2, Ephesians 5, Isaiah 5, 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Peter 4, Romans 14, Matthew 11

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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?

Nostalgia - Church in the Wild

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2014.04.13 - Kevin Makins - Church in the Wild

Nostalgia

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Isaiah 43

Join us on a trip down memory lane as we talk about nostalgia, life transitions, the words of the Prophet Isaiah, and the New Thing that God doesn’t want us to miss.

10 Simple Steps For Success!, Or, "What Do You Do?", Or, "How Many People Go To Your Church?", Or, "Does God Really Give A Rip?" - Church in the Wild

2014.03.09 - Kevin Makins - Church in the Wild

10 Simple Steps For Success!, Or, “What Do You Do?”, Or, “How Many People Go To Your Church?”, Or, “Does God Really Give A Rip?”

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Isaiah 6, Amos 5

Have you ever been asked “what do you do?” and had a little awkward moment? Have you ever felt like your life just wasn’t as successful as you hoped it would be?

Never fear! The sermon podcast from Eucharist Church is here to give you 10 Simple Steps To Success… Or more likely, to point out the ways in which the prophets blow the whole paradigm into little pieces.

Music led by Jeff Wynands, starts at minute 38.

COLOSSIANS REMIXED - SUBMISSION REMIXED / ADVENT 1

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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

Soma: 1 Corinthians - We Need Your Great

Soma

2012.02.12 - Kevin Makins - Soma: 1 Corinthians

We Need Your Great

1 Corinthians 7:25-40, Isaiah 53

Paul writes the Corinthians saying “I want you to be free from anxieties” - yes, we desperately need that word.

(Apologies for the poor audio! The heater in the Sanctuary broke down, so we had to meet downstairs and record the sermon on a cell phone. It ended up being pretty great!)

Music led by Joel Cumby - starts 47 minutes in.

Advent 2011: Shepherds

Shepherds

2011.11.27 - Kevin Makins - Advent 2011

Shepherds

Luke 2, Isaiah 9

The way you view the birth of Jesus depends a lot on where you’re standing.

For Advent this year we are going to look at the Christmas narrative from multiple perspectives, and ask the question: “how did each group view the incarnation?”

We begin with the shepherds, and explore the way they received this grace.

Along the way we also talk about failure, success, guilt, singing the wrong words out loud, and when people catch you farting… 

Sorry about that last one…

Monologue written and performed by Alex Drumm

Music led by Joel Cumby - starts 54 minutes in

Imaginarium: Imagining a Better City

Imaginarium2011.07.03 - Kevin Makins - Imaginarium: Imagining a Better City

Isaiah 65, Zechariah 8, Jeremiah 29, Philippians 3

The third and final sermon in our series on creativity and imagination. 

Christians can sometimes think that our ultimate hope is non-physical, other-worldly, and more or less disconnected from our experiences here and now. But the God of the bible is constantly reaffirming this world as good, sacred, and worth rescuing. 

God is always concerned with place - and specifically, with cities. If we are going to work for the good of our city, we are going to need to learn how to see it with fresh eyes.

And this will require imagination.

Music led by Joel Cumby and a rocking band - starts 45 min in.

Imaginarium: The Most Resilient Parasite

2011.06.26 - Kevin Makins - Imaginarium: The Most Resilient Parasite

Exodus 2 & 4, Isaiah 52, Luke 10

The second sermon in our three week series on the theological imagination examines the power of ideas to shape, form, and change us. 

How has God used ideas to create new worlds? Why did Jesus, throughout his life, choose to teach through stories and parables? 

And what is so “theological” about the theological imagination?

Music led by Joel Cumby and Alex Drumm - starts 52 min in.