Now we're getting into the big stuff. Let's talk about sex... baby.
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Technology
SOME RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
VIDEOS:
Phones are designed to be addicting
https://youtu.be/NUMa0QkPzns
Technology and the Biblical Story
https://youtu.be/_u6jdFKkWKs
Connected but Alone
https://youtu.be/t7Xr3AsBEK4
Confronting Our Technology Addiction
https://youtu.be/66qr-sRvFbc
ARTICLES:
Has the Smartphone Destroyed a Generation?
https://bit.ly/2u3JDX6
Open letter to anyone who uses a phone
https://tmsnrt.rs/2xBm7Ua
Article about “The Tech Wise Family"
https://bit.ly/2DtrACM
BOOKS:
The Tech Wise Family
https://amzn.to/2QWH5WB
Is technology good or bad? Should Jesus followers have smartphones and social media? Should we create A.I. or upload our brains to the cloud?
Let’s jump into this nuance series with the drug everyones already on: Technology.
Following the podcast is the “Speakers Corner” where people from the Sunday gathering “added their nuance” to this weeks topic. Give it a listen and then carry on the conversation!
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An Introduction to Nuance
In an increasingly polarized culture we need to learn to think like Jesus so we can live like Jesus.
Let’s begin with an introduction.
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Thoughtfully Ablaze
“Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire?”
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Learning to Stand
Spiritual warfare: Big hoax or get ready for some demon hunting?
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Let’s Talk About Submission...
Among all the unpopular sections of the New Testament, this verse sits near the top. How can a pastor, who is following Jesus, tell women, children, and slaves to be submissive? And how can this possibly be good, liberating news today, not just for some people, but for everyone?
So let’s do it: Let’s talk about submission!
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Remember Who You Are
Pastor Kevin starts off our summer sermon series with too many Lion King references.
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The Invisible God
Why did Jesus disappear?
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Their Eyes Were Kept From Recognizing Him
Sometimes a story becomes so familiar that it’s hard to see it for what it actually is.
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Disciple vs. Convert
What does “make disciples of all nations” look like on the other side of colonization?
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In Praise of Doubting Thomas
All of us doubt. The question is what we do with it.
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Physicality Matters
Our first week in the new building was Easter Sunday, and the two came together perfectly.
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The Other Palm Sunday
You probably have heard about a Galilean who marched into Jerusalem, surrounded by people singing songs and waving branches. But what if I told you there were two of them, and Jesus wasn’t the first?
The story of Judas Maccabeus changes everything about how we understand Palm Sunday.
Following the sermon there is an original reading by a member of our community, Claire.
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Smashed Windows & Turned Tables
Saturday night, thirty anarchists dressed in black with their faces covered and stormed through a street in downtown Hamilton. They smashed business storefronts and parked cars to protest the changes in our city; specifically the gentrification of that street.
This was the same weekend we helped host a conference in which more than five hundred people, representing over thirty churches, talked about the changes facing our city; including gentrification and affordable housing.
And the gospel text for this week? Jesus destroying the temple.
What is a Christian response to a changing city? What should we make of smashed windows? And what does it have to do with the upside-down Kingdom of God?
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It’s Possible to Waste Your Life
Let’s get ourselves deeper into the story of Jesus walking towards the cross, and find out what looks like to live a life of meaning.
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Sleeper Agents
The Kingdom of God is a counter-cultural movement, designed to bring an end to the way of the world as is, and usher in a whole new way to be human. Those who align with it should expect resistance.
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Water is Thicker Than Blood
How did Jesus talk about family?
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“Why Do You Call on the Day of the Lord?”
When the prophet Amos spoke of “God coming close” it was warning. The people had hidden abuse, violence, and injustice in the shadows for too long, and God, like a blazing fire, was going to burn it all up.
That’s the day of the Lord. What does it have to do with sexual assault, and the #metoo movement?
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Some slides about "the day of the Lord" and "sportz" - hope they help.
Lamb vs. Beasts
Revelation is a weird and wild book, filled with larger than life imagery. Unfortunately it's also been wildly misunderstood. What is the Revelation of John actually about, and what does he want us to see?
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Scandal: Why Start This Way?
Scandal: Why Start This Way?
Advent 2015: Sexuality & Incarnation
Matthew 1
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Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary. A classic Christmas statement!
But that's how we tell the story NOW. At the time the story was this:
A man and woman were engaged to be married, and she became pregnant... from someone who she was not engaged too...
And that wasn't viewed positively.
Strong language warning, but in the eyes of their society:
Mary was a slut, Joseph was a sucker, and Jesus was a bastard.
Knowing what we know, it can be hard to understand just how much of a SCANDAL the whole situation was.
Which, for me, raises the question:
God, was there no better way to begin the incarnation? Why begin in scandal?
Turns out there are some VERY good reasons!