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[Repost] Slow Church w/C. Christopher Smith
Five years ago (4/16/15) we hosted C. Christopher Smith for a talk and potluck conversation (sponsored by Duke Divinity...
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Praying Twice : O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Christmas Eve)
12/24/15 Chris Breslin Luke 2 “Love achieves its creativity by being perceptive.” –Oliver O’Donovan Advent Resources Light Upon...
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Praying Twice: Do You Hear What I Hear?
12/20/15 Joey Morningstar Psalm 29 Noise. It radiates from Tobacco Plus, the busstop and the 5-stop sign free for...
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Praying Twice: Joy To The World
12/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 98, Luke 2:10-11 “The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger...
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Praying Twice: Go Tell It On The Mountain
12/6/15 Chris Breslin Luke 2:8-20 Go Tell it on the Mountain by Jane Schroeder (First Things) Advent Resources...
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Praying Twice: O Come Emmanuel
11/29/15 Chris Breslin Isaiah 11:29 “He who sings, prays twice.” –Saint Augustine “To listen seriously to music and to...
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The Risk & Reward of The Kingdom
“God gives so that we can exist and flourish, but not only for that, God gives so that we...
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The Kingdom Is Like…A Well-Built House
11/15/15 Chris Breslin Luke 6:46-49 “To build your house well is, ironically, to be nudged beyond its doors.”...
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The Kingdom Is Like…Good Soil
11/8/15 Matt Tintera Mark 4:1-20 “There is an entire ecosystem in a handful of soil: bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes,...
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God’s Kingdom is for His Kids (The Kingdom is Like… )
11/1/15 Chris Breslin Luke 18:1-17 “You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.” –St. Teresa of...
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The Kingdom is Like…the Biggest, Tackiest Party Yet Thrown
10/25/15 Chris Breslin Luke 15:1-32 “Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets...
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The Kingdom is Like…A Rejected Cornerstone
10/18/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe...
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The Kingdom is Like…a Treasure, a Pearl
9/27/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “What do we really believe? I mean, believe in such a way that our...
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The Kingdom is Like…a Mustard Seed
9/20/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:21-24 Oak Church’s First Anniversary “Parables are imaginary gardens with real toads in them. They...
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Psalm Sunday: God-craft on Exhibit
9/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 19 Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. –Mary Oliver...
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Psalm Sunday: Never Shaken, Lasting Forever
9/6/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 125 “All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are...
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Dress You Up In My Love
8/30/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 6:10-24 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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Home Economics
8/23/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 5: 21- 6:9 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Jesus Feministby Sarah Bessey...
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Vacation Bible School Reflection
8/16/15 Chris Breslin Checkout the slideshow with sights and sounds from this year’s VBS!
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Walk In The Way Of Love
8/9/15 Matt Hoffman Ephesians 5:1-20 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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The One and the Many
7/26/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:1-16 Sermon Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in...
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Knowing The Love Of Jesus
7/19/15 Joey Morningstar Ephesians 3:14-21 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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God’s Open Secret
7/12/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 3:1-13 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...
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Sledgehammer Christ; Peace Reimagined
7/5/15 Mike Boone Ephesians 2:11-22 Rev. Michael Boone The Rev. Michael Boone is an ordained priest in the Anglican...
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Gracecraft
6/28/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 2:1-10 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Union with Christ by J. Todd...
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Growing Further Up & Further In
6/21/15 Dave Crispell Ephesians 1:15-23 Rev. David Crispell, Executive Director of Jubilee Home Rev. David Crispell is a Durham...
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A Lament for Mother Emanuel
6/21/15 As a community, we linked with hundreds of other church communities around the country to share in onechurchliturgy.com...
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Father & Children
5/31/15 Chris Breslin Romans 8:12-17 Sermon Notes “God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn’t just love. God is...
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Presence = Absence = Presence
5/17/15 Chris Breslin Luke 24:44-53 “His ascent to heaven, like his ascent to the cross, is a journey undertaken...
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Psalm Sunday: 139
5/10/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 139 “We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses...
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Of First Importance : Death Has Been Swallowed Up in Victory
5/3/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 “Resurrection is the necessary outcome of God’s intent to redeem his people.”...
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Of First Importance : Bearing the Image
4/26/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 Prayer to the Holy Spirit as Breath by Bruce Benedict Holy Spirit, Holy...
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Slow Church: an evening with author C. Christopher Smith
4/16/15 talk and potluck conversation sponsored by Duke Divinity School’s Thriving Rural Communities Initiative and hosted by Oak Church. Chris Smith is...
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Of First Importance : Paul vs. the Zombies
4/19/15 Matt Hoffman 1 Corinthians 15:29-34 Further “Of First Importance” Series Reading Resounding Truth by Jeremy Begbie NICNT:...
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Of First Importance : The Firstfruits
4/12/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:12-28 “Christians do not believe in the empty tomb but in the living Christ.”...
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Easter 2015: Of First Importance
4/5/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 “Familiarity breeds unfamiliarity–unsuspected unfamiliarity, and then contempt.” –Dallas Willard “There was a striking...
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Good Friday 2015: Into Your Hands, I Commit My Spirit
4/3/15 Chris Breslin Luke 23:44-56 Sermon Resources “Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is...
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It is Finished.
3/29/15 Chris Breslin John 12:12-19 & John 19:28-30 The Gospel of John by F. Dale Bruner Further Lenten...
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I Am Thirsty.
3/22/15 Chris Breslin John 19:28 “Jesus Christ has brought every need, every joy, every gratitude, every hope of men...
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My God, My God! Why Have You Forsaken Me?
3/15/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 27:45-54 “When Jesus died asking questions, we learn that Jesus not only took on our...
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Here is Your Son. Here is Your Mother.
3/8/15 Chris Breslin John 19:23-27 “The Beloved Disciple, the hero of the community, is singled out as the particular...
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Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise
3/1/15 Chris Breslin Luke 23:38-43 “There is never just one cross on a hill…the whole Christian drama demands the...
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Father, Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do [Jeremy Begbie]
2/22/15 Jeremy Begbie Luke 23:26-37 —– Further Lenten Reading God is on the Cross by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Sweet Deliverance: A...
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Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified
2/15/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 “The meaning of wisdom is controlled by Christ crucified.” –Richard B. Hays “This...
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Pictures From The Frontier
2/8/15 Matt Hoffman Mark 1:29-39 Resources for Mark 1 King’s Cross by Tim Keller Anchor Bible Commentary: Mark, Vol...
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With Authority
2/1/15 Chris Breslin Mark 1:21-28 “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people...
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Our Part In The Body Of Christ
1/25/15 Bradley Cotton Romans 12:6-8 Sermon Notes What are Spiritual Gifts? My definition: The tools and abilities that God...
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A Voice of One Calling Out in the Wilderness
1/11/15 Matt Hoffman Mark 1:4-11 “All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they...
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The Word Became Flesh & Dwelt Among Us
1/4/15 Chris Breslin John 1:9-18 “The core idea of the Christian faith is the incarnation.” -Michael Frost “The Gospel...