2018

  • Repost: Kate Bowler at Oak Church

    By on September 28, 2021

    To celebrate Kate’s new book, No Cure for Being Human, listen in to this archived unedited version of The Road...

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  • Holy Shift

    By on December 24, 2018

    12/23/2018 Luke 1:39-55 Mindy Erdmann (Bumper music:Because the Night is Longby Music from the Gathering Church (2010))   Mindy...

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  • Hope in the Wilderness

    By on December 17, 2018

    12/16/2018 Luke 3:1-6 Carolina Kammel (Bumper music:Because the Night is Longby Music from the Gathering Church (2010))   Christmas...

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  • Stories of Freedom: A Conversation on Race and Place with Natasha Sistrunk-Robinson & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

    By on December 14, 2018

    Our conversation took place at Oak Church on December 13, 2018. Margot Starbuck facilitated the conversation in partnership with DurhamCares(directed by...

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  • It’s the Start of the World as We’ve Never Known It

    By on December 2, 2018

    12/02/2018 Luke 21:25-36 Chris Breslin (Bumper music:Because the Night is Long by Music from the Gathering Church (2010))   “Advent...

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  • The Not-From-Around-Here King (Christ the King Sunday)

    By on November 25, 2018

    11/25/2018 John 18:33-38a Chris Breslin   “A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a...

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  • Two Sides of the Same Coin

    By on November 18, 2018

    11/18/2018 Micah 6:1-8 Stephanie Holmer   “Whatever I had read as a child about the saints had thrilled me....

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  • What She Needed to Live On

    By on November 12, 2018

    11/11/2018 Mark 12:35-44 Chris Breslin   “The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what...

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  • Just the Way the World Works

    By on November 5, 2018

    11/04/2018 Luke 13:10-17 Matthew Rehnborg   “When the prophet dares to expose to the light the congregation who is...

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  • A New Life Burgeons

    By on October 29, 2018

    10/28/2018 Isaiah 60:15-22 & Revelation 21:1-5 Chris Breslin   “What we call the beginning is often the end. And...

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  • God’s (Vulnerable) Person

    By on October 22, 2018

    10/21/2018 Genesis 22:1-18 Chris Breslin   “ThroughAbraham and his family, God will bless the whole world. Shimmering like a...

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  • God’s (Vulnerable) People

    By on October 15, 2018

    10/14/2018 Genesis 22:1-18 Chris Breslin   “The church is a countercultural community of discipleship, and this community is the...

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  • Our Wicked Problem

    By on October 8, 2018

    10/07/2018 Genesis 2:25-3:7 Chris Breslin   “Genesis 3 paints the scenario that is the hinge point of history. Humanity...

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  • Introducing & Blessing New Steering Group Members & Pastoral Intern

    By on October 8, 2018

    We introduced and blessed three new members of our Steering Group: Bettejean Cramer, Carolina Kammel, and Sarah Neff. We...

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  • Created to Eat [Kendall Vanderslice]

    By on October 1, 2018

    09/30/2018 Genesis 2:4-25 Kendall Vanderslice   Kendall Vanderslice is a graduate of Wheaton College and Boston University (MLA Gastronomy). She...

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  • Re-Placing Friendships

    By on September 24, 2018

    09/23/2018 Acts 16:13-34 Chris Breslin   “It’s easy for us to see what our church or neighborhood or city...

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  • A Tale of Two Tables

    By on September 17, 2018

    09/16/2018 Acts 2:42-47 Chris Breslin   “After I gazed for a long time at Rublev’s Trinity these words spoke...

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  • Reconstructing the Gospel: an evening with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

    By on September 10, 2018

    Our conversation took place at Oak Church on September 9, 2018. Tammy White Rodman (Pilgrimage Coordinator for DurhamCares) was...

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  • The Roots of Shalom

    By on September 10, 2018

    09/09/2018 Jeremiah 29:4-9 Reynolds Chapman   Reynolds Chapman is Executive Director of DurhamCares, whose mission is to mobilize Durham...

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  • Who is My Actual Neighbor?

    By on September 3, 2018

    09/02/2018 Luke 10:25-37 Chris Breslin   The missionary must be the salt which dissolves in the meat, disappears and...

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  • Prayer & Work & Presence

    By on August 27, 2018

    08/26/2018 Prayer & Work & Presence Psalm 46 Chris Breslin   “Every step an arrival.” -Eugene Peterson   “Instructions...

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  • Circle of the Church Year

    By on August 21, 2018

    08/19/2018 Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Meg Hoffman   Oak Kids Website Godly Play Foundation   Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Turn!...

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  • The Spirit and the Bride Say, “Come!”

    By on August 12, 2018

    08/12/2018 Revelation 22:16-21 Chris Breslin   “I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from...

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  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    By on August 6, 2018

    08/05/2018 Colossians 3:1-17 Chris Breslin   “…the Holy Spirit takes the ‘givenness’ of what has happened in Christ, and...

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  • Two Laws and the Gospel [Jeff McSwain]

    By on July 23, 2018

    07/22/2018 Romans 8:1-11 Jeff & Susan McSwain Jeff & Susan are the founders of Reality Ministries, a community-based non-profit that...

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  • The Renaissance Spirit

    By on July 16, 2018

    07/15/2018 John 3:1-21 Chris Breslin   “I am a child of God, one in whom Christ dwells, and I...

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  • The Spirit, Poured Out

    By on July 11, 2018

    07/08/2018 Joel 2:28-32 & Acts 2:1-21 Meg Hoffman   Powerpoint Slides (July 8)   Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-19  ...

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  • Hope-filled & Peace-able, Imagine That

    By on July 1, 2018

    07/01/2018 Isaiah 11:1-10 & Jeremiah 37:1-14 Chris Breslin   “A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God...

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  • Illuminating Light: Worship & Work in the Spirit

    By on June 25, 2018

    06/24/2018 Exodus 31:1-11 Sarah Neff   “We are holy creatures living among other holy creatures in a world that...

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  • A Prayer for Our Immigrant Sisters & Brothers

    By on June 25, 2018

    Our 06/24/18 Call to Worship: Bendito eres Tú, Señor Jesucristo. Cruzaste todas las fronteras entre la divinidad y la humanidad para hacer...

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  • That Fitful, Fluent Spirit

    By on June 11, 2018

    06/10/2018 Psalm 51 Chris Breslin   Incurable and unbelieving in any truth but the truth of grieving, I saw...

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  • Fill Your Horn with Oil and Get Going

    By on June 3, 2018

    1 Samuel 16:1-13 & Isaiah 61:1-3 Chris Breslin “The strength or weakness of means is neither the spur nor...

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  • Over the Bent World Broods

    By on May 29, 2018

    05/27/2018 Genesis 1:1-2 & Genesis 2:5-9 Chris Breslin   The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It...

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  • Breathing Forgiveness

    By on May 21, 2018

    05/20/2018 John 20:19-23 Chris Breslin   “The convex (outward tilted) of the concave (inward tilted) Resurrection is mission, and...

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  • God as Our Witness

    By on May 14, 2018

    05/13/2018 1 John 5:9-13 Chris Breslin   “How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people...

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  • The Water and the Blood

    By on May 8, 2018

    05/06/2018 1 John 5:1-6 Chris Breslin   “If we ask the question, ‘Where might you expect to find the...

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  • This is How We Know

    By on April 24, 2018

    04/22/2018 1 John 3:16-24 Chris Breslin Slides from April, 2018 Scripture: John 3:16 Matthew 25:40 1 John 4:19 Romans...

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  • Ecclesia Network National Gathering Testimonies

    By on April 17, 2018

    04/15/2018 Testimony Katie DeConto, Jeremiah Dodson, Matt Hoffman, Meg Hoffman Ecclesia Network

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  • Called What We Already Are

    By on April 17, 2018

    04/15/2018 1 John 3:1-7 Chris Breslin “In the New Testament, there is an ongoing ministry of reminding.” –Bruxy Cavey...

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  • A Sensible Life

    By on April 10, 2018

    04/08/2018 1 John 1:1-2:2 Chris Breslin “The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless...

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  • Mourning into Dancing (Easter Sunday)

    By on April 3, 2018

    04/01/2018 John 11:17-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears.  Jesus’ wasteful tears.” –Steve...

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  • Baptismal Testimonies (Gary Davis & Matthew Fox)

    By on April 1, 2018

    Baptismal Testimonies and Liturgy Gary Davis & Matthew Fox April 1, 2018

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  • Conversion at the Cross (Good Friday)

    By on March 30, 2018

    03/30/2018 Isaiah 52:14 & 53:1-6; John 18-19 Chris Breslin “Like the lynching tree in America, the cross in the...

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  • Behold Your King

    By on March 29, 2018

    03/25/2018 Matthew 21:1-11/John 9:1-14; 35-41 Joe Longarino Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Come Light Our Hearts by McCracken Hosanna...

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  • On the Water, Through the Storm

    By on March 20, 2018

    03/18/2018 John 6:15-21 Chris Breslin “Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each...

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  • “Five Barley Loaves and Two Fish”

    By on March 13, 2018

    03/11/2018 John 6:5-14 Sarah Neff “It is not easy to offer the world to each other and to God....

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  • “Pick Up Your Mat & Walk!”

    By on March 6, 2018

    03/04/2018 John 5:1-15 Charlene Brown Rev. Charlene Brown is the National Director of Black Campus Ministries for Intervarsity Christian...

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  • “Go. Your Son Lives!”

    By on February 26, 2018

    02/25/2018 Sermon John 4:46-54 Chris Breslin “Jesus peculiarly dramatizes the dynamics of grace: what is needed by humans is...

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  • Everything Happens for a Reason: a Conversation with Kate Bowler & Bob Crawford

    By on February 26, 2018

    An archived unedited version of The Road to Now (RTN Theology #3) episode. Pastor Chris Breslin recently invited Bob...

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  • A Vintage Richer for the Keeping

    By on February 19, 2018

    02/18/2018 John 2:1-11 Chris Breslin Here’s an epiphany to have and hold, A truth that you can taste upon...

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  • Listen Up! (Transfiguration Sunday)

    By on February 12, 2018

    02/11/2018 Sermon Mark 9:2-13 Chris Breslin “Sometimes it feels like I’m the only one in the world who is...

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  • The Kingdom of God Comes Home (Epiphany 5)

    By on February 6, 2018

    02/04/2018 Mark 1:29-39 Matt Hoffman Sermon Resources: Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard The Spirit of the Disciplines:...

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  • We Should All Be Wearing Crash Helmets (Epiphany 4)

    By on January 29, 2018

    01/28/2018 Mark 1:21-28 Chris Breslin “…carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all...

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  • Hooked (Epiphany 3)

    By on January 22, 2018

    01/21/2018 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 & Mark 1:14-20 Chris Breslin “The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice, it’s...

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  • Nazareth?! (Epiphany 2)

    By on January 17, 2018

    01/14/2018 John 1:43-51 Chris Breslin “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” –Wendell...

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  • The Voice of the Lord (Epiphany 1)

    By on January 8, 2018

    01/07/2018 Psalm 29 & Mark 1:4-11 Chris Breslin “This is the Epiphany’s first lesson about joy: to rejoice in...

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