Sermons on Discipleship
SHEMA: “Impress It Upon Your Children” (Deut. 6:6-9) | Mike Lamson
Mike concludes our series by talking about what this blessing looks like for the next generation, plus our church community shares their stories of how they are living out Shema in their lives!
SHEMA: “Strength/Might (Me’od)” Deut. 6:4-6 | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through the word “might or strength” in the Shema, whose original definition is “muchness.” How do we get might or strength from that and what does that mean? Find out!
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SHEMA: “Soul (Nephesh)” Deut. 6:4-6 | Mike Lamson
Mike continues our series on Shema by talking about the word soul (nephesh), which also is much different than we might think!
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SHEMA: “Heart (Lev)” Deut. 6:5 | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through the word “heart” in the Shema, which is much different than we might think!
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SHEMA: “Love (Ahavah))” Deut. 6:5 | Mike Lamson
Mike continues our series on the Shema walking through the word “heart” (lev), and how it means something much more to Israel than it does to us!
SHEMA: “LORD (Yahweh/Adonai) | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through the word, LORD (YHWH) as we continue our series on the Shema.
SHEMA: Shema (Hear, Listen) | Mike Lamson
Mike starts a new series on the Shema, the famous Ancient Jewish blessing. Mike walks through what the word “Shema” means and what that looks like in our daily lives.
DWYW: “We’re Just Stinkbugs!” [Numbers 13] | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through how many times we go back to Egypt by settling for less than the flourishing life God desires for us.
A New Heart: Multiple Gates, One Way [Ezek. 40-48] | Mike Lamson
Mike ends our series in Ezekiel talking about the “New Temple,” and how much it points to the way we are to live now.
Wrath and Harps (Pt. 1) [Rev. 14-15] | Mike Lamson
Mike approaches the next interlude as John shows the pictures of the army of the Lamb singing a new song that is the song of Moses. Wait, that’s 2 songs becoming one song? Mike walks through why that’s significant and timely to today’s current situation.
The Mark of the Beast [Rev. 13] | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through what the first centuries listeners immediately thought about when they heard the “mark of the beast.” It was an extremely clear image of their current experience. Mike connects that to what that might look like now, how it doesn’t look like all the doomsday prophecies, but begs a more important and basic question.
Honey or Hot Sauce? [Rev. 10] | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through John’s eating of the scroll in Rev. 10, as we consider how God’s Words shape us. Are they like honey or bad hot sauce?
The Sound of Silence [Rev. 8-9] | Mike Lamson
Mike walks through the seventh seal and most of the seven trumpets, talking about how silence acts a mirror to the deepest parts of who we are, revealing both ugly and good things.
Dust: The Yoke’s On You | Mike Lamson
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me…” Most people with a church memory remember the rest of this text that says “you will find rest for your souls.” But what was a rabbi’s yoke? Mike walks through how significant this word is, and how it changes how we view following Jesus.
Food, Faith, and the Table | Rachel Reinink
Pastor Rachel Reinink returns to talk to us about the importance of food and the Table as part of our journey with Jesus.
Prodigal Discipleship | Emmett Brown
The Reverend Emmett Michael Brown joins us again to show us how the story of the Prodigal Father teaches about discipleship, being a follower of Jesus.
Dust: The Great Conversion or Commission? | Mike Lamson
The Great Commission is a popular text for churches. But much of how it’s applied is more like the “Great Conversion” than what “making disciples” means. Mike walks through the 1st century understanding of disciple making and Jesus’ “authority,” and how this mission gave his disciples is MUCH…
Peter Almighty | Mike Lamson
Peter walks on the water. Whether you’ve heard the story or not, most are familiar with it. Most interpret this story on how we need to “keep on our eyes on Jesus and never doubt.” But this is not how the 1st-century Jewish person understood it at all. Mike Lamson walks through how the understanding of disciples believed about following their rabbi and vice-versa has a…
The Kingdom of God is in Your Midst | Eric English
Guest Eric English walks through some challenging words on thinking differently on what the phrase “the kingdom of God” is referring to.
Dust: Takin’ Jesus to School | Mike Lamson
Understanding the schooling of Jewish children gives us tremendous insight on the types of people Jesus chose as his followers. It was as shocking then as it would be today. Mike walks through the invitation of who Jesus invites to the Table each and every day, and why it was so shocking to to the…