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Jubilee - Rev. Dave Lee

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 36:55


Leviticus 25:8-17 | January 11, 2025

Finding Your Name - Rev. Paul Schuler

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 35:13


Genesis 11:1-9; 12:1-4 | January 4, 2025

Finding Your Name - January 4, 2026

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 35:51


Put on the New Self - December 28, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 33:50


A Weary World Rejoices - Hope for the World - December 21

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 38:37


A Weary World Rejoices - Light in the Darkness - December 14

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 33:31


A Weary World Rejoices - Comfort in Sorrow - December 7, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 39:01


Jesus and the Great Banquet - November 30, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 37:03


Thank you for listening! Resurrection Oakland Church is a community of people seeking to love our neighbors and our city as Jesus has loved us.

The Blessed Life - Blessed are The Persecuted - November 23, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 35:53


Matthew 5 | Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed are The Peacemakers - November 16, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2025 30:53


Matthew 5 | Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed are The Pure in Heart - November 9, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2025 38:19


Matthew 5 & John 12 | Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed are The Merciful - November 2, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2025 39:51


Matthew 5:7 & Luke 10:25-37 Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness - October, 26, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 35:00


Matthew 5:6 & 13:1-23 Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed Are The Meek - October 19, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2025 45:12


Matthew 5:5; 11:25-30 Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed Are Those Who Mourn - October 12, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2025 45:29


Matthew 5:4 and Isaiah 61:1-3 Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

The Blessed Life - Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit - October 5, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 34:44


Matthew 5:1-9 Everyone wants to be happy, but what if everything we thought about the way to get it was wrong? What if ‘the good life' – or ‘the blessed life' as Jesus calls it in his very first sermon – was found in the very places we often try to avoid? Tune in to hear our series on The Beatitudes, where we learn about the life God calls us to, how it looks nothing like we think, and why it's better than we could ever imagine.

Not For Ourselves - A Church For The City - September 28, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 37:51


It's been said, “The church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.” Every fall, we take three Sundays to remind ourselves why we exist as a church. Tune in to listen to our vision series called Not for Ourselves.

Not For Ourselves - A Church For the Unconvinced - September 21, 205

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 40:06


Not For Ourselves - What it Means to Be the Church - September 14, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 41:08


It's been said, “The church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.” Every fall, we take three Sundays to remind ourselves why we exist as a church. Tune in to listen to our vision series called Not for Ourselves.

What To Do With Your Anxiety - September 7, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 30:20


Thank you for listening! Resurrection Oakland Church is a community of people seeking to love our neighbors and our city as Jesus has loved us. Tune in for a sermon from visiting preacher, Rev. Joe White.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Deathbed Blessings - August 31, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 50:14


Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Go Up to the House of God - August 24, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 48:22


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Evil, Outrage, and Genocide - August 17, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 44:39


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Living Faithfully in a Fallen World - August 10, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 37:11


Thank you for listening! Resurrection Oakland Church is a community of people seeking to love our neighbors and our city as Jesus has loved us. Tune in for a sermon from visiting preacher, Pastor Larry Austin.

Words for When Everything Seems Wrong - August 3, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025


Thank you for listening! Resurrection Oakland Church is a community of people seeking to love our neighbors and our city as Jesus has loved us. Tune in for a sermon from visiting preacher, Rev. David Jones.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Jacob & Esau Reconciled - July 27, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Wrestling with God - July 20, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places - July 13, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 44:48


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Jesus' Much Needed and Encouraging Words On Prayer! - July 6, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 39:14


Thank you for listening! Resurrection Oakland Church is a community of people seeking to love our neighbors and our city as Jesus has loved us. Join us for the second of two weeks of visiting pastor Rev. Elbert McGowan Jr.'s preaching on Jesus' calling in our lives.

Can We Become Enemy-Loving Children Of God? - June 29, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 34:35


Thank you for listening! Resurrection Oakland Church is a community of people seeking to love our neighbors and our city as Jesus has loved us. Join us for the first of two weeks of visiting pastor Rev. Elbert McGowan Jr.'s preaching on Jesus' calling in our lives.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Stairway From Heaven - June 22, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2025 43:29


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - Stolen Blessing - June 15, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 47:37


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

Become Who You Are - June 8, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 36:26


Pastor and local Christian rapper, Larry Austin, guest preaches from 1 John 3, to consider who and how we already are in Christ. The gospel takes us out of our personal narratives and into God's--we see our lives not from what we're going through, but from His redemptive story.

Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People - The Last Shall Be First - June 1, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 47:02


We are living through intense division in our society. But the problem of division is not unique to our time. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, is filled with division. In this sermon series, “Jacob: God's Hope for a Divided People," we will study the story of Jacob (Genesis 25-48) to consider the great hope God gives us for redemption and reconciliation across seemingly irreconcilable differences.

I Believe - Growing Faith - May 25, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 40:53


“Without faith it is impossible to please God,” says Hebrews 11:6. Faith is important to God, but it is often confusing for us - both Christians and skeptics alike. What does it mean to believe? Is faith a gift or something we cultivate? What does faith look like? Feel like? Act like? Join us for a new series called I Believe as we learn about the important, yet often misunderstood, topic of faith.

I Believe - Transforming Faith - May 18, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 34:58


“Without faith it is impossible to please God,” says Hebrews 11:6. Faith is important to God, but it is often confusing for us - both Christians and skeptics alike. What does it mean to believe? Is faith a gift or something we cultivate? What does faith look like? Feel like? Act like? Join us for a new series called I Believe as we learn about the important, yet often misunderstood, topic of faith.

I Believe - Doubting Faith - May 11, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 43:10


“Without faith it is impossible to please God,” says Hebrews 11:6. Faith is important to God, but it is often confusing for us - both Christians and skeptics alike. What does it mean to believe? Is faith a gift or something we cultivate? What does faith look like? Feel like? Act like? Tune in for our series called I Believe as we learn about the important, yet often misunderstood, topic of faith.

Living in the Freedom of the Spirit - May 5, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 48:22


Tune in for the last session of our inaugural ResOak Conference. Pastor Russ Whitfield, from Grace Mosaic Church in Washington, DC preaches on the life of freedom we find in the Holy Spirit.

I Believe - Great Faith - April 27, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 40:18


“Without faith it is impossible to please God,” says Hebrews 11:6. Faith is important to God, but it is often confusing for us - both Christians and skeptics alike. What does it mean to believe? Is faith a gift or something we cultivate? What does faith look like? Feel like? Act like? Tune in for a new series called I Believe as we learn about the important, yet often misunderstood, topic of faith.

Easter - Who Are You Looking For? - April 20, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 35:25


We are all longing for something or someone. This Easter, we explore the one person and event who can answer all of our longings: Christ and the Resurrection.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Our Contentment - April 13, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 36:49


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Our Words - April 6, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 43:09


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Generosity - March 30, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 44:02


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Sex, Marriage, and Singleness - March 23, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 40:40


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Love - March 16, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 48:00


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Family - March 9, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 41:24


he modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Work & Rest - March 2, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 47:21


he modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Beauty of Destiny's Children - February 23, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 37:01


Rev. Dr. Irwyn Ince shared the beauty that awaits God's people as depicted in Isaiah 62 and Revelation 21. Jesus has defeated death. The old world will pass away, and there will be a new heaven and a new earth, with no more death or mourning or suffering. We live in the hope and promise of that beauty, as we long for it and its fulness.

The Law of Freedom - Honor God's Name - February 16th, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 44:01


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free to Know God - February 9th, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 42:47


The modern belief of freedom is an absence of restrictions, but the Christian notion of freedom is finding the right restrictions. Tune in for our series, "The Law of Freedom," as we learn how true freedom is found in the confines of God's law, why this law is good news for the whole world, and the ways in which it all points us to Jesus.

The Law of Freedom - Free in Worship - February 2, 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 47:14


We see the Law of God as constraining and demanding, but Jesus sees it as quite the opposite. In the opening of our new series, “The Law of Freedom,” Pastor Brent teaches us that the the true 4 words that frame the Ten Commandments are beauty, freedom, love, and grace.

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