Sunday Leftovers

Thank you to everyone who has downloaded and been part of the Sunday Leftovers Podcast.  After a year of great conversations and message leftovers we are ending the SL podcast.  God is on the move at Rosewood, and I look forward to serving with you in other ways through the ministries and missions of this church.Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

The community of believers can breath life into our weary souls, but in an increasingly isolated world that is letting biblical community slip away, this discipline must be reclaimed.  Pastors Austin and Howard talk about what threatens community today and what we can do about it.  It's not easy, but it never has been and God never said it would be.The referenced sermon can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11647953Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

Serving others isn't always easy, but it doesn't have to be a drab, either.  In this conversation with our First Steps Director, Kaitlyn Peterson, we discuss ways to engage in service that helps others and is life-giving to you.The referenced sermon can be found here:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11601105Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

Prayer is an appeal before the mercy seat of God... but what does that even mean anyway?  In today's episode, Austin explores the the meaning of the mercy seat through "God's Bible"... the King James.The referenced sermon can be found here:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11559776Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

Austin and Lindsey sit down to talk Scripture from their own standpoints of spiritual weariness, and how God through the Bible has carried them through life.The referenced sermon can be found here:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11517413Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

Austin and Drew sit down to discuss how the Sabbath has been taught to them over time, and what practices they've adopted to take it from meaningless rituals to authentic communion with God.

Spiritual weariness is never pleasant, but what if it was signal of renewal and rebirth.  In todays episode, we reframe weariness as an opportunity for change and growth.The referenced sermon can be found here:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11428081Music Credit: "Cantina Rag" by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

In this episode, we wrap up Lamentations with a theme that hasn't been explicitly touched on but deserves a nod: regret.  Regret can be descriptive or redemptive; it all depends on how you use it.Dr. Carol Becktel's lament tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xoVu_oq-tA&t=27sThe referenced sermon can be found here:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11385891Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

 Pastors Howard and Austin discuss how we can make “meaningless” waiting time meaningful, but most of their time is spent discussing suicide; both hope for those feeling suicidal and support for people with a loved one who is suicidal or has completed suicide.  Equipping yourself to engage with people in this position is important, and so is getting help when you find yourself there.  This episode will provide concrete next steps, and if you need someone to talk to at any time dial 988 to speak with a professional on the Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The referenced sermon can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11344644 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag    

Moving from disorientation to reorientation takes grit, or as the Apostle Paul describes it, perseverance.  In today's episode we cover the leftovers of grit and grief. The referenced sermon can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11303601 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag      

Lamentations isn't the only collapse story in Scripture.  The book of Job provides a very different perspective of disorienting situations, which can leave you wondering which example best reflects your circumstances.The referenced sermon can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11262601 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

Pastors Austin and Howard spend an hour talking about TV, patriotism, and mushrooms, and how all these points and more provide contemporary applications of the Council at Jerusalem's decree for Jewish and Gentiles Christians to compromise for the good of church unity.The referenced sermon can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11262601 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag     

In this week's leftover, Pastor Austin clarifies the boundaries of the Council of Jerusalem with an important application that should be avoided (but often isn't). The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11138107Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag    

Some spiritual leaders cause us to feel like they're not just better than us, but somehow they're not even human like us.  Today we look at how we relate to people like that after Paul and Barnabas have their mixup in Lystra from Acts 14.The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11099217Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag   

 Austin and Drew tap into some of the reasons why the gospel is so resisted among non-Christians today, despite Jesus being so attractive in his time, and cultural anchors of our own time.  Plus, they debate how fast Pop Tarts will kill you. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/11059119Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag  

This week's leftovers got dropped in the baptismal waters.  This story concludes with the Ethiopian's baptism but for this episode it is the starting point.  Philip baptizes the man immediately after he makes a faith commitment, but some churches squirm at such a turn around.  This begs the questions, what is required for a person to be meaningfully baptized? The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10937887Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag 

 We left a lot unsaid about the Church's first martyr, Stephen!  In this episode we talk forgiveness, the economy of God, and how not to create God in your own image. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10904352Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 God is love… or is he?  Because on a number of occasions God seems to be acting quite badly.  Today's episode explores how our reverence for the sacred impacts our perspectives of fairness and whether God is consistent in his judgment. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10866732  Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

Biblical manliness has taken many forms over time, which begs the question, is our definition of manliness formed by the model of Christ in Scripture or culture?  Your answer will inevitably affect men's perceptions of themselves. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10825601 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 As the Acts church grew it found itself confronting secular culture more and more.  Today there is a wide spectrum of ways Christians engage with non-christian culture - should we separate, resist, go along, or something else entirely?  Pastors Austin and Howard discuss the challenge of living an outward facing faith in a disagreeing world.  The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10787974 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 How do we make sense of situations when people who are supposed to be putting Jesus' kingship into practice are letting our side down?  What should we say in the face of so many Christian-culture giant downfalls?  Today we talk perspectives, cynicism, restoration.  The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10708674 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

Pastors Austin and Howard make up for lost time by talking about the divides between the sacred and secular, and how our rational look at the world impacts our expectations about life with God.  This double episode covers both message from May 8 and May 15.  Enjoy and thank you for downloading! The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: May 8-https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10581918 May 15-https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10630627 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 We go back twenty years of Rosewood history to the first time women were allowed to serve on Consistory, and who best to recount the past than Sue Gorter, our first elected female Elder. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10496087 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

Nicodemus was a curious onlooker and critic of Jesus, but something within him told him there was more to Jesus.  Something different about him.  And thanks to what Nicodemus did on Good Friday we have the greatest proof of Jesus' resurrection.Reach out to Austin at austin@rosewoodchurch.org Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

Pastor Howard presents his first person monologue on the life of Judas as he imagines Judas would tell his own story… and challenge yours.  The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10331130 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

With more and more people, especially young people, deconstructing the framework of what they have been taught to believe, we as Christians should be prepared to doubt, deconstruct, and differentiate well.  While there is not a single “right” way, there are paths that lead to a refreshed faith and others that lead to a perished faith.  Pastor Austin and Drew share their own experiences in the desert of spiritual doubt and newfound understandings of Jesus. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10331130 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

Jesus calls Zacchaeus by name out of a tree, he calls Mary Magdalene by name in a cemetery, and he calls you by name from whoever you are today.The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10286887 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 Jesus said, “let the little children come to me,” and on this week's episode Austin speaks with Alisha Harman about kids ministry at Rosewood Church and why we do what we do to make ways for our littlest to belong.  The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10244373 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 A common theme across all three Luke 15 parable is celebration - after the lost thing has been found, our God, who is obsessed with lost things, celebrates its return.  What you celebrate is a window into what you value.  So, what do you celebrate?The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10200591 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

 At times Jesus relationship with family is… complicated.  Drew Parker and I discuss whether our commitment to Christ eclipses our commitment to family and what Jesus means by “hating” our family.  The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10153888 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

How do you lead while being broken?  Should you really bring all of yourself to the stage?  And why do we clean before the maid comes?  We'll discuss all this and more as we attempt to discern just how personal our preaching and worship should be as leaders.  The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10112391 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

The story of the centurion from Luke 7 is embedded in Jewish customs that don't affect us today, but the tendency to put up walls between “us and them” still does.  Joins Pastors Austin and Pastor Howard as they explore the leftovers from Sunday, February 13. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/10069417 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag

C In our pilot episode, we talk about the first version of the message, what killed that version, and how rumors of perfection can become shields to protect us from leaving our comfort zones. The referenced sermon is available at on our sermon podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1782832/9981941 Music Credit: "Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jackson_F_Smith/Jackson_Frederick_Smith/Cantina_Rag