Podcasts about seven mile road

We welcome guest preacher, Matt Moran, from Community of Grace Church near Buffalo NY to preach at Seven Mile Road from the first chapter of Philippians. Matt was a pastor at Seven Mile Road for years before moving to the Buffalo area with his family in 2017. 

Pastor Dan Ko from Seven Mile Road church in Malden preaches about one of Jesus's miracles from Mark 1:40-45.

At the end of the Seven Mile Road story, the disciples finally see. It takes a ton of help from Jesus, but they truly see. As they see, Jesus helps them see God's redemptive plan across history and geography. Even more than seeing the plan, Jesus sends them (and us!) to join His mission.

In this update we talk about what mission living means to us at Seven Mile Road and some great things happening this month in the life of the church. 

Have you ever been disappointed in your life? Have you ever felt that you have worked hard all your life or with all your effort towards something and felt that it wasn't up to your expectations? Have those disappointments or circumstances caused you to doubt promises that God gives us for our lives? Jesus is walking with us on the seven-mile journey of our lives and wants us to be able to recognize him and seek God's promises instead of living in disappointment and unbelief. In “The Seven Mile Road: Part 2,” Pastor Doug discusses how Jesus can change our lives on our seven-mile journey, but we must have faith and trust in God to recognize Jesus during our journey.

Have you ever been disappointed or let down before? As humans dealing with the situations of life, we sometimes tend to look and believe in physical things over spiritual things. As a result, our eyes may betray us when the real Jesus returns because of the version of Christ we may have formulated in our minds. God wants us to walk by faith and not by sight! In the message, "The Seven Mile Road," Pastor Doug talks about dealing with disappointment and despair on the journey of life and how Jesus finds us there on the road.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at the Luke 24:13-35 where two despairing disciples are headed down a seven mile road to return home after the crucifixion of Jesus. All hope is lost until they meet someone on that road. Listen and be encouraged to hear who they meet and how they find hope again.

This week, I sit down with two best friends who became first time dads during the pandemic. I invited them onto the podcast to share their reflections in adjusting to fatherhood and also the unique lens of their strong friendship with one another through many seasons of life. We talked for nearly 2 hours as they reflected on their deep love for each other, their wives, their kids, and how this new identity has completely changed them for the better. While these two just became dads and the journey ahead is still vast and mighty, listening to them honor their wives, share some heavy reflections on how they hope to lead their families, and how they continue to value the pillars of their friendship is inspiring to say the least. Oh, but don't you worry, while there were many sweet words exchanged, I still got them to spill the tea on their reckless days and we even had some gossip time at the end about some of their other male besties ;) I also got rebuked a few times by these Enneagram 3 bros, so listen in for a good time! I bet you'll want to reach out to a dear bestie of yours after the episode ends

Tune in to hear Justin, Michael, and Sara (along with a special guest star!) give a quick run down of what's happening when this month at Seven Mile Road.

Welcome to episode 12 of season two of the of the I Am Black History podcast brought to you by InTheBlack:Canada (ITBC) and DeeP Visions Media. I met Stella Sheppard at Emancipation Day celebrations in Prince Edward Island in 2021. Stella invited me to her home where we had a conversation about her ancestors who were some of the first Black people.brought to PEI. She talked about growing up in Darkie's Hollow on Seven Mile Road and why knowing about her Black and Indigenous heritages is so important to her. Stella is a storyteller, journalist, and writer and has published one book called Ashes of My Dreams and has submitted a sequel titled Snatched at Birth. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-paris/message

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A turning point happens in Jesus' ministry as He sends disciples on mission in Luke 9. But more than just the Twelve, in chapter 10 Jesus includes others (a lot of others… like 72 others) in the mission! This spinoff mission has successive implications for the Christian church all the way to Seven Mile Road today.This Sunday we take a look at the Mission to which all followers of Jesus are called. We see some amazingly outsized aspects of this mission that inform and challenge us to consider just what our little church is to do on Jesus' mission.Luke 10:1-20

The sudden emergence and lingering presence of COVID-19 have presented a serious challenge to the harmony of local church communities like ours at Seven Mile Road. From day one of the pandemic, we have asked the Father to give us an uncommon unity, even though many of us hold different convictions about what's best around lockdowns, masks, vaccines, and all the rest. This Sunday we'll unpack how an embrace of gospel centrality makes this unity possible.Romans 14:1-9

Luke momentarily pauses his account to give us a quick glimpse into the makeup of the “ministry team” that accompanied Jesus.With Him were the 12 men he prayerfully appointed to the office of Apostle AND a number of women.This brief snapshot accords with how God intends for gospel advance to happen in a home, church, and city: men and women rightly-related and fully-engaged on mission together.This Sunday we'll unpack this glorious truth and ask the Spirit to make it real at Seven Mile Road.

This Sunday we welcome 6 new sons and daughters into the life of Seven Mile Road. In the coming years, these boys and girls are going to bring us joy in so many ways. But they are also going to disappoint and hurt us, sometimes deeply.How does a gospel-centered father or mother respond when their kids hurt them? For that matter, how does any of us respond when we are hurt by those in our marriages, homes, or church?Our text this Sunday offers a surprising and beautiful answer.2 Timothy 4:16-17

Seven Mile Road exists to see every Bostonian Jesus gives us loved and gospeled well.One thing this requires is - whether by office, by circumstance, or by natural gifting - leaders leading well.So over the years we have tried to build a gospel-shaped leadership culture at Seven Mile Road.This Sunday morning we are going to consider the roots in which strong gospel leadership grows.The Word: 2 Timothy 2:20-21

In wisdom and love, our Creator infused five senses into the human experience, one of which is called “touch.” We were made to touch and be touched in holy, warm, appropriate, affirming ways. To never touch or be touched is to lose something essential about being human.So, it’s no surprise that Christ touched people often. Or that when He healed a leprous man – a man would not have been touched by anyone in forever – He touched Him.This Sunday we’ll think on this beautiful story and it’s import for our life as Seven Mile Road.Luke 5:12-16

In this Easter Sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Luke 24:13-35. Two disciples are walking back to Emmaus after seeing Jesus crucified. On the way, they meet the risen Jesus and their despair turns to hope. Listen and be encouraged how your life can changed on the seven mile road.

Michael Atmar is the proud husband of his wife, Erin, and father of his three sons, Case, Declan, and Tate. A fourth-generation Houstonian, Michael is excited to be a part of the mission of Seven Mile Road and longs to see the city of Houston transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Michael is passionate about discipleship, training leaders, and equipping God’s people to use their gifts for the work of ministry. In today's episode, we talk about what it looks like to model our leadership after that of a shepherd. Our conversation is based off the book, The Way of the Shepherd, by Kevin Leman. More importantly, we want to base our leadership on the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.  

“When I was shipwrecked, I thought of you.”What a sacred thing it is to be the person that someone would say that about.This is who Elizabeth was for Mary.While not “shipwrecked” exactly, Mary’s life was suddenly spun upside down. Without hesitation, she hurries to be with her older cousin Elizabeth, who receives her with warmth, gladness, and encouragement.In this sermon we’ll hear their story and think on what it could like for us to build that kind of culture at Seven Mile Road.Luke 1:39-56

One of our dreams at Seven Mile Road is that we would live together in "supertight community."One of the threats to that "supertightness" is the temptation to look at others in the body and be like, "Eh. We don't need you." or "We'd be just fine if you weren't around."This Sunday we'll mine the poisonous root of that sentiment and consider ways to dig it out of our life together in 2021.I Corinthians 12:14-26

A quick 10 minute conversation with Michael Prevett as he moves into a more pronounced way of serving Seven Mile Road.

In one sense, we are to have one Hero: Christ with no rivals.In another sense, we are to have many heroes and heroines … and Ruth is one of them.She is called a “worthy woman” who was “worth more than seven sons.”This Sunday we’ll see what made this statement so beautifully true and consider how Ruth’s life shapes our vision for the women God has given us at Seven Mile Road.

One of our dreams is that Seven Mile Road would be jam-packed with strong men who care and contend for the women in their lives.Boaz was such a man.Ruth knew she would be safe coming “under his wings.”Naomi knew, instinctively, that he would take bold, selfless, decisive action when given the opportunity.Woah.In this sermon we focus in on what it takes to be this kind of man.

Sara and Matt sit down to talk about all things advent and some other happenings in this season at Seven Mile Road. Listen to know what to expect for the rest of 2020 in the life of Seven Mile Road Melrose.

This month Pastor Matt had a special opportunity to sit down with not one but two Katies! Katie Barker and Katie Ryou give an update on this fall's Kalos Team initiative. Some of the newest married women that are a part of the life of Seven Mile Road are participating in a newly-married-women's-intensive. Listen for a glimpse into what is happening in that intensive and how the Spirit is working through it.

When have you felt so close to someone or a cause that you opened your wallet? What convinced you to actually give money to something or someone?The next section of the letter of Philippians confronts us square in the face about our giving. Rather than sidestep this, we have the duty to unpack a theology of Christian giving. This isn’t a heavy handed ask that the apostle Paul is making, instead he is thanking the Philippians for giving and explaining why Christians give.Here’s a spoiler: as we read along with what Paul says to the Philippians, we learn there are some pretty amazing things that are happening when we give to Jesus’ church. There is a lot for us to be excited about when we think about all the giving that is done at Seven Mile Road as well!Philippians 4:14-20

If you had 48 unrushed, undistracted hours with a group of young men who were serious about living a gospel-centered life, what truths would you press with them?On Sunday we’ll be inviting everyone into what our answer was this past weekend at our Young Men’s Intensive.We walk through a handful of texts that cast a beautiful vision for Seven Mile Road being filled with tough and tender men who take responsibility for themselves, their homes, and their church, sweating and bleeding for the good of others.

In this sermon we were delighted to have Johnny Aleman and his wife Brianna from Highland in Fitchburg* with us at Seven Mile Road!! Johnny has been handling much of the pastoral work in this season of transition for their church, and doing it beautifully. He and his wife are committed long-term to the advance of the gospel in their city in whatever way Christ would have them be a part of it. In this episode we hear their story.* This is the church who is considering finishing their course by streaming into the potential planting of a Seven Mile Road church in Fitchburg.

In this episode we get a 10 minute preview of a fun and important intensive we are doing with the younger men at Seven Mile Road this year.

Sara and Matt sit down to talk about what's happening in July at Seven Mile Road Melrose, and give an update on the family of Seven Mile Road churches.

We don't preach to the news cycle at Seven Mile Road, but we do work hard to help all of us see all of life through the lens of the gospel. So how are gospel people to understand and respond to plagues and riots and everything else that's happening. In this sermon, we hear some strong words from the prophet Amos about how the public worship life of the church MUST BE accompanied by a concern for and pursuit of justice and righteousness ... and how God responds when it's not.

Sara, Patti, and Matt got together to catch you up on what's happening in the month of May in the life of Seven Mile Road. We walk through the ways that we'll be staying connected to each other and the gospel during the Coronavirus reality.

The landscape across the globe has changed dramatically in the last two weeks. Churches are creatively embracing how to love and disciple their people, while social distancing is ordered and the threat of sickness present. Seven Mile Road has had to pivot and shift church. In that, there have been evidences of how our work in discipling the women through the Kalos track has readied them for this moment. Matt and Patti take some time to address the upcoming release of what What Church Can Be in this unique time and why the message of the book is needed more than ever. They also share some on the ground moments of how the whole church is benefiting as women embrace where God has called them and look to serve and love those in need.

Ever wondered how to build a strong local church in a post-Christian city? In this special episode, Bob sits down with Boston native Matthew Kruse, pastor and leader of the Seven Mile Road family of churches, to discuss Matt's new book, "What Church Can Be," releasing April 1. Pre-order the book here: amzn.to/2wciuXV

Yes, John Lennon was a spectacularly gifted artist. But the gospel he preached was false. And therefore bankrupt. Now that a mashup of Lennon's Imagine is trending on social media, we thought we'd make available our track of the same name, yet with a strikingly different vision.We wrote this in the early days of Seven Mile Road. John Frederick on vocals.

One of the questions we often get is, "How can we establish the kind of culture at our church where something like Kalos Track or Kalos Team can actually happen?" Well, we wrote a book on that! In this episode, Patti and Matt talk about the soon-to-be-released "What Church Can Be" book which walks the reader through both the theological vision and boots-to-the-ground practice that has formed the cultural "soil" at Seven Mile Road in which our Kalos work has thrived.

A lot has been happening in the life and mission of Seven Mile Road in the last few weeks. Heather, Matt, and Patti got together to talk about all the awesome gospel movement happening and to catch you up on what we're looking forward to in the month of March/early April.

This Sunday we welcomed a whole new crew of Bostonians into the life, under the care, and onto the mission of Seven Mile Road. We began in Nehemiah 11, noting the courage displayed by those who willingly moved back into Jerusalem and connecting that with the commitment to invest our lives in the advance of the gospel through the local church. Then we heard (briefly!) from folks who are stepping in with us.Reference: Nehemiah 11:1-2

Nehemiah (in chapter 12) recounts what happened on Dedication Day: the city has been rebuilt and repopulated and now everyone gathers to celebrate. Two choirs of men encircle the city and lead everyone in such loud and raucous singing that their voices can be heard from miles away. In this sermon, we talk about how this scene - with godly men leading and everyone singing together - informs our song life at Seven Mile Road.

Nehemiah and the people have sorrowed over their sin and reveled in God’s grace, and now they covenant together on the 3 specific things, one of which is committing themselves to “funding the ministry” of Jerusalem. They knew that the only way right worship could be restored to the city was if they gave generously to it, so they went all in!In this sermon, we’ll see what drove their eagerness to give and ask how this can inform our life together at Seven Mile Road.Reference: Nehemiah 10:32-39

Everything you need to know about the life and mission of Seven Mile Road in Melrose for January.

In this sermon, we kick off Advent marveling how the gospel welcomes and unites people across all socioeconomic realities. As we see the birth of Christ heralded to both “shepherds” and “wise men,” we are reminded that God’s grace is for all the people, just as the angel said. We’ll reflect on this truth and think about how it must shape the culture of Seven Mile Road.

In this podcast, we walk through the thought process that went into preaching through the story of Nehemiah opening his table at his expense to bless others.

Several years ago we resolved at Seven Mile Road to “not play scared.” In this sermon, we finish our look at the fourth chapter of Nehemiah and see a beautiful example of what this looks like. Although surrounded by enemies and badgered by some of his countrymen to quit, Nehemiah won’t do it. Instead, he implores the people to trust God and stand strong.

In this sermon, we see Nehemiah rally the people to the difficult and dangerous task of rebuilding the city … and (almost) everybody jumps in! Way outside their comfort level, they get to work, side-by-side. This is how the gospel advances, and it’s our vision for life at Seven Mile Road.

As we step into a new church year together. we’re reminded how the Spirit unites diverse people around “one Lord, one faith, one baptism,” and one mission. We are called to pursue uncommon unity a church, and that means fighting against anything that would threaten to unnecessarily divide us. In this sermon, we work the words of Scripture in Ephesians 5:3-5 and I Timothy 5:13 and think on what it would look like for Seven Mile Road to be a place where unity is evident and gossip is unknown.

A 5 minute refresher on how we stay in touch with each other at Seven Mile Road.

Heather and Matt talk about everything that's gearing up for the start of a new church year at Seven Mile Road.

In this podcast, we walk through "the anatomy of a Seven Mile Road sermon" by explaining how a message on I John 5:3 was built. Why do we preach the way we do? Listening to these 30 minutes will give you some insight into the process.

In this podcast, we lay down some of the plans we have for student ministry at Seven Mile Road.

Matt and Heather chat about all the fun and exciting things we can look forward to this summer at Seven Mile Road.

In this conversation, we walk through a few "whys" that we thought would be helpful for our church to hear about: 1) Why did we write a book? 2) Why did we host a big conference? 3) Why do we travel on some Sundays over the Summer? 4) Why do we expect that members of Seven Mile Road will "tithe?"

In this episode, we hear from some pastors who serve at Seven Mile Road Church. Justin is the Executive Pastor for all Seven Mile Road churches as well as pastor/elder for Seven Mile Malden. Tim serves as a pastor/elder for Seven Mile Melrose. Patti, Justin, and Tim talk Kalos culture within the church from a pastoral perspective. Many questions we are asked revolve around pastoral presence. How exactly does that work? Not only do we have a pastor lead the women through the Kalos Track, but we also have the Kalos Team work directly in partnership with the pastors for gospel advance. Pastors Tim and Justin share their story and give a snapshot of what it's like to serve in a church where the women are mobilized to be co-laborers in the gospel.

In this episode, Matt and Heather have a logistical and personal conversation about the upcoming 'sabbath from pastoral duties' that Seven Mile Road is giving him. Hope this helps everyone committed to the life and mission of our church know what to expect the next few months!

In this sermon, we formally welcome a bunch of new members into the Seven Mile Road family by looking at Lydia's. She was a beautiful exemplar of what it looks like to believe the gospel in community and throw ourselves full-heartedly into the work of gospel advance.

In concert with our Training Day for all Seven Mile Road Musicians, this sermon cast vision for singing together from 2 Samuel 6, where David (the King) humbly and self-forgetfully joins the people in exuberant praise to God for His grace. We love David for what he did that day (and also how he responded to Michal when she criticized him for it) and want his example to shape how song response happens at Seven Mile Road.

In this sermon, we preach on the theme of “Working Hard & Resting Well” from I Corinthians 16:15-16 and Exodus 23:10-12. We also announce plans we’ve laid for giving Pastor Kruse a “sabbath” from his regular pastoral duties at Seven Mile Road this Winter, walking through the basics of what a pastoral sabbath is and why we believe the timing is right for this now.

In this episode, we talk through the following case study:Cami is in her late 30s and has recently jumped into the life of Seven Mile Road. She has zero Christian background but is attending on Sundays, is in a gospel community, and has asked the elders to be baptized. She is recently divorced. Her background includes serial sexual sin before marriage and since her divorce. She’s confesses to you that she is having casual sex with a guy that she is loosely dating because she likes sex and doesn’t want to be alone.How would you begin to love and gospel Cami?What questions would you ask?What truths-about-God/Scripture would you invite her to read w/you?

WARNING: PG-13 CONTENT.If there is one reality that we want Seven Mile Road to be totally out of sync with prevailing cultural ideologies on, it is that of marriage. In this sermon, we hit a text where the Spirit hypes for us the glory and sacredness of this divine institution. We also see that because marriage is worthy of our honor, it is also worthy of our defense, not just from those would seek to redefine or marginalize it, but who would attack it through the promotion and practice of sexual sin, you and I included.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

One of our missional essentials at Seven Mile Road is "hospitality." We want every Bostonian we meet, in every context we meet them, to feel like Seven Mile Road was specifically built with them in mind. This only happens as the Spirit fosters in us a "love for the stranger" or "love for the outsider to our community." This love is at times seems unnatural for Christians, but it's an important part of what it means to be a gospel people.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

This episode is content for our Seven Mile Road 101 Nights.

In this sermon, we tie the calling of a new pastor at Seven Mile Road with a helpful text from Hebrews on how we are to relate to the pastors Jesus gives us. The truth is that pastoral ministry is heavy work, so we are called to be as helpful to our pastors as you can by trusting them & responding to their lead in our lives.

Summer in the Psalms // Grace - Psalm 130 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 130 and the theme of Grace. We talk a lot about grace at Seven Mile Road. We often say that our worship is a response to God's initiating grace. What's so amazing about grace? The answer to that question surfaces when we realize our desperate need for it. Psalm 130 sings of a merciful, forgiving, and loving God who gives grace to the guilty.

One of our philosophies of ministry at Seven Mile Road is that that we can accomplish more and better gospel work together than we can apart. We are big on team ministry! In this episode, we talk about some essentials of forming and leading a healthy ministry team.

Over the last 16 months, we have received 10 new babies into the life of our church (woah!), and this has stirred up several conversations about what it looks like for us to welcome our newest sons and daughters at Seven Mile Road so we are going to pilot setting aside a single Sunday annually to celebrate and welcome all the babies that the Father has blessed us within the on Sunday morning, August 26.

In this conversation, we talk with Matty McCann, candidate for pastor/elder at Seven Mile Road.

Listen as we pull all our New England Seven Mile Roads together and hear about gospel advance on the ground in each of these churches.

In this interview, Matthew Kruse and Jeremy Stuart talk about our future planting plans for Seven Mile Road in Hyannis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.

"The power of an indestructible life." That's how the book of Hebrews refers to the hinge on which the gospel swings: the unexpected, unrivaled, undeniable, unchanging fact of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. On Easter Sunday at Seven Mile Road we talked resurrection and its implications for our present and future.

The "new covenant," aka "the gospel era," aka "all the awesomeness that we are experiencing at Seven Mile Road right now" is built on better promises than the older covenant that preceded it." This Sunday we deep dive on what Hebrews 8 teaches us about what was "wrong" the with older covenant and what the "better" promises are that God has made real in us in the new. Come ready to do some theology with us ... the kind that sets your soul on fire.

You might not be particularly familiar with Melchizedek or even if you are, you probably haven’t given him a lot of thought, but he might be the most important person in the Bible that you’ve probably never thought much about. In this sermon we look at Hebrews 7 and tackle some important questions like “Why does Seven Mile Road not have priests?” and “Why is Melchizedek important, at all, for us today?”

All of us are in need of saving. We know what it means to feel the guilt and weight of our sins, but do we really understand grace? Listen as Pastor Joie talks about how even the worst sinner can be changed by the gospel of grace to be used greatly by God. Preached at Restoration Road Church on August 13, 2017 at a joint service with our sending church Seven Mile Road.

Standalones

A stand alone sermon given by pastor Matt Moran from our sending church (Seven Mile Road). This sermon was given June 15th, 2014 at Restoration Road Church in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Seven Mile Road Stand Alone Sermon

A special sermon preached by Matt Kruse, Lead pastor of Seven Mile Road, at Restoration Road Church in Wakefield, MA.

Always Being Sent (The Doctrine and Praxis of Mission)

Stand Alone Sermon

Stand Alone Sermon (2011 Joint Service for calling Dan Ko, affirming new members, and baptizing new believers)

Stand Alone Seven Mile Sermon

Stand Alone Sermon: (Last altogether service before Malden/Melrose multlplication)

Stand Alone Seven Mile Road Sermon

As soon as they recognize Jesus, what’s the first thing they do? They go on mission. They have to tell everyone they can about Jesus. We long for our community to respond the same way to Jesus and His Gospel.

Jesus is right next to them, and yet they can’t see Him. Biblically, we’re convinced that apart from God opening our eyes, we are blind to spiritual truths. Our prayer is that our eyes and the eyes of our city would be opened and our hearts set...

Jesus unfolds the Scriptures and shows the two disciples how all of it was about Him. The Scriptures transform their hearts and ours as well. We want to read, study, preach, pray, believe, and live the Bible. As we do, we want to see Jesus and His...

You can’t read the seven mile road story and not see Jesus everywhere. He appears on the road, teaches the Scriptures, encounters their unbelief, and opens their eyes. The whole thing is centered on Him. We want our church to be the same way where...

Confused. Sad. Disappointed. Blind. Unbelieving. Those words not only accurately describe the men in the story, they describe us as well. We are broken people in a broken world. We long to be a people that recognize our need and encounter Jesus in...

The idea of a journey is an important one in the Scriptures. Spiritual life is rightly seen as a walk with God. None of us have arrived, but lets consider what it looks like to walk together.

On the seven mile road, Jesus meets two men who are both highly skeptical and highly religious. The Risen Jesus engages the doubts of the skeptical and the religion of the religious and shows both to be lacking. The two men begin their journey sad....