Podcasts about sojourn east

Join us as Pastor Jonathan continues our study of Romans 8 with a look at a passage that describes two ways of living in this world: in the spirit and in the flesh. It's an important distinction.Scripture: Romans 8:5-11

Join us as Pastor Kevin kicks off a new sermon series called “Life in the Spirit,” a study in Romans 8. As we begin this series, Kevin will look at the first words of Romans 8 and what it means that believers in Jesus are free from condemnation. This is great news that forms the bedrock of this series on the spirit filled life.Scripture: Romans 8:1-4

Join us as Pastor Kevin picks up where we left off on Easter Sunday, as two disciples travel by foot, discussing the events around Jesus' crucifixion. Along the way, they are joined by a stranger who engages them with a string of questions that spans the Bible, reminding the mournful disciples (chiding them, really) of God's promises. Only when the stranger is invited to dinner and the bread is broken, do they recognize this mysterious stranger as Jesus…and then he disappears. Today, we look at what this story teaches us about resurrection faith.Scripture: Luke 24:13-32

Join us as we remember the Friday when Jesus paid the ultimate price so that we could be reconciled to God. Kevin will preach on this event with a homily titled "The Darkness and the Veil."

He is risen! This is the traditional greeting Christians give one another on Easter Sunday, both a reminder and a celebration of the fact that Jesus was crucified, buried and rose on the third day so that we would be reconciled to the living God. Join us today as Pastor Kevin looks at the implications of the resurrection to us today.He is risen indeed!Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Join us as Pastor Kevin takes us through a difficult passage—the crucifixion of Jesus. In Luke's recounting of events, he directs our attention to those who stood by and responded to the single most important event in history with a variety of reactions. Today, the question is simply this: which of these voices sounds most like you?Scripture: Luke 23:26-43

Join us as Pastor Jonathan looks at how Jesus modeled for us the ways of the kingdom of God through his own willing submission to God's will…even in his suffering. Scripture: Luke 22:63 – 23:25

Join us as Pastor Jonathan as he takes an interesting off-ramp on the road to Easter Sunday, and it's Peter's experience as Jesus' crucifixion is orchestrated and draws near. It's an amazing story of weakness and grace.  Scripture: Luke 22:31-62 

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at an event we know as The Last Supper, saying words we hear each week before we take communion. Scripture: Luke 22:14-27 

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at the last public teaching of Jesus, not long before he was crucified, and what it tells us about living faithfully in uncertain times. Scripture: Luke 21:5-28 

Join us as Pastor Moe continues our series on the Gospel of Luke by looking at a warning from Jesus and what it means to us today.Scripture: Luke 20:45 – 21:4

Join us as Pastor Jonathan looks at a passage that is like a stained-glass window, with many scenes and references. At its heart, though, is our need for wisdom in a world of complexity.Scripture: Luke 20:19-44 

A sermon preached on Luke 20:19-44 in March 2025 at Sojourn East.

Join us as Pastor Kevin resumes our journey through the Gospel of Luke by looking at a passage Christians are accustomed to studying the week of Palm Sunday—Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Today we'll look at the details of this familiar story and what they say about us and a God who wants to draw near and carry our burdens.Scripture: Luke 19:29-44

Join us as Pastor Kevin continues our series “Walking in Wisdom” by focusing on the qualities of the wise person, understanding that wisdom is not something gained, but rather, it is a gift from God. The invitation is to bring our lives before God and submit them to Him. And in doing so, he'll refine us and give us what we need.Pastor's Note: “I'm indebted to the Reverends Timothy Keller and Zack Eswine, whose teachings on wisdom shaped and inspired this series.”  - Kevin Jamison

Join us as Pastor Kevin continues our series “Walking in Wisdom” by looking at the “fool,” a challenging type of unwise set of character traits. While it's easy to think of the fools in our own lives, the invitation of these messages is to look inward and then seek God's grace in mercy in growing in wisdom.Pastor's Note: “I'm indebted to the Reverends Timothy Keller and Zack Eswine, whose teachings on wisdom shaped and inspired this series.”  - Kevin JamisonScripture: Proverbs 12:15-16, 18:2,6, 20:3, 14:19, 17:10, 26:11 

Join us as Pastor Kevin continues our Walking in Wisdom series by contrasting wisdom with being naïve, or as the Bible calls it, being a simpleton. Life, and its many challenges, will prompt us to respond in any number of ways, and this week, we'll look at the dangers of approaching the world through the lens of naivety. Pastor's Note: “I'm indebted to the Reverends Timothy Keller and Zack Eswine, whose teachings on wisdom shaped and inspired this series.”  - Kevin Jamison Scripture: Proverbs 14:15, 22:3, 26:17-19, 25:20

Join us as Pastor Kevin kicks off a new sermon series, “Walking in Wisdom,” which looks at what wisdom is, what it isn't and why it's so vital to good and full life with God.Pastor's Note: “I'm indebted to the Reverends Timothy Keller and Zack Eswine, whose teachings on wisdom shaped and inspired this series.”  - Kevin JamisonScripture: Proverbs 4:1-13, 18-19

Join us as Pastor Justin looks at an Old Testament passage, from the book of Ecclesiastes, to see what the cycle of seasons in the calendar, as well as in our lives, tells us about God.   Passage: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Join us as Pastor Kevin wraps our Advent sermon series, The Songs of Advent, the song of Simeon, a man who had waited his whole life for the consolation of Israel, which turned out to be a baby. His song has been traditionally referred to as the Nunc Dimittis, which roughly translates to now depart. We'll examine his story and see what it says about us today.   Scripture: Luke 2:25-35

Join us as Pastor Jonathan looks at a foundational text in the Christian faith and challenges us to see it anew, to let the truth of what it meant for Jesus to enter the world and how that is THE good news of all time.Scripture: Luke 2:1-14

A sermon preached on Luke 2:1-14 in December 2024 at Sojourn East.

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at another of “The Songs of Advent” – Zechariah's Song – and what it tells us about waiting and patience and how it is a part of God's transformative work in our lives and souls.Scripture: Luke 1:67-79

Join us as Pastor Moe begins our series “The Songs of Advent” by preaching on the Magnificat, a hymn of praise spoken by Mary that is often referred to as the Song of Mary. The name Magnificat comes from the Latin translation of the first words of the hymn, “Magnificat anima mea Dominum,” which means, “My soul magnifies the Lord.”Scripture: Luke 1:46-55

Join us as Pastor Kevin wraps up our series on Colossians by looking at the final passages of the book and focusing on three names Paul singles out, and how they underscore the theme of the Supremacy of Christ: Onesimus, Mark and Demas.Scripture: Colossians 4:7-18

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at the subject of submission—what it is and what it isn't.Scripture: Colossians 3:18 – 4:1

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at three marks of a church shaped by the supremacy of Christ.Scripture: Colossians 3:5-17

Join us as Pastor Kevin shares the secret for living a life hidden in God, marked by unshakeable peace and purpose.Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at the ways that legalism distorts the heart of Christianity.Scripture: Colossians 2:16-23

Join us as Pastor Jonathan looks at a passage in Colossians to show us what it means to live “in” Christ, using the metaphors of walking to illustrate this. Scripture: Colossians 2:6-15

A sermon preached on Colossians 2:6-15 in October 2024 at Sojourn East.

Join us as Pastor Kevin continues our series in Colossians with a message titled, “The Danger of Plausible Arguments.” Scripture: Colossians 1:24 – 2:5

Join us as Pastor Jonathan continues our series in Colossians with a message that shows the supremacy of Christ through the passage we'll be looking at, which gives us a metaphysic—a comprehensive understanding of the world and our place in it. Scripture: Colossians 1:15-23

A sermon preached from Colossians 1:15-23 in October 2024. 

Join us as Pastor Kevin continues our series in Colossians by looking at the question of how do live life the right way, or put another way, how do we know the will of God? Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14

Join us as Pastor Kevin kicks off our new series on Colossians titled “The Supremacy of Christ.” Scripture: Colossians 1:1-7

Join us as Eric Johnson preaches a sermon titled “Awakening to a New Self.” Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10

Join us as Pastor Kevin concludes our series, Fullness of Life, with a sermon that looks at the fleeting reality of our lives and efforts and how to find hope in God. Scripture: James 4:13-15

Join us as Pastor Jonathan looks at where our anxiety comes from and how God offers a different narrative into which we can face our worries with hope. Scripture: Matthew 6:24-35

A sermon preached on Matthew 6:25-34 in September 2024

Join us as Pastor Jonathan Kevin looks at how we can be a people of peace during a charged political season, living fully in the peace of Christ.Scripture: Mark 12:13-17

Join us as Pastor Jonathan Kevin looks at our digital age, our dependence on smart phones and the internet, and shows that as wonderful as this technology can be, we can't allow ourselves to become distracted by its intoxicating nature. This kind of temptation isn't new, and the Bible has much to say about staying focused on the God who fills all our longings, wants and needs.Scripture: John 15:5-11

Join us as Pastor Jonathan kicks off a new sermon series titled “Fullness of Life” that expands a line from our mission statement to explore what it means for us in everyday life. Today's message looks at friendship with a message titled “The Fullness of Life in a Lonely Age.” Scripture: no key passage

A sermon about finding fullness in a lonely age preached at Sojourn East in August 2024.

Join us as Pastor Kevin wraps up our study of the book of Exodus with a message on the true nature of God—compassionate, gracious and slow to anger.Scripture: Exodus 33:18-23, 34:5-10

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at an exchange between God and Moses on Mount Sinai to examine the tension between God's mercy and justice. Scripture: Exodus 32:7-14

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at an infamous passage in Exodus, referred to as the Golden Calf. Today, Kevin parses the story to look at how it exposes human nature and why we need one to mediate our sin.Scripture: Exodus 32:1-35July 21, 2024

Join us as Pastor Matthew looks at the difference between the Old Testament view of Sanctuary and what we experience today, because of Jesus.Scripture: Exodus 25:1-9July 14, 2024

A sermon preached on Exodus 21-23 in June 2024 at Sojourn East.

A sermon preached on Luke 17:20-37 in April 2024.