Castle Oaks Sermons

Matthew Concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an overarching teaching from Jesus about enduing and surviving difficult times.

This week's podcast includes an interview with the leaders of an NGO, Ideas International. Ideas Int was started long-time Castle Oaks members, Stan & Tami Brown and is now under the leadership of a new Executive Director, Gabrielle Thompson. The interview is followed by some thoughts on Jesus' teaching about salt and light in the Sermon on the Mount.

Jesus connects one of his well-known statements (the Golden Rule) with an often misunderstood metaphor. Again this week, we'll do our best to discern the meaning behind, "the narrow way."

Jesus connects one of his well-known statements (the Golden Rule) with an often misunderstood metaphor. Again this week, we'll do our best to discern the meaning behind, "the narrow way."

Jesus connects one of his well-known statements (the Golden Rule) with an often misunderstood metaphor. For two weeks, we'll do our best to discern the meaning behind, "the narrow way."

Our text today calls us to ask, to seek, and to knock - to pray - and in it, Jesus promises answers as well as some reason for hope in-between.

These verses in Jesus’ well known sermon don’t mention the word love ... but, they contain some of the most practical teaching about relational love found in the Gospels. Again this week, we will dig into what Jesus says and how we might live it out each day.

These verses in Jesus’ well known sermon don’t mention the word love ... but, they contain some of the most practical teaching about relational love found in the Gospels. For the next two weeks, we will dig into what Jesus says and how we might live it out each day.

"Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well." Matthew 6:33 (NCV)

Jesus has a lot to say about money. In our text for this week he addresses where much of our anxiety comes from by inviting us to rethink our values and priorities.