Guerrilla Christianity

Guerrilla Christianity

By Pastor R. Bret WalkerReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Guerrilla Christianity episodes

  • Lectionary Readings for First Sunday of Advent, Year C

    November 28, 2021

    Old Testament: Jeremiah 33:14-16

    Psalter: Psalm 25:1-10

    Epistle Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

    Gospel Lesson: Luke 21:25-36

    Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

    S.D.G.

    8 min
  • S9E13: Presence (The Vows We Make pt. 1)

    Sermon #468

    When we as Methodists become members of the local church, we make a vow to fully participate in the ministries of the local church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness (United Methodist Hymnal p. 38).  Frankly, many of us forget that we made such a vow after we join the church and quickly abandon those areas of our Christian walk.  So every once in a while I like to bring out those vows and remind our congregation of the promise they made when they joined the local church.  Today being Reformation Sunday, we look at what it means to participate in ministry by our presence.  How do we find joy in attending to both the outreach ministries and the worship of the local church?  The pandemic gave people permission to worship at home, and I thank God that we had the technology in place to do so.  But if we love God and love our neighbor, then our desire should be to be with each other, and that is what it means to be present in the ministries of the church.

    Mark 12:28-34

    Recorded at Hudson UMC on October 31, 2021

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    S.D.G.

    47 min
  • Lectionary Readings for All Saints Day, Year B

    November 1, 2021

    Old Testament: Isaiah 25:6-9

    Psalter: Psalm 24

    Epistle Lesson: Revelation 21:1-6a

    Gospel Lesson: John 11:32-44

    Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

    S.D.G.

    8 min
  • S7E57: GC Talk - On Stewardship

    The mere mention of stewardship in a church environment causes one to clutch at his or her own wallet.  But as we will see in today's talk with Pastor Zach Taylor, stewardship is about so much more than the finances of the church and how we are to give.  It is an all-encompasing lifestyle of being a faithful manager of the resources that God gives to us.  While that does include financial resources, it also incorporates our resources of time and ability as it pertains to the needs of the local church.  Are we compelled to give?  What is the biblical standard of giving?  And what is our attitude when giving?  All these questions and more are addressed in today's GC Talk.

    Recorded via Zoom Meetings on May 8, 2020 (Originally published May 9, 2020)

    S.D.G.

    28 min
  • S9E12: Real Healing (Ordinary Time 2015)

    Sermon #137

    As we look at the healing of blind Bartimaeus on the road to Jericho, we are forced to ask the question of ourselves:  When have I last asked God for real healing?  Not for a cold or a hurt finger but real, deep, life-changing healing.  What Bartimaeus shows us in asking to have his sight restored is that he not only believed that Jesus could heal him, but that he would heal him.  

    In this sermon I tell a very personal story of an event that happened just the week before (October 18, 2015).  I do not take lightly what happened to my son, the many people who were praying for him, or the radical and real healing that took place in the half hour trip to the emergency room.  God truly did answer prayer and healed my son, and to God belongs all glory, honor, and praise.

    Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on October 25, 2015 (Previously unpublished)

    S.D.G.

    27 min
  • S9E11: God‘s Mercy (God‘s Riches pt. 1)

    Sermon #305

    (This series was originally recorded in 2018)

    We are beginning a new series called "God's Riches," in which we are examining the attributes of God as they are on display in Jesus Christ.  We begin, however, recognizing Reformation Sunday and remembering the mighty acts of the Holy Spirit performed in the early reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, and, yes, John Wesley.

    God's mercy is on display in the healing of blind Bartimaeus, who sat begging on the roadside outside of Jericho.  Bartimaeus did not ask to be healed, but cried out "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"  Why would he ask for mercy instead of healing?  Perhaps he recognized that he, like all of us, is a sinner in need of forgiveness.  Jesus offers him this and more - he restores his sight.  And the blind man's response is to leave everything behind and follow after Jesus.  Let this be our response to God's mercy as well.

    Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on October 28, 2018 (Previously unpublished)

    S.D.G.

    36 min

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