Guerrilla Christianity

Guerrilla Christianity

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Guerrilla Christianity episodes

  • S6E21: Pure Prayer (Purity of the Body pt. 4)

    Sermon #301

    So often Christians lose their connection to God in prayer, and why do we think this is?  Many Christians lose hope in prayer because they feel as though their prayers are not being answered, that they pray and pray and God ignores their pleas.  In today's reading from the book of James, we look at purity in prayer, and why it is that some prayers are answered to our liking, and some are not.  What can we do to continue our prayer life with God?  How can we keep the lines of communication open?  James says that it begins with us and the way that we pray.

    Text: James 3:12-4:8

    Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on September 23, 2018 (Originally published November 27, 2018)

    S.D.G.

    40 min
  • S3E13: Thus Far the Lord Has Helped Us (Ebenezer‘s 225th Anniversary)

    Sermon #131

    We take a brief break from our Summer series, Deep Questions, to celebrate a milestone at Ebenezer United Methodist Church.  Back in 1790, the first Methodist Bishop, Francis Asbury, stirred the hearts of local people in Salem County, and his words became the springboard for a new church established by Oldmans Creek.  225 years later, Ebenezer is still changing hearts and making disciples.  It is my privilege to serve this historic congregation as its shepherd, and we know that we are still living up to our name, as the stone of help in Auburn community.  So grab your Bible, turn it to 1 Samuel chapter 7, and prepare your heart and mind as we proclaim, thus far the Lord has helped us.

    1 Samuel 7:1-14

    Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on September 13, 2015 (Originally published October 28, 2015)

    S.D.G.

    35 min
  • S6E20: Pure Speech (Purity of the Body pt. 3)

    Sermon #300

    Everything we as Christians say and do is part of our witness to the world.  So what does our speech say about our faith in Christ?  Do the things we talk about give glory to God or do we profane our faith by acting one way in church and another in the world?  These are convicting questions and they are set before us by James in his epistle.  In the United Methodist Church, we promise to faithfully participate in its ministries by our witness.  Today we take a look at what that means for us in a practical sense.  

    Text: James 3:1-12

    Recorded at Hudson UMC on Septebmer 16, 2018 (Originally published October 30, 2021)

    S.D.G.

    36 min
  • S3E12: The BIG Question (Deep Questions pt. 11)

    Sermon #130

    As we continue our Deep Questions series, the question this week deals with a topic that has been on the forefront of the media and in the minds of the church quite a bit in the past year, but it's also something that the church has dealt with for all two thousand years of its existence.  Homosexuality has become such a hot-button topic that many loving Christians will shy away from it, to the point where they will affirm the sin rather than condemn the practice.  But is there somewhere in the middle where Christ meets us, where we can acknowledge the sin and still be compassionate toward those caught in its grip?  It's a difficult question, and one that demands an answer.  So grab your Bible, turn it to John chapter 8, and prepare your heart and mind as we address the BIG question.

    John 8:2-11

    Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on September 6, 2015 (Originally published October 26, 2015)

    S.D.G.

    39 min
  • S6E19: Pure Love (Purity of the Body pt. 2)

    Sermon #299

    Throughout the history of the Christian church there has been this tension between works and faith.  Martin Luther struggled with the notion of works of salvation because he had found no joy in doing these works when he was a Catholic monk.  Where Luther found his joy was in the simple proclamation that "the just shall live by faith."  He called the book of James "an epistle of straw," and said that its emphasis on works contradicted Paul's emphasis on salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.  But as we see in today's lesson, James' epistle doesn't contradict, but rather complements Paul's writings.  We are saved through faith, true, but we are saved FOR good works, and our faith is demonstrated BY our works.  "Will you faithfully participate in the ministries of the local church by your service?"  This is our focus today in James' epistle.

    Text: James 2:1-17

    Recorded at Ebenezer UMC on September 9, 2018 (Originally published October 24, 2018)

    S.D.G.

    31 min
  • S3E11: The Question of Creation (Deep Questions pt. 10)

    Sermon #130

    The question of creation often stalls at the very first chapter of Genesis: Did God create the universe and everything in it in six literal days, or is the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 merely allegorical?  And how does modern scientific understanding of the so-called Big Bang theory play into it?  Even for those of us who believe that God created the universe, there is still disagreement as to how, and what the timeline was.  But in the end, we find that the primary point is not when, or how, but that God created everything from nothing.  So grab your Bible, turn it to Genesis chapter 1, and prepare your heart and mind as we examine the question of creation.

    Genesis 1,2:4-9

    Recorded at Hudson UMC on August 30, 2015 (originally published October 15, 2015)

    S.D.G.

    36 min

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