Langdon Palmer

When we hear great news, ever notice how the whole world seems to change ? We look at everything, not just the news, in a different way. What if the most exciting news we could ever hear has been at hand all along, lying in the corner, covered with dust, dismissed by us as unimportant and irrelevant? What if we mistook the Apostles Creed for a somewhat arbitrary bundle of religious doctrines and propositions when in fact, it was the very story of the cosmos... dehydrated ? Join us as we discover the incredible drama going on all around us when we put on the glasses called "The Apostles Creed."

Why did Jesus have to die ? Why does the creed say "descened into hell ?" Is it OK for the church to use military metaphors when we talk about what Christ has accomplished ? Today we look into the amazing imagery of the book of Revelation to get a deeper understanding of the meaning of the phrase "He descended to Hell. The third day he rose again..."

What is the church ? How we answer that question will impact many things including how we view ourselves and what we are doing. We look at three images and the amazing teaching of Hebrews 12 and discover the beauty of what the creed means when it says "I believe in the Holy Catholic Church and the Communion of the Saints"

This intense sermon explores the Trinity, the spiritual world, temptation, and how believing in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit both brings you much closer to all the other religions of the world and at the same time sets Christianity completely apart as something different than anything else that has ever been proclaimed in the history of the world. This is a heavy sermon but it covers a lot of ground and gives a great overview of why the Trinity is the central idea of the Christian faith.

What could a fantasy story like Harry Potter have to do with understanding the actual historical event of the first Easter ? There is a reason that we love the stories we do. Today's sermon reaches out to those who love Harry Potter but aren't so sure about church and Christianity to introduce them to the actual King of Everywhere. What if we are living inside a story that actually happened ?

Should we feel happy or sad on Palm Sunday ? Is it the story of how fickle, faithless and fallen human beings are - one minute raising palms in celebration of Jesus and the next minute raising fists crying Crucify Him? Actually it is about a whole lot more, and in it we find the incredible way all of scripture is woven together. There is a promise in it waiting for every person who has ever felt like a hypocrite

With this parable Jesus gives us a chance to look under the hood - to see what the basic stance of our heart is. It turns out that this basic stance affects how we see every other aspect of our lives. He gives us the chance to be out of excuses but in to grace. For images of the sculpture discussed in this podcast go to http://www.southridgeworship.com/parables_of_jesus.htm