OAG Podcast

A weekly class at OAG taught by Chaplain Lou Parker.

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Title: Dwelling With God: The Feast of Tabernacles

Summary: The Feast of Tabernacles looks back at God's care in the wilderness and forward to the day Jesus dwells with his people, from the booths of Sukkot and the rejoicing of the harvest to the living water, the great multitude in Revelation, and the restored tent of David.

Approximate Lesson Outline:

00:00 - Feast of Tabernacles Overview

01:56 - The Eight Days of Sukkot

03:00 - From Passover to Tabernacles

04:26 - A Feast of Rejoicing

05:30 - Booths and the Four Species

07:41 - Reading Leviticus 23

12:35 - Water and Light Ceremonies

15:34 - The Harvest and Revelation 7

21:22 - Living Water and the Word Made Flesh

25:05 - David's Fallen Tent Restored

Summary: Everything we have, from our money and time to our very lives, belongs to the God who created, sustains, and redeemed it all, which frees us to live as faithful trustees who trade fear, greed, and comparison for gratitude, contentment, and generous trust as we invest what He has placed in our hands for His purposes.

Series: Trust Fund

Title: Part 1: The Name on the Title

Date: 9/27/26, 10am, Sunday Sermon

Speaker: Pastor Tom Van Kempen

Approximate Outline:

00:00 - Welcome and Prayer

01:32 - What Is a Trust Fund?

03:30 - God Owns It All

07:18 - Settling Ownership

17:35 - Created, Sustained, Redeemed

20:33 - The Right Money Mindset

30:37 - Think Like a Steward

33:32 - Your Kingdom Calling

42:26 - Transfer of Title

44:07 - Closing Prayer

The weekly adult Sunday School class at OAG taught by long time teacher, Mrs. Jeanie Davis.

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Title: Guard Your Heart Before It Hardens

Summary: Through the fall of Israel in 2 Kings 17, Pharaoh's stubborn heart, and God's promise of a new heart in Ezekiel, this message encourages us to guard our hearts, stay in our own lane, and respond to the Holy Spirit's gentle warnings today instead of waiting.

Approximate Outline:

00:00 - Welcome

00:16 - A Warning About Daddy's Heart

03:59 - Guard Your Heart

05:00 - Stay in Your Own Lane

07:26 - Sin Is Sin

10:06 - Samaria Falls After Warnings

14:07 - Pharaoh's Hard Heart

19:18 - God Promises a New Heart

23:02 - Signs of a Hard Heart

24:10 - Closing Prayer

Summary: Anyone who is in Christ becomes a brand-new creation—not a slightly improved version of their old self, but a new person whose true identity is found in who God says they are.

Series: Who Are You?

Title: Part 2: A New Identity

Date: 9/23/26, 6:30pm, Wednesday Bible Study

Speaker: Pastor Tom Van Kempen

Approximate Outline:

00:00 - New Name, Same Nature

03:10 - An Offer for Anyone

04:55 - In Adam or In Christ

08:45 - The Promise: You Are New

10:32 - What It Cost to Make You New

12:54 - Many Facets, One Identity

13:56 - Saint & Servant

17:47 - A Good Soldier

21:14 - Son, Steward & Student

24:30 - Soulmate & Prayer

A weekly class at OAG taught by Chaplain Lou Parker.

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Title: Yom Kippur: God Has Done It All

Summary: Yom Kippur reveals that salvation has always been God's work and never ours, as the high priest's sacrifices, the scapegoat, and the blood of Christ show how completely our sins are carried away..

Approximate Lesson Outline:

00:00 - Why Yom Kippur Matters

00:52 - Leviticus 23: Rest From Work

02:41 - God Does It All

05:03 - Yom Kippur Basics

08:03 - Preparing the High Priest

13:27 - Sin Offerings and the Scapegoat

18:54 - Jesus, Our Scapegoat

22:00 - Holy Vessels Make Things Holy

24:34 - Cleansing the Sanctuary

27:13 - Yom Kippur Through History

Summary: When a sudden storm catches a group of exhausted travelers off guard, the one already in the boat with them holds authority over the wind and the waves, calling them to trade fear and self-reliance for faith, prayer, and surrender.

Title: Weathering the Storm

Date: 9/20/26, 10am, Sunday Sermon

Speaker: Pastor Tom Van Kempen

Approximate Outline:

00:00 - Welcome

00:26 - Storms without warning

03:06 - A stormy week

04:01 - Mark 4: the storm at sea

09:19 - Obeying God, still storms

14:12 - Fear vs faith

16:57 - Jesus asleep in the boat

20:36 - Peace, be still

30:31 - The Rembrandt painting

33:54 - Prayer and surrender

A weekly class at OAG taught by Chaplain Lou Parker.

** Edited to remove personal information shared in the class and extended pauses **

Title: The feast of trumpets: Hebrew numbers, the coming rapture, and the darkness of Mabon

Summary: A walk through the Feast of Trumpets and its Hebrew number symbolism, contrasted with the demonic feast of Mabon, showing what ancient Jewish practice reveals about grace, salvation, and the unknown timing of Christ's return.

Approximate Lesson Outline:

00:00 - Rosh Hashanah and welcome

01:02 - The demonic feast of Mabon

03:43 - Hebrew letters of grace and salvation

06:50 - The number seven and the Holy Spirit

08:53 - Why no one knows the feast's start

09:56 - Watching for the new moon

13:53 - Matthew 24 and the coming trumpet

16:07 - What the shofar blasts meant

18:00 - Offerings and the tabernacle pattern

21:01 - Silent offerings and closing thanks

Summary: Every believer has a God-given part to play in the church body, and true significance comes not from visibility or titles but from following Jesus's example of humble, faithful service.

Title: Every Part: Different Gifts. One Body. One Mission

Date: 9/13/26, 10am, Sunday Sermon

Speaker: Pastor Amanda Hahn

Approximate Outline:

00:00 - Camp team colors

02:33 - Dream Team Expo intro

06:22 - One body, many parts

08:33 - Discover your gifts

11:39 - Every part matters

16:07 - Called to serve

20:57 - All of you together

24:29 - Stand if you serve

27:33 - Discover, find, do

29:01 - Well done, good servant

Summary: Drawing on Paul's transformation from Saul, this message explains how false labels from family, culture, and painful words get mistaken for identity, and how an encounter with Jesus replaces them with the truth of belonging to God.

Series: Who Are You?

Title: Part 1: Mistaken Identity

Date: 9/9/26, 6:30pm, Wednesday Bible Study

Speaker: Pastor Tom Van Kempen

Approximate Outline:

00:00 - Welcome and intro

00:45 - 2 Samuel 21 setup

03:35 - Reading the text

08:00 - Even giant killers get tired

11:30 - Why we need connect groups

16:45 - The enemy watches for weakness

21:15 - You need an Abishai

24:35 - Not called to kill every giant

27:20 - Protect the lamp

32:10 - Closing and altar call

A weekly class at OAG taught by Chaplain Lou Parker.

** Edited to remove personal information shared in the class and extended pauses **

Title: From Barley to Wheat: The Seasons of God's Harvest

Summary: A walk through the biblical symbolism of barley and wheat harvests, from the old covenant through Pentecost, showing how the church now lives in an imperfect, leavened season of grace while awaiting a future season of perfection.

Approximate Lesson Outline:

00:00 - Welcome to the podcast

00:17 - The seed: three meanings in scripture

02:18 - Barley: the hardy grain of the old covenant

04:29 - Entering the wheat harvest

07:00 - Pentecost and the leavened kingdom

11:34 - The Holy Spirit as our pledge

14:26 - Refined like wheat, not barley

17:46 - Caleb, Joshua, and God's appointed time

21:34 - Saul's coronation and the wheat harvest

25:02 - Closing thoughts and what's next