Oasis Podcast

Doing God’s Will What can we take from Paul’s legacy when it comes to doing what God wants for us to do?  Jared looks into how perseverance helps us achieve the plans God has in store for us.

Dealing with Difficult People   We run into difficult people everyday.  Looking into the letters to Timothy, let’s look at how we can work with, instead of against, those people, and how to avoid being difficult people ourselves.

Modeling Holy Habits   Habits are things that we repeatedly do, either knowingly or subconsciously.  What kind of faith-related actions should we have in our lives as habits?

Finding a Purpose   We start a new sermon series named Leaving a Legacy.  We look at the concept of “Hand Me Downs” and how we can pass along our faith to the next generation. Jared beings this series by looking at how we can look to the letters to Timothy to find our purpose […]

Mission Sunday with Rev. Charlie   We have a special guest pastor in this week.  Rev. Charlie from Sierra Leone comes to speak about our mission progress at the Manjama Health Center.

Homosexuality We’ve reached the end of our series on Tough Topics.  The week is the divisive issue of homosexuality.  Jared looks at how our denomination is split on the topic and where we can look to the Bible for guidance.

Abortion   We’re approaching the end of our sermon series.  We decided to save the toughest topics for late into the series.  This week’s tough topic is the controversial subject of Abortion.  Jared discusses how we can look at this issue from our United Methodist perspective.

Prayer in Public School As Christians, we are encouraged to speak with God through prayer.  But our youngest also require a solid education.  Are we allowed to have prayer in public schools?

Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide   Death is a natural part of our lives.  But are we allowed to control the exact time that it occurs for ourselves?  This week we look at the controversial topic of euthanasia or assisted suicide.

Capital Punishment   Do we have the authority to take another’s life as punishment for the worst of crimes?  Jared investigates the practice of capital punishment and the United Methodist Church’s position on the topic.