Rest, Roots, and Renewal

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In this episode, Pastor Matt and Pastor Eric discuss Acts 8 and the interaction between Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch.  What was the Ethiopian Eunuch looking for? Is Acts a blueprint for how to do mission and run the church, or is it a glimpse of how the Holy Spirit works?  

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Season 4 / Episode 3.  In this episode Pastor Matt and Pastor Eric look at Acts 8, where Philip preaches to those in Samaria and encounters a magician named Simon who wants to buy the power of the Holy Spirit.  How do we try to control God in similar ways?  What is a false gospel and why do we seek them out?  What's the gospel for me today?  When should pastors retire?

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Season 4, Episode 2.  In this episode, Pastor Matt and Pastor Eric discuss Acts chapters 3 and 4.  What can we learn from Peter and John healing a lame man outside of the temple? Should we be Jesus centered and what does that even mean?

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In this episode, we launch season 4 by answering the question - What's does "Rest, Roots, Renewal" mean for this podcast, and The Oaks Community Church?  Join Pastor Matt and Pastor Eric as they discuss this question.

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In this episode, Eric and Matt sit down with Pastor Kevin Jamison from Louisville, Kentucky, who is Lead Pastor at Sojourn East.  Kevin was also the founding pastor of The Oaks Community Church.  Matt, Kevin, and Eric explore questions from John 20: Should Christians "go big" on Easter, or go "normal"?  What is the hope that the resurrection offers us in our cultural context?  Does the resurrection invite us into personal ownership of Jesus, or into the mission of sharing Jesus?  What do we make of the different, conflicting gospel accounts of the resurrection? 

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In this episode, pastors Matt and Eric discuss the crucifixion of Jesus as found in Matthew 27:27-44.  When we look at Simon (who carried the cross for Jesus), what do we learn about "carrying our cross" to follow Jesus?  Why does the Apostle Matthew highlight the verbal abuse of Jesus more than the physical abuse?  Is the cross proof that Jesus is a fraud, or that he is the Son of God?

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In this episode, pastors Matt and Eric discuss the differences between Judas and Peter.  What made them similar?  What made them different?  Why did they have different outcomes?  What are we to make of the response of the religious leaders to Judas?

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In this episode, pastors Matt and Eric talk about the trial of Jesus before the Counsel of the Sanhedren and the High Priest, Caiaphas, as found in the Gospel of Mark.  What is so threatening about Jesus to the religious leaders?  What is threatening about Jesus to Peter?  What is threatening about Jesus to us?

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In this episode, Matt and Eric discuss the arrest of Jesus and how the disciples of Jesus defaulted to a fight/flight response instead of follow.  How are we like them? Who are we looking for in Jesus?

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In this episode, Eric and Matt discuss the season of Lent and look at Matthew 26 where Jesus participates in the Passover Supper ("The Last Supper") with his disciples.  Why does Jesus provoke a sense of guilt and shame by telling his disciples that one of them will betray him?  Is shame good or bad?  How is Jesus preparing his disciples for the communion table?

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