Resurrection Oakland Podcast

At the conclusion of our Psalms series, Pastor Dave examines how the Psalms teach us about our yearning for the City of God, fundamentally a city that e everybody wants to live in. In this sermon, we learn about the glory, the ruin, and the redemption of the City of God.

Receiving and offering compassion are constant struggles. We often think we're being so compassionate, but what we're really saying is tantamount to, "snap out of it." In this sermon on Psalm 103, Pastor Dave explains how compassion can't be earned, how it is costly, and how it is easily forgotten.

We're all looking for justice, but it feels like a moving target. We want wrongs to be made right, but we're not sure how to do that. Psalm 129 tells us that our search for justice is not in vain or pointless. Pastor Dave dives into this passage and teaches us about the power of naming injustice, the tension with seeking justice, and the hope of ending injustice.

Even in the most advanced society, security is elusive and fleeting. In this sermon on Psalm 46, Pastor Dave teaches us why we lack security, where to find security, and finally, how to live with security from the its only true Source.

Hope is a necessity in life, and to have hope, we must first have meaning. We need to know that our life has significance and purpose. Pastor Brent teaches us that Psalm 8 tells us how to find this meaning by looking up, looking in, and looking out.

The concept of freedom is a hallmark of Bay Area culture. And yet, the freedom offered by the world always leaves the recipient wanting. In examining an excerpt of the longest Psalm, Pastor Brents teaches us the surprising path of freedom, why the path works, and how we can walk the path.

The human experience is marked by guilt, whether it's a low hum or a haunting. In this sermon on Psalm 51, Pastor Dave teaches us how to remove guilt biblically by examining the meaning of guilt, the power of confession, and the joy of salvation.

Brené Brown says that the most powerful words in the English language are "me too." The Psalms are full of people who are struggling and searching as we are. When you're going through a hard season, you want to be amongst people who have struggled as you have and come out the other side. One common struggle is anxiety, which has become the #1 mental health diagnosis in the USA. In this sermon, Pastor Brent teaches about the condition of anxiety, the causes or anxiety, and the cure for anxiety.

When you study the Psalms, you find kinship with writers who are also struggling and searching in various ways. Psalm 1 deals with our deepest search in life: the pursuit of happiness. We are all looking for happiness, but the problem is that very few of us seem to find it. Psalm 1 tells us a radical claim, a surprising key, and a supernatural power as a modern solution to the ancient problem of the pursuit of happiness.

Pastor Lance Lewis visits Resurrection Oakland and gives a moving sermon about Revelation 7 and how we may bring Shalom to our city. He teaches that there are three aspects of shalom: the supernatural and miraculous gift of changed lives, contentedness and peace with the Shepherd, and a knowledge that everlasting shalom is secured via Christ's victory over Satan.