Resurrection Oakland Podcast

As we conclude our series on the Lord’s Prayer, Pastor Brent preaches about the line, “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.” Jesus is teaching us three things with this final line of the prayer: you have an enemy, he has a strategy, but above it all, God has already won the victory.

Healthy relationships of any kind require forgiveness—relationships between different people, between people and organizations, and most importantly, between people and God. That’s why Jesus teaches us to pray for the forgiveness we need to give, and for the forgiveness we need to receive.

The first section of the Lord’s Prayer is all about adoration, and in this sermon, Pastor Brent teaches us about the turning point when the prayer moves from adoration to petition, from God’s glory to our needs. Towards the end of the Lord’s Prayer, we ultimately learn that that it’s a prayer of solidarity and trust.

Jesus gave us the Lord’s Prayer as a guide, a masterpiece on how to pray. In this installment of our “Teach Us to Pray” series,” Pastor Dave teaches us what it means to pray “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

What does it actually mean to “hallow” God’s name? When something (or someone) is hallowed, it is adored, captivating, and it holds our attention. In this next installment of our series on the Lord’s Prayer, Pastor Brent explains what it means to hallow God’s name, why it matters to do so, and how we can do it.

This is a sermon on the first four words of the Lord’s Prayer—it’s opening address. It allows you to understand who you’re praying to, who God actually is. According to Jesus, He is Our Father in Heaven, provider of an unearned, tender, fathomless family love. Not contractual or performance based like most other religions, but given with total grace.

The radical claim of the Easter message is that Christianity can bring a supernatural joy into your life unlike anything else. Why? Because the Resurrection is true, and it changes everything. Without the truth of the Resurrection, Christianity itself is a sham. And yet, the Resurrection has had too much of an impact on history for it to be a falsehood. It gives you a staggering hope that can be found nowhere else.

In a somber homily during our 2024 Good Friday service, Pastor Dave teaches us that the curtain in the Temple represents a closed door, just as there are many closed doors in our lives. When Jesus hung on the cross, many doors seemed to be closed in his life. And yet, in His death, the door was opened just as the curtain was torn. Pastor Dave explains why there is a curtain and how Jesus tears the curtain.

On the last Sunday of Lent, Palm Sunday, Pastor Dave preaches about the Triumphal Entry of King Jesus. He explains how Palm Sunday shows us the power of the King, the gentleness of the King, and the glory of the King.

At the conclusion of our Exodus series, Pastor Brent teaches us about the construction and purpose of the Tabernacle. This climactic ending of Exodus teaches us three things: what we were made for, why it’s possible, and how it changes our lives.