04/12/2020 Matthew 28:1-10 Chris Breslin   “I’m neither an optimist nor a pessimist, Jesus Christ is risen from the dead!” -Lesslie Newbigin   Slides from April 12, 2020 Godly Play at Home Jason deCaires Taylor (underwater sculptures)   More resources for the sermon and season: Reading Scripture in Light of the Resurrection (chapter in the Art of Reading Scripture) by […]

Video version available via Youtube Slides of Featured Artwork Presentation Song: “Daughters of Zion” By Isaac Wardell, Erin Rose & Paul Zach Art: Daughters of Zion by Sayde Laine Welcome Chris Breslin (Oak Church) Congregational Song: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” By Sadhu Sundar Singh Station I. Jesus is Tempted. Station Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46 Service Reading: Matthew 26:36-39 Reader: […]

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04/05/2020 John 12:12-19 Kurt Bubalo Testimony by Jessica Farmer   Godly Play at Home   More resources for the sermon and season: Crafted into Christlikeness (2020 Oak Church Lenten Devotional Guide) Mythical Me: Finding Freedom from Constant Comparison by Richella Parham (RTN Theology #15 podcast) Where Goodness Still Grows: Reclaiming Virtue in an Age of Hypocrisy by Amy Peterson (RTN […]

03/29/2020 Isaiah 58:5-10 Chris Breslin   “The self-denial involved in the period of Lent isn’t about just giving up chocolates or beer; it’s about trying to give up a certain set of pictures of God which are burned into our own selfish wants.” -Rowan Williams   “People should feast so they do not forget the grace and blessing of the […]

03/22/2020 Lamentations 1 Amy Peterson   Amy Peterson is a writer, teacher, and postulant living in Durham, NC. Her writing explores the intersections of faith, language, and culture. In 2020 she released Where Goodness Still Grows. Amy believes that research is a form of love and that fiction can tell the truth. Her work has been featured in Image, The […]

03/08/2020 1 John 1:1-9 Richella Parham   “The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its prime sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.” -Dallas Willard   “‘In confession there takes place a breakthrough to community. Sin wants to be alone with people. It takes them away […]

03/01/2020 Philippians 4:4-9 Chris Breslin   “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” -Karl Barth   More resources for the sermon and season: Slides from March 1, 2020 Crafted into Christlikeness (2020 Oak Church Lenten Devotional Guide) Mythical Me: Finding Freedom from Constant Comparison by Richella Parham (RTN Theology […]

02/23/2020 Psalm 99 & Matthew 17:1-9 Chris Breslin   “The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.” -Walter Brueggemann   “As ‘God-with-us,’ Christ served his fellow human beings by proclaiming God’s coming in word and deed; he alleviated the plight of […]

02/16/2020 Psalm 119:1-9 & Matthew 5:21-37 Chris Breslin   “Only the cross as God’s truth about us makes us truthful. Those who know the cross no longer shy away from any truth.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer   “If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” -G.K. Chesterton   Slides from February 16, 2020   Season Resources: Joy is for […]