Soapbox Shibboleths

By travisbergReligion & Spirituality Christianity

Soapbox Shibboleths episodes

August 30, 2023 Sabbeth Presentation: Session I
The first of three sessions presented at a ladies retreat.
1 hr 20 min
August 20, 2023 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: 08-13-2023
Readings and sermon (outline below) for the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.

Isaiah 56:1, 6–8
Romans 11:1–2a, 13–15, 28–32
Matthew15:21–28

Title: Has God cast away His people?
THESIS: IF THEIR BEING CAST AWAY IS THE RECONCILING OF THE WORLD, WHAT WILL THEIR ACCEPTANCE BE BUT LIFE FROM THE DEAD?

I. The Jews were cast away because they rejected and killed Christ.
II. Their evil led to the greatest good: the salvation of the world.
III. Their acceptance of the Christian faith means their spiritual resurrection.
IV. Applications:
a. God brings forth good from the worst evil.
b. We pray for the conversion of all people. No one, not even the people who killed Jesus are eternally barred through the kingdom.
c. The Jews may only enter the kingdom of God by faith (against dispensationalism).
24 min
August 16, 2023 Buzzword: Christendom – Part III
Welcome to a special Soapbox Shibboleths buzzword episode. Pastor Travis Berg continues the discussion of the word "Christendom" using Numbers 25.
16 min
August 13, 2023 Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: 08-13-2023
Readings and sermon (outline below) for the eleventh Sunday after Pentecost.

Job 38:4–18
Romans 10:5–17
Matthew 14:22–33

Title: The Word is Near You
THESIS: THE UNIVERSAL RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IS NEAR YOU THROUGH PREACHING AND OFTEN REJECTED.
I. The righteousness of faith is universal.
a. The righteousness of faith is near you.
II. The righteousness of faith comes through preaching.
III. This righteousness is often rejected.
24 min
August 09, 2023Midweek Sermon: 08-09-2023
Daniel 12 sermon for Lander Camp 2023.

Thesis: CERTAINTY CHRIST GIVES TO US IN AN UNCERTAIN LIFE.
The certainties of persecution and struggle.
The certainties of divine protection and glorification.
13 min
August 07, 2023Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: 08-06-2023
Readings and sermon (outline below) for the tenth Sunday after Pentecost.

Isaiah 55:1–5
Romans 9:1–5 (6–13)
Matthew 14:13–21

Title: What about the Jews?
THESIS: GOD’S ELECTION IS NOT BASED UPON WORKS BUT UPON HIM WHO CALLS.
We want our kin and countrymen to be saved.
Blood doesn’t create faith.
God’s call creates faith apart from any good or evil done.
29 min
August 02, 2023 Buzzword: Christendom – Part II
Welcome to a special Soapbox Shibboleths buzzword episode. Pastor Travis Berg continues the discussion of the word "Christendom" using Genesis 35.

16 min
July 30, 2023 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost: 07-30-2023
Readings and sermon (outline below) for the ninth Sunday after Pentecost.

Deuteronomy 7:6–9
Romans 8:28–39
Matthew 13:44–52

Title: If God is for us, who can be against us?

THESIS: PREDESTINATION IS THE MOST COMFORTING GOSPEL.

I. Predestination is biblical.
II. Predestination is comforting.
III. Predestination is gospel.
26 min
July 24, 2023 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost: 07-23-2023
Readings and sermon (outline below) for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost.

Isaiah 44:6–8
Romans 8:18–27
Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43

Title: Groaning in Hope
THESIS: WHAT IS HOPE?
I. Hope is invisible.
a. Not seen. v. 24-25.
II. Hope is the right spiritual response to groaning.
a. Creation
b. We groan
c. The difference: we have hope
III. Hope is created and sustained by the Spirit.
a. Third Article
b. Prayer of the Spirit for us

26 min
July 19, 2023 Buzzword: Christendom – Part I
Welcome to a special Soapbox Shibboleths buzzword episode. Pastor Travis Berg discusses the word "Christendom" using Genesis 34.

Ramirez's STM thesis:
https://www.academia.edu/89633865/Martin_Luther_and_Religious_Liberty

Ramirez on Christian Nationalism:
https://www.gottesdienst.org/podcast/2022/11/2/tgc-232-christian-nationalism
21 min