South Run Baptist Church episodes:

• August 16, 2021Living in Freedom

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• August 09, 2021Who is Our King?

  As we wrap up the summer, we'll be taking a look at Joshua's final speech

  to the Israelites, how it presents the question "Who is your King?", and

  how our response matters.

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• August 01, 2021The Bread of Life

  Last week, through the story of the fish and the loaves, we encountered

  God’s abundant provision, the hurdles of faith experienced by Philip and

  Andrew, and the deeper rhythms of faith that God is calling us into as

  followers of Christ. This week, Jesus builds upon this same story and

  continues the conversation. Jesus takes the opportunity to clarify what

  might have been missed in the miracle of the feeding of the 5000. He

  proclaims one of his famous one-liners saying, “I am the bread of life.”

  Let us not miss the deeper significance at work here.

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• July 18, 2021Baptized

  It’s not often that we get a living, breathing object lesson standing

  before us. So I wanted to take today – a special day where we baptize two

  sisters into the family of God – and talk about the topic. What does it

  mean to be baptized? What is happening in our baptism? And why have

  Christians, since the dawn of Christianity, insisted on practicing this

  rite? Let’s dig in!

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• July 18, 2021Changing Our Minds: Guest Preacher, Jim Weaver

  Somewhere along the way we may have gotten the notion that changing our

  minds is always a bad thing. But it’s not. In fact, being a follower of

  Jesus Christ revolves around changing our minds. The word “repentance”

  means “to change the mind.” Repentance happens when we first become

  Christians, but repentance really is the journey of a lifetime. Let’s

  consider how we may need to change our minds.

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• July 06, 2021As We Forgive Our Debtors

  Let’s talk about forgiveness. I have a hunch that I’m not the only one who

  needs to hear what God has to say about this topic. We can pick back up

  with the sanctuary series in a few weeks, but, for now, this is important.

  This year has been filled with opportunities for hurt and pain. Political

  strife, racial strife, and strife from being in a pandemic have collided

  into the most unlikely of years. Navigating it all has undoubtedly left us

  with wounds that need to heal. And if we’re honest, we have likely wounded

  others too. Forgiveness isn’t a minor topic in Scripture. It stands at the

  very heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let us today remind ourselves of

  where we came from, who we are, and where we are going, all because of the

  love of God.

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• June 28, 2021Sanctuary Series: That the World May Know

  We have spent considerable time digging deep into the scriptural vision for

  sanctuary. There is a temptation, however, to make sanctuary a

  self-centered, inward-focused ideal, whether that focus is on the

  individual self or the broader church. We think: it is MY sanctuary or OUR

  church’s sanctuary. But to do this limits God’s intentions. As we will see

  in Solomon’s prayer for the consecration of the temple, the nations have a

  role to play too. They will be drawn to the glory of the temple. Likewise,

  Jesus, who embodies all the attributes of sanctuary, calls all people unto

  himself. Therefore, as we attempt to embody what it means to be a

  sanctuary, let us be reminded that our church sanctuary is not for us alone

  but that we might share it with the world around us drawing them to the

  very presence of God.

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• June 21, 2021Sanctuary Series: Holiness unto the Lord

  The word “sanctuary” in the Hebrew language is a derivation on the word

  “holy.” This should not come as a surprise really. The tabernacle, or

  sanctuary, is a holy place. In it is contained the Holy of Holies. It is

  holy ground in the holy land. It is where the holy people of Israel go to

  meet the Holy One of Israel. Holiness is everywhere in the Old Testament!

  So as we continue thinking about what it means to live into our value of

  sanctuary, we must consider what it means to live into holiness. That is

  our task today. Let’s dig in!

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• June 14, 2021Sanctuary Series: Building Project

  Continuing our series on “Sanctuary,” today we dig down deep into the

  building of the tabernacle. From our text for today, Exodus 25 and

  continuing into the last chapters of the book of Exodus, we find clear and

  explicit instructions for the building of the tabernacle. We find these

  instructions not just once but twice. It is clear that this building is of

  utmost importance. It is the very dwelling place of God. The creation of

  this sanctuary space requires intentionality, artistry, and labor. It

  requires listening and obeying the will of God. And, not to be missed, it

  requires the willing hearts of the people of God who must offer their

  contributions to this sanctuary space.

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• June 07, 2021Sanctuary Series: Holy Ground

  We continue to think about the sanctuaries of Scripture. The places where

  heaven and earth come together. Where God and humanity commune. And where

  rest and refuge happens. In the Exodus 3 passage for today, we find that it

  is God reaching out to his people through the person Moses as God desires

  this kind of sanctuary. He desires that Israel, who is in bondage in Egypt,

  not only be freed from it, but that they find their way to a land that

  promises God’s very presence and peace. God was, and is, and will always be

  in the business of sanctuary building.

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