Spark Cast

Spark Cast

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Spark Cast episodes

  • Ephesians | Heaven and Earth
    In this talk, Pastor Danielle takes us through the historical context of Palm Sunday, and its significance. This theme is continued and advanced through Paul's words in Ephesians when speaking of "heaven and earth."
    30 min
  • Ephesians | Chosen Children
    Still meeting remotely, we continue our series in Ephesians. In a culture that discards people for not living up to the standards of beauty, form, and expectation, our gospel declares that we are all chosen, beloved, cherished children of God.
    27 min
  • Spark.Church Online | Introduction & Ephesians | God Is Our Context
    In the first service that did not gather people together in a room, we share some reflections and updates on Spark's response and responsibility. Then, in the first installment of our Ephesians series, we consider how we should think about and frame our current circumstances, recognizing that we have a much larger context in which we live as followers of Jesus.
    51 min
  • Why Jesus? | Empathetic Suffering
    There is a distinct difference between sympathy and empathy. The Way of Jesus is distinctively empathetic, suffering with us to bring comfort and connection in times of great difficulty.
    34 min
  • Why Jesus? | Bill Glenn & Crash Theory

    Personal Testimony: Bill Glenn

    In answering life's biggest questions, we all tell stories that ground us in our identity, our understanding of truth, and our values for behavior. But what do we do when those stories don't work with new discoveries, bad news, negative experiences, or new revelations? In Jesus, we see a model and pathway forward by reinterpreting both the old master story and the new disruption.

    49 min
  • Why Jesus? | Marcus Randolph & Power

    Personal Testimony: Pastor Marcus Randolph

    There are a variety of ways we understand and interact with power in our world. One of the reasons we follow Jesus is because His Way upends, transforms, reforms, subverts, and displaces power and creates completely different understandings and dynamics. Power, according to the Way of Jesus is in service, ultimately, to self-sacrifice love.

    50 min
  • Why Jesus? | Dan Bradford & "Higher"archies

    Personal Testimony: Dan Bradford

    One of the most transformational ideas found in the Jesus movement is the subversion and transformation of the hierarchies that humans have created to create social order. In Christ, these beliefs are upended, and we are all seen, in God's Kingdom, as equal members, of equal value, of equal worth, with equal responsibility. This is a "higher" way.

    40 min

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