The Central Peninsula Church Podcast

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Welcome to the Central Peninsula Church Podcast. Central Peninsula Church is a community in the heart of Silicon Valley that exists to make and mature more followers of Christ. We are a non-denominati... more

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June 24, 2022Episode 21: Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a central part of the Christian life. Both as the gift we receive from Christ and as the gift we can extend to others. Join Kevin and Brandon as they unpack last week’s sermon and the way that forgiveness heals.

Highlights
Jesus and the Paralyzed Man - 5:55
Which people do we identify with in this story: the crowds or the scribes?
Accountability: What it Looks Like for Us - 19:23
The Scribes: How they demonstrate the importance of accountability for individuals and institutions.
Resources & References
What is hacky-sack?
Scripture references: Mark 2:1-12
...more
50min
June 17, 2022Episode 20: Restore
Sam Abel, CPC's Middle School Ministry Director, joins Kevin and Brandon for this week's episode. Listen as they talk through Sam's sermon last Sunday and the impact of Jesus' ability to bring restoration in scripture and our lives.

Highlights

Introduction - 0:17
A little about Sam Abel, Middle School Ministry Director.
Jesus’ Restoration in Scripture - 12:25
Jesus takes personal responsibility for the lepers’ restoration.
Mark demonstrates the kingdom of God through Christ’s restoration.
The physical and spiritual need for restoration
Jesus’ Restoration in Our Lives - 22:03
Who have we banished?
How can we move toward people the way Jesus did?
What areas do we avoid in our lives and how do we learn to face it head-on?
Resources & References
He Is Able - The Maranantha! Singers
God of this City - Chris Tomlin
Rivulose - marked with irregular, narrow, sinuous, or crooked lines
GoFundMe for Sam’s Dish Gloves
Sozo (greek) - to save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction.
“People are hard to hate up close. Move in.” from Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown (researcher, speaker, & author)
John 5 - The man healed at the Pool of Bethesda
...more
54min
June 10, 2022Episode 19: Practice
CPC’s Vision Director Rachel Almeida joins Kevin and Brandon to talk through this past Sunday’s sermon. They explore what it looks like to practice the kingdom and find connection with God in a world constantly competing for our attention.

Highlights
Silence, Solitude, and Hurry-Sickness - 5:40
The importance of silence and solitude in modern life.
How can we move out of hurrying and into the presence of God?
Disconnect to Connect with God - 18:10
Eremos: How Jesus practiced the Kingdom.
The role of prayer in connecting us to God.
What does this look like in real life? - 26:50
The practice of prayer and teaching our brains to tune in.
Engaging with Jesus versus performing for Jesus.

Quotables
“Can you ever really imagine Jesus busy? When you think about the life of Jesus, you can’t ever really imagine him rushing around.”
“Solitude affords us that opportunity to unplug to both assess our life as well as become comfortable with inefficiency.”
“If we want the life of Jesus, we have to take on the lifestyle of Jesus” - Dallas Willard
“The more I’m connected with God, the more I have his perspective and his priorities… from that flows everything else.”

Resources & References
The Difference between Busy and Hurry (article)
Eremos meaning
Dallas Willard - theologian and philosopher
...more
48min
June 03, 2022Episode 18: Hope
Brandon and Kevin sit down with Stephen Petiti after last weekend’s sermon. They talk through the importance of Jesus’ role as the messiah and how his life was the fulfillment of the old testament.

Highlights
Jesus: The Messiah - 7:09
Jesus wasn’t the only one who claimed to be messiah.
How the book of Isaiah revealed Christ and his holiness.
Holiness in a secular age.
Where does Jesus reside for us? - 18:20
What will we let master us?
What does surrendering to Jesus look like in this day and age?
Quotables
“When things get really hard, that’s where His Lordship is revealed.”
Resources & References
American Gladiators
Thrice - American band formed in Irvine, California.
A Secular Age - book by Charles Taylor
James 2:19 (NIV) - “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.”
1 Corinthians 6:12 (NASB) - “All things are permitted for me, but not all things are of benefit. All things are permitted for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.”
...more
40min
May 27, 2022Episode 17: Kingdom
This episode was recorded before the Uvalde shootings.

Brandon and Kevin bring a little humor and a lot of thought to this week’s episode of the CPC podcast. Listen in as they reflect on last Sunday’s sermon and how the book of Mark shows us that the Gospel is truly centered around the Kingdom of God.

Highlights

Jesus’ Thesis - 4:41
The kingdom of God: how we’ve come to understand it today and what we may be missing.
What does it actually mean to be an evangelical?
New creation dynamics vs old creation dynamics
Misconceptions about the Kingdom of God - 22:38
Differences in the way we think about heaven
Understand repentance
What are the nets that we need to let go of?
Resources & References
Kairos - According to Strong’s Greek Concordance, kairos means time or season, and it is a noun used to represent a fitting season or opportunity, an occasion.
Evangelion - According to Merriam Webster: Late Greek euangelion, from Greek, good news, gospel.
The Evangelical Quadrilateral by David W. Bebbington
Metanoeo (or Metanoia) - to change one’s mind
...more
45min
May 20, 2022Episode 16 Reimagine
General Info
Recording Date: 5-16-22
Release Date: 5-20-22
Hosts: Kevin Sneed and Brandon Pasion
Episode 16 Reimagine
Guest: McKenna Mitchell Takech
Podcast Summary
Brandon and Kevin sit down with McKenna Mitchell Takach to reflect on the service from this past week. They break down what it means to reimagine royalty. They also take a deep dive to examine our relationship to Jesus and how that impacts our relationship with each other.

Highlights
Impressions of Jesus - 4:26
Culture’s impact on how we see Jesus.
Getting to know the Jesus of the scriptures.

Reimagining Royalty - 13:10
Jesus, Mother Teresa, and Princess Diana: The intersection between them
Recognizing the legacy of the people who came before us
Determining the life we want to live as Christ-followers.
Walking in Right Relationship - 25:44
What we can learn from how Jesus related to God.
What blocks are we putting on our relationship with God?
Creating a culture of honor in our relationships with each other.
Quotables
We have a truncated impression of love and we extend that to Jesus.
We don’t compromise Christlikeness to imitate Christ
Resources & References
John 10:10
Princess Diana
Mother Teresa
The Meaning of Marriage - Tim Keller
...more
49min
May 13, 2022Episode 15: Wilderness
General Info
Wilderness
Release Date: Friday, May 13
Hosts: Brandon Pasion, Kevin Sneed
Guests: Dan Reid
Episode 15

Podcast Summary
Dan Reid joins Kevin and Brandon as they delve into last week’s sermon and how John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus. They also talk through the significance of the metaphor of the wilderness.

Highlights

Who Is Jesus? - 5:38
Dan’s bullet points about Mark.
The importance of John the Baptist’s role.

Navigating The Wilderness - 11:18
Calling Israel back to the wilderness.
The parallels between where religion took people in the bible versus where religion is taking us now.
Navigating our own personal wilderness seasons.

Resources & References
Matthew 3:4 - John the Baptist ate locusts and wild honey
Beef Tartare
From the Inside Out by Ryan Kuja
...more
39min
April 29, 2022Episode 14: Mark
General Info
Release Date: April 29, 2022
Hosts: Brandon Pasion, Kevin Sneed
Guests: Rachel Almeida and Stephen Petiti
Episode 14

Podcast Summary
Brandon and Kevin give a behind the scenes look at what we’re talking about in the coming weeks as we journey through the gospel of Mark. Rachel Almeida and Stephen Petiti guest star in this episode to share their perspective.

Highlights

The Gospel of Mark - 5:14
Where we’ve been in the past couple of years and how that leads us into the book of Mark.
How we can read through the gospels.

To Know and to Follow Jesus - 18:16
Jesus as the fulfillment of the Old Testament.
The three questions to break down in this series.
What makes Jesus so compelling?

Resources & References
Picanha - Rachel’s favorite cut of steak
Fogo de Chao - Brazilian steakhouse
Darkwing Duck, Rugrats, and Spongebob
The Gospel of Thomas
The Gospel of Mark
Long Obedience in the Same Direction - Eugene Peterson
2 Thessalonians 3:13
John 10:7
King of Glory - Third Day
This I Believe (The Creed) - Hillsong Worship
Wonderful Cross - Chris Tomlin
...more
39min
April 22, 2022Episode 13: Resurrection
General Info
Date: April 17, 2022
Release Date: April 22, 2022
Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
Episode 13 - Resurrection

Podcast Summary
On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into resurrection.

Highlights

Easter is about resurrection, not resuscitation - 4:30
Jesus was resurrected not resuscitated
Lazarus still died again
Life, death, burial, and resurrection

Present Age and the Age to Come - 6:15
Present Age: Human Evil, Natural disasters, Spiritual evil
The Age to Come: the new creation, all evil is dealt with, God has healed all that was broken
The age to come has started in the present and one day will be fully consummated in the future when all of that evil is done with.
We live in that tension between those two kingdoms

Folk Theology - 14:15
We take them at full value without diving into it
Michael Angelo paintings
Heaven is God’s space, being in the presence of God
Adam and Eve and the Garden
Separation of Heaven and Earth
Revelation 21
What’s true of Jesus in the resurrection is true of us in the resurrection

Groaning and Labor Pains - 23:10
Anticipation of new creation
Winston the Sneed dog
Groaning Posture

Praying the Magic Prayer - 28:08
The Resurrection reshapes everything
Ordering our lives around the reality of the resurrection of Jesus
Repentance means “rethink”
It gives us meaning as Jesus trains us as we live in the reality of the Kingdom of God
Reorders our social relationships

Resources & References
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Revelation 21
Winston the Sneed Dog
April 17, 2022 CPC Sermon: A Surprising Hope
Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
...more
37min
April 15, 2022Episode 12: Known
General Info
Recording Date: April 11, 2022
Release Date: April 15, 2022
Hosts: Brandon Pasion and Kevin Sneed
Episode 12 - Known

Podcast Summary
On today’s episode of the CPC podcast, Kevin and Brandon take some time to debrief this past week’s service and dig a little deeper into being known.

Highlights

Easy Going Relativism - 4:30
Guilt still persists
No framework for guilt
Freedom was the ability to say no to our desires
Freedom in boundaries

Check Engine Light - 10:15
When we feel guilty we move toward repentance
It starts with confession
Renouncing our sin
Embrace God’s Forgiveness
It’s the framework to deal with our guilt

Avoidance - 12:15
Humility vs. Humiliation
Bringing our real selves. Opening ourselves up.
Being known by God

Barriers to being known - 21:48
Privacy
Privacy hinders intimacy
God is inescapably big
There is no privacy between you and God

Being Fully Known- 27:09
Recognize that you are known
We want to be known, loved, and we want to be changed
Search Me O God
It’s an invitation to know yourself

Quotables
“Being your own God isn’t as life-giving as we hoped.”
Resources & References
Velveteen Rabbit
A.W. Toser
Joni and Friends
April 10, 2022 CPC Sermon: The Inescapable God
Psalm 139
...more
36min

FAQs about The Central Peninsula Church Podcast:

How many episodes does The Central Peninsula Church Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 151 episodes available.