Living Stones Christian Church - East Bay

Freedom in Christ (The Deep End) | Gal 5:1–6, 13–14 28.06.2026 40:19 ↓

The Shallow End: The world's counterfeit for freedom is autonomy — freedom from obligation, constraint, and belonging to anyone, which sounds like liberation but is really just the self turned inward on itself. The Deep End: Paul's freedom in Galatians 5 is not freedom from others but freedom for them — liberated from the self-securing, performance-for-belonging system precisely so you can love th...

Trust in the Lord (The Deep End) | Prov 3:5-8, 11-12 21.06.2026 37:20 ↓

The Shallow End: The world's counterfeit for trust is self-reliance — securing your own life and managing your own outcomes, with God as a backup for whatever falls outside your control. The Deep End: "Do not lean on your own understanding" is not a gentle suggestion but a demolition of the deepest human instinct — trust in the Lord is total, costly, and open-handed reliance on a God who provides...

"Coming Home (The Wrestler) | Genesis 35:1–14 [context: Genesis 34; 35:15–29; 36] " 14.06.2026 37:12 ↓

Spiritual maturity is revealed not by intensity with God, but by open-handed, steady worship after the breakthrough.

The Fear You Must Face (The Wrestler) | Genesis 33 07.06.2026 42:44 ↓

Reconciliation becomes possible only after transformation reshapes our posture.

Wrestling Toward a New Name (The Wrestler) | Genesis 32:1–32 31.05.2026 45:50 ↓

True transformation begins when striving collapses into surrender.

Spiritual Stewardship: Offering 24.05.2026 37:41 ↓

Be Ready to Give. Honor the King.  

When God Uses Your Laban (The Wrestler) | Genesis 31:1–13 [context: Genesis 29–30; 31:1–2] 17.05.2026 48:01 ↓

God forms our character inside unfair systems long before He delivers us from them.

God in the In-Between (The Wrestler) | Genesis 28:10–22 10.05.2026 38:19 ↓

God meets us in displacement before we ever learn to trust Him.

The Blessing You Can't Steal (The Wrestler) | Genesis 27:1–29 03.05.2026 37:10 ↓

NOTE: We had a technical issue that resulted in poor audio, apologies! Trying to secure God's promises through control fractures the soul even when it "works."

The Call You Don't Deserve (The Wrestler) | Genesis 25:19–34 26.04.2026 38:06 ↓

God's calling comes before our maturity; we are chosen long before we are healed.

Peace Be with You (The Road That Makes Us) | Luke 24:36–49 12.04.2026 41:10 ↓

The risen Jesus forms us into witnesses who embody his peace, his presence, and his mission in the world.

Changed by Wonder (The Road That Makes Us) | Luke 24:1–12 05.04.2026 34:29 ↓

The resurrection is the intrusion of a new creation and Lordship that is awesome, confounding, but intriguing — which changes us forever.

The King Who Weeps (The Road That Makes Us) | Luke 19:28–44 29.03.2026 34:53 ↓

Jesus confronts our false expectations and calls us to recognize the things that make for peace.

Mercy That Transforms (The Road That Makes Us) | Luke 19:1–10 22.03.2026 31:00 ↓

Jesus' mercy not only saves individuals—it repairs what is broken and transforms our communities.

Deliver (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:13 15.03.2026 37:06 ↓

We depend on God's power—not our own strength—to resist temptation and be delivered from evil.

Forgive (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:12, 14-15 08.03.2026 33:50 ↓

Experiencing God's forgiveness frees us to become people who extend forgiveness to others.

Become a Neighbor to Refugees 04.03.2026 32:45 ↓

The rich and poor need each other

Bread (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:11 22.02.2026 36:18 ↓

Prayer trains us to depend on God for our daily needs with simplicity, trust, and freedom from anxiety.

Will (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:10 15.02.2026 35:19 ↓

Prayer aligns us to God's will, teaching us trust and surrender rather than control.

Panel: The Gift & Challenge of Prayer (Mt 26:36-43) 08.02.2026 44:36 ↓

Panel featuring various congregants sharing about how prayer is both a challenge and a gift

Let Love Interrupt | Mark 5:21-34 01.02.2026 32:35 ↓

God never responds to our needs with divine irritation, so we respond to interruptions of the needy with grace and compassion.

Kingdom (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:10 25.01.2026 36:50 ↓

We pray for God's kingdom to come—aligning our desires with Jesus' reign of healing, justice, reconciliation, and peace.

Hallowed (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:9 18.01.2026 33:17 ↓

Prayer begins with worship—aligning our hearts to honor God above all else.

Father (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:9 11.01.2026 30:49 ↓

Prayer begins with knowing God as Father, which heals our distorted images of God (and fathers) and reorients our identity as His beloved children.

Lord's Prayer (Aligned with God) | Mt 6:5-14 04.01.2026 33:50 ↓

The Lord's Prayer draws us into intimacy with God and forms us into people aligned with His heart and kingdom.