Artisan Church Podcast

Jesus’ promise that the truth will make us free does raise an important question: from what must we be freed? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Lent 2015: Journeying With John (aka Signs of Faith Part Seven) ”

In a rather humorous exchange (which includes Jesus wondering to his disciples, “Why do I speak to you at all?”), Jesus foretells his death. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Lent 2015: Journeying With John (aka Signs of Faith Part Seven) ”

In this pre-Lent message, we will frame our intentions for the season, as well as looking at a passage in John 8 where Jesus makes a remarkable declaration about his own identity. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Lent 2015: Journeying With John (aka Signs of Faith Part Seven) ”

We conclude our series with a panel discussion featuring a panel of community members with disabilities and those who serve them. Q&A to follow. Part of the series “ Healing and Harm: The church’s role in mental and physical health ”

How can we understand healing in the context of a broken world? How can the church body can help or hurt in the healing process? Speaker: Dr. Autumn Gallegos Greenwich Part of the series “ Healing and Harm: The church’s role in mental and physical health ”

An introduction to disability awareness in the church: an overview of the church’s historic role in this area and our modern context, including common barriers within the church for people with disabilities. Speaker: Marielle Jensen-Battaglia Part of the series “ Healing and Harm: The church’s role in mental and physical health ”

Perhaps surprisingly, it is The Lord’s Prayer that offers a definitive word on financial faithfulness: that money is a tool for accomplishing God’s will “on earth as it is in heaven”. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Treasures in Heaven: Exploring Financial Faithfulness ”

The first lesson we must learn about financial faithfulness is that God provides. Jesus taught this beautifully, evoking imagery from creation to demonstrate God’s providential care for his beloved people. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Treasures in Heaven: Exploring Financial Faithfulness ”

Lessons and carols based on the Epiphany . Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Christmastide: Jesus at last! ”

Merry Christmas! We will reflect on what it means to observe Christmas as a season , not just a single day. Hymns and carols sung jamboree style will punctuate our regular liturgy. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Christmastide: Jesus at last! ”

With just days remaining before Advent turns to Christmas, we will pause and reflect on all that we have heard and learned in the last three weeks, listening intently to Mary’s beautiful prayer song, The Magnificat. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Bind up the Brokenhearted: An Advent series about despair and hope in our city ”

We will engage the lectionary texts, drawing out the biblical precedent of oppression and captivity leading to joy and rescue by Christ and applying them to a very personal story of oppression and captivity. Speaker: Marielle Jensen-Battaglia Part of the series “ Bind up the Brokenhearted: An Advent series about despair and hope in our city ”

We will continue to explore the despair in our city, focusing particularly on the disturbingly high rates of infant mortality, and then we will turn to scripture, hearing its call to repentance as the precursor to the advent of Jesus. Speaker: Dr. Melody Boyd and Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Bind up the Brokenhearted: An Advent series about despair and hope in our city ”

We will explore the despair caused by the awful legacy of institutionalized racism in our city and consider how the gifts of the Holy Spirit empower and require us to address this evil with the hope of Christ. Speaker: Dr. Melody Boyd and Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Bind up the Brokenhearted: An Advent series about despair and hope in our city ”

To conclude our series on the family of Abraham, we will host a panel discussion with representatives from the three Abrahamic faiths. Part of the series “ Family of Abraham: Blessed to be a blessing ”

“The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” is the common phrase we have all heard used for Yahweh, the God of Israel. Yet this phrase forgets Abraham’s first son: a son who received God’s blessing even after he received the spite of Abraham and the rest of his family. In this message, we remember Ishmael—and his mother Hagar. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Family of Abraham: Blessed...

Jacob, Abraham’s grandson, was given a name that means “he who deceives”, and he came to earn it, stealing his older brother’s birthright as well as his paternal blessing. And yet God carried on the story of his people through this deceiver, even renaming Jacob as “Israel”, he who struggles with God . Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Family of Abraham: Blessed to be a blessing ”

One of the most challenging stories of Abraham’s family history is the almost-sacrifice of his son Isaac. What kind of God would ask someone to engage in child sacrifice? Can we find any grace, any hope, any justification in this story? Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Family of Abraham: Blessed to be a blessing ”

In this opening message, biblical scholar Dr. Richard Middleton will explore how Abram’s call both fits into the larger story of humanity and the world and generates the later story of Genesis and the rest of the Bible—with implications for us today. Speaker: Dr. Richard Middleton Part of the series “ Family of Abraham: Blessed to be a blessing ”

Join together in celebration as we welcome people into the community of faith! If you are an adult wishing to be baptized, or a parent* wishing to have your child baptized or dedicated, please (outdated email link redacted) today! Part of the series “ Philippians: Exhortations From Prison ”

When our hearts and minds are transformed in the community of Christ our uncertainties give way to peace. Speaker: Colleen Schneider (College of Preachers) Part of the series “ Philippians: Exhortations From Prison ”

In the second chapter of his letter to the Philippians, Paul exhorts his readers to be united in love, placing the needs of others first. And he points them (and us) to history’s greatest example of this kind of love: Jesus emptying himself to death on a cross. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Philippians: Exhortations From Prison ”

In light of the challenges the church at Philippi would have experienced, we will examine Paul’s exhortation for them to live in a manner worthy of the gospel and how we to can be encouraged to do the same. Speaker: Chris Sullivan (College of Preachers) Part of the series “ Philippians: Exhortations From Prison ”

As Israel’s failed monarchy stumbled further and further from God, the prophets of Israel passionately demanded a return to justice and God’s rule. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Flannelgraph: The Old Testament story, in felt ”

After arriving in the Promised Land, the Israelites set up a system of government. However, these human systems are doomed from the beginning to fail, because they place dependence on individual men and women instead of God. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “ Flannelgraph: The Old Testament story, in felt ”