Chapel in the Pines Sermon Podcast

Date: July 13, 2025 Many Americans believe in some kind of afterlife. But what will that be like? The Bible doesn't give us all the details we might want to satisfy our curiosity, but it assures of the certainty of an eternity spend in God's Presence for those who believe in Jesus.

Date: July 6, 2025 Conflicts between what our culture thinks is right and wrong, and what God has revealed is right and wrong, are inevitable. We can't avoid them, so how should we deal with them? We evaluate three possible responses, and then apply that framework to issues around sexuality and gender.

Date: June 29, 2025 As Independence Day approaches, we looked at some of the functions Scripture says that human government should be about. A lot of this falls under the heading of providing justice. We thought about how we as a nation are doing in fulfilling these functions, and what our response as Christians should be to our government.

Date: June 22, 2025 We continue from where we left off last week in our look at God's view on gender. This week, we considered the whole idea of what it means to be masculine or feminine, and we talked about some common ways Christians approach people who feel like their gender identity doesn't match their biological sex.

Date: June 15, 2025 What does God's Word have to say (or not say) about gender? And what implications does that have for how we related to people in our lives who feel like they're something other than the gender that corresponds to their biological sex? We start to address these questions in part 1 of a two-part sermon on gender and related issues.

Date: June 8, 2025 Speaker: Echo Kayser Text: Philippians 4:5-9 Fear is a reality in our lives. What do we do when fear goes from helping to protect us to beginning to control us? How do we overcome fear? Echo shares some wisdom from God's Word to help us recognize and overcome this unhealthy fear.

Date: June 1, 2025 Tithing is a practice very familiar and normative to many Christians, while others may not understand it (or like it). In this sermon we examine the issues of tithing by asking and answering some questions about it from God's Word.

Date: May 25, 2025 Text: Genesis 1:26-31, 2:24-25 Our sexuality is an important part of who we are, and we want it to be connected to our core identity in Christ. This week we look at a few verses from Genesis 1 and 2 to begin to recapture God's original design for sex so that we can be integrated, whole people when it comes to our sexuality and our spirituality.

Date: May 18, 2025 There are a lot of diverging views in the wider Church about prophets, prophecy, and prophetic ministry today. What does God say is "normal" when it comes to prophecy? What could it look like for this to be a part of our life together at Chapel in the Pines?

Date: May 11, 2025 Text: 1 Corinthians 14:1-28 What's our common ground as a church on speaking in tongues? What is this, what's the point of it, and how should we (or shouldn't we) use them? We answer these questions from Scripture and present ideas for how to use tongues personally and in our church services.

Date: April 27, 2025 Text: Luke 15:11-32 In most endeavors in life, we have a pretty clear idea of what success looks like. But what are the markers that let us know we're doing well as a Christian? In Luke 15:11-32 we see three possible approaches modeled for us.

Date: April 20, 2025 Text: 1 Corinthians 15:3-20 Jesus' resurrection provides a real solution to the problem of death. As we contemplate our mortality, we don't have to slip into despair. We can have hope, because Jesus' resurrection means we can experience new life: a changed life now, and eternal life forever.

Date: April 13, 2025 Text: Luke 5:17-26 Just like the paralyzed man in this passage, we are all offered the unexpected, undeserved, generous gift of forgiveness through Jesus.

Date: April 6, 2025 Text: Luke 5:12-14 Ever felt like something in you needs to be repaired or replaced? Ever felt run down, worn out, or used up? If so, here's some good news for you: Jesus restores us, and he restores us fully. In this passage we see what this looked like for a man with leprosy, and we consider what that could look like for us.

Speaker: Echo Kayser Date: March 30, 2025 Text: Luke 5:1-11 Jesus invites us into a deeper and deeper relationship with him, just as he did with Simon and his first disciples.

Date: March 23, 2025 Text: Luke 4:38-44 Sometimes we or someone we pray for is miraculously healed. Other times, we can pray a lot and no healing comes. How do we put these experiences together in a way that makes sense, is coherent, and aligns with Scripture? And what should we actually expect and ask for when it comes to healing today?

Date: March 16, 2025 Text: Luke 4:31-37 You can't talk about Jesus' life and what he did without talking about demons (yup, seriously) and authority. In this message we tackle both, and consider how Jesus having and speaking with authority is actually really good news for us.

Date: March 9, 2025 Text: Luke 4:14-30 Jesus starts his public ministry with a proclamation of good news for everyone: insiders, outsiders, those who don't have it all together, those who feel limited or held captive, those who just aren't seeing clearly - all of us!

Date: March 2, 2025 Text: Matthew 28:16-20 Jesus' Great Commission was for all his disciples to make disciples. How do we do this?

Date: February 23, 2025 Text: Acts 19:1-20 Asking whether God's truth or his power is more important for the advance of his Kingdom is like asking which wheel of a motorcycle is more important. Both are needed, as we see in the account of the gospel transforming Ephesus and the surrounding area.

Date: February 16, 2025 Text: Acts 17:16-34 From Paul's example in Athens, we gain insight on how to proclaim Jesus in a non-Christian culture.

Date: February 9, 2025 Text: John 4:1-42 How can we share Jesus with people who are not like us? Jesus himself gives us the example to follow.

Date: February 2, 2025 Text: Acts 1:1-11 We've been given an amazing invitation: to join God in the work he is doing in the world, and to tell others the good news of Jesus and the Kingdom of God. How can we make the most of this opportunity?

Date: January 19, 2025 Text: John 1:35-51 How can we bring others to Jesus? And as we pray to this end, how should we be praying? In these verses we see some of the answers to these questions.

Date: January 12, 2025 Text: Joshua 1:1-9 We may feel a mix of emotions when we're at a transition point in our lives; but how does God want us to feel? What does he want the posture of our heart to be? These verses from Joshua show us how we can face new seasons and engage new opportunities with strength and courage.