Four Oaks East Podcast

Speaker: Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: John 16:5-15 Article 9. The Power of the Holy Spirit. We believe that this salvation, attested in all Scripture and secured by Jesus Christ, is applied to his people by the Holy Spirit. Sent by the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ, and, as the other Paraclete, is present with and in believers. He convicts the world of sin, righ...

Speaker: Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Philippians 3:1-16 Article 8: The Justification of Sinners. We believe that Christ, by his obedience and death, fully discharged the debt of all those who are justified. By his sacrifice, he bore in our stead the punishment due us for our sins, making a proper, real, and full satisfaction to God's justice on our behalf. By his perfect obedience he satisfied the...

Pastor Funmi Ojetayo TITLE: The Work of Christ TEXT: Philippians 2:5–11 BIG IDEA: Jesus Christ descended in humility and rose in victory, so that through union with him we are redeemed, purified, and reconciled. I. The Humiliation of Christ (vv. 5–8) + Incarnation: God became human to rescue sinners. + Sinless Life: Jesus perfectly obeyed where we failed. + Sacrificial Death: Jesus died in our pla...

Preacher: Kyle Kraeft Who is Jesus? Text: Matthew 16:13-23 Big Idea: The real Jesus is the only one who can give you real hope in real life.   The Redemption of Christ. We believe that, moved by love and in obedience to his Father, the eternal Son became human: the Word became flesh, fully God and fully human being, one Person in two natures. The man Jesus, the promised Messiah of Israel, was conc...

Preacher: Garrett Bone Text: Acts 2:22-41 The Gospel. We believe that the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ—God’s very wisdom. Utter folly to the world, even though it is the power of God to those who are being saved, this good news is christological, centering on the cross and resurrection: the gospel is not proclaimed if Christ is not proclaimed, and the authentic Christ has not been procl...

Preacher: Kyle Kraeft Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 Big Idea: God’s plan reveals and restores our purpose: to live into His heart and story to the praise of His glory.  1. The Relational Design of The Father Before Time - Deuteronomy 7:6-10  - John 6:37-40, 44 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own wi...

Pastor Funmi Ojetayo Text: Genesis 3 Big Idea: Sin’s deceptive root bears devastating fruit—but God, in His lavish love, rescues us by His redeeming grace. I. The Origin of Sin (vv. 1–7) + Doubting and Distorting God’s Word + Pride & Moral Autonomy: Reaching for God’s Throne + Desire: Temptation’s Triple Threat (Eyes, Flesh, Pride) II. The Consequences of Sin (vv. 8–24) + Alienation: Separatio...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Eph. 4:15-5:33 I. How we were created (and restored) to relate to ourselves II. How we are created (and restored) to relate in marriage III. How we are created (and restored) to relate in the church   Creation of Humanity. We believe that God created human beings, male and female, in his own image. Adam and Eve belonged to the created order that God himself declared to b...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Genesis 1:26-28 Article III Creation of Humanity. We believe that God created human beings, male and female, in his own image. Adam and Eve belonged to the created order that God himself declared to be very good, serving as God’s agents to care for, manage, and govern creation, living in holy and devoted fellowship with their Maker. Men and women, equally made in the ima...

Pastor Funmi Ojetayo Text: 1 Corinthians 2:6–13; 2 Peter 1:16–21; Hebrews 1:1–4; Deuteronomy 30:11–14
 Big Idea: God’s Word is sufficient, clear, authoritative, and necessary. So believe what it teaches, obey what it commands, and trust what it promises.  I. NECESSITY of Scripture (1 Cor. 2:6–13) Why do we need the Bible at all? 1. Only God can reveal God.     * Creation shows His glory, but only...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Psalm 19 Article II. Revelation. God has graciously disclosed his existence and power in the created order, and has supremely revealed himself to fallen human beings in the person of his Son, the incarnate Word. Moreover, this God is a speaking God who by his Spirit has graciously disclosed himself in human words: we believe that God has inspired the words preserved in t...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Mark 1:9-11 I. The Triune God. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who know, love, and glorify one another. This one true and living God is infinitely perfect both in his love and in his holiness. He is the Creator of all things, visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy to receive all...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 ...while our finitude and sinfulness preclude the possibility of knowing God’s truth exhaustively, enlightened by the Spirit of God, we can know God’s revealed truth truly. - Article II of our Confessional Statement Big Idea: The church is constituted with a call to confess the faith with clarity and conviction, so we must and we will. 1. Our constituti...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: 1 Cor. 15:1-26, 50-57 1. The Resurrection is good news that changes everything 2. The Resurrection is the ground on which we stand 3. The Resurrection means death is defeated  4. The Resurrection means tomorrow is transformed

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: John 12:1-19 Big Idea: Christ’s curious coronation defies our expectations and defines our eternity, and how we respond to his reign is what matters most in the end. I. Coronation Context II. Coronation Consent John 12:23 III. Coronation Character Zech. 9:9 IV. Coronation Conflict V. Coronation Consummation Rev. 19:11-15 VI. Coronation Consolation - Consider your story i...

Pastor Joshua Hughs Text: Ecclesiastes 11:7-12:14 Big Idea: It is soberly seeing the vanity and brevity of life under the sun that enables us to joyfully embrace every stage of our fleeing life as the gift of God. 1. Something to rejoice in - Receive the blessing of the ordinary - Reject cranky Christianity  2. Something to remove - Live within limits - Listen to your Lord - Listen to your Lord 3....

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Ecclesiastes 11:1-16 Big Idea: Because today is unknown, uncertain, and uncontrollable, we must sow and steward with tomorrow on the horizon and eternity in our hearts. 1. Venture propsectively 2. Venture prudently 3. Venture humbly

Preacher: Funmi Ojetayo Text: Ecclesiastes 10 BIG IDEA: Walk wisely in your words, your work, and your witness—because folly isn’t just dangerous; it’s deadly. I. The Ruinous Road of Folly (vv. 1–3) + One moment of folly can outweigh a lifetime of wisdom. + The fool’s heart leans away from God—and that lean leads to ruin. II. Wisdom Seasons Our Speech (vv. 12–14, 20) + Wise words are gracious, hum...

Pastor Funmi Ojetayo Text: Ecclesiastes 8   Big Idea: In a complex and confusing world, wisdom from God grants us radiant appearances, respectful submission, resilient trust, and rejoicing hearts. 1. Wisdom’s Radiance (v. 1)     * Wisdom transforms our countenance, visibly showing God’s grace and joy. 2. Wisdom’s Respect (vv. 2–9)     * Wisdom rightly relates to authority, discerning obedience as...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Ecclesiastes 7 Big Idea: The wise way is seldom the wanted way, so we must learn to love what appears unlovely and befriend what appears unfriendly.  1. Cultivate your character (v. 1a) 2. Mind your mortality (vv. 1b-2) 3. Develop through difficulty (vv. 3-12) 4. Live within limits (vv. 13-29) Heidelberg Catechism  Q27. What do you understand by the providence of God? A....

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Ecclesiastes 6 Big idea: The good enjoyment of good life is the good gift of God; apart from it, the gathering of good things only goes terribly. I. Receiving wealth is the gift of God II. Enjoying wealth is the gift of God III. Failure to enjoy wealth is a tragedy What gifts do these truths offer us?  1. A higher view of God  2. A humbler view of self 3. A heavenlier vi...

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Ecclesiastes 5 Big Idea: God in Christ renovates and rightsizes our relationship to matters that matter so we can receive and rejoice in them rightly. 1. Bring your worship simply (1-7) 2. Practice your politics wisely (8-9) 3. Hold your wealth loosely (10-17) 4. Do your work joyfully (18-20)

Preacher: Kyle Kraeft Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 Big Idea: Don’t Let Villainies and Vainities Keep You From The Greater Value of Others.  I. Relational Villainies (vs. 1-3) II. Relational Vanities (vs. 4-8) III. Relational Value (vs. 9-16) Takeaways: Slow down and See people  Slow down and Savor people  Slow down and Celebrate people 

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Ecclesiastes 3 Big idea: In the midst of our frailty, frustration, and finitude, we can have a stable, stubborn hope in the one who sovereignly sets the seasons and makes everything beautiful in its time. I. Learn to eat the fruit that is in season  II. Learn to measure moments in light of eternity 

Pastor Joshua Hughes Text: Ecclesiastes 2 Big idea: Since pleasure is passing and death is definitive in this life, we must seek lasting pleasures in God’s presence and provision. 1. The Test Methods  2. The Test Results 3. Interpreting the Data 4. Living with the Data