Four Oaks Midtown Podcast

In order to rightly understand the good news of the gospel, we need to first understand the bad news of our sin. And to understand why our sin is such bad news, we need to understand the truth of who God is and who we are. 

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This week we get a glimpse of Paul's heart for the Roman church as he describes the marks and means of the mission of God.

As we introduce the Book of Romans we explore the messenger and the message of this letter? Who is Paul and what is he writing about?

What is the book of Romans, who writes it, and why should we study it?

As we explore this passage of "Good Samaritan" we see what it looks like to love and give generously to our neighbors. 

This sermon covers the topic of gentleness - what gentleness it, what it is not, and goes through a pattern, power, and path of gentleness. 

This sermon covers the Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness, and it tells you how to better set your mind on God, commit your ways to the Lord, and discipline your actions all through the lens of faithfulness.

This sermon goes through Goodness and what that looks like in the church - specifically going through how to pursue practices, perseverance, and priorities of goodness.

This sermon walks through the fruit of kindness. It tells how God is kind, and how we should, therefore, be kind.

This sermon focuses on patience and how that should look in the church. Specifically looking at how fear of the Lord, focusing your heart, and fellowship make up this fruit of the Spirit.

We start a new series on C.S. Lewis's classic book Mere Christianity. This week we talk about objective truth, whether morality changes, Nazis, evolution, and Morgan Freeman (of course).

This sermon talks about the fruit of joy. It looks at how Godly joy plants, prunes, and produces.

This sermon walks through peace - another fruit of the Spirit - and talks about the promise of peace, how there can possibly be peace, and what that peace looks like.

This sermon goes through the fruit of love, specifically answering the question: what does the Bible say about love?

Paul works through the question: how do we walk by the Spirit?

Paul talks about "focused faith in a fuzzy world" with 7 action words.

We finish our series on Mere Christianity by looking at C.S. Lewis's answer to why Christians do not seem to be as nice as they should be. What does it mean to be "nice"? And why does it seem like Christians don't live up to what they profess? They answer might surprise you.

Paul talks about how chaos creates disorder; he addresses slavery, conspiracy, and greed.

Paul tells the church how to care for elders.

Jesus tells us that his yoke is easy and his burden light. He also calls us to pick up our cross and follow him. How do these two statements work together? C.S. Lewis gives us helpful insight about how our obedience and God's grace work together. Also Paul talks about snow.

Paul discusses defining relationships and the role of widows in the church (specifically dignity and distinction).

Is it ok to "fake it till you make it" with Christianity? The answer might surprise you. Join us as we continue our series on Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. Also find out Bryan's controversial take on diets.

We look at how C.S. Lewis's analogy of tin soldiers helps us understand what it means to have "eternal life" and what that means for our every day lives.

Paul gives guidelines on how to be a Christ-centered servant.