Greenville Oaks Church Message Podcast

Series: Unitable Message Text: Luke 24:13-35 We long for a mystical encounter with the divine. Yet, far too often, we settle for hearing about the mystical encounters of others. [Access all message assets, audio, video, and notes]

Series: Unitable Message Text: John 17:20-23 We gather around the table together, despite our differences and disagreements, for the sake of all our neighbors, so they might find themselves at God's table. [Access all message assets, audio, video, and notes]

Series: Unitable Message Text: Ephesians 4:1-6 Unity isn't uniformity or the absence of conflict or discomfort. Unity is a gift of God that we are called to maintain so that we can show the world God's future in this present moment. [Access all message assets, audio, video, and notes]

Series: Unitable Message Text: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 It's not agreement on beliefs or principles that unites us. What unites us is our commitment to Jesus and sharing in his table together. [Access all message assets, audio, video, and notes]

Series: Connected Message Text: 1 Corinthians 12-14 We should excel in the gifts we've been given in order to build up the church.

Series: Connected Message Text: Ephesians 6:10-17 If we would only open our eyes, we would see the armies at war!

Series: Connected Message Text: James 5:13-26 Through Christ, we are free to choose to walk a path that is different and better than the path that every human since Adam took: the way of the Spirit.

Series: Connected Message Text: James 1:5-6 God is less concerned with the decision you make and more concerned with the person you are becoming.

Series: Connected Message Text: John 14:25-27; 15:26-27; 16:12-15 The Holy Spirit empowers us to join in his work: completing Jesus's mission to bring in the kingdom of God. Since we have received the gift of the Spirit, we have work to do in the world.

Series: Connected Message Text: Acts 8:9-25 The Holy Spirit is not a force or a power to be harnessed for our agenda. The Holy Spirit transforms us to accomplish God's program, the Kingdom of God.

Series: Connected Message Text: Acts 2 Something happened. Actually, I take that back. Someone happened. And that someone changed everything!

Series: Connected Message Text: John 17:20-21 As humans created in the image of God, we were made to exist in community with God and one another.  When we do things that destroy these relationships, it breaks God’s heart.  But when we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us into the kind of community that reflects the nature of relationships in the Trinity, it brings God great pleasure and allows us to e...

Series: Connected Message Text: 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 We've forgotten about the Spirit because we were too afraid of dividing over the Spirit. That's not an option! It's the Spirit that unites us!

Series: Connected Message Text: John 14:12; 16:7 We're better off with the Holy Spirit in us than having Jesus among us. We've better open the incredible gift of the Spirit that's ours in Jesus.

Series: Launching Disciples Message Text: Matthew 13:31-32 Your choice to make a small step to impact a young person can have a massive impact on the trajectory of his or her life. Just take one small step!

Series: Launching Disciples Message Text: Ephesians 3:14-20 We celebrate the graduating class of 2019, counting down until their launch into the world at this life milestone.

Series: Launching Disciples Message Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 We don't launch rockets on Day 1. We build a rocket piece-by-piece, stage-by-stage, phase-by-phase. Don't get ahead of yourself. Every phase is vital.

Series: Launching Disciples Message Text: Proverbs 22:6 Start your children on the path to faith. If you never start them, they'll never finish the journey.

Series: Launching Disciples Message Text: Nehemiah 4:13-14 We’ve got a problem that needs to be named and addressed. We’re not launching our kids into the world with stable faith. But we’re not going to sit on our hands. We choose to be a church with a launchpad that increases the chances of launching faithful disciples who thrive in the world.

Series : Easter According to Luke Message Text : Luke 24:1-12 Joy is found in wonder and awe. The resurrection has changed everything in our world. May we live our lives in wonder at the resurrection of Jesus.

Series : Easter According to Luke Message Text : Luke 23:56 Christians rarely discuss Saturday. Jesus was dead and had been buried. Saturday was the Sabbath, but that "day of rest" was not very restful. They did not know the resolution that God would provide the next morning. So what did the disciples do? They waited. Had they just wasted their time? Were the Jewish leaders and the Roman...

Series : Easter According to Luke Message Text : Matthew 5:4 The Crucifixion was over. The tomb was sealed. Jesus’ friends and followers thought this was the end, that they had failed in their mission. They entered into a time of weeping, mourning Jesus’ death.

Series : Easter According to Luke Message Text : Luke 22:66-23:25 Evil lurks and conspires against God and his kingdom. Rather than becoming unsuspecting actors in Satan's tactics, an awareness of Satan's schemes allows us a prime opportunity to subvert his plans and promote truth and justice for all.

Series : Easter According to Luke Message Text : Luke 22:1-6,21-65 Betrayal has the ability to cause us to want to lash-out or check-out. But Jesus wants to free us so that we can show the same response that he did to his betrayers.

Series : Easter According to Luke Message Text : Luke 22:7-20 This simple meal with simple food reminds us of our story and gives us a taste of what the future will be like when God comes to make all things new.