Greenville Oaks Church Message Podcast

Prioritizing love in response to a number of needs, problems, needs, questions, and dilemmas can get messy in a hurry. Join us this week as explore the meaning and application of our core value of Love First.

In John 2, Jesus launches his public ministry by turning water into wine. This miraculous sign not only begins to reveal Jesus’s glory, but also helps us clarify our mission as a church.

In his book, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology, Eugene Peterson reminds us that God is found among the margins and in places we often least expect Him to be. Our going out into the world on mission also holds opportunity for us to encounter the God who leaves the 99 for the one.

Guest Speaker Grady King from The Hope Network speaks from 1 & 2 Timothy. He challenges the church to pursue what we can to push ourselves toward focusing on the things of God, not the things within our culture that can cloud our direction as Christians.

We all have next step in our spiritual walks. God meets us where we are, but God refuses to leave us there. Like Abraham being called out of the familiar land that he knew, or like Sarah for receiving the promise to have a child at her age, or like Rahab for being hospitable to the spies, or like Peter stepping out of the comfort of the boat to walk on the water - we all have a next step. So, the...

We are reminded that the new birth event that joined us with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus always makes us new—always calls us to live in newness of life.

This Sunday we will focus on a short exchange between Jesus and Peter at the end of the Gospel of John that encourages us to accept the role we're given to play in God's story and to play it like no one else can.

In John 17, Jesus closes his farewell discourse with a prayer that reveals what is foremost on his heart and mind the night before he is crucified. 

In our final message from the farewell discourse in John 14-16, we’ll wrestle with how Jesus’s physical absence works to our advantage.

As we continue our exploration of Jesus’s farewell discourse in John 14-16, we’ll dwell on what Jesus says proves we are truly his disciples.

The graduating Seniors lead our church in worship this week as we honor them entering into their next season of life.

In his farewell message to his followers (John 14-16), Jesus prepares them for his imminent departure by assuring them he’s not leaving them alone. His words of comfort and hope also show us how to rely on his unseen presence as we navigate challenging times.

Executive Minister Matt Mazza discusses community outreach opportunites with Agape Resources, Hopes Restored Ministries, and Shiloh Place. 

At the heart of God’s relationship with God's people is a truth that is easy to forget when all is well and tempting to forsake when it’s not. Join us this week as we remember and celebrate God’s enduring, faithful love.

In the final chapters of John, the risen Jesus interacts with Mary Magdalene, Thomas, and Peter. In each encounter, Jesus gives grieving Mary, doubting Thomas, and wounded Peter exactly what they need.

Last week we noticed how in John's account of Jesus' resurrection, seeing is not always believing. This week we'll read a story in which Jesus blesses those who believe without seeing.

In John 20, the risen Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene, but she doesn’t recognize him. Sometimes, it takes more than seeing to believe.

Before celebrating Jesus’s resurrection on Easter Sunday, this week we’ll dwell on the unfortunate prerequisite to his resurrection, which is of course his death. Join us at the foot of the cross as we ponder the meaning of Jesus’s crucifixion, as narrated in John 19.

In John 11, Jesus performs a dramatic sign, but only after challenging his friends to trust him, even when he disappoints them.

In John 9, Jesus heals a man born blind, who as it turns out, was not the only one in the story who couldn’t see.

In John 4, Jesus has his longest conversation in the gospels with a Samaritan woman. Like his conversation with Nicodemus, it begins with misunderstanding, but where it goes from there couldn’t be more different.

In John 3, a respected, educated, religious leader comes to visit with Jesus at night. At the end of the conversation, he appears to still be in the dark. 

When Jesus overcomes three temptations in the wilderness, he not only demonstrates his quality as Israel’s Messiah, he also strengthens us when we are tested in similar ways.

We take a glance at 2023 and the constructive changes we are looking to make.

As organized religion, especially Christianity, is losing its influence in our society, many churches are looking for ways to repair and restore their credibility. This week we’ll look at a text from Matthew 5 in which Jesus tells us how to build, regain, and maintain our credible influence in the world.