Manhattan Church of Christ Podcast

In a sermon on 1 Peter 2:9-17, Dr. Tom Robinson speaks on the origin of the U.S. and how living as a Christian means balancing devotion to God and the rules of God with human laws and social systems. Tom looks at the Roman empire and its attitude towards Christians and pulls connections vitally relevant to the world today. Often, he pull of human society and human laws can clash with the teachings...

Sermon by Jason Isbell This week's sermon is on Luke 10:25–37, the parable of the Good Samaritan, paired with 2 Chronicles 28:1–15. Jesus answers the question "who is my neighbor" with a story that crosses deep lines of hatred and prejudice, and we pair it with a lesser-known Old Testament story where an entire nation, not just one person, chooses mercy toward people they had every right to despis...

Sermon led by Dr. Tom Robinson on Father's Day focusing on how when the Church was growing the cultural differences in the churches popping up around the world there was initially some friction, but through Jesus it was overcome. Building off of his sermon on Pentecost, while people did all hear in different languages, there was always still the same meaning. Instead of those cultural differences...

Focusing on Lamentations 3:17-25, Carl Garrison talks about the irrational nature of ministry, and faith. The writer in Lamentations speaks about the pain of reality, but in the midst of that pain there is a hope and longing for God's mercy. There remains a desire for God even in the face of every reason to not believe and desire God, the irrational belief before evidence. The life of Jesus is exa...

Sermon led by Dr. Tom Robinson on Acts 2:32-33, 36-47, speaking on how the Spirit of God is not discriminatingly dispensed but is poured out on everyone. The Spirit does not care about social class, gender, ethnicity, race, or any other Earthly structures. What matters to the Spirit and what brings people together is belief in Jesus and following His teachings.

Recieving the Bread of Life - Exodus 16, John 6

by Dr. Thomas Robinson explores the role of women in the Bible and how they were treated in the early Christian communities, particularly focusing on Jesus’ interactions with women. It highlights how Jesus consistently broke cultural and societal norms by treating women with respect and dignity, allowing them to serve as his disciples and even become key witnesses to his resurrection.

None of us are here by accident. God planted us in the greatest, most complex, most intense cities in the world, and the call isn't to escape it, sanitize it, or be overwhelmed by the chaos. The call is to seek its welfare. To build, plant, invest, and pray. Even when the city doesn't share our values, even when the Jesus ethic creates friction with the surrounding culture, even when we only see e...

Sermon led by Dr. Tom Robinson on Pentecost, comparing the Pentecost depicted in Acts 2 with Moses on Mount Sinai. In Exodus after the Pharaoh tried to stamp out Jewish culture when they were enslaved in Egypt, the Israelites received the Ten Commandments from God through Moses, which created an identity around the Israelites through those commandments. But in Acts, after Herod tried to do the sam...

In a sermon by Carl Garrison, he asks the question: What do we do with ancient words in a world where those same words have been used both to liberate and to oppress? In this message from Luke 4:16–30, John 5:39–40, Mark 2:27, and Matthew 7:24–27, Carl explores how Jesus engaged scripture, not as a rulebook to quote, but as a living argument to wrestle, embody, and risk. Jesus read the text throug...