Episodes

Sermon: Watchfulness & Faithfulness 28.04.2025 25:54

Scripture Text: Luke 12:35-48 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection John Calvin, The Institutes God is not to be feared as if He were ready to punish us, but rather to be revered because He has loved us so much. Rebecca DeYoung, Glittering Vices At its core, acedia is aversion to our relationship to God because of the transforming demands of his love. God wants to kick down the whole door to our hearts...

Sermon: Risen Indeed (April 20, 2025) 21.04.2025 20:00

Scripture Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ Christ rose once from the dead, and now dies no more. Death shall no longer have dominion over Him. Rejoice, for you are called to share in His victory. C.S. Lewis, Miracles The New Testament writers speak as if Christ’s achievement in rising from the dead was the first event of its kind...

Sermon: Thy Will Be Done (April 17, 2025 - Maundy Thursday) 21.04.2025 17:38

Scripture Text: Matthew 26:17-56 Bryan Buck

Sermon: How Shall We Live? (April 13, 2025) 14.04.2025 25:24

Scripture Text: Matthew 21:1-11 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Thomas Merton, Baptized by Darkness Now He is sent. He has come. He has descended into the far end of night, gathered our Fathers, the Patriarchs and Prophets, to Himself in Limbo. Now we will all be manifest. We will see one another with white garments, with palm branches in our hands. The darkness is like a font from which we shall...

Podcast Ep 39: Covetousness, Freedom, and Holy Week 08.04.2025 27:28

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Shall Not Covet (April 6, 2025) 07.04.2025 20:23

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-17 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Kevin D. Young, The Ten Commandments There’s nothing necessarily wrong with noticing what other people have, but most of us don’t stop and notice so that we can give thanks to God for his blessings to others. We notice and then stop being thankful for all that God has given to us. The Westminster Larger Catechism The duties required i...

Podcast Ep 38: Identity, Truth-Telling, and Freedom 01.04.2025 25:05

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Links to resources mentioned in this episode: The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness (Tim Keller) Losing My Nonreligion (Wall Street Journal) Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Shall Not Bear False Witness (March 30, 2025) 31.03.2025 25:23

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-16 Pat Roach Quotes for Reflection from the Westminster Larger Catechism Q. 144. What are the duties required in the ninth commandment? A. The duties required in the ninth commandment are, the preserving and promoting of truth between man and man, and the good name of our neighbor, as well as our own; appearing and standing for the truth; and from the heart, sincerely,...

Podcast Ep 37: A Special Guest, Surrender, and Generosity 25.03.2025 31:02

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Shall Not Steal (March 23, 2025) 23.03.2025 27:54

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-15 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Paul David Tripp, Redeeming Money God created us to be dependent. He created us to follow his commands and to submit to his will. Real life and true freedom are found when we willingly and joyfully surrender to the One who created us, knows what we need, and rules what we could never control. But something else is vital to remember: w...

Podcast Ep 36: Lectio Divina & Other Reflections on the 7th Commandment 18.03.2025 13:06

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Shall Not Commit Adultery (March 16, 2025) 18.03.2025 26:28

Sermon Text: Exodus 20:1-14 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Ann Voskamp Your naked body deserves the honor of being shared only with someone who is covenanted to never stop loving your naked soul. Preston Sprinkle, “What is Marriage” Is marriage the union between two consensual adults—who fall in love and are committed to each other? Or, is marriage the union between two sexually different person...

Podcast Ep 35: Lenten Beginnings, God’s Family, and the Image of God 11.03.2025 32:48

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten

Sermon: Do Not Murder (March 9, 2025) 10.03.2025 22:24

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-13 Quincy Robinson

Sermon: Honor Your Father & Mother (March 5, 2025) 10.03.2025 13:10

Ash Wednesday Service Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-12 Bryan Buck

Podcast Ep 34: Sabbath, Enjoying God, and Why We Need Rest 04.03.2025 25:15

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Remember the Sabbath (March 2, 2025) 03.03.2025 20:32

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-11 Pat Roach

Podcast Ep 33: Beholding, Believing, and Bearing Witness to the Name of God 25.02.2025 23:56

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Honoring the Name of God (February 23, 2025) 24.02.2025 28:20

*We apologize for the poor sound quality at the beginning of the recording. It resolves in about 20 seconds! Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-7 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Ro...

Podcast Ep 32: Idolatry, A Gospel Atmosphere, and Diminished Creativity 18.02.2025 28:55

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Resources we mentioned in this episode: Idolatry Chart - based on Tim Keller’s material on the “mega-idols” of power, control, comfort, and approval Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: Counterfeit Worship (February 16, 2025) 16.02.2025 24:44

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-6 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Kevin D. Young, The Ten Commandments If the first commandment is against worshiping the wrong God, the second commandment is against worshiping God in the wrong way. John Calvin, Commentary on Exodus God wishes to be worshiped in a spiritual manner. If we turn away from this, we lapse into idolatry. Timothy Keller, Counterfeit Gods Wha...

Podcast Ep 31: The Law, Grace, and Freedom 11.02.2025 20:59

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten

Sermon: No Other Gods Before Me (February 9, 2025) 10.02.2025 29:47

Scripture Text: Exodus 20:1-3 Bryan Buck Quotes for Reflection Kevin D. Young, The Ten Commandments The good news of law, C. S. Lewis once remarked, is like the good news of arriving on solid ground after a shortcut gone awry through the mud, muck, and mire. After fumbling about in the squishy, stinky mess, you’re relieved to finally hit something solid, something you can trust, something you can...

Podcast Ep 30: Candlemas, Longing, and What's to Come 04.02.2025 30:45

The Oaks Parish Podcast Bryan Buck & Martha Van Houten Mentioned in this episode: Article: How Intellectuals Found God Questions or comments about this podcast episode? Click here to email us!

Sermon: The Presentation of Messiah (February 2, 2025) 03.02.2025 33:58

Scripture Text: Luke 2:22-38 Andy Tobin Quotes for Reflection R. Kent Hughes Simeon and Anna represented all who saw that their only hope was in the mercy and grace of God. Along with the poor carpenter and his wife and the outcast shepherds, they were flesh-and-blood examples of those to whom Christ comes. They personified the paradox of being profoundly empty and profoundly full—“Blessed are tho...