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1,012 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 322 ratingsDave Lomas and others share encouragements, insights, and meditations on how to respond as followers of Jesus to our current moment. (On Sundays, we post the teaching portion from our online Sunday services, which can be viewed in their entirety at realitysf.com starting at 10:30AM PST.)
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Culture & the Christian
April 15, 2024 17:45 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIn our series Becoming Who You Are, Dave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:1-3 on the countercultural nature and social implications of our relocation into the Kingdom of God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vUVbRK
Sunday Teaching: Living in the Fullness of the Spirit
April 08, 2024 20:58 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBDr. David Bennett teaches from Ezekiel 47 on what it means to be baptized into the Spirit, and the significance it has on us as followers of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43UtchE
On Hope & Time
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on how the resurrection ushers in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoG
On Hope and Time
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on the resurrection and how it ushered in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoG
Easter Sunday Teaching: On Hope & Time
April 01, 2024 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 Peter 1:3-9 on how the resurrection ushers in God’s future hope into our present reality. Slides available at https://bit.ly/4ahkgoG
Still Processing: Episode 13
March 28, 2024 22:56 - 55 minutes - 101 MBDave Lomas, Dr. David Bennett, and Jessica Gracewski discuss the difficulties of teaching on identity, and the limitations of language on claiming our identity, especially in regards to sexuality.
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Sites of Witness
March 25, 2024 15:30 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBDr. David Bennett teaches from Matthew 21:1-11 on how our lenses, laws, and loves can obstruct the work of Jesus to reorient our fallen identities. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3IOxGwm
Still Processing: Episode 12
March 21, 2024 19:21 - 47 minutes - 86.9 MBDave Lomas, Dr. David Bennett, and Melissa Weinisch discuss the story of Jacob, and the embodied of experiences of wrestling through our identity with God.
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Wrestling With God
March 18, 2024 17:12 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBMelissa Weinisch teaches from Genesis 32:24-31 on the story of Jacob unlocking his identity by posturing and surrendering himself to God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/43lXQ30
Still Processing: Episode 11
March 15, 2024 00:01 - 31 minutes - 57.2 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the recent response from our church to our current teaching series, and how greater vulnerability and obedience to God leads to greater knowledge of ourselves.
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Knowing God, Knowing Self
March 11, 2024 16:55 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBDave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the impact of misaligned identity formation and our access to selfhood through relationship with Christ. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49PjYVW
Still Processing: Episode 10
March 07, 2024 20:41 - 39 minutes - 72.4 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the traditional and modern self, maturity in Christ, and the implications of tech on identity. The ending prayer meditation is from "Habits of the Household" by Justin Whitmel Earley: https://bit.ly/3IrJTH7
Losing Self, Knowing Self: The Denial and Discovery of Identity
March 04, 2024 18:14 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBDave Lomas teaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the journey of losing and finding ourselves in God’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V2mofj
Losing Self, Knowing Self: The Denial & Discovery of Identity
March 04, 2024 18:14 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBDave Lomas teaches from Luke 15:11-32 on the journey of losing and finding ourselves in God’s love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3V2mofj
Still Processing: Episode 9
March 02, 2024 01:30 - 41 minutes - 76.2 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Melissa Weinisch discuss the Divine Call, looking inward, and the role of community in identity formation. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
Losing Self, Knowing Self: The Divine Call of Identity
February 26, 2024 17:56 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBDave Lomas teaches from Matthew 16:24-25 on the significance of the imago Dei in the Christian identity journey. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3UUInor
Still Processing: Episode 8
February 23, 2024 15:00 - 34 minutes - 63.5 MBThe Still Processing series has returned to create more space to discuss our Sunday teaching series, “Losing Self, Knowing Self.” We hope this series helps clarify, assist, and provide more context for these deeper theological conversations. This week, Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss identity formation, the Cultural Imaginary, and Barbie. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Difficulty & Fragility of Identity
February 19, 2024 18:34 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the Christian identity and the complexities of modern identity formation. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49D6FHJ
Losing Self, Knowing Self: Difficulty and Fragility of Identity
February 19, 2024 18:34 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4:17-24 on the Christian identity and the complexities of modern identity formation. Slides available at https://bit.ly/49D6FHJ
The Vision Is Love: Consecrated to Love
February 12, 2024 15:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBJessica Gracewski teaches from passages in the New Testament on being a people that embodies God’s love through consecration. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3OG45c1
The Vision Is Love: The Love That Is Binding
February 05, 2024 14:56 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 4 on the role of the church to be a visible display of God’s covenantal love. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3HMxD3C
The Vision Is Love: A Community of Love
January 29, 2024 19:30 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMike Gleim teaches from John 15 on a complex love that creates community, a subversive love that follows Jesus, and a world of love that seeks renewal. Slides available at https://bit.ly/494D8GM
The Vision Is Love: The Love That Is Love
January 22, 2024 19:14 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the crucial connection between the love of God and the love of our neighbor. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3tUQeYb
The Vision Is Love: The God That Is Love
January 16, 2024 20:10 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBDave Lomas teaches from John 1:18 on the perfect example of love made known to us through the Trinity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vEP57z
The Vision Is Love: The Love That Is God
January 08, 2024 19:25 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBDave Lomas teaches from 1 John 4 on the characteristics of God’s love and the importance of orienting our lives around the embodied love of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3NVPUin
Christ in Strange Places: On the Road to Emmaus
January 01, 2024 15:41 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBJessica Gracewski teaches from Luke 24:13-35 on the confrontation and comfort Jesus brings the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3vhwhei
Christ in Strange Places: God Is Not Yet Done
December 18, 2023 19:35 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBEugene Cho teaches from Luke 1:5-7, 11-18 on the care and peace Zechariah and Elizabeth experienced from God amidst cultural chaos and deep personal pain. Slides available at https://bit.ly/484aRzG
Christ in Strange Places: Into the Darkness
December 11, 2023 19:37 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBRuthie Kim teaches from Isaiah 9:1-7 on how in the dark times of life, God finds us, is with us, and is at work in us. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3GDIWKZ
Christ in Strange Places: It’s a Wonderful List
December 04, 2023 19:01 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBTim Chaddick teaches from Matthew 1:1,17-23 on the genealogy of Jesus as evidence of real history, raw honesty, and remarkable hope. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3R5tGLG
Christ in Strange Places: The Strange Visitor
November 27, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBSergio Gomes teaches from Genesis 18:1-15 on the fulfilled promise and restored hope Sarah experiences after a strange encounter with God. Slides available at https://bit.ly/47xXNCn
Sunday Teaching: Antifragile Identity
November 21, 2023 20:38 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBAl Abdulla teaches from Luke 19:1-10 on the story of Zacchaeus and how forming a secure, loving attachment with Jesus reframes our identity. Slides available at https://bit.ly/47qtSfo
Sunday Teaching: See & Behold
November 13, 2023 18:50 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBMike Gleim teaches from 1 John 3:1-3 on acceptance, identity, and hope as resources available to us as followers of Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QRlIa5
Sunday Teaching: Mary’s Voice
November 06, 2023 19:54 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBDr. Amy Orr-Ewing teaches from Luke 1:46-56 on how Mary, an ordinary, young, powerless woman, provides a modern example of how to be a witness of the hope found in Jesus. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3QjNavy
Still Processing: Episode 7
November 01, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the conclusion to our series "The Unseen Realm," and share a testimony from a congregant in our church.
The Unseen Realm: On the Gates of Hell
October 30, 2023 19:20 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBDave Lomas concludes our series with a teaching from Ephesians on the Church as Jesus’ answer to the cosmic conflict and the part we play in the work He is doing in both the seen and unseen world. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3s4eiHb
The Unseen Realm: Spiritual Freedom
October 23, 2023 19:18 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBDave Lomas teaches from Exodus 13-14 on the Israelites’ journey of deliverance, and how God leads us all into greater freedom. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3MfxzMt If you have questions about the topics being shared during this series, email us at [email protected]. Your question may be used anonymously in an upcoming podcast, or to aid in developing future teachings.
Still Processing: Episode 6
October 19, 2023 17:41 - 42 minutes - 57.7 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss free will, the difference between a divided and a constrained will, and spiritual bondage. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
The Unseen Realm: Spiritual Bondage
October 16, 2023 18:13 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBDave Lomas teaches from James 1:13-15 on the causes behind spiritual bondage and examines the differences between deliverance and healing that Jesus offers us. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3tyPYxo If you have questions about the topics shared during this series, email us at [email protected]. Your question may be used anonymously in an upcoming podcast, or to aid in developing future teachings.
Still Processing: Episode 5
October 12, 2023 22:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss Sunday's teaching, the difference between a naturalist versus spiritualist worldview, and the importance of confession. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
The Unseen Realm: The Three Enemies
October 09, 2023 13:30 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBDave Lomas teaches from Ephesians 2:1-9 on spiritual warfare against the three enemies: the world, the flesh, and the evil one. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3ZOqkk1 If you have questions about the topics being shared during this series, email us at [email protected]. Your question may be used anonymously in an upcoming podcast, or to aid in developing future teachings.
Still Processing: Episode 4
October 06, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBDr. David Bennett joins Dave Lomas and Jessica Gracewski to discuss the powers at work in our world and demonic visitation. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
The Unseen Realm: Jesus, the King of Angels
October 02, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBDavid Bennett teaches from Colossians 2 on the implications that Christ's victory over death provides for our own lives. Slides available at https://bit.ly/46D5shU If you have questions about the topics being shared during this series, email us at [email protected]. Your question may be used anonymously in an upcoming podcast, or to aid in developing future teachings.
Still Processing: Episode 3
September 27, 2023 19:32 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim reflect on our Encountering God conference weekend, featuring special testimonies from our community. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
The Unseen Realm: Come Holy Spirit
September 25, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBPete Hughes teaches out of John 20 on the work of the Holy Spirit to awaken us, form us, and empower us. This teaching was a session out of our Encountering God Conference. Pete Hughes is the founding pastor of King’s Cross Church (KXC) in London. Slides available at https://bit.ly/464OcT7 Email [email protected] if you have questions related to this series.
Still Processing: Episode 2
September 21, 2023 20:00 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBDave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the Three Rebellions, the sons of god, reading the Bible literally vs. figuratively, and spiritual powers in this world. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at [email protected].
The Unseen Realm: The Three Rebellions
September 18, 2023 17:25 - 42 minutes - 57.8 MBDave Lomas teaches from Genesis on the rebellions of both earthly and spiritual beings. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3r8NftO Email [email protected] if you have questions related to this series.
Still Processing: Episode 1
September 14, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBStill Processing is a new podcast series devoted to topics from our Sunday teaching series, The Unseen Realm, that require more space to discuss. We hope this series helps clarify, assist, and provide more context for these deeper theological conversations. This week, Dave Lomas, Jessica Gracewski, and Mike Gleim discuss the elohim, the Book of Enoch, and the divine council. If you have questions or comments that you would like discussed in an upcoming episode, email us at hello@realitysf....
The Unseen Realm: Re-Enchanting the Bible
September 11, 2023 17:22 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBDave Lomas teaches on the reality of unseen forces and spiritual beings in this world and having an awareness of them. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3RiwBm6
The Story & Way of Jesus: Encountering the Real Jesus
September 05, 2023 20:36 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBMike Gleim teaches on the transforming work of Jesus Christ in our lives. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3PBNvLj
The Story & Way of Jesus: Goodness Is Coming
August 28, 2023 18:21 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBRuthie Kim teaches from Mark 15:40-16:8 on the goodness of God that's unleashed through the power of the resurrection. Slides available at https://bit.ly/3KZ4UL2