The Table Community Church (Belgrade)
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -The Table is a church located in the Gallatin Valley of southwest Montana.
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He Will Come to Judge the Living and the Dead (Psalm 7, Matthew 25)
March 18, 2023 23:09 - 40 minutes - 65.5 MBIn this teaching we explore what the Scriptures have to say about hell and judgment, and what it has to say might surprise you. Often times we get more interested in the various details about the afterlife rather than making sense of what Jesus says in his own words. So, this is a brief teaching on the nature of hell and judgment according to Jesus.
He Ascended (Acts 1:1-11)
March 18, 2023 22:53 - 41 minutes - 78.1 MBOne of the most neglected beliefs in the protestant and evangelical tradition is the ascension of Jesus. Yet, it is one of the most important because it marks beginning of the church's witness to the world about the story of Jesus. Further, if Jesus does not to send, the Spirit does not come. In exploring the ascension, we look at the priestly, royal, and prophetic work of Jesus and how those things continue in and through the life of the church.
Death & Resurrection (John 20)
February 26, 2023 20:25 - 39 minutes - 74 MBPreface: The sounds is not of the best quality. Helpful Links: Matt Emerson - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/essay/christs-descent-dead/ Charles Hill - https://journal.rts.edu/article/he-descended-into-hell/ We are talking about what it looks like to confess and experience the power of the Resurrection.
He Suffered (Luke 22)
February 19, 2023 21:25 - 37 minutes - 68.1 MBOnly the Suffering God can Help. - Bonhoeffer As N.T. Wright says, “You don’t have to be able to answer the question “Why?” before the cross can have this effect. Think about it. You don’t have to understand music theory or acoustics to be moved by a wonderful violin solo. You don’t have to understand cooking before you can enjoy a good meal. In the same way, you don’t have to have a theory about why the cross is so powerful before you can be moved and changed, before you can know yourself ...
"I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord."
February 19, 2023 21:20 - 38 minutes - 71.1 MBWhat is the reigning and guiding authority in our lives? Here, we explore a life arranged under Jesus the Christ.
Creator of Heaven & Earth (The Apostles' Creed - Psalm 104)
January 29, 2023 20:48 - 37 minutes - 68 MBWe are in a series on the Apostles’ Creed in a Post-Everything World. Our heat and hope is that the series can serve as a starting point for belief and practice as a church family. The last few weeks are online if you have missed out, and I encourage you to catch up if you can. Today, we are looking at the last few words of the first article, “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.” Our focus is on “Creator of Heaven and Earth.” 1. Who is the Creator? 2. What i...
The Father Almighty
January 22, 2023 22:38 - 41 minutes - 78.1 MBLast week, we looked at “I believe in God,” yet that statement alone tells us nothing about who this God is or what this God is like. We looked at Acts 17 as a starting point for making sense of the Creed within our own cultural climate: a very spiritual one. We clarified what we meant by “I believe in God.” The Creed’s first description of God is that he is the “Father Almighty.” The language describing God as Father is found throughout the Scripture and most emphatically in the ministry an...
I Believe in God (The Apostles' Creed) - Acts 17:15-25
January 16, 2023 21:25 - 39 minutes - 73.3 MBWhat is the Apostles Creed? Historic summary of the Christian faith as preserved in the Scriptures. The Apostles’ Creed does not replace Scripture but points us back to them. An early resource for discipleship (used in catechism and confessed at baptism). An elevator speech of the story of God: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Total Renewal. Why is the Apostles’ Creed important for us today? The lack of theological and biblical literacy in our context, and the need to know how to articul...
Come & See - New Year (2023) John 4
January 16, 2023 17:47 - 44 minutes - 77.7 MBOur theme this year is "Come and see." We will filter our teachings and life together through this lens.
What does it look like to trust God during life's uncertainties? (Matthew 1:18-25)
December 18, 2022 20:52 - 42 minutes - 80 MBIn every Advent text, pay attention to the unexpectedness of God’s coming, it is unexpected in manner, in time, and in culture. Every Advent text includes people struggling with uncertainty and trying to piece it all together. What we have learned thus far is that there are often no easy answers and sometimes we are not given answers at all. We were told by Jesus that we will not know a lot of things. We were told by Jesus that although he is God who has come to overturn evil, injustice, sin...
Are You the One Who is To Come? (Matthew 11:2-11)
December 11, 2022 22:22 - 35 minutes - 67.1 MBAdvent is about looking forward, looking back, and looking now. During our first week, we looked forward to see that Jesus promises to return to evict evil, we looked back before the days of Jesus to see how God instructed his people to act while waiting for jesus, which was to be peacemakers; and we looked to what means now, which was to love God and our neighbors well. This week, we are given another angle for the past, present, and future. Have you ever felt like you were doing everythin...
Psalm 63
October 24, 2022 15:17 - 42 minutes - 79.9 MBThe book of Psalms is considered the songbook of the Scriptures. Like songs and poems, they are intended to connect to our emotions and experiences. Sometimes the Psalms are filled with joy and celebration, other times they are filled with anger and grief. Still, other times they are filled with doubts and fear. Psalms are invitations to deal honestly with ourselves, our situations, and our hopes and fears with God in total openness.
A Community Where Hope is Alive (1 Peter 1:1-9)
October 09, 2022 18:36 - 43 minutes - 82.8 MBTo close our series called Recovering the Church, we look at what it means to be a community where hope is found. Yet, this makes us ask, "What is hope?" Henri Nouwen once wrote, "Hope does not mean that we will avoid or be able to ignore suffering, of course. Instead, hope born of faith becomes matured and purified through difficulty. The surprise we experience in hope, then, is not that, unexpectedly, things turn out better than expected. For even when they do not, we can still live with a...
The Church that Forgives (Matthew 18:21-35)
October 05, 2022 22:12 - 40 minutes - 65.3 MBForgiveness is one of the most controversial and difficult teachings of Jesus. Relational wounds run deep; forgiveness can be a slow an painful process, but it is a central practice for Jesus's followers. What if the church became known for its radical forgiving nature?
The Lowly Church (Matthew 18:1-5)
October 05, 2022 19:18 - 36 minutes - 61.7 MBWhat does it mean to Recover the Church in a time when the church is grappling for cultural influence??
The Sacrificial Church (Matthew 17:24-27)
September 25, 2022 20:39 - 41 minutes - 68.5 MBRecovering the Church means not being unnecessarily offensive in a culture that loves offense.
The Church that Listens to Jesus (Matthew 17:1-13)
September 12, 2022 16:49 - 43 minutes - 71.4 MBIn this teaching, we explore the basic posture of the church: listening to Jesus. The big question we all ask, "Okay, how?"
A Church Dying to Live (Matthew 16:21-28)
August 24, 2022 22:03 - 38 minutes - 64.3 MB"Recovering the Church" is a series that looks at foundation and the essentials of what it means to be the church in our world today. There are many competing voices attempting to shape the church, whether the voices of politics or consumerism, and our aim to recover Jesus's words and the rest of the New Testament witness about the church's identity and mission.
Upon this Rock (Matthew 16:13-20)
August 24, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 69.4 MB"Recovering the Church" is a series that looks at foundation and the essentials of what it means to be the church in our world today. There are many competing voices attempting to shape the church, whether the voices of politics or consumerism, and our aim to recover Jesus's words and the rest of the New Testament witness about the church's identity and mission.
Revelation 2:12-29 - The Emptiness of Idolatry
June 12, 2022 20:20 - 42 minutes - 72.1 MBHere, we explore the letters to Pergamum and Thyatira.
Revelation 2:8-11 - The Church in Smyrna
June 06, 2022 19:33 - 30 minutes - 51.5 MBPastor Mark Archilla walks us through the context and relevance of the letter to the church in Smyrna.
Revelation 2:1-8 - The Absence of Love
May 30, 2022 20:40 - 38 minutes - 65 MBLast week we started a series through the book of Revelation. We explored how chapter 1 tells us that the primary aim of Revelation is to reveal Christ to us in dramatic ways that we might find encouragement, clarity, correction, and closeness with God and each other in the strange days in which we find ourselves. We dispelled some of the misuses and abuses of Revelation and tried to set a solid foundation on which we will build. Today we look at Revelation 2:1-7. Chapters 2-3 focus on seven...
Revelation 1 - I Heard a Voice
May 30, 2022 20:36 - 38 minutes - 65.4 MBJohn is on an island called Patmos, and while he is worshiping and praying, God shows up in a unique way, announcing himself, scaring John nearly to death, but then giving him a vision filled with symbols that teach us about who Jesus is and what he is up to and how we need to think about the book of Revelation.
Jonah 4:1-11 - Can we stomach God's grace?
April 10, 2022 20:21 - 42 minutes - 69.1 MBToday is Palm Sunday (2022). We contrast Jonah fleeing the city of Nineveh with Jesus entering Jerusalem. The question we have before us is this: Can we really stomach God’s grace? Being a person full of grace and mercy is one of the most scandalous and challenging dimensions of discipleship to Jesus.
Jonah 3:1-10 - The God Who Overthrows Cities
April 04, 2022 16:10 - 42 minutes - 69.5 MBIn Jonah 3, we finally arrive in Nineveh with Jonah. Jonah physically obeys God, but there might be hints that his obedience is superficial or partial. God does in fact overthrow the city, but in the best way imaginable.
Jonah 1:17-2:10 - The Deep Work of God
March 27, 2022 20:46 - 38 minutes - 65.8 MBWe are in a series on the book of Jonah called Into the Depths. In this series, we are hoping to better understand the Jonah that we might better understand ourselves. I have made it a point each week to remind us that Jonah is not about a guy getting swallowed by a fish and surviving. It is also not a book about disobedience and obedience. Both elements exist in the story and are important features, but they are not the centerpieces. Jonah is a story that reveals the depths of our heart and...
Jonah 1:1-17 - The Depths of Sin & Grace
March 20, 2022 20:22 - 46 minutes - 76.6 MBTo provide a little summary of last week: Jonah is a unique prophetic book. Prophetic books always involve a word from God to a prophet, a prophet sharing that word as a warning, and then the prophet invites them into a new direction of seeing things as God does, which is a vision of goodness and restoration. What’s unique about Jonah is that the character of Jonah's character is the warning and invitation. The book is not merely about obeying or disobeying God, as important as that is to th...
Jonah 1:1-3 - Tarshish is a Lie
March 13, 2022 20:38 - 37 minutes - 61.3 MBToday we are starting a new series on the Book of Jonah called “Into the Depths.” We are in a church season called Lent, and this is when we slow down to think through the themes of forgiveness, surrender, and lamenting the world’s brokenness. It’s a season of repentance and refreshment. These are themes central to Jonah and relevant for us, as we will see. Some introductory comments are necessary before we dive too deep with Jonah. When opening up the book of Jonah, we face a couple of o...
Psalm 73 - "I Almost Lost My Footing"
May 10, 2021 18:53 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBEnvy is an invitation to insecurity and instability. Psalm 73 helps us uproot envy before it uproots us.
I Am the Resurrection & the Life
January 24, 2021 15:00 - 37 minutes - 70.8 MBWhy is it important? For all of differences and disagreements that have been highlighted during COVID-19 and the presidential election, we all stand in unity on one thing: Death and loss are realities and none of us like it. Years of research and tangible experience have shown us that for all of technological advances, wealth, and innovation, Americans do not handle death nearly as well as other underdeveloped areas of the world or places where conflict is unceasing. We hide from death and g...
I Am the Good Shepherd
January 18, 2021 04:00 - 37 minutes - 70.9 MBThere are many voices competing for our attention and allegiance in this world. Jesus says that he is the Good Shepherd and that his sheep know his voice. The question we can ask is, "Do I recognize the voice of Jesus in my life?"
I Am the Light of the World
January 11, 2021 04:00 - 38 minutes - 72.2 MBJesus as the Light of the World brings clarity and life.
I Am the Bread of Life
January 04, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutes - 64.5 MBToday were looking at the first of seven “I Am” statements. If you are a part of a home church or online gathering, you should have already read the John 6:1-67. Because it is such a large passage, I will not be reading the text in its entire passage; rather I will be focusing on the crux of the entire story, which is Jesus’s words in John 6:32-41. so, if you have not done so already, go ahead and read the first 67 verses in John chapter 6 and then resume this teaching. If you have, keep you...
O Come O Come Emmanuel
November 29, 2020 14:00 - 38 minutes - 72.3 MBLooking back over 2020, it’s been a tough year. We have woken up every morning with COVID-19, racial tensions, and volatile election year. This is not to mention our own personal struggles. Some of has lost loved ones this year. Some of us have lost our jobs or taken a significant pay decrease. Some of us are struggling psychologically or emotionally in dealing with all of the challenges and changes we are going through in light of a lingering global pandemic. This year has exhausted our sou...
Practicing Thankfulness
November 22, 2020 14:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBHere we look at Psalm 136, the Great Hallel, in order to recover a vision of thankfulness that leads us to a closer relationship with God and each other.
Becoming a Redemptive Listener
November 15, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 67.6 MBSome sociologists have defined our culture climate as "A Culture of Outrage." This means that the air in which we breath is filled with aggressiveness and anger - expressed through rhetoric and violence. How should the church respond? Here we look at two simple yet significant verses on what it means to become a redemptive listener in culture and in our own personal lives. (James 1:19-20)
Practicing Patience
November 09, 2020 01:00 - 33 minutes - 64.4 MBIt is no secret that patience in our culture is something rare to encounter, yet we all are aware of our need for it in life. Even in the small and insignificant things in life we struggle to exercise patience. One research firm collected data from about 2000 people from various demographics and found that across the board, patience is a lost ideal that is longed for in life. They found the people become frustrated after having to wait for a web-page to load after 16 seconds; verbally frustr...
Becoming a Good Neighbor
November 02, 2020 01:00 - 37 minutes - 70.1 MBAs we approach the 2020 election, loving our neighbor on the other side of the political aisle will feel optional at best or impossible at worst. Yet, it has no bearing on who we are and who we are called to be in the world. Here we explore how we can become good neighbors to those around us. Luke 10:25-27.
Pray Hard
October 26, 2020 01:00 - 31 minutes - 59.6 MBA deep prayer life is one that endures. We walk through Jesus's prayer in the Garden just before his arrest by using an acronym from Pete Greig: P - Pause R - Rejoice (and Be Real) A - Ask Y - Yield
Practicing Humility
October 19, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutes - 57.3 MBLast week to kick of our Life Around the Table series, we talked about the nature and essence of the church as people of the Spirit, the Story of Scripture, and people who share their lives with one-another around the good news of Jesus. Today, we will think through the necessity of humility in the body of Christ as we live in our culture today that breathes hostility and hatred, especially during an election season as tense as this one.
Life Around The Table Series - What is the Church? (Acts 2)
October 11, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes - 22.6 MBLife Around The Table is about reorienting our vision of what it means to be the church during uncertain days, such as the ones in which we live. To launch this series we are going back to the basics: Acts 2. Before listening, be sure to read the text in its entirety. We will discuss the foundations of the Spirit, Story & Scripture, and Shared-Life together around the good news of Jesus.
The Direction of Deep Joy
September 29, 2020 01:28 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBHere we explore Psalm 1 and discuss the map to deep joy.
The Parables 2020 - Closing: Be Like the Children (Luke 18:15-17)
September 08, 2020 02:16 - 34 minutes - 59.8 MBTo conclude the parables, we look at how we receive the teachings about the Kingdom. "Be like the children." This sounds simple, but there is much more to it.
The Parables 2020 - The Unjust Judge & the Persistent Widow
August 30, 2020 22:00 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBBible scholar C.H Dodd said of parables, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt to its precise application to tease the mind into active thought.” Parables are meant to instill a healthy doubt about the direction we are naturally inclined to move in life and then reorient us towards life in the Kingdom. Parables frustrate our flesh, yet they free us ...
The Parables 2020 - The Pharisee & the Tax Collector
August 24, 2020 03:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBBible scholar C.H Dodd said of parables, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt to its precise application to tease the mind into active thought.” Parables are meant to instill a healthy doubt about the direction we are naturally inclined to move in life and then reorient us towards life in the Kingdom. Parables frustrate our flesh, yet they free us ...
The Parables 2020 - Hidden Treasure & the Pearl
August 17, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBBible scholar C.H Dodd said of parables, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt to its precise application to tease the mind into active thought.” Parables are meant to instill a healthy doubt about the direction we are naturally inclined to move in life and then reorient us towards life in the Kingdom. Parables frustrate our flesh, yet they free us ...
The Parables 2020 - Seed & Leaven
August 10, 2020 01:00 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBBible scholar C.H Dodd said of parables, “At its simplest, the parable is a metaphor or simile drawn from nature or common life, arresting the hearer by its vividness or strangeness, and leaving the mind in sufficient doubt to its precise application to tease the mind into active thought.” Parables are meant to instill a healthy doubt about the direction we are naturally inclined to move in life and then reorient us towards life in the Kingdom. Parables frustrate our flesh, yet they free us ...