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Discouraged and Afraid (Ezra 4)
Bent Oak Church - May 09, 2023 16:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAfter so much progress and celebration, the rebuilding of the temple grinds to a halt. The people became discouraged and afraid of the mounting pressure around them. We take a closer look at how the fear of man can cause us to withdraw from the work of God and how to find courage for our times.
Unity and Worship (Ezra 3)
Bent Oak Church - May 02, 2023 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsHaving arrived back in their land, Israel's first task was to worship. They came together in unity to rebuild the altar and begin the daily sacrifices. We take a closer look at that unity and the priority of worship in our lives and church.
A Remnant (Ezra 2)
Bent Oak Church - April 25, 2023 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsEzra chapter two is a list, a long list of names, and a tally of those who returned. The list may be long, but its total represents only a fraction of what Israel had been. It is only a remnant. But still, it is a remnant that has remembered who they are and who God has led them to be. They are ...
Those Whose Spirit God Had Stirred (Ezra 1)
Bent Oak Church - April 18, 2023 20:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn our opening to the book of Ezra, we take a look at the background of the book and how God stirred the hearts of both secular rulers and everyday believers to fulfill his promises. Israel would return to their homeland to rebuild their nation and worship. God was stirring the hearts of people ...
Practice Resurrection
Bent Oak Church - April 12, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOn this Easter Sunday, we take a look at the way Jesus's resurrection impacts how we live in the days that follow Easter.
Palm Sunday Crowds and Signs
Bent Oak Church - April 05, 2023 01:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJesus's entrance into Jerusalem was one of the high points of his ministry. The disciples expected rejection, but he was welcomed as king. Jesus wasn't so quickly impressed. He warned the crowds, as he often did, that to be a true faller would mean rejection, suffering, and death to self. This E...
Lest We Offend Them
Bent Oak Church - March 28, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn our final sermon of the serious, we look at Jesus's unwillingness to offend a tax collector and consider how Jesus calls us to avoid offending others. We are called to be stewards of his offense. Willing to risk the offense of the cross but never allow ourselves or our rights to become the ob...
That You Might Not Be Offended
Bent Oak Church - March 21, 2023 21:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe night Jesus was betrayed, he warned his disciples that they would stumble because of him. They would see his cross and be offended by it. The cross is the central offense of human history, for in the cross we are forced to see our own need and his call to take up that cross and follow. Jesus...
“Throw it to the Dogs”
Bent Oak Church - March 14, 2023 15:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJesus's disciples were concerned he had offended the pharisee leaders from Jerusalem. The Pharisees feared Jesus was not keeping proper traditions of appearance and cleanliness. In the middle of their dispute, Jesus spoke one of his most difficult words to a gentile Canaanite woman. But in the m...
"Woman, What's It To You and Me?"
Bent Oak Church - March 07, 2023 17:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJesus's first miracle was quietly done to save a social embarrassment at a friend's wedding. At the center of that first miracle was a strange conversation with his own mother. A conversation that risked offense. Jesus often risked offense when talking about family and relationships. He pushed ...
"Why Do You Call Me Good"
Bent Oak Church - March 01, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe rich young man that came to Jesus had everything we respect: youth, wealth, influence, and morality. He came with a deeply spiritual question. But Jesus saw through it. The young man collected good works like he collected possessions. He could not follow Christ without abandoning his need fo...
"Give Me A Drink"
Bent Oak Church - February 21, 2023 19:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThat Jesus would talk privately with a Samaritan woman at a well shocked not only his disciples but also the Samaritan woman. Immediately she brought up the divisions that separated them. he was a Jewish man, and she was a Samaritan woman. But Jesus didn't take up her language. He never used the...
"Get behind Me, Satan"
Bent Oak Church - February 14, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThat Jesus would speak one of his harshest words to one of his closest disciples is a surprise. But Jesus recognized that Peter had shifted his eyes to things of this world and it had pulled him out of his position as a disciple. It's a reminder to all of us to fix our eyes on Jesus and his will...
How Jesus Risks Offense
Bent Oak Church - February 06, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJesus came to judge. Those were his words but most of us don't understand them. The judgment of God is a revelation. Jesus described that he would make the blind to see and those who see blind. Jesus's judgment is an act of revelation, for in his judgment, Jesus exposes what is true. Jesus expos...
Our Need for Affirmation
Bent Oak Church - January 31, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWhen our idols fail us, we usually look for someone to blame or we look for someone to encourage us and reaffirm our desire. We want people who will tell us what we want to hear. That has long been a temptation for people and the church. Increasingly we trust our feelings as the measure of truth...
A Spirit of Accusation
Bent Oak Church - January 24, 2023 20:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we each pursue our desires hoping they will solve our insecurity, the consequences grow worse. Not only do we become more insecure, but a spirit of accusation turns us against one another. There is nothing like a finger pointed at someone else to draw our attention away from ourselves. When o...
What The Heart Desires
Bent Oak Church - January 16, 2023 22:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsOur insecurities always cause us to fixate on a solution. Imagining some idol as the salvation of our fears, we awaken new desires in our hearts. We take a closer look at the emergence of desire in the temptation of Eve and see how trusting our heart's desires has become our culture's guide to t...
Insecurity and Offense
Bent Oak Church - January 10, 2023 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we continue our look at the Biblical topic of offense, we investigate how insecurity can lead us to feel offended. Before the serpent could tempt Adam and Eve to eat the fruit and divide the world into conflict, he first sought to awaken in them a sense of need. The serpent created insecurity...
The Source of Our Offense
Bent Oak Church - January 03, 2023 02:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsIn our first week of this new series, we take a closer look at how our culture has become increasingly obsessed with and sensitive to offense. But we ask a question rarely asked in our culture. Why? Why do we now find ourselves so easily offended, and what does the Bible have to say about the fe...
Immanuel: Daniel Braunberger
Bent Oak Church - December 24, 2022 18:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsDaniel wraps up our Immanuel series by sharing about how God changes our hearts and leads us into acts of humility and self-sacrifice.
Immanuel: Todd Tolbert
Bent Oak Church - December 06, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsTodd Tolbert continues our Immanuel series by discussing God's grace and how he disciplines those he loves toward greater sanctification and joy.
Immanuel: Elizabeth Lombardi
Bent Oak Church - November 29, 2022 18:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs is our tradition, we'll spend the Advent season hearing from members of our congregation. Each share how God has been with them through challenges and seasons of life. This week, Elizabeth Lombardi described the challenges she's faced and how through it all, there is reason to worship.
The Bible is Worship
Bent Oak Church - November 22, 2022 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we finish up our series on the Bible, we take a closer look at how the word of God always moves us to worship. We have not fully experienced God's word if it has not done its work on both the head and heart. The Bible is fundamentally the story of what God has done for us, and our rightful re...
The Bible is Freedom
Bent Oak Church - November 16, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we continue our look at the place of scripture in the life of the believer, we unpack James's advice to be not only hearers but doers of the Word. James described the scripture as the perfect law of liberty. We take a closer look at how the Bible leads us to freedom.
The Bible is a Miracle
Bent Oak Church - November 07, 2022 20:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we continue to look at the Bible, Pastor Barry Kinzer tracks the history of how this collection of 66 books came together. Looking at the history and providence of the scriptures, Barry helps us recognize how God's hand has been guiding the Bible's creation. The Bible truly is a miracle.
The Bible is Hard
Bent Oak Church - November 01, 2022 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we continue our look at the role of scripture in the life of the believer, we acknowledge that sometimes reading the Bible can be hard. Learning to study God's word is a skill that takes both time and commitment. But for those willing to wrestle with questions and meditate on them, the Bible ...
The Bible is True
Bent Oak Church - October 25, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsAs we continue our look at the Bible, we ask the question, is it true? Many people raise questions about the bible's accuracy and history. Can it be trusted? We explore the evidence and ask what it means for the Bible to be active and alive.
The Bible is Usefull
Bent Oak Church - October 18, 2022 16:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsWe begin a new series looking at the Bible and its place in the life of the believer. In this first message, we take a closer look at Paul's advice to Timothy to continue in what he had learned through the scriptures. We look at how the Bible is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and ins...
Special Message - Kevin Weaver
Bent Oak Church - October 11, 2022 18:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSpecial message delivered by former pastor Kevin Weaver.
Special Message - Brad Lombardi
Bent Oak Church - October 04, 2022 21:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsSpecial message delivered by former pastor Brad Lombardi.
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