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  • The Fast We Didn’t Choose

    By on March 30, 2020

    03/29/2020 Isaiah 58:5-10 Chris Breslin   “The self-denial involved in the period of Lent isn’t about just giving up...

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  • Everything is on the Table

    By on March 24, 2019

    03/24/2019 Matthew 22:1-14 Chris Breslin (Bumper music: God Be In My Head by Ryan Gustafson of the Dead Tongues...

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  • It’s the Start of the World as We’ve Never Known It

    By on December 2, 2018

    12/02/2018 Luke 21:25-36 Chris Breslin (Bumper music:Because the Night is Long by Music from the Gathering Church (2010))   “Advent...

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  • The Not-From-Around-Here King (Christ the King Sunday)

    By on November 25, 2018

    11/25/2018 John 18:33-38a Chris Breslin   “A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a...

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  • What She Needed to Live On

    By on November 12, 2018

    11/11/2018 Mark 12:35-44 Chris Breslin   “The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what...

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  • A New Life Burgeons

    By on October 29, 2018

    10/28/2018 Isaiah 60:15-22 & Revelation 21:1-5 Chris Breslin   “What we call the beginning is often the end. And...

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  • God’s (Vulnerable) Person

    By on October 22, 2018

    10/21/2018 Genesis 22:1-18 Chris Breslin   “ThroughAbraham and his family, God will bless the whole world. Shimmering like a...

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  • God’s (Vulnerable) People

    By on October 15, 2018

    10/14/2018 Genesis 22:1-18 Chris Breslin   “The church is a countercultural community of discipleship, and this community is the...

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  • Our Wicked Problem

    By on October 8, 2018

    10/07/2018 Genesis 2:25-3:7 Chris Breslin   “Genesis 3 paints the scenario that is the hinge point of history. Humanity...

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  • Re-Placing Friendships

    By on September 24, 2018

    09/23/2018 Acts 16:13-34 Chris Breslin   “It’s easy for us to see what our church or neighborhood or city...

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  • A Tale of Two Tables

    By on September 17, 2018

    09/16/2018 Acts 2:42-47 Chris Breslin   “After I gazed for a long time at Rublev’s Trinity these words spoke...

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  • Who is My Actual Neighbor?

    By on September 3, 2018

    09/02/2018 Luke 10:25-37 Chris Breslin   The missionary must be the salt which dissolves in the meat, disappears and...

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  • Prayer & Work & Presence

    By on August 27, 2018

    08/26/2018 Prayer & Work & Presence Psalm 46 Chris Breslin   “Every step an arrival.” -Eugene Peterson   “Instructions...

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  • The Spirit and the Bride Say, “Come!”

    By on August 12, 2018

    08/12/2018 Revelation 22:16-21 Chris Breslin   “I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from...

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  • Hidden in Plain Sight

    By on August 6, 2018

    08/05/2018 Colossians 3:1-17 Chris Breslin   “…the Holy Spirit takes the ‘givenness’ of what has happened in Christ, and...

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  • The Renaissance Spirit

    By on July 16, 2018

    07/15/2018 John 3:1-21 Chris Breslin   “I am a child of God, one in whom Christ dwells, and I...

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  • Hope-filled & Peace-able, Imagine That

    By on July 1, 2018

    07/01/2018 Isaiah 11:1-10 & Jeremiah 37:1-14 Chris Breslin   “A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God...

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  • That Fitful, Fluent Spirit

    By on June 11, 2018

    06/10/2018 Psalm 51 Chris Breslin   Incurable and unbelieving in any truth but the truth of grieving, I saw...

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  • Fill Your Horn with Oil and Get Going

    By on June 3, 2018

    1 Samuel 16:1-13 & Isaiah 61:1-3 Chris Breslin “The strength or weakness of means is neither the spur nor...

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  • Over the Bent World Broods

    By on May 29, 2018

    05/27/2018 Genesis 1:1-2 & Genesis 2:5-9 Chris Breslin   The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It...

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  • Breathing Forgiveness

    By on May 21, 2018

    05/20/2018 John 20:19-23 Chris Breslin   “The convex (outward tilted) of the concave (inward tilted) Resurrection is mission, and...

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  • God as Our Witness

    By on May 14, 2018

    05/13/2018 1 John 5:9-13 Chris Breslin   “How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people...

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  • The Water and the Blood

    By on May 8, 2018

    05/06/2018 1 John 5:1-6 Chris Breslin   “If we ask the question, ‘Where might you expect to find the...

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  • This is How We Know

    By on April 24, 2018

    04/22/2018 1 John 3:16-24 Chris Breslin Slides from April, 2018 Scripture: John 3:16 Matthew 25:40 1 John 4:19 Romans...

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  • Called What We Already Are

    By on April 17, 2018

    04/15/2018 1 John 3:1-7 Chris Breslin “In the New Testament, there is an ongoing ministry of reminding.” –Bruxy Cavey...

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  • Mourning into Dancing (Easter Sunday)

    By on April 3, 2018

    04/01/2018 John 11:17-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears.  Jesus’ wasteful tears.” –Steve...

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  • Conversion at the Cross (Good Friday)

    By on March 30, 2018

    03/30/2018 Isaiah 52:14 & 53:1-6; John 18-19 Chris Breslin “Like the lynching tree in America, the cross in the...

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  • On the Water, Through the Storm

    By on March 20, 2018

    03/18/2018 John 6:15-21 Chris Breslin “Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: Each...

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  • “Go. Your Son Lives!”

    By on February 26, 2018

    02/25/2018 Sermon John 4:46-54 Chris Breslin “Jesus peculiarly dramatizes the dynamics of grace: what is needed by humans is...

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  • A Vintage Richer for the Keeping

    By on February 19, 2018

    02/18/2018 John 2:1-11 Chris Breslin Here’s an epiphany to have and hold, A truth that you can taste upon...

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  • Listen Up! (Transfiguration Sunday)

    By on February 12, 2018

    02/11/2018 Sermon Mark 9:2-13 Chris Breslin “Sometimes it feels like I’m the only one in the world who is...

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  • We Should All Be Wearing Crash Helmets (Epiphany 4)

    By on January 29, 2018

    01/28/2018 Mark 1:21-28 Chris Breslin “…carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all...

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  • Hooked (Epiphany 3)

    By on January 22, 2018

    01/21/2018 Jonah 3:1-5, 10 & Mark 1:14-20 Chris Breslin “The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice, it’s...

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  • Nazareth?! (Epiphany 2)

    By on January 17, 2018

    01/14/2018 John 1:43-51 Chris Breslin “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” –Wendell...

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  • The Voice of the Lord (Epiphany 1)

    By on January 8, 2018

    01/07/2018 Psalm 29 & Mark 1:4-11 Chris Breslin “This is the Epiphany’s first lesson about joy: to rejoice in...

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  • Get Your Hopes Up

    By on November 27, 2017

    11/26/2017 Romans 15:3-11 Chris Breslin   “Advent is an invitation to plunge into the deep, dark waters of our...

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  • Simply Sit Among the Shards

    By on November 15, 2017

    11/12/2017 Matthew 25:31-46 Chris Breslin “When we allow ourselves to be disarmed, we become both vulnerable and strong. The...

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  • Just as Long as I am in this World…

    By on November 7, 2017

    11/05/2017 John 9:1-17 Chris Breslin “To proclaim the Gospel is to proclaim that it is at last possible to...

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  • Our Gifts Combined: the Fullness of Christ in Our Midst

    By on October 17, 2017

    10/15/2017 Ephesians 4:1-16 Chris Breslin “Being a Christian was always about living by faith in Jesus’ sovereign Lordship in...

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  • Presence Takes Practice (& vice versa)

    By on October 2, 2017

    10/1/17 Psalm 46 Chris Breslin “Silence is not the absence of something, but the presence of everything.” –Gordon Hempton...

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  • The Floor & the Ceiling

    By on September 25, 2017

    09/24/2017 Philippians 4:10-23 Chris Breslin “’This present world is a perfectly safe place for us to be.’ That certainly...

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  • The Lord is Near!

    By on September 11, 2017

    09/10/2017 Philippians 4:1-9 “Thanksgiving means giving God the glory in everything, making room for him, casting our care on...

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  • Third Culture Kids

    By on September 5, 2017

    09/03/2017 Philippians 3:17-21 Chris Breslin Testimony by Bryan Diver & Blake “Slowly, I started to enter more fully into...

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  • Renouncing Our Righteousness

    By on August 23, 2017

    08/20/2017 Philippians 3:1-16 Chris Breslin “Faith in its decisive act is the collapse of every effort of our own...

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  • A Family on Mission

    By on August 15, 2017

    08/13/2017 Philippians 2:19-30 Chris Breslin A Congregational Prayer for Churches after Charlottesville by Rich Villodas (Missio Alliance) “Hitherto I...

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  • Fear and Trembling…and Joy?!

    By on August 9, 2017

    8/6/2017 Philippians 2:12-18 Chris Breslin   “Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though...

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  • Everything that Converges Must Kneel

    By on July 31, 2017

    07/30/2017 Philippians 2:1-11 Chris Breslin “We can increasingly resemble Christ in character and in power by following him in...

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  • Of Slaves & Saints…

    By on July 10, 2017

    07/09/2017 Philippians 1:1-11 Chris Breslin “All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer...

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  • A Little Lower; Just Right

    By on June 27, 2017

    06/25/2017 Psalm 8 Chris Breslin “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” -Frederick...

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  • Ascension Ora et Labora

    By on May 31, 2017

    05/28/2017 John 17:1-11 Chris Breslin “The glory of God is humanity fully alive.” –Irenaeus “To embrace the ascension is...

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  • Believe into God, Believe into Me Also

    By on May 22, 2017

    5/21/17 John 14:1-21 Chris Breslin “These chapters have often rightly been seen as among the most precious and intimate...

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  • He Calls His Own Sheep by Name & Leads Them Out 

    By on May 9, 2017

    05/07/2017 John 10:1-15 Chris Breslin Scripture: Ezekiel 34 John 1:4 John 3:16 John 11:25 John 17:3 John 20:31 Psalm...

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  • Still Easter

    By on April 25, 2017

    04/23/2017 John 20:19-31 Chris Breslin   “The church exists for mission as a fire exists by burning.” –Emil Bruner...

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  • Easter: Why Are You Weeping? Who Are You Looking For?

    By on April 19, 2017

    John 20:1-18 Chris Breslin “The Word through whom all things were made is now the Word through whom all...

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  • A Weeping Messiah & A Hidden Peace

    By on April 11, 2017

    04/09/2017 Luke 19:28-44 Chris Breslin “I would not be a Christian apart from those tears.  Jesus’ wasteful tears.” –Steve...

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  • Sharing Our Words & Wounds

    By on March 19, 2017

    03/19/2017 Lamentations 4:17-22 Chris Breslin “What house is it to which the Bible is the door? What sort of...

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  • The Fast I Choose

    By on March 14, 2017

    03/12/2017 Lamentations 2:6-9, 14 Chris Breslin There is no consolation in the thought of God, he said, slamming another...

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  • Lent’s Third Effect

    By on February 28, 2017

    Lamentations 1 2/26/17 Chris Breslin “Lament is beating on God’s chest & trusting he’s not going anywhere.” –Mandy Smith...

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  • Preach the Gospel at All Times

    By on February 14, 2017

    02/12/2017 Acts 3:1-16 Chris Breslin   “Preach the gospel at all times, when necessary use words.” –St. Francis of...

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  • Restorying Our Lives

    By on February 8, 2017

    2/5/17 Acts 17:16-34 Chris Breslin   “Be missionaries cleverly disguised as good neighbors.” –J.R. Briggs   “Christ plays in...

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  • Hospitality: A People Blessed by the Lord

    By on January 31, 2017

    01/29/2017 Isaiah 61:5-11 Chris Breslin   “For most of the church’s history, faithful believers located their acts of hospitality...

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  • Ordinary Hope

    By on January 18, 2017

    01/15/2017 Isaiah 61:1-3 Chris Breslin   “The calling of a prophet is to bring the world into divine focus.”...

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  • An Advent Adventure: Mary

    By on January 18, 2017

    12/24/16 Luke 1:46-55 Chris Breslin   “My mother, my daughter, life-giving Eve, Do not be ashamed, do not grieve....

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  • An Advent Adventure: Bathsheba

    By on December 21, 2016

    12/18/2016 1 Kings 1:11-31 Chris Breslin   Scripture John 1 Matthew 1 Hebrews 4:15     This Sunday’s Songs...

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  • An Advent Adventure: Rahab

    By on December 6, 2016

    12/04/2016 Joshua 2:4-21 Chris Breslin   “The paradox of hospitality is that it wants to create emptiness, not a...

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  • An Advent Adventure: Tamar

    By on November 29, 2016

    11/27/2016 Genesis 38:11b-26a Chris Breslin   “When God’s righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God’s action of...

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  • Lead Us, Deliver Us

    By on November 14, 2016

    11/13/2016 Luke 4:1-15 Chris Breslin     God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks...

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  • Give Us the Bread We Need for Today

    By on October 31, 2016

      10/30/2016 Isaiah 55 Chris Breslin (with artists and creatives from the Communion Arts Project: Alexandra Harper, Jessina Leonard,...

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  • On Earth as it is in Heaven

    By on October 25, 2016

    10/23/2016 Revelation 21:1-7 Chris Breslin (with DurhamCares’ Pilgrimage of Pain and Hope Participants: Stephanie Holmer, Sabrina Bowyer, Gary Davis,...

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  • Our Father Who Is in Heaven

    By on October 13, 2016

    10/9/2016 Matthew 6:1-14 Chris Breslin     I heard him call you his beloved son And saw his Spirit...

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  • To Call & to be Called

    By on October 5, 2016

    10/02/2016 Genesis 4:1-12 Chris Breslin   “If a is called to be a street sweeper, ...

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  • Called to a Place: Living as Blues Singers, Resident Aliens, & the Creative Minority

    By on September 28, 2016

    9/25/2016 Chris Breslin Jeremiah 29:4-14   “This is kind of how blues began — out of feeling misused, mistreated....

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  • Called to Work: Purpose, Perseverance, Presence

    By on September 14, 2016

    9/11/16 Gen 1:26-28, 2:15, 3:17-19 & Rev 21:1-5, 22:26, 22:1-5 Chris Breslin   Scripture 1 Peter 5:7 John 20:19-31...

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  • God Gets Mad Sometimes (and it’s worth writing a song about)

    By on September 7, 2016

    9/4/2016 2 Samuel 22:1-31 Chris Breslin   “The single most characteristic thing about David is God. David believed in...

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  • Take Us, O Lord. Break Us, O Lord.

    By on August 22, 2016

    8/21/16 2 Samuel 11:1-17; 12:1-7 Chris Breslin   “…to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost...

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  • Dancing, Disappointment & the Second Person God

    By on August 9, 2016

    8/7/14 2 Samuel 7:18-29 Chris Breslin   “Consider that the first time someone spoke of God in the third...

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  • A Weak King

    By on August 3, 2016

    7/31/16 2 Samuel 3:17-39 Chris Breslin   “True greatness and true power is faithful all the way down, including...

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  • Sad, Sad Song

    By on July 27, 2016

    7/24/16 2 Samuel 2:17-27 Chris Breslin   “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely,...

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  • A Frayed Bundle of the Living

    By on July 13, 2016

    1 Samuel 25:23-35 Chris Breslin   “Abigail on her knees, put David back on his knees.” –Eugene Peterson  ...

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  • Bound

    By on June 28, 2016

    6/26/16 1 Samuel 18:1-5 Chris Breslin   “Friendship…is born at the moment when one says to another “What!...

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  • How the Mighty Has Fallen

    By on June 23, 2016

    6/19/16 1 Samuel 17:1-51 Chris Breslin “Darkness can’t drive out darkness, only light can do that.” –Rev. Dr. Martin...

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  • Better Call David

    By on June 16, 2016

    6/12/16 1 Samuel 16:14-23 Chris Breslin “A job is a vocation only if someone else calls you to do...

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  • Sandcastles & Paper Tigers

    By on June 6, 2016

    6/5/2016 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Chris Breslin Scripture 1 Samuel 2:10 Luke 15:11-32 Matthew 26:39 1 Samuel 10:6 Philippians 3:7-8...

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  • The God of Peace (Trinity Sunday)

    By on May 25, 2016

    5/22/2016 Chris Breslin 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 “An ordinary simple Christian kneels down to say his prayers. He is trying...

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  • The Friendly Ghost (Pentecost)

    By on May 16, 2016

    5/15/2016 Chris Breslin John 14:15-31 “The Spirit is the shy member of the Trinity. He always points to Jesus.”...

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  • The Gift-giving King (Ascension)

    By on May 9, 2016

    5/8/2016 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:7-13 “Being a Christian was always about living by faith in Jesus’ sovereign Lordship in...

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  • Can These Bones Live?

    By on April 5, 2016

    4/3/16 Chris Breslin Mark 16:1-8 “We interpret Scripture rightly only when we read it in light of the resurrection,...

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  • The Once & Future Gardener

    By on March 28, 2016

    3/27/16 Chris Breslin John 20:1-18   “Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward...

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  • Blessings On The Coming Kingdom

    By on March 21, 2016

    3/20/16 Chris Breslin Mark 11:1-11   The Donkey G.K. Chesterton   When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew...

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  • (Not) Far From God’s Kingdom

    By on March 8, 2016

    3/6/16 Chris Breslin Mark 12:28-44   Flickering Mind Denise Levertov   Lord, not you, it is I who am...

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  • Teacher, I Want To See

    By on February 22, 2016

    2/21/16 Chris Breslin Mark 10:32-52 Lightenings (xii) Seamus Heaney   And lightening? One meaning of that Beyond the usual...

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  • The Impossible Good News

    By on February 15, 2016

    2/14/16 Chris Breslin Mark 10:17-31 The Place Where We Are Right by Yehuda Amichai   From the place where...

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  • Sabbath : Feasting

    By on February 9, 2016

    2/7/16 Chris Breslin Exodus 16 “Sabbath” by Amy Imbody Sabbath: You make demands upon my heart, upon my hands,...

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  • Sabbath: Ceasing

    By on January 11, 2016

    1/10/16 Chris Breslin Genesis 2:1-4, Exodus 5 Testimony by Nate Hood (27:50)   “God rested! God enjoyed a work...

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  • A New Year’s Rest-olution

    By on January 5, 2016

    1/3/16 Chris Breslin Psalm 23 “It takes a long time to ruin a life. It all starts with the...

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  • Praying Twice : O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Christmas Eve)

    By on January 5, 2016

    12/24/15 Chris Breslin Luke 2 “Love achieves its creativity by being perceptive.” –Oliver O’Donovan   Advent Resources Light Upon...

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  • Praying Twice: Joy To The World

    By on December 14, 2015

    12/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 98, Luke 2:10-11 “The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger...

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  • Praying Twice: Go Tell It On The Mountain

    By on December 7, 2015

    12/6/15 Chris Breslin Luke 2:8-20 Go Tell it on the Mountain by Jane Schroeder (First Things)   Advent Resources...

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  • Praying Twice: O Come Emmanuel

    By on November 30, 2015

    11/29/15 Chris Breslin Isaiah 11:29 “He who sings, prays twice.” –Saint Augustine “To listen seriously to music and to...

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  • The Risk & Reward of The Kingdom

    By on November 27, 2015

    “God gives so that we can exist and flourish, but not only for that, God gives so that we...

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  • The Kingdom Is Like…A Well-Built House

    By on November 16, 2015

    11/15/15 Chris Breslin Luke 6:46-49   “To build your house well is, ironically, to be nudged beyond its doors.”...

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  • God’s Kingdom is for His Kids (The Kingdom is Like… )

    By on November 2, 2015

    11/1/15 Chris Breslin Luke 18:1-17 “You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.” –St. Teresa of...

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  • The Kingdom is Like…the Biggest, Tackiest Party Yet Thrown

    By on October 27, 2015

    10/25/15 Chris Breslin Luke 15:1-32 “Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets...

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  • The Kingdom is Like…A Rejected Cornerstone

    By on October 21, 2015

    10/18/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe...

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  • The Kingdom is Like…a Treasure, a Pearl

    By on September 30, 2015

    9/27/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “What do we really believe? I mean, believe in such a way that our...

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  • The Kingdom is Like…a Mustard Seed

    By on September 23, 2015

    9/20/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:21-24 Oak Church’s First Anniversary “Parables are imaginary gardens with real toads in them. They...

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  • Psalm Sunday: God-craft on Exhibit

    By on September 14, 2015

    9/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 19 Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. –Mary Oliver...

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  • Psalm Sunday: Never Shaken, Lasting Forever

    By on September 14, 2015

    9/6/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 125 “All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are...

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  • Dress You Up In My Love

    By on September 2, 2015

    8/30/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 6:10-24 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...

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  • Home Economics

    By on August 26, 2015

    8/23/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 5: 21- 6:9 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Jesus Feministby Sarah Bessey...

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  • Vacation Bible School Reflection

    By on August 19, 2015

    8/16/15 Chris Breslin Checkout the slideshow with sights and sounds from this year’s VBS!

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  • No Longer

    By on August 12, 2015

    8/2/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:17-32 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...

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  • The One and the Many

    By on July 29, 2015

    7/26/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:1-16 Sermon Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in...

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  • God’s Open Secret

    By on July 13, 2015

    7/12/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 3:1-13 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...

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  • Gracecraft

    By on July 1, 2015

    6/28/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 2:1-10 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Union with Christ by J. Todd...

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  • #Blessed

    By on June 24, 2015

      6/14/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 1:3-14 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Union with Christ by J....

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  • Father & Children

    By on June 10, 2015

    5/31/15 Chris Breslin Romans 8:12-17 Sermon Notes “God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn’t just love. God is...

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  • Pentecost

    By on May 27, 2015

    5/24/15 Chris Breslin Acts 2:1-21 “Christians are a polyphonic people.” –Jeremy Begbie   “The thing we would remember from...

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  • Presence = Absence = Presence

    By on May 20, 2015

    5/17/15 Chris Breslin Luke 24:44-53 “His ascent to heaven, like his ascent to the cross, is a journey undertaken...

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  • Psalm Sunday: 139

    By on May 12, 2015

    5/10/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 139   “We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses...

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  • Of First Importance : Death Has Been Swallowed Up in Victory

    By on May 4, 2015

    5/3/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:50-58   “Resurrection is the necessary outcome of God’s intent to redeem his people.”...

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  • Of First Importance : Bearing the Image

    By on April 29, 2015

    4/26/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 Prayer to the Holy Spirit as Breath by Bruce Benedict Holy Spirit, Holy...

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  • Of First Importance : The Firstfruits

    By on April 14, 2015

    4/12/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:12-28 “Christians do not believe in the empty tomb but in the living Christ.”...

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  • Easter 2015: Of First Importance

    By on April 8, 2015

    4/5/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 “Familiarity breeds unfamiliarity–unsuspected unfamiliarity, and then contempt.” –Dallas Willard “There was a striking...

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  • Good Friday 2015: Into Your Hands, I Commit My Spirit

    By on April 8, 2015

    4/3/15 Chris Breslin Luke 23:44-56 Sermon Resources “Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is...

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  • It is Finished.

    By on March 30, 2015

    3/29/15 Chris Breslin John 12:12-19 & John 19:28-30   The Gospel of John by F. Dale Bruner Further Lenten...

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  • I Am Thirsty.

    By on March 30, 2015

    3/22/15 Chris Breslin John 19:28 “Jesus Christ has brought every need, every joy, every gratitude, every hope of men...

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  • My God, My God! Why Have You Forsaken Me?

    By on March 16, 2015

    3/15/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 27:45-54 “When Jesus died asking questions, we learn that Jesus not only took on our...

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  • Here is Your Son. Here is Your Mother.

    By on March 16, 2015

    3/8/15 Chris Breslin John 19:23-27 “The Beloved Disciple, the hero of the community, is singled out as the particular...

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  • Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise

    By on March 4, 2015

    3/1/15 Chris Breslin Luke 23:38-43 “There is never just one cross on a hill…the whole Christian drama demands the...

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  • Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified

    By on February 18, 2015

    2/15/15 Chris Breslin 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 “The meaning of wisdom is controlled by Christ crucified.” –Richard B. Hays “This...

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  • With Authority

    By on February 4, 2015

    2/1/15 Chris Breslin Mark 1:21-28 “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people...

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  • Follow Me

    By on January 21, 2015

    1/18/15 Chris Breslin Mark 1:14-20 “God acts completely unexpectedly- as he always said he would.” –N.T. Wright “This is...

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  • The Word Became Flesh & Dwelt Among Us

    By on January 7, 2015

    1/4/15 Chris Breslin John 1:9-18 “The core idea of the Christian faith is the incarnation.” -Michael Frost “The Gospel...

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  • Peace Between Two Advents

    By on January 7, 2015

    12/21/14 Chris Breslin Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 Advent Resources Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict God is in the...

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  • Joy Between Two Advents

    By on December 19, 2014

    12/14/14 Chris Breslin Psalm 126 Advent Resources Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict God is in the Manger...

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  • Love Between Two Advents

    By on December 10, 2014

    12/7/14 Chris Breslin Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 Advent Resources Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict God is in the...

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  • Hope Between Two Advents

    By on December 4, 2014

    11/30/14 Chris Breslin Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 Advent Resources Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict God is in the...

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  • A Planting Of The Lord: Greatly Rejoice

    By on November 26, 2014

    11/23/14 Chris Breslin Isaiah 61:10-11 “…’joy’ in Philippians is a defiant ‘Nevertheless!’ that Paul sets like a full stop...

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  • A Planting of the Lord: Strangers

    By on November 12, 2014

    11/9/14 Chris Breslin Isaiah 61:5-7 Testimony by Haechul Shin “Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the...

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  • A Planting of the Lord: Oaks Of Righteousness

    By on November 5, 2014

    11/2/14 Chris Breslin Isaiah 61:3b-4 Testimony by Abby Wilson “I don’t think it is enough appreciated how much an...

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  • A Planting of the Lord: Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me

    By on October 27, 2014

    10/26/14 Chris Breslin Isaiah 61:1-3a Testimony by Stewart McNaull Related Quotes “The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture,...

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  • The True Story Of The Whole World: New Creation

    By on October 20, 2014

    10/19/14 Chris Breslin Isaiah 60:15-22, Revelation 21:1-5 Related Quotes “The end is where we start from.” –T.S. Eliot “The...

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  • The True Story Of The Whole World: Cross

    By on October 15, 2014

    10/12/14 Chris Breslin Philippians 2:1-11 Related Quotes “There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not...

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  • The True Story Of The Whole World: Community

    By on October 8, 2014

    10/5/14 Chris Breslin Genesis 12:1-3; 1 Peter 2:9 Related Quotes “Through Abraham and his family, God will bless the...

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  • The True Story Of The Whole World: Corruption

    By on October 2, 2014

    9/28/14 Chris Breslin Genesis 2:25-3:7; Romans 5:12-19 Further Reading: Sin: A History by Gary Anderson Confessions by Saint Augustine...

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  • The True Story of The Whole World: Creation

    By on September 22, 2014

    9/21/14 Genesis 1:1-2:9 Chris Breslin   Further reading: The Five Books of Moses trans. by Robert Alter The Bible...

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  • Oak Church Commissioning

    By on September 15, 2014

    Audio from the September 14, 2014 Commissioning Service at the Gathering Church. Text: Isaiah 61. Words from Mark Acuff...

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