• 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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  • Good Friday 2017: “Save Yourself!”

    By on April 17, 2017

    04/14/2017 Luke 23:35-43 Mark Acuff Call to Worship: Lamentations 3:40-57 Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering: Lamb of God by...

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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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  • Silent God, Dissonant Prayer

    By on April 5, 2017

    04/02/2017 Lamentations 5 Sarah Neff “Lament is beating on God’s chest & trusting he’s not going anywhere.” –Mandy Smith...

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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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  • Freedom Through Awareness & Repentance [Christena Cleveland]

    By on March 7, 2017

    03/05/17 Psalm 32:1-7 Dr. Christena Cleveland Dr. Christena Cleveland is an Associate Professor of the Practice of Leadership, Spirituality,...

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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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  • Beautiful Feet & Where to Find Them

    By on February 21, 2017

    02/19/2017 Acts 16:16-36 Sarah Neff “For there is the more excellent way of love and nonviolent protest.” –Rev. Dr....

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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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  • Healed People, Healed City

    By on January 24, 2017

    01/22/2017 Isaiah 61:1-6 Sarah Neff   “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.”...

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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: Ruth

    By on December 14, 2016

    12/11/2016 Ruth 4:5-22 Sarah Neff   This Sunday’s Songs Singing in the Land arr. by Mitchell/Littleton Higher Ground by...

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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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  • “Thine Is The Kingdom,” by Malcolm Guite

    By on November 29, 2016

    The kingdom and the power and the glory, The very things we all want for ourselves! We want to...

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  • The Power and Glory of the Kingdom [Richella Parham]

    By on November 29, 2016

    11/20/2016 Ephesians 3:14-21 Richella Parham     The kingdom and the power and the glory, The very things we...

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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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  • Forgive as We Forgive

    By on November 10, 2016

    11/06/2016 Acts 9:1-21 Joey Morningstar     Repentance, to be sure, but of a species far less likely to...

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  • “On Belief in the Physical Resurrection of Jesus” by Denise Levertov

    By on October 31, 2016

    It is for all ‘literalists of the imagination,’ poets or not, that miracle is possible, possible and essential. Are...

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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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  • “Hidden City” by Scott Cairns

    By on October 25, 2016

      And now I think Jerusalem abides untouched, the temple yet intact, its every cornerstone in place, its vault...

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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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  • “The Bright Field” by R.S. Thomas

    By on October 18, 2016

    I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way...

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  • Hallowed

    By on October 18, 2016

    10/16/2016 Exodus 3:1-14 Sarah Neff     I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field...

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  • “Our Father” by Malcolm Guite

    By on October 13, 2016

    I heard him call you his beloved son And saw his Spirit lighten like a dove, I thought his...

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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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  • Introducing 2016-17 Pastoral Intern: Sarah Neff

    By on September 30, 2016

    Sarah is excited to be this year’s intern from Duke Divinity School where she is a second year dual MDiv/MSW student....

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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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  • Making Good: Biblical Principles of Creative Work

    By on September 20, 2016

    9/18/2016 Matthew 25:14-30 Alexandra Harper Alexandra Harper is the Creative Director and Founder of Culture Care RDU. A Ministry...

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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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  • At the Gate of Our Hearts

    By on August 31, 2016

    8/28/16 2 Samuel 14:25-26; 15:7-14 Rev. Matt Orth   Matt Orth lives in NC with his wife, his two...

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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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  • Can God Set a Table in the Wilderness?

    By on August 15, 2016

    8/14/16 2 Samuel 9 Suvya Carroll & Greg Little “Francis, at the time or somewhere about the time when...

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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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  • Unreasonable Generosity

    By on July 27, 2016

    7/17/16 1 Samuel 30 Stephanie Holmer   Scripture Psalm 22 Psalm 23 1 Samuel 22:2 MSG   This Sunday’s...

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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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  • Warning: Wilderness Ahead

    By on July 6, 2016

    7/2/16 1 Samuel 24:1-16, 22 Dave Crispell, Executive Director of Jubilee Home Rev. David Crispell is a Durham native...

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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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  • Psalm Sunday: Creation and the Coming King

    By on May 31, 2016

    5/29/2016 Austin Wilson Psalm 96 “God will cheat no one, not even the world of its triumph.” –W.H. Auden...

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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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  • Psalm Sunday: How to Live in a Cave & How Not to Have to

    By on May 2, 2016

    5/1/2016 Matt Hoffman Psalm 70 The aim of every and indeed the perfection of his heart amounts to this...

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  • Psalm Sunday: Riffing on God’s Love

    By on April 25, 2016

    4/24/2016 Joey Morningstar Psalm 136 Resonant Witness ed. Jeremy Begbie & Steven Guthrie Resounding Truth by Jeremy Begbie Creator...

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  • Walk this Way: Resurrection, Scripture and Eating with Jesus

    By on April 11, 2016

    4/10/16 Mike Boone Luke 24:13-35 “You’re pretty good with words, but words won’t save your life.” -Craig Finn from...

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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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  • Looking to the Kingdom

    By on March 14, 2016

    3/13/16 Joe Longarino Mark 13:1-27   The Coming R.S. Thomas And God held in his hand A small globe. Look...

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  • Ecclesia Network National Gathering Reflection (Rachel Breslin & Meg Hoffman)

    By on March 14, 2016

    3/13/16 Rachel Breslin & Meg Hoffman reflect about their week in Newark, DE at the Ecclesia Network National Gathering.

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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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  • To God What is God’s

    By on March 1, 2016

    2/28/16 Joey Morningstar Mark 12:13-17   From Thee to Thee Solomon Ibn Gabirol   When all within is dark,...

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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: Embracing

    By on February 1, 2016

    1/31/16 Joey Morningstar Ezekiel 20:10-17   “Embrace” by Gregory Orr With their embrace They chose Each other, Which is...

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  • Sabbath: Resting [J.R. Briggs]

    By on January 18, 2016

    1/17/16 JR Briggs Exodus 20:1-17,Hebrews 4:1,6-9 J.R. Briggs of Ecclesia Network & Renew Community J.R. Briggs serves as Cultural...

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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: Do You Hear What I Hear?

    By on December 21, 2015

    12/20/15 Joey Morningstar Psalm 29 Noise. It radiates from Tobacco Plus, the busstop and the 5-stop sign free for...

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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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  • The Kingdom Is Like…Good Soil

    By on November 12, 2015

    11/8/15 Matt Tintera Mark 4:1-20 “There is an entire ecosystem in a handful of soil: bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes,...

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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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  • Walk In The Way Of Love

    By on August 14, 2015

    8/9/15 Matt Hoffman Ephesians 5:1-20 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...

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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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  • Knowing The Love Of Jesus

    By on July 29, 2015

    7/19/15 Joey Morningstar Ephesians 3:14-21 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary)...

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  • Square Halo Testimony : Will Hammond

    By on July 29, 2015

    7/19/15

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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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  • Square Halo Testimony : Jay Pendrak

    By on July 13, 2015

    7/12/15

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  • Sledgehammer Christ; Peace Reimagined

    By on July 6, 2015

    7/5/15 Mike Boone Ephesians 2:11-22 Rev. Michael Boone The Rev. Michael Boone is an ordained priest in the Anglican...

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  • Square Halo Testimony : Gary Davis

    By on July 6, 2015

    7/5/15

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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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  • Square Halo Testimony : Sean & Britney Soderman

    By on July 1, 2015

    6/28/15

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  • Growing Further Up & Further In

    By on June 24, 2015

    6/21/15 Dave Crispell Ephesians 1:15-23 Rev. David Crispell, Executive Director of Jubilee Home Rev. David Crispell is a Durham...

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  • A Lament for Mother Emanuel

    By on June 24, 2015

    6/21/15 As a community, we linked with hundreds of other church communities around the country to share in onechurchliturgy.com...

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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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  • Slow Church: an evening with author C. Christopher Smith

    By on April 29, 2015

    4/16/15 talk and potluck conversation sponsored by Duke Divinity School’s Thriving Rural Communities Initiative and hosted by Oak Church. Chris Smith is...

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  • Of First Importance : Paul vs. the Zombies

    By on April 22, 2015

    4/19/15 Matt Hoffman 1 Corinthians 15:29-34   Further “Of First Importance” Series Reading Resounding Truth by Jeremy Begbie NICNT:...

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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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  • Father, Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do [Jeremy Begbie]

    By on February 24, 2015

    2/22/15 Jeremy Begbie Luke 23:26-37 —– Further Lenten Reading God is on the Cross by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Sweet Deliverance: A...

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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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  • Pictures From The Frontier

    By on February 12, 2015

    2/8/15 Matt Hoffman Mark 1:29-39 Resources for Mark 1 King’s Cross by Tim Keller Anchor Bible Commentary: Mark, Vol...

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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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  • Our Part In The Body Of Christ

    By on January 28, 2015

    1/25/15 Bradley Cotton Romans 12:6-8 Sermon Notes What are Spiritual Gifts? My definition: The tools and abilities that God...

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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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  • A Voice of One Calling Out in the Wilderness

    By on January 15, 2015

    1/11/15 Matt Hoffman Mark 1:4-11 “All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they...

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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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  • Christmas Eve

    By on January 7, 2015

    12/24/14 Mark Acuff Luke 2 Advent Resources Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict God is in the Manger...

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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: Love Justice

    By on November 19, 2014

    11/16/14 Matt Hoffman Isaiah 61:8-9 “Injustice in the Bible is a particular type of sin. It’s an abuse of...

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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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