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The Story

One Church, One Book, One Year

Resources: 2

Now What?

This Implications of the Resurrection

Resources: 10

Living as if God is the Enemy

Lessons from Solomon's Proverbs and Screwtape's Letters

Resources: 5

The Chains of Freedom

Paul's Letter to the Church at Philippi

A study through the book of Philippians

Resources: 11

None

These are stand alone sermons that were not in a series.

Resources: 15

Liberti

Resources: 16

The Good Life

Palm Sunday and Easter

Resources: 4

Becoming Human Again

Resources: 5

An Unlikely Start-Up

Resources: 7

Longing (Advent)

Resources: 6

Summer Series

Resources: 4

God Descended

Resources: 1

God Ascended

Resources: 1

Fruit of the Cross

Lent 2011

Resources: 8
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Why Do We Exist?

Resources: 8

What Are You Waiting For?

Learning about preparing ourselves during Advent, the four-week period in which the church looks back to Jesus’ first coming as our Savior, and looks forward to his second coming as our Judge.

Resources: 5
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What's So Great About Christianity?

Epistolary correspondence with the young church of Corinth

Where do we go for forgiveness when we can’t even seem to forgive ourselves? Where do we go for counsel? Where do we go to find wisdom? Where do we go to more deeply and fully know ourselves?

Resources: 12
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What Is Worship Anyway?

9-part series on the practice of worship and the elements of worship

Resources: 10

The Kingdom is Like...

2-part series on the parables of Jesus from Matthew

Resources: 2

This Changes Everything

Easter Season 2010

Resources: 8

What if He Wasn't?

Palm Sunday, Easter 2010

Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, 2010: What if Christ were not crucified? What if Christ were not raised?

Resources: 2

Lent: What Lies Beneath

2010

Lenten Teaching Series on Seven Deadly Sins

Resources: 5

Resolved

Every new year we take six weeks to explore the mission and values of Christ Church - God-exalting, Story-telling, Community-building, Peace-making, Church-shaping, Kingdom-expanding.

Resources: 6

Advent Conspiracy

How does God conspire to change the world through Jesus and lead us to faith, hope, love, and peace?

Resources: 4

Life 101 - Lessons from Ecclesiastes

How do the profound literature and searching questions of this ancient wisdom teacher help us live in the modern world?

Resources: 11

Vocare - The Life of Moses

What does the life of Israel's first great prophet tell us about God and his relationship to us?

Resources: 3

Father Abraham

What does the life of Abraham tell us about God and his relationship to us?

Resources: 2

The Prodigal God

Take a closer look at one of Jesus' most famous stories about a father and his sons.

Resources: 3

Partying With Jesus

So much of Jesus' time was spent at parties with the wrong people that he was accused of being a glutton and a drunk. Do you want to party with Jesus?

Resources: 4

The Resurrection Changes Everything

Explore the transformed lives of three people who encountered the resurrected Messiah.

Resources: 3

What Lies Beneath

The Seven Deadly Sins

Take a deeper look at these seven self-centered and self-destructive patterns of relating to God, our neighbors, and ourselves - pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust.

Resources: 8

Letter to a Young Church

Every new year we take six weeks to explore the mission and values of Christ Church - God-exalting, Story-telling, Community-building, Peace-making, Church-shaping, Kingdom-expanding.

Resources: 6

The Return of the King

Jesus was charged and executed as 'King of the Jews.' What is the meaning of this, both then and now?

Resources: 6

gods

What are the gods of modern culture? How do both the religious and irreligious come under their spell? Is there an a counter-cultural alternative?

Resources: 10

The Storyteller

Those who first listened to Jesus' stories where riveted and troubled. What do you think?

Resources: 8

Lex Orandi & Lex Credendi

'What you pray is what you believe.' Explore the Psalms as the prayer book in the middle of the Bible and the center of Christian faith.

Resources: 11

He Said What?

Dialogue with Jesus around some of his most troubling sayings.

Resources: 4

Glimmer of Hope

What does the ancient prophet Isaiah have to tell us about hope as we look to Easter and the resurrection?

Resources: 4

Move

Every new year we take six weeks to explore the mission and values of Christ Church - God-exalting, Story-telling, Community-building, Peace-making, Church-shaping, Kingdom-expanding.

Resources: 9

Never the Same

Explore how the people closest to the events of Jesus’ birth had a life-altering encounter with the 'Word made flesh'.

Resources: 6

Scandalous Love in Six Dimensions

What does the ancient prophet Hosea have to teach us about the love of God?

Resources: 6

Revolutionary Rhythms

How do your regular rhythms of life match up with reality? Explore the Sermon on the Mount - Jesus most famous teaching about being his disciples.

Resources: 8

Singular Faith in a Plural Society

How does the ancient prophet Daniel show us how Christians in a pluralist society?

Resources: 7

Free to Live

Jesus came to give us freedom and life. St. Paul expounds on this in his earliest letter to the churches of Galatia.

Resources: 10

Arguing with Jesus

What are the hard teachings of Jesus? What questions do you want to ask him?

Resources: 5

The God of the Six-Chambered Heart

Every new year we take six weeks to explore the mission and values of Christ Church - God-exalting, Story-telling, Community-building, Peace-making, Church-shaping, Kingdom-expanding.

Resources: 7

Resolution Revolution

New year, new you?

Resources: 1

The Women in the Life of Jesus

Jesus' family tree may be as messy as yours, perhaps more. What do the questionable women in his life tell us about God and ourselves?

Resources: 5

The Bumper Stickers of Berkeley

What are the philosophies of life we place on the backs of our vehicles? How do they compare and contrast with Christian faith?

Resources: 2

Even This City

What does the ancient prophet Jonah tell us about being a church for the city?

Resources: 7

The Cry of the Soul

The Psalms are the prayer book in the middle of the Bible and the center of Christian faith. How do our experiences and emotions teach us about ourselves and lead us to God?

Resources: 10

Fit for a King

Explore the person and work of Jesus through the lens of Mark's Gospel, the earliest and shortest of the four Gospels.

Resources: 13