Τα καλύτερα University Christian Church podcast (2024)

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November 10th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 34:12

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Our series on worship continues. Jeremiah shares from 1 Corinthians 11 on the Lord’s Supper, or communion. What does it mean to come to the table together? How does the table help us overcome divisions and learn to live in unity?Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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November 3rd, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 30:55

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Jeremiah continues our series on worship. On the Sunday before election day we wrestle with being a confessional people. What does it mean to confess Jesus as Lord when we gather together, and how should we keep that confession Monday through Saturday?Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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October 27th, 2024_Marty Solomon 27:52

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Our series on worship continues with a look at the Apostles’ teaching. Marty Solomon takes us beyond just “Bible teaching” to examine what makes the teaching of the Apostles so special and why we want to hold tightly to it today.Από τον Marty Solomon

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October 20th, 2024_Marty Solomon

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Marty Solomon continues our series on the worship practices of the church by looking at giving. Marty examines why we give and deals with some of the church trauma we may have experienced around giving, helping us let go of a destructive “tithing” mentality and helping us move toward true generosity.…

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October 13th, 2024_Megan Trischler 28:06

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Megan continues our series on worship. What does it mean to welcome others as Christ has welcomed us? And how do we do that while we are sent out into the world?Από τον Megan Trischler

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October 6th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 28:50

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This week we begin a new series on worship. Each week we'll explore a different element of the Sunday worship gathering to find out why we do what we do and how we can continue worshiping throughout the week. This week, Jeremiah starts our series by looking at why we sing.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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September 29th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson

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Our series on hospitality concludes this week. As we examine what it means to be people of hospitality, Jeremiah shares what to means to make room for God.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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September 22nd, 2024_Marty Solomon 30:34

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Marty Solomon continues our series on hospitality. In this message, we explore how hospitality and theology intersect. How can we be hospitable to those who hold theology differently than we do?Από τον Marty Solomon

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September 15th, 2024_Megan Trischler 35:43

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Megan continues our series on hospitality by digging into one of Jesus' most famous teachings - the Parable of the Good Samaritan. As she reimagines this parable for our context today, Megan helps us name those things that prevent us from showing hospitality and pursuing mercy toward others.Από τον Megan Trischler

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September 8th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 28:47

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First in a new series on hospitality. What does it mean to be hospitable? It is more than hostels and inviting friends over for dinner? How does Jesus' ability to make room for interruption reshape how we think about hospitality?Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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September 1st, 2024_Katie Ranum 21:55

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Katie Ranum shares a little bit about what "Ordinary Time" on the church calendar is and how we can learn from ordinary times in our own lives. How does faithfully following God in the ordinary, everyday stuff of life prepare us for when the big moments come?Από τον Katie Ranum

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July 28th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 28:19

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What if we imagine the stories of Jesus as if they happened today? This week, we take a closer look at one of Jesus' well-known feeding stories, as told in John's Gospel, the feeding of the 5,000. Listen in as we consider what it means that our God is a God of abundance, a God of provision, a God of generosity.…

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July 21st, 2024_Marty Solomon 27:42

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Once more, we return to 2 Samuel to guide our learning this week. Alongside this story of David, we look at a passage from the prophet Jeremiah, a couple psalms, a passage from Ephesians 2, and a section of Mark's gospel to consider how God desires to use his leaders—his shepherds, his prophets, his apostles, his teachers—to care for his people.…

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July 14th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 33:00

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Today we take a closer look at 2 Samuel 6, exploring another story from the early part of David's reign. Get ready to dance!Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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July 7th, 2024_Mitch Lavender 31:13

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This weekend, our friend and Impact Campus Minister, Mitch Lavender, invites us to take a closer look at King David's story as shared in 2 Samuel. What can we learn from the life of one of God's key human partners? How might God be inviting us to partner with him today? What role does power play in advancing Kingdom? Listen in.…

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June 30th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 27:26

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Today, we're in Mark 5 taking a closer look at a story (of great faith) within a story (of great faith). How might our faith drive us to act in a particular way in the world?Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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June 23rd, 2024_Megan Trischler 31:30

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This week we kick off our summer journey through the weekly lectionary passages, beginning with Paul's words to the church in Corinth. What does it mean that we, the church, are reconciled to God in Christ? What does it mean that we, the church, are ambassadors of Christ in the world? Listen in.Από τον Megan Trischler

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June 16th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 31:55

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This week, we look at a story from Acts 10/11 to explore the role experience plays in helping us know (1) how to form our faith, and (2) how to live our beliefs as contemporary followers of Jesus in the world today. Tune in as we round out our 3-part series on the Wesleyan Quadrilateral.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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June 9th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 27:28

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Why do we believe what we believe? How do we live because of what we believe? Jeremiah leads us in a teaching, looking at two stories from Acts, to explore how "reason" plays a role in the development of our faith, and our engagement with the world around us.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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June 2nd, 2024_Katie Ranum 23:55

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How do we live as Christians in our contemporary world—amid the rapid change, complexities, and cultural forces of our time and place? Today we begin a 3-part series looking closer at the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, a methodology for theological reflection and discernment that can help guide us through the moral questions and dilemmas faced in daily li…

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May 24th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 27:32

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On Trinity Sunday, Jeremiah seeks to help us understand the relationship between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—a relationship the church has been trying to comprehend for centuries. How might reckoning with the mystery of the Trinity deepen our discipleship? Listen in...Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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May 19th, 2024_Daniel Hickman

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God moves when God's people come together. God moves when God's people wait. God moves when God's people surrender to the Spirit's movement. The Spirit's movement unites the unlikeliest of characters—living stones built-up together in God's house.Από τον Daniel Hickman

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May 12th, 2024_Megan Trischler 37:55

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What's possible when we open ourselves to the leading of the Spirit as we engage the Scriptures? Anything! Everything. More than we can imagine. In today's sermon, Megan tells some stories, and shares what she's learning when it comes to engaging the Spirit in the reading of Scripture, and invites us to consider some practices we might explore to h…

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May 5th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 23:32

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April 28th, 2024_Marty Solomon

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Are there different kinds of truths? Are all facts truthful, all truths factual? How do you communicate truth that can only be seen through the eyes of the heart? In true Marty fashion, we ask questions, seeking to fill our toolbox with a few more tools for engaging the bible well.Από τον Marty Solomon

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April 21st, 2024_Marty Solomon 38:02

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Today, Marty invites us to consider how we posture ourselves towards the bible, suggesting that “asking better questions of the bible,” is one way we mature in our discipleship. Marty touches on many themes including: why it’s important to understand the bible as a singular, cohesive narrative; the differences between the bible’s distinct sections …

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April 14th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 36:30

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In order to understand the bible well, apply the bible well, engage the bible well, and utilize the bible well, the bible must be (scary word) “interpreted.” In this second teaching in our, “How We Read the Bible” series, Jeremiah invites us to look closer at how we draw meaning from this collection of ancient voices—that which comes from the Spiri…

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April 7th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 31:35

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In this first of a six-part sermon series, Jeremiah invites us to explore how the bible came to be, and what difference the bible can make in our lives today as we learn to love it, absorb it, and allow it to form us.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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March 24th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 29:47

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Weird things happen in the Bible. Including in the story of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. On Palm Sunday, we look closer at Luke 19 and the bizarre events that transpire at the beginning of Jesus’ passion.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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March 17th, 2024_Marty Solomon 41:00

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A final reflection on Lamentations, guided by Marty Solomon. What needs to die in us? Who might we need to walk with in solidarity through suffering? What new perspective is God showing us? Can we embrace the dying and trust the new life to follow? Let us hope.Από τον Marty Solomon

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March 10th, 2024_Megan Trischler 22:15

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We “round the corner” in our 5-part series through Lamentations and ask: is there any hope? Might the circumstances we suffer, the situations that bring us sorrow, the realities that leave us anguished bring us closer to new life? So it was for Jesus. So it might be for us?Από τον Megan Trischler

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March 3rd, 2024_Katie Ranum 30:41

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The poetry of Lamentations invites us into “the tensive interplay of unresolvable, open dialogue”—with affliction, with grief, with persistent suffering. In week three of our Lamentations series, Katie asks us to consider the role unanswerable questions, incomplete answers, and the more complex aspects of human experience play in our formation into…

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February 25th, 2024_Daniel Hickman 18:25

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Lament is a physical and embodied expression of grief, based on the recognition that things are not as they should be. When we take our pain to God, we proclaim hope—to ourselves and to our communities—that we believe things will change. Today, we continue our series through Lamentations, looking to faithful followers of the past to learn how to pr…

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February 18th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 23:56

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To “lament” is to take our sorrows before the Lord. This Lenten season, we’re working our way through the five chapters of Lamentations. Jeremiah kicks-off our series by inviting us to take a closer look at what we do when we encounter suffering—in our own lives, and in the lives of those around us.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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February 4th, 2024_Megan Trischler 22:20

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Jesus brings transformation into the lives of all who encounter him, into every place he goes. Today, we look at what transpires when Jesus meets God people in three different settings: a private place, a public place, and a hidden place. As we continue our journey through Mark’s Gospel, we invite you to reflect on the ways you’ve already experienc…

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January 28th, 2024_Megan Trischler 25:15

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Jesus comes onto the scene with power from on High. If we believe Jesus’ authority comes from God Almighty, what are we to make of his teaching? What could change in our lives, if we lived believing there is STILL power in Jesus’ name?Από τον Megan Trischler

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January 26th, 2024_Christmas Eve (REDUX!) 34:30

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On Christmas Eve morning, Shannon took us on a journey across the arc of scripture, and invited us to reflect in new, deeper ways on the love God has for all his people. Just what kind of love is this? We hope this re-recording of Shannon’s message blesses you as much as it did listeners who gathered on the eve of Christmas.…

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January 21st, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 31:06

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Today, we continue along in Mark’s Gospel, where we see Jesus driven into wilderness; Jesus proclaiming Kingdom nearness; and Jesus calling his first disciples. What can we learn about the Good News from these three stories?Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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January 14th, 2024_Jeremiah Johnson 31:52

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This morning, we begin our journey into Mark's Gospel, "the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." What is this so-called "Good News?" And what difference does believing it make in our lives today?Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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January 7th, 2024_Marty Solomon 29:49

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What can the story of the Magi, these “odd,” star-gazing wanderers, who follow a rising star to Bethlehem, teach us about God? About who God reveals himself to? About how and where God shows up? Much, for the one humble enough and curious enough to go looking.Από τον Marty Solomon

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December 31st, 2023_UCC Open Mic! 1:00:01

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Listen to fifteen brave and bold sharers tell us how they’ve experienced God’s goodness this year. All the time, God is good!Από τον UCC Community

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December 17th, 2023_Daniel Hickman 27:55

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The Apostle Paul exhorts, “Rejoice always,” (1 Thessalonians 5:16) but what does this mean? And how do we do it? Daniel asks us to consider joy in the light of our Christian faith: what joy is (and isn’t); what can get in the way of experiencing joy; and how we might practice joy in ongoing, sustainable, life-giving ways.…

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December 10th, 2023_Carlton Ellis (Calvary Missionary Baptist Church) 17:53

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Before we have peace on earth, we must have peace with God. Peace with God, is the foundation of our peace with others and with ourselves. We're joined by friends from Calvary Missionary Baptist Church this morning to consider together what it means to be recipients of Christ's peace, that which surpasses understanding.…

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December 3rd, 2023_Tyler Chernesky 31:00

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Advent is a season of waiting. Waiting. Waiting. The challenge of Advent is learning how to let the waiting produce something beautiful in us. Perhaps, a deeper faith? Perhaps, a greater hope? This morning, Tyler weaves together the poetry of Shel Silverstein, the drama of Mark’s gospel, and parts of his own personal journey to help us hope more bo…

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November 26th, 2023_Jeremiah Johnson 28:00

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What does it mean to be people with sexuality? This week, we broaden our understanding of the word “sexuality,” (its more than “who can do what with whom!”) then take a closer look at Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians to glean what we can from the apostle’s teaching with regard to living in ways that honor God, honor ourselves, and honor on…

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November 19th, 2023_Jeremiah Johnson 35:00

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What does it mean to be made in the image of God? It means we are incarnational. It means we are called to vocations. It means we are made for community. It means we have sexuality. Dive into Genesis 1 & 2 with us this morning.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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November 12th, 2023_Jeremiah Johnson 33:00

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Striving to become a Jesus-shaped church requires us to pursue unity in the midst of disagreement. Today, we return to Romans 14 to explore how we go about living this out.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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November 5th, 2023_Katie Ranum 24:46

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To be reconciled in the body of Christ requires us to forgive when we’ve been hurt. But how? This morning, we take a closer look at Romans 14/15 to see what we can glean from the Apostle Paul as it relates to finding unity after (and within) the experience of pain.Από τον Katie Ranum

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October 29th, 2023_Jeremiah Johnson 32:24

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How do we find commonality? This morning, we look at Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth to discover what the Apostle suggests ought to be of first importance in our work towards unity.Από τον Jeremiah Johnson

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October 22nd, 2023_Megan Trischler 31:00

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In this second half of a 2-part teaching on leadership in the church, we look at a story from Acts 15—the early church leaders in communal discernment. What does it look like for us to practice these postures today?Από τον UCC Admin

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