Topic: Community
Our Anabaptist Thread Pt. 205/20/12
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Our Charismatic Thread05/06/12
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Controversial Issues, Reconciliation, Spiritual Gifts, Role of Women
- The Charismatic thread helps us understand and delve into how the Holy Spirit works. In this sermon, Greg talks about the life of William Seymour and how the gifts of the Spirit are to be used today, in addition to counter-cultural Charismatic perspectives on race and gender that were a part of the movement from the beginning.
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The Great Contenders02/26/12
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Speaker – Shawna Boren
- Topics – Community, Sacrifice, Spiritual Warfare
- From the very beginning of Christianity, there has been contention and a battle with the kingdom of darkness. Where there is no light, we are supposed to bring light through self-sacrificial love. In this sermon, Shawna explores why we contend and offers encouragement in our spreading of the light in our dark world.
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Abba and Abasi11/27/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Parenting, Family
- It takes a community to raise a child. Yet, in our modern world, we've set the standard that parenting should only be done by the biological parents. This separation of family from community is a tactic of the devil. In this sermon, Greg gives some principles of parenting in today's world.
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Solo Mojo10/30/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Relationships
- Singleness is a topic that isn't discussed very often. In this sermon, Greg talks about the stigma that is attached to single people, especially in churches. He also brings to light how the early church viewed singleness and provides three implications of being single in today's world.
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A Family Affair10/16/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Identity in Christ, Relationships, Family
- We’ve all dealt with issues in our families. In this sermon, Greg sets up the framework of understanding biblical family. This framework will help us understand how God wants us to relate to our families over the next five weeks of study. This sermon will make you go "hmmm".
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Body Parts09/11/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Kingdom of God, Individualism
- To belong to Christ is to belong to his body, which is the church. Just as any body part can not survive without the other body parts, a person cannot follow Jesus purely on their own. We all have a role to play in this body and no part is worthless. Finding your place and function is important to belonging to the body of Christ.
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Growing Our Faith02/27/11
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Speaker – Seth McCoy
- Topics – Community, Faith, Fear
- Sometimes in life, Faith is an intellectual issue. However, sometimes faith comes after following Jesus. In this sermon, Seth talks to us about examples of people following Jesus and then having faith. He also talks about what it looks like for our faith to grow.
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Defragmenting Love11/14/10
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Fear, Relationships, Transformation, Simplicity, Individualism
- All of us long for deep contact with God and with others. Yet, fear of judgment and having no space in our lives to develop deep contact hinder us when trying to find deep contact with others. God wants us to know that we need not fear judgment to make space in our lives for contact with Him and others.
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Worship Like Ants10/10/10
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Worship, Presence of God
- Praise and celebration are foundational and essential to being God’s people. However, many Christians today are missing out on the importance of doing this together. We emphasize information, but we often don’t see the power of encountering God and the impact that it can have on our lives.
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A Touch Of Reality11/08/09
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How to get Blessed with More Houses04/05/09
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Don't be Like the Pharisees01/25/09
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Discipleship, Forgiveness
- In this section of Luke, Jesus gives four distinct teachings that on the surface seem unrelated. But when taken in context with each other, they highlight four different aspects of how we are to live in Christian community with one another.
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Revolting Against Normal11/23/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Disciplines, Presence of God
- Most of the time we try to fit Jesus into our culturally-accepted view of God, and the early Christians did the same thing. But Jesus doesn’t fit into our categories. As Kingdom people, we’re meant to follow Jesus’ example and revolt against what’s normal in our culture. Three disciplines that can help us are practicing God’s presence, fasting and community.
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Defying Tanks08/24/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Faith, Spiritual Warfare
- Jesus called a crippled woman forward despite the many forces working against her. She answered the call by stepping into the powerful healing of God, and immediately she stood up and praised God. We can see this as an analogy for responding to the call of God in today’s hurting world and the powerful forces that we come up against.
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The New Way of the New Israel08/12/07
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Discipleship, Kingdom of God
- Up to this point in the story of Jesus, Jesus was the one who displayed the power of the Kingdom of God. At this point, Jesus charges the 12 disciples to do what he had been doing. The program given to the disciples follows a simple pattern: Do the Kingdom > Then Proclaim the Kingdom.
Beautiful Conflict05/13/07
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Relationships, Conflict
- Personal relationships are central to our lives. They have the power to give us beauty and meaning. At the same time, there is also plenty of opportunity for misunderstanding and conflict. Because of the risky nature of relationships, it's very important that we understand the nature of how we communicate so that we can continue growing into Kingdom ways of relating to one another.
A Gracious Mess04/29/07
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Community, Forgiveness, Grace
- Judgment of other people is a vicious cycle that destroys human relationships. Only God has the wisdom, power and ability to be an accurate judge of a person's life and character. Instead of creating self-centered little kingdoms for ourselves, we can follow the path of Jesus by living in perfect love.
A Community of Healers02/25/07
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Speaker – Annie Perdue-Olson
- Topics – Community, Faith, Healing
- There are a number of popular songs that mention the importance and need for a caring community. Songs like "Stand by Me" or "You've Got a Friend” mention relying upon each other in a time of need. They also demonstrate how good things can happen to individuals who "get a little help from their friends." In the Luke 5:17-26 passage, we see an account of Jesus healing someone, and a clear example of a caring community that desired to help bring healing and wholeness to their friend.
A Place to Belong10/29/06
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Speaker – Scott Boren
- Topics – Community, Love, Covenant
- Every human being is designed with basic yearnings and desires. One of our most basic desires is the need to connect with one another. However, in the overwhelming demands of modern life, we often do not listen to or even acknowledge these desires. Our lives and relationships look more like fragmented pieces than complete and meaningful masterpieces. To live out a beautiful life of belonging in God's kingdom is to live in covenant community with one another.
Prayer Games05/07/06
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Speaker – Scott Boren
- Topics – Community, Prayer
- The prophetess Anna understood the importance of praying with others. She spoke to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. Today, we often live our lives isolated from otheres and are too busy to align ourselves with other believers. Anna shows us that being involved in a community of believers is an essential part of our walk with God. By looking at what Jesus taught in Matthew 18:19-20, we can learn three practical guidelines for cultivating a deeper fellowship with others in prayer.
Finding the Story of Your Life, Part 211/20/05
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Speaker – Scott Boren
- Topics – Community, Identity in Christ, Blessings, Individualism
- In part one of this two-part series, the nature of the fenced-in self was introduced. This sermon dealt with the two that relate to the individualistic focus that characterizes the fenced-in self. Living within the four walls of the fenced-in self, we hide from others, trying not to reveal any weaknesses or short-comings, thereby we reject feedback as we live the unobserved life. The final two fences are torn down through the receiving of the connected life and the sharing of the connected life.
The Right Context for Redemptive Community08/07/05
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Speaker – Dwayne Polk
- Topics – Community, Spiritual Gifts, Individualism
- This week Associate Pastor Dwayne Polk continued his discussion of community by taking a close look at the powerful biblical metaphor of the Church as the Body of Christ. He started off by marveling at the amazing work of God in creating a human being. Our bodies and their various features are truly miraculous. Not only did God have an amazing plan for the human body, God has an amazing plan for the Church, the spiritual body of Christ, through which God intends to accomplish the reign of God on Earth.
The Right Heart for Redemptive Community07/31/05
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Speaker – Dwayne Polk
- Topics – Community, Relationships
- It was great to hear from Dwayne Polk—one of our Associate Youth Pastors—this week! Dwayne reminded us of an important word Greg delivered to Woodland Hills in June of 2004. God led Greg to speak these words to us: “I know of your passion in worship and fervor in proclamation, but you are too much of an event and too little of a community…become a community. Let all who have an ear to hear listen to what the Spirit is saying.” Dwayne then challenged us to look at what it would look like to be living in redemptive community.
Ministers Behind the Ministry04/24/05
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Community, Spiritual Gifts
- This week we got a glimpse at the real Woodland Hills Church! The Body of Christ is made up of all the followers of Christ, not just the church staff. A healthy body makes efficient use of all its parts. The video we saw showed much more of our actual church body than we usually get to see. Greg referred us to two main texts to support this idea that church is about the people, not the building or just the leadership.