Topic: Transformation


Pressing On01/01/12

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Communion, Grace, Transformation
  • It is a New Year, and many people are making resolutions to change their lives and make them better. In this sermon, Greg talks about how Paul viewed his life’s journey. Make a new resolution this year that will mean more than a few pounds lost.

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I'm Not Who I Was01/23/11

  • Speaker – Jim Hobson
     
  • Topics – Identity in Christ, Transformation, Power
  • The story of the Exodus (see the book of Exodus) is a story of God leading His people from bondage to freedom. In this week’s sermon, Jim Hobson asks the question “If Christ has set us free, why are so many Christians still in bondage?” Jim contends that to free ourselves from bondage, we must see ourselves as God sees us.

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The Center of the Ride11/21/10

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Disciplines, Identity in Christ, Joy, Transformation, Peace, Presence of God
  • A central aspect of living as a Christian is lining up our life with the revealed Word of God. The battlefield of our living is actually waged in our soul, our mind. God wants us to understand exactly who we are in His eyes, so that our understanding will lead to right living according to the revealed Word of God.

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Defragmenting Love11/14/10

  • 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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Exorcism11/07/10

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Greed, Money, Transformation, Power, God's Will
  • One of the main spiritual strongholds that we deal with is “mine-ing” stuff. We want to acquire stuff, label it as ours and create divisions in our souls that separate us from God. God wants us to heal these divisions by renouncing the false god, Mammon. 

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Punching Clocks10/31/10

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Transformation, Simplicity, Peace, Presence of God
  • All of us feel the stress of time on our lives. We feel tired, stressed and worn out over everything that needs to get done. God wants us to give up the idea of time as money so that we can gain the peace of eternity.

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Listening to the Kids10/24/10

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Healing, Transformation, Imagination
  • Many of us have wounds, stresses, and cares in our lives. Like children, these things cry out to us, wanting us to pay attention. God wants us to listen to these “children” and find healing with God’s help.

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Ghost Behind The Wheel10/17/10

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Healing, Transformation, Simplicity
  • In this first sermon of our Undivided series, Greg explores why we seem to be drawn to the busy life that our culture offers. At the same time, it’s easy for us to forget or ignore the beauty that God wants to develop in our inner world.

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Returning Love05/16/10

  • Speaker – Scott Boren
     
  • Topics – Love, Transformation
  • God's love for us is overwhelming! But that's not the whole story. As we receive God's love we are able to return that love to God and others.

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The Ghost Of Christmas12/20/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Healing, Identity in Christ, Transformation, Free Will
  • In many ways, Jesus is like the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future in Charles Dickens’ story A Christmas Carol. However, much more than remind us of our past, Jesus has the power to transform it which allows us new freedom both in our present and our future.

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The Life You Always Wanted08/16/09

  • Speaker – Kevin Johnson
     
  • Topics – Disciplines, Holy Spirit, Transformation
  • Kevin Johnson shared some experiences he’s had with “strategies” for personal transformation. None of these strategies by themselves are good enough if we don’t have a basic openness to God’s leading.

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Embracing the Pain06/21/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Joy, Pain & Suffering, Transformation
  • None of us like pain. In fact, much in our world today helps us to avoid it. Scripture promises that as we follow Christ we will suffer and endure pain but that it is not without a purpose. As we persevere, we experience growth and joy and become more like Christ.

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Animate Wrap Up: Is it Just Me?05/31/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Imagination
  • There were a lot of questions generated by our recent Animate series, which explored the role that imagination plays in our spiritual lives. One question that came up frequently was, “Are we just making all this up when we practice imaginative spirituality?”

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Forming Me05/10/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Imagination
  • This is the fourth message in the Animate series which focuses on making ourselves free and available to commune with God. Transformation comes from spending time in the presence and glory of God.

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Holding up Your Body05/03/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Imagination
  • This is the third message in the Animate series focuses on making ourselves free and available to commune with God. Transformation comes from spending time in the presence and glory of God.

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Flesh and Blood04/26/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Imagination
  • This is the second message in the Animate series which focuses on making ourselves free and available to commune with God. Transformation comes from spending time in the presence and glory of God.

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What a Surprise04/19/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Imagination
  • This is the first message in the Animate series which focuses on making ourselves free and available to commune with God. Transformation comes from spending time in the presence and glory of God.

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Take Off Your Grave Clothes04/12/09

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Evangelism, Salvation, Transformation
  • Easter is about Jesus’ resurrection and the faith of the church in that resurrection. Jesus’ claims to be God were unambiguous but didn’t always receive the same response.

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It's Time to Get Low03/22/09

  • Speaker – Dwayne Polk
     
  • Topics – Transformation, Humility
  • Spiritually speaking, the attitude we have when we work to advance God's Kingdom is far more important than the work we actually do. If we do the "right things" but don't don’t imitate Jesus in our attitude we don't reflect the Kingdom of God the way we could. Humility, gentleness and bearing each others' burdens are basic to serving one another in Christ-like love.

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It's Free but Costs Everything10/19/08

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Discipleship, Sacrifice, Transformation
  • Jesus’ Kingdom is open to all of us, but he asks everything from those who follow him. This is a radical call to actually reorient our lives, which is much more than simply a willingness to do so if the circumstances present themselves. If we take these words of Jesus seriously, they will change our lives in ways we cannot predict.

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Praise Him09/21/08

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Spiritual Warfare, Worship, Transformation
  • Praise Him! We may not always feel like praising God, however, there is something transformational about praise that realigns how we see God and how we see our own situations. Praise is one of the ways we fight against the lies of the enemy and walk in the victory of Jesus. Discover how praise can impact your life right now.

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Caught Up In His Beauty09/14/08

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Worship, Transformation
  • Why do we worship God? Why is it so central to the life of Christians? This sermon addresses how worship is about ascribing worth to God and communing with him. Worship can transform our lives if we’re willing to get “caught up” in it.

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Taking Out the Trash05/11/08

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Salvation, Sin, Transformation
  • What does it mean to "get saved?" Many people (especially people in the United States) see salvation as a one time event and the result of "believing" certain things about God. While belief is important, salvation encompasses much more than that. The salvation that God offers is a continual personal transformation where the trash of our old lives is replaced by the beauty of God's Kingdom.

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Inside-Out04/20/08

  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Healing, Pain & Suffering, Poverty, Transformation
  • How does true spiritual change occur? Sometimes we focus on the outside and try to change ourselves through what we do. But we don’t become clean by paying attention to external “religious” behaviors. In this sermon we’re challenged with the example of generosity to the poor and learn that becoming clean is an “inside-out” process, where we allow the Spirit of God to transform us on the inside so that our outside behavior lines up with his Kingdom.

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Free to Shine04/13/08

  • Speaker – Dwayne Polk
     
  • Topics – Love, Pain & Suffering, Transformation
  • Jesus came to set us free so that we can shine with his love. But sometimes darkness in our own heart gets in the way of the life he wants for us. Many times our own thoughts, beliefs and feelings are at the root of why we don’t live as Kingdom people. A key to addressing this darkness is to realize that our perceptions are not what’s real, and instead align our thoughts and feelings with God’s truth.

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