2010 Sermons

Out from Control01/03/10

Out from Control
  • Speaker – Scott Boren
     
  • Topics – Leadership, Power
  • Jesus shows us what godly leadership looks like in two ways. First by modeling it with his own life and second by confronting those who abuse the authority that comes with leadership.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Out from Control study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Widow's Sacrifice01/10/10

The Widow's Sacrifice
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Generosity, Money, Sacrifice
  • In the story of the widow with her two small coins Jesus shows us that it is not the amount that we give that matters, but rather how much of a sacrifice that amount really is for us.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Widow's Sacrifice study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Left My Worries Behind01/17/10

Left My Worries Behind
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – End Times, Fear, Identity in Christ
  • Jesus warned his disciples about the coming destruction of the temple. This prophecy was fulfilled in 70 AD. Yet there are timeless truths to be found in this text regarding what it means to prepare for what lies ahead of us.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Left My Worries Behind study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Stay Awake01/24/10

Stay Awake
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Pain & Suffering, Simplicity, Creation Care
  • As Jesus was warning his disciples about the coming destruction of the temple he instructed them to be careful lest their hearts be weighed down in various ways. This warning applies not only to Jesus’ disciples at that time, but also to his disciples today.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Stay Awake study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Communion in the Wilderness01/31/10

Communion in the Wilderness
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Communion, Joy, Pain & Suffering
  • At the Passover meal just before Jesus was killed he instituted the practice of communion. When we take communion, we do so in the time between the initial experience of our faith and the final fulfillment of our unity with God and each other. This space “in-between” is like the wilderness the Jews experienced after leaving Egypt but before entering the promised land.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Communion in the Wilderness study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Judas Christianity02/07/10

Judas Christianity
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Controversial Issues, Free Will
  • When reviewing Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, Greg had two questions in mind for us to consider: “Was Judas fated to betray Jesus?” And “Why did Judas betray Jesus?”

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Judas Christianity study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Opting Out Of The "Who's The Greatest" Game02/14/10

Opting Out Of The
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Heaven, Kingdom of God, Sacrifice, Power
  • Jesus came both to save us and to reveal the character of God to us. Rather than coming in great power God came and served. Jesus calls us to “opt out” of the worldly desire to be better than others and learn to love them even when we profoundly disagree with them.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Opting Out Of The

Shaken Not Stirred02/21/10

Shaken Not Stirred
  • Speaker – Dwayne Polk
     
  • Topics – Disciplines, Hope, Prayer
  • Despite Jesus clearly foretelling it, Peter didn’t think he would deny Jesus. But just as Jesus knew Peter would fall, he knew he’d get back up again too.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Shaken Not Stirred study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Let it Go02/28/10

Let it Go
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Forgiveness, Kingdom of God, Non-Violence
  • Leave it to Jesus to challenge one of our most central cultural values – justifying violence by manipulating scripture. In this sermon, we discover what it means to practice non-violence both in our actions and our attitudes.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Let it Go study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Defying the Beast03/07/10

Defying the Beast
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Kingdom of God, Money
  • Matthew 6:24 tells us that we “cannot serve both God and mammon.” Instead, we can live out kingdom principles with our finances.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Defying the Beast study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

In God We Trust03/14/10

In God We Trust
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Controversial Issues, Faith, Money
  • In week two of our "Kingdom Economics" series, Greg answers three questions that were submitted by the congregation and podrishioners. 1) Does having a savings account show a lack of faith in God? 2) Does saving for retirement show a lack of trust in God? 3) Is declaring bankruptcy a sin?

Downloads for this sermonclose

More In God We Trust study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Panel Discussion03/21/10

Panel Discussion
  • Speakers – Greg Boyd, Mary Anderson, Guest Panelists
     
  • Money
  • During the series, many people have sent in questions about their personal finances. Today we heard from a panel of people from Woodland Hills who responded to those questions with Kingdom of God principles.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Panel Discussion study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Questionable Blessings03/28/10

Questionable Blessings
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Controversial Issues, Money, Blessings
  • In the final week of our "Kingdom Economics" series, Greg answers four questions that were submitted by the congregation and podrishioners. 1) Why doesn’t WHC teach tithing? 2) I’m broke! Didn’t God promise me I’d reap what I’ve sown? 3) If misfortune isn’t a “curse” from God, why think good fortune is a “blessing” from God? 4) Is America “blessed”?

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Questionable Blessings study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Good Friday 201004/02/10

Good Friday 2010
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Hope, Resurrection, Role of Women
  • For our Good Friday service, Greg looked at the life and death of Jesus using three different Marys. Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Good Friday 2010 study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Sehnsucht04/04/10

Sehnsucht
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Forgiveness, Repentance, Salvation
  • In the story of the Prodigal Son, the son leaves home and experiences intensely that something is missing. Eventually he comes to his senses and goes home to his father. Greg connected this desire that the son felt to the German word sehnsucht which is a powerful form of longing that we all feel at times in our lives.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Sehnsucht study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Love Is...04/11/10

Love Is...
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Love, Sacrifice
  • It is impossible to fully grasp God's love because it is infinite! The best we can do is humbly recognize our limitations in this way and give ourselves over to the overwhelming love that God extends to us.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Love Is... study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

God Is Love04/18/10

God Is Love
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Love, Power
  • The love of God expressed in Christ on the cross was “foolishness to the Gentiles” and “a stumbling block to the Jews”. God’s love is scandalous to us all in different ways.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More God Is Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Covenantal Love04/25/10

Covenantal Love
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Love, Sacrifice, Covenant
  • The love of God expressed in Christ on the cross shows the radical lengths God is willing to go to restore us. This healing of our relationship with God takes the form of a covenant, not a contract.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Covenantal Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Victorious Love05/02/10

Victorious Love
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Love, Sacrifice, Power
  • God’s love is victorious! But perhaps not in the way that you’d expect. We often associate victory with our ability to control or defeat others but God’s victory encourages our freedom rather than squelches it. (We love discovering art that connects us to God in unique ways. Thank you to Dale Johnson for incorporating his art into this weekend's sermon.)

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Victorious Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Burning Love05/09/10

Burning Love
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Love, Pain & Suffering
  • God’s desire for us is that we become all that God created us to be. Life is the process in which we can resist or yield to God’s desire for us. When we yield we sense God’s burning love as warm and liberating. When we resist we experience God’s burning love as pain and wrath.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Burning Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Returning Love05/16/10

Returning Love
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Returning Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Empowering Love05/23/10

Empowering Love
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Identity in Christ, Love
  • We, as Jesus followers, are called to reflect God’s love in this world. We are to live lives of love, as imitators of God. We are to do everything in love and live in the unity of love with other Christ followers.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Empowering Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Prodigal God05/30/10

Prodigal God
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Forgiveness, Love
  • Typically, we call the famous parable by Jesus “The Prodigal Son,” but that title is actually a bit misleading. The point of the parable is not the younger (Prodigal) son’s recklessly extravagant living. Instead, it’s about God’s recklessly extravagant love.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Prodigal God study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Brotherly Loathe06/06/10

Brotherly Loathe
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Judgment, Love, Covenant
  • In the story of the prodigal son, the focus is typically on the younger son who runs away and squanders his father’s wealth frivolously. His sin is as obvious as his disobedience. The elder son is also relating badly to his father, but in a more subtle way.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Brotherly Loathe study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Breaking From Greenspan06/13/10

Breaking From Greenspan
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Identity in Christ, Love
  • In the parable of the lost coin, the woman calls her friends and neighbors together to rejoice with her when she finds it. Greg explores why she was so excited to recover a single coin of seemingly limited value.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Breaking From Greenspan study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Lost Party06/20/10

The Lost Party
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Joy, Love
  • In the parables of the lost sheep, the lost son, and the lost coin, it becomes clear that it is we who are lost and God who seeks to find us. Those in the position of danger are the ones who presume upon their relationships with God.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Lost Party study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Transforming Love06/27/10

Transforming Love
  • Speaker – Shawna Boren
     
  • Topics – Love, Prayer
  • Ephesians 3:14-19 is perhaps one of the most powerful descriptions of love we find in Paul’s writings. The love Paul speaks of is so great he is forced to press the boundaries of language to express it.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Transforming Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Rorschach Test07/04/10

The Rorschach Test
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Psychologists use Rorschach tests to reflect what is inside a person. How we see the world and even how we read Scripture works in a similar way.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Rorschach Test study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Futile the Fig Leaf07/11/10

Futile the Fig Leaf
  • Speaker – Kevin Johnson
     
  • Topics – Grace, Love, Repentance
  • As children, we learn to play “hide-and-seek” with our siblings, parents and friends. Many of us continue to play this game with God as adults. Kevin Johnson challenges us to turn to God with our whole heart and receive God’s mercy and grace.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Futile the Fig Leaf study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Betrothal Ceremony07/18/10

The Betrothal Ceremony
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Baptism, Discipleship, Covenant
  • Jesus orders us to be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. Baptism is the betrothal (similar to “engagement”) ceremony in our relationship to Christ.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Betrothal Ceremony study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Who Wants to Pray... Honestly?07/25/10

Who Wants to Pray... Honestly?
  • Speaker – Scott Boren
     
  • Topics – Holy Spirit, Prayer
  • We often pray most honestly and faithfully when we are facing difficulties of some kind. The challenge is to pray like this in our daily lives.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Who Wants to Pray... Honestly? study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Gospel of Suffering08/01/10

The Gospel of Suffering
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Discipleship, Pain & Suffering, Sacrifice
  • Hebrews 5:8-9 says that Jesus “learned obedience through what he suffered” and “was made perfect”. If this was necessary for Jesus then followers of Jesus should expect the same.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Gospel of Suffering study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Why Jesus?08/08/10

Why Jesus?
  • Speaker – Bruxy Cavey
     
  • Topics – Kingdom of God, Love, Sin, Peace
  • Bruxy Cavey, our guest speaker from The Meeting House church in Canda, preached that gospel is the good news that God has come to us! God has done this to show God's love, save us from sin, set up the Kingdom of God and shut down religion.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Why Jesus? study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Living In God's Peace08/15/10

Living In God's Peace

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Living In God's Peace study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Old Peter / New Peter08/22/10

Old Peter / New Peter
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Fear, Love, Non-Violence
  • The Apostle Peter had to learn the hard way how to follow Jesus. His three denials of Christ—and then three affirmations of love—marked the major turning point away from fear and toward imitating Christ.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Old Peter / New Peter study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

God Wants To Talk08/29/10

God Wants To Talk
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts, Presence of God
  • In the Bible, prophecy refers to much more than simply foretelling events of the future. According to 2 Peter 1:21 any time the Holy Spirit uses a person to speak the truth it is considered prophecy.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More God Wants To Talk study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Discomforted by the Silent Christ09/05/10

Discomforted by the Silent Christ
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Faith, Justice
  • Jesus’ silence before his accusers surprised everyone. Rather than defend himself, he suffered unjustly for the sake of the Kingdom of God. By doing this, he demonstrated faith in a higher court that would ultimately judge all.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Discomforted by the Silent Christ study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Great Exchange09/12/10

The Great Exchange
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Evangelism, Forgiveness, Repentance, Covenant
  • Jesus was innocent but he died the death of the guilty. He stood in our place, taking on our life so that we might have his. There is no greater act in all of history.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Great Exchange study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Debt Free09/19/10

Debt Free
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Forgiveness, Love, Reconciliation, Relationships, Repentance
  • When Jesus prayed from the cross, “Father, forgive them …” he was expressing the radical love of the Father that extends forgiveness to all the world. While such an expression of forgiveness is far from typical, it contains the ability to heal, transform hearts and release people to forgive others.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Debt Free study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Real Proof09/26/10

The Real Proof
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Discipleship, Non-Violence, Politics, Faithfulness
  • What is the real evidence of a disciple of Jesus? Too often today we are told that followers of Christ are marked by success, happiness and power. However, the Bible points to a different evidence, that of love that comes under others and serves.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Real Proof study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Church of the Scumbags10/03/10

Church of the Scumbags
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Heaven, Judgment, Repentance
  • Jesus never asked for background checks on people before he ministered to them. His life and death reflect an all inclusive love and grace toward all people. Through Christ, God gives a massive bear hug of love and forgiveness around humanity.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Church of the Scumbags study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Worship Like Ants10/10/10

Worship Like Ants
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Worship Like Ants study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Ghost Behind The Wheel10/17/10

Ghost Behind The Wheel
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Ghost Behind The Wheel study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Listening to the Kids10/24/10

Listening to the Kids
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Listening to the Kids study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Punching Clocks10/31/10

Punching Clocks
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Punching Clocks study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Exorcism11/07/10

Exorcism
  • 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. 

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Exorcism study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Defragmenting Love11/14/10

Defragmenting Love
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Defragmenting Love study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

The Center of the Ride11/21/10

The Center of the Ride
  • 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.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More The Center of the Ride study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Celebrating a Subversive King11/28/10

Celebrating a Subversive King
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Generosity, Identity in Christ, Money, Politics, Sacrifice, Humility
  • Jesus was born a subversive King. He was born to show the world the true Kingdom and the True God, and in so doing, showed the world how the Roman kingdom was false. In the spirit of Jesus’ subversive intention, Greg shows us a way to be subversive with the Christmas culture of the western world.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Celebrating a Subversive King study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Subverting the Gospel of Being Comfortable12/05/10

Subverting the Gospel of Being Comfortable

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Subverting the Gospel of Being Comfortable study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Subverting the Empire12/12/10

Subverting the Empire
  • Speaker – Seth McCoy
     
  • Topics – Greed, Kingdom of God, Spiritual Warfare
  • Our culture is run by an empire built on the foundation of greed, selfishness, and consumerism. Jesus came to this world to subvert any empire other than the Kingdom of God. Jesus taught us the true meaning of freedom, peace, justice, and love, and He wants us to use these to subvert the empire.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Subverting the Empire study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Empire of the Baby12/19/10

Empire of the Baby
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Kingdom of God, Spiritual Warfare, Conflict
  • Christmas is a time of nostalgia when family and friends get together. Cute and serene can be words to describe this time, but Christmas and the birth of Jesus was anything but serene. The birth of Jesus was an act of war against the Empire of this world.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Empire of the Baby study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Christmas Eve12/24/10

Christmas Eve
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Creation, Love, Gratitude
  • Christmas is the day that we celebrate the birth of Jesus and of God incarnate. For most of us, this day is celebrated in a fog of normalcy. The birth of Jesus has become old news that we’ve celebrated before. The greatest truth—a beautiful, profound, mysterious, and wonderful truth—is shrouded in the boredom of the same old story, and we lose the vision of the uniqueness of Jesus’ birth. God wants us to open our heart to the beauty of this universe, and He wants us to ask Him to keep us awake to the vibrant beauty of this story.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Christmas Eve study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Subverting the Subversion12/26/10

Subverting the Subversion
  • Speaker – Greg Boyd
     
  • Topics – Identity in Christ, Kingdom of God, Satan
  • The Devil has historically used a 1-2 punch to fight God. He usually starts by trying to snuff out the Kingdom of God, and if that doesn’t work, he tries to normalize the Kingdom of God. This normalization leads to a watered-down and mundane version of the Kingdom. God calls us to seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness.

Downloads for this sermonclose

More Subverting the Subversion study guides, focus scripture, streaming audio/video and more

Share this post