The Lamb of God (Good Friday)
• Greg Boyd
Topics: Love, Salvation, Spiritual Warfare
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In addition to sermon audio and video files, many of our sermons have other resources available like extended summaries and study guides. Our archive dates back to 1992 and all resources are free to download and distribute. Most sermons are by our Senior Pastor, Greg Boyd.
When God Doesn’t Come Through
• Greg Boyd
Anna was a woman who dedicated her life to prayer and fasting. She understood how prayer works in our complex world. As followers of God, we know that prayer is powerful and effective. However, it can sometimes be difficult to have faith that prayer really makes a difference, especially when our prayers are not answered in the ways we expect. It is important to consider how to reconcile our disappointments with the scriptural promises of prayer.
Creating the Laser Beam
• Greg Boyd
Prayer is powerful and effective. It is an important and necessary act of spiritual warfare for the believer. Throughout scripture, we are shown that prayer can change the outcome of situations. Believers are therefore called to pray, not solely out of obedience, but with a sense of urgency and faith. God uses our prayers to bring about his will on earth as it is in heaven. He has chosen us to be co-laborers with him to fulfill his purposes.Topics: God's Will, Prayer
Kingdom Secrecy
• Greg Boyd
Anna was a widow who spent most of her life in the temple fasting, worshipping and praying to God in solitude. Through the world’s eyes, she was not considered important, visible or successful. However, in God’s Kingdom, she was considered a hero and a success. Anna’s life is a testimony for us as believers, because she was exactly where God called her to be. She was obedient and faithful to the calling God specifically gave her.Topics: Discipleship, Disciplines
Lessons from Anna II: The Heart of Worship
• Greg Boyd
Worship is the essence of the Christian life. Anna, an example for us today, lived a life that was characterized by worship. She worshipped God night and day. To worship God is to simply behold and express the beauty of Jesus Christ, and to be transformed by this beauty. God's love was expressed most clearly at Calvary, when he gave his Son as a ransom for our sins, so that we could be free and have a relationship with him. Worship is speaking, singing and living in this reality and then being transformed by it.Topics: Transformation, Worship
Lessons From Anna
• Greg Boyd
Anna was a woman that God used to speak to the people about Jesus the Messiah. It is significant that scripture records in this verse and in other parts of scripture that a woman was given a word of prophecy that was for all people (not only other women). The issue of women in church leadership is one that is debated in evangelical circles. However, scripture demands we look more closely at what it says about women leading in the church.Topics: Controversial Issues, Role of Women
Experiencing Jesus Workshop
• Greg Boyd
The Experiencing Jesus Workshop took place on March 11, 2006 at Woodland Hills Church. Teaching the principles of praying with all five senses, Greg Boyd shares practical exercises that can assist in learning how to practice this form of prayer. Based on his book, Seeing is Believing, Greg shows how imaginative prayer offers a life-giving place of rest where your picture of God and your picture of yourself can be renewed. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4Topics: Discipleship, Imagination
A Piercing Sword
• Greg Boyd
For disciples of Christ, the Word of God cuts and divides. God sees us for who we really are, and his desire is to mold and shape us into this person. God desires to carve away and remove anything that is sinful in our lives. He wants us to grow and may place new convictions on our hearts in the process. Our job as followers of Jesus is to humble ourselves, repent, and allow God to mold and shape us.Topics: Transformation
Offensive Good News
• Greg Boyd
The message that Simeon gives Mary has a heavy, ominous tone, as he predicted that Jesus would actually cause many to fall and that people would speak against him. This prophetic message establishes the fact that the good news of the Gospel is much more than set of encouraging thoughts or beliefs, but in fact it is offensive in nature. It offends because it challenges the lives of those who hear it to live a different way.Topics: Discipleship, Repentance, Transformation
Remembering What Matters
• Scott Boren
Life can become very busy, and it is easy to lose focus. Everyday realities and problems can disrupt our relationship with God. We are constantly bombarded by little things that can bide for our time, and divert attention from what really matters. As believers in Christ, communion is one of God’s ways of reminding us of what really matters. Communion helps to us to remember what Christ did for us and refocuses our lives towards him.Topics: Communion, Discipleship
