Oak Church Sermons

11/1/15 Chris Breslin Luke 18:1-17 “You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.” –St. Teresa of Avila   “Although…you could rightly and properly be a severe judge over us sinners…now through your mercy implant in our hearts a comforting trust in your fatherly love, and let us experience the sweet and pleasant savor of a childlike certainty […]

10/25/15 Chris Breslin Luke 15:1-32 “Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home.” –Marilynne Robinson (Home) “Jesus’s purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories.” –Tim Keller “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, […]

10/18/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “You thought God was an architect, now you know He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow And everything you built that’s all for show goes up in flames In 24 frames.” –Jason Isbell   “He has left us without root or soil or country, having Himself become our root and soil and country.” […]

9/27/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:44-52 “What do we really believe? I mean, believe in such a way that our lives depend on it?” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer “The kingdom is not the pearl, and it is not the merchant. The kingdom is what comes after ‘it is like…’” –Amy-Jill Levine “The kingdom is not a thing after all, but a verb, and […]

9/20/15 Chris Breslin Matthew 13:21-24 Oak Church’s First Anniversary “Parables are imaginary gardens with real toads in them. They create an imaginary world that reflects reality.” –Klyne Snodgrass “His (Van Gogh’s) paintings are color-filled parables of genesis moments, generatively given to us in flesh with canvas and paint.” –Makoto Fujimura “Racism is like that local creeping kudzu vine that swallows […]

9/13/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 19 Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. –Mary Oliver “It is distinctively human to bring praise to conscious expression in voice, but the creatures remind us that this distinctively human form of praise is worthless unless, like them, we live our whole lives to the glory of God.” –Richard Bauckham […]

9/6/15 Chris Breslin Psalm 125 “All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.” –Eugene Peterson “Jesus came to bring the good news to the poor, not to those who serve the poor! I think we can […]

8/30/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 6:10-24 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin Practice Resurrection by Eugene Peterson An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land by William Stringfellow Ephesians (Belief Theological […]

8/23/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 5: 21- 6:9 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Jesus Feministby Sarah Bessey Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller Husbands, Submit to Your Wives (Missio Alliance Blog Post)by Tara Beth Leach Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin The Blue Parakeet: […]

8/16/15 Chris Breslin Checkout the slideshow with sights and sounds from this year’s VBS!

8/9/15 Matt Hoffman Ephesians 5:1-20 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce The Holy Spirit: The Shy Member of the Trinity by F. Dale Bruner God’s Empowering Presence: the Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul by Gordon Fee Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin Practice […]

8/2/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:17-32 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce The Holy Spirit: The Shy Member of the Trinity by F. Dale Bruner God’s Empowering Presence: the Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul by Gordon Fee Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin Practice […]

7/26/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 4:1-16 Sermon Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern Worldby Richard Bauckham Eldership and the Mission of God by J.R. Briggs & Bob Hyatt Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Goodby Steve Garber The Missional Church: A […]

7/19/15 Joey Morningstar Ephesians 3:14-21 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin Practice Resurrectionby Eugene Peterson Ephesians (Belief Theological Commentary) by Allen Verhey & Joseph Harvard

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7/12/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 3:1-13 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin The Open Secret by Lesslie Newbigin Practice Resurrectionby Eugene Peterson Ephesians (Belief Theological Commentary) by Allen Verhey & Joseph Harvard Sermon Notes “I See Dead People” The Sixth […]

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7/5/15 Mike Boone Ephesians 2:11-22 Rev. Michael Boone The Rev. Michael Boone is an ordained priest in the Anglican Church in North America. He graduated from Duke Divinity School in 2011 with a Masters of Divinity and a Certificate in Anglican Studies. Mike works as the Triangle region’s sales representative for the United Methodist Publishing House and serves at All […]

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6/28/15 Chris Breslin Ephesians 2:1-10 Ephesians Resources The Broken Wall by Markus Barth Union with Christ by J. Todd Billings It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God ed. by Ned Bustard Colossians, Philemon & Ephesians (NICNT Commentary) by F.F. Bruce The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller Ephesians, Colossians, & Philemon (Interpretation Commentary) by Ralph P. Martin […]