The CCUPC Cutting Room Floor
Temporada 2
por Pastors James Benson and Dena Roy
How does God reveal himself in the Old Testament? What can we learn from the story of Moses' calling about the nature and operations of God? Pastor James explores this from Exodus 1 & 3.
What does it mean to have an identity that comes from outside of yourself? What are the pitfalls in choosing your own identity? Pastor James and Pastor Dena discuss this in terms of the life of Jacob.
What happens when we have an encounter with the living God? Can we walk away from such an encounter the same as we walked into it? Pastor James discusses this in the life of Jacob from Genesis 32.
What does discernment look like when we want something closer to a scientific study? How do we learn to trust God and read the signposts along the way? Pastor James and Pastor Dena discuss Abraham and Sarah and how we can learn from their very modern way of dealing with unfulfilled promises.
How long should we wait for the promises of God before figuring some things out on our own? Pastor James looks at the example of Abraham and Sarah and the promise of Isaac. Genesis 18:1-15
How does scarcity mindsets affect our lives and the life of the church? What does this have to do with the trees of life and the knowledge of good and evil? Pastor James and Pastor Dena discuss this and more. Living Missionally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB5IWIDudkU Forgiving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB5IWIDudkU Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNabGxlNdLY
What was life like before sin was a part of the world? What were our relationships with God and others like? Pastor James explores this through Genesis 2:4-25.
Season 2 Finale! Pastor James and Pastor Dena explore the difficulties of Jesus praying to keep us in this fallen world. What does it mean for our outlook on the world? What does it mean for our daily interactions? Join us for the series two wrap.
This summer, we’ve been exploring the difference that Jesus makes in our lives. In the final sermon of the series, Pastor James looks at what the commonalities have been this summer. Jesus’ prayer for his disciples and for all believers in John 17 helps us to tie all of this together. Are you living out God’s mission in this world?
"Lies and oaths and lunatic demands are regular occurrences..." Great words from Andrew Lloyd Weber's Phantom of the Opera, but sadly they too often can be applied to the life of the church and our individual lives. How do we throw off grumbling and arguing and become blameless and innocent? What's the line between processing and grumbling? Pastor James and Pastor Dena explore this and more in today's episode.