Four Oaks Midtown Podcast

Sermon | The Heart of the Father (Matthew 18:10-14)

Through the parable of the wandering sheep, Jesus reveals the heart of the father and the spiritual reality of how we ought to care for others.

Teaching | Understanding Hebrews: The Faith that Pleases God (Hebrews 11)

Well-meaning preachers emphasize that the characters in the Old Testament serve not as moral examples, but pointers to Christ. We’re not to see ourselves as David, but rather see David as merely a pointer to Christ. But Hebrews 11 rejects this either/or mentality. We view the Old Testament saints not only as pointers to Jesus, but also exemplars of faithful living. Furthermore, faith is not a New Testament thing, but an Old Testament thing. Salvation from beginning to end comes by faith alone. The Old Testaments saints believed beyond their visible circumstances to a greater and better future promised by God. We by faith look back on the sacrifice of Christ, but they looked forward to it. Our perspective on Christ may differ, but the substance of our salvation remains the same: the once-for-all offering of Christ on the cross for our sins and his glorious resurrection. If we try to run back to Moses and Abraham we’ll just find them running the opposite direction toward Christ. This is Understanding Hebrews. 

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Sermon | The Little Ones (Matthew 18:1-14)

Jesus speaks to the disciples about how to correctly consider themselves and those around them.

Sermon | Imperishable Hope (Easter Sunrise Service) (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

Outdoor Easter Sunrise sermon on the hope of the resurrection for Christians.

Teaching | Understanding Hebrews: Nothing But the Blood (Hebrews 10:19-39)

There’s a famous clip of hall of fame NFL coach Bill Parcells telling his players during a game, “This is what you worked all off season for, this is why you lift all them weights.” He’s telling his players not to give up when the game gets tough. Don’t let all the blood, sweat, and tears in the weight room turn out for nothing. Coaches make it their goal to not let past accomplishments cause present complacency. Instead of resting on their laurels, athletes need to look to their past efforts as fuel for present endurance. Hebrews like a good head coach exhorts the church to remember their past adversity and God’s faithfulness so that they do not turn away. There’s no neutrality in the Christian life. We’re either moving toward or away from Christ. Hebrews jolts us awake to this reality and calls us to keep fighting. Don’t give in. This is Understanding Hebrews

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Sermon | Mystery and Victory (1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

Paul reminds the Corinthian church that getting the resurrection right is of great importance as he invites them to ponder and cherish the hope that we have through the resurrection.

Sermon | The Procession of Jesus (Luke 19:28-40)

Jesus enters into Jerusalem and is welcomed and worshipped by those who were awaiting him.

Teaching | Understanding Hebrews: Nothing But the Blood (Hebrews 9:1-10:18)

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” These opening lines of the Bible reveal an often overlooked truth: heaven and earth serve as two realms of God’s creation that interlock and mirror one another. Hebrews focuses on how Jesus brings about a new priesthood, sacrifice, and covenant that fulfills and makes obsolete the old. In response, non-Christian Jews accuse their Jewish Christian brethren of innovation. They’re departing from the law of God, the Old Covenant, into heresy by following Jesus. Here’s the brilliance of Hebrews 9:1-10:18 — the Old Covenant itself down to the architecture of the Tabernacle that Moses built points to Jesus and the New Covenant. God never intended his story to end with the Old Covenant Tabernacle, priesthood, and sacrifices. These all serve as earthly shadows of the heavenly reality into which Christ enters and accomplishes an eternal redemption. This is Understanding Hebrews.

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Teaching | Understanding Hebrews: New Priesthood, New Covenant (Hebrews 7-8)

A few years ago I go to see the Colorado mountain ranges for the first time. It was amazing driving through the reality of what I had only seen in photographs. Photographs may capture the beauty of the mountains in amazing detail, but nothing beats the real thing. In Hebrews 7-8, we see that Jesus is the real thing to the photograph of the Old Covenant. In particular, the high priesthood of Jesus brings to perfection what was lacking in the Old Covenant priesthood. This change in priesthood has massive implications for us today who live in the newer and better covenant through Jesus Christ. This is Understanding Hebrews.

 

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Sermon | Becoming Like a Child (Matthew 18:1-4)

Jesus challenges the disciples to humble themselves.