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Craig J. Sefa - Sermon Podcast
by Rev. Dr. Craig J. Sefa
Sermons by Pastor Craig recorded live at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry, NC. Church Website - https://www.shilohgq.com/ Personal Website - https://www.craigsefa.org/
Episodes
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Freedom to Love
What does genuine freedom actually look like? In the summer of America's 250th anniversary, this five-week series works through Paul's letter to the Galatians alongside the lives of remarkable Americans who embodied a kind of freedom that cost them something and built something lasting. Roger...
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Freedom to Grow
What does genuine freedom actually look like? In the summer of America's 250th anniversary, this five-week series works through Paul's letter to the Galatians alongside the lives of remarkable Americans who embodied a kind of freedom that cost them something and built something lasting. Roger...
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Freedom to Belong
What does genuine freedom actually look like? In the summer of America's 250th anniversary, this five-week series works through Paul's letter to the Galatians alongside the lives of remarkable Americans who embodied a kind of freedom that cost them something and built something lasting. Roger...
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Freedom to Receive
What does genuine freedom actually look like? In the summer of America's 250th anniversary, this five-week series works through Paul's letter to the Galatians alongside the lives of remarkable Americans who embodied a kind of freedom that cost them something and built something lasting. Roger...
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Freedom to Be You
What does genuine freedom actually look like? In the summer of America's 250th anniversary, this five-week series works through Paul's letter to the Galatians alongside the lives of remarkable Americans who embodied a kind of freedom that cost them something and built something lasting. Roger...
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God With Us Still
This week we are finishing up our reflections on the significance of the Creeds, especially the Apostle's Creed. Through and Open & Relational lens, we are considering the implications of these basic beliefs on how we live our everyday lives. Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa.
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God With Us
This week and next week we are reflecting on the significance of the Creeds, especially the Apostle's Creed. Through and Open & Relational lens, we are considering the implications of these basic beliefs on how we live our everyday lives. Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa.
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In the Waiting
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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Blind, But Now I See
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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Doubt & Devotion
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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The Stranger Who Walked With Us
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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Paying Attention
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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The Rooster Crows
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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Son of God?
This Easter season, we’re moving beyond simply believing in the resurrection to experiencing and living it—through the eyes of those who witnessed it first. As you hear these stories from the perspectives of the Centurion, Peter, Mary, Cleopas and his companion, Thomas, Paul, and the disciples…
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Resurrection for All
from Rev. Dr. Mark Sandlin: Resurrection is what happens every time love refuses to stay buried, every time hope rises up out of places everyone else has given up on, every time a community comes back together after being torn apart, every time justice gets back on its feet after being knocked…
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Filled to Overflowing
We are spending this Lenten season in Samaria, at a well with Jesus. Join us between now and Easter as we slowly unpack this familar story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman and what it might mean to encounter Jesus at the wells of our own ordinary lives. Note: There is no recording of Part 1…
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It's Not About the Plumbing
We are spending this Lenten season in Samaria, at a well with Jesus. Join us between now and Easter as we slowly unpack this familar story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman and what it might mean to encounter Jesus at the wells of our own ordinary lives. Note: There is no recording of Part 1…
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Come Out of Hiding
We are spending this Lenten season in Samaria, at a well with Jesus. Join us between now and Easter as we slowly unpack this familar story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman and what it might mean to encounter Jesus at the wells of our own ordinary lives. Note: There is no recording of Part 1…
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Living Water
We are spending this Lenten season in Samaria, at a well with Jesus. Join us between now and Easter as we slowly unpack this familar story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman and what it might mean to encounter Jesus at the wells of our own ordinary lives. Note: There is no recording of Part 1…
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Give Me a Drink
We are spending this Lenten season in Samaria, at a well with Jesus. Join us between now and Easter as we slowly unpack this familar story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman and what it might mean to encounter Jesus at the wells of our own ordinary lives. Note: There is no recording of Part 1…
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Seeing Again
What are your blind spots? Where do you think you see most clearly? This week, Jesus invites us to be honest when we don’t see as clearly as we think, and to stay engaged long enough for our eyes to be fully opened. _______ Podcast Intro recorded by Ariana Sefa
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The Importance of Marginalized Bodies
Two women of very different social status, both healed and equally valued by Jesus. Join me as we reflect on the ways we deem people more or less worthy of care and compassion in our own society, and how Jesus breaks down those barriers to care for every person as a beloved child of God. _______...
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Walking in the Way of Peace
This week is a little different. While I used the story of the Feeding of the 5,000 originally planned for this series, I focus more on the crowds and the way Jesus responded to them with compassion as he and his disciples traveled from town to town. Alongside this story, I also offer my personal...
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The Role of Caregivers
In systems that are constantly overwhelmed and unable to meet every need, we still struggle with questions of who is deserving of care, who should be prioritized, who can afford it, and who is put on hold or cut off entirely. Such questions should not be necessary, and they never come with easy...
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Not My Own - 2026 Covenant Renewal
As we begin 2026, we are following the Wesleyan Tradition of a Covenant Renewal Service to recommit our path to God’s desire in the new year. Join us as we reflect together on how God is inviting us to renewal and flourishing in our present season of life. Like the magi, we are invited to return…
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A Dragon for Christmas
Through the Advent season we looked at the incarnation as told through the lens of some of the New Testament writers. This week we have one more birth narrative in scripture that is rarely discussed, Revelation 12. This section John’s vision uses the sign of a woman and a dragon to show that…
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Fully Human: Joy in Humility
This Advent, I’m using the book, The Christmas Letters, by Magrey DeVega. Throughout this series, we are looking at what some of the earliest Christian writings had to say about the incarnation and the significance of Jesus coming to earth to dwell among us. What mattered most to these early...
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Love Incarnate
This Advent, I’m using the book, The Christmas Letters, by Magrey DeVega. Throughout this series, we are looking at what some of the earliest Christian writings had to say about the incarnation and the significance of Jesus coming to earth to dwell among us. What mattered most to these early...
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Looking Back to Look Ahead
This Advent I’ll be using the book, The Christmas Letters, by Magrey DeVega. Throughout this series, we will be looking at what some of the earliest Christian writings had to say about the incarnation and the significance of Jesus coming to earth to dwell among us. What mattered most to these…
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What Do I Know About Peace?
Jesus wept over Jerusalem saying: “If only you knew the things that made for peace.” Which raises the question for us: What do we know about peace? This week we reflect on our national obsession with peace through power and strength in contrast to Jesus’ way of peace through unconditional love,...
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What Do I Know About Living Now?
In our last episode we explored the mystery of death. Now we turn to the mystery of life? How do we live now in light of eternity? It is far to easy to go through life with very little thought of how we are actually living and what we are living for. This week’s message is an invitation to slow...
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What Do I Know About Grief & Loss?
As we celebrate this All Saints Day, we remember those who have gone before us. We mourn for the loss of those whom we loved who have now passed throught he veil of death. And yet, even in our grief, we have hope: hope that death is not the end, but merely a door through which we walk with…
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Walking Backwards
After 40 years, the Israelites finally reach the promised land. But as they cross the Jordan, they stop to do something that to us may seem unusual… gather stones from the river to setup both at their camp and in the middle of the river itself, never knowing when the wall of water would come...
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Just the Facts
As God’s people prepare to enter into the promised land, roughly 1 year after leaving Egypt, they are delayed another 39 years by one thing… fear. Their fear leads them to conclude that despite God’s promise, they cannot enter the land. And so they wander in the wilderness until an entire...
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Getting Ahead of God
Last week we reflected on Israel’s idolatry at the foot of Mount Sinai. As a result, God refuses to go with them to the promised land. Interestingly enough, God remains faithful in still giving them the land, despite their unfaithfulness. We might think the people would be happy to go on ahead...
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Out of the Melting Pot
In Exodus 32, the people of Israel poured all their gold into the melting pot, and as Aaron said, “out came this bull calf,” as if by magic (Exodus 32:24). That’s the thing about idols: they consume everything we have. They shift our priorities and our core values. They capture our constant...
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When Hearts Become Stone
Join us this week as we consider the Ten Commandments, and more importantly, the context that we too often miss. They are more than a set of rules to enforce “Because God Says So”, but a gift of grace that show us a way to live that promotes the flourishing of all. _______ Podcast Intro recorded…
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Enough
This week we are reflecting on the story of God providing manna in the wilderness for the people recently brought out of slavery in Egypt. It’s more than just taking care of their basic needs. It’s a lesson for how to build their economy as a new nation, an economy based on everyone having…
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A Promising Future
Samuel grew up in the tabernacle with a front row seat to corruption in the house of God. He knew both the best and worst of religion firsthand. The good news: despite all the faults of the tabernacle, or the church, God continues to speak. Just as God spoke to Samuel, the Spirit still raises up...
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A Purpose Forgotten
In 1 Samuel, we find God’s people at Shiloh were in trouble. The Phillistines had defeated them in battle and they were desperate for a way to turn the tide against their enemies. So they took the Ark of the Covenant, their symbol of God’s presence, into the middle of the battlefield, assuming…
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A Prayer for New Life
This week we are looking at Hannah’s story of faithfulness and persistant prayer even when everything seemed stacked against her. In a place that seemed barren and hopeless, she dared to believe that new life was possible, not just for herself and her family, but for all of Israel. What holy...
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A Place of God's Presence
A bit of background on this new sermon series: Where Grace Meets Shiloh. In January, Grace United Methodist & Shiloh United Methodist merged and became a single congregation at Shiloh. The next four weeks, I’m looking at the historic “Shiloh” in scripture to see how the people of Israel…
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Pray Always & All Ways
This week is a bit different and shorter than usual. Three or four times a year, we have “Breakfast Church” where a large portion of the service is spent in table conversations around the message topic. This week, the topic is prayer. This podcast episode offers my brief reflections on how our...
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Love. Period.
Half Truths - Part 5: Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin??? Week 5 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good. This week, Rev. McKenzie Sefa returns to wrap up our series with the popular...
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God Helps
Half Truths - Part 4: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves ??? Week 4 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good. This week, we’re looking at the familiar phrase, “God Helps Those Who...
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God Said It
Half Truths - Part 3: God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It ??? Week 3 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good. This week, my wife Rev. McKenzie Sefa reflects on the danger of...
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More Than You Can Handle
Half Truths - Part 2: God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle ??? Week 2 of a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good. This week we are looking at the saying, “God won’t give you…
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Everything Happens...
Half Truths - Part 1: Everything Happens for a Reason ??? This week begins a 5 week series on “Half Truths”, or what I call, “Bumper Sticker Christianity,” debunking common Christian cliche’s that tend to do more harm than good. This week we begin with the famous line, “Everything Happens for a...
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Firm Foundations
“It’s Complicated - Family as a Means of Grace” - Part 6 Spiritual growth isn’t about building something new, or adding more to our lives. It’s a stripping away of everything in us that’s not of God. The Spirit’s work in us is not to sculpt a masterpiece out of a human shaped pile of garbage and...
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One in the Spirit (Pentecost)
“It’s Complicated - Family as a Means of Grace” - Part 5 “I will pour out my Spirit upon everyone… This promise is for you, your children, and for all who are far away — as many as the Lord invites.” It has been said that the greatest scandal of Christianity is not who it excludes, but who it...
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Sermons by Pastor Craig recorded live at Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry, NC.
Church Website - https://www.shilohgq.com/
Personal Website - https://www.craigsefa.org/
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