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Looking Deeper
by Berean Baptist Church
A podcast for the preaching ministry of Berean Baptist Church in Grand Rapids. To receive content as soon as it drops, please subscribe.Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/bereangr or visit our website www.bereangr.org
Episodes
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Echoing the Groans of Gethsemane
Some reflections from Romans 8 related to Jesus' "hour of prayer" in the garden.
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Companions of the Cross - The Three in Gethsemane (Mk. 14:26-50)
In a striking contrast to the woman from last week who couldn't be kept away from Jesus in his "hour", his three closest friends fail to stay with him for even one hour. We are invited to consider whether we are staying with Jesus in our own "hours".
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Companions of the Cross - "The Poor You Will Always Have With You" (Deut. 15:1-11)
I unpack what lies behind Jesus' statement in Mark 14:7 and how our imaginations might need to be challenged by it, rather than lulled into apathy towards those experiencing poverty.
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Companions of the Cross - The Anointing (Mark 14:3-9)
We begin our journey with Jesus towards the cross with the woman who insisted on being his companion by anointing him for burial in advance. It is a beautiful picture of how we are invited to respond to Jesus pouring himself out for us by pouring ourselves out for him and for one another.
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Tale of Tears - The "Ending" (Jeremiah 40-44)
We come to the end of our time with Jeremiah and revisit some of the things his life and words have taught us, and especially how the way his story "ends" is so consistent with other biblical characters and our own stories.
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Tale of Tears - Present Faithfulness (Jeremiah 38-39)
When the future is bleak, faithfulness can seem impossible, but it is more important than ever.
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Tale of Tears - Why Do We Believe? Because Tears Will End. (Jeremiah 37, 32-33)
Jeremiah is asked to express audacious hope in the face of looming calamity, and so are we.
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Tale of Tears - Why do we believe? Because our tears are seen. (27-29)
Our apologies for the delay in posting this sermon and the next.
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Tale of Tears - How Do We Endure Through Tears? (Jeremiah 35-36, 45)
In this passage from Jeremiah, we consider how we can carry on when it seems like we are insignificant and unseen.
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Tale of Tears - Why Do We Cry So Much? (Jeremiah 25 & 26)
Our formal launch into Jeremiah's book takes us to the years 609 and 605 BC at a pivotal moment in Israel's history and gives us a view to God's posture towards the causes of our tears and pain and invites us to respond in faith and hope.
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Tale of Tears - Introduction to Jeremiah
I give a brief glimpse of the book we are about to begin spending time with in earnest, the book of Jeremiah, describing its "patchwork quilt" qualities and how it might speak to us in our moment.
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Beginning Again - A Very Human Prophet (Jeremiah 1:1-10)
The book of Jeremiah opens with the story of this prophet's call. The elements that are presented are a fitting preview to the life and ministry of this unique servant of Yahweh and say something to us about the way God is at work in and through us as well.
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Beginning Again - The New Covenant (Jeremiah 31)
As begin to transition from our Advent series into a series in Jeremiah, we consider the prophet's most significant word concerning the new covenant that God makes with humanity. From a prophet whose words were often full of darkness and despair, this passage is a piercing ray of hope.
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Beginning Again - Returning From the Wilderness (Mark 1:14-20)
We finish our survey of Jesus' experience with the wilderness with the account of his preaching and calling of disciples and consider how it applies to us.
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Advent Christmas Eve - The Nativity revisited
In this episode I revisit the well-known (or is it?) nativity story from Luke 2:1-7.
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Advent Week 4 - Laughter out of Despair
Thousands of years before the birth of Jesus another miraculous birth was foretold and received with...laughter. This week I invited us to consider Sarah's story and how we too can, and should, laugh because of God's powerful promises.
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Beginning Again - Advent Week 4 (Mk. 1:12-13)
We consider how Jesus as the "pioneer of our faith" (Heb. 12:1) can serve as a guide for us based on his testing in the wilderness.
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Beginning Again - Advent Week 3 (Mark 1:4-11)
We enter the wilderness with Jesus as he goes out to be baptized by John.
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Guest Speaker Tim Gombis - Advent Week 2 (Mark 4:1-20)
Our apologies for the delay in getting the last two sermons posted. This is the message from December 5 when Tim Gombis spoke on the parable of the sower, the seeds and the soils.
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Advent Week 3 - Love Across Distance
We take a dive into the parable of Lost Son in Luke 15 to see how Jesus restores relationships by his coming.
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Advent Week 2 - Life From Death
I explore how Jesus' coming brings abundant, eternal life with some reflections from John's Gospel and Psalm 23.
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Advent Week 1 - Light Into Darkness
Our reflection for the first week of Advent explores the certainty and assurance that Jesus, the Light of the World, offers in the darkness of our lives.
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Beginning Again - Advent Week 1 (Mark 1:1-3)
We head into the wilderness with Mark where the way is being prepared for Jesus to declare that he is the good news.
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The Story of Thanksgiving
I take a bit of a deep dive into the origins of this holiday, both of the observance of it and the "first" thanksgiving, trying to peel away legend and tradition to look at it from a couple of different angles. Happy Turkey Day!
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David's Final Legacy
Apologies that this is a day late. David gives Solomon and the people the final charge to be about the work of rest as they commit themselves to building the temple of Yahweh in 1 Chronicles 28-29.
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Redemption Reboot - The Devil Made David Do It?
I explore the role of Satan in David's story from 1 Chronicles 21 and elsewhere in Scripture.
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Redemption Reboot - David's Extravagant Preparations (1 Chronicles 21-27)
In the wake of a plague brought on by David's grasping for power and wealth through a census, he and the people of Israel experience God's lavish mercy and love and it changes the course of not only David's monarchy but of the people's life as they turn to building a house for Yahweh as a place…
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Redemption Reboot - David's Not Here Now
I consider the ways David is absent from the accounts of his wars in 1 Chronicles 18-20 and the implications for us.
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Redemption Reboot - David's Victorious Peace (1 Chronicles. 18-20)
David and his servants fought wars to achieve peace for Israel in a way that foreshadowed Jesus' war to achieve peace for humanity.
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Redemption Reboot - Who killed Goliath?
I delve into two difficult discrepancies of 1 Chronicles 20.
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Redemption Reboot - David's Promise and Jesus' Prayer
I reflect on the relationship between the "Lord's Prayer" in Matthew 6 and Nathan's prophecy to David in 1 Chronicles 17.
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Redemption Reboot - David's Covenant House (1 Chronicles 16:7-17:27)
David learns just how generous God is when he offers to build a temple to house the ark that he brought back to Jerusalem. The very good news is that through David's heir, Jesus, God is even better to us.
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Redemption Reboot - Michal's story
I take a few minuted to unpack the character of Michal, who is only given one verse (15:29) in the story of David bringing the ark to Jerusalem.
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Redemption Reboot - David's Joyful Worship (1 Chronicles 13:1-16:6)
This message explores the theme of joy through the lens of David's plan to bring the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem.
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Redemption Reboot - David's United People (1 Chronicles 11-12)
I'm a couple of weeks late posting this message from October 10 due to a wonderful vacation I left for the next day. I'll be back to the podcast routine with bonus episodes this week.
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Middle East Moment - Jeri Little
We were blessed to have Pastor Marcus's Father with us to share about the way God is working in the Middle East
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Redemption Reboot - A Walk to Zion
A "double episode" looking back at last Sunday's message and why the Chronicler is telling their story and then a journey through the "Songs of Ascent" (Psalms 120-134) which also originate in the time of the Chronicler, in anticipation of looking at David's "ascent" to Jerusalem and the throne…
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Redemption Reboot - David's Failed Predecessor (1 Chronicles 10)
We dive into the first narrative in the book after all those genealogies and find that the Chronicler starts their story, paradoxically, at the end of Saul's story.
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Redemption Reboot - 1 Chronicles 10 Teaser
A phrase from 1 Chronicles 10:14 has been giving me fits in my sermon prep this week and I share it with you.
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Reflections on 1 Chronicles 1-9: From the Cutting Room Floor
I share some feedback from listeners as well as some odds and ends that didn't make it into the message on Sunday.
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Redemption Reboot - The Genealogies (1 Chronicles 1-9)
This week's message explores Israel's "family history" and invites us to consider our own and what story God might be telling through them.
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Redemption Reboot: 1 Chronicles 1-9 Teaser
I preview why we are devoting an entire message to the LONG genealogies that open the book of 1 Chronicles this Sunday.
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Reflections on Redemption Reboot Introduction
I take same time to expand on the implications of how Chronicles re-tells stories from other parts of Scripture and how that should impact how we interact with our Bibles.
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Redemption Reboot - Introduction to 1 Chronicles
1 & 2 Chronicles are unusual books of Scripture that pose some challenges to us as readers. In this message, we ask four questions about the books as a whole to set us up for hearing from them through the rest of the series.
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Redemption Reboot: Teaser
We're looking forward to starting this new series in 1 Chronicles this Sunday!
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A podcast for the preaching ministry of Berean Baptist Church in Grand Rapids. To receive content as soon as it drops, please subscribe.Follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/bereangr or visit our website www.bereangr.org
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