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11.08.26 - James: A Faith that Works VI - The Power of Our Words
After a warning to teachers that they'll be held to a higher standard than everyone else because of their potential influence upon their students, James launches into an object lesson that applies to all of us. Teachers aren't the only ones who should be choosing their words carefully, so should…
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11.01.26 - James: A Faith that Works V - Ready, Faith, Action!
In our study of James (2:14-26) today, he reaches the core of his teaching on what a disciple’s life looks like. Christ-followers believe in Him, but that belief yields action. We will not scoot into heaven because we’ve believed the right things. Our faith must be put into action, and our…
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10.25.26 - James: A Faith that Works IV - Royal Values
In our text from James’ letter today (James 2:1-13) he follows his theme of intentional focus and strongly calls us to examine the way we look at others. Do we size them up based on appearance and treat them with favor if they “pass” our evaluation? This is about as far from living like King…
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10.18.26 - James: A Faith that Works III - Just Do It
In our 3rd installment of looking at the Book of James, he continues to urge us to be intentional about what we focus on, and to keep our words in check as we persevere through the tests that come our way. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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10.11.26 - James: A Faith that Works II - Trials & Temptations
One of James’ primary themes is centered on temptation and testing. He firmly places responsibility in our hands, urging us to keep our desires in check and not let them go too far. Instead of focusing on those desires, he urges us to turn our attention to the good things and gifts the Lord has...
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10.04.26 - James: A Faith that Works
We begin a journey through the Book of James today. The oldest of Mary and Joseph's other sons, James eventually becomes the leader of the "mother church" in Jerusalem in spite of not believing in his older brother at first. James writes with a voice of practical authority, with themes of (1)...
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09.27.26 - Kicking Off with Prayer
There are plenty of times when we go through our day - whether it’s a complicated, challenging kind of day or a whistle while you walk kind of day - and forget to check in with the One who’s always with us. Sometimes until we are in over our head and finally cry out for help. As we enter a new...
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09.13.26 - Chasing Jubilee
On the heels of our special 50th Anniversary Jubilee celebration last week at Oakhaven, we revisit the concepts of perspective, priorities, stewardship, and freedom that God prescribes for His people at Jubilee. Key among those concepts is God’s call upon us to bear that message of freedom to…
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09.06.26 - 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee @The Barn
As we celebrate 50 years of service to the Lord and His people in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, we hear words of encouragement and commission from founding leaders Don Truitt, Vic King and Deb Cleveland. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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08.20.26 - The Good News II - How Do We Count the Ways?
Jesus accomplishes so many things in His mission, and there are layers to our salvation that the Apostle Paul delights to mix together in his descriptions of what the Lord has done for us, especially in the Book of Romans. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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08.23.26 - The Good News: You're Worth Everything He's Got
This week we summarize the Arc of Redemption in Scripture, starting with having been created in God's image, walking side by side with Him in the Garden of Eden, then separated by sin, with the rest of time devoted to repairing that rupture. In the end, we are left with a Father who is nuts about...
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08.09.96 - Partners in Prayer III - Even If
We turn to the dramatic story of the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel today to discern important takeaways for our own walk through trying times. Read the story in Daniel 3. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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08.02.26 - Partners in Prayer II - It's His Battle
Today's text is a great swath of 2 Chronicles 20. We step into that story starting with our own: When we are overwhelmed by problems, circumstances, relationships… it’s okay to be afraid. How we deal with our fears is what counts. When we bring our fears to God, we start with praise that reminds…
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07.14.26 - Partners in Prayer I - I'm with Him
Our identity is in Christ is multi-faceted, centered on God’s love for each of us and on the lengths to which He has gone to restore our relationship. That restored relationship is made possible by the coming of Jesus to reveal His Kingdom and His core identity as King of the Universe. The life…
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260705 - Pentecost IV - Identity in Christ III - Living from the Inside Out
As we pursue a Spirit-led Identity in Christ, our choice to be intentional about our choices is the intersection at which our path is set. We choose to act in love rather than to REACT according to our automatic, fleshly programming. If we are not actively engaged in making choices, we are...
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06.07.26 - Pentecost III - Identity in Christ II - Renewing Your Mind
When we live our lives aware of who we are by virtue of our bearing the Image of the Creator AND bearing His Spirit within us, we live transformed lives. The Apostle Paul urges us to begin that journey with the renewing of our minds, toward which there are many paths that can be pursued.…
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05.31.26 - Pentecost II: The Holy Spirit - God in Us
Our identity is derived from our relationship with the Trinity through the Holy Spirit. We are each fashioned in the image of God, wonderfully made, and bearers of the news of the King. The Holy Spirit empowers our walk when we choose the way of Christ, and we live in partnership with the Eternal...
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05.24.26 - Luke XIV - Pentecost Sunday: The Spirit Descending
In Christianity, the Feast of Pentecost is shifted from the Hebrew themes of wheat harvest and the giving of Torah to the arrival of the Creator Himself in the form of His Holy Spirit descending in power. This follows 10 days after King Jesus ascended to His throne at the right hand of the…
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05.17.26 - Ascension Sunday - Luke XIII: The King Ascending
The Apostle Paul quotes an ancient Christian hymn that encapsulates Jesus' mission in a few lines of poetry in his letter to the Philippians. Philippians 2:5-11 marks Jesus' descent from glory to mortality in order to begin and fulfill His rescue mission. Luke ends his gospel with the ascension…
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05.10.26 - Mother's Day - Monologues from Women in Scripture
We hear from "Mrs. Noah" and Sarai as they tell their stories of patient faith on Mother's Day at The Barn. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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05.03.26 - Resurrection Ripples IV - Promise Made, Promise Kept
A great number of God's promises made since the beginning of time are fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There are many other promises that are still in force in our lives here and now. Since we know He kept earlier promises, we know He will keep these, even (and especially) when that...
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04.26.26 - Resurrection Ripples III
We will be resurrected to a new body that synthesizes spiritual and physical just like Jesus’. This captures Paul’s (and our) imagination and gives us certain hope. Jesus’ return coincides with the coming of the similarly synthesized “new heaven and new earth” and “new Jerusalem” that straddle...
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04.19.26 - Resurrection Ripples II
We are still celebrating resurrection in this Season of Easter. Paul refers to the Resurrected Christ as the "firstfruits" of a massive resurrection harvest. Firstfruits are the first, best portion of the annual harvest that signal a bounteous crop to follow. We will be resurrected in the…
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04.12.26 - Luke XII - Resurrection Ripples
Luke 24:30-49 The resurrection of Jesus has far-reaching implications in our lives. Understatement! To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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04.05.26 - Luke XI - Easter Sunday: It Is Finished
The resurrection of Jesus is the lens through which everything else in scripture is to be seen and understood. His victory over sin and death changes the universe, including our small portion of it. Luke 24. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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03.29 - Palm Sunday Communion Meditation: Dirty Feet, Humility, and Unity
Larry looks at John's account of Jesus' last night with His disciples, beginning the evening by washing their feet, ending it by praying for their unity. And ours. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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03.29.26 - Luke X - Palm Sunday: Recognizing the Time
Luke 19:28-44 is Dr. Luke's account of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, launching what we call Holy Week. The good doctor is spare in his details so that we can focus on one thing. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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03.22.26 - Luke XI - Comfort & Warning II
In the second half of His Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus uses colorful, nearly comic illustrations to convey His primary point of our need to see to our hearts and lives before we presume to check others'. Then Jesus shares the core secret of how to live the best of all lives…
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03.08.26 - Luke VIII - Comfort & Warning I
Jesus chooses His 12 closest disciples and then teaches for the first time in the Gospel of Luke in today's message. A parallel to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, Luke has Jesus convey the bulk of His teaching in today's Sermon on the Plain. It's not in Spain, nor does it rain, at least…
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03.01.26 - Luke VII - A Fresh Start in Hope & Healing
Today’s Luke sequence begins with a miracle and ends with a parable, but parable is present from the beginning. The featured friends believe and care deeply enough to take dramatic action to bring a friend to Jesus. We can do the same with and for those we love, family or friend. Jesus’ display…
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02.22.26 - Luke VI - The Call of Jesus
We come to Luke 5:1-11 in our journey through that gospel and see how Jesus customizes His call on Peter (and his gang) in a way uniquely suited to the fisherman's sensibilities. He does the same with us, just not with fish. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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02.15.26 - Luke V - The Kingdom Has Come
Here's the audio podcast of Sunday's sermon, the next lesson from Luke's gospel. Jesus pushes back against darkness and brokenness as His kingdom break in, then and now. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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02.08.26 - Luke IV - The Real Jesus at the Center
In Luke 4:14-30, Jesus is without honor in His hometown because everyone is too familiar with Him, His family, etc. We run the risk of being too familiar with Him to the point of losing our wonder and taking Him for granted. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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02.01.26 - Luke III - Identity Given & Tested
Focusing on Luke 3:21-4:13, Jesus begins His ministry by submitted to baptism by His predecessor, John. Jesus' identity is majestically confirmed by the presence of the Spirit and the voice of the Father booming affirmation from the heavens: You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased! We…
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01.25.26 - Luke II - Renewing Our Walk
The ministry of John the Baptist fulfills prophecies made about him by Isaiah and Gabriel, and as he calls the people to repent and be baptized, we are called to do the same, and if we've already done so, it's time to renew our commitments to the King. Luke 3:1-20. To investigate this most...
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01.18.26 - Intro to Luke: Promises Made - Promises Kept
We begin a series on the Gospel of Luke today, whose first sentence states he will summarize "the things that have been fulfilled among us," in a far reaching work that begins with Gabriel's visit to Zechariah in the temple predicting the birth of John the Baptist through to the gospel being…
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01.11.26 - Fresh Start - New Year - New Creation
The mercies of God are new every morning, and each day offers us a fresh start in Him. God is in the business of making all things new, including us, and He reminds us today of the moment when everything changed. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.04.26 - Christmas II - Kings & Magi
We focus today on the convergence of multiple themes around the visit of the wise men to the Christchild. In looking at that story today (in Matthew 2:1-12), we focus on two prime lessons: they represent all of us as OUTSIDERS being welcomed into the family of God. And Matthew holds two kings up…
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12.28.25 - Christmas I - Mild, He Lays His Glory By
One of the dangers of telling the Christmas story (or Easter, or how your grandparents walked from home to school uphill both ways...) as often as we do is that the stunning, mind-blowing aspects of God becoming human - and all that that means - can become ordinary and unremarkable. In this…
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12.21.25 - Advent IV - Love's Pure Light
The good news of Jesus begins with four humans and one angel: Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, and Gabriel. The angel startles the humans with news of God’s upcoming action in and through their lives. Their different reactions are patterns for us to follow - or avoid - as we walk in…
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12.14.25 - Advent III - Joy - Ready or Not (Dramatic Narrative Sermon)
On this third Sunday of Advent we hear from someone intimately acquainted with the early goings-on associated with the Incarnation. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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12.07.25 - Advent II - Peace
On this second Sunday of Advent, we focus on the theme of peace. Our sense of peace (and hope, joy, and love, etc.) is far more a function of perspective rather than circumstance. The prophet Isaiah and the apostle Paul both set touchstones for us with which to orient ourselves and live in “Peace...
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11.23.25 - Sabbath Rest II
Keeping Sabbath is a test of faith that removes a day’s wages (or a day’s progress in our projects for workaholics) so that we recognize that his care for us far surpasses our efforts. At the core of observing Sabbath rest is an intentional use of time aimed at personal (and church body) renewal....
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11.16.25 - Sabbath Rest I
The culture around us defines us according to our occupation and income. We are human “doings” in the eyes of the world. We are created in the image of God, the true source of our value, worth & identity. We are human “beings” in His eyes. Because we are made in His image, His example of resting...
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11.09.25 - Orphan Sunday
God very strongly identifies the orphan/fatherless, widow and immigrant as being objects of His special attention. His identity is bound up with how much He cares for them. YHVH commands a structure in Israel’s everyday society that provides for the poor in their midst. That provision includes...
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11.02.25 - Faith & The Kingdom VII - Shepherded
Several times in scripture humans are likened to sheep. This is not a compliment. Isaiah famously intones that "all we like sheep have gone astray." We are weak, learn slowly, and require the leadership of a shepherd. Sheep that do have a shepherd - especially when His name is Jesus - reap...
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10.26.25 - Faith & The Kingdom VI - Hearts that Care
Last week we concentrated on seeing people the way Jesus does. The next thing Jesus does after seeing a person is: He loves them. He has compassion for them. He cares about them and for them. One of the challenging things He sees in them is that they "are harassed and helpless." They are under…
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10.19.25 - Faith & The Kingdom V - Eyes that See
Jesus sets a clear pattern in His ministry of deeply seeing people. Many of those people are on the margins and are not seen by others. Human tendency is to self-protect with distance and an “eye bounce” that avoids seeing them. In contrast, when Jesus sees someone, His first reaction is to love...
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10.12.25 - Faith & The Kingdom IV - At Just the Right Time
Looking at Jesus' Kingdom through the lens of Romans 5, we are encouraged to remain faithful and confident in our salvation because of the lengths to which God, Jesus, and the Spirit have gone to rescue us from sin and death and restore us to eternal friendship with our Creator. To investigate…
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10.05.25 - Faith & The Kingdom III - Faith in Hard Times
Being a Christian doesn’t remove us from the hardship in our lives. Far from it. However, because of the Kingdom of God (and its King), we take strength and comfort from three things: His past faithfulness: His current indwelling (and PERMANENT) presence, and the perspective established for us by...
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Messages from The Barn: Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Larry Mudd
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