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Oak Pointe Church West Bloomfield Podcast — 145 episodes
Excursus on Pioneering Women in Paul's Letters (Mother's Day)
1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 Not in Vain
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Dear Disrupter,
God's Plan for Israel (Dave Recktenwald)
Matthew 28:18-20 The Great Commission (Pastor Phil Goward)
Easter Sunday - Why the Resurrection Matters
John 12:12-19 Holy Week Every Day
1 Samuel 25:1-39 Lessons from the Bible
Micah 6:8 We are West Bloomfield
1 Samuel 24:1-22 Audience of One
1 Samuel 23:1-29 God Responds
1 Samuel 22:1-23 True Commander
1 Samuel 21:1-15 Survival Mode
1 Samuel 20:1-42 Glimpses of Jesus
1 Samuel 19:1-24 Unfettered Holy Spirit
1 Samuel 18:17-30 Trading Relational Talents
1 Samuel 18:1-16 Soft Heart, Thick Skin
1 Samuel 17:1-58 Discovering Who God Made David to Become
Spiritual Growth and Change (Pastor Eli Garza)
Luke 18:1-8 Prayer (Phil Goward)
Luke 2:1-20 Immanuel Shalom
Isaiah 9:1-7 Messiah's Shalom
Romans 5:2b-5 Shalom in our Suffering
Romans 5:1-2a Restore Shalom with God
Genesis 2 and 3 Desperate for Shalom
Galatians 6:1-18 The Local Church
Galatians 5:16-24 Spirit vs. Flesh
Galatians 5:1-15 No Spiritual Buffets
Galatians 4:15-29 Making an Appeal
Galatians 4:1-7 Heirs of God
Galatians 3:15-29 Pick Your Path
Galatians 3:1-14 The Curse Reversed
Galatians 2:11-21 Legalism
Galatians 2:1-10 Spies Among Us (Phil Goward)
Galatians 1:1-24 Distorted Gospel
Psalm 86 How to Pray
Psalm 51 How to Repent
Spoken Word on Repenting (Ranae Seestadt)
How to Lament Psalms 88 and 142
Spoken Word on Lamenting (Ranae Seestadt)
Psalms 8 and 145 How to Praise
1 Kings 11:9-43 Consequences
1 Kings 11:1-8 Guard Your Heart
1 Kings 10:14-29 Put your Life into the Proper Perspective
1 Kings 3:16-4:34 Seek out the Wise
1 Kings 10:1-13 Critical Questions
1 Kings 8:12-9:9 Access to God
1 Kings 5,6,7,8a - Participating in a Plan of God
1 Kings 3:1-15 Ask God Rightly
1 Kings 2:1-46 Make Sense of Violence in the Bible
1 Kings 1:1-53 A Dad's Legacy
Jonah 4:1-11 God's Mercy and Our Hate (Phil Goward)
Jonah 3:1-10 The Second Time
Jonah 2:1-10 Cooperating with God's Plan
Jonah 1:1-17 Running Away from God
Matthew 5 and 1 Samuel 1 Mother's Day (Ranae and Joe Seestadt)
John 21:1-25 "Follow Me"
John 20:19-31 Finding Wanderers
John 20:1-18 Is Jesus Alive?
Choose to Believe - Spoken Word - Ranae Seestadt
John 17:1-26 High Priestly Prayer
John 16:4-33 Aligning to God's Plans
John 15:18-16:4 Persecution
John 15:1-17 Abide in the Vine of Christ
John 14:15-31 We Needed Jesus to Leave
John 14:1-14 Afterlife
John 13:1-38 Sacrifices
John 12:12-50 King Jesus
John 11:45-12:11 Devotion
John 11:1-44 Ambivalence
John 10:22-42 Jesus' sheep
John 10:1-21 True vs. False Shepherds
John 9:1-41 Spiritual Sight (Phil Goward)
John 8:31-59 Your Spiritual Paychecks
John 8:12-30 Missed Opportunities
Luke 1:5-25, 57-80 Advent Faith (Phil Goward)
John 7:25-52 Jesus, the Kosher Messiah
John 7:1-24 Managing the Moment
John 6:22-71 Own Your View of Jesus
John 5:18-47 Declaration of Jesus
John 6:1-21 Driven by Compassion
John 5:1-18 The Lordship of Jesus
John 4:46-54 In Desperation find Shalom
John 4:1-45 Divine Detours
John 3:22-36 Hear the Witnesses
John 3:1-21 Planting the Gospel Seed
John 2:13-25 The Innocent Disruptor
John 2:1-12 Exhibit A: Jesus' First Sign
John 1:35-51 Come and See
John 1:19-34 The Uncomplicated Life
John 1:1-18 Opening Argument
Esther 9:1-10:3 Receiving God's Relief
Esther 8:1-17 Persistent Pursuit of God
Esther 7:1-10 Getting God's Help with God-sized Moments
Esther 6:1-14 Poetic Justice
Esther 5:1-14 Waiting on the Lord
Esther 4:1-17 Our Despair and God's Deliverance
Proverbs - Practicing Humility - Pastor Phil Goward
Special Interview of Rabbi Jen Kaluzny on Antisemitism from Esther 3
Esther 3:1-15 Opposing Antisemitism
Esther 2:1-23 Don't Judge People Too Quickly
Luke 17:11-19 Turning Back to Jesus
Esther 1:1-22 Overcoming insecurities
Genesis 9:18-29, 11:1-9 Humble Walk of Faith
Genesis 8:20-9:17 Back and Forth Relationship (Noahic Covenant and rainbow sign)
Genesis 7:17-8:19 God's Commitments Revealed with the Great Flood
Genesis 6:9-7:16 Live Radically
Genesis 5:25-6:8 The Days of Noah
Mother's Day - Embrace Being an Influencer (Ranae and Joe Seestadt)
Genesis 4:17-5:24 The Picture You Leave Behind
Genesis 4:1-16 Managing Struggles and Disappointment
Spoken Word Genesis 3:1-24 The Gospel
Genesis 3:1-24 Weaken the Fall
Genesis 2:4-25 Opportunity
Genesis 1:1-2:3 - God's Intelligent Design
Easter 2024: God's Big Promise - Colossians 1:15-22
Easter 2024 Spoken Word "The Comeback" (Ranae Seestadt)
Palm Sunday: Matthew 21, Mark 11, Luke 19, John 12 (Phil Goward)
Romans 15:22-16:29 The Right Assignment
Romans 15:1-21 Jesus' Example for Relationships
Romans 14:13-23 Restrain your Actions
Romans 14:1-12 Managing Convictions
Romans 13:1-14 Live Peacefully
Romans 12:1-21 Live Transformed
Romans 11:1-36 Cultivated and Grafted In
Romans 10:5-21 Human Responsibility in Salvation
Romans 9:22-10:4 Is Jesus Your Cornerstone or Stumbling Stone?
Romans 9:1-21 Humility to Accept the Will of God
Romans 8:17-39 We are Safe
Romans 8:1-17 Yield to the Holy Spirit
Heaven Touches Earth - Christmas Eve
Heaven Touches Earth - part 1
Romans 7:1-25 Endure the Journey with Sin
Romans 6:1-23 Make Sense of Your Life
Romans 5:12-21 Whose Imprint: Adam's or Jesus'
Romans 5:1-11 Boast of God
Romans 4:1-25 God Makes Us Righteous
Romans 3:1-31 Faith in Christ
Romans 2:1-11 How God Judges
Romans 1:1-17 Purpose of Salvation
Acts 28:11-31 Continue the Acts Story
Acts 27:39-28:10 Miracles
Acts 27:1-38 Navigate storms
Acts 25:1-26:32 Kicking Goads
Acts 24:1-27 Thinking Errors