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OCC Podcast — 438 episodes

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Robots don't love

2

God's Sovereignty and Man's Responsibility (Rom 9:16-33) James Green

3

God's in charge

4

God is sovereign (Rom 9:6-15) | James Green

5

I only have two friends

6

Putting in the Work | James Green

7

Not retired yet

8

Follow Me | Forrest Jenkins

9

Adam and Eve Smith

10

God Keeps His Promises (Rom 9:1-5) | James Green

11

Andrew threw a drum stick

12

Easter Sunday | James Green

13

Death on a Triscuit

14

Palm Sunday Message | James Green

15

Separation Anxiety

16

Victorious Security - Part 2 (Rom 8:34-39) | James Green

17

90's AI

18

Victorious Security (Rom 8:31-33) | James Green

19

A 5 Step Plan

20

God knows best (Rom 8:28-30) | James Green

21

BOOM!

22

Groaning (Rom 8:18-27) | James Green

23

Awkward Bride Price

24

Jonathan | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

25

Almost midpoint

26

Suffering with Jesus (Rom 8:17a-18) | James Green

27

Boxing sharks

28

The Family of God (Rom 8:12-17a) | James Green

29

The 'e' word

30

Annual meeting message

31

Will James dye his hair?

32

Share the gospel, share your life | Duncan Sprague

33

Divine appointments

34

Life and death (Rom 8:5-11) | James Green

35

We don't understand

36

Life in the Spirit

37

Why are you yelling?

38

Uncondemnable (Rom 8:1-4) | Brenton Laidler

39

Smacked in the face

40

Blueprint for Discipleship | Forrest Jenkins

41

Harks and Hails

42

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | James Green

43

A sign for signs

44

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel | James Green

45

Would you like to take a survey?

46

Go Tell it on the Mountain | James Green

47

Not an interview

48

Joy to the world | James Green

49

Two dumb guys and a podcast

50

WB Ruin... Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10) | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

51

Creamy Peanut Butter

52

State of the Union | James Green

53

So... no answer?

54

Breaking the cycle (Rom 7:14-25) | James Green

55

Fight me

56

The War Within (Rom 7:14-25) | James Green

57

Counterfeit Money

58

What does the law do? (Rom 7:7-13) | James Green

59

OCCasional OCCupants

60

Avoiding Galatianism (Rom 7:1-6) | James Green

61

Rings of tension

62

Slaves to righteousness (Rom 6:19-23) | James Green

63

Andy Mineo

64

Good theology, bad application (Rom 6:15-18) | Brenton Laidler

65

The dating podcast

66

Tension (Rom 6:8-14) | James Green

67

Don't say yes

68

The body of sin (Rom 6:3-7) | James Green

69

Bats don't have fingers

70

Dead to sin (Rom 6:1-2) | James Green

71

Scary movie territory

72

What is the "win"? (Psalm 102:12-18) | James Green

73

3-14

74

An analogy of Adam and Jesus (Rom 5:20-21) | James Green

75

The Bunt

76

Get in the Game | James Green

77

Free pizza

78

Apples and Oranges (Rom 5:12-19) | Brenton Laidler

79

Gramps Harry Rapp

80

What are the benefits of being a Christian? (Part 2) (Rom 5:3-11) | James Green

81

Walk-off home run

82

What are the benefits of being a Christian? (Part 1) (Rom 5:1-3a) | James Green

83

Ready Freddy Spaghetti!

84

Faith applied: Believing in God for Miracles! (Rom 4:23-25) | James Green

85

It's all about me

86

Which well do we use? (Rom 4:16-22) | James Green

87

Two anonymous guys

88

All Church Service - 2025

89

Speaking of marketing...

90

Apart from works (Rom 4:6-15) | James Green

91

Lacie's first podcast

92

Justification by faith... or by works? (Rom 4:1-5) | James Green

93

VBS is in full swing

94

Justified (Rom 3:24-31) | Andrew Smith

95

I like bacon

96

Near or Far (Luke 15) | Andrew Smith

97

A whole-lotta maturing

98

From guilt to grace (Rom 3:21-23) | James Green

99

Long time listener, first time caller

100

The Final Verdict (Rom 3:19-20) | James Green

101

I could be sinless

102

Paul's Closing Arguments (Rom 3:9-18) | James Green

103

None upon thars

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Final Objections (Rom 3:1-8) | James Green

105

Way too muches

106

WB Ruin... Elijah and the Widow | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

107

Jump on the table big boy

108

Religion Can't Save Anyone (Rom 2:21-29) | James Green

109

Words Are Hard

110

Religion or relationship (Rom 2:17-20) | James Green

111

Defending our Faith

112

Lion, Lamb, King, Lord (Mar 8:27-29, Rev 17:14, Rev 19:16) | James Green

113

Legs are Relatable

114

The Lion and The Lamb (Rev 5:1-14) | James Green

115

I wish I were smarter

116

That's not fair! (Rom 2:12-16) | Brenton Laidler

117

Salvation by grace, through faith... or by works? (Rom 2:6-11) | James Green

118

Bad jokes

119

Good for the goose... good for the gander (Rom 2:1-5) | James Green

120

How'd they know?

121

Having an important conversation (Rom 1:26-28) | James Green

122

Eating in the dark

123

God Gave Them Over (Rom 1:24-32) | James Green

124

Wrath of God

125

God's wrath (Rom 1:18-23) | James Green

126

"Oh my!"

127

David and Goliath... RUINED!

128

That's my superpower

129

Unleashing the power of God (Rom 1:8-17) | James Green

130

Mullet havers

131

The Gospel (Rom 1:1-7) | James Green

132

Only one verse

133

Introduction (Rom 1:1) | James Green

134

6 Families

135

Redemption | James Green

136

I don't have my phone

137

Fall | James Green

138

Mowing in the winter

139

Creation | James Green

140

Put a bow on it

141

The final word - Part 2 (Dan 12:4-13) | James Green

142

Reaching up and reaching down (Titus 2:1-15) | Andrew Smith

143

Little welcome bags

144

The Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) | James Green

145

Team eye rollers

146

Kingdom Economics (Luke 2:8-14) | James Green

147

Hoverboards

148

Hope that doesn't disappoint (1 Pet 1:3-12) | James Green

149

Christmas action figures

150

The Hope of a King (2 Kings 25:1-12, 27-30) | James Green

151

A giant seahorse

152

WB RUIN... Jonah

153

A horrible thud

154

The Last Word - Part One (Dan 12:1-3) | James Green

155

Throwing a curveball

156

The Last World War (Dan 11:36-45) | James Green

157

Bible history 101

158

Conflicts to come (Dan 11:2-35) | James Green

159

I know how to swim

160

Daniel, and the holiness of God (Dan 10:1-11:1) | Andrew Smith

161

This Week's Top 10

162

One more week (Dan 9:26-27) | James Green

163

Brenton would be proud

164

A whole lotta math (Dan 9:20-25) | James Green

165

A missing backpack

166

Daniel's prayer (Dan 9:1-19) | James Green

167

I didn't make up a word

168

The end, and THE END (Dan 8:15-27) | Brenton Laidler

169

Double decker grave

170

Daniel's Vision (Dan 8:1-14) | James Green

171

Part of the elephant

172

The interpretation of Daniel's dream (Dan 7:15-28) | James Green

173

Matt Gordon Mark

174

Love God, love others (Rom 12) | James Green

175

Off the rails

176

Daniel's dream (Dan 7:1-14) | James Green

177

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

178

Growing Together (Rom 12:1-6a) | James Green

179

Famine in the content fields

180

The model of consistency (Dan 6:1-28) | James Green

181

Your pastors are human, too

182

All Church Service 2024

183

The disembodied hand

184

The writing on the wall (Dan 5:1-31) | James Green

185

The Nap Time Podcast

186

God on the throne (Dan 4:1-37) | Andrew Smith

187

Embrace the Suck

188

External pressures… or internal principles? (Dan 3:1-30) | James Green

189

This Podcast hasn't been posted yet

190

So, that's what it means? (Dan 2:31-49) | James Green

191

Don't trust Wiki

192

Dreams (Dan 2:1-30) | James Green

193

Ruinception

194

WB Ruin... Jesus heals the paralytic

195

What's your line?

196

A line drawn in the sand (Dan 1:8-21) | Forrest Jenkins

197

Horribly disobedient

198

Dan the man (Dan 1:1-7) | James Green

199

Marissa sings better than Brenton

200

A leap of...? (Mat 14:22-33) | James Green

201

The 'others'

202

The end of Acts (Acts 28:1-31) | Brenton Laidler

203

I don't think mermaids are real

204

Weather the storm (Acts 27) | James Green

205

Speaking of shipwrecked

206

Paul's testimony (25:13-26:32) | James Green

207

Better Late Than Never

208

Paul makes an appeal (Acts 25:1-12) | James Green

209

Faith over fear

210

In defense of faith (Acts 24:1-27) | Forrest Jenkins

211

Jewish Jack

212

WB Ruin... The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

213

There's a reason we don't film these

214

People want to kill Paul (Acts 22:30-23:35) | James Green

215

He Stole My Bike

216

Paul was misunderstood - Part 2 (Acts 21:27 - 22:29) | James Green

217

Steve Martin

218

Paul was misunderstood (Acts 21:1-26) | James Green

219

The radio waves

220

Celebration and invitation (Rom 6:1-11) | James Green

221

Bunny Cake

222

No Filter (Palm Sunday) | Brenton Laidler

223

Let's press pause

224

Paul's instruction for the church (Acts 20:25-38) | James Green

225

People aren't finished yet

226

Our "wake-up" call (Acts 20:1-24) | James Green

227

Truth in love

228

The riot in Ephesus (Acts 19:21-41) | James Green

229

Wesley and Snoop Dogg Ruin...

230

WB RUIN... The Roman Centurion (Mat 8:5-13) | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

231

That's tough to pronounce

232

The increasing and prevailing church (Acts 19:1-20) | Andrew Smith

233

Sketchy details

234

In process (Acts 18:18-28) | James Green

235

Preaching naked

236

Purpose, mission, and vision | James Green

237

Unscrambling an egg

238

God encourages Paul in Corinth (Acts 18:1-17) | James Green

239

Ollow-fay Esus-Jay

240

Reaching the 'wise' for Jesus (Acts 17:16-34) | James Green

241

Rabid rabbi rabble

242

From upside-down to right-side up (Acts 17:1-15) | James Green

243

Getting mugged in New York

244

The Church at Philippi (Acts 16:11-40) | James Green

245

Kool-Aid Guy

246

WB Ruin... Naomi (and New Years) | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

247

Pigeons and Angels

248

Christ is coming | James Green

249

Thank you Cleveland Browns

250

Joy is coming | James Green

251

Lather, rinse, repeat

252

Love is coming | James Green

253

Fiercely atheistic

254

Peace is coming | James Green

255

Not sexy enough

256

Hope is coming | James Green

257

They redacted their name

258

Give thanks (Ps 100) | Andrew Smith

259

I realized I was praying

260

How God guides us towards His will (Acts 15:36-16:10) | James Green

261

Knowing When To Compromise

262

The Jerusalem council (Acts 15:12-35) | James Green

263

Doing Wesley's job

264

WB Ruin... Samson | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

265

Bearded antagonists

266

Something worth 'fighting for (Acts 15:1-11) | James Green

267

Fray the bottom a little bit

268

Character qualities of a faithful servant of God (Acts 14:8-28) | James Green

269

I had to Google it

270

Good news for Gentiles (Acts 13:42-14:7) | Brenton Laidler

271

I don't trust feelings

272

Paul's first (recorded) sermon (Acts 13:13-41) | James Green

273

Brenton's last sermon

274

Push or pull (Acts 12:25-13:12) | Brenton Laidler

275

Searching for an adjective

276

Perspective (Acts 12:1-24) | James Green

277

Unlearning is harder than learning

278

Get in the game (Mark 3:13-19) | James Green

279

Spicy foods

280

The church of Antioch (Acts 11:19-30) | James Green

281

75 cent light switch

282

Putting our foot down (Acts 11:1-18) | James Green

283

Stone Temple Pilots

284

Get in the game (Eph 4:11-16) | James Green

285

Can I say 'crap'?

286

Salvation for all who believe (Acts 10:34-48) | James Green

287

Peter's not smart

288

Peter and Cornelius overcome their prejudice (Acts 10:1-33) | James Green

289

Crazy Month of July

290

Changed lives (Acts 9:32-43) | Forrest Jenkins

291

All-church service

292

Barnabas is a player-coach

293

Saul's ministry (Acts 9:19-31) | James Green

294

A Goldfish and diet-Coke communion

295

Saul's transformation (Acts 9:1-19) | James Green

296

Make donuts cheaper

297

A belief that does (Acts 8:26-40) | Brenton Laidler

298

Me monster

299

A belief that doesn't save (Acts 8:4-25) | James Green

300

The Mickey Mouse club

301

The posture of a father | Brenton Laidler

302

Ignored by Satan

303

Stephen's martyrdom (Acts 7:54-8:3) | James Green

304

It's yo' gurl!

305

Stephen's Defense (Acts 7:1-53) | James Green

306

Meat trees in the garden

307

WB Ruin... Adam and Eve | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

308

Put a Bible in The Back of Your Pants

309

Like the face of an angel (Acts 6:8-15) | James Green

310

Three's a crowd

311

Traits of an excellent woman | Forrest Jenkins

312

Forrest has been in prison

313

Growing pains (Acts 6:1-7) | James Green

314

I'm going to quit praying for that

315

Facing opposition (Acts 5:12-42) | James Green

316

I'm fo' real!

317

Generosity in the church (Acts 4:36-5:11) | James Green

318

Oofs and rudders

319

How to respond to persecution (Acts 4:23-35) | James Green

320

I've never eaten one cookie

321

Abundant Life | James Green

322

Resurrected life | Andrew Smith

323

Taking advantage of grace

324

Changed life | James Green

325

To rebel, or not to rebel?

326

Boldness in Christ (Acts 4:1-22) | Andrew Smith

327

Everything is math

328

Peter's second sermon (Acts 3:11-26) | James Green

329

I don't think I have to sin

330

God gets the glory (Acts 3:1-10) | James Green

331

It's not that complicated

332

Characteristics of a healthy church (Acts 2:42-47) | James Green

333

Don't read the OT first

334

The Sermon that started the church (Acts 2:14-41) | James Green

335

Don't put yourself in the story

336

The day has come (Acts 2:1-13) | Brenton Laidler

337

It's weird not to be down

338

Replacing Judas (Acts 1:12-26) | James Green

339

Licking the knife

340

You shall be my witnesses (Acts 1:1-11) | James Green

341

Wesley and Brenton Ruin... MIDPOINT!

342

WB Ruin... Noah's Ark | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

343

Eat more meals around the table

344

Vision | Andrew Smith

345

Don't stop at the paperclip

346

Mission | Brenton Laidler

347

Hurt by church people

348

Purpose | James Green

349

How do you eat an elephant?

350

Do what you need to do | Forrest Jenkins

351

What does James's tree look like?

352

Resolutions are benchmarks of failures

353

Advent 4 | James Green

354

What I'm gonna say is unbiblical

355

Advent 3 | James Green

356

Stop the "doom scrolling"

357

Advent 2 | James Green

358

Trying to pick a fight

359

Advent 1 | James Green

360

The book of zero John

361

Practice to Produce | Brenton Laidler

362

We stink at thankfulness

363

Links in the chain (Ruth 4:13-22) | James Green

364

Listen up, Lord, I'm talking!

365

Boaz the redeemer (Ruth 4:1-12) | James Green

366

Traumatizing kids by swallowing a goldfish

367

The blood, the root, & the bread | Wesley Schwartz and Brenton Laidler

368

Our worst sins on full display

369

An awkward encounter (Ruth 3:1-18) | James Green

370

This week on The Bachelor...

371

How to make wise decisions (Ruth 2:14-23) | James Green

372

Practical joke goes wrong

373

Ruth meets Boaz (Ruth 2:1-13) | James Green

374

You can't read the ingredients from inside the jar

375

A love story about God's providence (Ruth 1:1-22) | James Green

376

There are no boring gifts

377

Using Our Spiritual Gifts | James Green

378

Sad balloons are sad

379

Jesus' ascension (Luke 24:50-54) | James Green

380

We may not be doing this right

381

2022 Fall Kickoff | James Green

382

Preaching the gospel to Mormons

383

Repentance is the message (Luke 24:44-49) | James Green

384

A crisis of faith

385

Too good to be true? (Luke 24:36-43) | James Green

386

Connecting Fair | James Green

387

The road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35) | Brenton Laidler

388

It's not a story (Luke 24:1-12) | Brenton Laidler

389

VBS 2022 Family Sunday | Brenton Laidler

390

God's providence (Luke 23:50-56) | Forrest Jenkins

391

Love poured out (Luke 23:26-49) | Andrew Smith

392

The great exchange (Luke 23:13-25) | Brenton Laidler

393

Conditions, entertainment, and boulders (Luke 23:1-12) | Brenton Laidler

394

Son of God (Luke 22:63-71) | Andrew Smith

395

Father's Day 2022 | Andrew Smith

396

Don't miss your exit (Luke 22:54-62) | Brenton Laidler

397

Agonizing love (Luke 22:39-53) | Brenton Laidler

398

Don't let it spoil (Luke 22:31-38) | Brenton Laidler

399

Who is the greatest? (Luke 22:24-30) | James Green

400

In remembrance (Luke 22:7-23) | Andrew Smith

401

Judas betrays Jesus (Luke 22:1-6) | James Green

402

Are we ready for the second coming? (Luke 21:25-38) | James Green

403

Life's tragedies lead to opportunities (Luke 21:5-24) | James Green

404

Easter 2022 | James Green

405

Good Friday 2022 | Forrest Jenkins

406

Palm Sunday 2022 | James Green

407

The poor widow (Luke 21:1-4) | Forrest Jenkins

408

Jesus goes on the offense (Luke 20:41-47) | James Green

409

Why we should care about sound doctrine (Luke 20:27-40) | James Green

410

Godly character (Luke 20:19-26) | Brenton Laidler

411

Who owns the vineyard? (Luke 20:9-18) | James Green

412

By whose authority? (Luke 19:45 - 20:8) | James Green

413

Don't miss it (Luke 19:28-44) | Brenton Laidler

414

In business with Jesus (Luke 19:11-27) | James Green

415

Purpose, Mission, and Vision for the Church | James Green

416

Jesus and Zaccheus (Luke 19:1-10) | WB Show & James Green

417

Jesus and blind Bart (Luke 18:35-43) | James Green

418

Opportunity cost (Luke 18:28-34) | James Green

419

The rich young ruler (Luke 18:18-27) | James Green

420

Stop trying | Brenton Laidler

421

...like a child (Luke 18:15-17) | James Green

422

The parable of the pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14) | James Green

423

Persevering in prayer (Luke 18:1-8) | James Green

424

Be enduring, be discerning, be ready! (Luke 17:20-37) | James Green

425

Responding differently (Luke 17:11-19) | Brenton Laidler

426

Increase my ...what? (Luke 17:5-10) | James Green

427

Don't be a stumbling block (Luke 17:1-4) | James Green

428

Richie Rich and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) | Brenton Laidler

429

Justifying ourselves (Luke 16:14-18) | James Green

430

Making disciples (Mat 28:19-20) | James Green

431

The parable of the unjust steward (16:1-13) | James Green

432

The prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) | James Green

433

Parable of the lost sheep and the lost coin (Luke 15:1-10) | James Green

434

The cost of discipleship (Luke 14:25-35) | James Green

435

Dinner with Jesus (Luke 14:15-24) | James Green

436

Jesus is a confronter (Luke 14:1-14) | James Green

437

Why aren't all people saved (Luke 13:31-35) | James Green

438

...such great faith (Luke 7:1-10) | James Green