Shows
Petaluma Christian Churchobedience: the greater miracle (Mark 1:40-45, 3:7-12)We talk honestly about the significant obstacles to obedience that happen to show up in these passages. 2023-10-1629 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha whole person (Mark 1:32-39)What does is mean to be truly whole? Jesus shows us.2023-10-0828 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchFollowing Jesus without the fine print (Mark 1:16-20)Jesus' call offers what the world does not.2023-09-2528 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchKingdom Come (Mark 1:14-15)Risk living like God's Kingdom can break through any time, any place to right some wrong. 2023-09-1833 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchA God-giving Reign (Mark 1:1-13)Jesus announces His reign as supremely generous. 2023-09-1131 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha community song (Psalm 133)3 reasons to seek life from community that comes from above.2023-09-0434 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of presence (Psalm 132)God's presence produces a self-forgetful joy.2023-08-2832 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of pruning (Psalm 131)The best time for maintenance is often when we have momentum on our side. 2023-08-2029 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha redemption song (Psalm 130)Forgiveness is needed, certain, immediate - and best of all: It works. 2023-08-1330 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of perseverance (Psalm 129)Emotional wisdom for persevering through affliction. 2023-08-0731 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of prosperity (Psalm 128)Real prosperity is outward-facing. 2023-07-3131 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha work song (Psalm 127)Partnering with God for income-earning and family-raising work that lasts. 2023-07-2430 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchShrewd: Jesus' Money Manager (Luke 16:1-13)The surprising quality Jesus looks for to manage his money well.2023-07-0931 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of joy (Psalm 126)More risk > More whoops. 2023-07-0527 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of security (Psalm 125)God puts in us a little weakness, sprinkles into our lives some wickedness, limits our contributions because he cares about our souls. 2023-06-1932 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of reflection (Psalm 124)Reflect through the depths of pain to display the heights of Help.2023-06-1428 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchAn incomplete song (Psalm 123)What to do with and how to pray through hostility. 2023-06-0427 min
Petaluma Christian Churcha song of gathering (Psalm 122)How gathering doubles up God's already good gifts. 2023-05-2930 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchA song of trust (Psalm 121)Transitioning from anxiety to trust.2023-05-2231 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchA song of strangers (Psalm 120)A song for those who feel worn down by the constant war of words in this strange and alien world.2023-05-1531 minPetaluma Christian ChurchWaiting for Suffering to End (James 5: 7-11)How to wait well.2023-05-0124 minPetaluma Christian ChurchThe Lord's Supper (1 Cor 11, 1 Cor 10, Matthew 26)A delivery vehicle for heavenly gifts. 2023-04-2430 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchLIFE (Romans 5:6-21)The good man through his good act leads us back to the good tree - the tree of life.
2023-04-1029 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchOPINIONS (Romans 14:1-12)Unless their views are anti-Christ, welcome the Christ in every Christian.2023-04-0330 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchLOVE (Romans 12:9-21)In every interaction, we add or subtract a piece of wholeness to another.
2023-04-0335 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchTHE SPIRIT (Romans 8:1-17, 26-27)Live the Tension of inability/responsibility for the Spirit's work.2023-03-1339 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDOMINION (Romans 6:1-14, 20-23)The Apostle Paul details what true freedom looks like and how to live freely. 2023-03-0626 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchFAITH (Romans 4:13-5:5)It's a constant temptation to lean on either our performance or our circumstances to define our trajectory. The apostle Paul recommends a better, third option.2023-02-2729 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchRIGHTEOUSNESS (Romans 1:16-17)Changed right to get right.2023-02-2332 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchJudgment (Romans 2:1-11)God will give all people justice, but you get to choose which form.2023-02-0632 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchLAW (Romans 7:7-25)Jesus replaces the soul-crushing law with the higher standard of love - but even higher grace when we fail at that too.
Romans 7:7-252023-01-3032 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchSIN (Romans 3:9-18)GET OUT from under sin.2023-01-2329 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWorship (Romans 1:18-32)Romans 1:18-32 describes how all human beings worship & what our worship can do to us.2023-01-1633 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchRelationship with the Spouse you choose and become (Proverbs 30:10-31)Wisdom for life's second most important decision. 2023-01-0932 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchRelationship with One Man or WomanGod equips us to not only remain faithful to our spouse but to find maximum pleasure in our spouse.2023-01-0231 minPetaluma Christian ChurchChristmas Eve | Subtraction by AdditionPhilippians 2:5-112022-12-2509 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchRelationship with your child (Proverbs)Making God Big through parenting wisdom. 2022-12-1929 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchRelationships with Friends (Proverbs)Wisdom for friends of every kind: Fake, Frustrating, Faithful. 2022-12-1132 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWealth: Giving it (Proverbs)A sermon on giving for those of us not quite as quick to give. 2022-11-2125 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWealth: Using it (Proverbs)Using wealth - wisdom for borrowing it, saving it, with contentment.2022-11-1431 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWealth: Getting It (Proverbs)Wealth: In most cases get it, in some cases keep it, in no case spend your life on it.2022-11-0732 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchThose Who Listen (Proverbs)Proverbs helps us figure out if we effectively listen to others and to God - and hints at a new way to respect your ear.2022-10-3129 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWords that fit the occasionRight words, right time, right occasion.
Proverbs gives wisdom for the timing and execution of speaking into occasions of self-sabotage and relational conflict.2022-10-1731 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWords that Give Grace (Proverbs)How to make your first word a gracious word - and do it in a way that's relational (not mechanical).2022-10-0931 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchNo Corrupting TalkEvery person needs an inner bouncer. Expel corrupting talk with a greater love.2022-10-0329 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWork with IntegrityWe shouldn't be surprised that we feel fragmented and distracted in our work - but something can be done about it.2022-09-2627 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchHelp for both Sluggards and Ants (Proverbs)God gives practical wisdom for both over-workers and those who struggle to work -- turns out they share the same mistake and the same solution.2022-09-1927 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchGreat Decisions in the Grey of Life (Proverbs 4:1-19)Despite what you may have heard, the Bible isn't "black and white" about every issue in life. God knows life is complicated, nuanced, and often operates in the "grey." So He gave us the wisdom of Proverbs - to make great decisions in the Grey of Life.
Proverbs 4:1-192022-09-1230 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchAct 4 of God's Story - PERFECT (Revelation 21:1-8)Belinda Carlisle said it best, "Heaven is a place on earth." The truth that God will one day bring heaven to earth as His final place of rest and rule can do something remarkable in our lives now - make us much more tender than we would be otherwise toward the earth, toward cities, toward difference and toward suffering. 2022-08-2932 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchGod's Story in Tension between New & Perfect (II Corinthians 4:7-5:10)Why can't we go straight from grace to glory, from new to perfect, from trusting to Jesus to being with him forever? Instead, you and I live in this uncomfortable tension where we get new life *alongside* healthy doses of pain and suffering.
Hear God's purpose behind this often uncomfortable part of His story.2022-08-2231 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchAct 3: NEW (Luke 15:11-32)Find yourself, Find the Father, and Find others through Jesus' parable of the prodigal son.2022-08-1430 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchThe interlude between BAD & GOOD (Jehoshaphat)After man messed up, why did it take so long for God to send Jesus? We (mankind) had to realize how deep the mess-up goes. Pastor Ryan makes sense of the Bible from Genesis 3 to Jesus and what our role is in this part of God's story.2022-08-0733 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchAct 1: Good (Genesis 1-2)God has a story in which He's reserved a role for you.
Find out how you can join in His Story beginning... at the beginning. Genesis 1-2.2022-07-2539 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDo you love me? (John 21:14-25)Experience a counseling session with Jesus and learn how to become a wounded healer.2022-07-0431 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDo you need tangible proof? (John 20:19-29)Even an unfeeling faith is enough. 2022-06-2731 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDon't you know I have authority? (John 19:1-30)Gaining true authority or influence requires service *and* security.2022-06-2034 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWhat is truth? (John 18:28-40)For all of us who've grown cynical about what is true anymore, Jesus gives us a way forward to submit to truth and talk about it with our neighbor.
2022-06-0532 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchThe God who is there (Matthew 2)Matthew 2 chronicles targeted violence toward a group of children from which God did not exempt His own Son.
Discover why you can trust that God is there amidst senseless violence. 2022-05-3032 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchShall I not drink the cup the Father has given me? (John 18:1-14)The American church, like Peter, seeks to win against competing kingdoms – whether secular or conservative-religious. Jesus, however, shows us a different way to win.2022-05-2329 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDo you now trust when life makes sense? (John 16:25-33)Trust is refined through failures (a.k.a. scatterings) and tribulations - and Jesus gives us two wonderful resources for both.2022-05-1628 minPetaluma Christian ChurchHow can we know the way when God feels absent? (John 13:36-14:14)--2022-05-0231 minPetaluma Christian ChurchWhy was this not sold and given to the poor? (John 12.1-8)Jesus calls us to love both God and neighbor but most of us err strongly toward one or the other.
Discover how to be someone who does both well.2022-04-2536 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDo you believe that some shall never die? (John 11:1-46)Jesus is the portal between heaven and earth - dropping to us deposits of life that are a guarantee of perfection to come.2022-04-1833 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchCouldn't Jesus prevent death? (John 11:1-38)4 ways God uses the wicked reality of death to transform our lives for our good and His glory.2022-04-1135 minPetaluma Christian ChurchThe Mission of PCC (Luke 4:16-22)Jesus gives his inaugural address - sharing who is and what he's about. 2022-04-0436 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWho's to blame for suffering? (John 9)--2022-03-2833 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWho are you, Jesus? (John 8: 21-36)Jesus wants to elevate us into a higher story through his full identity. Victor through voluntary suffering. That's our way also.2022-03-1433 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchHave you also been deceived about Jesus?Every person - even followers of Jesus - has an occasional doubt that seems to come out of nowhere and starts cycling through our minds.
One man listening closely to Jesus gives some great advice about calming our doubts.2022-03-0833 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchHow do I please God? (John 6:22-40)Jesus explodes the expectations of the Galilean Jews with a simple but liberating message.2022-02-2729 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchDo you want to be healed? (John 5:1-18)Do you want a little healing or the whole thing? A little Jesus who fits with your program or whole person renovation?2022-02-2532 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchThe Cost of Faithfulness (Luke 9:57-62)Faithfulness does not come from an offering, but from a sacrifice.
Guest Speaker Jim Jessup, Director of Church Relations at William Jessup University.2022-02-1536 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWhere do I get that which always satisfies? (John 4:1-42)Jesus crosses ethnic, social and religious boundaries to satisfy people who don't know they are looking for him. 2022-02-0734 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchHow can a man be born again? (John 3: 1-8)Jesus' teaching about new birth gives us a very practical way to initiate spiritual conversations with others. 2022-01-3131 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWhat sign do you show us? (John 2:13-22)How does something we merely love turn into something end up worshipping? Find out how and what Jesus does to help extricate us from slavery to an idol. 2022-01-2430 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWhat are you Seeking? (John 1:35-51)It's okay to not even know exactly what you are seeking in life. If you hang around Jesus, He promises to show you in time.2022-01-1732 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchWho are you? (John 1:19-34)Exploring the question of identity & purpose from a question presented to the most immediately influential figure of Jesus' day - John the Baptist.2022-01-1035 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchAsking the Right Questions (John 20:30-31)John's Gospel Asks Questions that Raise Questions.2022-01-0328 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchThe Author Writes Himself In (John 1:18)Perhaps what we want isn't so much an 'airtight' argument for Christianity but an 'airtight' person.
Christmas Eve Devotional.2021-12-2814 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchSomething New (John 1:10-17)You can know God face-to-face because Jesus set for you a place at the Father's table. 2021-12-2029 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchSomething Old (John 1:1-9)John's Christmas tale starts way earlier than shepherds and a manger. John's Christmas points our longings to a time we suspect we were intended for...and beauty we suspect was intended for us.2021-12-1332 min
Petaluma Christian Church29/30 Trust/Obey (Acts 27:18-28:16)The call, the challenges, and the resources to trust and obey God with something hard.2021-12-0632 min
Petaluma Christian Church27/28 Risk/Testify (Acts ch 26)Your story can set Jesus apart when moral and religious talk blurs together. Learn how to organize and share your story from the story of the Apostle Paul.2021-11-2331 min
Petaluma Christian Church25/26 Mess Up/Step Up (Acts 21:1-16)God still speaks to individuals today - just not usually for oneself but for others.
Seven realities for passing along something God puts on your heart for others. 2021-11-1433 min
Petaluma Christian Church23/24 Watch/Think (Acts 17:16-34)Some are curious to hear more about Jesus while others are outspoken skeptics. However, what do you say to people already occupied with life, having never given God a passing thought? 2021-11-0835 min
Petaluma Christian Church21/22 Lose/Gain (Acts 16:11-24)As we see through the lives of Lydia, Paul, and some slaveowners, the good news about Jesus challenges us to take temporary losses for a far greater gain. 2021-10-3132 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchLeaving Church (1 Thess 2, Acts 15, 1 John 2)The reality is you or someone you care about will one day leave a local church.
Wise reasons for leaving a local church. Also, some wisdom both for how to leave the family of God better off than you found it and for how to leave well.2021-10-2533 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchAfter-words (Hebrews 10: 19-25)The most prepared we can possibly be for the best possible conversation we may ever have is after that last song on Sunday.
>> How to prepare our hearts & make the most of opening up on Sundays.
2021-10-1831 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchBefore Walking In (Hebrews 12:18-24)When we gather together on Sundays, what is it that we are walking into and how might we practically prepare for it.2021-10-1136 minPetaluma Christian ChurchBe Gracious To Me (Psalm 6)Guest Speaker: Kelly Graham
God graciously forgives us and helps us even when our own sins cause our circumstances.2021-10-0434 min
Petaluma Christian Church19/20 Insist/Flex (Acts 15:1-21)The importance of clarifying for not-yet and new believers what is most important as a follower of Jesus. Important not just for their lives but for our hearts - in the ongoing fight against the deadly doctrine of legalism.2021-09-2735 min
Petaluma Christian Church17/18 Sent/Win (Acts 13:1-12)Sometimes the unchurched and irreligious remind the church who we're supposed to be.
Sent (not just gather) to win hearts (not culture wars) with truth and power (not just one or the other). 2021-09-2028 min
Petaluma Christian Church15/16 Include/Exclude (Acts 11:1-26; 5:12-13)Because of our fallen world and fallen nature, our hearts cling toward 'sameness' (ie. people who look, talk, and think like me). The early church witnessed how radical inclusivity of those very different from them needed: Jesus, repetition, and pioneers. 2021-09-1333 min
Petaluma Christian ChurchSharing Good News on Napkins (II Corinthians 5:10-21)Training for sharing the good news about Jesus with friends, neighbors, co-workers and family.2021-09-0630 min
Petaluma Christian Church13/14 Listen/Repent (Acts 9:1-31)Listen in a way you can hear in order to change in a way that will stick. 2021-08-3033 min
Petaluma Christian Church11/12 Serve/Speak (Acts 6:1-7)Our cities will take the church seriously when the good news is both spoken and served – through acts of mercy and justice.
Acts 6:1-72021-08-2334 min
Petaluma Christian Church9/10 Endure/Pray (Acts 4)Sharing one's faith is hard enough, but then to get mocked, rejected, shunned for doing so...the worst.
This episode we explore: What is genuine persecution? Once we experience it, how do we get up off the mat and keep going? 2021-08-1635 min
Petaluma Christian Church7/8 Heal/Share (Acts 3)Two of the hardest acts as a follower of Jesus are sharing one's faith & asking a sick person if you can pray for them for healing. But when done in tandem, it can be a powerful force. 2021-08-0937 min
Petaluma Christian Church5/6 Gather/Go (Acts 2)From the pattern set by the first responders to Jesus, we too can adopt the most fulfilling life rhythm of them all - Gather & Go. 2021-08-0327 min
Petaluma Christian Church3/4 Experience/Explain (Acts 2)From Peter's example, we can learn to explain how a radical experience of God connects to the person & work of Jesus in a way that makes sense to people in our time and culture.2021-07-2636 min
Petaluma Christian Church1/2 Wait/Work (Acts 1)The Book of Acts is the history of first responders to Jesus and His good news. Each week we take a look at two connected actions that these first responders make in response the person and message of Jesus. In doing so, we can glean some principles of how the church ought to respond to Jesus in our particular time and culture. This week: Wait and Work.
Speaker: Ryan Oelschlager2021-07-1931 min