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Sep 20, 2022 • 40min
Sep 18_Heart of Awaken:Word of God Incarnate
John 1:1-14 - The Word of God incarnate, the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1), the exact representation of God (Hebrews). This is a continuation of Lost in Translation talking about the fact that the Bible "attests" to Jesus but does not supersede Jesus who is the original word.

Sep 11, 2022 • 48min
Sep 11_Lost in Translation: Sheep vs Goats
Osheta Moore paints a picture of what Jesus might really mean when he foretells the separating of the sheep from the goats in Matthew 25

Aug 29, 2022 • 39min
Aug 28_Lost in Translation: Practicing Co-Creation
Reverend Kelly Chatman discusses the at times challenging messages within Matthew 5 with some real life examples of what it looks like to embody Jesus' words for the people.

Aug 21, 2022 • 47min
Aug 21_Lost in Translation: Different Creation Stories
There are two different tellings of creation in Genesis 1 and 2. Micah pieces together the essence of this commonly misunderstood discrepancy and explores what it says about who God is.

Aug 14, 2022 • 52min
Aug 14_Lost in Translation: How to Love Gay People and the Bible Pt. 2
This week Micah takes on Romans 1:18-32 and the patriarchal system in which it is contextualized. This discussion follows up the July 31 message on 1 Corinthians 6.

Jul 31, 2022 • 59min
July 31_Lost in Translation: How to Love Gay People and the Bible
Micah tackles 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, a passage at the root of many disagreements around human sexuality in the Christian Church. On August 14th Micah will engage Romans 1 as a part two if this discussion.

Jul 24, 2022 • 47min
July 24_Lost in Translation: Pharaoh’s Heart
Exodus 4:19-21 Does God engineer the hardening of Pharaoh's heart against the Israelites? Micah discusses when we ourselves start to become set in ways of thinking and being.

Jul 17, 2022 • 39min
July 17_Lost in Translation: Eating of a Firstborn
2 Kings 6:24-7:2 Micah tackles a real zinger of a passage where someone eats their firstborn and their neighbors children amidst a famine in Israel. What's really going on in this passage?

Jul 10, 2022 • 47min
July 10_Lost in Translation: Rapture or Resurrection?
1 Thess 4:13-18 This is the passage that many use to legitimize the idea of the rapture and Christians being taken away to heaven.

Jun 26, 2022 • 41min
June 26_Philippians: Contentment
Philippians 4:10-23 I have learned to be content in all circumstances. Jenna discusses the wrestling we sometimes experience with verses like this.
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