Oaks Church Brooklyn: Recent Episodes
Oaks Church Brooklyn
Oaks Church Brooklyn is a non-denominational Christian church in Brooklyn, NY. We live out the vision of In Brooklyn as it is in Heaven by our three pillars of Formative Encounter, Merciful Presence and Pilgrim Community. Gathering are Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Visit us online at oaksbk.church.
Ryan and Patrick dive into last week’s entry into the Story of God (00:00:31) then the guys welcome their first guest to BTL, theologian Raymond Carr (00:24:16), to have a conversation about radical inclusivity, how to read and relate to the bible, and how a jazz musician and two contrasting theologians can help give language to what it means to know God.Resources:
Wisdom in the Old Testament - St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology Katherine Dell (This week’s BTL Recommend Resource)The Dancing Monk and the Rhythm of Divine Life (More thoughts from Raymond Carr)Theology in the Mode of Monk: An Aesthetics of Barth and Cone on Revelation and Freedom (Pick up Raymond’s latest books)Introductory Reads and Listens of Barth, Cone, and Monk:
Karl Barth - Evangelical Theology: An Introduction
James Cone - A Black Theology of Liberation
Thomas Merton - Opening The Bible
Thelonius Monk - Monk’s Dream
The Dancing Monk and the Rhythm of Divine Life
Theology in the Mode of Monk: An Aesthetics of Barth and Cone on Revelation and Freedom, Volume 1- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Our dear friend and former Pastoral Resident, Makenzi Koyen continues our exploration of the Old Testament law.
On today's episode, Patrick, Ryan and Antony wrestle with divine violence and what it means to be zealous for God. Patrick's resource is the book Wrestling with the Violence of God by M. Daniel Carrol. Ryan's resource is an article by Jerome Creach titled Violence in the Old Testament.
On today’s podcast we take a moment to introduce our new Kids, Youth and Families Pastor, Raul Sandoval III. Stick around at the end of the podcast for a short interview with Raul!
On today’s 'Between the Lines', Patrick and Ryan recap Pentecost Sunday at Oaks and explore the parallels between Acts 2 and Exodus 19 & 20. They discuss the implications of God moving in the world through a particular people and what it means to relate to the presence of God.
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Ryans Resource is ‘Bearing Gods Name’ by Carmen Joy Ines
Patricks Resource is the classic 1956 film starring Charlton Heston, The Ten Commandments.
This week Ryan takes us through Moses up the mountain at Sinai. This message coincided with Pentecost Sunday at Oaks where the Spirit was moving powerfully in the gathering.
This week Ryan takes us into the 'Covenant at Sinai' chapter of our Story of God series.
This week on Between the Lines we have a special guest, Tina Khiatani, one of our elders at Oaks. Ryan and Tina tackle the relationship between water and chaos, the provision of God and the practicalities of liberation.
We have a double episode! Patrick and Ryan dig deeper into the Exodus story. Ryans resource is this book on the Trinity by Gilles Emery. Patrick shared two resources this week. This article titled Gender and God Talk by Richard Briggs. This article titled The Nonviolently Violent God by Kristoff Grosfeld.
Ryan continues the Exodus chapter of our Story of God series, taking a deeper look at the early life of Moses.
On this weeks Between the Lines, Ryan and Patrick take a deeper look at the book of Exodus.
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Patricks resource is this docu-series about the life of Moses. Ryans resource is The Life of Moses by Gregory of Nysa.
Today on Between the Lines we begin our movement into the Exodus chapter of our Story of God series.
Ryan’s resource is this article by Prof. Gary Rendsberg.
Patrick’s resource is Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley
Today on Between the Lines we finish out the Genesis portion of our series and revisit some of Sunday’s questions.
Ryans resource is this paper.
Patricks resource is this book.
On today’s episode Patrick and Ryan dive deeper into some of Sundays questions. Why does God lead Hagar back into slavery? How do you hold waiting and expectancy at the same time?
Ryan’s resource is Ancient and Near Eastern Thought in the Old Testament.
Patrick’s resources are two articles on Hagar. This article by Patrick Kramer and this article of his own writing.
Today on Between The Lines, Patrick and Ryan explore what happens at the end of the story of Noah and ask how we handle the sacrifice of Isaac. We finish the show with a look ahead at where the story is going next.
Opening Israel’s Scriptures - Ellen F. Davis
Ethnic Fission and Fusion in Biblical Genealogies - Mark Mcentire & Wongi Park
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Patrick continues our series sharing about what it means to do lamb work within the kingdom of God.
Carlos continues with the Hello...I AM series and shares about our partnership with World Vision.
Gemma continues our series exploring the names of God through the story of Abraham and Isaac.
Patrick begins the new series, Hello...I AM, where we will explore the names of God, beginning with Jehovah and Yahweh.
Pastor Edwin continues with our Armor of God series. Find more information about his church here - @rhowbrooklyn and rhowbk.org.
Patrick talks to Rachel about what we're prayering for this season, shares misfit stories and of course-the upcoming calendar!
Patrick interviews Josh and Jess Staton, two friends of Oaks Church Brooklyn, about their resiliency while living in New York for over 15 years.
Patrick ends our sermon series Resilient Hearts by sharing about what it means to have a gleaned heart.
Patrick and guests share some thoughts on our teaching series, go over upcoming events and tell stories from our community.
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On today's podcast, Carlos speaks with Ayisha Jackson, Katherine Boatwright and Allison Troup-Jensen.
Patrick chats with Nicole and Arya about how pursuing justice and peace in their activities impacts their daily lives.
Tyler speaks to Savannah and Heather about what it means to them to live out their lives in the family of God.
Patrick continues our Unforced Rhythms of Grace series inviting us to participate in the family of God
Gemma Ryan, our Associate Pastor, continues our Unforced Rhythms of Grace teaching series sharing on Generosity and Simplicity.
Gemma interviews Chaz and Luke, members from our community, about their personal practices engaging in Scripture.
Listen to the 1/17/21 Sermon before listening to this!
Head to our Prayer Page for practices and to sign up for the Virtual Prayer Room.
Tyler shares some exciting news about his upcoming book and how our community played a part in the story.
Tyler speaks to Gemma and Patrick about how we can Gather and Serve during this season.
Gemma, our Associate Pastor, wraps up our Church Outside the Gate series sharing about biblical hospitality .
Xavier, a member of our community and prayer ministry team, leads us through Friday, November 20th, BREAD Devotional- John 13:21-38.
Patrick continues our Church Outside the Gate series, sharing about Service and how we can partner together to serve our community.
As we continue our November Oaks People Podcast Series, which centers around our BREAD devotional, Ashley Rose, leads us through Friday, November 13th's reading.
Gemma Ryan, our Associate Pastor, continues our Church Outside the Gate Sermon series sharing about mercy!
As we kick off our November Oaks People Podcast Series, which centers around our BREAD devotional, one of our Elders, Simon Morris, leads us through Friday, November 6th's reading.
Tyler wraps up the second half of last week's teaching taking us through Galatians 2:11-21.
We continue our Oaks People Podcast staff interview series with Patrick interviewing Tyler, our Lead Pastor.
Tyler Staton continues our Church Outside the Gate series, talking us through Ephesians 2:11-22
Patrick, our Pastor of Discipleship and Mission, continues our Church Outside the Gate Series, sharing on biblical justice.
We continue our Oaks People Podcast Series with Tyler interviewing Carlos Feitoza, our Pastor of Justice and Mercy!
Tyler chats about Merciful Presence with Robert Guerrero, Vice President of Catalyst at Redeemer City to City.
Tyler and Pete Hughes, Lead Pastor at KXC, discuss the role of worship when the church is separated and scattered.
Meet one of the new additions to the Oaks Church Brooklyn team, Patrick Boatwright! Patrick is joining us as the Pastor of Discipleship and Mission. He and Tyler chat on this first episode of the Oaks People Podcast, our weekly podcast.