SouthBrook Weekend Podcast: Recent Episodes
Weekend Series – SouthBrook
We are here to connect you to Christ, not religion. Listen to the weekend services from SouthBrook Christian Church.
Key Scripture: Hebrews 11:1,6 Summary: What is the kind of faith that overcomes incredible suffering, changes cultures and transforms life into something beautiful and worthy of determined living? The Weekend in a Word or Two: Valuable faith
Key Scripture: Hebrews 11:1,6 Summary: Luther said, “Faith is a free surrender and a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.” The Weekend in a Word or Two: Faith’s value
Key Scripture: Matthew 7:13-23 Summary: Religion is an inadequate and frustrating substitute for the real-life offered in Christ. The Weekend in a Word or Two: Real life, not religious life
Key Scripture: Matthew 7:1-12
We use criticism and passive-aggression to get what we want, but it leaves us with a life we do not really want. Is there a better way? Ask.
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Ask, Seek, Knock
Key Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34 Summary: Do not worry about your life. Not possible? Christ says it is. The Weekend in a Word or Two: Anxiety-free
February 27 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Matthew 6:1-18 Summary: Life for others’ approval is a life-draining endeavor. The freedom of living for the approval of the One is life-giving. The Weekend in a Word or Two: Audience of One Living
Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Matthew 5:21-47 Summary: Is the hope of Christ merely sin management, keeping it at bay, or is it a transformation of desires that liberates the person from the inside? The Weekend in a Word or Two: Inner life
February 13 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Matthew 5:12-20 Summary: Religious people don’t change the world. People flowing and glowing with the life of Christ affect their environments- and make life worth living. The Weekend in a Word or Two: Inner change, outer effect
February 6 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Matthew 5:1-11 Summary: “Blessed.” That one word is overused in our culture. What does it really mean to be “blessed”, especially as Christ defined it?
January 23 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: James 4:1-3 Summary: Some numbers do not easily add up. Grace needed! The Weekend in a Word or Two: Conflict management
January 16 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: James 4:1-3 Summary: Some numbers do not easily add up. Grace needed! The Weekend in a Word or Two: Conflict management
January 2 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Philippians 4:10-13 Summary: Our mission is to connect people to Christ, not religion. Through Reverie we connect people to Christ through significant life events. Through Players Box we connect students and parents to Christ through pressure. Through City Lights we connect people to Christ through service and community. Through Campus Gatherings we connect people to Christ through worship and teaching. Through Pastoral Care we connect people to Christ through crisis intervention.
December 12 Teacher: Erik Fleming Key Scripture: Matthew 2:1-9-12; 5:14-16 Summary: Let your light shine the way a follower of Christ, St. Nicholas, did a long time ago.
Title: No Carols December 5 Teacher: Laura Buffington Key Scripture: Matthew 26:30 Summary: Jesus sang. And no one affected how we sing as much as Christ because no one has had as many songs written about their life.
Title: No Human Rights November 28 Teacher: Levi Crowley Key Scripture: Luke 10:30-36; John 4:1-9; James 1:27
November 21 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Luke 21:15; John 21:25; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 3:15-16 Summary: Nothing changed the world like the 27-book collection of writings we call the New Testament. Without Jesus, the world does not have it. What difference does it make?
November 14 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Matthew 13 Summary: No Jesus, no movement of Jesus. Jesus said, “I will build my gathering on mission (the definition of ecclesia), and the gates of Hades will not be able to stand up to it.” What value does the Church have in a world that considers it a non-essential gathering.
Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 Summary: On this weekend we bring our PB Projects commitments.
October 24 Teacher: Phil Ling Key Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:18-21; James 1:8 Summary: Yes! That word, lived with that clarity and definition changes the mind and directs a life.
October 17 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:5 Summary: Take every thought captive. And be rich in mind.
October 10 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Romans 12:1-2 Summary: Mental wealth is very possible even in a mental health crisis. Here’s how.
October 3 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Key Scripture: Mark 12:30 Summary: A fully integrated individual is a mentally healthy and wealthy individual.
September 26 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Summary: In one sense the tithe is a crazy ask. In another sense, it is the smartest action we can take with our financial resources. What makes the difference?
September 19 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Summary: An abundance mentality is the surest way to a joyful life that blesses you, your family, and your community. A scarcity mentality is the surest way to very brief experiences of happiness that do not last.
September 12 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Summary: The day you received your first dollar your life changed. Why? It’s not what you have that counts, it is what you do with what you have that counts. “It’s not what you’d do with a million, if riches should e’er be your lot, it’s what you’re doing right now, with the dollar and quarter you’ve got!”
The History of Tipping God September 5 Teacher: Charlie McMahan Summary: There is a rich history of generosity back to a God who does not need our generosity but calls us to it.
Small Lights Make a Big Difference
August 15
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16
Title: The Potential of Contrast
August 8
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9
Title: Is It Really Getting Darker?
August 1
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: Luke 22:53
Series: Normal Is Just a Setting on Your Dryer
Title: A Normal Family?
July 18
Teacher: Levi Crowley
Series: Normal Is Just a Setting on Your Dryer
Title: A Normal America?
Date: July 4
Teacher: Erik Fleming
June 27
Teacher: Laura Buffington
Key Scripture: Psalm 8
Summary: What is beauty? How do you define it? Would you believe beauty is a key to the meaning of the universe? Did you know that beauty in this world speaks to something even more significant?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Beauty
Title: Happiness?
June 27
Teacher: Levi Crowley
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Summary: For most people, life is unavoidably difficult, and they see no hope in their future. Can an atheistic worldview consistently produce happiness? Does a theistic one? What is the source of our unhappiness, mental despair, and drug and alcohol addiction? What is the source of deep, abiding happiness?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Happiness
Title: Death?
June 13
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Key Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-15
Summary: The Greek philosopher Epicurus believe all people should be liberated from a belief in God and the afterlife because it would make it easier to live in the present. The British philosopher Ricky Gervais believes the same. Is this true? Does a belief in God bring an unnecessary fear of death? Or does belief in God bring a transcendent hope that allows us to fully enjoy the present?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Death and afterlife
Title: Sex?
June 6
Teacher: Austin McMahan
Key Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Summary: Are we merely products of nature, or does the world we live in reflect some type of purpose that has been given to us by God? Is the human body another piece of matter or does it intrinsically contain eternal value and dignity, instilling sexual intimacy with the depth and significance humanity is longing for?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Sexuality
Title: Love?
May 30
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12
Summary: Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which all humans aspire. To love and be loved is the deepest of all yearnings of the human heart. But where does love fit in a world where God does not exist?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Love
Title: Belief?
May 23
Teacher: Pete Creamer
Key Scripture: John 18:37-38
Summary: Are your beliefs in harmony with reality? Christism and atheism offer radically different perspectives on life. They are mutually exclusive belief systems, delivering opposite conclusions about the meaning of life.
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Belief basis
Title: Existence?
May 16
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12
Summary: Human beings are driven by a deep sense of meaning and belonging. But is there an ultimate purpose to our existence?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Existence and meaning
Title: Meaning?
May 9
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12
Summary: Stephen Jay Gould, one of the world’s leading atheists, once said, “We are here because one odd group of fishes had a peculiar fin anatomy that could transform into legs for terrestrial creatures…We may year for a higher answer for existence but none exists.” Is this true or is it not? And if it is, what meaning is there to life?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Meaning
Title: Science?
May 2
Teacher: Erik Fleming
Key Scripture: Psalm 131
Summary: Does science have all the answers to life? Does science contradict faith? Albert Einstein said, “You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.”
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Science and faith
Title: Contradictions?
April 25
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: Psalm 14
Summary: Is atheism logically consistent? Or is theism logically consistent?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Contradictions
Title: Morality?
April 18
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: Isaiah 5:20-21
Summary: Is there falsehood? If there is there has to be truth. Is there good? If there is there has to be evil. Is there happiness? If there is there has to be misery. Is there that which is ennobling? If there is there has to be that which demeans. Why are we as a culture so confused?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Morality
Title: Pain?
April 11
Teacher: Laura Buffington
Key Scripture: Romans 5:1-5
Summary: Our generation struggles with the issue of pain and suffering more than any in history. How could a good God, a just God, a loving God allow such misery, pain and anguish to exist?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Pain
Title: Hope?
April 4
Teacher: Charlie McMahan
Key Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-21
Summary: You cannot live without hope. But what if you go beyond having hope to being a source of hope?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Hope
Title: Human?
March 28
Teacher: Laura Buffington
Key Scripture: Genesis 1:26
Summary: Is humanity simply a machine that responds mechanically to stimuli? Or are human beings made in the image of God, with an intrinsic dignity that is beyond the animal?
The Weekend in a Word or Two: God’s image
Title: Evil?
March 21
Teacher: Levi Crowley
Key Scripture: Ephesians 6:12-16
Summary: Aleksandr Solzenitsyn said, “It is considered awkward to use seriously such words as ‘good’ and ‘evil’…But if we are deprived of these concepts, what will be left? We will decline to the status of animals.”
The Weekend in a Word or Two: Evil and good
Title: Truth?
March 14
Teacher: Ryan Massey
Key Scripture: John 8:32
Summary: We are all seeking to discover what is true about God and life. As we do we must remember that truth is discovered, not invented.
The Weekend in a Word or Two: What is truth?
Title: Reality?
March 7
Teacher: Levi Crowley
Key Scripture: Genesis 1:1
Summary: “In the beginning, God…” More consequences for life follow the question of God’s existence than any other.
The Weekend in a Word or Two: What is reality?