The Commons Flagstaff Sermons: Recent Episodes
The Commons Flagstaff
Included at the end of this episode is the music present during communion the day we made our announcement.
A brief vision of what the future of the Commons looks like as well as a sermon on John chapter nine.
Charlie discusses Matthew chapter nine along side themes of newness and reclaiming the word Sin in an all too often abused theological setting.
Charlie and Troy discuss the stories, hopes and goals of the organization Speak Up and the work they are doing, as well as how we as a community can help.
Charlie discusses the history of Hell from the scriptures perspective and asks the question, in what ways does the eternal conscious torment model of hell contradict the message of the Bible and character of God? What are we to think of Hell and it's affect on out lives now in the present?
Charlie discusses a brief history of how the western world has understood sin, how we should define it now and how we should try and live because of it.
The Book "Pure" is the subject of this weeks book club series. Klein addresses the shamed generation of woman within the Christian purity culture and how she broke free.
Charlie discusses the core topics of Hall's book along with addressing the recent shooting in El Paso.
Charlie addresses the question of what does it mean to know God both from experience and scriptures.
Charlie shares his experiences in El Paso along side the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and how we might apply its wisdom to modern day immigration.
Shaleen walks us through her love of the Gospel of Mark and the invitation in its' final words to swim in questions and interpretation rather than certainty.
Charlie examines Matthew 4 and 25 and how it lines up with the question, what sort of world are we creating?
Charlie examines the passage of Jesus healing a man in Bethsaida and his curious comment of first seeing people as trees.
Charlie talks about the impact Rachel's work has had on his life and why what she had to say was so important.
We get the honor to talk to Laura Beth this Sunday about her journey being a transgender woman and Christian.
Charlie takes a look on Easter Sunday about the history of atonement and why two thousand years later it still reverberates in our hearts and the earth each day.
The stories we share with one another are so heavily received in the context of our personal lived experience. For the Jewish people every story would have been seen through the eyes of their own history. In this sermon Charlie takes a look at Jesus being tempted in the desert and what a Jewish man or woman may have thought upon hearing the story.
In this service Charlie announcing on behalf of the Commons that we have decided to be a fully affirming church of LGBTQ brothers and sisters. Charlie spends the time talking about his personal journey as well as the Commons theological journey to this announcement. We hope you will engage and listen to the entirety of the message even if you disagree. All are welcome, this is only the beginning of the discussion.
Charlie talks about the nuanced difference between Jesus as wisdom and Jesus as the embodiment of wisdom. He readdresses from a new perspective the ideas presented in Luke Chapter six.
Jackie brings us into his story on what it was like to grow up Native American and how that has shaped his view of several Gospel stories.
This weekend Charlie examines Jesus as Wisdom. We take a look at 3 different biblical texts to search and challenge ourselves in the subversive message of Jesus .