Cliff Temple Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Cliff Temple Baptist Church
We are a church located in Oak Cliff in Dallas Texas. This is our collection of sermons past and present. We meet weekly at 125 Sunset Ave on Sunday mornings at 9 and 11. For more information go to clifftemple.org.
This week we get the chance to speak with Carlos Granados. He is the Baptist Student Ministry director at Mountainview City College. He brings a fresh perspective on the spiritual seeking that he sees on college campuses in Dallas.
If you want to support Carlos in his ministry efforts, you can donate to his Baptist Student Ministry page here.
God Is Not Odd is a podcast where we interview people on the various ways in which they go about "translating" Christian ideas to those they interact with. The world frequently has odd ideas about God and we find ourselves having to undo Hollywood or pop culture understandings of Jesus.
This week we are speaking with Pastor Gannon Sims about the right ways in which God is actually odd. Often, the ways in which we go about living our lives are not at all what God has in mind for us and so, in the words of Flannery O'Connor, "the truth will make you odd."
This week we are joined by Bill Hendricks. He is President of The Giftedness Center, a Dallas-based consulting firm helping individuals think through strategic life and career decisions. He is also the Executive Director for Christian Leadership at The Hendricks Center at Dallas Theological Seminary. Bill has authored or coauthored twenty-three books, including the foundational faith-and-work title, Your Work Matters to God.
00:00-01:35 Intro
01:35-07:50 Church and Work Talk
07:50-23:23 Breakout Discussion
23:23-36:38 Trevor and Gannon Reflection
Mitch Marcello is our featured speaker this week on the Church Everywhere season of the podcast. He's the Director of Innovation at First Church Williamsport. Understanding that we are called to create, he is passionate about helping unlock creative potential in individuals, teams, and churches, assisting Christian leaders to apply tools for innovation to mission and ministry.
00:00:00-00:01:27 Intro
00:01:27-00:09:04 Church Everywhere Talk
00:09:13-00:46:11 Breakout Session
00:46:16-01:01:20 Gannon and Trevor Discussion
Sarah Harmeyer is the Founder and Chief People Gatherer at Neighbor's Table. Simply put, Neighbor's Table, is an organization where Sarah and her father build tables and hand-deliver them to clients. It's a business built around the belief that a table is a simple tool for loving neighbors. You can order a table here.
This week we hear Sarah's talk at the Church Everywhere conference and her breakout session. Gannon Sims and Trevor Jamieson follow up the talks with a discussion about gathering and the challenges of hosting.
00:00-01:57 Intro
01:57-8:34 Church Everywhere Talk
08:34-33:48 Breakout Discussion
33:48-48:07 Trevor and Gannon Reflection
This week we are looking at Church at Home with Gannon and Carey Sims. Gannon is the Senior Pastor at Cliff Temple Baptist Church and author of the book Bringing Church Home.
This new season will feature three parts each week: a "TED Talk" recorded at the Church Everywhere conference, a recording from the breakout session, and a discussion between Gannon and Trevor.
00:00-02:27 Intro
02:27-11:02 TED Talk
11:12-33:09 Breakout Session
33:09-44:23 Discussion between Gannon and Trevor
This week we interview some of the artists at Cliff Temple who comprise the Roberts Studio art team. Through this ministry, the church provides free art programming for the community to display art, build community, and create together.
This week we sit down for a conversation with Emilie Flaherty about ministry to families and children. You'll also get to hear from Siera Jamieson about how she engages her kids on a day to day basis with God.
Standup Audio Clip credit from Drybar Comedy
Recommended Books:
Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley
Family Discipleship: Leading Your Home through Time, Moments, and Milestones
Teach Your Children Well by Sarah Cowan Johnson
This week we head into the field of "Game Day" at Cliff Temple Baptist Church. There, we interview Kenny Cheshier and hear from senior adults about why this ministry means so much to them.
What is it like to be a senior adult? What do senior adults have to offer to their communities? These are the sort of questions we are looking to answer on this episode of the Cliff Temple Podcast.
This week of In the Field, we join our music ministry for rehearsal and worship to find out what makes this ministry unique. We speak with Tom Tillman, minister for music and worship, John Cates, and Adrienne Hunnicutt about why music matters and their hopes for this ministry at Cliff Temple.
This week we are in the field with Mission Oak Cliff. Mission Oak Cliff began in 1948 in the heart of Cliff Temple Baptist Church staff member, Virginia Goslin. She established a food pantry in a church closet and as the years passed, the small pantry evolved to become a full-service community ministry. Many new ministries were added to the food pantry and clothing closet, including an adult English as a Second language (ESL) program and Homeless Welcome Center.
If you want to give to the work of Mission Oak Cliff, you can go to their website to donate online or find out other ways you can serve their mission.
In the Field is our next series where are recording testimonies and recordings from Cliff Temple ministries. We are exploring the heartbeat of some of the most creative ministries at Cliff Temple to understand what makes them work and how God is moving among us.
This week we join the Cliff Temple youth group on an outing to Adamson High School. Kenny Cheshier shares his goals and purpose behind Cliff Temple's unique strategy to youth ministry and we hear from some of the youth on why this group means so much to them.
Pastors Emilie Flaherty, Gannon Sims, and Trevor Jamieson discuss everyone's favorite topic... Conflict! We take a look at how conflict should be handled and the model that Christ sets for us in this area of relationships.
Pastors Trevor Jamieson and Gannon Sims discuss integrity and its importance for self-discovery and good relationships. Integrity means taking a hard look at what's going on under the surface and a key to unlocking undercurrents in our relationships.
Take a look at the ladder of integrity here.
Pastors Trevor Jamieson and Gannon Sims discuss the importance of listening in relationships and our calling. Listening is not only a good habit to develop for relationships but essential to the kind of love that Christ shows the world.
Emilie Flaherty - associate minister for children and families - joins us on our podcast to talk about expectations we have of others and even God. One of the most difficult part of relationships is digging up the subtle and sometimes unspoken expectations that we hold. Taking time to work through these can help us move to a healthy space with others that allows us to hold proper space for one another.
Pastors Gannon Sims and Trevor Jamieson discuss appreciation and healthy forms of communication that enable us to bring the gospel into our relationships and our communities.
This week we interview Lindsey Hardwood who is part of the 5Q team. 5Q is the capacity to see the APEST (Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, Teacher) in the largest and deepest way possible. They see APEST as an interpretive key to unlock potential and purposes in disciples, leaders and organizations.
You can find out more by going to their website 5qcentral.com. There, you can take a test to help discover your gifting and find more resources.
Over the past few Wednesdays, we have been looking at the Word of God as a story that forms our lives. James K.A. Smith says that we "tell ourselves stories in order to live." When we understand our lives as story-formed, we begin to realize how the very stories of scripture shape our lives over and against the stories we (and the stories of the world) attempt to shape us.
Piercing Word was the capstone of our series as they performed the Emmaus Way as a contemporary drama that looked at the whole story of scripture. They were kind enough to share their thoughts with us in this podcast. If you would like to give to their ministry and support their ongoing work, you can donate here.
If you are looking for tools for hearing the scripture, check out the discovery bible method as a simple tool for teaching and reading scripture.
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Curtis Anderson is our invited guest for this week. He is a talented teacher and leader in the business world. This week Curtis speaks to us about how he sees his spiritual gifts and calling fit into his work.
Carey Sims is our featured guest for the week. Carey is founder of CreatedSpace. Created Space curates an interactive, collaborative space for business and ministry leaders to process decisions, gain insight and discern next steps. Please take time and look at the website which profiles workshops on discerning God’s voice, discovering next steps and clarifying calling.
Carey is a spiritual director and International Coaching Federation (ICF) certified coach with 25 years in business and ministry. She holds the Master of Business Administration degree from Regent University and the M.Div. from Duke University.
As an entrepreneur, Carey is particularly interested in the intersection between theology and economics and how the church can make social impact while proclaiming the gospel. As a spiritual director, she delights in helping people develop practices that deepen and enliven their friendship with God.
This week we interview Jonathan Hunnicutt. Jonathan was an ordained Anglican priest and is currently working on his doctorate in Education. He gives some brilliant insights into how the spiritual gifts function toward liberation/the new exodus.
Pastor Trevor Jamieson interviews Sherrie Gunter on the spiritual gift of Evangelism and how the Spirit has used this gift in her life.
We host a conversation with Pastor Kenny Cheshier about how the gift of evangelism plays out in his life. We also look at the different understanding about what an evangelist does and in what ways we are all evangelists in God's kingdom.
Pastors Trevor Jamieson and Gannon Sims discuss the concept of Oikonomics and the controversial topic of money. How does money function in the Kingdom of God? How can we use our money to bless others and form the kind of Kingdom Jesus seeks to bring?
Pastors Gannon Sims and Trevor Jamieson talk about the ways in which God entrusts us with intellectual gifts and interests and the way in which God can use those for His kingdom.
Pastor Gannon Sims and Pastor Trevor Jamieson look at God's economics of the household and the table.
Pastor Gannon Sims and Pastor Trevor Jamieson discuss the concept of relational capital in the kingdom of heaven and how it drives the "economic" engine of the church.
Pastor Gannon Sims speaks with Pastor Trevor Jamieson about the concept of "Oikonomics" - a term coined by Mike Breen - and the gift of sharing our stories.
Pastors Gannon Sims and Trevor Jamieson discuss the final chapter of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality in our season finale. They take a look at the Rule of Life and how our whole lives can be of worship to God.
We want to encourage our listeners to pick up a copy of Pete Scazzero's book at your local book store or on your digital device.
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Pastors Gannon Sims and Trevor Jamieson discuss emotional maturity and what Peter Scazzero says in his book it takes to become this sort of person.
Pastor Trevor Jamieson and Carey Sims explore Enlarging Your Soul through Grief and Loss. We ask some hard hitting questions of how loss can function to help us grow in our faith and learn our limits.
Pastor Trevor Jamieson discusses "The Wall"or what some mystics call "the dark night of the soul." Why do so many people go through a dark season with God? How can we learn more about ourselves in this process?
Carey Sims leads us this week in "Going Back to Go Forward." She prompts us to look at our past and ask ourselves what histories and narratives that we have inherited in our lives. These narratives and histories unchecked can continue to have an effect on our spiritual and emotional maturity as Christians to this day.
Pastors Trevor Jamieson and Gannon Sims from Cliff Temple Baptist Church dive into the second chapter of the book Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero. This week we discuss the true self and why our emotions matter for becoming an emotionally and spiritually mature person.
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Join us as we dive into Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero. Pastors Gannon Sims and Trevor Jamieson look at the problem of emotionally unhealthy spirituality, how we can address it, and the possibility of moving towards a healthy version of who God wants us to be.
Music: "As Colorful as Ever" by Broke for Free | used under CC BY | Desaturated from original