Woodland Hills Church Sermons Audio Podcast
Summary: Get the most recent sermon audio and video from Woodland Hills Church. Located in St. Paul, MN, our goal as a church is to tear down walls between social classes, genders, races, and most of all, between people and Jesus Christ. Many other resources (including sermon study guides, presentation slides and our entire sermon archive dating back to 1992) are available for free on our web site. Most sermons are by our Senior Pastor, Greg Boyd.
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Perhaps nothing is more important than understanding the significance of God’s grace. Dr. Boyd highlights the argument presented by the Apostle Paul regarding sin and grace. Many people wonder what difference it makes if we sin again after we have become believers. Dr. Boyd considers this question in the light of Paul’s letter to the Romans.
It’s time we got our priorities right! Rather than waste our energy on in house debates about denominations, we should be learning what it means to walk in the spirit and unite nations!
Our American individualism often prevents us from understanding covenants between people and God in the Old Testament. Greg addresses one area, corporate sin and punishment, that challenges our modern sensibilities. Whole groups of people are sometimes punished for the sins of an individual. Is there justice in this? Greg discusses how a biblical understanding of covenant can help answer this question.
The Bible teaches that the Kingdom of God will include uncountable multitudes from every nation of the world! The Church, which should be a “sneak peek” of heaven, must strive to reflect that goal. The Gospel is the power of God to reconcile sinners to the holy God! But that is not all! The Gospel is also the power of God to reunite the races of the world!
Is Anyone on the Other End?
We have all wondered at one time or another, how is it that God doesn’t seem to get what God wants from creation. The importance of prayer is related to this question in a way which might surprise you! All who pray eventually have to wonder; why does it seem as though our prayers are not being answered?
Human beings were created with a responsibility for tending to things in both the physical and spiritual world. Prayer is the way we are to get things done in the spiritual world. Ultimately, nothing of Kingdom value happens without prayer.
Spiritually speaking, all healing has to do with accepting what is true and confronting what is false.
The Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, the Word of Truth: these phrases refer first and foremost to Jesus Christ. We need to read the Bible and commune with Christ if we desire to see the Word of God bring forth fruit in our lives.
Despair and hopelessness are issues that everyone struggles with. The good news is that this can be overcome if we are willing to take Paul’s advice and put on the Helmet of Salvation.
Shield of Faith
Fitted with the Shoes of Peace
If God is for us, who can be against us? And we know that God is indeed for us. It is God’s strength in us, and not our own competence that makes us effective for the Kingdom of God!
Do not let anyone accuse you with regard to your salvation. If you are a believer, you have been given the breastplate of righteousness which wards off attacks on the basis of God’s goodness in you.
God chooses the weak things of the world to do mighty works through. The church an excellent example of this principle. Even so, God uses Paul to teach us to “be strong IN the LORD.” We are not commanded to wear a belt of religion or a belt of rationalization. Rather the belt of Truth is needed and it requires us to be brutally honest with our selves if we desire to be effective in ministry.
