Epiphany Weekly Gatherings
By Matt Boulter
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Epiphany is for those hungry for Scripture, longing for mystery, and needful of true community.
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"For the World, Against the World" (plus, Megan's testimonial) | This day was youth Sunday at Christ Church! Listen to Megan's tesimonial, and then hear from Fr. Matt on John 17, Jesus' teachings on "for the world, against the world." Preached on Sunday, May 20, 2012. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Friendship with God | What does a friendship of depth and substance look like? Join us as Father Matt explores friendship with God! | 5/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vance Garvey's Sermon from 4.22.12 | Youth Minister, Vance Garvey explores the meaning of the Christian life. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Father Matt's Sermon from 4.01.12 | Preached by Father Matt Boulter on 4.01.12 | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Taking Risks" (Lent V - March 25, 2012) | James Davis of Young Life, Liberia delivers a powerful message encouraging us to take risks for Jesus. Preached March 25, 2012 | 3/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"I am the Bread" (Lent IV - March 18, 2012) | In John 6 Jesus says & shows that "I am the Bread." What does he mean, and why does it matter? Borrowing heavily from a sermon preached by Tim Keller, this sermon attempts an answer at these questions. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Spirit-Infused Dirt | In Gen 2:7 God plunges his hands into the mud and elevates it to his face, breathing his Spirit and Life into it. This process is how Christ is formed spiritually. But before Christ is elevated, he must go down and die. You and I are formed and find our life _in him_. Preached on Sun, March 5, 2012. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sermon from 2.26.12 | Preached by Father Matt on 2.26.12 | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Discipline, Direct Intervention, and Desire | Do we need discipline to live the Christian life, or direct intervention from God? Where would desire fit in, or is desire something to avoid altogether? Join us as Father Matt explores these questions in 1st Corinthians 9. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Living Beyond Tolerance" (4th Sunday after Epiphany) | How do we relate well with those we do not see eye to eye within the body of Christ? Is tolerance the best we can hope for or does Jesus offer a better way? Paul explores this issue in the 8th Chapter of 1st Corinthians. Preached on Sunday, January 29, 2012. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Bodies within the Body (True Unity)" (3rd Sun after Epiphany) | What does it mean to be Christian? For most people, it might mean having a feeling in your heart or correct ideas in your head. For St. Paul, however, it is about your body, which is what he discusses in 1 Cor 6. Preached on Sunday, January 15, 2012. | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beginning with Epiphany (2012) | What does it mean to be Christian? When we look at Acts 10 (the story of the conversion of Cornelius) we see 3 things: 1. New Family. 2. New Morality. 3. New Power. Preached by Matt Boulter on Sun, Jan 8, 2012. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Advent 2011: Who are you listening to? (Annunciation) | Voices whispering in your ear, just like in the Virgin Mary's ear. Who are you listening to? Preached at the Epiphany Eucharist on Sunday, December 18, 2011 (Advent IV). | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Advent (2011) He's Coming (I) | In Isaiah 40, which poetically describes the coming of a King, we hear about: 1. Atrophy 2. Upheaval 3. The Arm of the Lord. He is coming: get ready! | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (XI): "Out of Flatland, Into the Holy Place" (Ps 134) | The Psalmist invites us, commands us: "Lift up your hands in the Holy Place." But just were is this "Holy Place?" Where, in our disenchanted world can we find this place? Preached on Sunday, Nov 20, 2011, Christ the King Sunday. | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (X): "Built for Relationship" (Ps 133) | "Behold how good & pleasant it is when brothers & sisters dwell together in unity." - Ps 134. This unity comes from above. It is a gift that we cannot manipulate or manufacture. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (VIII): Contentment before the Feast (Ps 131) | Why would the people of Israel sing a song about lowliness & contentment on their way to the feast? Because sometimes we act like "unweaned babies." (See Ps. 131:2.) Preached by Matt Boulter on 10-30-11. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (VII): Out of the Pit (Ps 130) | Psalm 130 admits that in our journey to the temple, in our journey to Christ and into God, sometimes we stumble. Sometimes we fall. Sometimes we fall hard, and sometimes we fall into a pit. Few pits are as traumatic and difficult to escape than the pit of shame. Preached by Matt Boulter on 10-23-2011. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (VI): Walking in God's Ways | With Psalm 128 we continued our "journey" to the temple, looking at these ancient "travel songs," Psalms 120 - 134, which the people of God would chant on their pilgrimage to the temple during the three great feasts of Israel. In this Psalm we encounter the language of "walking:" "Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways!" (ESV) | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (V): God's Housing Project (Ps 127) | In Psalm 127, we see a common biblical pattern. Time and time again, in places like Genesis 11 (the story of the Tower of Babel) and 2 Samuel 7 (King David and the temple), we see people like you and I trying to build. Trying to build a house, even a house "for God." And yet ... time and time again, God comes to us and turns the tables. "You would build me a house?" God says. "I am going to build you a house, and it is a house made of living stones, a house made of people, a house of relationship." | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Workers & Wages in the Kingdom of God | In this sermon, a break from our series on the Psalms of Ascent, The Rev. Brandon Peete speaks to us out of Matthew 20:1-16. | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (II): Protection for the Journey (Ps 121) | "I lift my eyes to the hills; from where is my help to come?" What's up with these hills? Perhaps they are the haven of bandits, waiting to pounce on us and attack us on our journey. Or perhaps they are the habititat of false gods in their "high places." Either way, when we realize (with the Psalmist) that our Creator is on our side, that our Creator is our Redeemer, we are liberated to minister to others. Preached by Fr. Matt on September 11, 2011. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Journey to the Temple (I): Beginning with Repentance | For the rest of ordinary time up to Advent, the Epiphany Community of Christ Church (Tyler) will join the ancient Hebrews in the journey to the Temple, singing and meditating upon the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) as we approach the first Advent of the Christ, the true Temple of God (John 2:13-22). As we see in Ps 120, this journey begins in distress and discontent. It begins with repentance, with the searing coals of the judgment of God. Preached by Matt Boulter on September 4, 2011. | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (IX): "the Life Everlasting" | "I believe ... in the life everlasting." Preached by Fr. Matt on Aug 21, 2011. | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (VII): "The Holy Spirit, Giver of Life" | What does it mean to confess (with all of your doubts) "I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life?" That is the question addressed by this sermon, given by Fr. Matt on Aug. 7, 2011. | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (VI): The Saving Bio of Jesus | Preached on July 31, this is Father David Luckenbach preaching on how the work of Jesus Christ saves us. | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (V): Salvation | "who for us and for our salvation...." But ... saved from what? Preached on Sunday, July 24, the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (IV): Lord | "... and in Jesus Christ ... our Lord." How can we, how do we, make Jesus our lord? Preached on July 17, 2011 (5th Sunday after Pentecost). | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (III): Creator | "We believe in God ... creator of heaven and earth." But what is creation, and why does it matter? | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (II): Father | Every week in the Nicene Creed we confess not just that we believe in general, but rathat that we believe in the Father. What does it mean to call God "Father?" | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living the Creed in a Crazy World (I): "I Believe" | What is Faith? What does it mean to confess (as we do every Sunday in the Nicene Creed), "I believe ...."? | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introducing the Story (II): New Spirit, New Community | Preached on the Day of Pentecost. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Introducing he Story (I): Built for Relationship | The Christian story is rooted in relationship. This sermon was preached on the Feast of the Ascension. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #14 - Sparks of Epiphany from John | As we ramp up to transition to regular Sunday morning worship, this was our final Thursday night gathering. We continued in John's Gospel, looking at the first of John's "signs." | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Feast of the Epiphany | What's up with these 3 Christ-worshipping scorcers ("the Magi") from Matthew 2? "The Gospel for the Nations." That's what. That's what "Epiphany" is all about. | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #12 (Galatians, Pt. 7 - "Freedom for ... What?") | Looking at Galatians 5:16-26, we saw that Christ calls us to freedom, but freedom for what? Paul's answer: freedom for shalom, freedom for desire, and freedom for community. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #11 - Galatians, Pt. 5 "Freedom for Christ" | In Galatians 1-4, Paul passionately argues what the Gospel is not: it is not "the works of the law," which for us comes to mean traditional religiosity. But this still leaves us with the question: "What IS the Gospel?" Today we begin to see that the Gospel of Jesus is all about freedom. We looked at 1) freedom's "slipperyness," 2) freedom's opposite, and 3) freedom's dynamics. | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #10 (Galatians, pt. 5) | What does Paul mean in Galatians by "jusification?" God designed us to live for his approval, for his applause. To be justified is by faith to begin to hear and receive his approval, his applause of you in Jesus Christ. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #9 (Galatians: New Freedom, New Fam, pt. 4) | Want to anger an Apostle? Ruin the Feast by exlcluding others. Such exclusionism tells lies about God and the Gospel of Free Grace. | 11/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #8 (Galatians: New Freedom, New Family) | We saw how St. Paul, a former "elder brother type" (listen to last week's podcast) gives his testimony / autobiography, showing how real change is possible in the Gospel of Jesus. | 11/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #7 | The Parable of the 2 Sons (Luke 15) gives us a window into the book of Galatians. The Older Brother = the Pharisees & Scribes of Luke 15 = the Judiazers of Paul's Letter to the Galatians. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #6 (Galatians: New Freedom, New Family) | This talk begins a new series: "Grace Changes Everything: New Freedom, New Family," rooted in the Book of Galatians. For a summary of this talk, see here: http://epiphanytyler.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/introducing-galatians-introducing-grace/ | 10/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #5 | We concluded our series on the integral wholeness of creation, this time looking at man and woman as well as humanity and the earth, seeing how the fall tore them apart, but how Jesus is putting them back together again. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #4 | We discussed body & soul, how God made them to go together, how they get ripped apart, and how Jesus puts them back together through his own self-disintegration. | 10/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Most Rev. Kwashin on Evangelism | We are honored to offer the remarks of The Most Reverend Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi of Jos, Nigeria, given on Oct. 2, 2010 at Christ Church (Episcopal), in Tyler, Texas. | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #3 | We began a new series: "Resident Aliens: Living Well in the World God Made." We focused in on "fixing what is broken," looking at how the Divider tries to rend what God has joined toghether, especially Heaven & Earth. | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany #2 (post-college): Epiphany Vision | We continued our discussion of Epiphany vision, using Rublev's icon & Genesis 18 (upon which it is based) as our guide. | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epiphany Weekly Teaching #1 (post-college) | In this week's post-college teaching time we discussed new approaches to "The Way," using Rublev's icon Philoxenia (see icon to the right) as our point of departure (and return). | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 48 Episodes |
