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Highway in the Heart (Preparing for a King)

Highway in the Heart (Preparing for a King)

Preached by Fr. Matt Boulter on 12.16.12

Uploaded on 12.19.12

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Preparing for the King

Preparing for the King

Preached by Fr. Matt Boulter on 12.09.12

Uploaded on 12.19.12

Direct download: epiphserm12.09.12.mp3
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Christ the King

Christ the King


Preached by Fr. Brandon Peete on 11.25.12

Uploaded on 11.29.12

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Preparing for Travail: Deep Awareness of the Spirit

Preparing for Travail: Deep Awareness of the Spirit

 

Preached by Fr. Matt Boulter on 11.18.12

Uploaded on 11.25.12

Direct download: epiphserm11.18.12.mp3
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Trust: Banking on Christ

Trust: Banking on Christ

Mark 12:38-44

Preached by Fr. Matt Boulter on 11.11.12

Uploaded on 11.11.12

Direct download: epiphserm11.11.12.mp3
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Who Needs the Church Anyway?

Who Needs the Church Anyway?

Psalm 149, Ephesians 1:15-23

Preached by Fr. Matt Boulter on 11.04.12

Uploaded on 11.11.12

Direct download: epiphserm11.04.12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:28pm EDT

Playing 'Dress Up' & Helping our Daddy

Playing 'Dress Up' & Helping our Daddy

Isaiah 59:9-19

Preached by Fr. Matt Boulter on 10.28.12

Uploaded on 11.11.12

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Falling Down

What does scripture mean when it tells us God will protect us?  What does it mean to make God our shelter and what does that have to do with our journey on this world?  Join us as we look at these questions through the lense of Jesus.  

Direct download: epiphserm10.21.12.mp3
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Neo-Pioneers of the World

The book of Hebrews talks about Jesus being the proto-human that we are to follow into glory.  This week, we explore how that works in real life.

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The Wisdom of James (IV): Learning to Lust Rightly

James tells us that the source of the violence in our lives is the "lusts," ie, strong desires that wage war inside of us.

What does Christ want us to do with these "lusts?" Throw cold water on them? Hardly!

Walking in Wisdom requires us to deal wisely with our desires.

Based on James 3:16-4:6. Preached by Matt Boulter on Sunday, September 23 at Christ Church in Tyler, TX.

Direct download: 2012-9-23_James_lust.mp3
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The Wisdom of James (II): A Faith that Works

What is saving faith?  Is it a mere assent to a correct set of beliefs, or is there something more powerful that could actually transform the world?  Father Matt explores St. James' thoughts on the 2-sided coin of faith and actions. 

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The Wisdom of James (I):  Letting go of Control

Where does conflict come from?  Ususally because something is happening differently than we would have it if we were ruler of the universe.  We are not though and embracing that fact is one of the first steps toward peace and wisdom! 

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Living in Christ

Father Matt shares how living in union in Christ is the only way we can even begin to live a life pleasing to God. 

Direct download: epiphserm9.02.12.mp3
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Living in Two Worlds.

There are two worlds that overlap though we are often unaware.  Father Matt discusses the overlap and integration of living in a physical world, while still experiencing and engaging in the world of God's presence.

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The Aroma of Hope (VIII): Developing your Palate

In the finale to our summer sermon series,'The Aroma of Hope,' Father Matt helps us learn to develop our palates to experience God and his future in the here and now!

Direct download: epiphserm08.12.12.mp3
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The Aroma of Hope (VI): Food and Relationships

Food always surrounds relationships in scripture. Father Brandon explores how food creates bonds, memories, continues to nourish long after its consumption and provides a means through which we fellowship and bond with Christ and each other.

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The Aroma of Hope (VI): Tasting God's Future Mystically, Communally, and Sacramentally

Father Matt explores different ways we can taste God and His future in an experiencial way now.

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The Aroma of Hope (V): Participating in the Kingdom

Father Brandon shows that when we offer our gifts and skills to God, He can use our lives to give a glimpse of God's future to the world around us.

Direct download: epiphserm07.22.12.mp3
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The Aroma of Hope (IV): Experiencing God Now!

Riches.  Strength.  Comprehension.  What do these words have to do with catching a whiff of the aroma of God's future now?  Father Matt takes us through Paul's prayer for the Ephesian church in the third chapter of Ephesians looking at the connection of these words to an experience with God now.  

Direct download: epiphserm07.15.12.mp3
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The Aroma of Hope (III): God's Future Comes Through Covenant

Should we live by 'rules,' or by 'following our hearts?'  There seem to be pros and cons with both.  There also seems to be Biblical evidence for both leading to another opportunity of polarized views in the body of Christ.  Could it be that Jesus is brilliant enough to come up with an out of the box system that blends the best elements of both?  Learn how God has historically worked through covenants and continues to work through covenant today to transform us from the inside out!

Direct download: epiphserm07.08.12.mp3
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The Aroma of Hope (II): Biblical Patriotism & God's Glorious Future

Where does and where should our loyalty as Christians lie?  Is it okay to love my country?  What kind of Kingdom was and is Jesus trying to establish through his death, resurrection, and his church?  Celebrate the 4th of July by delving into these significant and relative questions with Father Matt and the Epiphany community!

Direct download: MattJul12012.mp3
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The Aroma of Hope: Glimpsing God's Future in Today's Broken World (Week 1)

What do you think of when you hear the word, ‘eschatology?’  Do you think of microchips in hands and foreheads?  The ‘Rapture?’  The ‘Left Behind’ series, perhaps?

How about a rescued world where Heaven and Earth overlap and all wrongs are put right at last?  (Revelation 21)

Either way, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China, raising a family, working 9-5, or any part of life today?

Answer:  Everything!

Join us as Father Matt explores how we can participate in the future now, bringing purpose to our lives, and a glimpse of the future of hope to the world!

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Roots and the Kingdom (Preached by Fr. Brandon Peete on 6.17.12)

In this message, Father Brandon helps us understand what it means to be rooted in Christ and the practical implications of those roots on our lives, and the coming of the Kingdom of God in this world. 

Direct download: Brandon.mp3
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The Divine Mystery

How important in certainty?  Were biblical characters like Nicodemus and Moses 100% certain of eberything, or did they embrace the element of divine mystery?  Join Father Brandon Peete as he explores the role of mystery in the Christian life.

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Category:general -- posted at: 7:58pm EDT

Breath of God (Preached by Father Matt on 5.27.12)

When God breathed on his people on the day of Pentecost, what was He doing?  Join Father Matt on this Pentecost Sunday, as he explores the breath of God in the formation of the Church and in the life of the believer today!

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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.

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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!

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Vance Garvey's Sermon from 4.22.12

Youth Minister, Vance Garvey explores the meaning of the Christian life.

Direct download: 6ADCC648-42AB-4CB9-9289-B0EEC48022AB.mp3
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Father Matt's Sermon from 4.01.12

Preached by Father Matt Boulter on 4.01.12

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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

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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.

Direct download: 2012-3-18.mp3
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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.

Direct download: epiphany_2012-3-5.mp3
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Sermon from 2.26.12

Preached by Father Matt on 2.26.12

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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. 

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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.

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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.

Direct download: epiphany2B.mp3
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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.

Direct download: epiphany1B.mp3
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