Otter Creek Church Sermons

The Culture WarsRomans 1:16-32; Mark 12:28-32 Available via Podomatic or iTunes  Yesterday we started an important conversation about the culture wars and the witness of the church. We will continue this over the next few weeks. I hope this...

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Divinity and Dust #8: Celibacy Lost Texts: 1 Cor. 5, Rom. 12, and Rom. 7:18-20 Audio Available via iTunes or Podomatic The Christian life is not a pursuit of destroying desire wherever it emerges. The Christian life is the discipline of recognizing...

Divinity and Dust: The Single Life Listen via Podomatic or iTunes Dear Otter Creek Family, I want to remind you about an upcoming gathering that will challenge and inspire you. On October 25th and 26th the ZOE GROUP will lead a conference at Otter...

Divinity and Dust: Spiritual Friendship John 13, 18, 21 and Ruth 1Listen to Josh's teaching from Sunday on Podomatic (also on iTunes)In this series I'm calling Divinity and Dust, we have covered several basic but world-altering truths of...

Monday DevotionalAugust 26, 2013 Turning Sixes Into Sevens by Rob Touchstone   In Luke’s gospel, the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16) is addressed directly to Jesus’ disciples. He had just told them, “You cannot serve both God and...

Otter Creek is a community because of what we have in common: our desire to follow Jesus. Discipleship is bigger than subscribing to a set of beliefs - it is more than a cerebral posture we hold based on our understanding of scripture. Following Jesus...

Monday DevotionalAugust 12, 2013 An update from Rob Touchstone will take the place of our normal Monday Devotional today. Thank you Otter Creek for your outpouring of love to those north of Nashville who lost so much during last week's flood...

MASHAL: Luke 15 The Prodigal Family   Also listen via Podomatic or iTunes   Prodigal has two meanings: 1) a wayward individual or 2) one who spends lavishly and recklessly. It is in that second sense of the word that we understand the deeper...

Hello OC Family - Josh has been teaching us about the parables of Jesus on Sunday mornings. For the past two Sundays he has focused on the Prodigals. I love the image of the father seeing his lost son a long way off, and being "filled with...

Matthew 13:45-46 NRSVAvailable on iTunes or PodomaticWorth Every Penny Jesus tells a story that has been told many times in many different languages: the story of the pearl of great price. In Greek, it's just 21 words--one long sentence.  He...

Mashal Parable Series Matthew 13 Available on podomatic and iTunes     It is common to interpret Jesus' parables about the path, rocky soil, thorns, and rich soil in terms of individual people. That is, we deem some people as people of the...