Podcast
Covenant Church
Hosted by Zack Phillips · EN
Sermons by Pastor Zack Phillips and testimonies from members of Covenant Church in Arlington, MA. Visit us at covmin.org.
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Jonah 1, Part 2
4w ago00:33:14Tap to summarizeIn this second sermon on Jonah 1, Zack explains how Jonah shows us much, much more than than God loves foreigners; it shows us that God loves those who seem outside the story, those whom we don't think God can, does, or should love.
Transcribe →Jonah 1, Part 1
4w ago00:28:38Tap to summarizeAfter setting the historical scene (Ninevah, Tarshish, etc.) Zack explains how Jonah 1 teaches us that God loves the ninety-nine as well as the one -- and, through Jonah, shows us the lengths to which He will go to reach the one.
Transcribe →A God Who Entrusts, Humans Who Follow: Mark 16:1-20
Apr 2600:27:00Tap to summarizeHow, exactly, does the Gospel of Mark end (at verse 8 or at verse 20)? What is the significance of the fact that we can ask this question? If this gospel ends at v. 8, how do we understand an ending of seeming failure? This sermon concludes our 2+ year journey through the Gospel of Mark.
Transcribe →Palm Sunday: Luke 19:28-40
Apr 2600:32:18Tap to summarizeThe stones would cry out: Zack meditates on this detail from Luke's telling of Palm Sunday to reflect on the cosmic scope of that day.
Transcribe →The Women: Mark 15:40-47
Apr 2600:27:02Tap to summarizeZack traces a trajectory in the Bible's teachings about women -- as an example of how to read the Bible dynamically and faithfully.
Transcribe →Loving Your Enemies—or, the Cross of Christ: Rom 5:6-11
Apr 2600:25:08Tap to summarizeZack tells the story of St. Patrick -- and how St. Patrick's life mission to the Irish exemplifies Jesus' teaching to love your enemies. Like Jesus on the cross, like our own calling, Patrick loved with God's love.
Transcribe →“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”: Mark 15:25-39
Mar 200:27:19Tap to summarizeZack wrestles with how to understand the so-called cry of dereliction and, more broadly, the cross.
Transcribe →Carrying A Cross: Mark 15:16-24
Feb 2600:23:12Tap to summarizeSimon of Cyrene helped carry Jesus' cross: Zack reflects on our also carrying crosses.
Transcribe →History and Mobs: Mark 15:1-15
Feb 2600:26:46Tap to summarizeWhat turns a crowd into a mob and how does this affect our daily life? Why is Pontius Pilate mentioned in the Apostles' Creed? Zack explores both questions.
Transcribe →Injustice: Mark 14:53–65
Feb 1200:21:29Tap to summarizeWhen a biblical story is not your story but the story of your people.
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