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Oakhaven Church Podcast
Hosted by Larry Mudd · EN
Messages from The Barn: Oakhaven Church in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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02.08.26 - Luke IV - The Real Jesus at the Center
Feb 1100:31:53Tap to summarizeIn Luke 4:14-30, Jesus is without honor in His hometown because everyone is too familiar with Him, His family, etc. We run the risk of being too familiar with Him to the point of losing our wonder and taking Him for granted.To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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02.01.26 - Luke III - Identity Given & Tested
Feb 200:36:27Tap to summarizeFocusing on Luke 3:21-4:13, Jesus begins His ministry by submitted to baptism by His predecessor, John. Jesus' identity is majestically confirmed by the presence of the Spirit and the voice of the Father booming affirmation from the heavens: You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased! We are each His beloved children as well, just as affirmed and blessed as part of the family (of which His Spirit is a seal upon us). Jesus goes straight into temptation - a pattern of the enemy's, coming after us when we've had a mountaintop experience. Jesus shows us the way to parry the temptations sent our way by being centered in our identity in God and knowledge of His word. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.25.26 - Luke II - Renewing Our Walk
Jan 2700:29:08Tap to summarizeThe ministry of John the Baptist fulfills prophecies made about him by Isaiah and Gabriel, and as he calls the people to repent and be baptized, we are called to do the same, and if we've already done so, it's time to renew our commitments to the King. Luke 3:1-20. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.18.26 - Intro to Luke: Promises Made - Promises Kept
Jan 2000:38:03Tap to summarizeWe begin a series on the Gospel of Luke today, whose first sentence states he will summarize "the things that have been fulfilled among us," in a far reaching work that begins with Gabriel's visit to Zechariah in the temple predicting the birth of John the Baptist through to the gospel being taken to all the known world at the end of the Book of Acts, the companion volume to Luke's gospel. Luke devotes his introductory first two chapters to Jesus' birth, and we look briefly today at Luke 2:22-40 and its themes of waiting and promise fulfillment. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.11.26 - Fresh Start - New Year - New Creation
Jan 1500:31:51Tap to summarizeThe mercies of God are new every morning, and each day offers us a fresh start in Him. God is in the business of making all things new, including us, and He reminds us today of the moment when everything changed. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.04.26 - Christmas II - Kings & Magi
Jan 600:31:42Tap to summarizeWe focus today on the convergence of multiple themes around the visit of the wise men to the Christchild. In looking at that story today (in Matthew 2:1-12), we focus on two prime lessons: they represent all of us as OUTSIDERS being welcomed into the family of God. And Matthew holds two kings up to us to ask which one we follow: the Heroes of the world, or the Christ in a humble manger?To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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12.28.25 - Christmas I - Mild, He Lays His Glory By
Dec 3000:27:07Tap to summarizeOne of the dangers of telling the Christmas story (or Easter, or how your grandparents walked from home to school uphill both ways...) as often as we do is that the stunning, mind-blowing aspects of God becoming human - and all that that means - can become ordinary and unremarkable. In this message we ask John in his prologue (John 1:1-14) and Paul in his use of an ancient Christian hymn (Phil 2:5-11) to help refresh our wonder. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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02.02.25 - Mark XVIII - Now I See
Feb 3, 202500:37:33Tap to summarizeWe return to our survey of the Gospel of Mark today and find ourselves at a key structural point in Mark’s storytelling. Mark’s gospel can be divided into three “acts.” Act I takes place in Galilee, Act III takes place in Jerusalem, and Act is the bridge “on the road” between those two locations. Today’s brief story occurs at the end of Act II (10:46-52), and is the last story before Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem and all the events of Holy Week, to which Mark devotes a huge percentage of his gospel. Blind Bartimaeus is a template for all of us, teaching us to cry out to Jesus when He is near, be transformed by His power, and cast our pasts behind to follow Jesus “on the way.”To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.26.25 - The 4 G's of Grace: Go
Jan 29, 202500:36:57Tap to summarizeAs a result of the grace that Jesus has showered on us, we are moved to share His story with others. Jesus is the King who comes with His kingdom to break into the present while ensuring its eternal future. in 2 Corinthians 5 (and elsewhere), we are called to be ambassadors of this King and Kingdom, first leading lives that represent well the One we serve. Those lives will be markedly different from those steeped in the culture around us, so we can expect to be questioned about our hope and must be ready. God empowers our ambassadorship with His Spirit as we carry His amazing treasure in our broken/mended clay lives. The final words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew contain His command for us to GO make disciples. Sometimes that includes geographic travel. It always includes our leaving our comfort zone and seeking out new relationships no matter where we are. To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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01.19.25 - The 4 G's of Grace: Gracious
Jan 20, 202500:34:25Tap to summarizeBecause God has lavished His grace upon us through His Son, our lives reflect that grace in how we live with one another. Today we look at how His grace moves us to live lives of forgiveness, patience, and kindness. We love because He first loved us, and He makes our forgiving others a requirement for receiving forgiveness ourselves, starting with “forgive us our debts as we have forgiven our debtors.” Jesus tells a striking parable about forgiving one another in Matthew 18:21-35. We are moved by the Spirit to consider the depths of a person’s life, knowing that we are all dealing with more things than those around us know about, with the exception of the Holy Spirit, of course. We are empowered to live gracious lives by His presence within us and within the Body of Christ.To investigate this most important of stories further, go here.
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