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Below you will find links to the current sermon series. If you are looking for earlier sermons, check our Audio Sermon Archive.

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Sermon Series:

October 19 - December 21, 2008

Series Thesis: Life is painful. Sometimes we make choices that hurt us. At other times, people around us inflict pain upon us by their choices. Pain accompanies the growths and the declines of life. We hurt our mothers when they give birth to us and we hurt our children when they stand beside our caskets. Pain is a mystery and pain is a science. Christianity does not deny the transforming capacity of pain. Through ten biblical examples of pain, we will learn a new appreciation for God’s ability to help us work through pain.

Recommended Reading:

  • Where is God When It Hurts? - Philip Yancy
    Disappointment With God - Philip Yancy
    The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis

Audio Sermon Links

  The Gift of Pain

October 19, 2008
The Pain of Sin: Adam and Eve’s Story
Genesis 3
Sin introduces pain into paradise. Some pain, but not all pain originated in wrong thinking, feeling and choosing. The sin is forgiven, but the pain of sin remains.

October 26, 2008
The Pain of Deception: Judah and Tamar’s Story
Genesis 38
When people deceive each other they cause unavoidable pain to others and themselves.

November 2, 2008
The Pain of Foolish Commitment: Jephthah’s Story
Judges 12
Many commitments include and expectation of pain. Foolish commitment causes unexpected and unnecessary pain. Foolish commitments cause pain that remains until the commitment is over.

November 9, 2008
The Pain of Pride: Absalom’s Story
2 Samuel 15-18
“Pride goes before the fall.” The fall causes pain. Pride hurts everyone it touches. Pride will never be completely defeated, so the pain it causes will continue.

November 16, 2008
The Pain of Not Knowing: Job’s Story
Job 3: 20-26
Pain without context or meaning degenerates to despair. The solution to the pain of not knowing is context. Context reduces the pain.

November 23, 2008
The Pain of Oppression: Naboth’s Story
1 Kings 21
Thesis – The oppressor causes pain to the oppressed but God will requite the oppressor with justice. Justice relieves this pain.

November 30, 2008
The Pain of Loss: Jeremiah’s Lament
Lamentations 1: 12-16
An inescapable pain in life accompanies the loss of people and things we love. Relationships soften this pain.

December 7, 2008
The Pain of Death: Paul’s Insight
1 Corinthians 15: 50-58
Conception and birth create a new life with joy and pain. Death completes a life in joy’s pain.

December 14, 2008
The Pain of Disappointment: Peter and Christ’s Story
Luke 22: 31-34 & 54-62
Often the greatest pain we feel comes from self-inflicted wounds like disappointment. But God uses it for His higher purpose.

December 21, 2008
The Pain of the Cross: Christ’s Story
Hebrews 12: 1-3
God embraces the experience of pain to take upon Himself the greatest pain. Those who reject Christ suffer eternal pain.

 

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Christ Life Sermon Series:

The Gospel of John: Beginning in March, 2008, at our Christ Life Service (the first Thursday of each month) Dr. Collings will preach through the Gospel of John, one chapter at a time.

Audio Sermon Links

  The Gospel of John

Sermon One: (3/6/2008)
John 1, "The Introduction of Jesus Christ"

Sermon Two: (4/3/2008)
John 2, "Three Demonstrations of Christ's Mission"  

Sermon Three: (6/5/2008)
John 3

Sermon Four: (7/3/2008)
 John 4

 

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Audio Podcasts

Podcasting is a method of automatically distributing audio and video content over the Internet. The word 'podcasting' is a mix of the words 'iPod' (Apple's popular portable mp3 player) and 'broadcasting.'

Now you can subscribe to free audio podcasts from Christ Church. Podcasting makes it easy to have weekly sermons automatically downloaded to your computer and synced with your mp3 player.

To receive audio podcasts:
To download a podcast, you only need a computer with an Internet connection and podcast software (which you'll need to install). We recommend iTunes because it is easy to use on either a Mac or a PC. You can download and install iTunes free.  

Downloading and installing iTunes will take several minutes, so do this when you can stay at your computer for a little bit.

After you install iTunes:
Here's how you subscribe to Christ Church Podcasts...

1. Copy this entire link:

http://christchurchohio.org/podcasts

2. Open iTunes and click Advanced on the upper tool bar

3. Click Subscribe to Podcast in the drop-down list

4. Paste the link you just copied into the URL: box and click OK

iTunes will create the connection to Christ Church Podcasts plus search for and download new sermons. Keep in mind that iTunes will take several minutes to download each sermon.

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Streaming Audio

If you'd like to listen to sermons from our website without downloading them:
Click on any of the links under Audio Sermon Series. The file should begin to play in your computer's media program.

If the file does not begin to play, try one of these solutions.

  Windows Media Player

  1. Open Windows Media Player
  2. On the upper toolbar, select Tools
  3. In the dropdown list, select Options
  4. Select the File Types tab
  5. Then make sure that MP3 audio file (mp3) is checked
  6. Click Apply

 

  Quick Time Player

  1. Open QuickTime
  2. On the upper toolbar, select Edit
  3. In the dropdown list, select Preferences
  4. Then select QuickTime Preferences
  5. Select the File Types tab
  6. Then make sure that MP3 - MPEG Layer III movies and streams is checked
  7. Click Apply

 

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Saving (downloading) Audio Sermons To Your Computer

If you'd like to save (download) the sermon to your computer:

  • PC - Right click on any link under Audio Sermon Series then click Save Target As or Save As.
  • Mac - Hold your Option key as you click on a link. Then follow your usual file saving process.

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