by OakAdmin | Aug 10, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
A commonly used quote is often (mistakenly) attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi – “Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary use words.” This article lays to rest the delusion that Francis said anything like that and actually demonstrates the...
by OakAdmin | Aug 9, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
This Sunday I will sketch four stages of growth for a follower of Jesus. They are inspired by a book called Disciple Shift and its predecessor Real Life Discipleship. You can read through a helpful summary of the stages here (this author uses five instead of four, but...
by OakAdmin | Aug 8, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
Penn Jillette is the famous magician who performs alongside the far less talkative Teller. He is also a vocal atheist. A few years ago, after a show, someone approached him and offered him the gift of a Bible along with a simple and sincere presentation of the Gospel....
by OakAdmin | Aug 5, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
There are lots of reasons that Christians don’t share our faith as much as we should. Probably the main one is fear. We are afraid of how people will respond. We worry about how to start a spiritual conversation. We stress about causing friction in...
by OakAdmin | Jul 28, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
Our sermon series is called Serve the Church. We started in John 13 and then walked through Romans 12. Most of this series has focused on using our gifts to love one another and build up the body at Oakwood. But this week there is a specific command that we...
by OakAdmin | Jul 27, 2018 | Darin's Blog
We, the children of God gathered as Oakwood Community Church, in view of God’s mercy to us in Christ, this day present ourselves to God as a living sacrifice, made holy and acceptable to Him by the blood of Jesus. We commit together today to help each other resist the...
