Pomona Valley Church
We're a church on Zoom, based in Southern California, who want to follow Jesus into the world together.Here you'll find:-Our weekend sermons from Church on Zoom-The Backdrop: bonus episodes where Curtis dives into the Bible passage beyond the sermonAnd, if you're getting to know our church, seasons 1 and 2 walk through our vision and values for this new community.
Episodes
392 episodes
Love Your Neighbor, Week 6: God's House
Curtis looks at how wide the command to love your neighbor might extend
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9:35
Love Your Neighbor, Week 5: Sacrifice
Meredith looks at the inevitable: loving your neighbor might cost something
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13:00
Love Your Neighbor, Week 4: Politics
Curtis asks if loving your neighbor has anything to do with politics
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15:58
Love Your Neighbor, Week 3: Blessing
Curtis considers the connection between the ideas of loving our neighbor and being a blessing
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8:32
Love Your Neighbor, Week 1: Second Commandment
Curtis kicks off our new series with an exploration into how "love your neighbor" is the second greatest commandment
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8:29
Samuel, Week 22: The Gospel According to Samuel
In this final sermon of our Samuel series, Curtis looks at the message of grace threaded through it all
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17:57
Samuel, Week 20: Injustice
In this sermon, Curtis looks at David's response to the injustices he faced
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20:46
Samuel, Week 19: Characters in Crisis, pt. 2
In this sermon, Curtis looks at two more characters and their response to the moment of crisis in Israel: David and Jonathon
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Samuel, Week 18: Abigail
In this sermon, Meredith looks at the time Abigail stopped David in his murderous tracks
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Samuel, Week 17: Characters in Crisis
Curtis looks at two out of four main characters and how they react to a crisis that threatens their reality.
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19:14
Samuel, Week 16: David and Goliath
This week, Meredith looks at the famous story of little David defeating a giant.
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10:15
Samuel, Week 15: When God Breaks the Rules
Curtis looks at a cluster of times in 1 Samuel when God seemingly breaks the rules
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15:22
Easter in the Empire
In this Easter sermon, Meredith looks at how you celebrate Easter in the midst of empire.
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12:51
Samuel, Week 14: Amalek
In this sermon, Curtis looks at the difficult story of Saul and the Amalekites to draw some lessons in how we can read hard stories in the Bible.
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21:46
Samuel, Week 13: Ease
Meredith looks at the contrast between Saul -- who makes it all so hard -- and Jonathan -- who just acts.
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15:15
Samuel, Week 12: New Mercies
In this sermon, Curtis looks at how God reacts when we get on the wrong path
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Samuel, Week 11: All Things Good
In this sermon, Curtis looks at how God takes even the most horrific things and brings life and redemption out of them.
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Samuel, Week 10: God's Spirit
Curtis looks at how the highly ambiguous character of Saul is introduced, and how God's Spirit can make even a man like him into a king.
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Samuel, Week 9: Give Us a King!
Meredith looks at Israel's demand for a king, to be like all the other nations. (Sorry for the audio quality on the second half!)
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Samuel, Week 8: Freedom
Curtis looks at the words of Samuel, and the paradox that choosing to trust Yahweh alone leads not to constraint, but to freedom
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Samuel, Week 7: Not Like the Other gods
Curtis looks at the story of the ark of the covenant in Samuel 4-6, and how it highlights the character of our God.
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