Community Brookside
We are a church that loves people and seeks to look like the Jesus of the gospels.
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Episodes
279 episodes
Our Unexpected God: When Jesus Says You Matter
In Luke 7, when a woman with a sinful reputation anoints Jesus' feet with expensive perfume, the religious leaders judge her harshly. But Jesus asks a profound question: Do you see this woman? While others saw only her past mistakes, Jesus saw ...
Our Unexpected God: The God Who Breaks the Rules to Make Us Whole
In Luke 17:11-19, Jesus encounters ten men with leprosy who were considered untouchable outcasts by society. When they cry out for mercy, Jesus tells them to show themselves to the priests, and they are healed as they go. However, only one retu...
Our Unexpected God: The God Who Shows Up in the Silence
Life's overwhelming noise can make it feel impossible to connect with God, but the story of Elijah teaches us that divine presence often comes in unexpected ways. After experiencing a great spiritual victory, Elijah found himself exhausted and ...
Our Unexpected God: The God Who Doesn't Wait for Permission
The story of Zacchaeus reveals how Jesus intentionally seeks out those society rejects. As a despised tax collector, Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see Jesus, who then invited himself to dinner at his house. The crowd was outraged that Jesus would...
Our Unexpected God: The God Who Sees the Invisible *Sorry the Audio is Bad*
The story of Hagar reveals a God who sees those pushed to society's margins. When Abraham and Sarah's impatience led them to use Hagar as a surrogate, she became caught in a cycle of abuse and abandonment. Fleeing to the wilderness, Hagar encou...
Our Unexpected God: The God Who Conquers Death
Easter morning began not with celebration, but with grief-stricken women carrying spices to anoint Jesus' body. They had forgotten His promises and lost all hope. Yet in their deepest despair, God revealed His greatest miracle. The angels asked...
Our Unexpected God: The God Who Shatters Our Expectations
Palm Sunday reveals Jesus as the unexpected king who defied all worldly expectations. Instead of riding a war horse to claim political power, Jesus chose a humble donkey and went to the temple rather than the palace. The crowds wanted a politic...
Broken to Restored - With Special Guest Chandler Harlin
Life sometimes leaves us feeling spiritually empty and exhausted, like the valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37. When dreams feel dead and faith grows cold, we might wonder if restoration is even possible. God intentionally leads us into valleys b...
Still Leading - With Special Guest Kristen Harlin
Psalm 23 declares that "The Lord is my shepherd" in present tense, meaning God actively leads us right now through life's complexities. None of us have everything figured out, whether we're children, parents, or retirees - we're all making educ...
Back to Basics: Salvation as a Life We Live Into
Many Christians view salvation as a finish line - a moment of prayer, forgiveness, or heavenly insurance. However, Scripture reveals salvation as a starting line for lifelong transformation. We are saved not just from sin, but for something gre...
Ash Wednesday 2026
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of spiritual preparation before Easter. This sacred day serves as a holy interruption, reminding us that we are dust - fragile, finite, and beloved by God. The ashes we receive aren't t...
Back to Basics: The Kingdom of God vs. Christian Nationalism
The line between loving your country and worshiping it can be dangerously thin. While patriotism involves gratitude and service to your nation, Christian nationalism confuses God's kingdom with earthly power. Jesus rejected political dominance ...
Back to Basics: What Really Happened at the Cross?
The cross isn't about God punishing Jesus to satisfy divine anger, but rather God entering human suffering to transform it with love. Jesus consistently demonstrated God's heart of forgiveness throughout his ministry, not just at the cross. Luk...
Back to Basics: When a Story Gets Weaponized
Throughout history, people have taken God's word and used it to justify terrible things. From slavery to domestic abuse, from silencing women to supporting corrupt leaders, the Bible has been twisted to serve human agendas rather than reveal Go...
Back to Basics: When the Story We Inherit Isn't God's Story
Many Christians inherit interpretations of Genesis 3 that emphasize guilt and condemnation, but reading the text itself reveals a different story. When Adam and Eve hide in shame after disobeying God, God doesn't abandon them but calls out with...
Back to Basics: What is Christianity All About?
Modern Christianity has become cluttered with political affiliations, moral checklists, and cultural baggage that often obscure the simple truth of who Jesus really is. Christianity at its core isn't about systems or structures—it's about a rel...
Moving Forward - With Special Guest Erika Maxey
As we enter a new year, we all carry different experiences - some filled with joy, others marked by struggle. The key to moving forward isn't about having a perfect year or leaving everything behind, but about trusting God's presence in all cir...
Born Into This Mess - With Special Guest Kerry Harlin
Life rarely goes according to plan, and the Christmas story reminds us that Jesus entered a world filled with chaos and danger. King Herod's threat forced Mary and Joseph to flee as refugees with their newborn son. Jesus experienced the full re...
New Year, Same God - A Wesley Covenant Service of Renewal
The Wesley Covenant Service offers a powerful way to refresh our spiritual lives and deepen our relationship with God as we enter a new year. This more than 300-year-old tradition helps us remember that our lives belong not just to ourselves, b...
Love: God's Saving Presence
Advent is about waiting for God's love to break into our world, just as generations before Christ's birth waited for the promised Messiah. The prophets spoke hope into darkness, promising a child who would be called Wonderful Counselor and Prin...
The Joy of God's Upside-Down Kingdom
Biblical joy during Advent looks radically different from holiday happiness. Mary's Magnificat wasn't a gentle lullaby but a revolutionary song about God's upside-down kingdom that lifts up the lowly and fills the hungry. When angels announced ...
Peace: God's Peace is Not What We Have Come to Expect
Christmas reveals a deeper peace than temporary calm or absence of conflict. Biblical shalom means wholeness, harmony, and restored relationships with God, others, yourself, and creation. While the Roman Empire enforced peace through military d...
Hope: God's Promise at the Margins
Biblical hope is defiant and stubborn, believing God isn't finished with our story yet. Elizabeth and Mary, both marginalized women, became vessels of God's promise during Israel's darkest times. Elizabeth, elderly and childless, conceived John...