Oakhurst Baptist Church

How can reading the bible “from below,” from a non-privileged social position, flip our understanding of what’s going on in it? Using the story of Naaman and Elisha, from 2 Kings 5, David Rensberger explores how an insider can hear the word of God from outsiders and underdogs.

What are we to make of Jesus’ clear intent to head toward Jerusalem followed by a meandering path of interruptions? Intentions and Interruptions? Listen as Rev. Bob Duvall shares his thoughts.

Sometimes our resistance looks like marching, singing, preaching, or dancing in the face of oppression. Sometimes, our greatest act of resistance is to have the audacity to exist. Listen as Ashley Robinson encourages us to do just that.

We all have a name, and many of us several nicknames. We have names for God too that take all different shapes and forms. What happens when those names meet? What is in God’s name? What is in yours? Listen as Minister of Music Karen Bryant Shipp talks about what’s behind God’s name and when God calls yours.

Rev. Brandon Maxwell joined us on Pentecost Sunday. Listen as he encourages us to embrace the creativity of the Spirit.

Captivity takes all different forms. Sometimes it looks like high walls, sometimes like overwhelming circumstances, and sometimes it is not detectable at all. Listen as Rev. Bob Duvall reflects on how we can be “Buddha in a ten-foot cell” and indeed be released.

Listen as Minister of Music Karen Bryant Shipp reflects on the ways we experience God. While they are varied and the many expressions speak to who we are, we can find commonality in God’s encompassing love.

Hear Rev. Brandon T. Maxwell as he considers how not to be a zealot and explores religious practice in the age of authenticity.

So many things exist in the world that cause us to ask, “Why is this happening? How do we let this happen?” That happened in Jesus’ world as well, and is a large part of the Easter story. Listen as Pastor Lauren Colwell searches for answers to the why and the how. How can we respond to a hurting world? And why should we?

As Jesus parades into Jerusalem we shout hosanna, but we know a storm is looming as Jesus’ enemies begin to grumble. Life can be like that – one day a parade, the next day a violent storm. Listen as Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West ponders how the storm sometimes surprises us in the midst of the parade and hear the response by Cindy Clark, Laura Johnson, Ashley Robinson, and Marjorie Hall Snook as they sing a rendition of the Walin’ Jennys’ “Storm Comin'”.