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Unfinished Community Podcast Pastor Don
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Do you feel like the Bible is a giant unholy mess that only makes sense to cultic crazies, obtuse academics, and people with way too much time on their hands?
Well guess what? I have way too much time on my hands (and am a pastor, with a couple of Master’s degrees too), so I’ll try to walk you through it, while attempting to be amusing in the process.
So give us a listen! Here you can find content from the Unfinished Community, featuring Rev. Don Van Antwerpen, Travis Love, and other guests both from the community and beyond.
Hope you enjoy!
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Unfinished Community: Good Friday Reflection and Meditation
Good Friday; the day in which we mark the suffering, crucifixion, and death of Jesus Christ. Join us this evening for a time of meditation and reflection on this terrible moment in our history, as we consider what it means to us in our world today, and how it helps set the stage for the great morning to come in a few days time.
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LINKS:
This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing.
First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+4%3A13-14&version=NRSVUE
Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A28-30&version=NRSVUE
(Sermon manuscript available at the website below)
Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love -
SERMON: "Live; Wake Up!" (Rev. Don Van Antwerpen, 3-17-2024)
This is the sermon delivered remotely by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey on March 17, 2024.
Today's sermon is drawn from Jeremiah 31:31-34 and John 12:24-33, and we talk about the importance of our relationship with God growing and evolving over time, both individually and as church communities. What happens when you take a stalk of wheat and plant it under ground? Are we supposed to do church the same way as we always have? What happens when we let ourselves explode into new life? Listen in, and find out!
(Manuscript available at the website below!)
Scripture links are below!
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LINKS:
This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing!
First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031%3A31-34&version=NRSVUE
Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A24-33&version=NRSVUE
Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love -
Back to Basics, Episode 69: The End of Genesis (Genesis 48, 49, and 50)
Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!
At last we have arrived, at this our final, nice, episode of Back to Basics; Genesis Edition, and we're taking our last shot at Chapters 48-50 simultaneously! Is it true that "The Lord of the Rings" movies stole their idea of the repetitive ending from the book of Genesis? Was Jacob actually the first mummy? Since Joseph was definitely turned into a mummy, is it possible that some Victorian Englishman ate him during that whole "mummy jerky" phase? And if the evangelical cultists are right about the whole issue of "blood magic," does that mean that somewhere in England this man's descendants live on completely unaware that they have inherited phenomenal Biblical mummy powers? Can we fund our church by selling the movie rights to this idea and, if so, can we get Brendan Frasier attached? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!
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LINKS:
This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!
Website: www.unfinisihed.love
Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC
Instagram: @PastorKuma
Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c
Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity -
SERMON: "You Should Know Better"" (Rev. Don Van Antwerpen, 2-25-2024)
This is the sermon delivered remotely by Rev. Don Van Antwerpen to the congregation of the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick, New Jersey on February 25, 2024.
Today's sermon is drawn from Mark:31-38 and Romans 4:13-25, and focuses on what can happen when we allow ourselves to become overconfident. What do Red Mages have to do with preaching the gospel? What is it like to be so confident that you'd tell Jesus off directly to his face AND not be a white person at the same time? How far outside of his mind is Peter, anyways? Listen in, and find out!
(Manuscript available at the website below!)
Scripture links are below!
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LINKS:
This sermon is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, if podcasts are more your thing!
First Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+8%3A31-38&version=NRSVUE
Second Reading: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+4%3A13-25&version=NRSVUE
(Sermon manuscript available at the website below)
Unfinished Community: www.unfinished.love -
Back to Basics, Episode 68: Presentation, Famine, and the Death of Jacob (Genesis 47)
Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!
Come on in as we take aim at Genesis, Chapter 47, wherein Joseph finished the long, hard, but ultimately rewarding work of settling the family of Israel in Egypt. Surely, nothing bad can come from that! But did Joseph actually invent the idea of a company town centuries before Bezos gave it a go? Is capitalism truly the universal constant? Is the story of Genesis going to have a happy ending after all, or just an ominous one? Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!
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LINKS:
This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!
Website: www.unfinisihed.love
Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC
Instagram/Twitter: @PastorKuma
Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c
Tithing and Donations: bit.ly/unfinishedcommunity -
Back to Basics, Episode 67: Jacob Brings His Whole Family to Egypt (Genesis 46)
Welcome to "Back to Basics," where Pastor Don and Courtney Fraley explore the Bible, one story at a time, starting at the beginning, and working our way forward until we either get bored or run out of Bible! Tune in every week for a brief exploration of the next chapter in that thrilling and oft-misunderstood story, the Bible!
Come on in as we take aim at Genesis, Chapter 46, wherein Jacob gets the whole gang together and brings them down into Egypt to find his long-lost son. Did you know that Biblical cultures have really had a bone to pick with shepherds for this long? Did you think we were gonna make it out of Genesis without at least one more Xeongears reference? Also...did you think there wouldn't be just one more callback to Abraham's repetitive work with Abimelech? Because there is! Check out today's episode to find out about all that and more!
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LINKS:
This video is also available as a podcast at anchor.fm/pastorkuma, or by searching for "Unfinished Community" wherever you get your podcasts; if that's more your thing!
Website: www.unfinisihed.love
Facebook: @UnfinishedKIPC
Instagram/Twitter: @PastorKuma
Discord: https://discord.gg/mJxWv6c