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St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC

Sermon podcasts of St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville, TN (from 2017 forward). Check out our old podcast for sermons prior to 2017 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/st-patrick-presbyterian-church/id860820566?mt=2

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33:53

One Essential Thing

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/09/08

Some years ago, I was coaching a church planter. I told him from the get-go, for you to be successful in planting a church, you need three things: people need to love the vision, people need to love you, and people need to love each other. These are all essential. If you miss one of these, it won’t work. This was a gifted guy but the church plant was rocky; he would get a group of people together and they would sort of dwindle, and then it would build up again, then dwindle. At one point he called

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33:53

One Essential Thing

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/09/08

Some years ago, I was coaching a church planter. I told him from the get-go, for you to be successful in planting a church, you need three things: people need to love the vision, people need to love you, and people need to love each other. These are all essential. If you miss one of these, it won’t work. This was a gifted guy but the church plant was rocky; he would get a group of people together and they would sort of dwindle, and then it would build up again, then dwindle. At one point he called

en

49:20

Beholding and Becoming

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/09/01

Gen Z kids view selfies very differently than do the Millenials who purportedly invented them. I first noticed this while being instructed by my niece on a (then) new social media app called SnapChat. It was basically the anti-Instagram. Whereas I had grown accustomed to carefully curated and filtered digital galleries, these kids were producing and posting hundreds of thoughtless images that would disappear within the day. Terrible lighting, angles, and framing; all of it disastrous! This was so

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49:20

Beholding and Becoming

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/09/01

Gen Z kids view selfies very differently than do the Millenials who purportedly invented them. I first noticed this while being instructed by my niece on a (then) new social media app called SnapChat. It was basically the anti-Instagram. Whereas I had grown accustomed to carefully curated and filtered digital galleries, these kids were producing and posting hundreds of thoughtless images that would disappear within the day. Terrible lighting, angles, and framing; all of it disastrous! This was so

en

37:59

What Technology Didn't Do

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/25

For me, the biggest unintended consequence of talking about “prosthetic gods” has been a sort of reawakening, as I dusted off staid old theological categories like God’s infinity, his aseity, his immutability, and, this week, his simplicity. God is simply the best, and he didn’t work out or scheme to be the best—he is, in his very being, greatness that is incomprehensible. This is where we find the psalmist this week, and he is lost in wonder. In Psalm 139, the psalmist is in the Soul Room, praying

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37:59

What Technology Didn't Do

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/25

For me, the biggest unintended consequence of talking about “prosthetic gods” has been a sort of reawakening, as I dusted off staid old theological categories like God’s infinity, his aseity, his immutability, and, this week, his simplicity. God is simply the best, and he didn’t work out or scheme to be the best—he is, in his very being, greatness that is incomprehensible. This is where we find the psalmist this week, and he is lost in wonder. In Psalm 139, the psalmist is in the Soul Room, praying

en

39:03

Learning to Be Human

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/18

It feels strange to write something like “learning to be human” but, alas, this is where we find ourselves. If the defining characteristic of our advanced technological state has left us more anxious and alienated—lonely—then we have to ask why. Ironically, it seems the push with our digital screens is to make us less human, trans-human, or to denigrate our embodied state, as if our bodies are a hindrance and are holding us back. Our quest for glory and immutability has left us less human and

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39:03

Learning to Be Human

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/18

It feels strange to write something like “learning to be human” but, alas, this is where we find ourselves. If the defining characteristic of our advanced technological state has left us more anxious and alienated—lonely—then we have to ask why. Ironically, it seems the push with our digital screens is to make us less human, trans-human, or to denigrate our embodied state, as if our bodies are a hindrance and are holding us back. Our quest for glory and immutability has left us less human and

en

45:10

Glory Hunger

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/11

All tools and technology come with their own inherent requirements for wisdom, some more than others. It’s the classic myth of Prometheus who stole fire from the gods, thus giving humanity technology. He is punished for this by Zeus who had him bound to a rock, with his liver being eaten out every day. The myth says a lot about the ancient gods who were forever withholding from creatures they tolerated at best and exploited for their own amusement at worst. It also signals that there are inherent

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45:10

Glory Hunger

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/11

All tools and technology come with their own inherent requirements for wisdom, some more than others. It’s the classic myth of Prometheus who stole fire from the gods, thus giving humanity technology. He is punished for this by Zeus who had him bound to a rock, with his liver being eaten out every day. The myth says a lot about the ancient gods who were forever withholding from creatures they tolerated at best and exploited for their own amusement at worst. It also signals that there are inherent

en

39:48

God is Infinite

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/04

If you're like me, then you're exiting summer with plenty of regrets. Did you accomplish everything you put on your to do list? Did you go everywhere? Did you see everyone? Did you stop time around a bonfire with family or learn everything you could from your summer reading list? No, no, no, and double no for me. Spring Greg has a lot of summer hopes; Fall Greg comes back to earth. And that's when I learn to be human again. Our August sermon series aims to meet us in the mundane and find the glory

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39:48

God is Infinite

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/08/04

If you're like me, then you're exiting summer with plenty of regrets. Did you accomplish everything you put on your to do list? Did you go everywhere? Did you see everyone? Did you stop time around a bonfire with family or learn everything you could from your summer reading list? No, no, no, and double no for me. Spring Greg has a lot of summer hopes; Fall Greg comes back to earth. And that's when I learn to be human again. Our August sermon series aims to meet us in the mundane and find the glory

en

39:05

The World Was Not Worthy

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/28

With the Olympics in full swing, the internet is teeming with athletic videos. One I can’t get out of my head is of this young guy well ahead of the pack and clearly destined to win. Curiously, he looks back and sees how far ahead he is, and then sort of… pumps the brakes a bit? The gobsmacked commentators suggest that maybe he was saving his legs for the next heat. But if so, it was a terrible miscalculation, because several of the runners behind him instantly overtook his lead. He didn’t even

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39:05

The World Was Not Worthy

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/28

With the Olympics in full swing, the internet is teeming with athletic videos. One I can’t get out of my head is of this young guy well ahead of the pack and clearly destined to win. Curiously, he looks back and sees how far ahead he is, and then sort of… pumps the brakes a bit? The gobsmacked commentators suggest that maybe he was saving his legs for the next heat. But if so, it was a terrible miscalculation, because several of the runners behind him instantly overtook his lead. He didn’t even

en

25:51

The Lord Saves

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/21

We’ve been spending the summer in Hebrews 11, often referred to as “The Hall of Faith.” Imagine yourself walking through a museum with magnificent portraits of Israel’s heroes: there’s Abel, with his glorious sacrificial lamb. Enoch’s there, maybe pictured drifting upward through the clouds. Next is Noah, standing proudly in front of his new boat, ready for lake life. Then there’s Abraham, perhaps laughing with his wife, Sarah, or embracing Isaac after an awkwardly knife-y interaction. Isaac’s next

en

25:51

The Lord Saves

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/21

We’ve been spending the summer in Hebrews 11, often referred to as “The Hall of Faith.” Imagine yourself walking through a museum with magnificent portraits of Israel’s heroes: there’s Abel, with his glorious sacrificial lamb. Enoch’s there, maybe pictured drifting upward through the clouds. Next is Noah, standing proudly in front of his new boat, ready for lake life. Then there’s Abraham, perhaps laughing with his wife, Sarah, or embracing Isaac after an awkwardly knife-y interaction. Isaac’s next

en

34:29

From Exile to Exodus

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/14

Our character from Hebrews 11 this week needs no introduction—Moses. When I think of Moses, I think of the Cecil B. DeMille’s classic movie, “The Ten Commandments”. Charlton Heston was Moses and this film aired in two parts around Easter time every year. It was a tradition. The whole family would sit down to watch this two-part series on one of our heroes made famous by Hollywood! It has been done in more recent times by Disney and others because, even if you don’t believe the Bible, the story of

en

34:29

From Exile to Exodus

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/14

Our character from Hebrews 11 this week needs no introduction—Moses. When I think of Moses, I think of the Cecil B. DeMille’s classic movie, “The Ten Commandments”. Charlton Heston was Moses and this film aired in two parts around Easter time every year. It was a tradition. The whole family would sit down to watch this two-part series on one of our heroes made famous by Hollywood! It has been done in more recent times by Disney and others because, even if you don’t believe the Bible, the story of

en

46:49

Generational Faith

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/07

Allie and I celebrated our seventeenth wedding anniversary this week. That means we’ve now been married longer than she was alive before we started dating! I love to think back to the ceremony: reverent and majestic; filled with aesthetic gravitas and ancient vows; the chancel choir, the vaulted ceiling and marble altar, the grandiose thunder and lighting, the trembling and the tears. We were just kids, reaching into the most sacred sacramental realities of humanity and daring to participate in some

en

46:49

Generational Faith

St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPC ·

2024/07/07

Allie and I celebrated our seventeenth wedding anniversary this week. That means we’ve now been married longer than she was alive before we started dating! I love to think back to the ceremony: reverent and majestic; filled with aesthetic gravitas and ancient vows; the chancel choir, the vaulted ceiling and marble altar, the grandiose thunder and lighting, the trembling and the tears. We were just kids, reaching into the most sacred sacramental realities of humanity and daring to participate in some

en

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