by OakAdmin | Feb 23, 2018 | Darin's Blog
As we finish our Momentum Bible study we reach the promise, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God” (Matt. 5:9). “You are never more like God than when you forgive another person” (John Macarthur). Check out this...
by OakAdmin | Feb 20, 2018 | Darin's Blog
We just had an inspiring and practical marriage seminar called The Art of Marriage. If you missed it and are a part of Oakwood, you can find all the sessions on Right Now media. Contact us if you need your login reset! A pastor friend just shared this blog post and I...
by OakAdmin | Feb 3, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
“Be killing sin, or it will be killing you.” John Owen “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.” Romans 8:13 We must not take a passive posture in...
by OakAdmin | Jan 26, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
As we go through the Momentum Bible study some important questions are coming up. Is Holiness Possible? “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Humility is the gateway to all the other blessings in the Beatitudes. “We must see our own wants before we can...
by OakAdmin | Jan 24, 2018 | Darin's Blog
Listen to how C.S. Lewis says it in Mere Christianity: “Our Lord is like the dentists. If you give Him an inch, He will take [a yard]. Dozens of people go to Him to be cured of some one particular sin which they are ashamed of… Well, he will cure it all right: but He...
by OakAdmin | Jan 18, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” To enter the kingdom Jesus says, “you must be born again” (John 3:7). Both of these verses describe conversion in terms of the start of a new life. God must do this work...
by OakAdmin | Jan 11, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel, Theology
Pastor Scott Lothery of The Orchard Church (Chicago, IL) has developed helpful material called The Gospel-Nourished Life. In it he presents the 13 virtues of Jesus and then shows how far we all fall short of those perfections. Jesus is the perfection of love, but we...
by OakAdmin | Jan 11, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Life Stories
This painting by Chicago artist, Joseph DeVelasco, was inspired by Romans 7:24, “O wretched man that I am! Who will free me from this body of death?” What follows is an analysis of this painting by Cheyenne DeVelasco, Joseph’s granddaughter, who went...
by OakAdmin | Jan 6, 2018 | Darin's Blog, Message Series
Throughout the fall we walked through the book of Philippians, lifting our eyes from the challenges in our lives to fix our joy in the Lord. As we begin 2018 we will be studying Romans 8 on Sunday mornings while we discuss an eight week Bible study called Momentum in...
by OakAdmin | Dec 29, 2017 | Darin's Blog
This coming Sunday (12/31/17) I will preach a message with this title, Finishing the Task, based on Acts 20:24 – “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the...
