http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org The Oaks Community Church seeks to be an ever expanding gospel-centered church and movement along the I-75 Cincinnati-Dayton corridor. We seek to bring gospel-renewal to our cities, communities, and neighborhoods so that people are changed spiritually, socially and culturally. Check us out at www.theoakscommunitychurch.org. en The Oaks Community Church seeks to be an ever expanding gospel-centered church and movement along the I-75 Cincinnati-Dayton corridor. We seek to bring gospel-renewal to our cities, communities, and neighborhoods so that people are changed ... The Oaks Community Church no The Oaks Community Church oakscommunitychurch@gmail.com ℗ & © 2008 The Oaks Community Church 720 This week Pastor Kevin taught on how Jonah not only entered into the downward spiral of spiritual despair, but also how he experienced a breakthrough of grace. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/salvation-is-of-the-lord http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/salvation-is-of-the-lord.mp3 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:11:06 CDT Kevin Jamison Jonah gospel,grace,jonah,sin,jesus 40:58 Many commentators and scholars throughout the years have seen the indictment of Jonah by the Captain as symbolic of the indictment of the church by the world. Our faith is to be used for the good of those around us, or else the world can reject it as false. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/wake-up http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/wake-up.mp3 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:58:27 CDT Kevin Jamison Jonah 38:35 This week Pastor Kevin taught us how God sends the storms and trials of life as a means of His grace, even though at times they can be well disguised. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/grace-in-disguise http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/grace-in-disguise.mp3 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:46:54 CDT Kevin Jamison Jonah jonah,gospel,cross,jesus,grace,sin,discipline,mercy,sovereignty,calvinism 31:02 This week we began a seven week series in the book of Jonah. Pastor Kevin taught on why Jonah ran from God's call and how all of us, like Jonah, seek to run from God. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/on-the-run http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/on-the-run.mp3 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:59:17 CDT Kevin Jamison Jonah gospel,jonah,sin,repentance,preaching,self-righteousness,jesus,cross 38:30 This week Pastor Kevin finished up teaching on the Sermon on the Mount by looking at the authority of Jesus and what a life built upon His word looks like. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/upon-the-rock http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/upon-the-rock.mp3 Sun, 25 May 2008 08:03:50 CDT Kevin Jamison Parting Words gospel,truth,grace,authority,incarnation,trinity,holy_spirit,cross,sermon_on_the_mount 32:02 This week, Pastor Kevin taught upon the danger that false teachings present to those who wish to walk upon the narrow way. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/on-false-prophets http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/on-false-prophets.mp3 Sun, 18 May 2008 08:04:23 CDT Kevin Jamison Parting Words gospel,grace,jesus,theology,bad_doctrine,doctrine,matthew,sermon_on_the_mount,false_prophets 42:56 Jesus teaches that in life we are faced with one of two options - the narrow and wide way. What is this narrow way, what is it not, and how we get upon it? http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-narrow-way http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-narrow-way.mp3 Sun, 11 May 2008 20:07:53 CDT Kevin Jamison Parting Words 42:57 This week, Pastor Kevin looked at not only the command we have not to condemn others, but even deeper, the question of why we judge others! http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/judge-not http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/parting-words--judge-not.mp3 Sun, 04 May 2008 11:36:24 CDT Kevin Jamison Parting Words gospel,cross,jesus,judgement,love,condemnation,grace,kingdom 31:39 This week we looked at the command of Jesus to not be anxious or worry. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/let-us-cease-to-rule-the-world http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/let-us-cease-to-rule-the-world.mp3 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:45:44 CDT Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality sermon_on_the_mount,jesus,anxious,worry,matthew,gospel,cross 41:06 This week we looked at the power treasure has to form us as individuals, as well as how Jesus is our one true treasure. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-pursuit http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-pursuit.mp3 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:56:48 CDT Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality 40:32 This week we looked at how Jesus teaches us to pray for God's grace, His guidance, and the transforming power of the gospel. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/our-great-need http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/our-great-need.mp3 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:11:23 CDT Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality matthew,sermon_on_the_mount,forgiveness,gospel,evil,devil,satan,spiritual_warfare,jesus,cross,grace 37:05 This week we examined the call to live our lives trusting in the goodness of God and content in His provision. Pastor Kevin taught specifically on why it is so hard for us to trust and to find contentment in our world. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/running-to-stand-still http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/running-to-stand-still.mp3 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:16:07 CDT Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality 38:17 The first three lines of the Lord's prayer offer us a great test to examine our understanding of the resurrection. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-great-reality http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-great-reality.mp3 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:23:25 CDT Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality god,glory,gospel,kingdom,matthew,prayer,lord's_prayer,hallow,jesus 39:09 This week we looked at the basis for all prayer - the fact that through Jesus we are children of God. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/our-father http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/our-father.mp3 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:05:39 CDT Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality prayer,adoption,sonship,gospel,jesus,matthew,sermon_on_the_mount,abba,father,heaven 43:32 This week we looked at how the gospel calls us to authentic spirituality. Authentic spirituality stands in contrast to performance spirituality that is done to impress others or God. We specifically examined what authentic charity looks like in the life of a believer. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/authentic-righteousness http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/authentic-righteousness.mp3 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:39:22 CST Kevin Jamison Authentic | a series on true spirituality 42:42 This week we looked at the hard words of Jesus concerning how we are to love our enemies and avoid retaliation. The words of Jesus are convicting, but the promise of the Holy Spirit and its ongoing work in our life gives us a great reason to hope! http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-hope-of-perfection http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-hope-of-perfection.mp3 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:31:45 CST Kevin Jamison Heart Matters gospel,cross,matthew,enemies,retaliation,revenge,movies,godfather,love,hate,payback,perfection,sanctification,holiness,heaven 42:20 This week we looked at the Lordship of Jesus over our promises and words. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/let-your-yes-be-yes http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/how-the-gospel-affects-our-words.mp3 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:28:25 CST Kevin Jamison Heart Matters gospel,sermon_on_the_mount,matthew,oaths,words,language,cross,jesus 36:05 This week, Pastor Kevin looked at how the death of Christendom will affect the church, and how we must navigate the waters of this strange new world we are entering. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/shift--being-the-church-in-a-strange-new-world http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/shift--being-the-church-in-a-strange-new-world.mp3 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:49:07 CST Kevin Jamison Heart Matters christendom,frost,hirsch,acts,early_church,church,believers,ecclesia,gospel,cross,jesus 57:36 This week we examined God's overarching plan for marriage, as well as the ugliness and pain of divorce. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/marriage-divorce-and-the-gospel http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/marriage-divorce-and-the-gospel.mp3 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:36:35 CST Kevin Jamison Heart Matters marriage,divorce,remarriage,gospel,grace,truth,sermon_on_the_mount,jesus,matthew,sin,cross 50:38 This week, Pastor Chad Lewis of Sojourn Community Church in Louisville talked about how we fight for faith together in community. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/fighting-for-faith-together http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/fighting-for-faith-together.mp3 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:37:16 CST Pastor Chad Lewis Heart Matters sojourn,gospel,faith,piper,unbelief,sin,cross,forgiveness 41:47 This week, Pastor Kevin looked at how anger destroys, how lust consumes and what is at the root of them both. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/mastered-by-love http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/mastered-by-love.mp3 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:30:51 CST Kevin Jamison Heart Matters 40:44 This week, Pastor Kevin examined three questions on life and faith. How good is good enough? How good is Jesus? How then should we live? http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-law-and-the-law-of-love http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-law-and-the-law-of-love.mp3 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:43:42 CST Kevin Jamison Heart Matters faith,jesus,pharisees,matthew,gospel,righteousness,love,law,truth,grace,faith,schaeffer,heart,inside_out,keller,life,community 51:13 This week we looked at three questions surrounding Satan's attacks. 1. What do they look like? 2. How do we fight against them? 3. What do we do when we fail? http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/our-adversary http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/our-adversary.mp3 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:59:33 CST Kevin Jamison Immanuel | Advent 2007 49:55 At The Oaks, we believe that all of life is worship. King Herod was a man who worshiped himself and his own rule above all else. Matthew contrasts Herod with a mysterious group of men called "The Magi". These men rolled into town and had a life-transforming encounter with the one true God, and were transformed. Pastor Kevin connects what we can learn about worship from both parties, and what true transformation looks like. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/god-connoisseurs http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/god-connoisseurs.mp3 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:40:00 CST Kevin Jamison Immanuel | Advent 2007 magi,wise_men,advent,herod,king_herod,gospel,matthew,jesus,baby,manger,nativity,worship,harold_best 41:13 This week we looked at the birth of Jesus in Matthew 1. We looked at what it means for Jesus to be our Immanuel. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/jesus-our-immanuel http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/jesus-our-immanuel.mp3 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:47:34 CST Kevin Jamison Immanuel | Advent 2007 gospel,immanuel,advent,emmanuel,matthew,christmas,jesus,birth,mary,incarnation,joseph 42:31 This week we looked at how God used patriarchs, prostitutes, adulterers and kings (and even adulterous kings!) to bring forth the promised Christ. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/patriarchs-prostitutes-and-a-promise http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/advent-genealogy.mp3 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:33:43 CST Kevin Jamison Immanuel | Advent 2007 47:09 This week we looked at the role that art plays in our calling to be salt and light in the world. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/creation-redemption-and-artistic-action http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/christianity-and-art.mp3 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:24:12 CST Kevin Jamison Salt and Light | The Sermon on the Mount art,jesus,creation,bible,gospel,salt,light,darkness,francis_schaeffer,artistic_action,redemption 38:31 This week, we examined our calling to be "ambassadors for Christ". Pastor Kevin taught specifically on three characteristics of ambassadors: 1. Ambassadors care deeply about the King who has sent them and the Kingdom they represent 2. Ambassadors care deeply about the people to whom they are sent 3. Ambassadors seek to build bridges between faith and culture http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/ambassadors http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/ambassadors.mp3 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:23:42 CST Kevin Jamison Salt and Light | The Sermon on the Mount ambassadors,gospel,gospel-centered,jesus,king,kingdom,paul,cross,substitutionary_atonement 41:57 This week we examined the calling to be "Resident Aliens" in our world. We looked specifically at how followers of Christ are called to live lives of holiness and discernment. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/resident-aliens--holiness-and-discernment http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/resident-aliens.mp3 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:16:43 CST Kevin Jamison Salt and Light | The Sermon on the Mount aliens,exiles,holy,holiness,discernment,culturally,savvy,salt,light,gospel 40:01 This week we looked at how Jesus has called his followers to have influence on the world around them. But in an age of Christianity-Lite, just how much positive influence are we having? http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-lite-of-the-world http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-lite-of-the-world.mp3 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:21:36 CST Kevin Jamison Salt and Light | The Sermon on the Mount 43:58 This week we examined the persecution that is promised to all who follow Jesus. Additionally we examined the overall picture of the true Christian life as painted in the beatitudes and how Jesus was the ultimate fulfillment of each of the beatitudes. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/persecution http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/persecution.mp3 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:32:59 CST Kevin Jamison The Beatitudes | The Sermon on the Mount 44:00 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. What does this mean? How can we be peacemakers? Is peace simply absence of war or conflict? These questions and more were addressed this week as we continue through the Sermon on the Mount. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/peacemakers http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/peacemakers.mp3 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:32:40 CST Kevin Jamison The Beatitudes | The Sermon on the Mount 37:43 This week, Pastor Kevin taught on the rich mercy that has been shown to us, and how that should leads us to live lives of extravagant mercy towards the people around us. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/extravagant-mercy http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/extravagant-mercy-107.mp3 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:32:29 CST Kevin Jamison The Beatitudes | The Sermon on the Mount 66:00 This week, we looked at the repentance and righteousness that belong to the Kingdom of Heaven. We also examined our own spiritual appetites. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/life-in-the-kingdom http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/life-in-the-kingdom.mp3 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:32:09 CST Kevin Jamison The Beatitudes | The Sermon on the Mount 52:15 In this sermon, pastor Kevin taught on the freedom and power that the gospel gives us to admit our brokenness, and to trust in who Jesus is and what He has done. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/brokenness-freedom-and-power http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/brokenness-freedom-and-power.mp3 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:31:39 CST Kevin Jamison The Beatitudes | The Sermon on the Mount sermon_on_the_mount,gospel,gospel-centered,poor_in_spirit,sin,sinners,kingdom,kingdom_of_heaven,mourn,comforted 44:21 As we enter into our series on the Sermon on the Mount, we decided to begin with the end in mind and look at The Great Comission and how it stands in stark contrast to the "great commotion" of Christian spirituality that we see in America today. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/the-great-commotion http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/the-great-com.mp3 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:17:15 CDT Kevin Jamison The Sermon on the Mount the_great_comission,matthew_28,sermon_on_the_mount,the_oaks,jesus,kanye_west 45:10 We were created to reflect the glory of God in our lives but because of sin, we cannot glorify God on our own. Instead of leaving us in our sin, Jesus came and lived the life we should have lived and died the death that we all deserved. His Spirit now dwells among those of us who put our faith in Him, and because of what He has done on our behalf, we are now able to fulfill our original vocation which is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/oaks-of-righteousness http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/oaks-of-righteousness.mp3 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:04:43 CDT Kevin Jamison Vision Casting Gatherings: Isaiah 61:1-4 glory,god,glorify_god,enjoy_him_forever,isaiah,isaiah_61,sin,redemption,oaks,oaks_of_righteousness 49:29 At this Vision Casting Gathering, Pastor Kevin taught on Isaiah 61:1 and more specifically how the gospel is only good news to those who see their own poverty. In discussing the vision for The Oaks Community Church, Pastor Kevin explained that we will seek to be a church that always sees their need for Jesus. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/poverty-our-deep-need-for-jesus http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/poverty.mp3 Sun, 06 May 2007 16:57:52 CDT Kevin Jamison Vision Casting Gatherings: Isaiah 61:1-4 isaiah_61,isaiah,gospel,jesus,poverty,poor_in_spirit,need,cross,identity,vision 37:05 At our first Vision-Casting Gathering we explored the harmony that existed at Creation between (1) God and man (2) man and his fellow man and (3) man and Creation. We looked at how sin has disrupted each of these relationships, and in turn has brought destruction, disease and decay into our world. But we are not without hope - Jesus has come to restore the harmony, repair creation and reconcile man with his Creator. http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/sermon/harmony-restored-the-mission-of-jesus http://www.theoakscommunitychurch.org/mediafiles/harmony.mp3 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:39:02 CDT Kevin Jamison Vision Casting Gatherings: Isaiah 61:1-4 42:22