Living Stones Church

October 5, 2008 - More Than Words: Love

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:48:52 +0000

This is the first of four messages from a message series entitled, “More Than Words.” In this series we will be discussing love, grace, church, and faith. These words are often theologically debated, tend to be easily distorted, and have huge importance for followers of Jesus. The first week’s message is entitled, “Love.”

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on October 5, 2008.

September 28, 2008 (and on the Sixth Night) - Life, Hormones, & Jesus

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:39:29 +0000

This is the fourth and final message from a message series on sex entitled, “and on the Sixth Night.” The fourth week’s message is entitled, “Life, Hormones, & Jesus.” It is a conversation about how we can live faithfully as disciples of Jesus embracing our bodies with hormones, nerve-endings, and sexuality as God intended.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on September 28, 2008.

September 21, 2008 (and on the Sixth Night) - How a Good Thing Goes Bad

livingstoneschurch — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:47:28 +0000

This is the third of four messages from a message series on sex entitled, “and on the Sixth Night.” The third week’s message is entitled, “How a Good Thing Goes Bad.” It is a conversation about how our sexuality can be distorted and what happens when God’s good gift is used badly.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on September 21, 2008.

September 14, 2008 (and on the Sixth Night) - Monogamy or Monotony?

livingstoneschurch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:35 +0000

This is the second of four messages from a message series on sex entitled, “and on the Sixth Night.” The second week’s message is entitled, “Monogamy or Monotony?.” It is a conversation about the rationale and meaning of sexual intercourse and because of that meaning, why marriage is critical in regards to its context.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on September 14, 2008.

September 7, 2008 (and on the Sixth Night) - God’s Idea From the Beginning

livingstoneschurch — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:05:36 +0000

This is the first of four messages from a message series on sex entitled, “and on the Sixth Night.” The first week’s message is entitled, “God’s Idea From the Beginning.”

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on September 7, 2008.

Here is the introductory video Doug Harsch put together to introduce the topic of this series:

August 31, 2008 (Echoes of the Garden) - The Last Word

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:27:30 +0000

This is the third and final of three messages from a message series on Genesis 1-11 entitled, “Echoes of the Garden.” The third week’s message is entitled, “The Last Word.” The final lesson is from Genesis chapters 12 - Revelation 22. (I know…a little ambitious )

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on August 31, 2008.

August 24, 2008 (Echoes of the Garden) - It Just Looked So Good

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:58:10 +0000

This is the second of three messages from a message series on Genesis 1-11 entitled, “Echoes of the Garden.” The second week’s message is entitled, “It Just Looked So Good.” The second lesson is from Genesis chapters 3-11.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on August 24, 2008.

August 17, 2008 - (Echoes of the Garden) The Way it Was Supposed to Be

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:06:48 +0000

This is the first of three messages from a message series on Genesis 1-11 entitled, “Echoes of the Garden.” The first week’s message is entitled, “The Way it Was Supposed to Be.” The first lesson is from Genesis chapters 1 & 2.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on August 17, 2008.

August 10, 2008 - NO. 72 Guard Your Thoughts - You Will Become What You Think (101 Revolutionary)

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:28:03 +0000

This is the last of four messages from a parenting message series entitled, “101 Revolutionary Things to Teach Your Kids.” The fourth week’s message is entitled, “NO. 72 - Guard Your Thoughts - You Will Become What You Think.”

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on August 10, 2008.

July 27, 2008 - NO. 38 Choices Have Consequences (101 Revolutionary Things to Teach Your Kids)

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:46:42 +0000

This is the second of four messages from a parenting message series entitled, “101 Revolutionary Things to Teach Your Kids.” The second week’s message is entitled, “NO. 38 - Choices Have Consequences.”

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on July 27, 2008.

Technical Difficulties

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:49:27 +0000

Dear Podcast Listeners of the Living Stones Church Podcast:

Due to some recent technical difficulties we have been unable to publish the following podcasts:

July 13th - What’s Your Song? (Psalm 145) - “CELEBRATION!”

July 20th - 101 Revolutionary Things to Teach Your Kids (week 1) - “NO. 01 - You Are Not the Center of the Universe”

We think we have these technical difficulties resolved and should resume our normal publishing soon!

Thank you for your patience.

Crushed [Psalm 13] (What’s Your Song?) - July 6, 2008

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:12:19 +0000

UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY HALF OF MESSAGE WAS RECORDED

This is the sthird of four messages from the Psalms entitled, “What’s Your Song.” The third message is from Psalm 13 and is entitled “Crushed.”

In it we are trying to discover the faith language God has given us to speak to him even when things in life aren’t O.K. And after feeling crushed by life we find words to speak directly to God about how we are feeling and what we are experiencing.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on July 6, 2008.

Ashamed (Psalm 38) - June 29, 2008

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:54:43 +0000

This is the second of four messages from the Psalms entitled, “What’s Your Song.” The second message is from Psalm 38 and is entitled “Ashamed.”

In it we are trying to discover the faith language God has given us to speak to him even when things in life aren’t O.K. And after messing up in life and feeling guilty and ashamed, we find words to speak directly to God about how we are feeling and what we are experiencing.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on June 29, 2008.

Betrayed (Psalm 55) - June 22, 2008

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:49:00 +0000

This is the first of four messages from the Psalms entitled, “What’s Your Song.” The first message is from Psalm 55 and is entitled “Betrayed.” In it we are trying to discover the faith language God has given us to speak to him even when things in life aren’t O.K. And after betrayal, we find words to speak directly to God how we are feeling and what we are experiencing.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on June 22, 2008.

With Intention (Father’s Day - June 15th, 2008)

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:34:02 +0000

Here is our Father’s Day message entitled, “With Intention.” It is a message out of the Life of David that enourages Father’s to be Kingdom-centered Fathers and avoid the mistakes of passivity and exasperation with our children.

This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on June 15, 2008.

Now Act Like It (A Church in the City) - June 8, 2008

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:43:56 +0000

This is the third and final message of ourseries entitled, A Church in the City. It is a three week study on the church in Ephesus. The third week is entitled, “Now Act Like It!” and is from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians chapters 4-6. In this message Sam tries to paraphrase these three chapters into what Paul would say in our day and age and to our city. This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on June 8, 2008.

Also included is an announcement about the need and plans to go to two IDENTICAL Sunday morning services on August 17th.

Don’t You Know Who You Are (A Church in the City) - June 1, 2008

livingstoneschurch — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:13:56 +0000

This week we continued our three part message series entitled, A Church in the City. It is a three week study on the church in Ephesus. The second week is entitled, “Don’t You Know Who You Are?” and is from Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians chapters 1-3. In this message Sam tries to paraphrase these three chapters into what Paul would say in our day and age and to our city. This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on June 1, 2008.

When Worlds Collide - Acts 19 (May 24, 2008)

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:07:11 +0000

We began this week a three part message series entitled, A Church in the City. It is a three week study on the church in Ephesus. The first week is entitled, “When World’s Collide” and is from Acts 19. In this message Sam talks about what happens when the church is empowered by the Holy Spirit and begins the process of changing a city. This message was delivered by Sam Barrington at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN on May 24, 2008.

The slides shown during message can be found here.

Baptismal Celebration - May 18, 2008

livingstoneschurch — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:56:55 +0000

NO MESSAGE THIS WEEK. Well…there was one…but it was less than seven minutes. It was a record Sam Barrington short sermon We spent the bulk of the morning worshiping in song and witnessing baptisms!

2008 Child Dedication

livingstoneschurch — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:19:07 +0000

This message is entitled, “With Intent.” It was delivered on Mother’s Day, May 11th, 2008 at the Living Stones Church in South Bend, IN. On this day we had our 2008 Child Dedication. The message was delivered by Sam Barrington.

Here is the video we showed of the children being dedicated this year: