Spark Cast
Inspiring People to Live The Way of Jesus | The podcast of Spark.Church in Palo Alto, CA
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 718
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Acts | Can I Get A Witness?
Acts 1:8 is considered by some to be the key verse of Acts. The word "witness" is seen by many as characterizing the activity of the disciples, and the "Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Ends of the…
Sun 19 Mar 2017
Acts | Who's In? Part 2
This week Pastor Mark continues a theme of inclusion, expanding it to the historical and modern context. God's radical gracious embrace of everyone, applies even to our politics, and our denomination…
Sun 12 Mar 2017
Acts | Who's In?
In a world that consistently excludes others, this story—the movement of Jesus—is about inclusion. But not because of conformity, but with a full embrace of our diversity.
Sun 05 Mar 2017
Acts | Why Did Anyone Write This Stuff Down?
In this introductory talk, Omair walks us through an overview of the Book of Acts, and how we, the Church, are the continuation of Jesus's life, work, and ministry.
Sun 26 Feb 2017
Announcement | The Good News Everyday
Four Sparkers share their stories of how the Good News is lived out in their everyday lives.
Sun 19 Feb 2017
SparkCast | How To Close A Church, Part 2 (An Interview with Gary Hale)
We hope this interview is sparking conversation, questions, and even visions of an expression of church that is in alignment with the Way of Jesus. This is part two, of a two-part installment.
Tue 14 Feb 2017
SparkCast | How To Close A Church, Part 1 (An Interview with Gary Hale)
There are many stories of churches closing their doors. Rarely do you hear one because it was driven by a desire to deeply and passionately follow in the Way of Jesus. This is part one, of a two-part…
Tue 14 Feb 2017
Announcement | The Good News For Today
In this teaching, Pastors Kevin, Danielle, and Omair reflect upon the real life application of the teachings we've been going through in this Good News, Gospel series.
Sun 12 Feb 2017
SparkCast | Pixels and Politics
Conversation around our recent sermons, in addition to thoughts about our current body politic, and whether or not the Way of Jesus is political. Send comments, thoughts, and questions to kevin@spark…
Fri 03 Feb 2017
SparkCast | Welcome and Invitation
In an effort to make Spark Cast even better in 2017, we're adding new content which will be in conversation with all of you, our Spark Family! Send in your thoughts, feedback, questions, recommendati…
Sun 15 Jan 2017
Announcement | The Good News Is God News
Have you ever drawn a picture of God? While not physically, we all actually have images of God in our minds. And throughout history, people have been making depictions of God, both concrete and abstr…
Sun 15 Jan 2017
Announcement | The Bad News About The Good News, part 2
We forget that the Good News was forged in the fires of agony. While there's much more than what is presented here, this talk surveys a few of the wars and tragedies that the early Jews and Christian…
Sun 08 Jan 2017
Announcement | The Bad News About The Good News, Part 1
This podcast begins our series on "the Gospel," the "good news" of Jesus. We start by simply asking the question, What is news? What is the nature of news? And by asking, we discover that news is val…
Sun 01 Jan 2017
H5 | Hope, Where Are You Going?
Optimism and pessimism are both forms of distorted reality. The Biblical story offers neither. It does not play with our emotions. Rather, it stars darkness right in the face, and says, "You exist, b…
Sun 18 Dec 2016
H5 | Habits, What Commitments Do I Need To Make?
Identity and purpose are shaped, not so much by what we achieve, but rather by the commitments we make. What if we could change our esteem, and our behavior, by changing what or who we are most deepl…
Sun 11 Dec 2016
Advent | Week 3
A few reflections on this week of Advent, with an urgent call by Questscope for emergency aid as they are on the front lines of the Syrian refugee crisis.
Sun 11 Dec 2016
H5 | Hyped, Why Are You Here?
Where there is no vision... It is possible that the reason why many of us feel that we are disheveled, uncontrolled, or that we are simply running around, wild and crazy, is because we have forgotten…
Sun 04 Dec 2016
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