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
God & Sports | Marcus & Kendra Randolph
Drawing from their personal experience, Marcus and Kendra share stories from their coaching and their philosophy of sports. Through their teaching, we discover how sports is a beautiful illustration …
Sun 02 Feb 2014
Genesis | The Three Visitors
This talk is a continuation of our Genesis series from chapter 18 on the Three Visitors and juxtaposed with the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in chapter 19. May we extend our hand of hospitality to tho…
Sun 19 Jan 2014
Genesis | Private Parts
A continuation of our Genesis series from chapter 17 on the covenant of circumcision. What does this odd practice have to do with this overarching story of Genesis? And really, why circumcision? Unde…
Sun 12 Jan 2014
Genesis | Welcome, Stranger
A continuation of our Genesis series, looking at the story of Abraham and Hagar. Through this message we discover that there are strangers all around us. As followers of Jesus, and as descendants of …
Sun 05 Jan 2014
Spark in 2014: Update
Pastors Danielle and Kevin and the Advisory Board gave Spark a brief update on the finances, staff, vision, hopes, dreams, and philosophy of Spark. Thank you to all of our Spark participants, here in…
Sun 05 Jan 2014
When God Comes Down
From Genesis all the way through to Jesus, God has been telling a story of coming down here to earth, to enter into the chaos and dysfunction of life, in new times, new places, new cultures, and in n…
Sun 29 Dec 2013
What Child Is This?
During our special Christmas concert sing-a-long with Kokua, Pastor Kevin offered a short devotional on the birth of this child, and why the question, "What child is this?" is still so important.
Sun 15 Dec 2013
Rabbi Ari on Shabbat, and Pastor Danielle on Reconciliation
In pursuit of our value for Reconciliation, we continue to seek out various ways to practice what we preach, whether through racial reconciliation, interfaith reconciliation, or simply reconciliation…
Sun 08 Dec 2013
Genesis | Covenant vs. Contracts
As we continue through our series in Genesis we now engage with the idea of "covenant," comparing and contrasting this with a "contract." Understanding the difference could radically change how we se…
Sun 01 Dec 2013
Genesis | My Father Abraham
A continuation of our Genesis series as we look at the calling of Abraham from Genesis 12. We discover through this lineage that we are not only connected to this history through progeny, we are also…
Sun 17 Nov 2013
Genesis | Tower of Babel
A continuation of our Genesis series, gleaning lessons from Genesis 11. In this teach, we wrestle with the question, "What are we building?"
Sun 10 Nov 2013
Genesis | Hang It Up
A continuation of our Genesis series taking a new look at the rainbow and flood of Noah from Genesis 7-9. Here we discover that this term "rainbow," is actually a munitions term. What is God "hanging…
Sun 27 Oct 2013
Guest, Chris Lockett | A Sea/See Story
Our special guest and member of Spark, Chris Lockett, shares a story from his time in the Navy, illuminating lessons of spiritual perspective and perception. In it, Chris exhorts us to ask good quest…
Sun 13 Oct 2013
Genesis | Naked Desire
The word for "naked," used for Adam and Eve, and the word for "crafty," used for the serpent is, in the Hebrew, the same word! What could this linguistic tie tell us about our world and our humanity?…
Sun 06 Oct 2013
Genesis | Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Bad
What in the world is that darn tree doing there? In this teaching from our Genesis series, we learn that perhaps it is teaching us that there are some things in this world that we should never know. …
Sun 29 Sep 2013
Genesis | Ezer Knegdo
The term "suitable helper" has had multiple interpretations throughout Christian history. In this talk, the next in our Genesis series, Pastors Danielle and Kevin attempt to illumine the linguistic c…
Sun 22 Sep 2013
Genesis | Keeping & Bearing
Our intern, Josh, gave a message on Cain and Abel, and drew comparisons and parallels to the parable of the Two Lost Sons in the Gospel of Luke. In it, we are reminded of our commission and responsib…
Sun 15 Sep 2013
Genesis | Stop. Watch.
From our Genesis series, this is a talk on the idea and concept of "Sabbath," a day of rest. Not only is it about managing our time, but it is also about understanding our true, central, and most sec…
Sun 08 Sep 2013
Genesis | In Our Image
A continuation of our Genesis series, understanding what it means to be humans, created in God's image and likeness.
Sun 01 Sep 2013
Dave Peterson on Nicodemus
Our friend and special guest pastor, Dave Peterson, shares on the person of Nicodemus from the Gospel of John.
Sun 25 Aug 2013
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