Episodes

4 days ago
The Hassle of Humility
4 days ago
4 days ago
Pastor Craig Hadley leads a conversation on the bizarre and unsettling fourth chapter in the book of Jonah in which Jonah begs for his death because a worm ate a plant.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday May 19, 2025
The Consternation of Change
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
The third chapter of Jonah contains a plot twist so dramatic, that it even catches the Creator of the universe by surprise. This part of the story invites us to reflect on our own belief about how we respond to our enemies.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday May 12, 2025
Resilience
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Pastor Kim Krogstad tells the story of Peter and Jesus Christ, and how she has experienced resilience firsthand through heartache and joy.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday May 04, 2025
The Belly of the Beast
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
While in the belly of a fish, Jonah prays a predictable prayer...until you get to the end of Jonah's story. Pastor Craig Hadley highlights this tension, and then discusses how Jonah's story contains two VERY different journeys.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Jonah Chapter 1--The Faith of Forgiveness
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley kicks off our four part series in the book of Jonah with a discussion on our focus on the fish in this story has distracted us from what this book is all about.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Apr 21, 2025
Darkness & Light
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses how unitive consciousness, young adult romance novels, how grief and love are actually the same thing, and how resurrection is meaningless without death.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Apr 14, 2025
This Is Healthy Church
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the thesis statement of 1 Timothy, and talks about what a real, functioning church looks like when its healthy.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Apr 07, 2025
This Passage Is Sexist
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses 1 Timothy 2:8-15 which is one of the most offensive passages of scripture in the entire Bible.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Mar 30, 2025
The Transformative Power of Repair in Community
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Sunday Mar 30, 2025
Pastor Donna Burkland, from Safe Harbor OC, discusses a firsthand experience of receiving repair from a religious community, and then shares how we can offer that same repair to others.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Mar 24, 2025
This Isn't Anti LGBTQ
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley looks closely at 1 Timothy 1:10, a verse which has been used over and over again to clobber people of queer sexual orientations, and discusses why this verse is talking about something else entirely.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Mar 17, 2025
Paul Did Not Write This
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Part 1 (of 5) in our series on the book of 1 Timothy.
Pastor Craig Hadley dives into the controversial book of 1 Timothy and discusses how much more enriching these words are when we accept that the Apostle Paul did not write them.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Mar 10, 2025
Esther Part 5: Haman and Our Enemies
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley talks about the terrifying part of Esther's story that is often skipped and then shares how it speaks to our lives today.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Unscripted: Sex & Spirituality 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Intended for audiences ages 18 and older, Pastor Craig Hadley sits down with Briana Chapman and host Christian Barrera-Sandri to discuss sex and spirituality in 2025.
Find out more about our church by visiting us online at paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Esther Part 3--Queen Esther and Madam CJ Walker
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
Pastor Craig tells the inspirational stories of Queen Esther and Madam CJ Walker, and then discusses what inspiration means for us today.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Paradox Is Nine Years Old Today!
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Nine years ago TODAY, on February 20, 2016, Paradox Church held its first church service. Jasmine Bilbao and Craig Hadley discuss several questions from the congregation and look back on this crazy and fun journey as a community together!

Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Esther Part 2--Mordecai and Bayard Rustin
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Pastor Craig discusses the brilliant and courageous challenge of Mordecai and compares it to the life of Bayard Rustin.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Esther Part 1--Vashti & Alice Ball
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
After a brief introduction to the book, Pastor Craig discusses the opening scene of the book of Esther and how it parallels the life of Alice Ball in the 20th century.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Feb 03, 2025
Philemon (Revisited)
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Drs. Maury Jackson and Craig Hadley share a few ideas on the book of Philemon by the Apostle Paul, and then they sit down together to talk about what this book means for us today.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Amos Part 3: The Prophet & the President
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley tells a story from the book of Amos which paralleled events of the past week with the presidential inauguration and the national prayer service.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Amos Part 2: Amos & MLK
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Amos are similar in many ways. Pastor Craig Hadley looks closely at their similarities and talks about finding God in the darkness
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Jan 13, 2025
Amos Part 1: Three Atrocities...No, Four
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Pastor Craig Hadley talks about the first two chapters of Amos, the thesis of Amos, and how it all raises questions about how we relate to the temptation of greed.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Dec 02, 2024
The Sin of Philemon
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley reads through the entire book of Philemon and reveals a troubling history of how this book has been used in the past.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Saturday Nov 23, 2024
No Worries
Saturday Nov 23, 2024
Saturday Nov 23, 2024
Pastor Shawn Zambrows, from the First Baptist Church of Redlands, discusses the wonder, the beauty, and the transformational power of the Kingdom of God.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Bitterness and Obadiah
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley takes the congregation through the entire book of Obadiah. Together, they assume the worst about Obadiah, the best about Obadiah, and consider the impact of Obadiah's work in 2024.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Nov 10, 2024
The Presidential Election and 2 John
Sunday Nov 10, 2024
Sunday Nov 10, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley compares and contrasts the teachings of John and Jesus and asks what path we want to pursue in the future.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a nine-year, 66-part sermon series through the entire Bible. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Nov 04, 2024
An Intro to the Bible
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses why Paradox Church will spend the next nine years studying each and every book of the Bible.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Saturday Oct 26, 2024
God Is Here
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley tells the story of Moses and how his progression from light to clouds to darkness is the spiritual journey of every human being.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Oct 21, 2024
God Is With us
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the "prophecy" of the virgin birth of Jesus, the historical context of Isaiah 7, and how this changes the way we perceive and participate in church today.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Oct 14, 2024
Healthy Spirituality from the Sikh Perspective
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Baljit Toor teaches about the history of the Sikh religious tradition, and what she has found composes a life of healthy spirituality.
Baljit is a retired museum curator that worked for the Edward Dean Museum for 30 years. She was born in India and worked as a teacher there and when she moved to the United States. She serves as president of the Indian Association of Inland Empire where they lead Indian festivals to create a bridge between the Indian and local communities. Baljit represents the Sikh community in Riverside, Redlands, and Corona Interfaith Councils where she serves as Secretary
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Oct 07, 2024
God Is Everywhere
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the story of Jacob and Esau and how the concept "God is everywhere" inspires us to be more inclusive, generous, and loving.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Sep 29, 2024
God Is Alive
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Sunday Sep 29, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley talks about four stories in the Bible he's known since he was a child, and how his relationship with those stories changed throughout his life. This transformation taught him what it means to believe God is alive.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism.
If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Sep 22, 2024
God Is Love
Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Sunday Sep 22, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the story of Paul's inspiring sermon in the shadow of the Parthenon in Athens. He goes on to show how this story can help all of us become more appreciative of other religions and even more appreciative of our own religious tradition. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Saturday Sep 14, 2024
God Is Good
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley talks about the basics of healthy spirituality and uses the contradicting creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2 to illustrate how we can live with spiritual wellness today.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Monday Sep 09, 2024
Where Is Hope When Hope Is Hard to Find?
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Kim Krogstad talks about how we find hope and what it means to trust hope in a world filled with so much heartbreak.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Sep 01, 2024
How Do We Balance Blessings and Sufferings?
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Sunday Sep 01, 2024
Chris Glevy asks a question about athletes thanking God after victory, which launches Craig into a discussion about Michael Phelps, Laura Wilkinson, and the Apostle Paul. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Thursday Feb 22, 2024
The Gospel of Jesus Christ in Depression
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley discusses the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness, and the two stories on either side of it in the Gospel of Mark. Then he shares how the Gospel of Jesus Christ has worked in his own journey for mental wellness. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Jesus, Jairus, and Veronica
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley talks about two miracles in Mark 5, and then asks how these miracles challenge us to live today. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Jesus and the Pigs
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Pastor Craig Hadley looks at one of the most bizarre stories of Jesus which includes demons, exorcisms, and pigs. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Deeper Discussions: Bathsheba and Midnights
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Join Craig and Jasmine as they dive deep into the behind-the-scenes making of Bathsheba and Midnights. In this week's episode, they answer 10 of your most commonly asked questions about this service and continue the discussion started on Saturday.

Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Deeper Discussions: Abigail and Folklore
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Join Craig and Jasmine as they dive deep into the behind-the-scenes making of Abigail and Folklore. In this week's episode, they answer 10 of your most commonly asked questions about this service and continue the discussion started on Saturday.
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Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Deeper Discussions: Michal and Evermore
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Join Craig and Jasmine as they dive deep into the behind-the-scenes making of Michal & Evermore. In this week's episode, they answer 10 of your most commonly asked questions and continue the discussion started on Saturday.
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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
An Economics of Goodness and Grace by Zane Yi
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Zane Yi looks at Jesus’ parable of the landowner who pays workers the same thing, although they have worked different lengths of time—from 1 hour to 12 hours—in his vineyard. He draws three main points from this parable—Jesus’s affirmation of 1.) human equality, 2.) God’s goodness, generosity, and justice, and 3.) his gracious invitation for us participate in the meaningful work of what God’s is doing here and now. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Padmini and David ask the question, "What about the insights from the scriptures guide our understanding of the ethical consideration and potential challenges posed by artificial intelligence advancements?” This leads Craig on a discussion about Joshua, David, Goliath, Galileo, and more. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Esther’s sermon explores Matthew 18 and the problematic ways in which the church has exercised authority in recent and distant memory. She’ll likewise reflect on the failures of the vapid impulse toward blind approval, “live and let live.” Her presentation suggests a nuanced way, inviting listeners into a harder but ultimately life-giving alternative. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
But What about the Way, the Truth, and the Life?
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
David and Becky Crees asked Pastor Craig the following question, “Growing up in the church, one of the foundations of our belief is when Jesus says, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ “As Christians, this is encouraging and belief affirming. But what about those tho never heard the name of Jesus Christ?” “How can we reconcile God’s unconditional love with conditional salvation?” This leads into a discussion about big rational thoughts about God, Jesus Christ's relationship will ALL religions, the Four Gospels, John 13-17, and John 14:6 specifically. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Aug 20, 2023
But What about Original Sin? | Genesis 3 | Pastor Craig Hadley
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Laurel and Christian asked, "Did Adam and Eve understand the concept of evil prior to eating the fruit? Otherwise, how would they even understand the gravity of sin/all the consequences that came afterward? To us, it seemed a little puzzling that sin could be such a severe punishment if they didn’t fully understand that yet. This brought to question as to whether humanity truly had a fair choice/chance prior to the introduction of sin? How can someone make a moral/immoral decision without fully understanding what morality is, especially because God is the one who allowed Satan to enter the garden of Eden in the first place? "
Pastor Craig talks about the story of Adam and Eve, the history of the doctrine behind this question, his own personal faith journey, and his return to a belief he once let go.
Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Sunday Aug 13, 2023
But What about Those Outside the Ark? by Craig Hadley
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Pastor Craig Hadley answers a question from a seven-year-old at Paradox, who is concerned about the people outside the ark in the story of Noah and the Flood. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Wrestling with the Invisible | Rabbi Lindy Reznick | Genesis 32
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Rabbi Lindy Reznick discusses the story of Jacob wrestling with... well, who is it exactly? Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Our World is Absurd by Olivia Moses
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Saturday Jul 29, 2023
Dr. Olivia Moses talks about what it means to be a Christian in today's day and age. Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com

Thursday Jul 27, 2023
When You Wish God Wasn’t There by Matthew Korpman
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
It is common in worship to request God's presence, but the story of Jacob reminds us that sometimes we may wish like Job to pray that God leaves us alone. By comparing Jacob's awe of God's presence on that starry night in Bethel with his terror as he fought for his life by the Jabbok river, might we discover something important about the journey of faith when the Spirit leads us into what seems like even more troubled waters? God promises to bless us like he did Jacob, but what sort of blessing is he promising us and how are we to make use of it when at times it might feel more like a curse? Paradox Church was founded in 2016 in Redlands, CA. We are currently in a three-year series through the Liturgical Calendar and the Lectionary that will end in 2025. We are affirming for all LGBTQIA persons, we celebrate and empower women, and we prioritize the sacred work of anti-racism. If you'd like to know more about our church, please visit our website at www.paradoxredlands.com