Avon Mennonite Church Podcast: Recent Episodes
Troy Watson
Troy unabashedly sports his love of alliteration in this message, highlighting the 3 A’s of an Advent Spirit. Be aware. Be attentive. Be available. This is an Advent message and a continuation of our Fall series “Firing On All Cylinders”.
Psalm 80; Mark 13:33, 35-37; Galatians 6:7-10
Troy talks about Ephesians 4, Meatloaf, the gift of simplicity and 3 pitfalls of overinflating the role of togetherness (community, unity).
Troy explores Ephesians 4:1-5 and what it might mean to be people of humility, patience and gentleness who bear with one another in love.
Troy Watson goes off road and off script in a stream of consciousness message exploring what it means that Christ has taken captvity captive and how we can prevent and remedy quenching the Spirit in our lives.
Jesus enters someone’s home in the Gospel of Luke 10:38-42 and teaches the host (and all of us) that there is only one essential thing in life. What is the one thing Jesus is talking about?
What is the root problem that the church is intended to be God’s solution to? In this message Troy focuses on Ephesians 3:16-21 and talks about imagination caps, American Ninja Warrior, the “S” word and the Problem Solving Gospel. This is message #1 in a new 11 week series entitled “Firing on All 5 Cylinders”.
Troy talks about Jesus directing us to his life-giving Spirit and warning us against the thieving spirit (John 10:10) and the scavenger spirit (Matthew 7:6).
Troy talks about friends who always want to speak to the manager, bizarre 1980’s sitcom lyrics, painbody and the great mystery revealed in Colossians 1:25-27.
Immanuel means - God with us. Immaunel’s promise is that no matter what, God is always with us. Immanuel’s invitation to us is “Are you with me?”
Troy talks about the dangers of specks in eyes, noseblindness, hate, perfectionism, a stiff neck and what to do with such conditions. He also explains how a speck becoming a beam in one’s eye is a gift. Matthew 7:3-5
Apocalypse means to reveal hidden knowledge or heavenly secrets, however, it has come to mean the end of the world.
Apocalypse Option 1: Submit to Christ and the reality of God’s kingdom of love will be revealed to us. Apocalypse Option 2: Serve the gods of this age and the nightly news will continue to chroncle our path towards death and destruction.
Troy talks about authority, hidden worldviews, sings a little bit of Frank Sinatra and explores Ephesians 1:21-23, preparing us to move into Matthew 7 next week.
Troy Watson talks about Nicodemus’ secret meeting with Jesus (Gospel of John 3) and the spilling over and spiralling out pattern of the Spirit movement of Christ.
Troy Watson explores the peculiar spiritual practice of breaking rules, Thomas Merton’s thoughts on the will of God and a few Biblical ways of understanding what Jesus meant by the kingdom of God.
Troy talks about the importance of fibre for movements, the dangers of viewing the church as a family, the original purpose of the Jesus movement and meeting a person who inhabited such a peaceful, divine filled space that all he could think is “yeah, me want to go to there”.