Anchor Church Regina: Recent Episodes
Anchor Preaching Team
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We unpack Peter's sermon at pentecost in Acts 2, looking at God's endorsements of Jesus and what it means that Jesus was who He said it was (and who God said He was). As we look to continue Jesus' mission on earth, we see that we can't just bring the Kingdom of God – we need to also point to the King.
As we dive into Acts chapter one, we are going to see how Jesus’ mission continues through His Spirit-empowered church.
We see three key things:
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Jesus’ mission is Gospel-centred.
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Jesus’ mission is dependent.
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Jesus’ mission is vocal.
Pastor Luke kicks off our new series in the book of Acts
Overview of Acts 1-12 from the Bible Project, used with thanks.
Using Psalm 13 as a jump off point Mick helps us to understand the Biblical language and rhythm of lament as a tool to navigate the brokenness of our lives and the disconnect we can feel from God in it.
As we come to the end of our series in the life of Joseph, we revisit the question we asked when we started this series: “How would your outlook on life change if you believed God was really with you—in every situation?” In chapters 42-45 we see Joseph encounter his brothers once again and, as he does, his brothers experience guilt, kindness, and see how God redeems their stories.
Jordan takes us through Chapter 41, and Joseph's rise to power in Egypt. We consider the trappings and wealth and treasure, and how Joseph kept his heart oriented to God's care and provision in his life despite his come up. Joseph's example shows us how to treat times of plenty in our own lives.
Joseph's story has many twists and turns through it and, in chapter 40, we encounter Jospeh, in prison, waiting for God to deliver him...and just when it seems like he is about to be delivered, he ends up waiting two more years. We see how, in our waiting, God is faithfully present with us through looking at three things Jospeh’s waiting is marked by.
As we continue to look at Joseph life, we are confronted with God’s providential hand at work in Joseph’s story. In Genesis 39, we see three ways God is providentially at work in our lives. God providentially place Joseph in Potiphar house, providentially provide an escape for Joseph as he faces temptation, and providentially with Jospeh at another low in his life.
Pastor Luke starts off our series looking at the story of Joseph, from the book of Genesis. We open up some themes we'll see throughout this story:1. The disfunction of sin2. The "just so happens" of God's plans3. God's grace at work
Today we transition from the theory of prayer to the practice of prayer. We look at three transforming realities of prayer that – when practiced – can transform our prayer life.
This week we will see is that prayer has real power that can bring real change into our world. In our message we look at Moses’ intercession for the people of Israel in Exodus 32, and see how God places us right place, at the right time, to pray for others.
James tells us that we do not have because we don’t ask. What does that mean? Why does God have us ask if He already knows what we want and need? Jordan helps us unpack that. We talk about snacks.
This week we are looking at prayers of confession. Confessing our sins does not come naturally to us. Our nature is to hide and cover our sins and this often leads to spiritual sickness.In our message, we look at how the gospel invites us to confess our sins and what that actually looks like in practice in our lives.
Rightfully considering the person and character of God allows us to better see Him as worthy of praise – this can shape our hearts as we pray to Him. By Acknowledging God's Majesty and Holiness, Expressing Gratitude for God's Faithfulness, and Surrendering in Trust and Dependence we can prepare our hearts and minds to see God in awe. As Mick reminds us, all prayer is an act of worship.
We kick off our series on Prayer with this double feature. 0:00 Introduction SermonLaying the foundation for where we will be heading throughout this sermon series. 38:17 A Growing ConfidenceWe have come face to face with the uncomfortable truth that many of us struggle with prayer. If we want to grow in the area of prayer, we don’t need more disciplines but a right understanding of who God is. In today’s sermon we look at the truth of who God is and how that affects our prayer lives.
As Paul closes his letter to Timothy, in 1 Timothy 6:17-21, we see in his writing the importance of handling treasure and truth in Godly ways. The underlying truth is that – when we have Jesus and His word – we are rich in treasure and truth. Mick points us to three keys from Paul’s writing.
Some of Paul’s final words for Timothy are words of encouragement — not to be passive in the spiritual battle that we are in but to actively fight the good fight of the faith. In our text, Paul gives Timothy three ways he can actively fight and not find himself in the same place as the false teachers in Ephesus.
As Paul begins to close out his letter to Timothy, he comes back to the issues of false teachers that have plagued the church in Ephesus. In our passage today Paul focuses in the these false teachers’ love for money and why this unhealthy craving is dangerous to our faith.
How should the church handle pastors who walk in sin or have moral failings? This is a question that seems very relevant for today as we constantly hear about pastors who are being removed from ministry. This isn’t a new issue for the church as we see Paul give Timothy and the church in Ephesus instructions on how to handle pastors and leaders who are no long faithful to Jesus and walking in sin. As we look at 1 Timothy 5:20 we will see the dangers of persistent sin, the need for bringing sin into the light, and God’s gracious warning to us.
We look at God as our Everlasting Father, and the prize of the Gospel. Even though our world continues to let us down over and over again, our dissatisfaction points us to a better father who will never fail us or abandon us.
This week, we continue looking at the relational names given to Jesus in Isaiah 9:6. This Sunday, we looked at the name Mighty God. This name tells us that Jesus is God in the flesh who breaks into our world and fights to rescue his people from evil.
As we head into the Advent season, we want to spend some time looking at the relational names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6. This week we are looking at the name Wonderful Counsellor. In this Sermon we discover what this name means and how we can experience Jesus’ wonderful counsel in our lives.
How the church cares for their pastors is an opportunity to display the gospel to a watching world. In our text this morning, Paul lays out three ways the church can care for their pastors and the impact it will have on its gospel witness.
Mick encourages us in the call to care well for each other as a community of believers, meeting each other’s needs as a loving family.
We look at the often overlooked office of Deacon, and how it’s part of God’s good design for His church.
Pastor Luke takes us into 1st Timothy chapter 3, as we look at church leaders. Not only does God put a high bar on the overseers of the church, He also plays a great responsibility on the church overall – to choose good leaders, to hold their leaders to a biblical standard, and to grow and develop called leaders.
Our text today is one of the more controversial passages in all of scripture. Paul gives instructions to the women in the church in Ephesus on how they need act as the church gathers.
The church in Ephesus was struggling to stay focused on Jesus when they gathered to worship. The chaos of this distraction involved men who were fighting with one another, and women who wanted the congregation’s focus on them instead of God. We unpack our text and see how it applies to us today.
Paul calls on Timothy and the church in Ephesus to pray for all kinds of people — so that the Gospel can be preached and lives can be transformed.
For Christians and churches, our greatest threat comes from gospel forgetfulness. In our text, Paul encourages Timothy and us to hold on to the gospel because it has the power to save sinners.
Mick Panko takes us into Paul’s instruction for Timothy to guard the gospel and confront incorrect teaching.
Book recommendation: A Gospel Primer for Christians: Learning to See the Glories of God's Love
Jordan Krahn kicks off our series in 1st Timothy.
To prepare for the series, we're encouraged to do something now – and a few things as we continue.
• Now: join a small group! • As we go through the series: always ask the question "how does this apply to me?" • Ongoing: who should I be discipling, and who should be discipling me?
Ahead of our sermon, we watched the fantastic overview view of 1st Timothy by The Bible Project, and would encourage you to check it out.
A double header from the last two weeks in our Psalms in the Summer short sprint.
1st up, we tune into J.D. Greear’s unpacking of Psalm 57 preached at Summit Church in 2014. J.D. looks at how God attacks our refuges and reveals our inabilities in order to become our greatest refuge – for His glory!
In part 2, Jordan picks up the thread of refuge from Psalm 57 and lands us into Psalm 46. Across the Psalms, we see David’s example of relationship with God – and how God uses relationship with Him to help still our hearts and trust Him as our refuge.
As we wrap the book of Esther, we look back at the broad themes we’ve found in this series — and are reminded of truths of God and our walk with Him that we must not forget.
The story of Esther comes to an end as we see Esther plead with the king for the salvation of God’s people. As we see the king grant her respite, we look at three things: Gospel Driven Passion, Killing and Bad news / Good news.
Pastor Luke takes us through chapters 5-7. As we see the reversal that sits right at the central pivot in the story of Esther, we look at the implications and danger of idolatry in our lives – and how the Gospel empowers us to confront our idols and boldly bring our struggles to the cross.
We dig into Esther chapter 2. In the midst of the ugliness and brokenness, Pastor Luke points us to the beauty of the Gospel and God’s faithfulness — despite our unfaithfulness.
We start into our next series looking at the book of Esther. Esther is a peculiar book in the bible – the word “God” isn’t mentioned once. However, as Pastor Luke starts to unpack for us today, we can see God very much active and at work behind the scenes in Esther. Even when God feels silent, or appears to be absent, we can trust in His continued and unwavering sovereignty.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of the saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Pastor Luke kicks off our series looking at the Apostle's Creed – why this is where we're digging in, and what we're praying we and you get from it.
Pastor Jeff Vanderstelt, guest-speaking at Greenhouse Church, highlights the God given gifts of feelings. In this message, Pastor Jeff explains the importance of understanding why we feel the way we do and how it relates to God. As Jordan explains in the intro, this one-off video sermon viewing is a great transition between our series in 1st Corinthians and our upcoming Apostle's Creed series starting next week.
Note: this sermon was originally posted on Greenhouse Church's YouTube channel – reposted here in good faith and with thanksgiving.
Chapter 16 of 1 Corinthians contains Paul’s parting words to the Church in Corinth. As we read through them, we see his heart for this troubled church as he gives some final teaching, encouragement and reminds them of his love for them. Through Pauls words, we are invited and challenged to love the church, even in its messy reality, as Christ loves us, in our sinful mess. This is our final sermon in our Life in the Gospel series. We started this sermon just like we started this series – watching the excellent Bible Project overview video for 1st Corinthians. As you wrap this series with us, we'd encourage you to look back at all the teaching Paul has had for us.
Mick Panko takes us through Chapter 15, and Paul's address to a group in the Corinthian church who held that the resurrection wasn't true. Paul systematically ties the truth and hope of the whole Gospel to the resurrection, showing them to be inseparable. We unpack the implications of resurrection life and hope to how we should live life as Christ-followers.
A double header from the last two weeks at Anchor. Pastor Luke takes us through Chapter 14.
Part 1 Paul encourages the church to pursue the gift of prophecy, so that the church can be built up and non-Christians can encounter God.
Part 2 Paul continues his call to the Corinthians to uses the gifts – not for their own personal experience, but for the sake of the church being built up. Paul reminds them that the order of their gatherings helps ensure edification.
1 Corinthians 11 offers us one of the clearest explanations of the significance of communion. Paul unpacks why communion is important for us as followers of Jesus and the Church.
Through the birth announcement of Luke 2:8-20, we are reminded that we are the kind of people who don’t deserve Jesus, but – in God’s great love – He sends Jesus to people like us anyways.
Rev. Philip Gunther, Director of Ministry for the Saskatchewan Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (SKMB), joins us to offer a prayer of blessing for our church and ministry. We continue our Advent series and look at four possible reactions to the Christmas story. As we see them exampled in Scripture, we’re challenged to examine our faith and challenge our unbelief.
Pastor Luke opens the Advent season with a convicting question: does your Christmas need Jesus?
Jordan takes us through Chapter 13.
Once we take it out of crashing almost every wedding, and connect it back to Chapter 12, we can see how Love empowers and directs the Spiritual Gifts in a way that just “doing” never can. As we take a break from 1st Corinthians for Advent, we start preparing our hearts by focusing on Jesus’ perfect love exampled for us on Earth.
Pastor Luke takes us through chapter 12, looking at Spiritual Gifts. Paul reminds us that our gifts are given to us to make much of the giver, and — as members of the body that is the church — to build up and bless others.
Pastor Luke opens up 1 Corinthians 11, and helps us work through what Paul is getting at here. Chapter 11 is a passage that can, and has, been misinterpreted and misused – it's critical for us to look at what Paul ISN'T saying while we look to apply the heart of the passage to our lives and in our church.
This week we’re sharing a video from @Westside Church , closing out our time in 1 Corinthians chapter 10. Josh Dool looks at verses 10:23-33. Their summary: This week we will examine three principles that govern our freedom in Christ, and discuss how we live out Paul's command to 'glorify God in everything we do'.
Paul counsels the Corinthians to Flee Idolatry in this section of Chapter 10. Building upon his prior arguments, Paul, directs the Corinthians away from participating in meals at tables within pagan temples in the city of Corinth as it clouds their witness and endorses the worship of something other than our Heavenly Father.
Pastor Luke explains some of the vision for Anchor Church, and how we hope to live out the Gospel in Regina.
Pastor Luke opens chapter 9. Paul shows us how the Gospel frees us from entitlement in order to do whatever it takes to win people to Jesus.
As Paul begins to focus on a conflict over meat sacrificed to idols, he paints a picture for us of what true Christian maturity looks like: knowledge lived out in love.
Pastor Luke closes out chapter 7, looking at singleness. We don't always think of singleness as a gift – but that's exactly what Paul teaches. We're confronted with how we misunderstand seasons, or callings, of singleness in our lives and the lives of those around us. Through the Gospel, singleness can be lived out differently and for God's glory, while experiencing deeper intimate relationships than mere physical intimacy can or should ever provide.
We pick up a sermon by Norm Funk, who was guest speaking at Westside Church in Vancouver during their series in 1 Corinthians in 2020. Opening up 1 Corinthians 7:17-24, Norm opens up what the Gospel changes for us (and what it doesn't).
From Westside: The gospel changes us radically. And yet, even when undergoing that radical change for most of us much of who we are and what we do remains the same. In this message we will look at three aspects of the gospel - the good news story of Jesus - and see how it changes everything while it calls us to remain where we are all for the sake of Jesus.
We thankfully reshare this message from Westside, as a great fit in our study of Life in the Gospel.
Pastor Luke opens up chapter 7 of 1st Corinthians, and Paul’s instructions to three distinct relationship states. On first read, this can be a challenging and confusing passage but — as we dig in — we see how Paul applies the Gospel and how it transforms how we should think about sex in our marriages, how we should think about singleness, and how we should think about divorce.
We have big news! The Compass Church West is now Anchor Church.
Pastor Luke looks back on our history as a church, and the vision for the next chapter as we continue to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in Regina.
Find out more at anchorchurch.ca
Pastor Luke is back from sabbatical, and picks up chapter 6 from where we left off last Sunday. Disentangling God's good design for sex from culture's corruption of it was hard for the Corinthians – just as it's hard for us. Verses 9-20 remind us that we're all sexually broken and in need of course correction, but also point us to the good news of the Gospel and our assured identity under God's promises.
We look at 1 Corinthians 6:1-8, and see Paul correcting the Corinthians in their unhealthy practice of dealing with civil disagreements. As we consider their practices we examine the implications of dealing with conflict in the church for us today.
Jordan closes out chapter 5, looking at Paul’s command to the Corinthian church to no longer associate with a brother caught up in unrepentant sin. Understanding Paul’s – and God’s – intent, and heart, for both the church and the person are important for us as we wrestle with this seemingly harsh instruction.
We sub-in Matt Menzel from Westside Church, in Vancouver, who unpacked our passage (1 Corinthians 5:1-5) in April 2020. Matt helps us begin to explore both a cultural and a biblical view of human sexuality while unpacking how Jesus' people are meant to respond to sexual brokenness inside the church. This message was originally posted on Westside's channel, and is accessible here.
Paul calls the Corinthians out of their wandering (again), but also points them to a reminder of who they are as disciple makers. Mick connects the model back to Jesus, and forward to how it looks for us as Christ’s people called to make disciples under the great commission today.
We start into chapter 4 of 1st Corinthians. In many ways, ch4 closes out the first phase of the book, before shifting into issue-by-issue correction from Paul. Jordan helps us start preparing for the next phase, while firming up the foundation Paul has been building in chapters 1-4.
In a Corinthian church situation where there is much to be critical of, grace abounds from God, and in Paul’s address to them. This week we look at critical aspects to the Christian life, as witnessed in Corinth and the church of today.
We kick off our series in 1st Corinthians, and look to some of the big themes we’ll be coming back to throughout our time in this book.
Thanks to The Bible Project for their incredible book overview video. 1 Corinthians Bible Book Overview is copyright 2022 by BibleProject and is available for viewing at www.bibleproject.com
Before we dive into the back-half of Daniel, Pastor Luke helps us pause to understand what Apocalyptic Literature is and how that will inform the rest of our study and application of Daniel.
We turned to J.D. Greear, from Summit church in North Carolina, to walk us through Daniel chapter 3.
Pastor Luke sets up the political, social, and theological backdrop of the Book of Daniel. Spoiler: it applies to us today.
" A healthy relationship with the local church is like a healthy marriage: it only works when grounded on selfless commitment and a non-consumerist covenant." Pastor Luke unpacks what to (actually) look for in a church, and challenges us to commit to that church even when church is uncomfortable.
Pastor Luke takes us through 3 key attributes the church - and our church - should look for in their leaders, and how leaders should care for the churches they’ve been placed in. We also install a new elder.
Mick unpacks Psalm 51. The first thing we think of when we hear “repentance” probably isn’t “joy”, but Mick shows us why our repentance should be joyful because of Christ.
We don’t always think about our friends as a spiritual discipline. But, as Pastor Luke shows us, who we surround ourselves with has a profound impact on our spiritual (and physical) health. God’s good design for community is for us to point each other to the Gospel.
Pastor Luke digs in to everyone's favourite thing to do: fasting! Why are we commanded to fast? What does it accomplish? Why is christian fasting so hard for us?
Jeff Vanderstelt is the Director of Missional Communities and a teaching pastor at Doxa Church in Bellevue, Washington. Jeff unpacks the miracle, the power, and the rhythms of a prayerful life.
Mick unpacks the habit of being in God's Word. Though it can sometimes feel like a task, or a to-do that we don't want to do, the truth is this is a reflection of our broken priorities and proneness to wander from the God we love. Mick shows us that to love God, we must know God - and to know God, we must know His Word. Not as a chore, but as an outflow of genuine love and living faith.
Pastor Luke explores God's masterful design of the church. Despite the messiness of the church gathered - we are all sinners - the church is part of God's design for His people. Starting from 1 Corinthians 12, we unpack how we are brought together as a part of the body of Christ, and how we can build a habit of God-glorifying gathering and relationship.
We're starting our Grow series, focusing on 6 habits of spiritual discipline and growth.