The Northern Collective Church: Recent Episodes
NCC - Whitehorse, YT
We exist to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ while teaching all people to do the same.
Our vision is to see thriving gospel-centered churches in all Yukon communities by making disciples that make disciples.
The Apostle Paul teaches us that Christ accomplishes everything necessary for salvation
The Apostle Paul teaches us that Christians are Justified by Faith in Jesus Christ alone
The Apostle Paul teaches us that the Gospel is about Christ’s accomplishments for salvation
The Gospel of John teaches us about the comfort found in knowing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
The Gospel of John teaches us that Jesus is the One True God who gives sight to the blind.
The Gospel of John teaches us that Christ is the perfect sacrificial lamb the ultimately deals with the problem of sin.
The Gospel of John teaches us that Christ has always been, always was, and aways will be.
Learn about the ministry of Cycling4Water has they bike across Canada to help raise awareness and fund to build 65 wells in Africa.
Learn from Colossians 1:15-20 about how Jesus Christ must be at the centre of our lives.
We all have our part to do in building up the Body of Christ--the church. He gives each Christian gifts that help His church grow in maturity.
A cycling team take a 10,000km ride across Canada to raise awareness and funds for 65 life-giving wells in Africa. Hear from Mike Woodard about God's work through this ministry. Meet the team on Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 3pm (311 Black Street) at the Northern Collective Church.
Learn more at cycling4water.ca
True repentance coupled with placing our faith in God results in the forgiveness of our sins and the restoration of our relationship with God.
Jesus is the long-awaited messiah and King. The Old Testament foreshadowed the arrival of a Saviour. Jesus is the world's hope for salvation. He has come to live among us.
The prophet Malachi reaffirms God’s love for his people, before he begins to condemn their sins and failures. When we forget God’s love and faithfulness to us, we lose our motivation to obey him and may blame God’s perceived unfaithfulness or unfairness for our sin.
When we find ourselves in the midst of difficulty, we can rest in God’s enduring promises to never leave us or forsake us and to give us a hope and future with Him.
Hear from Brent Ristau (Ethnos Canada Missionary) about how he and his family are coming alongside Wade and Josephine Holmes to continue to see more disciples made for God's glory.
God positioned Esther in a place of great power and authority, and she was faced with a choice. She chose to see her position as an opportunity to accomplish the good work of God. We must also see whatever position we have as responsibility for the sake of God’s kingdom.
The people of God must be firmly rooted in the Word of God. If that foundation cracks or isn’t dug deeply enough, then disaster is soon to follow.
Jesus died to destroy the penalty of our sin. He gave us His innocence in exchange for our guilt. He rose three days later to prove His divinity and triumph over death.
The grave could not keep Him. Death has no hold on Him.
Jesus Christ is the death killer.
Jonah is the story about one of God’s prophets. Jonah’s job was to tell others about God’s message of salvation. But the prophet chose to run away from God’s plan. But God pursued Jonah to demonstrate His compassion for a broken world.
The events of this section in 1 Kings were intended to bring spiritual change to God’s people in the days of Elijah. Also, the record of these events in Scripture are intended to have the same effect on us—to change our hearts and move us to authentic repentance.
Ecclesiastes says that the fear of God is the goal of our existence. But in order to know and enjoy God properly, we first have to see the emptiness of life without him, becoming thoroughly disillusioned with everything the world has to offer. To this end, Ecclesiastes gives us a true assessment of what life is like apart from the grace of God.
Ecclesiastes says that the fear of God is the goal of our existence. But in order to know and enjoy God properly, we first have to see the emptiness of life without him, becoming thoroughly disillusioned with everything the world has to offer. To this end, Ecclesiastes gives us a true assessment of what life is like apart from the grace of God.
The mention of Solomon, David’s son, locates this book within the biblical story leading to Jesus, the ultimate Son of David, and history’s greatest expert on foolish sinners who need help from beyond themselves.
The mention of Solomon, David’s son, locates this book within the biblical story leading to Jesus, the ultimate Son of David, and history’s greatest expert on foolish sinners who need help from beyond themselves.
Psalm 78 recounts the events from Israel’s past that show how God persevered with his people,even when they disbelieved. The book of Psalms recount these events in song so that future generations of God’s people might know the faithfulness of God to heart.
Psalm 78 recounts the events from Israel’s past that show how God persevered with his people,even when they disbelieved. The book of Psalms recount these events in song so that future generations of God’s people might know the faithfulness of God to heart.
David Pinckney (US Rural Strategist, Church in Hard Places) interviews Harrison Kwok (Northern Collective, Pastor) about his story in God's great story.
Learn more about the Rural Collective: www.acts29.com/network/rural-collective/
We see from David both the man of God and the man of the world, and this portion of his life should make us pause. Even though David sinned greatly, God would not give up on Him. God was faithful, though it was painful, to bring David back to repentance. We can have the same assurance through Christ. May David’s life be a reminder to us to guard our hearts, and then repent quickly when we fall.
What a joy it is to look back on the past three years of how God has guided the Northern Collective to where it is today. We look ahead to how God will work through us to accomplish His will and glorify His name in 2021 and beyond.
Jesus’ death wasn’t the end. He promised that He would rise again after 3 days. As a few women followers went to the tomb carrying spices they had prepared (burial custom), they entered the tomb to be shocked by an angel who told them Jesus had indeed risen! Jesus appears to them, tells them to go tell the disciples, and off they ran afraid and joyful as they ran off to do so. Peter and JOhn too ran to the tomb to see if it was true, found only burial clothes, but were still confused. Jesus appeared to many, he was worshiped by them, and then ascended after giving them a blessing and telling them to spread the Good News.
Here we are at the climax to 4000 years of God’s unfolding plan of redemption for all humanity. “He (Jesus) was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.” (1 Peter 1:20). This lesson will drive home our only means of rescue for a right relationship with God -now and for eternity. The one way, one door, one means of rescue.
Jesus’ betrayer Judas, who’d already been exposed as the one who would betray Jesus, was coming with an armed mob to capture Jesus as though he were a violent criminal. to be tried before the Sanhedrin and then Pilate.
In Jesus' final days on earth, we will learn about the New Covenant, a contract that He will fulfill perfectly. He introduces what we now now of as the Lord's Supper. Finally, the scripture tells us of the agony Jesus experienced as he went to a place called Gethsemane where He confidently submitted to the will of God the Father.
In today's lesson, Jesus will challenge us again to live life in light of God's Kingdom and eternity. Sadly, many tend to waste their brief time on earth investing in things that won't last. As we focus on the Biblical account of a rich man and a poor man named Lazarus we will see Jesus showing The Way - which is by faith in Him alone.
Throughout the four gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - Jesus is given various names/images/descriptions to identify and describe who He is and what he is going to do. This lesson will further reveal who Jesus is.
In this lesson we will learn that God will only accept a sinner if he’s been born again through the Holy Spirit. At first glance, it might seem like Jesus is teaching something brand-new. But He isn’t. Let’s dig into this biblical account to understand Jesus' message.
In this lesson we’ll see how Jesus lives and models what God intends His Kingdom to look like. This isn’t a political or religious kingdom, as many of the Israelites were expecting. In many ways Jesus acts counter-culturally to the established religious systems and rules. He is going to turn the religious leaders worlds upside-down with his teaching and his actions. Or could we say, he is going to bring God’s kingdom right-side-up.
See how the scripture reveals that Jesus, the Deliverer, was not only a human, but clearly fully God.
Angel appears to two different couples, promising a messenger to one and a deliverer to the other! Come hear as many prophecies of old are fulfilled in this hopeful lesson.
In today’s lesson we are going to see how well a human king worked out for Israel as a nation. If you have been seeing Israel’s cycles of faithfulness towards God (or lack thereof), you can guess with accuracy that things didn’t go very well for very long. The cycles of rebellion continued, and there were consequences. Through His prophets, God encourages, challenges, and calls the people back to Himself. And through these cycles God reminds Israel of the Deliverer - the one who would offer true freedom from their rebellious, sinful hearts.
God has led the Israelites, His chosen and set apart people, out of bondage in Egypt to the promised land. The Israelites have traveled a long way and are now at the Canaan border - this is the promised land. The land God promised to Abraham. God had provided and sustained them in the wilderness with food and water, taught them many lessons (10C’s, trust and faith) and now He wanted them to experience even more of His promised blessings. And unfortunately, Israel is still sinful and rebellious - This lesson will dive in and see their cycles of rebellion and God's immense grace through it all!
This is a lesson which is a rich foreshadowing of many things to come! As we look at God dwelling with the Israelites we will see again His desire and pursuit of people for a special relationship with Him. He makes a way where there is no way previously. In this lesson we look at the building of the Tabernacle, the sacrificial system and the Levitical Priesthood. Each of these point forward something even much greater!
The story of Joseph is about God working his will through the everyday events of life. God is involved in all events and directs all things according to His own purposes. This guidance and care is known as providence.
At Mount Sinai, God overwhelms Israel with a visible expression of Himself. Here, He taught them His holy standard, that they were His chosen people, set apart from the world, and called to obey fully and keep God's covenant - and all this within a unique relationship!
From the beginning to the end of Genesis, the reality of sin is contrasted with the hope of God’s promise to renew all things to the way they were meant to be. God is renewing His world in the midst of the failures of humanity.
In this biblical account, God delivers the final of 10 plagues in Egypt. This is God's final act against Pharaoh and his hard heart. Other truths revealed in this lesson is; God requires obedience, God completely rescues, God leads and provides (lovingly, mercifully, graciously)
Let us not elevate characters in the Bible. The Bible is full of corrupt and broken men and women. We are longing for a hero that rules with justice, liberty, love, patience, conviction. When it comes to God, almost obedience is never enough. God requires full obedience. The only hero is Jesus Christ. Jesus kept the law perfectly. Followed God perfectly. He who knew no sin, became sin, that we may become the righteousness of God. His wrath was poured out on His son Jesus Christ on our behalf.
This lesson continues in the Bible beyond the book of Genesis, into the book of Exodus. We will see God powerful, and sovereign orchestrating old prophecy's and promises made long ago with Abraham continue to be fulfilled. The Israelites are enslaved, Moses is led to deliver them from Pharaoh and the first 9 of 10 plagues are studied. God tirelessly protects, provides a rescue, and pursues relationship with His people as shown in this historical account.
God is with his people as he pours out his grace through their weakness and brokenness in order to comfort them in adversity and affliction.
As we delve into the lives of Esau, Jacob and Joseph we will see a pattern that continues even today since The Fall of humanity. All these men and their parents were sinful from birth, and as some of them put their faith in the coming Deliverer they still struggled to honour God in all areas of life. We will touch on some of the struggles we encounter today that distract us from the life God would have for us and reflect on hardships that many of us face and how to think Biblically especially in those seasons of life.
Despite all the brokenness in Genesis 29 & 30: the polygamy, the lies, the baby wars, the desperation, and the deception God chooses to be the God of the broken. Through Leah’s son Judah, God’s covenant promises will be fulfilled. Through Leah’s descendants, would eventually lead to King David—and King Jesus!
This lesson covers the birth of Isaac, the promised son to Abraham and Sarah who's names were changed from Abram and Sarai by God. We will learn of the tremendous obedience God called Abraham to, as well as how God provided a substitute for Isaac. There is much embedded in this lesson which is a foreshadowing of the Deliverer yet to come.
Learn how the Gospel brings freedom to those suffering with childhood abuse. Learn how to apply practical steps to preventing abuse in your ministry.
Grace that is earned is not grace at all. Grace goes to the undeserving. Grace comes at God’s discretion, not our directives. And grace is there for you, if you will come to Christ. And if you do come, you will discover that it is all of God from beginning to end.
This lesson covers the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel and how the thousands of languages of our world began. After the Flood, humanity was walking in complete disobedience to God's command which was to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth. Yet people's disobedience doesn't thwart God's sovereign plan as we will soon learn.
In world where everyone is telling you to follow them. In a world with hundreds of different religions telling you to follow them. Our job. You exist to seek truth. Your exist to follow the only True King.
God is the Great Orchestrator of everyday life who brings a wife to Isaac and protected Abraham’s lineage. God is making sure His own promise to Abraham will be fulfilled. God’s providential control of everyday life is illustrated by virtually every narrative in the Bible.
In this lesson we unpack the well known story of Noah's Ark. As we come to this part of history in the Bible it's evident it was a very dark part of human existence - every inclination of the thoughts of peoples heart was only evil all the time! However, God graciously confronts people with His truth, just like we are here today.
God created the universe and everything in it. He asks everyone everywhere to follow Him no matter the cost. We often encounter uncertainty difficult circumstances throughout our lives. But, God promises to provide in ways that glorify Himself.
In this lesson we will clearly see how God, despite how all people are now born separated from Him, that He still pursues a relationship with sinful people. All people have an opportunity to respond to God and walk with Him by humbly coming to Him through repentance and faith in the Deliverer. In this lesson, God's Word will tell how Cain, Enoch and Noah each responded to God's pursuit of relationship with them.
God’s purposes for His people are not conditional on their performance. The sins of our parents do not determine God’s presence and loving actions in our lives. God is sovereign and unrestrained by us. God’s ability to use even our own sins for his own purposes shows that he doesn’t love us simply for the great things we can do for him. Often, we think that God will love us more if we do great things for him. But the story of Abraham and Sarah (and the whole bible) shows us that God’s love is unconditionally based on His sovereign purposes.
In today’s lesson, we’ll read how the consequences of sin are passed on to Adam and Eve’s children. And we will see two different ways of approaching God - one acceptable and the other rejected. Amazingly, through it all, God is merciful and gracious and continues to pursue relationship.
God created a good world that His people continue to rebel against. God has a plan in place to rescue humanity from the devastation of sin.
He uses a man named Abraham to be part of this rescue plan. And we see God’s judgement and justice on wicked cities known as Sodom & Gomorrah.
Our vision is to see thriving gospel centred churches in all Yukon communities by making disciples that make disciples. Learn about our hopes for 2020.
Learn about Jesus' father Joseph who humbly adopted Jesus into his family. Jesus grows up and pays the adoption price for our lives with His own life.
In this lesson, we close the narrative "chapter" on Adam and Eve's time in the Garden of Eden. Their choice of disobeying God, resulted in God driving them from Eden. Adam and Eve as sinners, rebels against Holy God, are now helpless unto themselves! Come hear how their existence went forward in a broken relationship with God as God continued in His mercy and grace to pursue restored relationship them in love.
Hear about the incredible true story of Jesus’ mother. She raised the Son of God. The birth of Jesus would change Mary’s life forever...and the entire world.
In this lesson we dive into Genesis 3:14-15, further unpacking the consequences of Adam and Eve's disobedience - God's judgement, as well as God's promise of a deliverer. God's grace and mercy shine through as we understand His character in light of what has transpired so far.
Explore the story of the Wisemen who seek and encounter the child Jesus. Jesus fulfills several Old Testament prophesies at His birth. He is the long awaited King. He is the saviour of the world. He is God in the flesh. The Wisemen came to worship The King. We exist to worship The King.
In this lesson, we will see how this decision to disobey God affected Adam and Eve and their relationship with Him. Within this we will dive into God's warning "but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die." What does death mean? As well, we will explore what is believed about death that doesn't line up with the truth of God's Word.
Hear about how Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd for our lives and souls. See how the Good Shepherd is traced in the Old and the New Testament.
Satan, The Adversary - enemy of God - is now on earth to seek, kill and destroy. We will see how he deceives and tempts Eve to disobey and thus sin against Holy God. Together, Adam and Eve give way to temptation and choose to go against God's command to not eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Learn about God’s almighty power in fulfilling His promise He made with a man Abram. A promise to give him land and descendants. And also a promise to bless the world through his family.
Once you encounter the living God your life will never be the same again.
We have come to a pivotal point in unfolding the story of the universe. At this point, everything was in perfect peace and harmony in every way - no evil, no sin! Complete unity. In this lesson we will see that Lucifer had lifted himself in self-centred, sinful pride, causing a rebellion in Heaven which resulted in serious consequences involving God’s holy judgement.
God created a good world, but His people rebelled against His commands. This rebellion brought decay, destruction, and death. God graciously promises to restore all things despite the continual rebellion of His people.
Genesis continues to follow God's relationship with Abram and the promise He made. God promises to give him descendants as numerous as the stars. And God promises to give Abram a great land.
Ultimately, God restores all things to Himself through the Person and work of Jesus Christ. God keeps His promise to Abram. And we, by faith, are part of Abram's descendants...Just like God promised.
We are continuing to hang out in the Garden of Eden to understand the highlights of God’s gracious relationship with Adam and more of who Eve is as the first woman also in relationship with God.
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Some of the first followers of God, like many people today, were faced with much uncertainty. God promised a man named Abram that his family and ancestors would bless the world. As we follow Abram's journey, we learn that having a thriving relationship with God means walking and living by faith in His good promises. This does not mean we will not face difficult circumstances, but we can have faith that God walks beside us.
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Humans are made to be in a perfect relationship with the one true God. But the story of Genesis shows the continual downward spiral of humanity since the fall of humanity in the Garden of Eden.
Generation-after-generation people rebel against their holy Creator and face His divine judgement.
Yet, God chooses to graciously bless a fallen world despite their continual sin and rebellion. God’s ultimate blessing is found in the life, death, and resurrection of His Son Jesus Christ.
Noah and his family step off the ark and encounter a planet that has been greatly changed by the flood. With this new beginning, God gives Noah new instructions on how people will interact with nature and each other. Today, we continue to live out God's grand story and we can do it knowing that He has given our lives both special value and purpose.
The story of Noah is widely know but often misunderstood. It isn’t just a story about Noah and some animals. It is a story about the Living God. It tells us about who he is and how he relates to his creation. And it points forward to a future of both judgement and salvation.
Learn about an aspect of the spiritual heavens, specifically God creating the angels/spirits.
God created a very good world. The first people walked innocently with God—there was no shame, guilt, or death.
Sin came into the world through the single disobedience of one man—Adam.
Genesis 5 & 6 show us the horrible effects of sin and how it continues to ruin lives today.
But God’s incomprehensible grace rescues us from utter destruction. By faith in His work we can be saved from His wrath.
Learn more about this gracious God amidst our death-bringing sin.
Learn about the beginning of the book of Genesis as well as a few other verses that helps us learn and understand some key truths about God.
We don’t need to look much further than our own thoughts and heart to know that the world is wicked. And when we look at the world around us we see heartbreaking evil.
This sin originates from within us. We are born in sin. Our condition deserves the punishment of hell and wrath from a good and perfect God.
But thanks be to God for sending His only Son Jesus Christ to be the full payment for our sinfulness. By faith in Christ, your sins will be forgiven.
Listen to this week's episode to learn more about this great Savior!