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We understand we're all on a life-long journey of discovering who God is and a more accurate perception of ourselves. We realize that God has in his imagination an idea of who we can become that is not possible without His grace that accepts us as we are and, at the very same time, calls us forward to live like Jesus did. It means we've taken our hands off the religious panic button, and abandoned quick answers and worn out rhetoric, and dare to engage in an open dialogue about faith and the things of life knowing that participating in God's activity wherever and however is what is truly relevant.
David Harvey unpacks Mark 4:26-34. Jesus loved talking with people. It is an aspect of his personality on display in so many spaces of the Gospels. It shouldnt then suprsie us that from their earliest gatherings, prayer was something Christians always wanted to do. Christians talk to Jesus so Christians pray. Sadly most of us don't really know if we know how. Because we want to be the type of community that does pray, this is a theme we keep returning to at Westside. This year we explore how Christ encounters people in Mark's Gospel as a guide for us encountering Jesus today.
The gospel text is from Mark 4:26-34. Jesus loved talking with people. It is an aspect of his personality on display in so many spaces of the Gospels. It shouldn't then surprise us that from their earliest gatherings, prayer was something Christians always wanted to do. Christians talk to Jesus so Christians pray. Sadly most of us don't really know if we know how. Because we want to be the type of community that does pray, this is a theme we keep returning to at Westside. This year we explore how Christ encounters people in Mark's Gospel as a guide for us encountering Jesus today.
David Harvey unpacks Mark 2:23-3:6 and the Lord's Prayer. Common Prayer:
Jesus loved talking with people. It is an aspect of his personality on display in so many spaces of the Gospels. It shouldnt then suprsie us that from their earliest gatherings, prayer was something Christians always wanted to do. Christians talk to Jesus so Christians pray. Sadly most of us don't really know if we know how. Because we want to be the type of community that does pray, this is a theme we keep returning to at Westside. This year we explore how Christ encounters people in Mark's Gospel as a guide for us encountering Jesus today.
It is Trinity Sunday and Baptism Sunday. David Harvey delves into the significance of baptism.
It is Pentecost Sunday and Christin Woods unpacks what this day means for us as the Church and the world.
As our series comes to a close, David Harvey unpacks 1 John 5:9-13. What is eternal life and what does it mean for us today? Is eternal all about what happens when we die or is eternal life applicable now? How does gratitude associate with eternal life and worship?
As we continue our series "Without Love" David Harvey unpacks 1 John 5:1-6 asking the question, what does it mean to love, God and love each other?
We are continuing through the letter of 1 John where David Harvey how the Gospel speaks to our fear of death and how Jesus calls us to to embrace our need.
We continue our series by delving into 1 John 3:1-7. Where David Harvey speaks on the impact of the perception of unrestraint upon the Western self is when it comes to death avoidance.
David Harvey begins our new series "Without Love" where we will journey through from 1 John. What does it mean to love in light of Jesus' resurrection and why do we fail in this area so often.
It is Palm Sunday where we reflect on Jesus ridiing on a donkey into Jerusalem usurping all the ideas of what a King is and should be. Listen to the Palm Sunday Gospel readings and take time to reflect.
For the fifth Sunday in Lent we had special guest, Joash Thomas join us. Joash is a friend of Westside and works for our justice partner International Justice Mission. Listen as Joash unpacks John 12:20-33 delving into the sacrifice of following Jesus specifically for those on the margins. Receiving from the table will turn into receiving from the margins.
As we continue to journey through Lent special guest Bob Osborne join us preaching from the Gospel text: John 2:13-22.
It is the second Sunday of Lent and our Gospel text is found from Mark 8:31-38. In a world that constantly tells you us "yes" what does it mean when Jesus tells us "no."
It is Transfiguration Sunday and David Harvey unpacks Mark 9:1-9. In a world full of noise and a temptation to constantly speak, we are called to listen to Jesus.
Christin Woods continues our series preaching from Mark 1:29-39. We see Jesus in unique situations that are all situated around his prayer life.
As we begin our new series Christine Woods unpacks 1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) and the story of a young Samuel. God calls each one of us and seeks to use us as we are.
It is Epiphany Sunday and David Harvey preaches from the Gospel text of Matthew 2:1-12. What can we learn from the Magi and how do they point us to the light?
Christmas is not done! David Harvey continues speaking on the Christmas story. How does the Christmas story show us how the ancient as the new.
Christin Woods continues our Advent series discussing Mary the mother of Jesus and how redemption came from outside of us.
We continue our Advent series with David Harvey discussing why Advent and waiting is important before Christmas.
We begin our Advent series. Advent invites us into waiting, which is not something we enjoy, but it’s a hopeful waiting. While we wait, we pray, because prayer is how the church enacts its hope in God’s faithfulness.
It is Christ the King Sunday and it is also our last Sunday in our "Regarding the Holy" series. David delves into Philippians 2 discussing how Jesus is the true King and our perceptions of Kingship and power are upside down.
We have special guests Rosalee and Cecil Gordon alongside Alex Ilash a Pastor from Ukraine. Hear their amazing story on their experience with the war in Ukraine.
Then David Harvey speaks on why what we do matters. We are human being with real bodies. This might seem like an obvious statement but in the West we see ourselves as primarily thinking being. This unfortunately has sneaked into the Church and we often associate the Christian life in terms of thinking. However Christianity is a fully embodied way of life that involves using our bodies in worship.
Christin Woods shares her incredible story on how God worked within her life and the life of her family. Through her story we see how God is present within every circumstance and we can be still.
David Harvey continues our series preaching from the text of Genesis 28:10-19. To end the service we engage in the spiritual practice of the Daily Examen from St. Ignatius. How can we listen better to God is a noisy world.
David Harvey continues our "Regarding the Holy" series preaching from Daniel 6. What can we learn from Daniel’s Prayer Life about how liturgical spirituality is scaffolding to our prayer lives.
Special guest John Andrews joins us as we continue our "Regarding the Holy" series. John unpacks Moses and the burning bush.
We begin our new series "Regarding the Holy" by looking at Isaiah 6. The western world has lost the the ability to see and sense enchantment. God wants to give us eyes to see to see and experience God's holiness.
David Harvey speaks on thankfulness. Why is it so hard to be thankful in our society and how does the table show us to be thankful?
In the spirit of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation we have special guests Holly Fortier and Billie Fortier Neufeld. Holly and Billie discuss how we as a church participate in Truth and Reconciliation.
David finishes up our series on John 13 emphasizing the connection between Jesus' pronouncement that all authority belongs to him and his washing of the disciples feet. God is a servant that is who God is.
David Harvey continues our series in John 13 unpacking Peters interaction with Jesus, as Jesus seeks to wash Peter's feet. How do we as a Church be a non anxious presence to a world so succumbed by fear. If we look to Jesus we see someone who doesn’t increase anxiety but actually deescalates it.
David Harvey is back beginning our new series called Thirteen which unpacks chapter 13 from John's Gospel. There are many ideas of what leadership is but if we look at Jesus the man with all authority on heaven and earth he washes his disciples feet. Jesus flips the whole idea of leadership on its head becoming a servant.
What an amazing summer through the book of Acts! To finish off the series Christine Woods teaches and reflects on our journey through Acts.
Nikalya Reize ends the book of Acts speaking on chapter 28. Nikalya unpacks Gentile kindness and God's extravagant love for Israel
Special guest teacher A.J. Jansen joins us speaking on the book of Acts for our World Upside Down series.
We continue our World Upside Down series with Christin Woods. Christin unpacks Acts 17 where Paul discusses philosophy with the Athenians.
We are continuing our Acts series with special guest Nikalyla Reize who unpacks Acts 16 and what it means to both give and receive gifts.
We have our very own Tory Hovdestad continue our series on the book of Acts. Tory does a brief character study on Barnabas specifically his faithfulness and risk taking. Barnabas is the pastoral presence throughout the book of Acts.
We are continuing our Acts series with special guest Nikayla Reize. This week Nikayla unpacks Act 15 and how the Holy Spirit shifts our cultural perceptions on who is in and who is out. The Gospel helps us see bodies.
We are continuing our Acts series with special guest Nikayla Reize. Nikayla unpacks Acts 12-14 unpacking how the Spirit disrupts our categories of power and shame.
Our series on the book Acts called "World Upside Down" is back with Christin Woods giving a brief recap then teaching from Acts 10-11. What does hospitality look like in the early Church and how does it challenge us today to show radical hospitality.
Bob Osborne finishes up our series Properly Formed by unpacking stories and remembering. Human being forget a lot and a major part of spiritual reflection is to remember alongside God. As God forms our story he asks us to remember in order to redeem all aspects of our story.
What does beauty have to do with our prayer life and the overwhelming amount of anger and resentment found in our world. Bob Osborne continues our series discussing how beauty and the recognition of beauty has a direct correlation to a healthy prayer life.
We are continuing our Properly Formed series with special guest teacher Bob Osborne. Bob unpacks what it looks looks like to handle dark times through which he refers to as acedia (despondency, despair). How does prayer impact us in our moments of great despair can the Spirit give us strenght?
Our Properly Formed series is back uncovering practical approaches and moves to root our spirituality in a way that helps us encounter God. David starts off the series preaching on embracing a wider liturgy. What can we learn from different Church traditions then our own?
It is Pentecost Sunday and we are finishing off our Jonah series. David Harvey lands our series by unpacking how Jonah helps us understand God and ourselves and the delves into how the story issues relate to Pentecost and today. If God is seeking redemption for all people including our enemies how does that affect how we interact with people.
David Harvey continues our series on Jonah, unpacking chapter 4. After Jonah's sermon and Nineveh's response we see God extend mercy to the city. After all these events we see Jonah's reaction to God's mercy. Jonah is angry to the point he wants to die. Throughout all of this we see God's consistent character of wanting to give mercy and restore.
We continue our Jonah series this Sunday looking at chapter 3. We look at Jonah’s not so impressive sermon and how it speaks to both Jonah's character but also Gods.
We continue our Jonah series working through chapter 2. Chapter 2 is jammed packed with allusions and call backs throughout scripture. Jonah chapter 2 is a reflection on death and resurrection that pulls from Exodus and the Psalms plus allusions to Jesus.
David Harvey continues our series on the book of Jonah camping out in chapter 1. As Tim Mackie says, “In the book of Jonah, everything is upside-down. Everybody does the opposite of their stereotypes, including the pagans and including Jonah. The only person who seems true to form is God.” This satirical account we have a mirror image of us as humanity.
We are continuing our series on the book of Jonah. David looks at the inconsistent character of Jonah and how it contrasts with God's character of love. Jonah is reluctant to go to Nineveh becuase as Jonahs says, "I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity."
We begin our new series on the book of Jonah called "All the Way Down: Jonah Beyond the Whale". David Harvey gives an overview of the book and unpacks how the story of Jonah is a story that challenges our conceptions of how God treats our enemies. Jonah is satire that mirrors our often faulty our understanding of Gods love for us and for him.
He is risen! David Harvey and Christine Woods speak on John 20:1-18 unpacking the story of Mary. How does the resurrection of Jesus speak to our experiences of hell on earth? Jesus descended to hell and was resurrected therefore whatever you may be going through he is with you giving hope.
It is Palm Sunday and David Harvey speaks on the arrival of Jesus to Jerusalem on a donkey. How does Jesus' upside down approach to a kingdom affect how we love our enemies and use power? Jesus arriving to Jerusalem in humility was in direct contrast to a King of power and prestige.
After our Sunday conversation about the communion table, David, Tyson and (later) Christin, meet online to discuss their responses to some of the questions raised in the Sunday conversation. They discuss a variety of subjects relating to how we have all felt or could feel excluded from the table of the Lord.
As we continue the journey of Lent towards Easter we have a conversation on communion. David and Tyson open it up to the congregation, leading a conversation on their experience with communion. What does it mean that Jesus welcomes anyone who wants to follow him to the table.
David Harvey continues our series in Lent unpacking the Lord's Supper. What does a symbol mean? How have we undermined communion by minimizing it to "just" a symbol?
David Harvey continues our series in Lent this week discussing the road to Emmaus from Luke 24:13-35.
This week Tyson McCombs invites us to the table. Tyson gives a quick history on the table and how we have often put barriers in place of people coming to Jesus. What would it look like to have an open table and all who wish to come may partake.
It is Baptism Sunday! Join David as he discusses what baptism is and why it is worth the celebration.
David finishes up our series, "Unchurched" speaking on those on the margins. How does the Church interact with those who are poor, marginalized etc. What does it mean to say God gives preferential treatment to the marginalized. Join us as David unpacks this idea through the texts of Luke 18:18-30 and Luke 19:1-10.
David is back as we continue our new series "Unchurched." What does it mean to be light of the world? How do we as a Church seek to first learn?
This morning our Co-Lead Pastor, Christine Woods, begins our new series called "Unchurched." The Church is all about Jesus but also our lives should all be about Jesus. What does it look like to be Jesus centred throughout the week not just on Sundays.
It is our last Sunday with Bob Osborne as he finishes off our Ghost series. Bob talks about discernment and how humility is the posture we take well discerning what God's will is.
Bob Osborne is back again in the midweek to do a deep dive into part two of the "Ghosts" teaching series. In this episode he chats with our Teaching Pastor, David Harvey, in more depth about the sermon, the challenges, questions, and ways forward that we might consider after reflecting on the teaching. So grab your journal and see how our conversation about conversation helps deepen your notes and reflection on this past weekend's teaching.
Special guest Bob Osborne continues our series "Ghosts" where Bob speaks on conversations. Conversations are simple yet profound aspects of our lives. Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing we do.
Bob Osborne returns midweek to do a deep dive into part one of the teaching series "Ghosts". Listen in as he chats with our Teaching Pastor, David Harvey, in more depth about the sermon, the challenges, questions, and ways forward that we might consider after reflecting on the teaching. So grab your journal and see how our conversation helps deepen your notes and reflection on this past weekend's teaching.
We have the privilege of Bob Osborne joining us as we begin a new series called Ghosts. How do we understand ourselves, it is by understanding God. How do we understand God, it is by understanding ourselves. It is a cycle that begins by paying attention.
It is 12 days after Christmas which brings us to Epiphany Sunday. Epiphany Sunday tells the story of the Magi coming to worship Jesus. David Harvey unpacks Matthew 2:1-12 reminding us that Jesus did not come for only one people but for all people.
It is the final Sunday of Advent, where we light the peace candle. David Harvey unpacks the genealogy and the story of Joseph from Matthew 1.
This week our two lead pastors continue our series on Advent. Christine Woods and David Harvey discuss what joy looks like in a world that is suffering and what it has to do with waiting.
As we continue to journey through Advent we are joined by our justice partners Woven international. David ,Jana and Andrew have a conversation surrounding Isaiah 11:1-10 and Matthew 3:1-8. How does love impact the way we do justice
David Harvey and Phil Aud kick off our Advent series working through the lectionary readings of: Isaiah 2:1-5, Romans 13:11-14 and Matthew 24:42-44. Advent teaches us to acknowledge the darkness of this world but also there is hope and that hope is in Jesus.
David Harvey finishes up our series preaching from John 14. What is God's relationship with time and how does that affect the way we see time? How should we live if God is outside of time and asks us to hope in him.
David Harvey continues our series , What God are we talking about?, unpacking John 1. How we view God will determine how we treat people. If we think there is subordination between God then that will inevitably affect the way we treat our neighbour. God is trinity and Jesus is fully God.
Phil Aud continues our series, What God are you talking about, where he unpacks the trinity and what it means that God is love. In essence what does Jesus reveal to us about the Trinity.
We are starting a new series, What God are you talking about, a series that is making sense of theology. God is a divisive word and generates a wide variety of opinions and reactions. David unpacks how the early Christians made sense of God by looking at Jesus. All theology begins and ends with Jesus.
We are finishing up, The Age of the Algorithm, series, where David unpacks Luke 2:41-52. Jesus reversed the Eden story in which he puts his Father in the middle of the story rather than himself. Jesus is doing his Fathers'_____ (fill in the blank.) Rather than trying to bolster ourselves up we need to be like Jesus and put God in the centre of the story.
David Harvey continues our, Age of the Algorithm, series preaching from Matthew 26:36-46. We as humans have high expectations for ourselves the "Self-Help" industry has taken advantage of this. What if God knows we are predictably going to fail and actually has grace for us when we do. What if God has more realistic expectations of who we are as humans and we can rest in that.
Tyson continues our series preaching from Romans 5. Why is it important to have a low anthropology and how does it point to grace? Could our acknowledgment of a low anthropology help us become a more gracious and loving community?
In honour of Truth and Reconciliation day we are re-uploading, one of our favourite episodes from the "Deeply Formed Life" series. We had the privilege of having Holly Fortier join for the conversation who is a major advocate and voice in working towards reconciliation among Indigenous communities. Join David and Holly for this incredible conversation.
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Holly's Resources from this interview: One Church, Many Tribes - Richard Twiss: https://www.amazon.com/Church-Many-Tr... ndigenous Writes - Chelse Vowel: https://www.amazon.ca/Indigenous-Writ... 21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act - Bob Joseph: https://www.amazon.ca/Things-Know-Abo... A Mother's Voice (Holly's Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3yG...
We start our new series, The Age of the Algorithm.David Harvey starts our series unpacking Genesis 2-3 on how humanity is predictable in its behaviour and how the algorithm is a reflection on humanity.
It is Mission Partner Sunday and we finishing up our "Chase the Good" series with speakers from Next Step Ministries and Hands at Work. David and our partners discuss how loving our neighbour is a direct reflection on how we love God. Relationships are vital to brining healing and shalom to this world that is yearning for it.
David continues our series on what it looks like to chase the good. David unpacks Philippians 4:8 and how our habits orient us towards our main aim. What if it is our desires and loves not our ability to think that shape our habits and ideas of the good life?
It is launch Sunday! To set off the new year we are starting a new series called, "Chase the Good." David unpacks the idea of choice and how we need to be intentional in what we choose to pursue.
Tyson and David finish off our summer series, “World Upside Down” speaking on Acts 10:34-45.
We are continuing our summer series in Acts. David Harvey unpacks Acts 10:1-48 and how God's love will take us where we don't want to go.
We are continuing our summer series in Acts. Phil Aud unpacks Acts 9:19-31 discussing how the journey of Paul alienates him both from his former community and his new Christian community. Often the journey Jesus calls us on means the feeling of loneliness and isolation but its not meant to be journeyed alone and we need community.
Special guest speaker, A.J. Jansen, joins us speaking on Pauls conversion and our perceptions of God. "What comes to mind when you think about God is the most important thing about us." A.J. unpacks how Jesus must be centre to our understanding of God.
For the summer we have been unpacking the narrative from Acts. This week David Harvey preaches from Acts 8:26-40 unpacking how the the Holy Spirit guided Philip to share the Gospel with the least likely candidate of an Ethiopian eunuch. The Ethiopian from a Jewish perspective shouldn't be a part of Gods blessing but the Holy Spirit is breaking boundaries going to the ends of the earth.
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Join David and Tyson as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down.
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We are continuing our summer series in Acts called “World Upside Down.” Reading from Acts 8:1-25, Tyson McCombs, unpacks how Simon got it wrong by attaching himself to the wrong thing and how the Gospel is about attaching ourselves to Christ.
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Join David and Tyson as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down.
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This summer we have been working through the book of Acts and how the early church turned the world upside down. David continues the series preaching on Stephens sermon found in Acts 7:1-53. How does Stephen’s sermon point to Jesus?
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Join David and Tyson as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down. Questions about who we are and how to get connected? Head to wkc.org or email us at info@wkc.org
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As we continue our journey together through Acts, David unpacks Acts 6:8-15. What does it look like when power is accompanied with grace or how do we have harmony with a diverse group of people. It is only done by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Phil continues our series in Acts preaching from Acts 6:1-7. Phil unpacks how the Holy Spirit breaks our common conceptions of boundaries giving voice to those who are marginalized and oppressed.
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Join Christin and Tyson as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down.
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As we continue to journey through the book of Acts Christin Woods unpacks Acts 5:18-42. Asking the question, "will we recognize the disruptive presence of the Holy Spirit and if we do what will our response be?
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Join Christin and David as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down. Questions about who we are and how to get connected?
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David continues our series on Acts, preaching on the story of Ananias and Sapphira. The early Church finds itself in its first conflict where Ananias and Sapphira tell lies on how much money they have been giving. David unpacks how this story speaks to the importance of truth in a community and how God seeks to redeem us from false exteriors.
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Join Tyson and David as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down. Questions about who we are and how to get connected? Head to wkc.org or email us at info@wkc.org
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Tyson continues our series preaching from Acts 3. How does the Gospel give us sight and what then do we see? Are we willing to allow the Spirit to disrupt how we see.
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Join of Tyson, Phil, and David as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down.
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David continues our series on the book of Acts speaking from Acts 2:42 - 47. David unpacks how the early Church through the power of the Holy Spirit devoted themselves to one another. How do we as a Church seek to live in community devoting ourselves to one another in all areas of our lives.
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Join the whole gang of Tyson, Phil, Christin and David as they discuss in greater depth the book of Acts and how the early Church turned the world upside down.
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Phil Aud starts off our new series called "World Upside Down" where we study the books of Acts. As we begin Acts appropriately on Pentecost Sunday Phil begins our journey unpacking Acts 2 where the Holy Spirit speaks the language of the people.
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Join David and Tyson as they answer questions and have a conversation on what a Jesus centred Church looks like.
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Tyson finishes off our series on, "How to be a Church." After journeying through the first 4 chapters of Ephesians Paul finally gives us something to do. "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Tyson unpacks this verse and then finishes off the series with a Q/A.
David continues our series on, “How to be a Church.” What does it mean to be a dialogical community? How do we journey together to Jesus and be a multi diverse Church in which every individual, community and culture brings their unique gifts.
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Join David and Tyson as they answer questions and have a conversation on what a Jesus centred Church looks like.
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David is back and speaking on Shalom. Shalom is not merely the absence of conflict but the wholeness of creation. How do we as a Church seek wholeness of all creation while being Jesus centred?
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Join David and Phil as they answer question and have a conversation on what a Jesus centred Church looks like.
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Phil Aud continues our series on "How to be a Church" teaching on Ephesians 2 where he discusses the centrality of Jesus. We can get so bogged down with doctrine (though important) we lose sight of the cross of Christ. Jesus is that which we unite over and in turn open up ourselves to a broken world.
Welcome to Westside King's Church
Have other questions you would like to see addressed in the podcast? You can email your questions to podcast@wkc.org. Join David and Tyson for a conversation on what a Jesus centred Church looks like. Questions about who we are and how to get connected? Head to wkc.org or email us at info@wkc.org
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David continues our series, “How to be a Church” staying in the book of Ephesians. David talks on how Paul emphasizes the centrality of Jesus yet doing so breaks down walls human beings put up to exclude others. How can we as a Church be Jesus centred and also inviting to all on the journey towards him.
David Harvey begins our new series, "How to be a Church." Churches have had to adapt and change so much in the last two years. It has forced us to ask tough questions and reconsider our values. David begins to unpack Ephesians seeing what Paul envisioned the Church to be and what is next for the Church.
He is risen, He is risen indeed. It is Resurrection Sunday and Christin Woods speaks on John 20:1-20. As Lisa Sharon Harper says," The Good news was both about the coming kingdom of God and the character of that kingdom. It was about what God's Kingdom looked like. It was about what citizenship in God's kingdom requires." If we want to see what God is like look to God and if we want to see what the Kingdom is like look to what Jesus professed.
Welcome to Westside King's Church
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Join David and Christen for a conversation on the Lord's Prayer. This week they give discuss, "thine is the Kingdom and the glory and the honour forever amen."
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It is Palm Sunday and we are beginning Holy Week talking on Jesus as Prophet. Jesus came into Jerusalem on a donkey usurping all expectations on what the Messiah would be like. Jesus is what we need not necessarily what we want.
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Join Tory Hovdestad and Tyson McCombs for a conversation on the Lord's Prayer. This week they give discuss, " lead us not into temptation and deliver us form evil."
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Special guest Joash Thomas joins us from IJM Canada speaking on the Lord's Prayer and justice. Joash speaks on how prayer opens our eyes to our own privilege and the injustice of our world. Through prayer God forms us to seek justice for his creation.
Welcome to Westside King's Church
Have other questions you would like to see addressed in the podcast? You can email your questions to podcast@wkc.org Join David Harvey and Christin Woods for a conversation on the Lord's Prayer. This week they give discuss, "forgive us our sins s as we forgive those who sin against us and lead us not into temptation."
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Continuing our series on prayer David invites us to see prayer in all areas of our life not just a compartmentalized section called "spiritual life." Then Phil guides us in a time lectio divina where we reflect on Eph 3:14-21
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Join Tory Hovdestad and Christin Woods for a conversation on the Lord's Prayer. This week they give discuss, "your will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread."
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"This then is how you should pray." We continue our series on prayer, this week discussing what even is prayer? David unpacks the beginning of the Lord's prayer and then Tyson gives a brief introduction on the prayer of daily examine.
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Join David Harvey and Christin Woods for a conversation on the Lord's Prayer. This week they give discuss, "hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come"
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It’s not that I don’t pray it’s that I pray unaware. David explores the idea of the unawareness of prayer and we actually pray far more often than we probably realize. Prayer is much more expansive than we realize and also has a really low bar. Christin then joins David to talk about rote prayers and the value they add to our prayer life.
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Join David Harvey and Christin Woods for a conversation on the Lord's Prayer giving a quick intro.
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We start our new series on prayer where we will engage on the questions of why we should pray and does prayer actually help? Prayer for many people is associated with guilt because we believe we don't do it well and/or don't do it enough. This series will hopefully encourage people to pray more because God just wants us to start praying and asking for help.
David finishes off our series, "the Cost of Privilege" preaching from Acts 16:16-40. David discusses how Paul and Silas use their privilege to further the Kingdom by dismantling oppressive and corrupt systems rather than using it for their own interests.
Tyson continues our series on the cost of privilege. Tyson speaks on the story of Zacchaeus and how Zacchaeus is a model for transformation from the mindset of scarcity to a mindset of abundance in which the Kingdom provides. We often seek wealth and power because it we believe there is not enough resources to go around. The Kingdom of God however, there is more than enough and we can share it, especially with those who have very little.
David continues our series discussing privilege and what it looks like to be Jesus centred while in pursuit of justice. David delves into the story of Exodus 2:1-10 where Pharaoh’s daughter becomes a model for us regarding how one responsibly stewards privilege for the furtherance of the kingdom and the good of neighbor. What starts as compassion grows into conviction and matures into a rigorous commitment to justice.
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Join Brian Pickering and Christin Woods for a conversation on grief part 6. Brian and Christen explore the basic understandings of grief, grief processes, shared language, and the intersection of faith and grief.
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David begin our February series called “the Cost of Privilege.” David teaches on the book of Esther and how Esther models the cruciform way of Jesus and takes the much that she has been given and navigates it sacrificially and selflessly to align herself with the oppressed.
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Brian and Christen explore the basic understandings of grief and grief processes, shared language, the intersection of faith and grief. Questions about who we are and how to get connected?
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David and Christin finish off our series discussing the importance of habits and liturgy. Humans are habit oriented, wether we know it or not, and habits orient ourselves towards something. What God in Gods grace wants to do is provides habits through liturgy that orients us towards God.
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Today on the podcast Christin is joined by our friend Gerri Fitch, who is a registered psychologist, as well, a marriage and family therapist.
They discuss healthy ways to navigate COVID with regards to our mental health and how to help those we love with their mental health.
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Join Brian Pickering and Christin Woods for a conversation on grief part 3. Brian and Christen explore the basic understandings of grief and grief processes, shared language, the intersection of faith and grief. Questions about who we are and how to get connected? Head to wkc.org or email us at info@wkc.org
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David continues our series on habit; this week talking about craving and the desires of our heart. Wether we know it or not our habits are forming and shaping us specifically our habits shape our desires. David discusses how the bible seeks to bring good news of grace to our habits from a God who loves us and wants to form us in the likeness of Jesus.
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Join Brian Pickering and Christin Woods for a conversation on grief part 3. Brian and Christen explore the basic understandings of grief and grief processes, shared language, the intersection of faith and grief. Questions about who we are and how to get connected?
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We are excited to bring back one of our favourite reoccurring series on habit. David begins the series discussing how our western cultural mindset emphasizes right thinking over right behaviour and when you get your thoughts correct your behaviour should follow suit. However according to modern cognitive research and ancient biblical wisdom it might be the other way around.
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Brian and Chrsitin explore the basic understandings of grief and grief processes, shared language, the intersection of faith and grief.
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David teaches from Psalm 119:105. What does it mean for the word being the lamp for out feet, and the light to our path. Listen as David shows that Jesus is all of these and more.
Join Brian Pickering and Christin Woods for a conversation on grief. Brian and Christin explore the basic understandings of grief including: grief processes, shared language, and how grief intersects with faith.
It is epiphany and our teacher is Marisa Aud who is speaking on Matthew 12: 1-12. It was to the Magi that Christ was revealed showing that there are none too far that they can’t be received by God and welcomed into his Kingdom.
Christin finishes off our Advent series preaching on Marry's profound prayer the magnificat. Mary's prayer subverts our expectations on what a Kingdom looks like and how God's peace is far different than what we would expect.
Tyson McCombs continues our series on Advent preaching from Zephaniah 3. Tyson speaks on joy and how In the midst of a broken world God is our joy. We find our joy in the knowledge that God is near and will not forsake us but will redeem all things.
David Harvey continues the Advent series speaking from Malachi 3:1-4 and Luke 3:1-6. Waiting is hard, especially in times of transition and uncertainty. A wide variety of emotions occur in times of transition and it is important to know they are valid especially at Westside. Feeling safe and feeling heard is an important value for the leadership team here at Westside.
Phil Aud begins the season of Advent teaching on both reading and telling the times. Preaching from Jeremiah 33:14-16 and Luke 21:25-36, Phil shows us that in times which seem to be good is where Jeremiah and Jesus gave warning but in times of devastation Jeremiah and Jesus spoke hope. Phil once again asks the question are we as a Church reading and telling the time?
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Christine and Phil finish up the discussion on Scot Mcknight and Laura Barringer's book "A Church Called TOV." This week they speak on developing a culture of service and Christlikeness.
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David preaches from John 9 concluding the series "From Great to Good." David asks the question are we so stuck in our own way of seeing that we totally miss what God is doing. Are we willing to let God orient us toward goodness rather than our idea of greatness.
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You can email your question at podcast@wkc.org Christin and Tyson continue discussing Scot Mcknight and Laura Barringer's book "A Church Called TOV." This week they speak on justice.
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Christin continues our series, discussing how we as a Church can be intentional fostering a culture that is good. Christin articulates three areas in which we can be intentional: thoughtfulness, compassion, and belonging. It is in these three areas we can grow in the likenesses of Christ demonstrating his goodness to the world and to each other.
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David and Tyson continue discussing Scot Mcknight and Laura Barringer's book "A Church Called TOV." This week David and Tyson speak on what a truth telling culture looks like in a Church and how to resist false narratives.
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We had the privilege of special guest, Bob Osborne, joining us this last Sunday speaking on what good blessing is. Bob interweaves through the biblical text of Numbers 6:22-27, some personal anecdotes, and of course his book recommendations, to give us a full, vibrant picture on good blessing. Bob also gives insight on how to be a good blessing to others culminating into a fantastic Sunday morning teaching.
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David and Tyson continue discussing Scot Mcknight and Laura Barringer's book "A Church Called TOV." This week the discussion is on what a culture of grace looks like and how we as a church can nurture grace in our community.
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David Harvey speaks on what makes a good Church. How can we as a community seek goodness over greatness. Great churches focus on metrics of size, the individual leader or having a great vision but good churches focus on the people.
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David and Christin have a discussion on Scot Mcknight and Laura Barringer's book "A Church Called TOV." They ask the question on how do we as a Church seek to have people first above programs.
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David Harvey and Phil Aud have a discussion on the nature of worship and what good worship is. Worship first and foremost has to do with God and Gods work within us. True God shaped worship is contrary to the narcissistic, ego driven style where it is all about me and my feelings which is so prevalent in our culture.
David Harvey asks the question what matters to us? Are we more concerned with developing a great resume or seeking to have a eulogy that exemplifies goodness. David takes a look at Genesis 4 in which the Cain and Able story forces us to ask the question, "am I my brothers keeper?" According to Jesus we are and we need to establish habits that promote goodness and seek the well being of others.
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David and Tyson kick off our new series working along side Scot McKnights book, "A Church Called TOV." They begin the conversation by discussing how culture is created and nurturing an empathy culture over narcissism.
Tyson speaks on Psalm 127 and the radical call of slow obedience in the same direction. Tyson discusses the tower of Babel from Genesis 11 and how that contrasts God plans in which God must build the house or the builders labor in vain.
David Harvey speak on the importance of Sabbath in a society that forces us to prove ourselves by our effectiveness and ability. Sabbath is rooted in goodness and reminds us that we are human and God is the Lord of the universe. Sabbath is a contemplative guide to safety that helps us avoid the traps of cultures versions of greatness.
David Harvey, with special guest Holly Fortier, discuss racial reconciliation, indigenous peoples and injustice. Don't miss out on an incredible conversation on how God speaks to the terrible injustices of our time in both speaking truth to it but also offering hope.
David begins a new series where he discusses cultures fixation on greatness and how the bible contrasts that with the idea of good. David engages with Genesis 1, in which God sees his creation as good and creates humans to further the goodness of creation. It is only when humans seek greatness at the expense of the other, rather than seeking their goodness, that creation is distorted. We are excited to go on this journey together as we seek to be a Church that is good to each other and our neighbour.
David and Tyson have a conversation summarizing the last few weeks of teaching in our Distorted Echoes series. David and Tyson give some final remarks on our summer read of, N.T. Wright's Broken Signposts, engaging with the topics of: justice, love, spirituality freedom, truth and power.
Join David for our Distorted Echoes series as he works alongside N.T. Wright's Broken Signposts.
Join Tyson as he continues teaching in our Distorted Echoes series discussing truth alongside our summer read of Wright's Broken Signposts.
Join David as we continue engaging with our Distorted Echoes series discussing freedom.
Join Westside's teaching Pastor David Harvey as he teaches on justice, continuing in our Distorted Echoes series.
David teaches again from Romans 12 on what it means to follow Jesus in community not just individualistically.
Teaching Pastor David Harvey teaches from the book of numbers discussing how we can be right yet still be wrong.
David continues on the Share series. As we go back to sharing space with people again and how can we make every effort towards peace.
David starts a new series called Share. David discusses how we integrate ourselves back into daily living as COVID subsides.
David finishes up our series on the Holy Spirit. David engages with 1 Corinthians to help us understand what we are suppose to do with relations to the Holy Spirit.
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David and Tyson continue our conversation for the summer in line with N.T. Wright's Broken Signposts. Join them as they discuss what is love? How do we understand it biblically in a world of transactions? What does it look like for us to become love to the world around us?
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David and Tyson continue our conversation for the summer in line with N.T. Wright's Broken Signposts. Join them as they discuss what is Christian justice? Can you do justice, but still be wrong? How do we actually have an impact?
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David and Tyson kick off a new conversation for the summer in line with N.T. Wright's Broken Signposts. Join them as they introduce the book, and talk about the importance of having the right lens as we view the world and how John's gospel is going to retell stories about the world.
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Tyson gets the privilege to have a conversation with his tattoo artist Tyler Hochalter around his church experience growing up and what led him to walking away from church.
This conversation is incredibly insightful and brings something to reflect on, both for those in a church setting, or those who have walked away.
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We had the privilege of going through Rich's book "The Deeply Formed Life" as a community this past year. This week David focused on Racial Reconciliation. We had the privilege of having Holly Fortier join for the conversation who is a major advocate and voice in working towards reconciliation among Indigenous communities. Join David and Holly for this incredible conversation.
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Holly's Resources from this interview:
One Church, Many Tribes - Richard Twiss: https://www.amazon.com/Church-Many-Tribes-Richard-Twiss/dp/0800797256/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Indigenous Writes - Chelse Vowel: https://www.amazon.ca/Indigenous-Writes-Nations-issues-Canada/dp/1553796802/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=indigenous+writes&qid=1610733162&s=books&sr=1-1
21 Things you may not know about the Indian Act - Bob Joseph: https://www.amazon.ca/Things-Know-About-Indian-Reconciliation/dp/0995266522/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L209WQIHPVDG&dchild=1&keywords=21+things+you+may+not+know+about+the+indian+act&qid=1610733325&s=books&sprefix=21+things%2Cstripbooks%2C222&sr=1-1
A Mother's Voice (Holly's Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3yGEKGCX4&t=13s&ab_channel=STORYHIVE
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We had the privilege of going through Rich's book "The Deeply Formed Life" as a community this past year. Rich was then generous enough to give us some time to talk further about why he wrote the book and his heart behind why he believes this is such an important topic.
Join David and Tyson as they interview Rich.
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We have recently started a teaching series in our Sunday services around how the Holy Spirit works in our lives and the world around us, which leads to a big question. Who is the Holy Spirit? How does He work? Is the Holy Spirit still active today? Or, was it just for Jesus's time? What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit? How do they work?
Join David and Tyson as they wrestle through the scriptures to help us understand "What are the gifts of the Spirt?" and "What are they for?"
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Explore the notion of gifts of the spirit, how these gifts equip us and also equip others to serve God. The notion of skills and abilities are balanced against the idea that our gifts come not from our own effort but from God.
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We have recently started a teaching series in our Sunday services around how the Holy Spirit works in our lives and the world around us, which leads to a big question. Who is the Holy Spirit? How does He work? Is the Holy Spirit still active today? Or, was it just for Jesus's time? What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit? How do they work?
Join David and Tyson as they wrestle through the scriptures to help us understand "What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit"
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Pursuits of personal transformation are generally doomed to fail and yet we keep attempting them. The Holy Spirit in the New Testament functions to rescue us from the quest for transformation by actually transforming us and growing in us the fruits of the spirit. Join David for week 2 of our teaching series on the Holy Spirit.
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We have recently started a teaching series in our Sunday services around how the Holy Spirit works in our lives and the world around us, which leads to a big question. Who is the Holy Spirit? How does He work? Is the Holy Spirit still active today? Or, was it just for Jesus's time?
Join David and Tyson as they wrestle through the scriptures to help us understand "Who is the Holy Spirit?"
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David in week one of our new series talks about the day of Pentecost and how some of the symbol and imagery on that day helps us understand some of what the Holy Spirit does.
Over this past weekend there was a lot of discussion raised around "can women preach?" "Is it biblical?" and many more questions due to a church service ordaining women for the first time in their history.
Join David and Tyson as they wrestle through the biblical narrative around women as leaders, preachers, pastors, elders, or any other leadership position.
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Over the course of the series various questions have been raised as we continue to wrestle what it means for us to think more biblically about the resurrection and how it affets us here and now. Bobby and David work through some of the questions we have been sent throughout the series.
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Have you ever wondered where the rapture is found in scripture? Is it a real idea we should take seriously? What about books and movies like "Left Behind" and "Thief in the Night" that have shaped this idea?
Join David and Tyson as they wrestle through the misunderstandings when it comes to this idea of "Rapture".
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If we pay attention to how the Bible talks about resurrection, then we will see that resurrection is closely linked to ideas of Justice - how does it look to think about justice issues through a sense of resurrection. Will it change our notions of evangelism, salvation, and mission?
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Have you ever wondered what the Bible says about hell? Is it a real place? Do people really go there forever? Is it a big "lake of fire"? These questions and more are wrestled through in today's podcast
Join David and Tyson as the wrestle through what does the Bible say about hell?
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Misreading the trajectory of Christian hope often means that we assume our “aim” is to get away from earth, when the biblical message about resurrection and Christian future is about “on earth as it is in heaven”. A healthy Christian Theology involves looking beyond “what happens when I die” to rather ask “what happens when God restores all things”?
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Have you ever wondered about the historical evidence and accuracy of the Resurrection? Did Jesus really rise from the dead? Wouldn't science suggest that people don't come back to life?
Join David and Tyson as the wrestle through the historical evidence surrounding the resurrection.
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Non-christian ideas of “Heaven and Hell” have influenced Christians to think about these ideas more than Resurrection. We need to explore what is meant by resurrection in the Bible and how it connects to God’s ideas of justice and putting the world right again. Many theologies of “afterlife” don’t conquer death, but rather just side-step it. When Christians have a bad view of “life after death” it makes them worse at living “life before death”.
There is lots of confusion amongst Christians (and the wider world) about what happens after we die. Evidenced in shows like “the good place” and “Upload” we see the common idea of a disembodied “soul” future that is worked out on the basis of merit in a “different” place. This is despite the New Testament offering a clear picture of what God intends for the future in the Empty Tomb. The empty tomb not only gives us a clue about what God intends, but it also shows us that it’s not about going somewhere else, but rather is about what God is going to do, and is doing, here on earth.
David's teaching from our Good Friday service as we continue to discuss the different expectations we find at Easter.
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Have you ever wondered how the cross works? How did Jesus dying actually change things? What about different views like Penal Substitution or Christus Victor? Which is the right view? Is one view the only way to understand the cross? The theology of the cross is one that people have wrestled with hundreds of years. Join David and Tyson as they take a deep dive into the mystery of the cross and what we can learn from it.
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What is Tithing? Does the Bible affirm it? What does Jesus have to say about it? The theology of grace and what is known as "Tithing" are not what Jesus had in mind. Discover in this episode of "Did Jesus Really Mean That" what Jesus means when he reminds us that "this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
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What happens when we have preconceived expectations of how we think things are supposed to work. The big question of the sermon is "Is that actually how Jesus works?"
Can our understanding of grace actually support a theology known as the "Prosperity Gospel". Join David and Tyson as they continue to discuss how Jesus defines wealth for our lives and what it means to "not store up your treasures on earth where moth and rust detroy..."
David explore the difference between Compassion and Numbness as he concludes our Edge of the City teaching series.
How would Jesus define wealth? And how does grace play a part in shaping our mindset around wealth and scarcity? Listen below to find out!
How does the church "seek wholeness" for its city? How do we as individuals do the same?
The role of prophet in the Bible was never an easy one. Perhaps it went something like this: don’t be so involved in city life that you forget what God called you to, but don't be so distant from the city that they forget who you are. Simply put, the art of the prophetic calling was to live at the edge of the city, to perform the delicate balance of being both engaged but different, relevant but challenging.
Do we have enough? How do we change our perspective on what we have and what we can give?
Are we Blessed? The answer to that is obvious, but what if it’s not the question that the Bible wants us to ask?
Tyson McCombs explores how Paul’s understanding of his own identity might guide us in our own search for identity.
The beginning of a new recurring series for WKC. Listen as David gives a brief overview to St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians and why this letter will guide us as we navigate the interesting times in which we live.
David talks with psychologist Geri Fitch about our personal anger and some strategies that might help us.
We live in a world that increasingly seems to be energised by tapping into our rage and dividing us all
The extreme side of anger presents itself to us as outrage - that visceral, blood-pumping desire to ensure that you win and someone else loses.
We bring our series “Doubt” to a conclusion by pointing out what happens when we slow down to pay attention - our loneliness, our uncertainty, our questions might be easier to deal with when we return to familiar space.
In this teaching David is joined by Phil Aud for a conversation about where Jesus meets us in our doubt and uncertainty. Is Jesus with us always, even when we're not sure?
Two disciples walk to an unknown town - how does this help us navigate our uncertainty today?
We step aside from our planned series to discuss how we find Grace and navigate opportunity in a time of crisis.
If you talk about anger around Christians for long enough eventually someone will say that their anger, unlike everybody else’s, is righteous anger. What does that even mean?
The extreme side of anger presents itself to us as outrage - that visceral, blood-pumping desire to ensure that you win and someone else loses.
Our obsession with productivity does more than simply affect how we work, it leaks into our rest and play also.
Jesus once told a parable to teach us that life is not about the stuff we gather. It’s probably fair to say that we’ve been resistant to this lesson.
The biblical story begins with a garden and ends with a city, but what happens in between?
Sometimes we will only accept a cure or a solution. The Bible offers us something called lament.
How does a person make the choice to step away from the familiar, comfortable and secure to follow what they believe God is calling them to?
What do we lose when when we strip the birth of Jesus down to sentimentality or sanitise it to make it more palatable or even tolerable?
Like Joseph at the beginning of the Christmas story, we all live in a world where we engage in impression management.
Why is it that at Christmas, more than other times of the year, Christians seem to increase their pursuit of the “spiritual” over the “materialistic”? We ask this because the tradition of celebrating Christmas is rooted in God become “material”. The incarnation celebrates God-made-flesh and being amongst us.
In this teaching we thought a little bit more about what it looks like to think of church less as something that we come to but as something that we are. Even something that we do.
We return to think again about the church, and the church we might become. Language of vision and mission can often sound pretentious and over-confident. We don’t want to be like that. But we do want to ask an important question. What would we like things to be like in 100 years? What type of world, city, church will our grand children grow old in?
The everyday scene in the ancient world of a potter forming a pot from clay is the scene we focus on as we end this series.
The Hebrew phrase "Shuv Shevut" is deeply embedded in Jeremiah. It could just mean "Return" or it could mean so much more than that.
What’s Jeremiah’s big issue with idols? Why does he think they are worth so much attention?
Why are things the way they are in the world? We want someone to blame, and in Jeremiah we might get an answer, but we might not like it.
We begin this series on Jeremiah asking about how he finds his purpose and identity in life, and how we might do the same.
We all meet Jesus with a story. How he engages with us in that story is always a surprise.
Like the Israelites, we often find ourselves in “Exile”. The state of being in a situation that we don’t want to be in.
We think retrospectively about how our community was imagined in the past and challenge ourselves to continue in the grace journey that we started upon.
We head into our 25th year as a community. What does our journey look like? Where might we be going? Our lead pastor talks about three areas of trust in God for our church.
When we live with unlimited choices it’s easy to become fragmented and broken. But how should we respond when our internal fragmentation becomes sin. And should we even talk about sin anymore?
What do we do with our ambitions? How easy is it for us to develop an attitude to God that is about striving? How often is that striving about control?
Not many of us get through life without praying that things could be different. But what do you do when God isn’t listening?
Following Jesus doesn’t always seem to follow the simple script that our tradition sometimes leads us to expect.