Welcome to the St. Paul's Leaskdale Church audio podcast. These 25-30 minute messages are intended to help you grow in your relationship with God and others. Whether church is new to you or not, our hope is that you will experience a life that is fully alive! Check us out at www.saintpauls.ca
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How Not To Talk To Your Friends About Jesus | John 21 (Dr. David Mensah)
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John 21 finds the disciples back at their old tricks! Back home and fishing. After witnessing the greatest event in history, the resurrection of Jesus, they were unsure of what to do next. So, they returned home and resumed fishing, their old profession. But surprisingly, despite being experienced fishermen, they got skunked—zero fish in the boat. …
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How Not To Talk To Your Friends About Jesus | Jonah 3 - What Is Repentance? (Andrew Allison)
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Jonah, the reluctant evangelist, gets a second chance! He heads to Nineveh, the wicked city, to proclaim God’s judgment: “Forty days and Nineveh will be overturned!” To everyone’s amazement, the people of Nineveh didn’t harm Jonah but instead humbled themselves and repented. And God, in His mercy, turned away from His fierce anger. What an incredib…
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How Not To Talk To Your Friends About Jesus | Jonah 2 - What Does God Want? (Andrew Allison)
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What do you do when you’re between a rock and a hard place? Jonah the prophet, did what most of us do—he prayed. Even though he was running from God and was prepared to die rather than obey what God had called him to do, when push came to shove, Jonah prayed. Prayer is a powerful thing to do when you want and need your life to change.…
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How Not To Talk To Your Friends About Jesus | Jonah 1 - Can You Outrun Grace? (Lynnita Weber)
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Jonah is an example of how not to take the good news of Jesus to people. His actions, heart, and focus were all wrong. But God won’t give up on this failed prophet—he goes after him in love.
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How Not to Talk To Your Friends About Jesus | Isaiah 11:1-5 - Following Jesus (Jonathan Murray)
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How can we share the wonderful news of Jesus and all He has done for us? What power, perspective and pattern should we follow? Evangelism isn't about following a strict formula; it's about following Jesus. Let's stop viewing evangelism as that scary thing that we relegate to our "outgoing" Christian friends and recognize it as our opportunity to jo…
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Temptation Pt. 3 | Matthew 4:1-11 - What's Wrong With Shortcuts? (Lynnita Weber)
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Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness happened at the hands of an enemy who wanted to derail him … and who now wants to destroy us. We need to be aware of this enemy’s presence, stay alert to his methods, and learn how to avoid them.
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Temptation Pt. 2 | Matthew 4:1-11 - Is God Testing Me? (Andrew Allison)
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We’re halfway through our study of Jesus’ three temptations. One aspect that often goes unnoticed about this event is His incredible restraint. Such humility! In a situation that might suggest a dramatic "clash of the Titans" with lightning bolts and grandiose speeches, Jesus' response to Satan’s second temptation is remarkably succinct—just one li…
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Temptation Pt.1 | Matthew 4:1-11 - How Do I Combat The Devil? (Andrew Allison)
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Temptation is unavoidable. To be human is to be tempted. Jesus was tempted, which is reassuring. For the next three weeks, we’re looking at the story of Jesus's temptation. It is always interesting to notice which temptations the devil uses to try to hook different people. This Sunday, we look at the devil’s attempt to get Jesus to turn stones into…
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Bring Your Best | Revelation 5:1-14 - What Is Heaven Like? (Andrew Allison)
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Worship means more than singing but never less. The last book of the Bible, Revelation, reveals scenes in heaven filled with lots of singing! While Revelation isn’t all about singing and dancing, the creatures of heaven and earth sing because Jesus is King, and everything will be made well. It's clear that we are meant to worship and sing even when…
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Bring Your Best | Acts 2:36-47 - What Is Church Supposed To Look Like? (Andrew Allison)
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Acts 2 reminds us that while we can and do worship alone, the best worship happens when we’re together! The Bible offers no picture of the day when heaven comes to earth when we’ll be off on our own as individuals! We’ll stand, kneel, and bow with the millions who have called Jesus LORD. The church got off to such a start; 3,000 people were stirred…
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Bring Your Best | 2 Sam. 6:11-23 - When God Shows Up (Andrew Allison)
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The Bible is often the story of how humans get things wrong. Thankfully, there are exceptions! David dancing before the ark of God is the story of the day—humans (mostly) got it right. This is a bright picture of worship. Worship is when God is honoured, and people come alive.
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Bring Your Best | Exodus 15:18-21 (Andrew Allison)
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The world misses out on so much worship! God does amazing things daily, yet we often shrug our shoulders, thank our ‘lucky stars,’ and keep our foot on the pedal. Not Miriam! Miriam understands that worship happens when people notice what God has done, find words (and tambourines), and get up and dance in celebration of God’s good gifts.…
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Bring Your Best | Genesis 4:1-16 (Lynnita Weber)
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Is worship an optional activity for religious people? Why does worship matter? The truth is that we all worship—it’s just a question of who or what we worship. The story of Cain and Abel shows us that who we worship forms our hearts, guides our actions, and determines our lives. Worship really matters!…
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Transformed By Grace | Ephesians 2:1-10 (Ryan Lamoureux)
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Paul's letter to the Ephesian church reminds them of how we are made alive in Christ, transformed by His grace into a new creation. We are able to live life with a new purpose and identity as a masterpiece of God's design. Outdoor Christian Educator and guest speaker Ryan Lamoureux will use the monarch butterfly from God's creation to illustrate th…
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Included | Romans 16:1-16 - The List (Andrew Allison)
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Paul finishes his letter to the church in Rome with a list, not exactly best-seller material. His aim wasn't literary acclaim, although his work became influential; instead, he was interested in fostering and fortifying connections. Reflecting on Paul's list may have you thinking about your own list: the people God has used in your life to bring yo…
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Included | Romans 15:1-13 - Unlikely Friends (Andrew Allison)
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Paul never recovered from God including the Gentiles in the salvation invitation. Like some of us, perhaps, he felt like some people should be excluded by virtue of where they were born or how badly they have behaved. More than included, Paul instructs that former ‘outsiders’ should be treated as precious insiders, treated even better than we would…
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Included | Romans 14:7-13 - Cheering For Each Other (Andrew Allison)
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Human beings need reminders about how to get along, and Christians are no exception. We especially need reminders about how to love each other while we disagree. Paul draws the believers' hearts and minds back to what Jesus has done, and that paves the way for loving each other well through conflict.…
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Included | Romans 13:8-14 - Love Others; Reject Darkness (Lynnita Weber)
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How do we live with Jesus in a society that opposes him? Paul tells us to wake up to our resurrection hope. When we do that, loving others and rejecting sin in our own lives makes sense.
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Included | Romans 12 - His Body, Our Body (Andrew Allison)
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Romans 12 is the description of what happens when God’s mercy overflows in a church’s life. Lifelong attitudes change, love becomes genuine, mocking enemies are not met with equal and opposite force but, quite the opposite, with peace and gentleness. Be praying even now for how God will speak uniquely to your small group.…
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Included | Romans 11:25-36 - Israel And Us (Andrew Allison)
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All along, we’ve been saying that God’s heart is to see us INCLUDED. That’s why Jesus came, and that’s the subject of Paul’s letter to the Romans. At times, Christians forget God’s radical inclusion of them and go back to the old patterns of competing and comparing. Sadly, that was happening in the Roman Church. Paul has one powerful dose for that …
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Easter | Do Not Be Afraid - Matt. 28:1-19 (Lynnita Weber)
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The resurrection changed everything! The story includes an invitation, a blessing, and a commission for the first witnesses … and for us today.
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Included | Romans 10:8-15 - Included Together (Andrew Allison)
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I love it when people have the gift of communicating clearly. Paul, following Moses in the second half of Deuteronomy 30, does exactly that: communicates clearly. Here’s what it means to become and be a Christian: it means believing the Resurrection and not keeping that good news to yourself! Clear, but not easy! This is something you’ll do for the…
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Included | Romans 9 - By God's Choice (Andrew Allison)
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The word “predestination” tends to get the hair on the back of people’s necks standing on end! Nobody likes the idea of God choosing who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out’. Paul doesn’t really mean to tackle that question in this passage but he does intend to talk about what God’s plan is for humanity and how we are included in carrying that plan.…
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Included | Romans 8:18-39 - Included in Suffering (Lynnita Weber)
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The world is broken and in pain, and so are we. All of us suffer, including (maybe especially) followers of Jesus. But Jesus gives us resources for walking through suffering: a perspective shaped by hope, prayer to process pain and grief, and the promise of his forever, unlimited love.
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Included | Romans 8:1-17 - Children of God (Andrew Allison)
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One of the struggles with Christianity is knowing how it really works. We can feel shame because we do something wrong or we're not doing enough. We re-dedicate ourselves hoping the next time is a charm. Or we think the point of life is to ‘go to heaven and take as many people with us as possible’. Is that what Jesus intended? How can we know what …
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Included | Romans 7:14-25 - Following The Rules (Lynnita Weber)
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Paul is really getting to the heart of the matter! Many of us who read the Old Testament come away scratching our heads. Why didn’t these people, God’s Chosen People, do what they were told? Why are the early Scriptures so full of failure and frustration? They had everything going for them. God was on their side, yet they experienced failure after …
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Included | Romans 5:1-11 - Poured His Love (Andrew Allison)
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One of the modern struggles for those who trust Jesus is what to do with suffering? How can a loving God allow suffering? That question did not trouble Paul in the least. He knew that suffering, at least for now, is a universal human experience. The real question for Paul was: How does the cross of Christ redeem suffering? He dives into that, and, …
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Included | Romans 4:18-25 - Against All Hope (Andrew Allison)
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What does it mean, and what does it look like to ’trust God’? It’s one thing to talk about theories or doctrine; it’s another to actually do it! Enter Abraham and Sarah, two people staring down the barrel of a hopeless situation. Faith may not look like what you think.
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Included | Romans 3:21-31 - Included By Faith (Lynnita Weber)
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We have a problem: sin. It has us trapped. But God has an amazing solution! By grace, he justifies us, giving us what we could never earn. The good news of Jesus is that by faith, we are included in God’s rescue.
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Included | Romans 1:18-2:1 - Dark Minds, Dark Lives (Andrew Allison)
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Paul explains the Christian faith by pointing out our sin and God’s wrath, not your typical pitch for someone trying to make a sale! Thankfully, Paul isn’t trying to make a sale; he’s playing for keeps and knows there’s only one right way to do that: “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” With much restraint, Paul gives a sum…
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Included | Romans 1:1-17 (Andrew Allison)
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Paul wrote to the small church in Rome even though he’d never met them. They were one church he hadn’t planted. In some ways the letter is him making friends. Good friends make us feel included; they let us know that we belong. It wasn’t something that Paul did that included the believers in Rome; it was what Jesus had done and was doing in them th…
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Guess Who's Coming to Christmas | Matt. 2:13-18 - Herod (Andrew allison)
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The Christmas Story ends with a downer. Dead babies. Few of us know the story, and fewer of us talk about Herod’s killing of the innocents. The message is clear, though: Jesus is on a mission in a world that really knows how to hurt each other. There’s no candy-coated church person experience; we face all the same rotten stuff along with the world.…
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Guess Who's Coming to Christmas | Luke 2:1-18 - Shepherds (Lynnita Weber)
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The staggering Christian claim is that God became one of us, stooping so low as to be born and, more, born to a poor young woman. It all seems so “un-glorious”. How else could he fully enter our troubles and struggles? He gets us; better than that, he came to set everything right. Merry Christmas, indeed.…
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Guess Whos Coming to Christmas | Matthew 2:1-12 - Magi (Andrew Allison)
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Magi, or "the Wisemen” as they’ve come to be known, were invited to the first Christmas. They didn’t get an angel invitation like Mary and Joseph. They were studying and thinking and God was stirring their hearts as they studied. Scholars from far away sounds very mystical to us but the people of Israel weren’t that excited about ‘people from far a…
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Guess Who's Coming to Christmas | Matthew 1:1-17 - Women of Note (Lynnita Weber)
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Matthew introduces Jesus with a genealogy. At first glance, the long list of names seems unrelated to the good news of Jesus. But the people highlighted in this family tree show us that Jesus loves everyone. And that everyone needs Jesus.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Joseph (Andrew Allison)
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The Bible doesn’t make a huge deal about Jesus’ birth. Mark skips the story all together, John goes poetic and Luke and Matthew tell very different (though not conflicting) stories. One of the interesting pieces is who got invited to the birth of Jesus. It’s a curious short list. This week we begin with Joseph, the man who played the role of Jesus’…
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Good News | Acts 28:30-31 - Unhindered (Andrew Allison)
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Throughout the Bible, God has consistently called his people to be wholehearted and single-minded. At St. Paul’s, we talk about being all-in. The image is of pushing all the poker chips to the middle of the table as if to say, “We’ve found something in Jesus, and we’re betting our whole lives on him!” All in! From time to time, we have to ask ourse…
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Good News | Acts 28:23-31 - With All Boldness (Lynnita Weber)
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Paul is in chains, but he is still sharing his faith. He creates opportunities to share his faith, takes time for conversations, and is clear about a person's choice for or against Jesus. Then, the story ends abruptly with a single word of hope: unhindered.
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Good News | Acts 22:1-22 - Tell Your Story (Andrew Allison)
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The book of Acts tells us Paul’s testimony three times, which seems a little overcooked! As you read each one, you’ll see that while Paul doesn’t change facts, he does choose to emphasize certain parts of his story depending on who is in the audience. All Christians have a testimony; hearing Paul tell his helps us find words to explain what our LOR…
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Good News | Acts 17:16-34 - Speak Their Language (Andrew Allison)
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A fish out of water is a term we use to describe someone in unfamiliar and uncomfortable surroundings. That’s Paul in Athens. Paul was a Jewish scholar proficient in the Bible and monotheism. Athens was an idol and temple smorgasbord! In this passage, Paul has to figure out how to explain Jesus to a group of people who have never heard of Him befor…
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Good News | Acts 16:22-34 - Songs In The Night (Lynnita Weber)
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Beaten and thrown in prison, Paul and Silas share their faith. They stay close to Jesus, love like Jesus, and are ready to talk about Jesus when the opportunity comes.
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Good News | Acts 13:4-12 - Against The Darkness (Andrew Allison)
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We’ve heard great stories of the Holy Spirit at work in exceptional ways. The church in Antioch felt the Spirit prompt them to do something intentional and put a plan together. The plan was to send out two of their number to let the wider world know of the good news of Jesus. Planning is important but executing the plan is at least as important. Ha…
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Good News | Acts 10:19-48 - The One You Least Expect (Andrew Allison)
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God was blowing Peter’s mind! Not only was lobster, shrimp, and bacon now ‘on the table’ for Jewish Christians, but Gentiles (non-Jewish persons) were also welcome to become Christians. Until this point, there had only been Jewish believers. The Holy Spirit made Peter re-process the message of Jesus and how He is for all people, every tribe, and ev…
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Good News | Acts 9:10-20 - Your Worst Enemy (Andrew Allison)
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Paul is Enemy Number One for the early church. One translation reads: “Saul was a wild man, going everywhere to devastate the believers, even entering private homes and dragging out men and women alike…” On his way to Damascus to wreak more devastation, Jesus met him. Jesus has a unique way of dealing with enemies. In our story, Jesus invites one o…
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Good News | Acts 7:39-60 - At Whatever Cost (Andrew Allison)
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As more and more people trusted Jesus, the religious authorities grew increasingly uncomfortable. They had been the ones who forced the Romans to crucify Jesus. The Christians didn’t want to punish the religious authorities but rather called them to repent. They weren’t keen to oblige. A young man named Stephen caught their attention, and when he a…
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Good News | Acts 4:1-22 - Even With His Enemies (Andrew Allison)
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You would think that people with good news would only be celebrated and loved! “The ice cream truck is coming down the street!” “The burgers are ready!” “The Jays won!”. Christians have the best news to share, but it isn’t always celebrated, and we aren’t always loved. In today’s passage, Peter and John have to face the authorities who are pretty k…
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Good News | Acts 2:14-41 - With His Power (Andrew Allison)
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Every person has a story. Humanity has a story, too, and it is best and most accurately recorded in the Bible. When Peter got the chance to share the good news, he used his people’s story to point to Jesus and call them into a healed and life-giving relationship with the God they thought they knew.
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Good News | Acts 8:26-40 - Wherever He Leads (Andrew Allison)
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Wrongly, some people believe that sharing your faith (evangelism) is what only gifted (or interested) Christians do. Not true. It’s basic to being a Christian. Along with ‘loving one another’, ‘go and make disciples’ is a one-two punch of being a Christian. We’re all still learning how to share our faith. Today, we start a series that tells stories…
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Proverbs 27:1-10 | Who Are Your Friends (Andrew Allison)
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Friends and family have always been powerful forces for a person who wants to grow wiser. Sadly, friends and family can also be powerful in the disintegration of a life too. How do you know who to lean into and who to lean away from? What kind of friends have you put around yourself? What kind of friend are you?…
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Proverbs 12:13-25 | Sticks and Stones (Lynnita Weber)
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Our words are powerful! Our words can heal or wound, build up or tear down, bring life or carry death. That’s why Proverbs takes so much time to teach us how to use our words well. Good, life-giving words are honest, kind, fitting … and few.
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