Trinity Heights is a church in Morningside Heights, NYC, thoughtfully exploring how the Christian narrative centered on the person of Jesus can be compelling for life today.
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Welcome to the 5 Points Church Planting Podcast where three church planters hope to make at least one good point. In each 30-minute episode (give or take), our goal is to discuss the ins and outs of church planting from a Reformed (as well as Presbyterian - we are PCA ministers after all) perspective. We also want to hear from some insightful voices concerning church multiplication. Our desire for this podcast is to be helpful, encouraging, stimulating and above all else glorifying to God. M ...
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Trinity Church of the Nazarene is a multicultural, multigenerational, Christian church that meets in the communities of Monterey Park and Rowland Heights, California. We are committed to leading people on a life changing journey to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Enjoy our podcast and feel free to visit us at https://onetrinitychurch.org.
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The final installment and summary of our 6-part series in 1 Corinthians titled, "You Are a People." Follow us on socials! Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok: @trinityheightschurch #trinityheights #nycchurch #nycfaith #nyccommunity #nycgospel #churchinnyc #nycchristian #nycbelievers #nycworship #nycinspiration #newyorkcity #nyc…
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S04.E06. Church Planting in Crisis – an interview with Dr. Guy Richard
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In the fifth part of our series we looked at the famous love passage: 1 Corinthians 13. This passage has been used so often at wedding after wedding that it is difficult not to think of it as mushy sentimentalism that comes part and parcel with wedding cake and toasts to the bride and groom and confetti. For this reason New Testament scholar Richar…
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S04.E05. What is a Presbyterian... and is it contagious?
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S04.E04. How to Support Church Planters – An Interview with Dr. Hunter Bailey (EPC)
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S04.E03. Making the Dream Work – Planting Churches with a Team
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In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul explores community and unity while addressing the issue of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church. The Bible celebrates sex as good, sacred, and beautiful - not something to be approached with guilt, shame, or prudishness. The Christian view of sex needs to be centered on joy and delight, not scandalized by human sexual…
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At first glance, it appears as though the divisions in the Corinthians church were over very different and unconnected issues. After all, what have class divisions, the exercise of spiritual gifts, and eating meat sacrificed to idols got to do with each other? But Paul is able to see the connections beneath the surface and he frames them together w…
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Guest Spotlight: Let the Little Children Come - Steve Gumaer
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Guest and friend of Trinity Heights, Steve Gumaer, delivers a reflection on Matthew 19.By Trinity Heights Church
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Paul refers to the Corinthians as ‘Saints’ or ‘sanctified’, terms implying they are ‘set apart’ for a unique purpose. But what does it mean to be set apart? The Met Gala’s theme last Monday was inspired by J.G. Ballard's 1962 short story, "The Garden of Time." This tale features Count Axel and his wife, who live in a grand villa with a garden of my…
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Paul gets bad news from Corinth… his friends are at each other's throats. Disputes have broken out all over the place over multiple issues. Paul says he is coming to visit them and that he 'does not want to see them only in passing’ (1 Cor 16:7) In other words, when he gets there he is going to have to stay a while to sort all of this out. Paul wri…
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In our final part of our series "The Trinity as Community", we read Matthew 28:19: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” We often focus on the action—going, making disciples, baptizing. But sometimes, it feels like a religious assembly line, missing the rela…
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In part 2 of our 3 part series on the Trinity as Community, we explored how Trinitarian ideas intersect with contemporary discussions in art and science. We proposed that God as the Trinity is the foundation of our reality. This might seem to contradict contemporary scientific understandings, which focus on string theory, quantum fields, and the Bi…
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S04.E01. Déjà vu all over again - Planting A Second Time
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Oftentimes, Christians and Skeptics alike view the concept of the Trinity as a kind of Christian mythology, a strange part of the story, off to the side, mysterious and nebulous. And, as a result we struggle to understand just how fundamental and essential Trinitarian Theology has been throughout the ages with many early Christians and theologians …
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In this episode, Chris Lawrence delivers our reflection. A week after Easter, we see Doubting Thomas standing alone, out of sync with the rest of his friends, unable to bring himself to believe, unable to match the energy of their ecstatic belief. Yet, we see that he was not ostracized. Thomas wasn’t left behind to figure things out for himself. In…
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On Easter Sunday we celebrated the miracle of Christ’s resurrection and explored the implications of his crucifixion and return from the grave, often misunderstood to be the way that we might go to heaven when we die and leave this world behind, a world destined to end. Stephen stated that, “it may come as a relief to some of you to know that while…
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Like us during an election cycle when hopes ride high that if we can get the right person elected they will make the world a better place, the crowds had high hopes for Jesus when he entered Jerusalem. They hoped that King Jesus would banish the Romans who taxed them into poverty and executed them when they complained. The Pharisees offered a solut…
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Luke chapter 9 and uses the phrase, “He set his face towards Jerusalem.” Luke is referring here to Jesus and his resolute focus on the holy city with the direction of Luke’s gospel hinging on these words. Once Jesus turns his face towards Jerusalem, everything that follows falls in the shadow of this idea. The city of Jerusalem in Jesus’ day was ma…
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When Jesus is warned that Herod wants to kill him, he says, ‘Oh Jerusalem Jerusalem you who stone the prophets and kill those sent to you.’ Jesus recognizes that Herod is the most recent iteration of a long history of Israel’s leaders defending themselves from people like him in order to maintain the status quo. Matthew’s gospel tells us that Herod…
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The prophet’s ability to predict events decades if not centuries into the future can seem mysterious and appear as if they have psychic powers or a crystal ball. But when we read Jesus’ words closely - and the words of other prophetic voices - we discover that Jesus and other prophets understood how their time and place was really functioning - reg…
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During a TV interview, British comedian and outspoken atheist, Stephen Fry, was asked, “What would you do if you died and found out God existed?” Fry responded that he would walk up to God and say, "Bone cancer in children. What’s that about? How dare you create a world where there is so much misery that is not our fault. It’s evil. Why should I re…
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The prophet Jeremiah witnessed the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple at the hands of Babylon. Even after being allowed to remain with his people in Judah instead of being taken to Babylon, he had to flee to Egypt where he eventually died, never having returned home. A tragic sequence of events for a prophet of Israel who und…
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We are inundated by messages that say that “hopeful” or promising language is too much, too idealistic for this world. The prevailing wisdom tells us repeatedly, this world is a violent world that needs violent solutions. We are confronted by the “facts” and we clam up. “Hope... is an absurdity too embarrassing to speak about, for it flies in the f…
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We often get the impression that the prophet operated as a lone voice over and against the rest of society. This idea is reinforced when we flick through the prophetic books of the bible and find that they are all named after particular prophets: Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jeremiah etc. Certainly, there were times when the prophets felt alone. Rememb…
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This episode contrasts the imperial imagination with the prophetic imagination. The imperial imagination tells us that this is the way things are, this is the way things have always been and this is the way things are always going to be. In other words, the imperial imagination is very good at perpetuating the myth of its own eternity. On the other…
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The history of Biblical prophetic tradition has everything to do with the relationship between the prophet and the Creator God for whom the prophet functions as a mouthpiece. Continued to this day, it’s a tradition that has been fostered by communities throughout history from generation to generation. Freidrich Nietzsche felt that abstract ideas we…
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In this enlightening podcast episode, Pastor Stephen Cheung delves deep into the profound mysteries of the doctrine of the Trinity, drawing from the Gospel of John and the Athanasian Creed. Through a careful examination of scripture and historical context, he explores the intricate nature of the Triune God and its significance in Christian theology…
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On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Stephen delves into an encounter between the Apostle Paul and a group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in Athens, as recounted in the book of Acts. Paul's preaching about Jesus and the resurrection intrigued some but left others skeptical. However, Paul seized the opportunity to share the message of the resurrection…
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What does it mean to be human? Amidst our daily routines and societal discussions on rights, the notion of humanity remains elusive and complex. Drawing from existentialist perspectives and cultural observations, Pastor Stephen navigates through the intricacies of defining humanity in a world that demands its rights fervently. Through a journey spa…
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S03.E08. A Life of Church Planting - A Conversation with Paul Hahn
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S03.E07. Planting and Grace-Shaped Parenting with James Dickson
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S03.E06. Smoke Machines and Skinny Jeans - A Five Points Talk on Worship
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S03.E05. The Great Dechurching - An Interview with Jim Davis
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S03.E04. How to Develop Leaders in Your Church Plant
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S03.E03. New England Church Planting with Troy Albee
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S03. E02. [PART TWO] Practical Marriage Advice with Dr. John Kwasny
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S03.E02. A Spiritually Healthy Marriage with Dr. John Kwasny
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S03.E01. Networking- The Church Planting Pyramid Scheme
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[Re-release] Revitalization vs Planting with Dr. Harry Reeder
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A Message from RTS from Chancellor Dr. Ligon Duncan
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The Westminster Confession and Church Planting: an interview with Dr. Ligon Duncan
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Today on the pod, we talk with Dr. Ligon Duncan about what the Westminster Confession of Faith, a document written in ENgland in the 1600s, has to do with planting and leading churches in the modern world. Reach us with comments of questions on Twitter or Facebook or Email at ReformedPlanting@gmail.com…
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The Future of Church Planting in the PCA with Irwyn Ince, Murray Lee, and Chris Vogel (Part 2)
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The Future of Church Planting in the PCA with Irwyn Ince, Murray Lee, and Chris Vogel (Part 1)
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Essentials of Church Planting: Location, Location, Location
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The Unwavering Pastor: A Conversation with Jonathan Dodson
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12.11 [Sermon] To rescue us from the "lullaby effect" that comes from overfamiliarity with the Christmas gospel narratives, Eric contrasts Jesus with his contemporary and attempted assassin, Herod the Great. The latter's excessive wealth, paranoia, and brutality leads us to especially welcome Jesus as the Prince of Peace. This Advent series explore…
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12.4 [Sermon] You've probably heard, "Glory to God in the highest," especially around Christmastime. Why do we pursue fleeting glory--fame, beauty, and bliss? How would our lives be transformed by pursuing the everlasting glory of God? This Advent series explores the vast implications of the birth of Christ and the resounding love, joy and peace im…
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