Welcome to Feast with the Father. This podcast is designed to be a tool to help you get to know our heavenly Dad better and provide a way for you to spend time with Him and hear His voice in your life.
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Conversations that speak to the heart, soul and vision of the pastor, with ample time to hear the stories and processing of church leaders. Hosted most often by Jason Ballard, Pastor at The Way Church in Vancouver, BC.
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Coaching For Pastors - Daily Coaching, Encouragement, and Support for Pastors
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The Coaching For Pastors Podcast provides coaching, encouragement, and support to pastors - regardless of gender, denomination, or church size. Until we meet our first over-encouraged pastor, we will produce weekday Quick Hit episodes (Mon-Fri) that are under ten minutes long, and Saturday Weekend Editions, which are closer to an hour, where conversations with guests will challenge and inspire you! Share this podcast with other pastors, unless they're over-encouraged already. Yeah, we didn't ...
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LARRY AND LAURA ENGLAND ASKED GOD A QUESTION: IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A BIBLE STUDY USING NOTHING BUT THE SCRIPTURES OF THE BIBLE? "MEN AS TREES CD MINISTRIES". WE ARE HONORED TO BE CHOSEN FOR THE ...
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"CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT" "MEN AS TREES CD MINISTRIES.ORG"-----"VIDEOS AVAILABLE AT YOU TUBE" "THE STRIVE FOR THE STRAIT GATE" ST. MATTHEW 7:13-20 "ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIT GATE: FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, AND BROAD IS THE WAY, THAT LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION, AND MANY THERE BE WHICH GO IN THEREAT: 14 BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE, AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. 15 BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, WHICH COME TO YOU IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT INWARDLY THEY ARE RAVENI ...
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Introducing The Pastorate: Jason Ballard on the Future of the Canadian Church Leaders Network
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Since its inception over four years ago, the Canadian Church Leaders Network (CCLN) has served thousands of pastors through its podcast, monthly newsletter, cohort-based programs, and pastors retreats and gatherings. This week, Jason Ballard, host of the Canadian Church Leaders Podcast and Executive Director of CCLN sits down with Chris Price to di…
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"THE PREACHING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD"-&-"THE TEACHING OF THE THINGS CONCERNING"-"JESUS CHRIST"-"THAT IS"-"THE PAINS OF"-"LIFE"-&"DEATH"-"LOOSENED"-"BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST"-&-"WHO ARE KEPT ...
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(1 PETER 4:3,6-)(3)FOR TIME PAST OF OUR LIFE MAY SUFFICE US TO HAVE WORKED THE WILL OF THE GENTILES, WHEN WE WALKED IN LASCIVIOUSNESS, LUSTS, EXCESS OF WINE, REVELLINGS, BANQUETINGS, AND ABOMINABLE IDOLATRIES: (6) FOR THIS CAUSE WAS THE GOSPEL PREACHED ALSO TO THEM THAT ARE DEAD,..I WAS LED NOT TO LIST THE DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS PREVIOUSLY DESCRI…
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Special Episode: Keith Taylor on Church Governance (and a quick note on the future of CCLN)
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We've got a special episode for all of you this week. The CCLN Team is working hard on a special project that will be officially announced with the October 7th episode on the podcast, but we didn't want to leave you high and dry this week. In 2022, we had Keith Taylor speak to a group of Pastors as part of our first cohort based program, The Church…
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Father James Mallon on His Return to Local Church Ministry, Embracing the Cost of Renewal, and Turning Our Churches Outwards
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The work of renewal in a church is slow, costly, and long-term. It requires pastors who consistently say, “I can’t do this alone,” and who return to the feet of Jesus, the One making all things new. This week, Father James Mallon, Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in beautiful Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, joins us on the podcast to share his heart …
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Dan Cochrane on His Call to the Pastorate, Growing and Adapting Alongside The Church, and Preaching the Living Word
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As pastors we want to run the race well and finish more in love with Jesus and with His church than when we started. Pastors that have been both fruitful and faithful set a beautiful example for what longevity in ministry can look like. This week, Dan Cochrane, Pastor of CrossRoads Church in Red Deer, Alberta, joins us on the podcast to share insig…
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-"UNTO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT"-"THE KINGDOM OF GOD"-"REMEMBER"-"THE PARABLES OF THE kingdom OF HEAVEN"-&-"THE CHILDREN OF THE kingdom"-"FOR OF SUCH IS THE kingdom OF HEAVEN"-
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CORRECTION:(ST LUKE 8:5) (1 CORINTHIANS 14:20 BRETHERN, BE NOT CHILDREN IN UNDERSTANDING: HOWBEIT IN MALICE BE YE CHILDREN, BUT IN UNDERSTANDING BE MEN.) THIS PODCAST TAUGHT ME ALOT. "THE CHILDREN OF THE kingdom"-THE kingdom OF HEAVEN-GOT CAST OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE "CHILDISH""OFFENSIVE"-&-BECAUSE OF INIQUITY, WHILE BEING "UNSKILLED IN THE WORD OF R…
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Rich Villodas on The Three Phases of Genuine Relationships, Navigating Expectations Put On Pastors, and The Narrow Path
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What does community look like when it’s rooted in love and grounded in the realities of life? How do we grab hold of a vision for biblical unity within our congregations and learn to live in the tensions that come with knowing and loving others well? This week, Rich Villodas, author of The Deeply Formed Life and Pastor of New Life Fellowship, joins…
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Daniel Im on Pastoring In Times of Deep Loss, Becoming the Pastor of a 100+ Year Old Church, and The Four Types of People In Your Church
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The church growth movement of the 20th-century has left a lasting impact on our perception of the Church today. What can we learn from its successes and shortcomings, and how can we move forward in the context of our post-everything society? This week, Daniel Im from Beulah Alliance Church in Edmonton joins us on the podcast for a second time Danie…
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"ACCORDING TO THE ELECTION"-"THE ELECTION OF GRACE"-"THE ELECTION HATH OBTAINED IT"-"THAT IS"-"FAITH"-&-"GRACE"-"THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS"-"UNTO"-"ETERNAL LIFE"--&-"THE REST WERE BLINDED"-
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SOME OF THE MANY TRUE MEANINGS OF "THE GRACE OF GOD TOWARD MANKIND" IS- AN UNDESERVING PARDON-ALSO ONCE TERMED UNMERITED FAVOR-&-OBSERVED AS A COMBINATION OF LOVE AND MERCY-GRACE IS EXPRESSED DURING SITUATIONS-WHERE ANGER WOULD ONLY DESTROY-WHAT THE LOVE AND COMPASSION OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS-HAVE BUILT IN OUR LIVES-GRACE IS SOMETHING WE OWE GOD IN …
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Shaila Visser from Alpha on Leading for Longevity and A New Moment for Evangelism in Canada
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Every leader faces moments when vision dims and passion wavers. How do we sustain a vision for long term leadership and be able to lead with joy in our hearts and conviction in our steps? This week, Shaila Visser from Alpha joins us on the podcast for a second time to share insights from her extensive leadership experience. Shaila shares about: Sus…
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Chrishan Jeyaratnam from Hillsong East Coast
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What is unique about your church that you bring to the broader body of Christ? And, what from the broader body of Christ can you draw from and be strengthened by? Chrishan Jeyaratnam joined us this week from Hillsong East Coast where he and his wife Danielle serve as Lead Pastors. Chrishan shared with us about his family’s move from Perth to New Yo…
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Pete Hughes & Tyler Staton on Contending for the Renewal of your City and Cultivating Deep Rhythms of Prayer
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How can the people of God inhabit our cities - in workplaces, commutes & classrooms in a way that’s coloured by the hope of God’s kingdom breaking in? This week Tyler Staton and Pete Hughes join us on the podcast in a conversation that was originally a part of one of our Emerging Leaders Lab cohort sessions. Tyler and Pete share about: Finding Rhyt…
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"NEVERTHELESS"-"SUCH SHALL HAVE TROUBLE"-"IN THE WORKS OF THE FLESH"-
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GOD IN CHRIST JESUS-OUR LORD-HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH IN THIS PODCAST- FIRST-I AM NOT NATUALLY WERE I AM-BECAUSE OF MY CHOICES-THE COURSE OF MANKIND-NATURALLY-IN THE WORKS OF HIS FLESH-HAVE BEEN CHARTED YEARS AGO-AND PROVEN TO BE CATASTROPIC-THE NATURAL MAN CANNOT RECEIVE THE SPIRITUAL THINGS OF GOD-I MUST DO WHAT IS AGAINST THE NATURAL MAN-AND WHOLL…
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Helen Burns on the Tension Between Production & Authenticity, the Crisis of Pastoral Belonging, and Why Gen Z is Looking For Presence Over Information
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38 years into ministry, Helen Burns speaks of the Church with love in her voice and delight in the work God is doing among His people today. Joining us on the podcast for a second time, Helen is a voice of encouragement as she reflects on what she has learned along the way. From planting Relate Church with her husband John in 1986, to the process o…
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Evan Allnutt on Recapturing Courage, Ministry Internships For Retirees, and Releasing Your Vision For God’s Call
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Letting Jesus shepherd us into renewed courage and contentment when our vision for success has been broken is a wrestle many of us are familiar with. It's a path that our guest this week, Evan Allnutt, has walked at different moments in his vocational journey. Through changing careers from teaching to ministry, taking on a Lead Pastor role at a new…
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John Mark Comer on Spiritual Formation for Today’s World, Recovery After Sundays, and Practices for Deep Friendship
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John Mark Comer joins us again for a conversation on why people in our congregations are gravitating towards spiritual formation right now, and how we can pastor people beyond conversion into deeper healing and sanctification in their walk with Christ. Jason and John Mark talk through what it’s like to pastor today, and how the cultural hostility p…
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"THE DAY OF PENTECOST"-"TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE"-"WHAT IS THE FELLOWSHIP"-OF-"THIS MYSTERY?"-"ARE NOT THESE MEN WHICH SPEAK?"-"GALILEANS?"-"HOW WE HEAR THEM SPEAK?"-"IN THE TONGUES?"-"WHEREIN WE WERE BORN ...
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THE EVENT OF THE TOWER OF BABEL-WAS ONE THAT WOULD CONFUSE THE LANGUAGE OF MANKIND-AND-CAUSE THEM TO SCATTER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD-"THE DAY OF PENTECOST"-"THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD"-WOULD BE A DAY-THAT THE LORD WOULD GATHER TOGETHER ALL MEN OUT OF EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN-SOME BEING JEWS WHO WERE SCATTERED AND BORN WITHIN GENTILE NATIONS-THE RELOC…
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Mark Buchanan on Pastoring Others Without Losing Your Soul, Growing Deep Over Fast, and Telling Gospel-Shaped Stories
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Mark Buchanan sits down with us again to explore everything from how storytelling forms us to our addiction to control. He articulates how narratives help us navigate the truths of life and our identity, emphasizing the significance of weaving hope-filled, gospel-rooted stories into the fabric of our cultural imagination. Throughout our conversatio…
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Tammy Giffen on Neighbourhood Contextualization, Processing When People Leave, and What Helps Canada Feel Smaller
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How do we contextualize our churches to the neighbourhoods God has called us to? And how do you keep your heart healthy when people leave your church? In today’s episode with Tammy Giffen, lead pastor of Groundswell Church in Truro, Nova Scotia, we explore these questions and more from her journey in ministry. Tammy became a Christian through Alpha…
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"FOR ZION SAKE"-"THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THEREOF AS BRIGHTNESS"-AND-"FOR JERUSALEM SAKE"-"THE SALVATION THEREOF AS A LAMP THAT BURNETH"-"FOR THE SAKE OF THE POOR-THE NEEDY-AND-THE AFFLICTED"-"THE LORD WILL JUDGE ...
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THANK YOU GOD-AND-THE FATHER OF OUR LORD-JESUS CHRIST!- BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM-AGAIN-I CAN HEAR JESUS CHRIST-GIVING THE COMMAND-TO START THE TREK FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS-&-SALVATION IN JERUSALEM-&-ZION-&-GAZA-&-BEYOND-&-AGAIN-BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM-TODAY-IN JERUSALEM-IMAGINE BEING THERE TO TEACH THE SALVATION OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL-TO A …
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Nicky Gumbel On His Succession at HTB, a Vision to Train 10,000 Pastors, and the Significance of April 17, 2033
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In this episode, Jason sits down with the pioneer of the Alpha Course and former Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton in London, Nicky Gumbel. Nicky shares about his journey of transitioning leadership at HTB after nearly two decades in the senior role, emphasizing the importance of healthy succession and not taking changes made by new leaders personally…
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Jerry L. Sittser On the Early Church “Third Way”, Re-introducing a Christian Imagination, and Navigating Grief through a Redemptive Lens
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In this episode, Jason had a conversation with Jerry L. Sittser, a retired professor of theology from Whitworth University, renowned for his expertise in Christian spirituality and history. In this conversation, Jerry shares the relevance of early Christian practices in today's world and highlights the importance of the church embracing a new catec…
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"THE MOUNT ZION"-"THE LORD HOLY HILL OF ZION"-"HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH"-"IN THE LORD MOUNTAIN OF HOLINESS"-"THE LORD LOVETH THE GATES OF ZION"-"MORE THAN ALL THE DWELLINGS OF JACOB"
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IMAGINE-AMOS 9:6"IT IS THE LORD THAT BUILDETH HIS STORIES IN THE HEAVENS,"-KNOWING THIS-HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THIS PODCAST BETTER-"THE HOLY HILL OF ZION"-IS WHERE THE LORD DWELLS-IT IS FROM THERE-THAT THE LORD PROVIDES FOR THE LORD OBEDIENT CHILDREN-IT IS ALSO THE PLACE-FROM WHICH THE LORD PROVIDES FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY-PSALMS 113:7-&-PSALMS 132…
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Jonathan Smith On Nurturing Change in Churches with Compassion, Embracing the Vitality of Pruning for Church Growth, and Recognizing the Essential Role of Spiritual Mentors
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Change and the process of pruning are essential yet challenging aspects of personal growth and church life. Jonathan Smith understands this reality deeply, having navigated 30 years of church ministry and leadership. In this engaging conversation with Jason, Jonathan candidly shares his transformative journey, from the bold endeavor of planting a c…
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Jeff Vanderstelt on The Dealing With Criticism, Navigating Toxic Church Culture, The Crisis of Discipleship, and Dallas Willard’s Last Unanswered Question
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Discipleship lies at the heart of the Christian journey, yet it often becomes compartmentalized within separate ministries or aspects of the Christian faith. Jeff Vanderstelt, with years of experience leading others in the way of Jesus and equipping the broader church through his writings, is now dedicated to mentoring pastors and leaders in gospel…
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Durwin and Angel Gray on Being Called to a Place and Community, Navigating Imposter Syndrome, and Parenting as the Primary Avenue of Discipleship
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In this episode, Jason had the privilege of sitting down and having a conversation with his very first pastors—Angel and Durwin Gray, who played a crucial role in shaping his pastoral imagination during his formative years. Angel and Durwin have been serving as pastors at Hillside Church for 25 years, and they generously shared with us the joys, ch…
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"UNTO THE GENTILE"-"UNTO THE HEATHEN"-&-"UNTO THE LOST AND SCATTERED SHEEP"-"OF THE HOUSE OF JACOB"-"HOW WILL THE LORD DELIVER ISRAEL"
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CORRECTIONS: ISAIAH 14:26 "STRETCHED"-(EZEKIEL 39:21,7) THE GOD IN CHRIST JESUS-OUR LORD -THE GOD WE SERVE-IS AMAZING!-GOD IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD-ALLOWED A SERIES OF EVENTS-THAT HAPPENED IN ISRAEL (THE MIDDLE-EAST)-SOME YEARS AGO-GOD IN CHRIST JESUS ALLOWED THESE SERIES OF EVENTS TO CAPTURE TIME(PAST-PRESENT-&-FUTURE) AND WITH ALL EXPLANATIONS-TO…
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Special Episode: Elita Friesen on Abiding in Jesus, The Fruitfulness of Rocky Soil, and Recognizing the Work of the Vinedresser
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This past year we gathered for a one day conference with pastors and leaders from across North America, collaborating with our friends at Practicing The Way. Together, we engaged in meaningful discussions on spiritual formation within the context of the local church. This full day gathering consisted of teaching and dialogue from John Mark Comer, K…
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Send us a text In this episode, we continue our focus on the Christmas season by listening to the traditional Christmas song 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel', as performed by For King & Country. After this, we spend some time reflecting on any words or phrases that stood out to you in the song, allowing the Father to speak to you in that time. CONNECT: Fa…
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