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    <title>Newmarket Alliance Sermon Podcast</title>
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      <title>You've Got a Friend | Soul Music - Part 2</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yes, the Bible says we are CHILDREN of God in the household of faith.  It is even accurate to say we are SERVANTS of God - we’ve been bought through the very blood of Christ.  Of course, we are DISCIPLES of God, following in the model of Jesus Himself.  We’re called heirs, workers, ambassadors, priests, temples, and even soldiers, among others.<br/><br/>The one thing I am called that shocks me the most (and blesses me beyond my comprehension) is being called a FRIEND of God.  Can you even get your head around that extraordinary privilege?<br/><br/>Psalm 25 is one of the places where we are invited to be called “Friend of God”. <br/>]]></description>
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      <title>"Can I Pray Like That?" | Soul Music - Part 1</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What do you do with your terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad days, the ones where you're not just hurting, but honestly frustrated with God? In this message from the Soul Music series, we look at Psalm 88, the Bible's rawest, darkest prayer, and discover that lament, praying with brutal honesty about our pain, is not only allowed; it's one of the most common types of prayer in Scripture.<br/>]]></description>
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      <title>What Baptism is Actually About</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's Baptism Sunday, and today we pause to reflect on what baptism actually means, and why it matters. Like communion, baptism is more than a ritual or a tradition. It's a living, tangible picture of a deeper spiritual reality: an old life left behind, and a new one begun in Christ. If you've ever wondered why Christians make such a big deal out of getting dunked in water in front of a crowd, this one's for you.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's Baptism Sunday, and today we pause to reflect on what baptism actually means, and why it matters. Like communion, baptism is more than a ritual or a tradition. It's a living, tangible picture of a deeper spiritual reality: an old life left behind, and a new one begun in Christ. If you've ever wondered why Christians make such a big deal out of getting dunked in water in front of a crowd, this one's for you.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 10: "We Are Better Together"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In this final message (and everyone said “amen” to that) of this “Relational Repair” series, we circle back to this idea of trying to do Christianity without other Christians… of trying to access all the spiritual benefits of a relationship with God without a relationship with His people; His BODY!<br/><br/>I’ll concede that doing life as independently and autonomously as you can might be easier a lot of the time, and this era of A.I. and internet has perpetuated that, but could we be missing out on one of the most significant gifts by keeping God’s people at a safe distance?<br/><br/>There is risk… there is vulnerability AND there is spiritual blessing awaiting those who lean into the fact that we are better together<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this final message (and everyone said “amen” to that) of this “Relational Repair” series, we circle back to this idea of trying to do Christianity without other Christians… of trying to access all the spiritual benefits of a relationship with God without a relationship with His people; His BODY!<br/><br/>I’ll concede that doing life as independently and autonomously as you can might be easier a lot of the time, and this era of A.I. and internet has perpetuated that, but could we be missing out on one of the most significant gifts by keeping God’s people at a safe distance?<br/><br/>There is risk… there is vulnerability AND there is spiritual blessing awaiting those who lean into the fact that we are better together<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this final message (and everyone said “amen” to that) of this “Relational Repair” series, we circle back to this idea of trying to do Christianity without other Christians… of trying to access all the spiritual benefits of a relationship with God without a relationship with His people; His BODY!<br/><br/>I’ll concede that doing life as independently and autonomously as you can might be easier a lot of the time, and this era of A.I. and internet has perpetuated that, but could we be missing out on one of the most significant gifts by keeping God’s people at a safe distance?<br/><br/>There is risk… there is vulnerability AND there is spiritual blessing awaiting those who lean into the fact that we are better together<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 9: "One Practical Step"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What if the single most important change you could make in your relationships isn’t a new rule or a list of dos and don’ts, but an intentional mindset you choose each day?<br/><br/>How would your marriage, friendships, workplace, or family look if you stepped back from scorekeeping and practiced one simple, countercultural move, especially when it felt difficult?<br/><br/>Can a small shift in how we respond actually heal long-standing wounds and model a different way of living together?<br/><br/>Join us as we explore just ONE practical step for relational repair and invite you to try one quiet experiment this week.<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What if the single most important change you could make in your relationships isn’t a new rule or a list of dos and don’ts, but an intentional mindset you choose each day?<br/><br/>How would your marriage, friendships, workplace, or family look if you stepped back from scorekeeping and practiced one simple, countercultural move, especially when it felt difficult?<br/><br/>Can a small shift in how we respond actually heal long-standing wounds and model a different way of living together?<br/><br/>Join us as we explore just ONE practical step for relational repair and invite you to try one quiet experiment this week.<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if the single most important change you could make in your relationships isn’t a new rule or a list of dos and don’ts, but an intentional mindset you choose each day?<br/><br/>How would your marriage, friendships, workplace, or family look if you stepped back from scorekeeping and practiced one simple, countercultural move, especially when it felt difficult?<br/><br/>Can a small shift in how we respond actually heal long-standing wounds and model a different way of living together?<br/><br/>Join us as we explore just ONE practical step for relational repair and invite you to try one quiet experiment this week.<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 8: "Got Fights ?"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Who decided that taking the last slice of pizza counts as a moral failing?<br/><br/>Can prayer double as a passive-aggressive announcement to your spouse?<br/><br/>Sunday we’ll ask awkward questions, smile at our own hypocrisy, and maybe stumble onto a clue or two about why we bicker.<br/><br/>The Bible has some answers. I’m a little worried you might not like the answers though. It requires some serious self-reflection more than it requires you “fixing” the other person.<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Who decided that taking the last slice of pizza counts as a moral failing?<br/><br/>Can prayer double as a passive-aggressive announcement to your spouse?<br/><br/>Sunday we’ll ask awkward questions, smile at our own hypocrisy, and maybe stumble onto a clue or two about why we bicker.<br/><br/>The Bible has some answers. I’m a little worried you might not like the answers though. It requires some serious self-reflection more than it requires you “fixing” the other person.<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who decided that taking the last slice of pizza counts as a moral failing?<br/><br/>Can prayer double as a passive-aggressive announcement to your spouse?<br/><br/>Sunday we’ll ask awkward questions, smile at our own hypocrisy, and maybe stumble onto a clue or two about why we bicker.<br/><br/>The Bible has some answers. I’m a little worried you might not like the answers though. It requires some serious self-reflection more than it requires you “fixing” the other person.<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 7: "Healthy Marriages"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Whether you were previously married, currently married, or want to be married one day, this message is for YOU as special guest Brett Ullman leads us into a conversation on crucial areas like resolving conflicts, enhancing communication, and fostering intimacy.<br/><br/>Gain practical tips on managing household tasks and finances and ensuring a balanced partnership. Understand the significance of building a strong family bond, having fun together, and having a shared purpose in life.<br/><br/>Join us for an engaging session filled with insights to strengthen your marriage.  <br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>Brett Ullman's website - www.brettullman.com<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Whether you were previously married, currently married, or want to be married one day, this message is for YOU as special guest Brett Ullman leads us into a conversation on crucial areas like resolving conflicts, enhancing communication, and fostering intimacy.<br/><br/>Gain practical tips on managing household tasks and finances and ensuring a balanced partnership. Understand the significance of building a strong family bond, having fun together, and having a shared purpose in life.<br/><br/>Join us for an engaging session filled with insights to strengthen your marriage.  <br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>Brett Ullman's website - www.brettullman.com<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Whether you were previously married, currently married, or want to be married one day, this message is for YOU as special guest Brett Ullman leads us into a conversation on crucial areas like resolving conflicts, enhancing communication, and fostering intimacy.<br/><br/>Gain practical tips on managing household tasks and finances and ensuring a balanced partnership. Understand the significance of building a strong family bond, having fun together, and having a shared purpose in life.<br/><br/>Join us for an engaging session filled with insights to strengthen your marriage.  <br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>Brett Ullman's website - www.brettullman.com<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 6: "Alone Together"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How is our constant connection to screens shaping the quality of our face-to-face relationships… our “assignment” to authentically love one another?<br/><br/>We spend hours a day on phones and devices, yet feel increasingly disconnected—are we trading presence for convenience, interruptions for attention, and real listening for curated content?<br/><br/>What happens to compassion, relational depth, and even friendship-making when our eyes and minds are elsewhere?<br/><br/>While historically speaking this may be a relatively NEW topic, I suspect it’s one that’s affecting us all on some level. I think we’d all agree that technology is affecting our ability to truly be with one another.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How is our constant connection to screens shaping the quality of our face-to-face relationships… our “assignment” to authentically love one another?<br/><br/>We spend hours a day on phones and devices, yet feel increasingly disconnected—are we trading presence for convenience, interruptions for attention, and real listening for curated content?<br/><br/>What happens to compassion, relational depth, and even friendship-making when our eyes and minds are elsewhere?<br/><br/>While historically speaking this may be a relatively NEW topic, I suspect it’s one that’s affecting us all on some level. I think we’d all agree that technology is affecting our ability to truly be with one another.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How is our constant connection to screens shaping the quality of our face-to-face relationships… our “assignment” to authentically love one another?<br/><br/>We spend hours a day on phones and devices, yet feel increasingly disconnected—are we trading presence for convenience, interruptions for attention, and real listening for curated content?<br/><br/>What happens to compassion, relational depth, and even friendship-making when our eyes and minds are elsewhere?<br/><br/>While historically speaking this may be a relatively NEW topic, I suspect it’s one that’s affecting us all on some level. I think we’d all agree that technology is affecting our ability to truly be with one another.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 5: “No Offence”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This Sunday, let’s look at the real cost of taking offence:<br/><br/>What do we lose when a small (or big) slight becomes a long-term wound?<br/><br/>How do we tell the difference between a boundary that needs protecting and a habit of staying hurt?<br/><br/>What happens to our friendships, families and churches when we default to assuming the worst?<br/><br/>Come ready to consider practical ways to notice the trap before it snaps shut, and to ask different questions next time someone rubs us the wrong way.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This Sunday, let’s look at the real cost of taking offence:<br/><br/>What do we lose when a small (or big) slight becomes a long-term wound?<br/><br/>How do we tell the difference between a boundary that needs protecting and a habit of staying hurt?<br/><br/>What happens to our friendships, families and churches when we default to assuming the worst?<br/><br/>Come ready to consider practical ways to notice the trap before it snaps shut, and to ask different questions next time someone rubs us the wrong way.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This Sunday, let’s look at the real cost of taking offence:<br/><br/>What do we lose when a small (or big) slight becomes a long-term wound?<br/><br/>How do we tell the difference between a boundary that needs protecting and a habit of staying hurt?<br/><br/>What happens to our friendships, families and churches when we default to assuming the worst?<br/><br/>Come ready to consider practical ways to notice the trap before it snaps shut, and to ask different questions next time someone rubs us the wrong way.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 4: “Where Do You Draw the Line”</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Relational Repairs - Part 4: “Where Do You Draw the Line”<br/><br/>What does it look like to guard your heart without shutting others out?<br/><br/>When does kindness stray into setting yourself up to be harmed, and how would Jesus have set limits?<br/><br/>Are forgiveness and reconciliation the same as restoring a relationship to its previous status?<br/><br/>Does grace mean allowing someone to repeatedly harm us?<br/><br/>When is withdrawal a faithful witness, and when is it avoidance?<br/><br/>After three messages in this series on proactively seeking relational reconciliation, it’s time to talk about the exceptions … those who won’t or can’t be fully reconciled.  <br/><br/>Join us as we wrestle with questions more than quick fixes, seeking wisdom from Scripture and one another.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Relational Repairs - Part 4: “Where Do You Draw the Line”<br/><br/>What does it look like to guard your heart without shutting others out?<br/><br/>When does kindness stray into setting yourself up to be harmed, and how would Jesus have set limits?<br/><br/>Are forgiveness and reconciliation the same as restoring a relationship to its previous status?<br/><br/>Does grace mean allowing someone to repeatedly harm us?<br/><br/>When is withdrawal a faithful witness, and when is it avoidance?<br/><br/>After three messages in this series on proactively seeking relational reconciliation, it’s time to talk about the exceptions … those who won’t or can’t be fully reconciled.  <br/><br/>Join us as we wrestle with questions more than quick fixes, seeking wisdom from Scripture and one another.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Relational Repairs - Part 4: “Where Do You Draw the Line”<br/><br/>What does it look like to guard your heart without shutting others out?<br/><br/>When does kindness stray into setting yourself up to be harmed, and how would Jesus have set limits?<br/><br/>Are forgiveness and reconciliation the same as restoring a relationship to its previous status?<br/><br/>Does grace mean allowing someone to repeatedly harm us?<br/><br/>When is withdrawal a faithful witness, and when is it avoidance?<br/><br/>After three messages in this series on proactively seeking relational reconciliation, it’s time to talk about the exceptions … those who won’t or can’t be fully reconciled.  <br/><br/>Join us as we wrestle with questions more than quick fixes, seeking wisdom from Scripture and one another.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little ”Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is one word - one of the most wonderful words in the English language - a word that we so long for in our lives and yet find it so difficult to give or apply to others.<br/><br/>It’s a word that looks to assume the best of the person you’re in conflict with. A word that forces one to reckon with our own shortcomings.<br/><br/>It’s a word that the apostle Paul came to a bit later in his ministry, and then it dominated his writings and much of the New Testament.<br/><br/>It’s a word that songwriters call “amazing” and that Pastor Kris triple-downs on.  <br/><br/>It’s a word that is extremely challenging at times to offer up in relationships but a word that works!<br/><br/>I’ll bet some of you have sussed it out.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There is one word - one of the most wonderful words in the English language - a word that we so long for in our lives and yet find it so difficult to give or apply to others.<br/><br/>It’s a word that looks to assume the best of the person you’re in conflict with. A word that forces one to reckon with our own shortcomings.<br/><br/>It’s a word that the apostle Paul came to a bit later in his ministry, and then it dominated his writings and much of the New Testament.<br/><br/>It’s a word that songwriters call “amazing” and that Pastor Kris triple-downs on.  <br/><br/>It’s a word that is extremely challenging at times to offer up in relationships but a word that works!<br/><br/>I’ll bet some of you have sussed it out.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is one word - one of the most wonderful words in the English language - a word that we so long for in our lives and yet find it so difficult to give or apply to others.<br/><br/>It’s a word that looks to assume the best of the person you’re in conflict with. A word that forces one to reckon with our own shortcomings.<br/><br/>It’s a word that the apostle Paul came to a bit later in his ministry, and then it dominated his writings and much of the New Testament.<br/><br/>It’s a word that songwriters call “amazing” and that Pastor Kris triple-downs on.  <br/><br/>It’s a word that is extremely challenging at times to offer up in relationships but a word that works!<br/><br/>I’ll bet some of you have sussed it out.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Relational Repairs - Part 2: “Conflict Amongst Christians”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Wherever two or three are gathered… there’s eventually gonna be a spat<br/><br/>Aren’t you glad the Bible doesn’t just point out the problems… the sin… but also offers a way out. Sometimes it’s a big-picture-theological solution, and sometimes it’s a down-to-earth practical wisdom that (as it turns out) even works in 2026.<br/><br/>We talked last week about our typical and even timeless ways that humans respond to relational differences (avoiding, exploding, passive-aggressive, etc.), but the Bible actually provides a sequential process for addressing conflict with each other - especially (but not necessarily limited to) your Christian brother and sister.<br/><br/>Is it easy? Uh… not at all.<br/><br/>But it works!<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wherever two or three are gathered… there’s eventually gonna be a spat<br/><br/>Aren’t you glad the Bible doesn’t just point out the problems… the sin… but also offers a way out. Sometimes it’s a big-picture-theological solution, and sometimes it’s a down-to-earth practical wisdom that (as it turns out) even works in 2026.<br/><br/>We talked last week about our typical and even timeless ways that humans respond to relational differences (avoiding, exploding, passive-aggressive, etc.), but the Bible actually provides a sequential process for addressing conflict with each other - especially (but not necessarily limited to) your Christian brother and sister.<br/><br/>Is it easy? Uh… not at all.<br/><br/>But it works!<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wherever two or three are gathered… there’s eventually gonna be a spat<br/><br/>Aren’t you glad the Bible doesn’t just point out the problems… the sin… but also offers a way out. Sometimes it’s a big-picture-theological solution, and sometimes it’s a down-to-earth practical wisdom that (as it turns out) even works in 2026.<br/><br/>We talked last week about our typical and even timeless ways that humans respond to relational differences (avoiding, exploding, passive-aggressive, etc.), but the Bible actually provides a sequential process for addressing conflict with each other - especially (but not necessarily limited to) your Christian brother and sister.<br/><br/>Is it easy? Uh… not at all.<br/><br/>But it works!<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Let’s be real— relationships are both the source of our greatest joys and probably our greatest pains, wounds and frustrations.<br/><br/>Relationships are messy.  Whether yours feels broken, strained, or just a little neglected, we all want healing, peace, and a fresh start.  For the Christ follower, we especially want to approach relationships “the Jesus way”, which really raises the bar.<br/><br/>This series looks at how to build healthier connections: how to live at peace with others, handle conflict with wisdom, set and respect boundaries, and practice forgiveness and grace, all from a Biblical perspective.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Let’s be real— relationships are both the source of our greatest joys and probably our greatest pains, wounds and frustrations.<br/><br/>Relationships are messy.  Whether yours feels broken, strained, or just a little neglected, we all want healing, peace, and a fresh start.  For the Christ follower, we especially want to approach relationships “the Jesus way”, which really raises the bar.<br/><br/>This series looks at how to build healthier connections: how to live at peace with others, handle conflict with wisdom, set and respect boundaries, and practice forgiveness and grace, all from a Biblical perspective.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Let’s be real— relationships are both the source of our greatest joys and probably our greatest pains, wounds and frustrations.<br/><br/>Relationships are messy.  Whether yours feels broken, strained, or just a little neglected, we all want healing, peace, and a fresh start.  For the Christ follower, we especially want to approach relationships “the Jesus way”, which really raises the bar.<br/><br/>This series looks at how to build healthier connections: how to live at peace with others, handle conflict with wisdom, set and respect boundaries, and practice forgiveness and grace, all from a Biblical perspective.<br/><br/>Are you in need of a little “Relational Repair”?<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 7 “Jesus Turns Graves into Gardens”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What if the hope we wait for isn’t being whisked away… beamed up… but instead remade? Join us as we unpack the biblical vision of a new heaven and new earth, (oh… and a new BODY) - where Jesus returns to remake everything good and right.<br/><br/>Be warned though… You may have your assumptions of the “end times” deeply challenged<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What if the hope we wait for isn’t being whisked away… beamed up… but instead remade? Join us as we unpack the biblical vision of a new heaven and new earth, (oh… and a new BODY) - where Jesus returns to remake everything good and right.<br/><br/>Be warned though… You may have your assumptions of the “end times” deeply challenged<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if the hope we wait for isn’t being whisked away… beamed up… but instead remade? Join us as we unpack the biblical vision of a new heaven and new earth, (oh… and a new BODY) - where Jesus returns to remake everything good and right.<br/><br/>Be warned though… You may have your assumptions of the “end times” deeply challenged<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 7: “Jesus turns Graves into Gardens”</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What if the hope we wait for isn’t being whisked away… beamed up… but instead remade? Join us as we unpack the biblical vision of a new heaven and new earth, (oh… and a new BODY) - where Jesus returns to remake everything good and right.<br/><br/>Be warned though… You may have your assumptions of the “end times” deeply challenged.<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What if the hope we wait for isn’t being whisked away… beamed up… but instead remade? Join us as we unpack the biblical vision of a new heaven and new earth, (oh… and a new BODY) - where Jesus returns to remake everything good and right.<br/><br/>Be warned though… You may have your assumptions of the “end times” deeply challenged.<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if the hope we wait for isn’t being whisked away… beamed up… but instead remade? Join us as we unpack the biblical vision of a new heaven and new earth, (oh… and a new BODY) - where Jesus returns to remake everything good and right.<br/><br/>Be warned though… You may have your assumptions of the “end times” deeply challenged.<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Famous Last Words - Part 5: “It Is Finished”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We wrap up this series on the last words of Jesus with a question on what it means to finish well.<br/><br/>We appreciate good STARTERS in our culture… entrepreneurs, innovators… people with fresh ideas and new ventures, but how much more meaningful is it to FINISH well.  In fact, ending poorly forever tarnishes an otherwise noble legacy.<br/><br/>But what did Jesus mean?  Specifically, WHAT was finished?  <br/><br/>His life?  His day on the cross?  Surely it was more profound than that?<br/><br/>Oh it was indeed.  And it’s a truth that has forever changed the world ever since.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We wrap up this series on the last words of Jesus with a question on what it means to finish well.<br/><br/>We appreciate good STARTERS in our culture… entrepreneurs, innovators… people with fresh ideas and new ventures, but how much more meaningful is it to FINISH well.  In fact, ending poorly forever tarnishes an otherwise noble legacy.<br/><br/>But what did Jesus mean?  Specifically, WHAT was finished?  <br/><br/>His life?  His day on the cross?  Surely it was more profound than that?<br/><br/>Oh it was indeed.  And it’s a truth that has forever changed the world ever since.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We wrap up this series on the last words of Jesus with a question on what it means to finish well.<br/><br/>We appreciate good STARTERS in our culture… entrepreneurs, innovators… people with fresh ideas and new ventures, but how much more meaningful is it to FINISH well.  In fact, ending poorly forever tarnishes an otherwise noble legacy.<br/><br/>But what did Jesus mean?  Specifically, WHAT was finished?  <br/><br/>His life?  His day on the cross?  Surely it was more profound than that?<br/><br/>Oh it was indeed.  And it’s a truth that has forever changed the world ever since.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Famous Last Words - Part 4: “My God, My God… WHY?”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[After Jesus’s first few final statements, which are amazingly directed to the care, concern and forgiveness of OTHERS, Jesus then faces something even more excruciating than the physical pain (if that were possible).<br/><br/>He literally carries the weight of the world on Himself - specifically, all the murder, rape, injustice, evil and sin known to man.  <br/><br/>In the midst of that embodied sin, the Father looks away.<br/><br/>Jesus quotes the prophecy from Psalm 22:1<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[After Jesus’s first few final statements, which are amazingly directed to the care, concern and forgiveness of OTHERS, Jesus then faces something even more excruciating than the physical pain (if that were possible).<br/><br/>He literally carries the weight of the world on Himself - specifically, all the murder, rape, injustice, evil and sin known to man.  <br/><br/>In the midst of that embodied sin, the Father looks away.<br/><br/>Jesus quotes the prophecy from Psalm 22:1<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[After Jesus’s first few final statements, which are amazingly directed to the care, concern and forgiveness of OTHERS, Jesus then faces something even more excruciating than the physical pain (if that were possible).<br/><br/>He literally carries the weight of the world on Himself - specifically, all the murder, rape, injustice, evil and sin known to man.  <br/><br/>In the midst of that embodied sin, the Father looks away.<br/><br/>Jesus quotes the prophecy from Psalm 22:1<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Famous Last Words - Part 3: “Mother, behold thy son. Son, behold thy mother”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I am still amazed that in the midst of the most excruciating torture ever devised, Jesus’ thoughts and concerns are for the welfare of others.<br/><br/>What a man. What a Saviour. What a good God.<br/><br/>Most of us don’t have that kind of selflessness. In fact, I would also say that most of us don’t have the kind of parent that would easily be compared to the “Humble” and “Highly favoured” servant of God found in Mary.<br/><br/>So what can we apply to our own lives from these last words of Christ? How can we aspire to the kind of goodness and care exhibited here?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I am still amazed that in the midst of the most excruciating torture ever devised, Jesus’ thoughts and concerns are for the welfare of others.<br/><br/>What a man. What a Saviour. What a good God.<br/><br/>Most of us don’t have that kind of selflessness. In fact, I would also say that most of us don’t have the kind of parent that would easily be compared to the “Humble” and “Highly favoured” servant of God found in Mary.<br/><br/>So what can we apply to our own lives from these last words of Christ? How can we aspire to the kind of goodness and care exhibited here?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I am still amazed that in the midst of the most excruciating torture ever devised, Jesus’ thoughts and concerns are for the welfare of others.<br/><br/>What a man. What a Saviour. What a good God.<br/><br/>Most of us don’t have that kind of selflessness. In fact, I would also say that most of us don’t have the kind of parent that would easily be compared to the “Humble” and “Highly favoured” servant of God found in Mary.<br/><br/>So what can we apply to our own lives from these last words of Christ? How can we aspire to the kind of goodness and care exhibited here?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Famous Last Words - Part 2: “I Assure You, Today You Will be With Me in Paradise”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bible says that two criminals were crucified next to Jesus - one on either side. They represent in some ways the two extremes in all of us.  Unlike Jesus, they actually HAD done bad and illegal things.<br/><br/>One criminal is angry, defensive and joins in the mocking.<br/><br/>The other criminal is humble, broken and repentant.<br/><br/>What Jesus says to the second criminal - the second of His seven last statements - and the authority in which He says it, is both shocking and some of the best news you’ve ever heard.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Bible says that two criminals were crucified next to Jesus - one on either side. They represent in some ways the two extremes in all of us.  Unlike Jesus, they actually HAD done bad and illegal things.<br/><br/>One criminal is angry, defensive and joins in the mocking.<br/><br/>The other criminal is humble, broken and repentant.<br/><br/>What Jesus says to the second criminal - the second of His seven last statements - and the authority in which He says it, is both shocking and some of the best news you’ve ever heard.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Bible says that two criminals were crucified next to Jesus - one on either side. They represent in some ways the two extremes in all of us.  Unlike Jesus, they actually HAD done bad and illegal things.<br/><br/>One criminal is angry, defensive and joins in the mocking.<br/><br/>The other criminal is humble, broken and repentant.<br/><br/>What Jesus says to the second criminal - the second of His seven last statements - and the authority in which He says it, is both shocking and some of the best news you’ve ever heard.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Famous Last Words - Part 1: “Father Forgive Them”</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What do the last moments… the last breaths reveal about a life lived?<br/><br/>Most of us probably won’t get an opportunity to state a profound epitaph as our dying words. Very few have.<br/><br/>In ”Famous Last Words" we’ll eavesdrop on our Saviour’s final breaths: the seven last statements of Christ.<br/><br/>These are words which may force us to ask blunt questions: Do our endings expose failure or faith? Can forgiveness arrive in time? Will grace be loud enough to drown out our wickedness and doubts?<br/><br/>Come curious — leave unsettled, perhaps changed.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What do the last moments… the last breaths reveal about a life lived?<br/><br/>Most of us probably won’t get an opportunity to state a profound epitaph as our dying words. Very few have.<br/><br/>In ”Famous Last Words" we’ll eavesdrop on our Saviour’s final breaths: the seven last statements of Christ.<br/><br/>These are words which may force us to ask blunt questions: Do our endings expose failure or faith? Can forgiveness arrive in time? Will grace be loud enough to drown out our wickedness and doubts?<br/><br/>Come curious — leave unsettled, perhaps changed.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What do the last moments… the last breaths reveal about a life lived?<br/><br/>Most of us probably won’t get an opportunity to state a profound epitaph as our dying words. Very few have.<br/><br/>In ”Famous Last Words" we’ll eavesdrop on our Saviour’s final breaths: the seven last statements of Christ.<br/><br/>These are words which may force us to ask blunt questions: Do our endings expose failure or faith? Can forgiveness arrive in time? Will grace be loud enough to drown out our wickedness and doubts?<br/><br/>Come curious — leave unsettled, perhaps changed.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 6: “We Believe in One Holy Church”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>Despite all the ways the institutionalized Church may have hurt, embarrassed or disappointed us, it is still truly a miracle.  An unstoppable force in the world and Jesus’s plan for spreading His Kingdom.   Not the “institution” but the gathered and “called out” PEOPLE!<br/><br/>And as ONE Holy Church our biggest witness to the world might just be our ONENESS!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>Despite all the ways the institutionalized Church may have hurt, embarrassed or disappointed us, it is still truly a miracle.  An unstoppable force in the world and Jesus’s plan for spreading His Kingdom.   Not the “institution” but the gathered and “called out” PEOPLE!<br/><br/>And as ONE Holy Church our biggest witness to the world might just be our ONENESS!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>Despite all the ways the institutionalized Church may have hurt, embarrassed or disappointed us, it is still truly a miracle.  An unstoppable force in the world and Jesus’s plan for spreading His Kingdom.   Not the “institution” but the gathered and “called out” PEOPLE!<br/><br/>And as ONE Holy Church our biggest witness to the world might just be our ONENESS!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 5: “We Believe in the Holy Spirit”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>This week we come to the “stanza” in the Creed that highlights the Holy Spirit - what Pastor and author Francis Chan has called “The Forgotten God”.<br/><br/>Perhaps not forgotten by you, but maybe hard to conceive in your mind… difficult to picture or even understand what (if anything) distinguishes the Holy Spirit from God the Father and God the Son, Jesus.<br/><br/>There are certain faith traditions that would be much more comfortable proclaiming, “I believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy SCRIPTURE”<br/><br/>For them, the Holy Spirit is just too… impetuous.<br/><br/>Ultimately, we’ll discover the Holy Spirit is not a doctrine to be studied; He is a person to be experienced in power.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>This week we come to the “stanza” in the Creed that highlights the Holy Spirit - what Pastor and author Francis Chan has called “The Forgotten God”.<br/><br/>Perhaps not forgotten by you, but maybe hard to conceive in your mind… difficult to picture or even understand what (if anything) distinguishes the Holy Spirit from God the Father and God the Son, Jesus.<br/><br/>There are certain faith traditions that would be much more comfortable proclaiming, “I believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy SCRIPTURE”<br/><br/>For them, the Holy Spirit is just too… impetuous.<br/><br/>Ultimately, we’ll discover the Holy Spirit is not a doctrine to be studied; He is a person to be experienced in power.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>This week we come to the “stanza” in the Creed that highlights the Holy Spirit - what Pastor and author Francis Chan has called “The Forgotten God”.<br/><br/>Perhaps not forgotten by you, but maybe hard to conceive in your mind… difficult to picture or even understand what (if anything) distinguishes the Holy Spirit from God the Father and God the Son, Jesus.<br/><br/>There are certain faith traditions that would be much more comfortable proclaiming, “I believe in the Father, the Son and the Holy SCRIPTURE”<br/><br/>For them, the Holy Spirit is just too… impetuous.<br/><br/>Ultimately, we’ll discover the Holy Spirit is not a doctrine to be studied; He is a person to be experienced in power.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 4: “Risen, Ascended &amp; Coming Again!”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>We once again confront the core aspects of Jesus’s life and mission. There are those - and you’ve probably heard this rhetoric - that acknowledge Jesus’ impact and teaching and kindness but stop short of any affirmation of His resurrection, ascension or miracles.  <br/><br/>On Sunday, you may discover that His resurrection is, in fact, the singular most compelling evidence of the Christian faith.<br/><br/>It’s that important.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>We once again confront the core aspects of Jesus’s life and mission. There are those - and you’ve probably heard this rhetoric - that acknowledge Jesus’ impact and teaching and kindness but stop short of any affirmation of His resurrection, ascension or miracles.  <br/><br/>On Sunday, you may discover that His resurrection is, in fact, the singular most compelling evidence of the Christian faith.<br/><br/>It’s that important.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>We once again confront the core aspects of Jesus’s life and mission. There are those - and you’ve probably heard this rhetoric - that acknowledge Jesus’ impact and teaching and kindness but stop short of any affirmation of His resurrection, ascension or miracles.  <br/><br/>On Sunday, you may discover that His resurrection is, in fact, the singular most compelling evidence of the Christian faith.<br/><br/>It’s that important.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 3: “One Lord, Jesus Christ”</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>The largest section of the Creed is (rightfully) dedicated to Jesus. While Jesus is the focus of our worship and our Church, many of us still under appreciate aspects of His character, divinity and mission.<br/><br/>Could it be you’ll actually encounter a whole new aspect of our Saviour Jesus this Sunday?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>The largest section of the Creed is (rightfully) dedicated to Jesus. While Jesus is the focus of our worship and our Church, many of us still under appreciate aspects of His character, divinity and mission.<br/><br/>Could it be you’ll actually encounter a whole new aspect of our Saviour Jesus this Sunday?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>The largest section of the Creed is (rightfully) dedicated to Jesus. While Jesus is the focus of our worship and our Church, many of us still under appreciate aspects of His character, divinity and mission.<br/><br/>Could it be you’ll actually encounter a whole new aspect of our Saviour Jesus this Sunday?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 2: “God the Father, Almighty, Maker of Heaven &amp; Earth"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>Why was the declaration that there is ONE God such a profound and even radical claim? Why does it continue to challenge us?<br/><br/>Is God the Father some old man with a beard who lives in the sky?<br/><br/>What does it mean that God created all things seen and UNseen?<br/><br/>And maybe most pertinently, why does this affect me in 2026?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>Why was the declaration that there is ONE God such a profound and even radical claim? Why does it continue to challenge us?<br/><br/>Is God the Father some old man with a beard who lives in the sky?<br/><br/>What does it mean that God created all things seen and UNseen?<br/><br/>And maybe most pertinently, why does this affect me in 2026?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We continue our series TETHERED - what it means to be rooted or grounded or anchored to the 2000-year-old essentials of Christianity as found in the Nicene Creed, as opposed to the whims, trends and fads that muddy the waters of faith.<br/><br/>Why was the declaration that there is ONE God such a profound and even radical claim? Why does it continue to challenge us?<br/><br/>Is God the Father some old man with a beard who lives in the sky?<br/><br/>What does it mean that God created all things seen and UNseen?<br/><br/>And maybe most pertinently, why does this affect me in 2026?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Tethered - Part 1: "Your Lifeline in the Heart of the Storm"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It seems most Christian have a hot take on everything from yoga pants, politics, gender roles to online betting.  There may be good Biblical wisdom on each of those, but is EVERY topic of equal importance? <br/><br/>Is every issue a Gospel issue?  If everything is essential, than nothing is.<br/><br/>Farmers in the prairie days would tie a rope from the house to the barn when a blizzard was coming so they wouldn’t get lost.<br/><br/>These days we need a rope to lead us home.  Something firm to be tethered to that is rooted in historical, orthodox, essential Christianity. <br/><br/>Thankfully the early Christian pioneers left us with exactly that.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It seems most Christian have a hot take on everything from yoga pants, politics, gender roles to online betting.  There may be good Biblical wisdom on each of those, but is EVERY topic of equal importance? <br/><br/>Is every issue a Gospel issue?  If everything is essential, than nothing is.<br/><br/>Farmers in the prairie days would tie a rope from the house to the barn when a blizzard was coming so they wouldn’t get lost.<br/><br/>These days we need a rope to lead us home.  Something firm to be tethered to that is rooted in historical, orthodox, essential Christianity. <br/><br/>Thankfully the early Christian pioneers left us with exactly that.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It seems most Christian have a hot take on everything from yoga pants, politics, gender roles to online betting.  There may be good Biblical wisdom on each of those, but is EVERY topic of equal importance? <br/><br/>Is every issue a Gospel issue?  If everything is essential, than nothing is.<br/><br/>Farmers in the prairie days would tie a rope from the house to the barn when a blizzard was coming so they wouldn’t get lost.<br/><br/>These days we need a rope to lead us home.  Something firm to be tethered to that is rooted in historical, orthodox, essential Christianity. <br/><br/>Thankfully the early Christian pioneers left us with exactly that.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Thrill of Hope - Part 3: "Childlike Hope &amp; Wonder"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Is there anyone who loves Christmas more than kids?<br/>Sure, the anticipation of presents probably plays into that, but think back to your childhood...<br/>Didn't you delight in the celebration and decoration… the music and food and family and "good cheer" and possibly even this miraculous story with angels and barn animals and giant stars, and of course a baby.<br/><br/>What happened to that wonder and innocence and unbridled joy?<br/>What happened to the thrill of hope?<br/>What is it about adulthood for many of us that has only added jadedness, stress and cynicism to this sacred season?<br/><br/>And what did Jesus mean when He challenged us that "unless you become like a little child you will not enter the kingdom of heaven"?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is there anyone who loves Christmas more than kids?<br/>Sure, the anticipation of presents probably plays into that, but think back to your childhood...<br/>Didn't you delight in the celebration and decoration… the music and food and family and "good cheer" and possibly even this miraculous story with angels and barn animals and giant stars, and of course a baby.<br/><br/>What happened to that wonder and innocence and unbridled joy?<br/>What happened to the thrill of hope?<br/>What is it about adulthood for many of us that has only added jadedness, stress and cynicism to this sacred season?<br/><br/>And what did Jesus mean when He challenged us that "unless you become like a little child you will not enter the kingdom of heaven"?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is there anyone who loves Christmas more than kids?<br/>Sure, the anticipation of presents probably plays into that, but think back to your childhood...<br/>Didn't you delight in the celebration and decoration… the music and food and family and "good cheer" and possibly even this miraculous story with angels and barn animals and giant stars, and of course a baby.<br/><br/>What happened to that wonder and innocence and unbridled joy?<br/>What happened to the thrill of hope?<br/>What is it about adulthood for many of us that has only added jadedness, stress and cynicism to this sacred season?<br/><br/>And what did Jesus mean when He challenged us that "unless you become like a little child you will not enter the kingdom of heaven"?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Thrill of Hope - Part 2: "Hope is Here (and not yet)"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How many of you could use a dose of HOPE these days?<br/><br/>Advent, as you know, is a season of waiting... waiting with great expectation, waiting with hope. Remember, a Biblical understanding of "hope" is not wishful thinking (i.e. "I sure hope I win the lottery"). Hope for the Christ follower is based on our unwavering trust in the unchanging character of God. Has God come through for us in the past? Yes and so, our hope is strong and confident.<br/><br/>Our forebearers waited for a Messiah, and God delivered. Today we wait for His glorious return. We know Jesus has already saved us from the penalty of our sins, but is He truly coming back to save us from the presence of sin?<br/><br/>Church, do not lose HOPE. This Advent, we wait. And one day, a weary world will truly and finally rejoice.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How many of you could use a dose of HOPE these days?<br/><br/>Advent, as you know, is a season of waiting... waiting with great expectation, waiting with hope. Remember, a Biblical understanding of "hope" is not wishful thinking (i.e. "I sure hope I win the lottery"). Hope for the Christ follower is based on our unwavering trust in the unchanging character of God. Has God come through for us in the past? Yes and so, our hope is strong and confident.<br/><br/>Our forebearers waited for a Messiah, and God delivered. Today we wait for His glorious return. We know Jesus has already saved us from the penalty of our sins, but is He truly coming back to save us from the presence of sin?<br/><br/>Church, do not lose HOPE. This Advent, we wait. And one day, a weary world will truly and finally rejoice.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How many of you could use a dose of HOPE these days?<br/><br/>Advent, as you know, is a season of waiting... waiting with great expectation, waiting with hope. Remember, a Biblical understanding of "hope" is not wishful thinking (i.e. "I sure hope I win the lottery"). Hope for the Christ follower is based on our unwavering trust in the unchanging character of God. Has God come through for us in the past? Yes and so, our hope is strong and confident.<br/><br/>Our forebearers waited for a Messiah, and God delivered. Today we wait for His glorious return. We know Jesus has already saved us from the penalty of our sins, but is He truly coming back to save us from the presence of sin?<br/><br/>Church, do not lose HOPE. This Advent, we wait. And one day, a weary world will truly and finally rejoice.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Thrill of Hope - Part 1: "A Weary World Rejoices"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How many of you could use a dose of HOPE these days?<br/>I'm not talking about... “I HOPE the Blue Jays sign Bo"... "I HOPE I get a Christmas bonus this year"... “I HOPE I get into the university I want".<br/>That's how the world uses that word.<br/><br/>During this season, despite it being statistically more prone to stress, depression and loneliness, we as Christ followers have reason for toboggans full of hope.  A kind of hope that is closer to this definition: "Waiting for a promise that will absolutely come through."<br/><br/>Whether you relate more to the Christmas enthusiasm of Buddy the Elf, or more of a "Bah, humbug" Scrooge, we all need a reminder... <br/>We all need "A THRILL of Hope"! And may this "Weary World Rejoice" as a result.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How many of you could use a dose of HOPE these days?<br/>I'm not talking about... “I HOPE the Blue Jays sign Bo"... "I HOPE I get a Christmas bonus this year"... “I HOPE I get into the university I want".<br/>That's how the world uses that word.<br/><br/>During this season, despite it being statistically more prone to stress, depression and loneliness, we as Christ followers have reason for toboggans full of hope.  A kind of hope that is closer to this definition: "Waiting for a promise that will absolutely come through."<br/><br/>Whether you relate more to the Christmas enthusiasm of Buddy the Elf, or more of a "Bah, humbug" Scrooge, we all need a reminder... <br/>We all need "A THRILL of Hope"! And may this "Weary World Rejoice" as a result.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How many of you could use a dose of HOPE these days?<br/>I'm not talking about... “I HOPE the Blue Jays sign Bo"... "I HOPE I get a Christmas bonus this year"... “I HOPE I get into the university I want".<br/>That's how the world uses that word.<br/><br/>During this season, despite it being statistically more prone to stress, depression and loneliness, we as Christ followers have reason for toboggans full of hope.  A kind of hope that is closer to this definition: "Waiting for a promise that will absolutely come through."<br/><br/>Whether you relate more to the Christmas enthusiasm of Buddy the Elf, or more of a "Bah, humbug" Scrooge, we all need a reminder... <br/>We all need "A THRILL of Hope"! And may this "Weary World Rejoice" as a result.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Elephant in the Room - Part 6: "Christianity &amp; Politics"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Who would Jesus vote for?<br/>Could his teachings even be embodied in a single political platform or represented in a single candidate?<br/>Is it even up to some politician to represent my Christian values to the world?<br/>Can you vote for ________ and still "call yourself a Christian"?<br/>What happens when the gospel gets all entangled with partisan politics? What is the believer's responsibility, if any, to our government?<br/>When, if ever, is there a time for civil disobedience?<br/><br/>In this last chapter of our series, we ask if our politics are detached entities from our theology and values OR an extension of them?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Who would Jesus vote for?<br/>Could his teachings even be embodied in a single political platform or represented in a single candidate?<br/>Is it even up to some politician to represent my Christian values to the world?<br/>Can you vote for ________ and still "call yourself a Christian"?<br/>What happens when the gospel gets all entangled with partisan politics? What is the believer's responsibility, if any, to our government?<br/>When, if ever, is there a time for civil disobedience?<br/><br/>In this last chapter of our series, we ask if our politics are detached entities from our theology and values OR an extension of them?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who would Jesus vote for?<br/>Could his teachings even be embodied in a single political platform or represented in a single candidate?<br/>Is it even up to some politician to represent my Christian values to the world?<br/>Can you vote for ________ and still "call yourself a Christian"?<br/>What happens when the gospel gets all entangled with partisan politics? What is the believer's responsibility, if any, to our government?<br/>When, if ever, is there a time for civil disobedience?<br/><br/>In this last chapter of our series, we ask if our politics are detached entities from our theology and values OR an extension of them?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Elephant in the Room - Part 5: "Race &amp; Racism"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Skye Jethani from the "Holy Post" podcast tells a story of a congregant who believed Martin Luther King's famous quote, "9:00 a.m. on a Sunday is the most segregated hour in America,"  was actually a good thing.<br/><br/>When asked  to explain himself, he pointed to Revelation 7 where every tongue, tribe and nation was gathered around the throne of God. He saw it as every "tongue, tribe and nation" gathered in their own segregated sections.<br/><br/>Whether this was ignorance or a deliberate misreading of Scripture, it wouldn't be the first time that those in the Church have used Bible passages out of context to justify some of the most grievous sins against God and His Children.<br/><br/>So let's have a frank discussion about race.<br/>Where did all these shades of skin colour emerge?<br/>Isn't this just a USA problem?<br/>Why saying "I don't even SEE colour" may not be as noble as you think it is.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Skye Jethani from the "Holy Post" podcast tells a story of a congregant who believed Martin Luther King's famous quote, "9:00 a.m. on a Sunday is the most segregated hour in America,"  was actually a good thing.<br/><br/>When asked  to explain himself, he pointed to Revelation 7 where every tongue, tribe and nation was gathered around the throne of God. He saw it as every "tongue, tribe and nation" gathered in their own segregated sections.<br/><br/>Whether this was ignorance or a deliberate misreading of Scripture, it wouldn't be the first time that those in the Church have used Bible passages out of context to justify some of the most grievous sins against God and His Children.<br/><br/>So let's have a frank discussion about race.<br/>Where did all these shades of skin colour emerge?<br/>Isn't this just a USA problem?<br/>Why saying "I don't even SEE colour" may not be as noble as you think it is.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Skye Jethani from the "Holy Post" podcast tells a story of a congregant who believed Martin Luther King's famous quote, "9:00 a.m. on a Sunday is the most segregated hour in America,"  was actually a good thing.<br/><br/>When asked  to explain himself, he pointed to Revelation 7 where every tongue, tribe and nation was gathered around the throne of God. He saw it as every "tongue, tribe and nation" gathered in their own segregated sections.<br/><br/>Whether this was ignorance or a deliberate misreading of Scripture, it wouldn't be the first time that those in the Church have used Bible passages out of context to justify some of the most grievous sins against God and His Children.<br/><br/>So let's have a frank discussion about race.<br/>Where did all these shades of skin colour emerge?<br/>Isn't this just a USA problem?<br/>Why saying "I don't even SEE colour" may not be as noble as you think it is.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Elephant in the Room - Part 4: "How To Leave a Church Well"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most of you reading this have had to CHOOSE a local Church at some point. And possibly, for some reason or another, also had to transition to a different Church at some point.<br/><br/>Well, like most things in life, there is an honourable way, a noble way, a Godly way... as well as... an immature way, a worldly way and a wrong way.<br/><br/>Maybe you don't think this applies to you (and maybe it doesn't... yet!), but in a world of "quiet quitting", "ghosting" and all kinds of conflict avoidance, there are numerous principles and applications for ALL the relationships in your life.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of you reading this have had to CHOOSE a local Church at some point. And possibly, for some reason or another, also had to transition to a different Church at some point.<br/><br/>Well, like most things in life, there is an honourable way, a noble way, a Godly way... as well as... an immature way, a worldly way and a wrong way.<br/><br/>Maybe you don't think this applies to you (and maybe it doesn't... yet!), but in a world of "quiet quitting", "ghosting" and all kinds of conflict avoidance, there are numerous principles and applications for ALL the relationships in your life.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most of you reading this have had to CHOOSE a local Church at some point. And possibly, for some reason or another, also had to transition to a different Church at some point.<br/><br/>Well, like most things in life, there is an honourable way, a noble way, a Godly way... as well as... an immature way, a worldly way and a wrong way.<br/><br/>Maybe you don't think this applies to you (and maybe it doesn't... yet!), but in a world of "quiet quitting", "ghosting" and all kinds of conflict avoidance, there are numerous principles and applications for ALL the relationships in your life.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Elephant in the Room - Part 3: "Gender"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A generation ago, sermons on gender focused on roles in the home and church. Today the questions are far more complex: identity, dysphoria, transitioning, and what it means to be male or female. This message takes an honest, biblical look at the big cultural elephant in the room.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A generation ago, sermons on gender focused on roles in the home and church. Today the questions are far more complex: identity, dysphoria, transitioning, and what it means to be male or female. This message takes an honest, biblical look at the big cultural elephant in the room.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A generation ago, sermons on gender focused on roles in the home and church. Today the questions are far more complex: identity, dysphoria, transitioning, and what it means to be male or female. This message takes an honest, biblical look at the big cultural elephant in the room.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Elephant in the Room - Part 2: "A Christian Response to the LGBTQ+ Community"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It would be disingenuous if in this series we did not address one of the largest "elephants in the room"... A Christian response to the LGBTQ+ community.<br/><br/>And fair warning - there may be different segments of our congregation who will be expecting one thing but come away disappointed. <br/><br/>Some might be expecting a berating of this community; a "punching down" of sorts that will shame and judge them, with the bottom line message of "Either shape up or ship out".<br/>Those folks will be disappointed.<br/><br/>Some might be expecting an accommodation to the new cultural norms of unquestioning affirmation for the sake of not offending anyone.<br/>Those folks will be disappointed as well.<br/><br/>What you WILL get is an honest and vulnerable talk on how we see the Bible speak into this topic. A Bible that doesn't create a binary between truth and love. As well as verses that don't speak to 5-7% of the population but literally to each and every one of us. NAC has traditional beliefs around sexuality and marriage, but the Bible also calls us to to show authentic love and hospitality to everyone, so how do we exist in that tension?<br/><br/>No matter your position on this issue, we believe there is something here for everyone.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It would be disingenuous if in this series we did not address one of the largest "elephants in the room"... A Christian response to the LGBTQ+ community.<br/><br/>And fair warning - there may be different segments of our congregation who will be expecting one thing but come away disappointed. <br/><br/>Some might be expecting a berating of this community; a "punching down" of sorts that will shame and judge them, with the bottom line message of "Either shape up or ship out".<br/>Those folks will be disappointed.<br/><br/>Some might be expecting an accommodation to the new cultural norms of unquestioning affirmation for the sake of not offending anyone.<br/>Those folks will be disappointed as well.<br/><br/>What you WILL get is an honest and vulnerable talk on how we see the Bible speak into this topic. A Bible that doesn't create a binary between truth and love. As well as verses that don't speak to 5-7% of the population but literally to each and every one of us. NAC has traditional beliefs around sexuality and marriage, but the Bible also calls us to to show authentic love and hospitality to everyone, so how do we exist in that tension?<br/><br/>No matter your position on this issue, we believe there is something here for everyone.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It would be disingenuous if in this series we did not address one of the largest "elephants in the room"... A Christian response to the LGBTQ+ community.<br/><br/>And fair warning - there may be different segments of our congregation who will be expecting one thing but come away disappointed. <br/><br/>Some might be expecting a berating of this community; a "punching down" of sorts that will shame and judge them, with the bottom line message of "Either shape up or ship out".<br/>Those folks will be disappointed.<br/><br/>Some might be expecting an accommodation to the new cultural norms of unquestioning affirmation for the sake of not offending anyone.<br/>Those folks will be disappointed as well.<br/><br/>What you WILL get is an honest and vulnerable talk on how we see the Bible speak into this topic. A Bible that doesn't create a binary between truth and love. As well as verses that don't speak to 5-7% of the population but literally to each and every one of us. NAC has traditional beliefs around sexuality and marriage, but the Bible also calls us to to show authentic love and hospitality to everyone, so how do we exist in that tension?<br/><br/>No matter your position on this issue, we believe there is something here for everyone.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Elephant in the Room - Part 1: "Artificial Intelligence"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[AI can learn, create, and imitate, but it cannot bear God’s image.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[AI can learn, create, and imitate, but it cannot bear God’s image.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[AI can learn, create, and imitate, but it cannot bear God’s image.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Forty to Forever - Part 4: Looking BACK to move FORWARD</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Ever wonder why the Bible keeps telling us to REMEMBER, yet also encourages us to look ahead with hope?<br/><br/>How do we hold onto what God has done without getting stuck in the past? And what simple, real ways can we keep His faithfulness alive as we step into what's next?<br/><br/>After 40 years as a church and 40 days of focused prayer, we close this series talking about the tension: how memory anchors us, but also how Jesus is “making all things new”, creating a fresh future out of even the most broken past.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ever wonder why the Bible keeps telling us to REMEMBER, yet also encourages us to look ahead with hope?<br/><br/>How do we hold onto what God has done without getting stuck in the past? And what simple, real ways can we keep His faithfulness alive as we step into what's next?<br/><br/>After 40 years as a church and 40 days of focused prayer, we close this series talking about the tension: how memory anchors us, but also how Jesus is “making all things new”, creating a fresh future out of even the most broken past.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ever wonder why the Bible keeps telling us to REMEMBER, yet also encourages us to look ahead with hope?<br/><br/>How do we hold onto what God has done without getting stuck in the past? And what simple, real ways can we keep His faithfulness alive as we step into what's next?<br/><br/>After 40 years as a church and 40 days of focused prayer, we close this series talking about the tension: how memory anchors us, but also how Jesus is “making all things new”, creating a fresh future out of even the most broken past.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Healing in an Age of Skepticism</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week Pastor Jonathan shared both a desire and really a "Holy Discontent" about the kind of Church we would like to be in the NEXT 40 years.  We talked about the priority of Discipleship and how much harder it is to disciple people today with cultural forces and modern society seemingly working against it.<br/><br/>In a serendipitous overlap this week, we'll talk about our desire to have NAC be a place of healing. But what is it about our generation, location, and mindset that we put our "faith" in almost every other strategy, scheme, or science BEFORE we consider seeking God?<br/><br/>Could it be we need to UN-learn some things?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Last week Pastor Jonathan shared both a desire and really a "Holy Discontent" about the kind of Church we would like to be in the NEXT 40 years.  We talked about the priority of Discipleship and how much harder it is to disciple people today with cultural forces and modern society seemingly working against it.<br/><br/>In a serendipitous overlap this week, we'll talk about our desire to have NAC be a place of healing. But what is it about our generation, location, and mindset that we put our "faith" in almost every other strategy, scheme, or science BEFORE we consider seeking God?<br/><br/>Could it be we need to UN-learn some things?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last week Pastor Jonathan shared both a desire and really a "Holy Discontent" about the kind of Church we would like to be in the NEXT 40 years.  We talked about the priority of Discipleship and how much harder it is to disciple people today with cultural forces and modern society seemingly working against it.<br/><br/>In a serendipitous overlap this week, we'll talk about our desire to have NAC be a place of healing. But what is it about our generation, location, and mindset that we put our "faith" in almost every other strategy, scheme, or science BEFORE we consider seeking God?<br/><br/>Could it be we need to UN-learn some things?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who (or WHAT) is discipling YOU?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As we celebrate 40 years as a church, we reflect on the discipleship that has shaped us. But the world is changing rapidly. In a culture dominated by the internet, fake news and gratification, are we equipped to face the next 40 years?<br/><br/>How can we stay true to our mission of making disciples in an age where information overload threatens authentic connection with God?<br/>What does it mean to hunger and thirst for Jesus in a world that promises quick fixes and easy answers?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we celebrate 40 years as a church, we reflect on the discipleship that has shaped us. But the world is changing rapidly. In a culture dominated by the internet, fake news and gratification, are we equipped to face the next 40 years?<br/><br/>How can we stay true to our mission of making disciples in an age where information overload threatens authentic connection with God?<br/>What does it mean to hunger and thirst for Jesus in a world that promises quick fixes and easy answers?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we celebrate 40 years as a church, we reflect on the discipleship that has shaped us. But the world is changing rapidly. In a culture dominated by the internet, fake news and gratification, are we equipped to face the next 40 years?<br/><br/>How can we stay true to our mission of making disciples in an age where information overload threatens authentic connection with God?<br/>What does it mean to hunger and thirst for Jesus in a world that promises quick fixes and easy answers?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Forty to Forever - Part 3: "40 Days of Temptation"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are bringing any goal... big or small... into these 40 days; In fact, if you are trying to become more like Christ in ANY capacity, I can promise you this: You WILL be tempted to abandon your goal...<br/>To get off course<br/>To compromise or justify<br/>To take the easy route<br/>To SIN<br/>So, since we KNOW this is coming (and this is likely the time in a 40-day commitment when people start to really backslide) let's get ready for the righteous fight.<br/><br/>And aren't you glad we have a Saviour who knows a thing or two about successfully pushing back against temptation.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you are bringing any goal... big or small... into these 40 days; In fact, if you are trying to become more like Christ in ANY capacity, I can promise you this: You WILL be tempted to abandon your goal...<br/>To get off course<br/>To compromise or justify<br/>To take the easy route<br/>To SIN<br/>So, since we KNOW this is coming (and this is likely the time in a 40-day commitment when people start to really backslide) let's get ready for the righteous fight.<br/><br/>And aren't you glad we have a Saviour who knows a thing or two about successfully pushing back against temptation.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you are bringing any goal... big or small... into these 40 days; In fact, if you are trying to become more like Christ in ANY capacity, I can promise you this: You WILL be tempted to abandon your goal...<br/>To get off course<br/>To compromise or justify<br/>To take the easy route<br/>To SIN<br/>So, since we KNOW this is coming (and this is likely the time in a 40-day commitment when people start to really backslide) let's get ready for the righteous fight.<br/><br/>And aren't you glad we have a Saviour who knows a thing or two about successfully pushing back against temptation.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Forty to Forever - Part 2: "Bringing God Into Your 40"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Unless you believe you can muster up all your willpower and 'pull up your socks' with your good Protestant work ethic - and determine through grit and gnashed teeth that you can make the kind of transformational changes in your life you desire to make during this season, (or any season for that matter) - you need to know that is a losing strategy. A downright discouraging strategy.<br/><br/>Aren't you glad you were never meant to make character formation or habit changes alone?<br/><br/>There is someone not only with the POWER to help you, but who is absolutely your biggest cheerleader in this endeavor.  <br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Unless you believe you can muster up all your willpower and 'pull up your socks' with your good Protestant work ethic - and determine through grit and gnashed teeth that you can make the kind of transformational changes in your life you desire to make during this season, (or any season for that matter) - you need to know that is a losing strategy. A downright discouraging strategy.<br/><br/>Aren't you glad you were never meant to make character formation or habit changes alone?<br/><br/>There is someone not only with the POWER to help you, but who is absolutely your biggest cheerleader in this endeavor.  <br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Unless you believe you can muster up all your willpower and 'pull up your socks' with your good Protestant work ethic - and determine through grit and gnashed teeth that you can make the kind of transformational changes in your life you desire to make during this season, (or any season for that matter) - you need to know that is a losing strategy. A downright discouraging strategy.<br/><br/>Aren't you glad you were never meant to make character formation or habit changes alone?<br/><br/>There is someone not only with the POWER to help you, but who is absolutely your biggest cheerleader in this endeavor.  <br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Forty to Forever - Part 1: "What's the Deal With Forty?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[KICK OFF SERIES BEGINS!<br/>We begin a series in which we celebrate a proud legacy of God at work in our Church and, perhaps more importantly, look forward to the "new thing" God is going to do in our midst.<br/><br/>And as we come specifically to the number 40, we see it has incredible significance in scripture. In fact, there's something about this number that may even be part of our personal and collective transformation.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[KICK OFF SERIES BEGINS!<br/>We begin a series in which we celebrate a proud legacy of God at work in our Church and, perhaps more importantly, look forward to the "new thing" God is going to do in our midst.<br/><br/>And as we come specifically to the number 40, we see it has incredible significance in scripture. In fact, there's something about this number that may even be part of our personal and collective transformation.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[KICK OFF SERIES BEGINS!<br/>We begin a series in which we celebrate a proud legacy of God at work in our Church and, perhaps more importantly, look forward to the "new thing" God is going to do in our midst.<br/><br/>And as we come specifically to the number 40, we see it has incredible significance in scripture. In fact, there's something about this number that may even be part of our personal and collective transformation.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Created For Community</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Community isn’t an Option. It’s a Necessity. John Mark Comer (Author of "Practicing the Way") expands this truth when he writes, "Community is like the incubator for our spiritual formation." We live life to the fullest when we do it in community.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Community isn’t an Option. It’s a Necessity. John Mark Comer (Author of "Practicing the Way") expands this truth when he writes, "Community is like the incubator for our spiritual formation." We live life to the fullest when we do it in community.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Community isn’t an Option. It’s a Necessity. John Mark Comer (Author of "Practicing the Way") expands this truth when he writes, "Community is like the incubator for our spiritual formation." We live life to the fullest when we do it in community.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Prayer Changes Things</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Discover why prayer, serving others, and investing in the next generation are at the heart of a thriving church community. This message invites you to join a journey of faith through the upcoming 40 Days of Prayer, and see how everyone has a part to play in shaping the future.<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Discover why prayer, serving others, and investing in the next generation are at the heart of a thriving church community. This message invites you to join a journey of faith through the upcoming 40 Days of Prayer, and see how everyone has a part to play in shaping the future.<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Discover why prayer, serving others, and investing in the next generation are at the heart of a thriving church community. This message invites you to join a journey of faith through the upcoming 40 Days of Prayer, and see how everyone has a part to play in shaping the future.<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 39: "Connections for Transformation"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[<br/>The study of Acts 1-28 has finally brought us to "Acts 29"! Now we apply everything that we have learned over the past few months about the mission that Jesus gave us in Acts 1:8. Read the verse again and reflect on how you share our faith in your community, workplace, home and neighbourhood. Are there guidelines to follow? Do you know how to share your story in 2025 in a way that is relevant and helpful to others?<br/><br/>Come out on Sunday at 10 am with a CURIOUS mind to learn, come out to discover CREATIVE ways to connect with others, and find out how to have COURAGE to be in a community that builds Connections for Transformation. Looking forward to an exciting Sunday morning!<br/><br/>Di Scott was invited to attend NAC by her son, Josh in April 2024 and since that day, she has loved being part of the NAC community. She was a stay-at-home Mom for 25 years, raising 5 children who are now changing the world. She has been married to Noel for 45 years. At age 50, she went back to Tyndale Seminary to study for a Master of Divinity degree in Clinical Counselling. Di is a Psychotherapist and has a private practice in her home called Conversations on the Bridge. Her passions are to mentor her 15 grandchildren, encourage others in their healing journeys, read, write, and scrapbook her adventures and travels.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/>The study of Acts 1-28 has finally brought us to "Acts 29"! Now we apply everything that we have learned over the past few months about the mission that Jesus gave us in Acts 1:8. Read the verse again and reflect on how you share our faith in your community, workplace, home and neighbourhood. Are there guidelines to follow? Do you know how to share your story in 2025 in a way that is relevant and helpful to others?<br/><br/>Come out on Sunday at 10 am with a CURIOUS mind to learn, come out to discover CREATIVE ways to connect with others, and find out how to have COURAGE to be in a community that builds Connections for Transformation. Looking forward to an exciting Sunday morning!<br/><br/>Di Scott was invited to attend NAC by her son, Josh in April 2024 and since that day, she has loved being part of the NAC community. She was a stay-at-home Mom for 25 years, raising 5 children who are now changing the world. She has been married to Noel for 45 years. At age 50, she went back to Tyndale Seminary to study for a Master of Divinity degree in Clinical Counselling. Di is a Psychotherapist and has a private practice in her home called Conversations on the Bridge. Her passions are to mentor her 15 grandchildren, encourage others in their healing journeys, read, write, and scrapbook her adventures and travels.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[<br/>The study of Acts 1-28 has finally brought us to "Acts 29"! Now we apply everything that we have learned over the past few months about the mission that Jesus gave us in Acts 1:8. Read the verse again and reflect on how you share our faith in your community, workplace, home and neighbourhood. Are there guidelines to follow? Do you know how to share your story in 2025 in a way that is relevant and helpful to others?<br/><br/>Come out on Sunday at 10 am with a CURIOUS mind to learn, come out to discover CREATIVE ways to connect with others, and find out how to have COURAGE to be in a community that builds Connections for Transformation. Looking forward to an exciting Sunday morning!<br/><br/>Di Scott was invited to attend NAC by her son, Josh in April 2024 and since that day, she has loved being part of the NAC community. She was a stay-at-home Mom for 25 years, raising 5 children who are now changing the world. She has been married to Noel for 45 years. At age 50, she went back to Tyndale Seminary to study for a Master of Divinity degree in Clinical Counselling. Di is a Psychotherapist and has a private practice in her home called Conversations on the Bridge. Her passions are to mentor her 15 grandchildren, encourage others in their healing journeys, read, write, and scrapbook her adventures and travels.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 38: "Without Hinderance"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In Acts 28:23-31, Paul had a second meeting with the Jews in Rome. He spent all day expounding and testifying to them about the Kingdom of God and Jesus from the Law and Prophets. There was a mixed response to Paul’s teaching from the audience. Paul then quoted Isaiah 6:9-10 to highlight that salvation had been sent to the Gentiles because they listen. At the end of Acts, Luke tells us that Paul shared the gospel with boldness and without hindrance. What does this have to do with us today? How does it tie to our vision to “Be the Church”?<br/><br/>This week's sermon is by Irene Wong. Irene has extensive experience studying the Bible and leading small groups. She is married to Anlian, one of our Elders. Irene was born in a secular family. From a young age, God has sent many people into her life to offer guidance, support and encouragement during challenging times. Her spiritual journey isn’t just a story, but a testament to the power of God. Irene believes that a personal connection with Jesus was the key for her while going through grief and transitions in her past. She experienced God’s love and grace and began to see and trust that God always works all things for good.  <br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Acts 28:23-31, Paul had a second meeting with the Jews in Rome. He spent all day expounding and testifying to them about the Kingdom of God and Jesus from the Law and Prophets. There was a mixed response to Paul’s teaching from the audience. Paul then quoted Isaiah 6:9-10 to highlight that salvation had been sent to the Gentiles because they listen. At the end of Acts, Luke tells us that Paul shared the gospel with boldness and without hindrance. What does this have to do with us today? How does it tie to our vision to “Be the Church”?<br/><br/>This week's sermon is by Irene Wong. Irene has extensive experience studying the Bible and leading small groups. She is married to Anlian, one of our Elders. Irene was born in a secular family. From a young age, God has sent many people into her life to offer guidance, support and encouragement during challenging times. Her spiritual journey isn’t just a story, but a testament to the power of God. Irene believes that a personal connection with Jesus was the key for her while going through grief and transitions in her past. She experienced God’s love and grace and began to see and trust that God always works all things for good.  <br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Acts 28:23-31, Paul had a second meeting with the Jews in Rome. He spent all day expounding and testifying to them about the Kingdom of God and Jesus from the Law and Prophets. There was a mixed response to Paul’s teaching from the audience. Paul then quoted Isaiah 6:9-10 to highlight that salvation had been sent to the Gentiles because they listen. At the end of Acts, Luke tells us that Paul shared the gospel with boldness and without hindrance. What does this have to do with us today? How does it tie to our vision to “Be the Church”?<br/><br/>This week's sermon is by Irene Wong. Irene has extensive experience studying the Bible and leading small groups. She is married to Anlian, one of our Elders. Irene was born in a secular family. From a young age, God has sent many people into her life to offer guidance, support and encouragement during challenging times. Her spiritual journey isn’t just a story, but a testament to the power of God. Irene believes that a personal connection with Jesus was the key for her while going through grief and transitions in her past. She experienced God’s love and grace and began to see and trust that God always works all things for good.  <br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 37: "All Along the Journey"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We are nearing the end of our ACTS series and Paul finally makes it to Rome. What a journey it has been and he certainly didn’t get there alone!<br/><br/>Join us as Pastor Kris reminds us how God was faithful to see Paul complete his journey, how the believers supported him along the way, and how our same God continues to be faithful to us on our journey today.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We are nearing the end of our ACTS series and Paul finally makes it to Rome. What a journey it has been and he certainly didn’t get there alone!<br/><br/>Join us as Pastor Kris reminds us how God was faithful to see Paul complete his journey, how the believers supported him along the way, and how our same God continues to be faithful to us on our journey today.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are nearing the end of our ACTS series and Paul finally makes it to Rome. What a journey it has been and he certainly didn’t get there alone!<br/><br/>Join us as Pastor Kris reminds us how God was faithful to see Paul complete his journey, how the believers supported him along the way, and how our same God continues to be faithful to us on our journey today.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 36: "Another Facet of 'Being the Church'"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As Bible-believing Christians, many of us claim to believe in divine healing, but do we really? We pray for healing all the time, and are frequently disappointed. Has God let us down? Maybe we’re too sinful to deserve to be healed. Or maybe we’re simply lacking in faith. Join us on Sunday, July 27, to explore this topic further.<br/><br/>This week's sermon is by Steve Briggs. Steve has served numerous terms on our Elders Board, and has frequently preached at NAC, including sharing his own testimony of God's faithfulness through the years. His wife Dawn leads a Grief Share support group. Steve and Dawn love traveling to Florida. They have two adult sons, Hunter and Quentin, and Hunter is the Deacon of Finance here at NAC.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As Bible-believing Christians, many of us claim to believe in divine healing, but do we really? We pray for healing all the time, and are frequently disappointed. Has God let us down? Maybe we’re too sinful to deserve to be healed. Or maybe we’re simply lacking in faith. Join us on Sunday, July 27, to explore this topic further.<br/><br/>This week's sermon is by Steve Briggs. Steve has served numerous terms on our Elders Board, and has frequently preached at NAC, including sharing his own testimony of God's faithfulness through the years. His wife Dawn leads a Grief Share support group. Steve and Dawn love traveling to Florida. They have two adult sons, Hunter and Quentin, and Hunter is the Deacon of Finance here at NAC.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As Bible-believing Christians, many of us claim to believe in divine healing, but do we really? We pray for healing all the time, and are frequently disappointed. Has God let us down? Maybe we’re too sinful to deserve to be healed. Or maybe we’re simply lacking in faith. Join us on Sunday, July 27, to explore this topic further.<br/><br/>This week's sermon is by Steve Briggs. Steve has served numerous terms on our Elders Board, and has frequently preached at NAC, including sharing his own testimony of God's faithfulness through the years. His wife Dawn leads a Grief Share support group. Steve and Dawn love traveling to Florida. They have two adult sons, Hunter and Quentin, and Hunter is the Deacon of Finance here at NAC.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 35: "Peace in the Storm"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Paul and a ship full of weary travelers are caught in a violent storm and impending shipwreck. Yet even in the chaos, Paul stands with unshakable confidence—offering encouragement, giving thanks, and trusting God’s promise of rescue. This passage reminds us that storms will come, and there are lots of different kinds of storms that we face, but God remains in control through it all. When all seems lost, His purpose still prevails. Join us as we explore how hope, gratitude, and integrity can carry us through the wreckage—and how God can use even broken pieces to bring us safely to shore.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul and a ship full of weary travelers are caught in a violent storm and impending shipwreck. Yet even in the chaos, Paul stands with unshakable confidence—offering encouragement, giving thanks, and trusting God’s promise of rescue. This passage reminds us that storms will come, and there are lots of different kinds of storms that we face, but God remains in control through it all. When all seems lost, His purpose still prevails. Join us as we explore how hope, gratitude, and integrity can carry us through the wreckage—and how God can use even broken pieces to bring us safely to shore.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul and a ship full of weary travelers are caught in a violent storm and impending shipwreck. Yet even in the chaos, Paul stands with unshakable confidence—offering encouragement, giving thanks, and trusting God’s promise of rescue. This passage reminds us that storms will come, and there are lots of different kinds of storms that we face, but God remains in control through it all. When all seems lost, His purpose still prevails. Join us as we explore how hope, gratitude, and integrity can carry us through the wreckage—and how God can use even broken pieces to bring us safely to shore.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 34: "God Controls the Storm"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Paul continues on his journey, preaching, teaching and pastoring in spite of his age and poor health. Paul is a prisoner on his way to Rome, accompanied by Dr. Luke. There were discussions about the safety of travelling but the majority said GO! They ventured out on the sea and suddenly, a huge storm attacked the ship. Is this the end of Paul's mission? Will he ever get to Rome? Will Paul even survive this ordeal? Come out Sunday and hear the rest of the story. Remember to "pray about it" and "no problem" because "God is always in control".<br/><br/>Our speaker this week is Noel Scott. Noel came to Canada from Jamaica, married Di, has 5 children, and at last count, 15 grandchildren. He has been a professor for 40 years, teaching engineering and math and never wants to retire from helping students become prepared for their careers and their futures. Noel enjoys reading history, philosophy, theology, debating ideas and sharing the Gospel. Favourite sayings are "Pray about it", "God is always in control" and "No problem".<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul continues on his journey, preaching, teaching and pastoring in spite of his age and poor health. Paul is a prisoner on his way to Rome, accompanied by Dr. Luke. There were discussions about the safety of travelling but the majority said GO! They ventured out on the sea and suddenly, a huge storm attacked the ship. Is this the end of Paul's mission? Will he ever get to Rome? Will Paul even survive this ordeal? Come out Sunday and hear the rest of the story. Remember to "pray about it" and "no problem" because "God is always in control".<br/><br/>Our speaker this week is Noel Scott. Noel came to Canada from Jamaica, married Di, has 5 children, and at last count, 15 grandchildren. He has been a professor for 40 years, teaching engineering and math and never wants to retire from helping students become prepared for their careers and their futures. Noel enjoys reading history, philosophy, theology, debating ideas and sharing the Gospel. Favourite sayings are "Pray about it", "God is always in control" and "No problem".<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul continues on his journey, preaching, teaching and pastoring in spite of his age and poor health. Paul is a prisoner on his way to Rome, accompanied by Dr. Luke. There were discussions about the safety of travelling but the majority said GO! They ventured out on the sea and suddenly, a huge storm attacked the ship. Is this the end of Paul's mission? Will he ever get to Rome? Will Paul even survive this ordeal? Come out Sunday and hear the rest of the story. Remember to "pray about it" and "no problem" because "God is always in control".<br/><br/>Our speaker this week is Noel Scott. Noel came to Canada from Jamaica, married Di, has 5 children, and at last count, 15 grandchildren. He has been a professor for 40 years, teaching engineering and math and never wants to retire from helping students become prepared for their careers and their futures. Noel enjoys reading history, philosophy, theology, debating ideas and sharing the Gospel. Favourite sayings are "Pray about it", "God is always in control" and "No problem".<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 33: "Truth Encounter"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Jul 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What is it about Paul? Disruption seems to follow him wherever he goes!<br/>Why is that?<br/><br/>In Acts 25 and 26 Paul is in yet another trial where he has to make his case again. He stands before a Roman Governor, a Jewish King, high-ranking Military officers and leading officials of the city. What will he say and what will he do? What can we learn from him?<br/><br/><br/>Our speaker this week is Megan Wallar. Megan is married to Don and has 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren. She is energetic, an extrovert, loves bright colours, likes to garden, swim at the cottage, make and cook on fires, hike, read and be with people. She came to know Jesus as a young teen and was the first one in her family to meet Him! She enjoys leading small groups and loves to tell others about Him and teach others His ways!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What is it about Paul? Disruption seems to follow him wherever he goes!<br/>Why is that?<br/><br/>In Acts 25 and 26 Paul is in yet another trial where he has to make his case again. He stands before a Roman Governor, a Jewish King, high-ranking Military officers and leading officials of the city. What will he say and what will he do? What can we learn from him?<br/><br/><br/>Our speaker this week is Megan Wallar. Megan is married to Don and has 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren. She is energetic, an extrovert, loves bright colours, likes to garden, swim at the cottage, make and cook on fires, hike, read and be with people. She came to know Jesus as a young teen and was the first one in her family to meet Him! She enjoys leading small groups and loves to tell others about Him and teach others His ways!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is it about Paul? Disruption seems to follow him wherever he goes!<br/>Why is that?<br/><br/>In Acts 25 and 26 Paul is in yet another trial where he has to make his case again. He stands before a Roman Governor, a Jewish King, high-ranking Military officers and leading officials of the city. What will he say and what will he do? What can we learn from him?<br/><br/><br/>Our speaker this week is Megan Wallar. Megan is married to Don and has 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren. She is energetic, an extrovert, loves bright colours, likes to garden, swim at the cottage, make and cook on fires, hike, read and be with people. She came to know Jesus as a young teen and was the first one in her family to meet Him! She enjoys leading small groups and loves to tell others about Him and teach others His ways!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 32: "The Unrivaled Might of God"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Having completed his 3rd missionary journey and now an old man, Paul finds himself imprisoned, in Caesarea, by the Roman Governor Antonius Felix and later by Governor Porcius Festus. While awaiting trial for two years, on trumped up charges, Paul experiences the unrivaled might and power of God which allows him to use his own difficult experience to pray, witness, and encourage fellow believers. The lessons he communicates through his experience and his writings are not only for those in his time but also for those who seek to follow Jesus, today.<br/><br/>This week's teaching is by David Pearo, a pastor with The Salvation Army for 33 years. David is Meghan Robinson’s father. Together, he and his wife Beth have ministered in 3 Churches in Ontario and Quebec, been on staff at their denominational seminary and are currently serving in their denominational Pastoral Services Department where they have been privileged of being pastors to other pastors, in Quebec, Ontario and the Prairie provinces. <br/> <br/>In recent years, David received his Qualified Mediator designation with which he serves church leadership in managing congregational conflict. <br/> <br/>David and Beth are blessed to be part of a beautiful family, all of whom love Jesus and are seeking to grow in their relationship with him. David has three amazing grandsons (with one more grandchild on the way!) who affectionately call him “Bubba”. He is a passionate outdoorsman with a love of camping, west coast salmon fishing, scuba diving, traveling with Beth, and eating anything extra extra spicy.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Having completed his 3rd missionary journey and now an old man, Paul finds himself imprisoned, in Caesarea, by the Roman Governor Antonius Felix and later by Governor Porcius Festus. While awaiting trial for two years, on trumped up charges, Paul experiences the unrivaled might and power of God which allows him to use his own difficult experience to pray, witness, and encourage fellow believers. The lessons he communicates through his experience and his writings are not only for those in his time but also for those who seek to follow Jesus, today.<br/><br/>This week's teaching is by David Pearo, a pastor with The Salvation Army for 33 years. David is Meghan Robinson’s father. Together, he and his wife Beth have ministered in 3 Churches in Ontario and Quebec, been on staff at their denominational seminary and are currently serving in their denominational Pastoral Services Department where they have been privileged of being pastors to other pastors, in Quebec, Ontario and the Prairie provinces. <br/> <br/>In recent years, David received his Qualified Mediator designation with which he serves church leadership in managing congregational conflict. <br/> <br/>David and Beth are blessed to be part of a beautiful family, all of whom love Jesus and are seeking to grow in their relationship with him. David has three amazing grandsons (with one more grandchild on the way!) who affectionately call him “Bubba”. He is a passionate outdoorsman with a love of camping, west coast salmon fishing, scuba diving, traveling with Beth, and eating anything extra extra spicy.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having completed his 3rd missionary journey and now an old man, Paul finds himself imprisoned, in Caesarea, by the Roman Governor Antonius Felix and later by Governor Porcius Festus. While awaiting trial for two years, on trumped up charges, Paul experiences the unrivaled might and power of God which allows him to use his own difficult experience to pray, witness, and encourage fellow believers. The lessons he communicates through his experience and his writings are not only for those in his time but also for those who seek to follow Jesus, today.<br/><br/>This week's teaching is by David Pearo, a pastor with The Salvation Army for 33 years. David is Meghan Robinson’s father. Together, he and his wife Beth have ministered in 3 Churches in Ontario and Quebec, been on staff at their denominational seminary and are currently serving in their denominational Pastoral Services Department where they have been privileged of being pastors to other pastors, in Quebec, Ontario and the Prairie provinces. <br/> <br/>In recent years, David received his Qualified Mediator designation with which he serves church leadership in managing congregational conflict. <br/> <br/>David and Beth are blessed to be part of a beautiful family, all of whom love Jesus and are seeking to grow in their relationship with him. David has three amazing grandsons (with one more grandchild on the way!) who affectionately call him “Bubba”. He is a passionate outdoorsman with a love of camping, west coast salmon fishing, scuba diving, traveling with Beth, and eating anything extra extra spicy.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 31: "Have Courage in the Chaos"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In the whirlwind of accusations, riots, and threats, Paul stands firm—not because the path is easy, but because God is present. Acts 23 reveals a powerful truth: even when opposition surrounds us and justice feels far off, God is still writing the story. In a dark prison cell, the risen Jesus appears and whispers what every weary soul needs: “Take courage.” <br/><br/>Join us as we explore how God’s sovereignty, power, and protection are at work even in our most chaotic moments—and how His presence gives us boldness to stay faithful when everything around us says “give up.”<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In the whirlwind of accusations, riots, and threats, Paul stands firm—not because the path is easy, but because God is present. Acts 23 reveals a powerful truth: even when opposition surrounds us and justice feels far off, God is still writing the story. In a dark prison cell, the risen Jesus appears and whispers what every weary soul needs: “Take courage.” <br/><br/>Join us as we explore how God’s sovereignty, power, and protection are at work even in our most chaotic moments—and how His presence gives us boldness to stay faithful when everything around us says “give up.”<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the whirlwind of accusations, riots, and threats, Paul stands firm—not because the path is easy, but because God is present. Acts 23 reveals a powerful truth: even when opposition surrounds us and justice feels far off, God is still writing the story. In a dark prison cell, the risen Jesus appears and whispers what every weary soul needs: “Take courage.” <br/><br/>Join us as we explore how God’s sovereignty, power, and protection are at work even in our most chaotic moments—and how His presence gives us boldness to stay faithful when everything around us says “give up.”<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 30: "Did God Rewrite Your Story?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Paul is finally back in Jerusalem after many years, being taken to prison in chains because of an angry Jewish crowd, however, Paul wants to speak to them. He wants to have the opportunity to "testify" and tell His God Story of how Jesus has changed him. Will he be able to speak? How will the crowd respond? What does this mean for us?<br/><br/>This week's teaching is by Jennifer Jukema. Jennifer and her husband Duane have been serving in the C&MA for over 25 years. They currently attend NAC with their 4 sons. Over the years, where Duane was pastoring, Jennifer has served in Children, Youth & Music ministries, been an administrator, as well as led small groups.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul is finally back in Jerusalem after many years, being taken to prison in chains because of an angry Jewish crowd, however, Paul wants to speak to them. He wants to have the opportunity to "testify" and tell His God Story of how Jesus has changed him. Will he be able to speak? How will the crowd respond? What does this mean for us?<br/><br/>This week's teaching is by Jennifer Jukema. Jennifer and her husband Duane have been serving in the C&MA for over 25 years. They currently attend NAC with their 4 sons. Over the years, where Duane was pastoring, Jennifer has served in Children, Youth & Music ministries, been an administrator, as well as led small groups.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul is finally back in Jerusalem after many years, being taken to prison in chains because of an angry Jewish crowd, however, Paul wants to speak to them. He wants to have the opportunity to "testify" and tell His God Story of how Jesus has changed him. Will he be able to speak? How will the crowd respond? What does this mean for us?<br/><br/>This week's teaching is by Jennifer Jukema. Jennifer and her husband Duane have been serving in the C&MA for over 25 years. They currently attend NAC with their 4 sons. Over the years, where Duane was pastoring, Jennifer has served in Children, Youth & Music ministries, been an administrator, as well as led small groups.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 29: "Called Back, Braced for Impact"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes, homecomings can be bittersweet. Paul spent about five years travelling on his third missionary journey, and was eager to return to Jerusalem to support its struggling Christian church. But on his way back, he receives repeated warnings from prophets and his most trusted disciples. Should he continue? Should he change course?<br/><br/>As we’ve seen repeatedly in Paul’s travels, there are many lessons that are as applicable to our early church ancestors back in Acts as they are for us today:<br/> - How can we discern God’s will?<br/> - Why should we keep worshiping God, even when it seems pointless?<br/> - Should we shy away from controversy with our siblings in Christ?<br/><br/>Through his words and deeds, Paul has wisdom for us today as we wrestle with the tough questions we all face as Jesus-followers.<br/><br/>This week’s teaching is by Dirk Deroos. Dirk and his wife Sandra actually found NAC through their children, Eric and Anna, who joined ROCK Youth and had positive experiences there over many years. At their previous church, Dirk was a worship leader and regularly spoke to the congregation. Both Eric and Anna will be going to Western in the fall, but Dirk and Sandra won’t be empty nesters, as they have three cuddly cats at home to keep them company!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes, homecomings can be bittersweet. Paul spent about five years travelling on his third missionary journey, and was eager to return to Jerusalem to support its struggling Christian church. But on his way back, he receives repeated warnings from prophets and his most trusted disciples. Should he continue? Should he change course?<br/><br/>As we’ve seen repeatedly in Paul’s travels, there are many lessons that are as applicable to our early church ancestors back in Acts as they are for us today:<br/> - How can we discern God’s will?<br/> - Why should we keep worshiping God, even when it seems pointless?<br/> - Should we shy away from controversy with our siblings in Christ?<br/><br/>Through his words and deeds, Paul has wisdom for us today as we wrestle with the tough questions we all face as Jesus-followers.<br/><br/>This week’s teaching is by Dirk Deroos. Dirk and his wife Sandra actually found NAC through their children, Eric and Anna, who joined ROCK Youth and had positive experiences there over many years. At their previous church, Dirk was a worship leader and regularly spoke to the congregation. Both Eric and Anna will be going to Western in the fall, but Dirk and Sandra won’t be empty nesters, as they have three cuddly cats at home to keep them company!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes, homecomings can be bittersweet. Paul spent about five years travelling on his third missionary journey, and was eager to return to Jerusalem to support its struggling Christian church. But on his way back, he receives repeated warnings from prophets and his most trusted disciples. Should he continue? Should he change course?<br/><br/>As we’ve seen repeatedly in Paul’s travels, there are many lessons that are as applicable to our early church ancestors back in Acts as they are for us today:<br/> - How can we discern God’s will?<br/> - Why should we keep worshiping God, even when it seems pointless?<br/> - Should we shy away from controversy with our siblings in Christ?<br/><br/>Through his words and deeds, Paul has wisdom for us today as we wrestle with the tough questions we all face as Jesus-followers.<br/><br/>This week’s teaching is by Dirk Deroos. Dirk and his wife Sandra actually found NAC through their children, Eric and Anna, who joined ROCK Youth and had positive experiences there over many years. At their previous church, Dirk was a worship leader and regularly spoke to the congregation. Both Eric and Anna will be going to Western in the fall, but Dirk and Sandra won’t be empty nesters, as they have three cuddly cats at home to keep them company!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 28: "Running the Race"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Will you finish the race?<br/><br/>Paul described his life goal as finishing the race and ministry he had been given by Jesus, and wow, he really put in all of his effort to do that. Paul pushed through no matter what obstacles came at him, and forged ahead even when he knew there would be more challenges. When Paul bids farewell to the Ephesian church leaders, he encourages them to continue on in his example. But can anyone live up to him? How did he even do it?<br/><br/>This Sunday, you may want to bring a pen and paper. We’ll be studying Paul’s words closely so we can figure out how we might finish our own races.<br/><br/>This week's speaker is Michelle Quach, one of our Elders. You might recall Michelle was a former summer student and has preached previously sharing a wisdom beyond her years. Michelle is married to Jason, and they have three young sons. Michelle and Jason have a heart for small groups and have started numerous small groups for young families and new faces at NAC.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Will you finish the race?<br/><br/>Paul described his life goal as finishing the race and ministry he had been given by Jesus, and wow, he really put in all of his effort to do that. Paul pushed through no matter what obstacles came at him, and forged ahead even when he knew there would be more challenges. When Paul bids farewell to the Ephesian church leaders, he encourages them to continue on in his example. But can anyone live up to him? How did he even do it?<br/><br/>This Sunday, you may want to bring a pen and paper. We’ll be studying Paul’s words closely so we can figure out how we might finish our own races.<br/><br/>This week's speaker is Michelle Quach, one of our Elders. You might recall Michelle was a former summer student and has preached previously sharing a wisdom beyond her years. Michelle is married to Jason, and they have three young sons. Michelle and Jason have a heart for small groups and have started numerous small groups for young families and new faces at NAC.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Will you finish the race?<br/><br/>Paul described his life goal as finishing the race and ministry he had been given by Jesus, and wow, he really put in all of his effort to do that. Paul pushed through no matter what obstacles came at him, and forged ahead even when he knew there would be more challenges. When Paul bids farewell to the Ephesian church leaders, he encourages them to continue on in his example. But can anyone live up to him? How did he even do it?<br/><br/>This Sunday, you may want to bring a pen and paper. We’ll be studying Paul’s words closely so we can figure out how we might finish our own races.<br/><br/>This week's speaker is Michelle Quach, one of our Elders. You might recall Michelle was a former summer student and has preached previously sharing a wisdom beyond her years. Michelle is married to Jason, and they have three young sons. Michelle and Jason have a heart for small groups and have started numerous small groups for young families and new faces at NAC.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 27: "Do You Need Peace in the Midst of Chaos?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The church in Ephesus has been experiencing what it means to live in Holy Spirit power. Lives are being changed, and the word of God is alive and spreading! What could stop this momentum?<br/><br/>Enter Demetrius, and his fellow craftsmen. What is good for the Church is not good for them and their livelihood. These makers of idols and shrines stir up dissension, and before long a mob has gathered and two followers of Jesus have been captured. <br/><br/>Join us on Sunday to learn how God will work in this sudden and difficult crisis. <br/><br/>This week's speaker is Dave Beishuizen, former Elder. You might recognize him from playing the keyboard for worship some Sunday mornings. Dave is married to Christine, our Deacon of Administration, and they have two young sons who can be found eating snacks before, during, and after the church service.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The church in Ephesus has been experiencing what it means to live in Holy Spirit power. Lives are being changed, and the word of God is alive and spreading! What could stop this momentum?<br/><br/>Enter Demetrius, and his fellow craftsmen. What is good for the Church is not good for them and their livelihood. These makers of idols and shrines stir up dissension, and before long a mob has gathered and two followers of Jesus have been captured. <br/><br/>Join us on Sunday to learn how God will work in this sudden and difficult crisis. <br/><br/>This week's speaker is Dave Beishuizen, former Elder. You might recognize him from playing the keyboard for worship some Sunday mornings. Dave is married to Christine, our Deacon of Administration, and they have two young sons who can be found eating snacks before, during, and after the church service.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The church in Ephesus has been experiencing what it means to live in Holy Spirit power. Lives are being changed, and the word of God is alive and spreading! What could stop this momentum?<br/><br/>Enter Demetrius, and his fellow craftsmen. What is good for the Church is not good for them and their livelihood. These makers of idols and shrines stir up dissension, and before long a mob has gathered and two followers of Jesus have been captured. <br/><br/>Join us on Sunday to learn how God will work in this sudden and difficult crisis. <br/><br/>This week's speaker is Dave Beishuizen, former Elder. You might recognize him from playing the keyboard for worship some Sunday mornings. Dave is married to Christine, our Deacon of Administration, and they have two young sons who can be found eating snacks before, during, and after the church service.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 26: "Are You Ready To Go?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Paul’s incredible journey reminds us that we too can be on an adventure with God. Some of us may think we will never need a passport, but if God asked us to pack up a few things, pull together a team and follow Him, where would we be willing to go?<br/><br/>And in the middle of this incredible journey, there is a little story tucked in about a young fellow named Eutychus that learned why it’s not a good idea to fall asleep in church and how God’s grace can even extend to his foolishness.<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Paul’s incredible journey reminds us that we too can be on an adventure with God. Some of us may think we will never need a passport, but if God asked us to pack up a few things, pull together a team and follow Him, where would we be willing to go?<br/><br/>And in the middle of this incredible journey, there is a little story tucked in about a young fellow named Eutychus that learned why it’s not a good idea to fall asleep in church and how God’s grace can even extend to his foolishness.<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul’s incredible journey reminds us that we too can be on an adventure with God. Some of us may think we will never need a passport, but if God asked us to pack up a few things, pull together a team and follow Him, where would we be willing to go?<br/><br/>And in the middle of this incredible journey, there is a little story tucked in about a young fellow named Eutychus that learned why it’s not a good idea to fall asleep in church and how God’s grace can even extend to his foolishness.<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 25: "Are You Walking in the Power of the Holy Spirit?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[At the beginning of his 3rd missionary journey, Paul stumbles upon a group of disciples who have never experienced the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives. This group is doing the best they can with what they know, but they don’t even realize that God has so much more for them. <br/> <br/>Do you ever feel like your Christian experience revolves around trying to follow the rules and working on behaviour modification? The truth is that like this group of disciples, God has so much more for us through the person and work of the Holy Spirit.<br/><br/>Join us as we listen to Pastor Glenn teach us more about the Holy Spirit.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At the beginning of his 3rd missionary journey, Paul stumbles upon a group of disciples who have never experienced the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives. This group is doing the best they can with what they know, but they don’t even realize that God has so much more for them. <br/> <br/>Do you ever feel like your Christian experience revolves around trying to follow the rules and working on behaviour modification? The truth is that like this group of disciples, God has so much more for us through the person and work of the Holy Spirit.<br/><br/>Join us as we listen to Pastor Glenn teach us more about the Holy Spirit.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[At the beginning of his 3rd missionary journey, Paul stumbles upon a group of disciples who have never experienced the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives. This group is doing the best they can with what they know, but they don’t even realize that God has so much more for them. <br/> <br/>Do you ever feel like your Christian experience revolves around trying to follow the rules and working on behaviour modification? The truth is that like this group of disciples, God has so much more for us through the person and work of the Holy Spirit.<br/><br/>Join us as we listen to Pastor Glenn teach us more about the Holy Spirit.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 24: "Does the Devil Know You by Name?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 May 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In Acts 19 the supernatural starts to really take center stage - both the miraculous healing deeds of God AND the destructive works of Satan and his demons.<br/><br/>Some wannabe exorcists try to face evil head-on by invoking the name of Jesus  as though it were some sort of "abracadabra" incantation. In one of the more darkly hilarious narratives in the New Testament, they find out the hard way it doesn't work that way.<br/><br/>The demon says "Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who (the heck) are you??"<br/><br/>It's a question I wonder if it would be asked of me as well.  <br/>Have you or I made the kind of kingdom impact where we would be known in Hell? Known and hated and even feared?<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Acts 19 the supernatural starts to really take center stage - both the miraculous healing deeds of God AND the destructive works of Satan and his demons.<br/><br/>Some wannabe exorcists try to face evil head-on by invoking the name of Jesus  as though it were some sort of "abracadabra" incantation. In one of the more darkly hilarious narratives in the New Testament, they find out the hard way it doesn't work that way.<br/><br/>The demon says "Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who (the heck) are you??"<br/><br/>It's a question I wonder if it would be asked of me as well.  <br/>Have you or I made the kind of kingdom impact where we would be known in Hell? Known and hated and even feared?<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Acts 19 the supernatural starts to really take center stage - both the miraculous healing deeds of God AND the destructive works of Satan and his demons.<br/><br/>Some wannabe exorcists try to face evil head-on by invoking the name of Jesus  as though it were some sort of "abracadabra" incantation. In one of the more darkly hilarious narratives in the New Testament, they find out the hard way it doesn't work that way.<br/><br/>The demon says "Jesus I know and Paul I know, but who (the heck) are you??"<br/><br/>It's a question I wonder if it would be asked of me as well.  <br/>Have you or I made the kind of kingdom impact where we would be known in Hell? Known and hated and even feared?<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 23: "Teamwork"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pulling in the same direction<br/><br/>This second missionary journey of Paul's hasn't sent him to ONE but to MANY different areas. They've both been fruitful and wrought with tensions. Or to put it another way, he's been "run out of town on a rail"<br/><br/>Now in Corinth, he has the opportunity to actually stay for a year and a half, and it allows him a couple of opportunities he doesn't often get. One is to pull together in the same direction as a TEAM, on mission for Jesus. It also gives him the opportunity to disciple more organically IN the city he works and ministers, and give it more of the time it actually takes.<br/><br/>Sounds like it might be applicable to us.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Pulling in the same direction<br/><br/>This second missionary journey of Paul's hasn't sent him to ONE but to MANY different areas. They've both been fruitful and wrought with tensions. Or to put it another way, he's been "run out of town on a rail"<br/><br/>Now in Corinth, he has the opportunity to actually stay for a year and a half, and it allows him a couple of opportunities he doesn't often get. One is to pull together in the same direction as a TEAM, on mission for Jesus. It also gives him the opportunity to disciple more organically IN the city he works and ministers, and give it more of the time it actually takes.<br/><br/>Sounds like it might be applicable to us.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pulling in the same direction<br/><br/>This second missionary journey of Paul's hasn't sent him to ONE but to MANY different areas. They've both been fruitful and wrought with tensions. Or to put it another way, he's been "run out of town on a rail"<br/><br/>Now in Corinth, he has the opportunity to actually stay for a year and a half, and it allows him a couple of opportunities he doesn't often get. One is to pull together in the same direction as a TEAM, on mission for Jesus. It also gives him the opportunity to disciple more organically IN the city he works and ministers, and give it more of the time it actually takes.<br/><br/>Sounds like it might be applicable to us.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 22: "Baptism!"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Ever feel like God sets up divine appointments in the most unexpected ways? In Acts 8, Philip follows a nudge from God and ends up in a desert-road conversation with an Ethiopian official who’s hungry for truth. That encounter ends with the man putting his faith in Jesus—and getting baptized right then and there.<br/><br/>It’s a powerful reminder that God is always pursuing people, and baptism is a beautiful response to that grace. One step of obedience, one conversation, one “yes” can change everything.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ever feel like God sets up divine appointments in the most unexpected ways? In Acts 8, Philip follows a nudge from God and ends up in a desert-road conversation with an Ethiopian official who’s hungry for truth. That encounter ends with the man putting his faith in Jesus—and getting baptized right then and there.<br/><br/>It’s a powerful reminder that God is always pursuing people, and baptism is a beautiful response to that grace. One step of obedience, one conversation, one “yes” can change everything.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ever feel like God sets up divine appointments in the most unexpected ways? In Acts 8, Philip follows a nudge from God and ends up in a desert-road conversation with an Ethiopian official who’s hungry for truth. That encounter ends with the man putting his faith in Jesus—and getting baptized right then and there.<br/><br/>It’s a powerful reminder that God is always pursuing people, and baptism is a beautiful response to that grace. One step of obedience, one conversation, one “yes” can change everything.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 21: "Takin' it to the streets"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The boys are on a missionary "road trip" this week, staying long enough to plant churches and then often getting run out of town.<br/><br/>Paul then lands in the world class city of Athens and he takes his message from the synagogues to the streets... the public square.<br/>And here is a culture kind of like Canada.  Pluralistic.  Accepting.  Vaguely "spiritual" without any real life transformation.<br/>In fact, Paul sees the ultimate hedging of bets in an idol to an 'unknown god'.  Sort of a cosmic fire insurance... a just-in-case-cover-our-bases god.<br/><br/>Paul, in a master class of loving but confrontational evangelism says "Let me introduce you to this 'unknown god' who very much wants to be know"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The boys are on a missionary "road trip" this week, staying long enough to plant churches and then often getting run out of town.<br/><br/>Paul then lands in the world class city of Athens and he takes his message from the synagogues to the streets... the public square.<br/>And here is a culture kind of like Canada.  Pluralistic.  Accepting.  Vaguely "spiritual" without any real life transformation.<br/>In fact, Paul sees the ultimate hedging of bets in an idol to an 'unknown god'.  Sort of a cosmic fire insurance... a just-in-case-cover-our-bases god.<br/><br/>Paul, in a master class of loving but confrontational evangelism says "Let me introduce you to this 'unknown god' who very much wants to be know"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The boys are on a missionary "road trip" this week, staying long enough to plant churches and then often getting run out of town.<br/><br/>Paul then lands in the world class city of Athens and he takes his message from the synagogues to the streets... the public square.<br/>And here is a culture kind of like Canada.  Pluralistic.  Accepting.  Vaguely "spiritual" without any real life transformation.<br/>In fact, Paul sees the ultimate hedging of bets in an idol to an 'unknown god'.  Sort of a cosmic fire insurance... a just-in-case-cover-our-bases god.<br/><br/>Paul, in a master class of loving but confrontational evangelism says "Let me introduce you to this 'unknown god' who very much wants to be know"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 20: "Saving Entire Households!"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We saw last week how God in His goodness and ways in which He redeems ALL things, used an argument to double His missionary effort ... which is starting to REALLY reach "the ends of the earth".<br/><br/>THIS week, we'll see how going to one of their most godless locations, being harassed by a demon-possessed woman and being thrown in jail is actually being used by God to forge new relationships, a new home base, a new source of ministry revenue and most importantly, entire HOUSEHOLDS coming to know Jesus.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We saw last week how God in His goodness and ways in which He redeems ALL things, used an argument to double His missionary effort ... which is starting to REALLY reach "the ends of the earth".<br/><br/>THIS week, we'll see how going to one of their most godless locations, being harassed by a demon-possessed woman and being thrown in jail is actually being used by God to forge new relationships, a new home base, a new source of ministry revenue and most importantly, entire HOUSEHOLDS coming to know Jesus.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We saw last week how God in His goodness and ways in which He redeems ALL things, used an argument to double His missionary effort ... which is starting to REALLY reach "the ends of the earth".<br/><br/>THIS week, we'll see how going to one of their most godless locations, being harassed by a demon-possessed woman and being thrown in jail is actually being used by God to forge new relationships, a new home base, a new source of ministry revenue and most importantly, entire HOUSEHOLDS coming to know Jesus.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 19: "When Christians Disagree"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Remember that Bible verse that promises Christians will never disagree with each other?<br/>Where is that passage found again?<br/><br/>Oh, right.  That's not found in the Bible.   Disagreeing with your Christian brother or sister - even vehemently so - isn't necessarily sinful.  Getting ANGRY isn't necessarily sinful.  What you choose to DO in these situations may or may not be sinful.<br/><br/>Barnabas and his protégé Paul have a major ministry "locking of horns"... major enough that it's recorded in Acts.<br/><br/>Is there something incredibly useful for us to learn from this, even in 2025? I believe there is. Is it possible God can even USE this otherwise embarrassing interpersonal incident? You KNOW He can! <br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Remember that Bible verse that promises Christians will never disagree with each other?<br/>Where is that passage found again?<br/><br/>Oh, right.  That's not found in the Bible.   Disagreeing with your Christian brother or sister - even vehemently so - isn't necessarily sinful.  Getting ANGRY isn't necessarily sinful.  What you choose to DO in these situations may or may not be sinful.<br/><br/>Barnabas and his protégé Paul have a major ministry "locking of horns"... major enough that it's recorded in Acts.<br/><br/>Is there something incredibly useful for us to learn from this, even in 2025? I believe there is. Is it possible God can even USE this otherwise embarrassing interpersonal incident? You KNOW He can! <br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Remember that Bible verse that promises Christians will never disagree with each other?<br/>Where is that passage found again?<br/><br/>Oh, right.  That's not found in the Bible.   Disagreeing with your Christian brother or sister - even vehemently so - isn't necessarily sinful.  Getting ANGRY isn't necessarily sinful.  What you choose to DO in these situations may or may not be sinful.<br/><br/>Barnabas and his protégé Paul have a major ministry "locking of horns"... major enough that it's recorded in Acts.<br/><br/>Is there something incredibly useful for us to learn from this, even in 2025? I believe there is. Is it possible God can even USE this otherwise embarrassing interpersonal incident? You KNOW He can! <br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 18: "Unity"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Ah, the Acts Church. Isn't it dreamy? Everyone sharing everything. On mission together. Filled with the Holy Spirit. Looking out for widows and the vulnerable. Loving being together, fellowshipping and breaking bread together.<br/><br/>It was all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows everywhere<br/><br/>And if you believe THAT, I have a wonderful timeshare opportunity I'd like to tell you about.<br/><br/>The Acts Church vehemently disagreed on things. Paul and Peter (yes THAT Paul and Peter) dramatically disagreed on things.  Important things. Theological things. Things that if they had continued to be divided on, had the potential to stop the early Church in its tracks.<br/><br/>How they addressed this division is incredibly instructive for us today... maybe more than ever!<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ah, the Acts Church. Isn't it dreamy? Everyone sharing everything. On mission together. Filled with the Holy Spirit. Looking out for widows and the vulnerable. Loving being together, fellowshipping and breaking bread together.<br/><br/>It was all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows everywhere<br/><br/>And if you believe THAT, I have a wonderful timeshare opportunity I'd like to tell you about.<br/><br/>The Acts Church vehemently disagreed on things. Paul and Peter (yes THAT Paul and Peter) dramatically disagreed on things.  Important things. Theological things. Things that if they had continued to be divided on, had the potential to stop the early Church in its tracks.<br/><br/>How they addressed this division is incredibly instructive for us today... maybe more than ever!<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ah, the Acts Church. Isn't it dreamy? Everyone sharing everything. On mission together. Filled with the Holy Spirit. Looking out for widows and the vulnerable. Loving being together, fellowshipping and breaking bread together.<br/><br/>It was all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows everywhere<br/><br/>And if you believe THAT, I have a wonderful timeshare opportunity I'd like to tell you about.<br/><br/>The Acts Church vehemently disagreed on things. Paul and Peter (yes THAT Paul and Peter) dramatically disagreed on things.  Important things. Theological things. Things that if they had continued to be divided on, had the potential to stop the early Church in its tracks.<br/><br/>How they addressed this division is incredibly instructive for us today... maybe more than ever!<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 17: "WE. ARE. SENT"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The mission of Jesus is now entering the "to the ends of the earth" phase.<br/><br/>This is where the gospel is about to become a worldwide game-changer.<br/>In this, the first of Paul's missionary trips, you'll notice some principles or "best practices"w that will be repeated throughout Acts and even to this very day.<br/><br/>Not everyone has been called to leave their homeland for the sake of the gospel, but EVERY Christian has been sent in one way or another as a missionary for Jesus - to the rinks, schools, offices, neighbourhoods and coffee shops.  <br/><br/>We are on mission together.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The mission of Jesus is now entering the "to the ends of the earth" phase.<br/><br/>This is where the gospel is about to become a worldwide game-changer.<br/>In this, the first of Paul's missionary trips, you'll notice some principles or "best practices"w that will be repeated throughout Acts and even to this very day.<br/><br/>Not everyone has been called to leave their homeland for the sake of the gospel, but EVERY Christian has been sent in one way or another as a missionary for Jesus - to the rinks, schools, offices, neighbourhoods and coffee shops.  <br/><br/>We are on mission together.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The mission of Jesus is now entering the "to the ends of the earth" phase.<br/><br/>This is where the gospel is about to become a worldwide game-changer.<br/>In this, the first of Paul's missionary trips, you'll notice some principles or "best practices"w that will be repeated throughout Acts and even to this very day.<br/><br/>Not everyone has been called to leave their homeland for the sake of the gospel, but EVERY Christian has been sent in one way or another as a missionary for Jesus - to the rinks, schools, offices, neighbourhoods and coffee shops.  <br/><br/>We are on mission together.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 16: "King Jesus"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We live in the "now but not yet". God's Kingdom is here but not fully realized until the day of King Jesus's glorious appearing.<br/>So in the meantime we live in the tension that evil seems to go unpunished. Arrogant and corrupt rulers and governments seem to get away with it. We hold to the hope that one day all these injustices will be made right.<br/><br/>However...<br/><br/>Every now and then, the consequences are immediate... the judgment is swift. Whether it's because God's patience with evil has run out or a historic point needs to be made or vainglorious moguls are impeding His will.<br/>Whatever the reason, know that God will not share his glory with anyone.<br/><br/>It's a story every bit as much for 2025 as it was for Acts 12.<br/><br/>(oh, and spoiler alert, it involves some gnarly killer worms. Got your attention now?)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We live in the "now but not yet". God's Kingdom is here but not fully realized until the day of King Jesus's glorious appearing.<br/>So in the meantime we live in the tension that evil seems to go unpunished. Arrogant and corrupt rulers and governments seem to get away with it. We hold to the hope that one day all these injustices will be made right.<br/><br/>However...<br/><br/>Every now and then, the consequences are immediate... the judgment is swift. Whether it's because God's patience with evil has run out or a historic point needs to be made or vainglorious moguls are impeding His will.<br/>Whatever the reason, know that God will not share his glory with anyone.<br/><br/>It's a story every bit as much for 2025 as it was for Acts 12.<br/><br/>(oh, and spoiler alert, it involves some gnarly killer worms. Got your attention now?)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We live in the "now but not yet". God's Kingdom is here but not fully realized until the day of King Jesus's glorious appearing.<br/>So in the meantime we live in the tension that evil seems to go unpunished. Arrogant and corrupt rulers and governments seem to get away with it. We hold to the hope that one day all these injustices will be made right.<br/><br/>However...<br/><br/>Every now and then, the consequences are immediate... the judgment is swift. Whether it's because God's patience with evil has run out or a historic point needs to be made or vainglorious moguls are impeding His will.<br/>Whatever the reason, know that God will not share his glory with anyone.<br/><br/>It's a story every bit as much for 2025 as it was for Acts 12.<br/><br/>(oh, and spoiler alert, it involves some gnarly killer worms. Got your attention now?)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 15: "Prison Break!"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Mar 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Just when you think the stories in Acts can’t get any more exciting, we read about a miraculous escape from prison… and it’s an inside job! But not before we hear about a tragic event that ends the life of one of Jesus’ closest disciples. The juxtaposition of these things will certainly leave you scratching your head and challenging your faith. But God, again, shows that He is Lord, and nothing He purposes to do can be thwarted. (Job 42:2)<br/> <br/>We’ll see the Body of Christ, the Church, totally engaged and the power of fervent prayer!<br/> <br/>And we’ll be introduced to some new Bible characters who play a significant role in the history of the church later on.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Just when you think the stories in Acts can’t get any more exciting, we read about a miraculous escape from prison… and it’s an inside job! But not before we hear about a tragic event that ends the life of one of Jesus’ closest disciples. The juxtaposition of these things will certainly leave you scratching your head and challenging your faith. But God, again, shows that He is Lord, and nothing He purposes to do can be thwarted. (Job 42:2)<br/> <br/>We’ll see the Body of Christ, the Church, totally engaged and the power of fervent prayer!<br/> <br/>And we’ll be introduced to some new Bible characters who play a significant role in the history of the church later on.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just when you think the stories in Acts can’t get any more exciting, we read about a miraculous escape from prison… and it’s an inside job! But not before we hear about a tragic event that ends the life of one of Jesus’ closest disciples. The juxtaposition of these things will certainly leave you scratching your head and challenging your faith. But God, again, shows that He is Lord, and nothing He purposes to do can be thwarted. (Job 42:2)<br/> <br/>We’ll see the Body of Christ, the Church, totally engaged and the power of fervent prayer!<br/> <br/>And we’ll be introduced to some new Bible characters who play a significant role in the history of the church later on.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 14: "A Vision that will change EVERYTHING!"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We're at that point in Acts where the Jesus story is about to move from a localized phenomenon to a world-changer!<br/><br/>First though, it means some barricades that kept people at arm's length need to be dismantled. <br/><br/>That is what Jesus has done.  <br/><br/>One of the first signs of it happens at His crucifixion as the Temple curtain is supernaturally torn, representing everyone's access to God through Jesus - our only needed priest and mediator.  (1 Timothy 2:5-6)<br/><br/>Now all other cultural obstructions to being a "Child of the King" are about to be demolished, BUT not everyone is happy about it.<br/><br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We're at that point in Acts where the Jesus story is about to move from a localized phenomenon to a world-changer!<br/><br/>First though, it means some barricades that kept people at arm's length need to be dismantled. <br/><br/>That is what Jesus has done.  <br/><br/>One of the first signs of it happens at His crucifixion as the Temple curtain is supernaturally torn, representing everyone's access to God through Jesus - our only needed priest and mediator.  (1 Timothy 2:5-6)<br/><br/>Now all other cultural obstructions to being a "Child of the King" are about to be demolished, BUT not everyone is happy about it.<br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We're at that point in Acts where the Jesus story is about to move from a localized phenomenon to a world-changer!<br/><br/>First though, it means some barricades that kept people at arm's length need to be dismantled. <br/><br/>That is what Jesus has done.  <br/><br/>One of the first signs of it happens at His crucifixion as the Temple curtain is supernaturally torn, representing everyone's access to God through Jesus - our only needed priest and mediator.  (1 Timothy 2:5-6)<br/><br/>Now all other cultural obstructions to being a "Child of the King" are about to be demolished, BUT not everyone is happy about it.<br/><br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 13: "Get up, Tabitha"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Feb 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Amazing things happen in the Book of Acts. Things Jesus modeled in the Gospels and then actually told His followers to go and do likewise, or in fact go and do even GREATER things.<br/><br/>Most Christians are on board with these works of the Apostles being available to us in 2025, UNTIL, that is, we get to passages of raising the dead. That's just a bridge too far.<br/><br/>Of course that raises all kinds of questions. Why are we skeptical of this? Why are there reports of this worldwide but not so much in "Western" countries like Canada? And maybe there's another kind of resurrection that is equally, if not more, miraculous<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Amazing things happen in the Book of Acts. Things Jesus modeled in the Gospels and then actually told His followers to go and do likewise, or in fact go and do even GREATER things.<br/><br/>Most Christians are on board with these works of the Apostles being available to us in 2025, UNTIL, that is, we get to passages of raising the dead. That's just a bridge too far.<br/><br/>Of course that raises all kinds of questions. Why are we skeptical of this? Why are there reports of this worldwide but not so much in "Western" countries like Canada? And maybe there's another kind of resurrection that is equally, if not more, miraculous<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amazing things happen in the Book of Acts. Things Jesus modeled in the Gospels and then actually told His followers to go and do likewise, or in fact go and do even GREATER things.<br/><br/>Most Christians are on board with these works of the Apostles being available to us in 2025, UNTIL, that is, we get to passages of raising the dead. That's just a bridge too far.<br/><br/>Of course that raises all kinds of questions. Why are we skeptical of this? Why are there reports of this worldwide but not so much in "Western" countries like Canada? And maybe there's another kind of resurrection that is equally, if not more, miraculous<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 12: Blinded by the Light</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Feb 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We are now entering a whole new phase of Acts, and for that matter Christianity in general.<br/><br/>We are moving out of the Jerusalem epicentre. This may not have been by choice, but God has a way of redeeming the bad stuff for our good and His glory AND to fulfill his mission... to spread the gospel in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the earth.<br/><br/>But before this mass missionary expansion, God had to transform the heart of an enemy of Jesus, and when he dramatically did so, the world was about to change.<br/><br/>To this day, God is using dramatic "Damascus Road" type experiences to call people to Him.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We are now entering a whole new phase of Acts, and for that matter Christianity in general.<br/><br/>We are moving out of the Jerusalem epicentre. This may not have been by choice, but God has a way of redeeming the bad stuff for our good and His glory AND to fulfill his mission... to spread the gospel in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the earth.<br/><br/>But before this mass missionary expansion, God had to transform the heart of an enemy of Jesus, and when he dramatically did so, the world was about to change.<br/><br/>To this day, God is using dramatic "Damascus Road" type experiences to call people to Him.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are now entering a whole new phase of Acts, and for that matter Christianity in general.<br/><br/>We are moving out of the Jerusalem epicentre. This may not have been by choice, but God has a way of redeeming the bad stuff for our good and His glory AND to fulfill his mission... to spread the gospel in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the earth.<br/><br/>But before this mass missionary expansion, God had to transform the heart of an enemy of Jesus, and when he dramatically did so, the world was about to change.<br/><br/>To this day, God is using dramatic "Damascus Road" type experiences to call people to Him.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 11: Martyrs for the Mission</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You just knew that "poking the bear" (the religious elite) couldn't last forever. The keepers of the "old way" had too much at stake.<br/><br/>I want to tell you about Stephen, who as you may remember from last week, just got appointed as a Deacon. But far from only working behind the scenes with ministry logistics, Stephen is someone "filled with God's grace and power" and "performed great wonders and signs".  Whether or not he was gifted this way before the filling of the Holy Spirit, he is an incredibly gifted orator and defender of the faith. So much so, the religious elite are violently incensed (probably in part because they have no good response).<br/><br/>This time there is no angel who comes to rescue Stephen (spoiler alert). And while we are currently not in a "persecution hot zone" it is still a pertinent question as to how WE will respond when our faith is tested.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You just knew that "poking the bear" (the religious elite) couldn't last forever. The keepers of the "old way" had too much at stake.<br/><br/>I want to tell you about Stephen, who as you may remember from last week, just got appointed as a Deacon. But far from only working behind the scenes with ministry logistics, Stephen is someone "filled with God's grace and power" and "performed great wonders and signs".  Whether or not he was gifted this way before the filling of the Holy Spirit, he is an incredibly gifted orator and defender of the faith. So much so, the religious elite are violently incensed (probably in part because they have no good response).<br/><br/>This time there is no angel who comes to rescue Stephen (spoiler alert). And while we are currently not in a "persecution hot zone" it is still a pertinent question as to how WE will respond when our faith is tested.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You just knew that "poking the bear" (the religious elite) couldn't last forever. The keepers of the "old way" had too much at stake.<br/><br/>I want to tell you about Stephen, who as you may remember from last week, just got appointed as a Deacon. But far from only working behind the scenes with ministry logistics, Stephen is someone "filled with God's grace and power" and "performed great wonders and signs".  Whether or not he was gifted this way before the filling of the Holy Spirit, he is an incredibly gifted orator and defender of the faith. So much so, the religious elite are violently incensed (probably in part because they have no good response).<br/><br/>This time there is no angel who comes to rescue Stephen (spoiler alert). And while we are currently not in a "persecution hot zone" it is still a pertinent question as to how WE will respond when our faith is tested.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 10: Good Problems!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What if our Church just... oh, I don't know... quadrupled attendance overnight? No transfer growth... all NEW Christians. Praise God!<br/><br/>Now, picture some of the logistics around that. <br/>Do we have to move? <br/>Go to four services? <br/>What kind of volunteer crisis would that create?<br/>You think we have parking issues now?<br/>Plus these would be new Christians who need discipleship, still living in all kinds of worldly ways, and not yet in a mature place to contribute financially or in ministry.<br/><br/>Growth is a good thing but the first Church is discovering it comes with good problems.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What if our Church just... oh, I don't know... quadrupled attendance overnight? No transfer growth... all NEW Christians. Praise God!<br/><br/>Now, picture some of the logistics around that. <br/>Do we have to move? <br/>Go to four services? <br/>What kind of volunteer crisis would that create?<br/>You think we have parking issues now?<br/>Plus these would be new Christians who need discipleship, still living in all kinds of worldly ways, and not yet in a mature place to contribute financially or in ministry.<br/><br/>Growth is a good thing but the first Church is discovering it comes with good problems.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if our Church just... oh, I don't know... quadrupled attendance overnight? No transfer growth... all NEW Christians. Praise God!<br/><br/>Now, picture some of the logistics around that. <br/>Do we have to move? <br/>Go to four services? <br/>What kind of volunteer crisis would that create?<br/>You think we have parking issues now?<br/>Plus these would be new Christians who need discipleship, still living in all kinds of worldly ways, and not yet in a mature place to contribute financially or in ministry.<br/><br/>Growth is a good thing but the first Church is discovering it comes with good problems.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church: The Church Under Attack!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Back to our series on the Book of Acts: "How to BE the Church"<br/><br/>In our last "episode" of our Acts series, we saw that following the miraculous early growth of the first Church, some opposition starts to appear.<br/>It appears from the INSIDE (see Ananias and Saphira) and the attack is really starting to amp up from the religious OUTSIDE.<br/><br/>Shouldn't the religious types all be on "Team Messiah"? <br/>Turns out there are many other conflicting loyalties and agendas at work.  But as one of the most "religious of the religious" wisely says this week "If this is from God, there's nothing we can do to stop it".<br/>Amen to that!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Back to our series on the Book of Acts: "How to BE the Church"<br/><br/>In our last "episode" of our Acts series, we saw that following the miraculous early growth of the first Church, some opposition starts to appear.<br/>It appears from the INSIDE (see Ananias and Saphira) and the attack is really starting to amp up from the religious OUTSIDE.<br/><br/>Shouldn't the religious types all be on "Team Messiah"? <br/>Turns out there are many other conflicting loyalties and agendas at work.  But as one of the most "religious of the religious" wisely says this week "If this is from God, there's nothing we can do to stop it".<br/>Amen to that!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Back to our series on the Book of Acts: "How to BE the Church"<br/><br/>In our last "episode" of our Acts series, we saw that following the miraculous early growth of the first Church, some opposition starts to appear.<br/>It appears from the INSIDE (see Ananias and Saphira) and the attack is really starting to amp up from the religious OUTSIDE.<br/><br/>Shouldn't the religious types all be on "Team Messiah"? <br/>Turns out there are many other conflicting loyalties and agendas at work.  But as one of the most "religious of the religious" wisely says this week "If this is from God, there's nothing we can do to stop it".<br/>Amen to that!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Path Ahead</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Jan 2025 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You might already be sick of any talk of "resolutions" or "New Year's goals". You find the January 1 date an arbitrary timeline to make life changes. Why not make life changes in November or December if they're that important?

The problem is that most of us don't spend the time in intentional reflection to even assess what changes need to happen... particularly in terms of character and spiritual growth.

This Sunday will be an opportunity to consider just ONE facet from a list of 9 that may just make your path in 2025 a blessed one.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You might already be sick of any talk of "resolutions" or "New Year's goals". You find the January 1 date an arbitrary timeline to make life changes. Why not make life changes in November or December if they're that important?

The problem is that most of us don't spend the time in intentional reflection to even assess what changes need to happen... particularly in terms of character and spiritual growth.

This Sunday will be an opportunity to consider just ONE facet from a list of 9 that may just make your path in 2025 a blessed one.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You might already be sick of any talk of "resolutions" or "New Year's goals". You find the January 1 date an arbitrary timeline to make life changes. Why not make life changes in November or December if they're that important?

The problem is that most of us don't spend the time in intentional reflection to even assess what changes need to happen... particularly in terms of character and spiritual growth.

This Sunday will be an opportunity to consider just ONE facet from a list of 9 that may just make your path in 2025 a blessed one.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Christmas Unfiltered - Part 2: The Birth</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This was NOT an "Instagram moment"

Our nativity scenes have such a lovely Hallmark Christmas Card feel to them, one might forget (or never have heard) how desperate, dark and dismal the whole situation was.

Don't get me wrong. The birth of Jesus was truly "good news of great joy" but the circumstances surrounding his birth were not "fit for a King"... quite the opposite. But all of this "mess" tells us something very important about the character of God.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This was NOT an "Instagram moment"

Our nativity scenes have such a lovely Hallmark Christmas Card feel to them, one might forget (or never have heard) how desperate, dark and dismal the whole situation was.

Don't get me wrong. The birth of Jesus was truly "good news of great joy" but the circumstances surrounding his birth were not "fit for a King"... quite the opposite. But all of this "mess" tells us something very important about the character of God.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This was NOT an "Instagram moment"

Our nativity scenes have such a lovely Hallmark Christmas Card feel to them, one might forget (or never have heard) how desperate, dark and dismal the whole situation was.

Don't get me wrong. The birth of Jesus was truly "good news of great joy" but the circumstances surrounding his birth were not "fit for a King"... quite the opposite. But all of this "mess" tells us something very important about the character of God.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Christmas Unfiltered - Part 3: The Response</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The birth of Jesus prompted some extreme responses.
On one hand, there was an outpouring of worship, adoration and celebration... all to a baby boy.
On the other hand, there was a narcissistic, genocidal, resentful response.

Some may ask "Surely there's a third way? Some sort of measured response?"
Maybe that's been part of our issue around Christmas: thinking of it as a nice, safe, innocuous story that doesn't have much of an effect on our day to day lives.

So how are WE going to respond to this "first noel"?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The birth of Jesus prompted some extreme responses.
On one hand, there was an outpouring of worship, adoration and celebration... all to a baby boy.
On the other hand, there was a narcissistic, genocidal, resentful response.

Some may ask "Surely there's a third way? Some sort of measured response?"
Maybe that's been part of our issue around Christmas: thinking of it as a nice, safe, innocuous story that doesn't have much of an effect on our day to day lives.

So how are WE going to respond to this "first noel"?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The birth of Jesus prompted some extreme responses.
On one hand, there was an outpouring of worship, adoration and celebration... all to a baby boy.
On the other hand, there was a narcissistic, genocidal, resentful response.

Some may ask "Surely there's a third way? Some sort of measured response?"
Maybe that's been part of our issue around Christmas: thinking of it as a nice, safe, innocuous story that doesn't have much of an effect on our day to day lives.

So how are WE going to respond to this "first noel"?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 3: The Church: Day One</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Remember that blustery fisherman dude with a temper, who 50 days prior had fearfully denied the Lord three times?

He is beautifully forgiven and restored by Jesus over breakfast following His resurrection, and then before Jesus ascended to heaven, told him and the other disciples to WAIT... something exciting is going to happen that will fill you with courage and empower you for ministry.

That same blustery fisherman - Peter - then stands up in front of thousands and ... well... it's the beginning of an unstoppable force called the Church of Jesus.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Remember that blustery fisherman dude with a temper, who 50 days prior had fearfully denied the Lord three times?

He is beautifully forgiven and restored by Jesus over breakfast following His resurrection, and then before Jesus ascended to heaven, told him and the other disciples to WAIT... something exciting is going to happen that will fill you with courage and empower you for ministry.

That same blustery fisherman - Peter - then stands up in front of thousands and ... well... it's the beginning of an unstoppable force called the Church of Jesus.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Remember that blustery fisherman dude with a temper, who 50 days prior had fearfully denied the Lord three times?

He is beautifully forgiven and restored by Jesus over breakfast following His resurrection, and then before Jesus ascended to heaven, told him and the other disciples to WAIT... something exciting is going to happen that will fill you with courage and empower you for ministry.

That same blustery fisherman - Peter - then stands up in front of thousands and ... well... it's the beginning of an unstoppable force called the Church of Jesus.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Christmas Unfiltered - Part 1: "No crying He makes" Seriously???</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Dec 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I realize it's nice to picture baby Jesus as He is in our pristine Nativity sets: Jesus smiling with a little halo behind him. Lambs cuddling up to the baby in a well-lit, rustic but sterile setting. Mary and Joseph looking like a typical young adult couple hosting guests of mystics and shepherds, oblivious that a genocidal monster is in the process of hunting them down.  

In truth, the entire Christmas narrative was stark, bleak and fraught with drama and even danger. 

Come to think of it, OUR Christmases are often not "the most wonderful time of the year".

But maybe the REAL, unfiltered story of Christmas gives us a more authentic look at the real people and problems we face and the hope of a very real God.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I realize it's nice to picture baby Jesus as He is in our pristine Nativity sets: Jesus smiling with a little halo behind him. Lambs cuddling up to the baby in a well-lit, rustic but sterile setting. Mary and Joseph looking like a typical young adult couple hosting guests of mystics and shepherds, oblivious that a genocidal monster is in the process of hunting them down.  

In truth, the entire Christmas narrative was stark, bleak and fraught with drama and even danger. 

Come to think of it, OUR Christmases are often not "the most wonderful time of the year".

But maybe the REAL, unfiltered story of Christmas gives us a more authentic look at the real people and problems we face and the hope of a very real God.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I realize it's nice to picture baby Jesus as He is in our pristine Nativity sets: Jesus smiling with a little halo behind him. Lambs cuddling up to the baby in a well-lit, rustic but sterile setting. Mary and Joseph looking like a typical young adult couple hosting guests of mystics and shepherds, oblivious that a genocidal monster is in the process of hunting them down.  

In truth, the entire Christmas narrative was stark, bleak and fraught with drama and even danger. 

Come to think of it, OUR Christmases are often not "the most wonderful time of the year".

But maybe the REAL, unfiltered story of Christmas gives us a more authentic look at the real people and problems we face and the hope of a very real God.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 4: This is What it Looks Like</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues with guest speaker Tony Wong.

If you have ever read the brief verses describing this early Church in Acts 2:42-47, perhaps your heart has sped up as mine has. THIS sounds like the Church we all long to be a part of...
 
Deep community. 
Breaking bread together. 
Praying together. 
Sharing possessions and money for those among them in need. 
 
There was JOY. There was generosity. There was goodwill towards them from the city AND people were getting saved daily.

That kind of Church IS possible.

You'll be richly ministered to by Tony, who is looking to build this kind of Church as well.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues with guest speaker Tony Wong.

If you have ever read the brief verses describing this early Church in Acts 2:42-47, perhaps your heart has sped up as mine has. THIS sounds like the Church we all long to be a part of...
 
Deep community. 
Breaking bread together. 
Praying together. 
Sharing possessions and money for those among them in need. 
 
There was JOY. There was generosity. There was goodwill towards them from the city AND people were getting saved daily.

That kind of Church IS possible.

You'll be richly ministered to by Tony, who is looking to build this kind of Church as well.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues with guest speaker Tony Wong.

If you have ever read the brief verses describing this early Church in Acts 2:42-47, perhaps your heart has sped up as mine has. THIS sounds like the Church we all long to be a part of...
 
Deep community. 
Breaking bread together. 
Praying together. 
Sharing possessions and money for those among them in need. 
 
There was JOY. There was generosity. There was goodwill towards them from the city AND people were getting saved daily.

That kind of Church IS possible.

You'll be richly ministered to by Tony, who is looking to build this kind of Church as well.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 8: An Awestruck and Generous Church</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Last Sunday we ended our narrative with an earthquake at a prayer meeting. The Church was experiencing unprecedented growth with miracles, power, sharing life together, and an incredible outpouring of generosity among the multitude of believers and beyond. But a dark cloud soon emerged, threatening to derail the growth of the early Church.  

What God does about this is shocking, but sets the Church on a clear course until Jesus returns.  

We do well in the 21st century to remember and pay heed!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Last Sunday we ended our narrative with an earthquake at a prayer meeting. The Church was experiencing unprecedented growth with miracles, power, sharing life together, and an incredible outpouring of generosity among the multitude of believers and beyond. But a dark cloud soon emerged, threatening to derail the growth of the early Church.  

What God does about this is shocking, but sets the Church on a clear course until Jesus returns.  

We do well in the 21st century to remember and pay heed!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Last Sunday we ended our narrative with an earthquake at a prayer meeting. The Church was experiencing unprecedented growth with miracles, power, sharing life together, and an incredible outpouring of generosity among the multitude of believers and beyond. But a dark cloud soon emerged, threatening to derail the growth of the early Church.  

What God does about this is shocking, but sets the Church on a clear course until Jesus returns.  

We do well in the 21st century to remember and pay heed!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 7: The Church BOLDLY PRAYS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Peter and John were just jailed and berated, all for the "misdeed" of healing a man and proclaiming the good news of Jesus. 
Clearly, these two never felt alone amid this bullying:  Jesus was with them, giving them courage and even the words to say to the authorities.
They're about to be reminded that they are not alone in another significant way. 
The Church of Jesus Christ has their back!!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Peter and John were just jailed and berated, all for the "misdeed" of healing a man and proclaiming the good news of Jesus. 
Clearly, these two never felt alone amid this bullying:  Jesus was with them, giving them courage and even the words to say to the authorities.
They're about to be reminded that they are not alone in another significant way. 
The Church of Jesus Christ has their back!!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Peter and John were just jailed and berated, all for the "misdeed" of healing a man and proclaiming the good news of Jesus. 
Clearly, these two never felt alone amid this bullying:  Jesus was with them, giving them courage and even the words to say to the authorities.
They're about to be reminded that they are not alone in another significant way. 
The Church of Jesus Christ has their back!!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 5: There is Power in the Name of Jesus</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

As we've seen in the first few months of the Church's origin story, the Holy Spirit comes with wind and fire. It comes with the supernatural gift of speaking in other known languages for the purpose of proclaiming Jesus.

The Holy Spirit comes with a new boldness to recently fearful disciples and a clear articulation of the gospel. The Holy Spirit comes with a harvest of souls. It comes with unity, fellowship, devotion, generosity and worship.

The stakes keep getting higher. Now in Chapter 3 the Holy Spirit comes with POWER, and the whole city is about to take notice.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

As we've seen in the first few months of the Church's origin story, the Holy Spirit comes with wind and fire. It comes with the supernatural gift of speaking in other known languages for the purpose of proclaiming Jesus.

The Holy Spirit comes with a new boldness to recently fearful disciples and a clear articulation of the gospel. The Holy Spirit comes with a harvest of souls. It comes with unity, fellowship, devotion, generosity and worship.

The stakes keep getting higher. Now in Chapter 3 the Holy Spirit comes with POWER, and the whole city is about to take notice.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

As we've seen in the first few months of the Church's origin story, the Holy Spirit comes with wind and fire. It comes with the supernatural gift of speaking in other known languages for the purpose of proclaiming Jesus.

The Holy Spirit comes with a new boldness to recently fearful disciples and a clear articulation of the gospel. The Holy Spirit comes with a harvest of souls. It comes with unity, fellowship, devotion, generosity and worship.

The stakes keep getting higher. Now in Chapter 3 the Holy Spirit comes with POWER, and the whole city is about to take notice.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 6: The Church Must Be COURAGEOUS</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Peter and John have just healed a lame man through the name and power of Jesus. The man is obviously ecstatic and the gathering crowd is curious now and open to the gospel.

You'd think EVERYONE would want to carry these two disciples on their shoulders in a heroes' parade, but wouldn't you know it, there are powerful people who want them silenced and punished.

You may have heard the expression "no good deed goes unpunished" and it starts to really apply to the first-century Church. Of course, we should expect some form of pushback to the ways of Jesus, who himself told us it would happen, but it's especially discouraging when it comes from the so-called religious set. The folks who should know better.

So whether it's from the "world" or the religious powers that be, we the Church are going to need to be increasingly COURAGEOUS!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Peter and John have just healed a lame man through the name and power of Jesus. The man is obviously ecstatic and the gathering crowd is curious now and open to the gospel.

You'd think EVERYONE would want to carry these two disciples on their shoulders in a heroes' parade, but wouldn't you know it, there are powerful people who want them silenced and punished.

You may have heard the expression "no good deed goes unpunished" and it starts to really apply to the first-century Church. Of course, we should expect some form of pushback to the ways of Jesus, who himself told us it would happen, but it's especially discouraging when it comes from the so-called religious set. The folks who should know better.

So whether it's from the "world" or the religious powers that be, we the Church are going to need to be increasingly COURAGEOUS!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our Study in Acts continues...

Peter and John have just healed a lame man through the name and power of Jesus. The man is obviously ecstatic and the gathering crowd is curious now and open to the gospel.

You'd think EVERYONE would want to carry these two disciples on their shoulders in a heroes' parade, but wouldn't you know it, there are powerful people who want them silenced and punished.

You may have heard the expression "no good deed goes unpunished" and it starts to really apply to the first-century Church. Of course, we should expect some form of pushback to the ways of Jesus, who himself told us it would happen, but it's especially discouraging when it comes from the so-called religious set. The folks who should know better.

So whether it's from the "world" or the religious powers that be, we the Church are going to need to be increasingly COURAGEOUS!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Mental Health - Anxiety &amp; Depression</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We have never seen this kind of widespread cultural affliction of Anxiety & Depression. 

It is no respecter of age, race, gender or even whether you are a Christian or not. You may not struggle with it personally but you definitely know and love someone who does. Brett Ullman is part of the "walking wounded" and his story is both raw and hopeful.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We have never seen this kind of widespread cultural affliction of Anxiety & Depression. 

It is no respecter of age, race, gender or even whether you are a Christian or not. You may not struggle with it personally but you definitely know and love someone who does. Brett Ullman is part of the "walking wounded" and his story is both raw and hopeful.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We have never seen this kind of widespread cultural affliction of Anxiety & Depression. 

It is no respecter of age, race, gender or even whether you are a Christian or not. You may not struggle with it personally but you definitely know and love someone who does. Brett Ullman is part of the "walking wounded" and his story is both raw and hopeful.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Fight the Real Enemy - Part 1: Who is the Enemy?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some are uncomfortable with equating the Christian walk with "war" or "battle" imagery (while others are perhaps a little too comfortable with it). I assure you our Church forefathers had no such reservations.

Make no mistake, we are in a FIGHT...  a fight for souls!  Unfortunately many are directing their resistance at the wrong foe... namely PEOPLE!

Join us in the 4-week series to learn who the real enemies of our souls are and how to fight them!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some are uncomfortable with equating the Christian walk with "war" or "battle" imagery (while others are perhaps a little too comfortable with it). I assure you our Church forefathers had no such reservations.

Make no mistake, we are in a FIGHT...  a fight for souls!  Unfortunately many are directing their resistance at the wrong foe... namely PEOPLE!

Join us in the 4-week series to learn who the real enemies of our souls are and how to fight them!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some are uncomfortable with equating the Christian walk with "war" or "battle" imagery (while others are perhaps a little too comfortable with it). I assure you our Church forefathers had no such reservations.

Make no mistake, we are in a FIGHT...  a fight for souls!  Unfortunately many are directing their resistance at the wrong foe... namely PEOPLE!

Join us in the 4-week series to learn who the real enemies of our souls are and how to fight them!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There might be as many opinions as there are people as to what it means to BE the Church and BE a true disciple

Sometimes in the business world, when the organization begins to drift or lose their core values, there is a strategic effort to return to the founder's vision and template.

I can't help but think our "Founder's" vision and values for The Church and for true discipleship can best be found in the unique book of Acts

There isn't a boring page to be found and some of the narratives are so radical, one might ask "could this even happen in 2024?"
Yes. I think it can.

We are planning to dig deep into all 28 chapters and hope that you will join in the journey... perhaps by reading ahead, bringing your Bible & notebook, or most of all asking yourself every week: "How can I translate this first-century expression of being the Church into my 21st-century context for the sake of being Jesus' witness everywhere I go?"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There might be as many opinions as there are people as to what it means to BE the Church and BE a true disciple

Sometimes in the business world, when the organization begins to drift or lose their core values, there is a strategic effort to return to the founder's vision and template.

I can't help but think our "Founder's" vision and values for The Church and for true discipleship can best be found in the unique book of Acts

There isn't a boring page to be found and some of the narratives are so radical, one might ask "could this even happen in 2024?"
Yes. I think it can.

We are planning to dig deep into all 28 chapters and hope that you will join in the journey... perhaps by reading ahead, bringing your Bible & notebook, or most of all asking yourself every week: "How can I translate this first-century expression of being the Church into my 21st-century context for the sake of being Jesus' witness everywhere I go?"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There might be as many opinions as there are people as to what it means to BE the Church and BE a true disciple

Sometimes in the business world, when the organization begins to drift or lose their core values, there is a strategic effort to return to the founder's vision and template.

I can't help but think our "Founder's" vision and values for The Church and for true discipleship can best be found in the unique book of Acts

There isn't a boring page to be found and some of the narratives are so radical, one might ask "could this even happen in 2024?"
Yes. I think it can.

We are planning to dig deep into all 28 chapters and hope that you will join in the journey... perhaps by reading ahead, bringing your Bible & notebook, or most of all asking yourself every week: "How can I translate this first-century expression of being the Church into my 21st-century context for the sake of being Jesus' witness everywhere I go?"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Fight the Real Enemy - Part 2: The Devil</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As much as our inclination is to make PEOPLE our enemy, we actually remember that our battle is not against "flesh and blood" (Eph. 6:12).  The first of our real enemies is Satan.

I realize in our modern world there are many - even Christians - who put as much credence in the Devil as they would in mythological villains like Medusa, Loki or "the Boogey Man".

Unfortunately, Satan is very much real and at work in our world. Sometimes we may overestimate his power, but he is quite effective in one particular way.

Learn how Jesus Himself combated the one He called "the accuser of our souls"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As much as our inclination is to make PEOPLE our enemy, we actually remember that our battle is not against "flesh and blood" (Eph. 6:12).  The first of our real enemies is Satan.

I realize in our modern world there are many - even Christians - who put as much credence in the Devil as they would in mythological villains like Medusa, Loki or "the Boogey Man".

Unfortunately, Satan is very much real and at work in our world. Sometimes we may overestimate his power, but he is quite effective in one particular way.

Learn how Jesus Himself combated the one He called "the accuser of our souls"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As much as our inclination is to make PEOPLE our enemy, we actually remember that our battle is not against "flesh and blood" (Eph. 6:12).  The first of our real enemies is Satan.

I realize in our modern world there are many - even Christians - who put as much credence in the Devil as they would in mythological villains like Medusa, Loki or "the Boogey Man".

Unfortunately, Satan is very much real and at work in our world. Sometimes we may overestimate his power, but he is quite effective in one particular way.

Learn how Jesus Himself combated the one He called "the accuser of our souls"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How to BE the Church - Part 2: This Changes Everything!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This following proposition may be controversial but here goes...

Without the events of Acts 2, there is no Christianity.

There.  I said it.

The Incarnation of Jesus proved He was a missionary to the world He created.
The Cross proved His great sacrificial love and plan for salvation.
The Resurrection proves the hope we have of eternal life and our enemy of death being ultimately defeated.
The Ascension proves Jesus is truly Lord and King 

BUT I would submit without PENTECOST all of these events would be lost as footnotes of history if the good news didn't get OUT.
It DID and it changed EVERYTHING<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This following proposition may be controversial but here goes...

Without the events of Acts 2, there is no Christianity.

There.  I said it.

The Incarnation of Jesus proved He was a missionary to the world He created.
The Cross proved His great sacrificial love and plan for salvation.
The Resurrection proves the hope we have of eternal life and our enemy of death being ultimately defeated.
The Ascension proves Jesus is truly Lord and King 

BUT I would submit without PENTECOST all of these events would be lost as footnotes of history if the good news didn't get OUT.
It DID and it changed EVERYTHING<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This following proposition may be controversial but here goes...

Without the events of Acts 2, there is no Christianity.

There.  I said it.

The Incarnation of Jesus proved He was a missionary to the world He created.
The Cross proved His great sacrificial love and plan for salvation.
The Resurrection proves the hope we have of eternal life and our enemy of death being ultimately defeated.
The Ascension proves Jesus is truly Lord and King 

BUT I would submit without PENTECOST all of these events would be lost as footnotes of history if the good news didn't get OUT.
It DID and it changed EVERYTHING<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Fight the Real Enemy - Part 3: The Flesh</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pastor Glenn is only partly right. I (Jonathan) only hate MOST country music. There's one cowboy I hold in hallowed esteem... The "man in black"... Johnny Cash. 
A committed Christian, who had previously done some "hard livin’ ”,  Johnny wrote nuanced songs of faith AND of struggle.  This is one of my favourites:

The beast in me is caged by frail and fragile bars 
Restless by day and by night rants and rages at the stars
God help the beast in me
Sometimes it tries to kid me that it's just a teddy bear
And even somehow manage to vanish in the air
And that is when I must beware
Of the beast in me

A folksy take on an enemy we all live with - what the New Testament calls THE FLESH<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Pastor Glenn is only partly right. I (Jonathan) only hate MOST country music. There's one cowboy I hold in hallowed esteem... The "man in black"... Johnny Cash. 
A committed Christian, who had previously done some "hard livin’ ”,  Johnny wrote nuanced songs of faith AND of struggle.  This is one of my favourites:

The beast in me is caged by frail and fragile bars 
Restless by day and by night rants and rages at the stars
God help the beast in me
Sometimes it tries to kid me that it's just a teddy bear
And even somehow manage to vanish in the air
And that is when I must beware
Of the beast in me

A folksy take on an enemy we all live with - what the New Testament calls THE FLESH<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pastor Glenn is only partly right. I (Jonathan) only hate MOST country music. There's one cowboy I hold in hallowed esteem... The "man in black"... Johnny Cash. 
A committed Christian, who had previously done some "hard livin’ ”,  Johnny wrote nuanced songs of faith AND of struggle.  This is one of my favourites:

The beast in me is caged by frail and fragile bars 
Restless by day and by night rants and rages at the stars
God help the beast in me
Sometimes it tries to kid me that it's just a teddy bear
And even somehow manage to vanish in the air
And that is when I must beware
Of the beast in me

A folksy take on an enemy we all live with - what the New Testament calls THE FLESH<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Fight the Real Enemy - Part 4: The World</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Context is everything...

Think of a simple word like "ball"
1. A cylindrical toy or sporting apparatus that most often bounces (noun)
2. A dance party where you dress in formal attire (noun)
3. To have a good time, as in, "we had a ball" (idiom)

That's just one example, and we are typically adept at parsing out words depending on their context; but in a theological context what does it mean that both THE WORLD is an enemy of our soul AND that God so loved THE WORLD He gave His only son?

How can it be something we are to both avoid AND engage with? How can it be we are to hate it AND make it our Mission?

Join us for the conclusion to this series - Fight the REAL Enemy.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Context is everything...

Think of a simple word like "ball"
1. A cylindrical toy or sporting apparatus that most often bounces (noun)
2. A dance party where you dress in formal attire (noun)
3. To have a good time, as in, "we had a ball" (idiom)

That's just one example, and we are typically adept at parsing out words depending on their context; but in a theological context what does it mean that both THE WORLD is an enemy of our soul AND that God so loved THE WORLD He gave His only son?

How can it be something we are to both avoid AND engage with? How can it be we are to hate it AND make it our Mission?

Join us for the conclusion to this series - Fight the REAL Enemy.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Context is everything...

Think of a simple word like "ball"
1. A cylindrical toy or sporting apparatus that most often bounces (noun)
2. A dance party where you dress in formal attire (noun)
3. To have a good time, as in, "we had a ball" (idiom)

That's just one example, and we are typically adept at parsing out words depending on their context; but in a theological context what does it mean that both THE WORLD is an enemy of our soul AND that God so loved THE WORLD He gave His only son?

How can it be something we are to both avoid AND engage with? How can it be we are to hate it AND make it our Mission?

Join us for the conclusion to this series - Fight the REAL Enemy.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Healing to Wholeness</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There are many of you in our Church family living with long-term illness. Many of you live with, or love someone, suffering in this way. 

One thing is true for ALL of us. Everyone will be afflicted at some point in their life with an area of brokenness that needs healing. Physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually. The secular sciences are finally recognizing that these aspects of our whole selves do not operate in silos. Body, mind and spirit are deeply interconnected. In fact, Scripture has always alluded to this interdependency.

NAC's own Rachel Van Halteren understands the link between these aspects of our WHOLE selves. Through her own story of long-term illness and her vocational expertise in homeopathic and holistic health, you will be challenged and encouraged to think about your own healing journey differently.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There are many of you in our Church family living with long-term illness. Many of you live with, or love someone, suffering in this way. 

One thing is true for ALL of us. Everyone will be afflicted at some point in their life with an area of brokenness that needs healing. Physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually. The secular sciences are finally recognizing that these aspects of our whole selves do not operate in silos. Body, mind and spirit are deeply interconnected. In fact, Scripture has always alluded to this interdependency.

NAC's own Rachel Van Halteren understands the link between these aspects of our WHOLE selves. Through her own story of long-term illness and her vocational expertise in homeopathic and holistic health, you will be challenged and encouraged to think about your own healing journey differently.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are many of you in our Church family living with long-term illness. Many of you live with, or love someone, suffering in this way. 

One thing is true for ALL of us. Everyone will be afflicted at some point in their life with an area of brokenness that needs healing. Physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually. The secular sciences are finally recognizing that these aspects of our whole selves do not operate in silos. Body, mind and spirit are deeply interconnected. In fact, Scripture has always alluded to this interdependency.

NAC's own Rachel Van Halteren understands the link between these aspects of our WHOLE selves. Through her own story of long-term illness and her vocational expertise in homeopathic and holistic health, you will be challenged and encouraged to think about your own healing journey differently.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Get in the Game - Part 1: Spiritual Gifts</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A New Summer Series!

It is not the critic who counts; not the one who points out how the strong one stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena.
                                                - Theodore Rosevelt

There will always be those who sit on the sidelines. Those who fancy themselves as armchair quarterbacks. They offer critiques or appreciation but they are ultimately spectators. They are missing this joy of actually "getting in the game"

This summer we're excited to see YOU discover the unique ways God has gifted and wired you. Every Christ-follower has been given one or more spiritual gifts that enable them to be real difference-makers in the Church and even the world. The thing is though, you gotta USE the gift you've been given.

Not everyone can be the quarterback but EVERYONE has a vital role to play on "Team Jesus"

It's time to get in the game!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A New Summer Series!

It is not the critic who counts; not the one who points out how the strong one stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena.
                                                - Theodore Rosevelt

There will always be those who sit on the sidelines. Those who fancy themselves as armchair quarterbacks. They offer critiques or appreciation but they are ultimately spectators. They are missing this joy of actually "getting in the game"

This summer we're excited to see YOU discover the unique ways God has gifted and wired you. Every Christ-follower has been given one or more spiritual gifts that enable them to be real difference-makers in the Church and even the world. The thing is though, you gotta USE the gift you've been given.

Not everyone can be the quarterback but EVERYONE has a vital role to play on "Team Jesus"

It's time to get in the game!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A New Summer Series!

It is not the critic who counts; not the one who points out how the strong one stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena.
                                                - Theodore Rosevelt

There will always be those who sit on the sidelines. Those who fancy themselves as armchair quarterbacks. They offer critiques or appreciation but they are ultimately spectators. They are missing this joy of actually "getting in the game"

This summer we're excited to see YOU discover the unique ways God has gifted and wired you. Every Christ-follower has been given one or more spiritual gifts that enable them to be real difference-makers in the Church and even the world. The thing is though, you gotta USE the gift you've been given.

Not everyone can be the quarterback but EVERYONE has a vital role to play on "Team Jesus"

It's time to get in the game!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Power Gifts Part Two</title>
      <itunes:title>The Power Gifts Part Two</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Get in the game" 
Power Gifts (part 2)
Are you up for some more (as we referred to it last week) "weird stuff"?
Do you believe that the prophecy of Joel and of Pentecost is being fulfilled in our day and generation?
Do you believe that miracles can happen in 2024... not just theoretically, but that miracles could happen at NAC... even at any given moment?
Do you have the kind of faith that truly believes - in our day - God can do increasingly more than we can even ask or IMAGINE, according to His POWER at work within US!
Come join us this Sunday as we unpack three more spiritual gifts that YOU might possibly have.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Get in the game" 
Power Gifts (part 2)
Are you up for some more (as we referred to it last week) "weird stuff"?
Do you believe that the prophecy of Joel and of Pentecost is being fulfilled in our day and generation?
Do you believe that miracles can happen in 2024... not just theoretically, but that miracles could happen at NAC... even at any given moment?
Do you have the kind of faith that truly believes - in our day - God can do increasingly more than we can even ask or IMAGINE, according to His POWER at work within US!
Come join us this Sunday as we unpack three more spiritual gifts that YOU might possibly have.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Get in the game" 
Power Gifts (part 2)
Are you up for some more (as we referred to it last week) "weird stuff"?
Do you believe that the prophecy of Joel and of Pentecost is being fulfilled in our day and generation?
Do you believe that miracles can happen in 2024... not just theoretically, but that miracles could happen at NAC... even at any given moment?
Do you have the kind of faith that truly believes - in our day - God can do increasingly more than we can even ask or IMAGINE, according to His POWER at work within US!
Come join us this Sunday as we unpack three more spiritual gifts that YOU might possibly have.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Get in the Game - Part 2: The love gifts</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
  - Frederick Buechner

As we said, all-y'all have been blessed through the Holy Spirit with unique spiritual gifts.
For the purposes of this series, we've divided them up into 3 categories.
This Sunday we start with the LOVE GIFTS
These are the wonderful and necessary gifts in the Church that allow believers to express their love for God and for others in practical and sometimes overlooked ways. They are supportive gifts in the sense that they often build up what God is doing through leadership or more public gifts.
Is that brief description already making your heart beat fast?
You might be ready to get in the game!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
  - Frederick Buechner

As we said, all-y'all have been blessed through the Holy Spirit with unique spiritual gifts.
For the purposes of this series, we've divided them up into 3 categories.
This Sunday we start with the LOVE GIFTS
These are the wonderful and necessary gifts in the Church that allow believers to express their love for God and for others in practical and sometimes overlooked ways. They are supportive gifts in the sense that they often build up what God is doing through leadership or more public gifts.
Is that brief description already making your heart beat fast?
You might be ready to get in the game!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
  - Frederick Buechner

As we said, all-y'all have been blessed through the Holy Spirit with unique spiritual gifts.
For the purposes of this series, we've divided them up into 3 categories.
This Sunday we start with the LOVE GIFTS
These are the wonderful and necessary gifts in the Church that allow believers to express their love for God and for others in practical and sometimes overlooked ways. They are supportive gifts in the sense that they often build up what God is doing through leadership or more public gifts.
Is that brief description already making your heart beat fast?
You might be ready to get in the game!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Get in the Game - Your Gifts</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Yes, YOU!"
In this brief wrap-up of our summer series "Get in the Game" we will talk about the last spiritual gift (and it's a doozy) and then I suppose the onus is on you...
How has God uniquely wired you?
What is your role in "the body"?
What will it take for you to get off the sidelines and into the game?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Yes, YOU!"
In this brief wrap-up of our summer series "Get in the Game" we will talk about the last spiritual gift (and it's a doozy) and then I suppose the onus is on you...
How has God uniquely wired you?
What is your role in "the body"?
What will it take for you to get off the sidelines and into the game?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Yes, YOU!"
In this brief wrap-up of our summer series "Get in the Game" we will talk about the last spiritual gift (and it's a doozy) and then I suppose the onus is on you...
How has God uniquely wired you?
What is your role in "the body"?
What will it take for you to get off the sidelines and into the game?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Get in the Game - Childlike Faith</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Get the FAMILY in the game" 
This long weekend we will have a short and engaging service for the whole family (children will be remaining in the service) which will include some games, some laughs, some prizes and an opportunity to receive Communion together with all the generations represented... the whole Church FAMILY!
We'll also address one spiritual gift that maybe the kids could teach us a thing or two about...<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Get the FAMILY in the game" 
This long weekend we will have a short and engaging service for the whole family (children will be remaining in the service) which will include some games, some laughs, some prizes and an opportunity to receive Communion together with all the generations represented... the whole Church FAMILY!
We'll also address one spiritual gift that maybe the kids could teach us a thing or two about...<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Get the FAMILY in the game" 
This long weekend we will have a short and engaging service for the whole family (children will be remaining in the service) which will include some games, some laughs, some prizes and an opportunity to receive Communion together with all the generations represented... the whole Church FAMILY!
We'll also address one spiritual gift that maybe the kids could teach us a thing or two about...<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Word Gifts Part Two</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Get in the game" 

Part 2 of the "WORD" Gifts
Somebody asked me (Jonathan) at our Alliance General Assembly this week what my favourite thing about being a pastor is. I thought for a second - and I realize the spiritual gifts series is kind of “on the brain” - but what I said is spiritual gifts have got to be in the top three.
 
I love seeing people discover the unique way God has wired and gifted them, and the joy that comes with putting that calling to kingdom work. 
 
At the General Assembly, there was even a session with a panel discussing the great need for equipping the next generation, and not putting them on the sidelines in terms of meaningful Christian service. I thought “Pastors Kris and Glenn should be on that panel. They do it as well as anybody”.

Come join us this Sunday as we unpack three more spiritual gifts that YOU might possibly have.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Get in the game" 

Part 2 of the "WORD" Gifts
Somebody asked me (Jonathan) at our Alliance General Assembly this week what my favourite thing about being a pastor is. I thought for a second - and I realize the spiritual gifts series is kind of “on the brain” - but what I said is spiritual gifts have got to be in the top three.
 
I love seeing people discover the unique way God has wired and gifted them, and the joy that comes with putting that calling to kingdom work. 
 
At the General Assembly, there was even a session with a panel discussing the great need for equipping the next generation, and not putting them on the sidelines in terms of meaningful Christian service. I thought “Pastors Kris and Glenn should be on that panel. They do it as well as anybody”.

Come join us this Sunday as we unpack three more spiritual gifts that YOU might possibly have.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Get in the game" 

Part 2 of the "WORD" Gifts
Somebody asked me (Jonathan) at our Alliance General Assembly this week what my favourite thing about being a pastor is. I thought for a second - and I realize the spiritual gifts series is kind of “on the brain” - but what I said is spiritual gifts have got to be in the top three.
 
I love seeing people discover the unique way God has wired and gifted them, and the joy that comes with putting that calling to kingdom work. 
 
At the General Assembly, there was even a session with a panel discussing the great need for equipping the next generation, and not putting them on the sidelines in terms of meaningful Christian service. I thought “Pastors Kris and Glenn should be on that panel. They do it as well as anybody”.

Come join us this Sunday as we unpack three more spiritual gifts that YOU might possibly have.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Power Gifts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Power Gifts
Lately, have you heard people speak colloquially of someone's "superpower"? As in, "that's Jenny's superpower... staying calm in a crisis".
It can even be used as a bit of a back-handed compliment;
"That's just like Tony. His superpower is to turn the centre of attention back to him"
What if I told you the Holy Spirit may, at times, give you real supernatural giftings? Things that can only be explained as an act of God.
We are now getting into areas of this series that might make some uncomfortable or suspicious, and granted not all of these "Power Gifts" are necessarily dazzling or sensational, but each of them are used by God to demonstrate the power, presence, and reality of God.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Power Gifts
Lately, have you heard people speak colloquially of someone's "superpower"? As in, "that's Jenny's superpower... staying calm in a crisis".
It can even be used as a bit of a back-handed compliment;
"That's just like Tony. His superpower is to turn the centre of attention back to him"
What if I told you the Holy Spirit may, at times, give you real supernatural giftings? Things that can only be explained as an act of God.
We are now getting into areas of this series that might make some uncomfortable or suspicious, and granted not all of these "Power Gifts" are necessarily dazzling or sensational, but each of them are used by God to demonstrate the power, presence, and reality of God.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Power Gifts
Lately, have you heard people speak colloquially of someone's "superpower"? As in, "that's Jenny's superpower... staying calm in a crisis".
It can even be used as a bit of a back-handed compliment;
"That's just like Tony. His superpower is to turn the centre of attention back to him"
What if I told you the Holy Spirit may, at times, give you real supernatural giftings? Things that can only be explained as an act of God.
We are now getting into areas of this series that might make some uncomfortable or suspicious, and granted not all of these "Power Gifts" are necessarily dazzling or sensational, but each of them are used by God to demonstrate the power, presence, and reality of God.

Off the sidelines and into the game!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Get in the Game - Part 3: The Word Gifts</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["There are two great moments in a person's life:
the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born."
—Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwel

For the purposes of this series, you'll remember we've divided up the Spiritual Gifts into 3 categories. 
If the LOVE gifts (which we talked about last week) are more about the DOING, then the WORD gifts are more about the SAYING. Not just in terms of public giftings (preaching etc). Often these WORD gifts are happening in one-on-one relationships.
In short, the WORD gifts clarify the nature, action and purposes of God.
May this be another small step in helping you discover your position on "Team Jesus"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["There are two great moments in a person's life:
the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born."
—Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwel

For the purposes of this series, you'll remember we've divided up the Spiritual Gifts into 3 categories. 
If the LOVE gifts (which we talked about last week) are more about the DOING, then the WORD gifts are more about the SAYING. Not just in terms of public giftings (preaching etc). Often these WORD gifts are happening in one-on-one relationships.
In short, the WORD gifts clarify the nature, action and purposes of God.
May this be another small step in helping you discover your position on "Team Jesus"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["There are two great moments in a person's life:
the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born."
—Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwel

For the purposes of this series, you'll remember we've divided up the Spiritual Gifts into 3 categories. 
If the LOVE gifts (which we talked about last week) are more about the DOING, then the WORD gifts are more about the SAYING. Not just in terms of public giftings (preaching etc). Often these WORD gifts are happening in one-on-one relationships.
In short, the WORD gifts clarify the nature, action and purposes of God.
May this be another small step in helping you discover your position on "Team Jesus"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>When God makes us laugh - part 3</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[April 28, 2024
THE LAUGH OF FEARLESS CONFIDENCE
(** Podcast begins after the sermon had already started, simply setting up the Biblical context of David and Goliath **)

 When God Makes Us Laugh (part 3)

Want to know what bullies absolutely cannot stand?

Laughing at them.

Bullies thrive off fear and intimidation.

Do you realize how Satan wants to bully you with lies and fear?

With the God of angel armies standing behind you, sometimes the best thing you can do is look directly at your enemy, throw your head back and laugh in defiance.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[April 28, 2024
THE LAUGH OF FEARLESS CONFIDENCE
(** Podcast begins after the sermon had already started, simply setting up the Biblical context of David and Goliath **)

 When God Makes Us Laugh (part 3)

Want to know what bullies absolutely cannot stand?

Laughing at them.

Bullies thrive off fear and intimidation.

Do you realize how Satan wants to bully you with lies and fear?

With the God of angel armies standing behind you, sometimes the best thing you can do is look directly at your enemy, throw your head back and laugh in defiance.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[April 28, 2024
THE LAUGH OF FEARLESS CONFIDENCE
(** Podcast begins after the sermon had already started, simply setting up the Biblical context of David and Goliath **)

 When God Makes Us Laugh (part 3)

Want to know what bullies absolutely cannot stand?

Laughing at them.

Bullies thrive off fear and intimidation.

Do you realize how Satan wants to bully you with lies and fear?

With the God of angel armies standing behind you, sometimes the best thing you can do is look directly at your enemy, throw your head back and laugh in defiance.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The laugh you DON'T want to hear (audio)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Up until now, in this series, we've studied the Biblical laughs we would likely aspire to.... the laugh of fearless confidence, the laugh of heaven etc.

On this final message of the series, it's important that we look at the laugh you DON'T want to hear.

It's a sobering gut-check on something we are ALL susceptible to.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Up until now, in this series, we've studied the Biblical laughs we would likely aspire to.... the laugh of fearless confidence, the laugh of heaven etc.

On this final message of the series, it's important that we look at the laugh you DON'T want to hear.

It's a sobering gut-check on something we are ALL susceptible to.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Up until now, in this series, we've studied the Biblical laughs we would likely aspire to.... the laugh of fearless confidence, the laugh of heaven etc.

On this final message of the series, it's important that we look at the laugh you DON'T want to hear.

It's a sobering gut-check on something we are ALL susceptible to.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>One Hit Wonders - Part 3: John</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In his first letter, John emphasizes LOVE and in this second one he expounds on it. Love is a measurable action - not sentimental emotion or some theological theory.
But there's something that goes hand in hand with love, and that's TRUTH.
It's why - maybe more so than ever - we need to be vigilant in knowing Jesus and not being influenced by false teachers<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In his first letter, John emphasizes LOVE and in this second one he expounds on it. Love is a measurable action - not sentimental emotion or some theological theory.
But there's something that goes hand in hand with love, and that's TRUTH.
It's why - maybe more so than ever - we need to be vigilant in knowing Jesus and not being influenced by false teachers<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his first letter, John emphasizes LOVE and in this second one he expounds on it. Love is a measurable action - not sentimental emotion or some theological theory.
But there's something that goes hand in hand with love, and that's TRUTH.
It's why - maybe more so than ever - we need to be vigilant in knowing Jesus and not being influenced by false teachers<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>One Hit Wonders - Part 1: Obadiah</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["My Sharona"...
"Funkytown"...
"Achy Breaky Heart"
We all know what a "one-hit wonder" song is but the Bible has some "one-hit wonders" as well. Five, to be exact.
 
There are five books in the Bible that consist of only one chapter. But they are still so good, so important, so full of significance, that even that single chapter of writing was given a title and included among the Bible's 66 books.

This is the kind of series where you can prepare for Sunday by reading an entire book of the Bible in about 3 minutes.
We are starting with Obadiah<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["My Sharona"...
"Funkytown"...
"Achy Breaky Heart"
We all know what a "one-hit wonder" song is but the Bible has some "one-hit wonders" as well. Five, to be exact.
 
There are five books in the Bible that consist of only one chapter. But they are still so good, so important, so full of significance, that even that single chapter of writing was given a title and included among the Bible's 66 books.

This is the kind of series where you can prepare for Sunday by reading an entire book of the Bible in about 3 minutes.
We are starting with Obadiah<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["My Sharona"...
"Funkytown"...
"Achy Breaky Heart"
We all know what a "one-hit wonder" song is but the Bible has some "one-hit wonders" as well. Five, to be exact.
 
There are five books in the Bible that consist of only one chapter. But they are still so good, so important, so full of significance, that even that single chapter of writing was given a title and included among the Bible's 66 books.

This is the kind of series where you can prepare for Sunday by reading an entire book of the Bible in about 3 minutes.
We are starting with Obadiah<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>One Hit Wonders - Part 4: 3rd John</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Walking in the Truth

John continues to lay out the three things that form the core of the identity of a true believer, obedience-truth-love, in his third letter to his friend Gaius.  In the midst of a culture hostile to the early Christian churches, John stresses over and over how important it is for followers of Jesus to know and walk out the Truth.  He compares and contrasts the behaviour of those who live out the truth and those who do not.  He also speaks to some troubles in the church in his day that are still relevant today.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Walking in the Truth

John continues to lay out the three things that form the core of the identity of a true believer, obedience-truth-love, in his third letter to his friend Gaius.  In the midst of a culture hostile to the early Christian churches, John stresses over and over how important it is for followers of Jesus to know and walk out the Truth.  He compares and contrasts the behaviour of those who live out the truth and those who do not.  He also speaks to some troubles in the church in his day that are still relevant today.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Walking in the Truth

John continues to lay out the three things that form the core of the identity of a true believer, obedience-truth-love, in his third letter to his friend Gaius.  In the midst of a culture hostile to the early Christian churches, John stresses over and over how important it is for followers of Jesus to know and walk out the Truth.  He compares and contrasts the behaviour of those who live out the truth and those who do not.  He also speaks to some troubles in the church in his day that are still relevant today.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>When God Makes Us Laugh - Part 4</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When God Makes Us Laugh (part 4)

When you hear the phrase "getting the last laugh" or the old axiom "he who laughs last, laughs best" there's something that sounds a little nefarious about it all.

Is this the laugh of revenge? The laugh of comeuppance?

Can you picture Snidely Whiplash twisting his moustache or Dr. Evil with his pinky to his mouth giving a "muwhahaha" villainous laugh?

That's NOT the Jesus way. He never felt vindictive towards ANYONE.

But, Jesus does talk about the pain of this life... how those who weep today are actually blessed because one day that weeping will be turned to great laughter (Luke 6:21)

That's the "Last Laugh" Christians can look forward to!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When God Makes Us Laugh (part 4)

When you hear the phrase "getting the last laugh" or the old axiom "he who laughs last, laughs best" there's something that sounds a little nefarious about it all.

Is this the laugh of revenge? The laugh of comeuppance?

Can you picture Snidely Whiplash twisting his moustache or Dr. Evil with his pinky to his mouth giving a "muwhahaha" villainous laugh?

That's NOT the Jesus way. He never felt vindictive towards ANYONE.

But, Jesus does talk about the pain of this life... how those who weep today are actually blessed because one day that weeping will be turned to great laughter (Luke 6:21)

That's the "Last Laugh" Christians can look forward to!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When God Makes Us Laugh (part 4)

When you hear the phrase "getting the last laugh" or the old axiom "he who laughs last, laughs best" there's something that sounds a little nefarious about it all.

Is this the laugh of revenge? The laugh of comeuppance?

Can you picture Snidely Whiplash twisting his moustache or Dr. Evil with his pinky to his mouth giving a "muwhahaha" villainous laugh?

That's NOT the Jesus way. He never felt vindictive towards ANYONE.

But, Jesus does talk about the pain of this life... how those who weep today are actually blessed because one day that weeping will be turned to great laughter (Luke 6:21)

That's the "Last Laugh" Christians can look forward to!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>One Hit Wonders - Part 5: Jude</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hey Jude!

Here we are with ANOTHER letter that seems to be addressing yet another messed-up Church.

In fact it seems A LOT of the New Testament is responding to messed-up churches...
  
It makes you wonder if the whole enterprise is worth the effort, or if it should be abandoned (as many people that you probably know have decided).

But in fact, that's WHY so much ink in the Bible is given to maintaining a healthy church. It's just that important! It's Jesus' plans for changing the world and He doesn't need a backup plan.

Jude tells us to CONTEND for the truth... to FIGHT for a healthy church... to even get TOUGH with those who sneak in and try to dismantle what God has built.

It's a fight worth having.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hey Jude!

Here we are with ANOTHER letter that seems to be addressing yet another messed-up Church.

In fact it seems A LOT of the New Testament is responding to messed-up churches...
  
It makes you wonder if the whole enterprise is worth the effort, or if it should be abandoned (as many people that you probably know have decided).

But in fact, that's WHY so much ink in the Bible is given to maintaining a healthy church. It's just that important! It's Jesus' plans for changing the world and He doesn't need a backup plan.

Jude tells us to CONTEND for the truth... to FIGHT for a healthy church... to even get TOUGH with those who sneak in and try to dismantle what God has built.

It's a fight worth having.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hey Jude!

Here we are with ANOTHER letter that seems to be addressing yet another messed-up Church.

In fact it seems A LOT of the New Testament is responding to messed-up churches...
  
It makes you wonder if the whole enterprise is worth the effort, or if it should be abandoned (as many people that you probably know have decided).

But in fact, that's WHY so much ink in the Bible is given to maintaining a healthy church. It's just that important! It's Jesus' plans for changing the world and He doesn't need a backup plan.

Jude tells us to CONTEND for the truth... to FIGHT for a healthy church... to even get TOUGH with those who sneak in and try to dismantle what God has built.

It's a fight worth having.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hereditary - Part 3: Breaking Generational Patterns of Dysfunction</title>
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      <description><![CDATA["I can forgive my Mom for what she did, but I will NEVER forget the hurt she caused"

That sentiment sounds about right to me.

It sounds righteous and just.

There are even times in our history when it has been noble to say "Never Forget"

What IF there are times when it is MOST healing... MOST righteous to actually forget?

Are there times when even the God of the universe - the one who promises that He will not forget us - actually CHOOSES to forget?

Are there times we ought to as well?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["I can forgive my Mom for what she did, but I will NEVER forget the hurt she caused"

That sentiment sounds about right to me.

It sounds righteous and just.

There are even times in our history when it has been noble to say "Never Forget"

What IF there are times when it is MOST healing... MOST righteous to actually forget?

Are there times when even the God of the universe - the one who promises that He will not forget us - actually CHOOSES to forget?

Are there times we ought to as well?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["I can forgive my Mom for what she did, but I will NEVER forget the hurt she caused"

That sentiment sounds about right to me.

It sounds righteous and just.

There are even times in our history when it has been noble to say "Never Forget"

What IF there are times when it is MOST healing... MOST righteous to actually forget?

Are there times when even the God of the universe - the one who promises that He will not forget us - actually CHOOSES to forget?

Are there times we ought to as well?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hereditary - Part 5: Breaking Generational Patterns of Dysfunction</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[THE POWER OF A BLESSING

The subtitle of this series has been "Breaking generational patterns of dysfunction" but another way of putting it might be "Breaking the generational curse"

I'm not necessarily talking about witchcraft or that sort of thing, but many of you have in essence had curses spoken over you in your upbringing.  Lies about your identity and destiny.

What is the antidote to a curse?
It's the power of a BLESSING!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[THE POWER OF A BLESSING

The subtitle of this series has been "Breaking generational patterns of dysfunction" but another way of putting it might be "Breaking the generational curse"

I'm not necessarily talking about witchcraft or that sort of thing, but many of you have in essence had curses spoken over you in your upbringing.  Lies about your identity and destiny.

What is the antidote to a curse?
It's the power of a BLESSING!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[THE POWER OF A BLESSING

The subtitle of this series has been "Breaking generational patterns of dysfunction" but another way of putting it might be "Breaking the generational curse"

I'm not necessarily talking about witchcraft or that sort of thing, but many of you have in essence had curses spoken over you in your upbringing.  Lies about your identity and destiny.

What is the antidote to a curse?
It's the power of a BLESSING!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>When God Makes Us Laugh - Part 1: Do You Think God Has A Sense Of Humour?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We don't typically associate "laughter" with God, Jesus and the Bible. 

Maybe that's our first blindspot - ascribing maximum solemnity to the God who created joy, humour and ROFL moments.

We'll look at the humour of Jesus (even when you might not have known He was telling jokes). It might radically change the way you view Jesus and His teaching.

We’ll dive into every instance and mention of the word "laughter" in the Bible. Even the laugh you definitely don't want to hear.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We don't typically associate "laughter" with God, Jesus and the Bible. 

Maybe that's our first blindspot - ascribing maximum solemnity to the God who created joy, humour and ROFL moments.

We'll look at the humour of Jesus (even when you might not have known He was telling jokes). It might radically change the way you view Jesus and His teaching.

We’ll dive into every instance and mention of the word "laughter" in the Bible. Even the laugh you definitely don't want to hear.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We don't typically associate "laughter" with God, Jesus and the Bible. 

Maybe that's our first blindspot - ascribing maximum solemnity to the God who created joy, humour and ROFL moments.

We'll look at the humour of Jesus (even when you might not have known He was telling jokes). It might radically change the way you view Jesus and His teaching.

We’ll dive into every instance and mention of the word "laughter" in the Bible. Even the laugh you definitely don't want to hear.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hereditary - Part 4: Breaking Generational Patterns of Dysfunction</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Way Forward

It's time in this series to get serious about breaking the patterns of generational dysfunction.

I believe God is asking us to play a role in our own healing.

There are steps forward - steps AWAY from our unhealthy past that we can take, but it will require some courage.

Courage to LEAVE, to OWN, and to CREATE<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Way Forward

It's time in this series to get serious about breaking the patterns of generational dysfunction.

I believe God is asking us to play a role in our own healing.

There are steps forward - steps AWAY from our unhealthy past that we can take, but it will require some courage.

Courage to LEAVE, to OWN, and to CREATE<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Way Forward

It's time in this series to get serious about breaking the patterns of generational dysfunction.

I believe God is asking us to play a role in our own healing.

There are steps forward - steps AWAY from our unhealthy past that we can take, but it will require some courage.

Courage to LEAVE, to OWN, and to CREATE<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hereditary - Part 6: Breaking Generational Patterns of Dysfunction</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Family.

As we come to the finale of this series, there's one more piece that might just be game-changer for you.

Indeed "God sets the lonely in families" (Psalm 68:6) and He does this in various ways, but the most significant is the adoption of His Children into a new Spiritual Family.

You are not an orphan.  You are not alone.  You are not un-parented.
You. Are. Adopted!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Welcome to the Family.

As we come to the finale of this series, there's one more piece that might just be game-changer for you.

Indeed "God sets the lonely in families" (Psalm 68:6) and He does this in various ways, but the most significant is the adoption of His Children into a new Spiritual Family.

You are not an orphan.  You are not alone.  You are not un-parented.
You. Are. Adopted!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Welcome to the Family.

As we come to the finale of this series, there's one more piece that might just be game-changer for you.

Indeed "God sets the lonely in families" (Psalm 68:6) and He does this in various ways, but the most significant is the adoption of His Children into a new Spiritual Family.

You are not an orphan.  You are not alone.  You are not un-parented.
You. Are. Adopted!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Persecuted Church</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We may notice subtle shifts in the acceptance of Christianity in Canada, but it's not the same category of what the majority-world Christian faces.

317 million Christians worldwide currently face "very high" or "extreme" levels of persecution.

Tomorrow we have a unique service planned for you as our friends from Open Doors Canada, the organization begun by Brother Lawrence, will be presenting the incredible stories of faithful believers in North Korea and around the world who are choosing to follow Jesus no matter the cost.

You won't want to miss it!

opendoorscanada.org<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We may notice subtle shifts in the acceptance of Christianity in Canada, but it's not the same category of what the majority-world Christian faces.

317 million Christians worldwide currently face "very high" or "extreme" levels of persecution.

Tomorrow we have a unique service planned for you as our friends from Open Doors Canada, the organization begun by Brother Lawrence, will be presenting the incredible stories of faithful believers in North Korea and around the world who are choosing to follow Jesus no matter the cost.

You won't want to miss it!

opendoorscanada.org<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We may notice subtle shifts in the acceptance of Christianity in Canada, but it's not the same category of what the majority-world Christian faces.

317 million Christians worldwide currently face "very high" or "extreme" levels of persecution.

Tomorrow we have a unique service planned for you as our friends from Open Doors Canada, the organization begun by Brother Lawrence, will be presenting the incredible stories of faithful believers in North Korea and around the world who are choosing to follow Jesus no matter the cost.

You won't want to miss it!

opendoorscanada.org<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>When God Makes Us Laugh - Part 2</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A sincere laugh, by its very nature, is from something that catches us off guard. A punchline should be surprising in that way.

But sometimes the laugh comes not from having your funny bone tickled, but from sheer audacity.

Those "you gotta be kidding me" moments. The laugh when someone predicts or even pulls off the seemingly impossible.

Turns out God LOVES pulling off those "you gotta be kidding me" moments.

Join us for the Laugh of Disbelief<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A sincere laugh, by its very nature, is from something that catches us off guard. A punchline should be surprising in that way.

But sometimes the laugh comes not from having your funny bone tickled, but from sheer audacity.

Those "you gotta be kidding me" moments. The laugh when someone predicts or even pulls off the seemingly impossible.

Turns out God LOVES pulling off those "you gotta be kidding me" moments.

Join us for the Laugh of Disbelief<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A sincere laugh, by its very nature, is from something that catches us off guard. A punchline should be surprising in that way.

But sometimes the laugh comes not from having your funny bone tickled, but from sheer audacity.

Those "you gotta be kidding me" moments. The laugh when someone predicts or even pulls off the seemingly impossible.

Turns out God LOVES pulling off those "you gotta be kidding me" moments.

Join us for the Laugh of Disbelief<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hereditary - Part 2: Breaking Generational Patterns of Dysfunction</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bible speaks about the "sins of the fathers" being visited upon their children.
What has our family of origin done to us?
Are we doomed to repeat those same "sins"?
How can we break generational patterns of dysfunction? 

This week begins the HOW part of the series.. 

You may not like the prescription the Bible offers, but it's one we all need to hear!

#siblings #parenting #parents #forgiveness<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Bible speaks about the "sins of the fathers" being visited upon their children.
What has our family of origin done to us?
Are we doomed to repeat those same "sins"?
How can we break generational patterns of dysfunction? 

This week begins the HOW part of the series.. 

You may not like the prescription the Bible offers, but it's one we all need to hear!

#siblings #parenting #parents #forgiveness<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Bible speaks about the "sins of the fathers" being visited upon their children.
What has our family of origin done to us?
Are we doomed to repeat those same "sins"?
How can we break generational patterns of dysfunction? 

This week begins the HOW part of the series.. 

You may not like the prescription the Bible offers, but it's one we all need to hear!

#siblings #parenting #parents #forgiveness<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>So What's The Difference? - Part 5: Mormonism &amp; Jehovah's Witness.</title>
      <itunes:title>So What's The Difference? - Part 5: Mormonism &amp; Jehovah's Witness.</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Jan 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the nicest, kindest, most right-living people you've ever met might be Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower) or Mormons (LDS:  Church of the latter day Saints).  They may have the unique ability to show up at your door at the most inopportune time, but it's hard to slam the door on them when they're so darn nice.

So why do they seem so intent on making converts?  Isn't that a GOOD thing?
Are they just like a different Christian denomination (like Baptists or Pentecostals or Presbyterians) wherein they do things a little different than us but ultimately worship the same God?

So what's the difference anyways?

It's my hope that knowing a little bit about what they believe will solidify and even encourage you in what a true Christ-follower believes.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of the nicest, kindest, most right-living people you've ever met might be Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower) or Mormons (LDS:  Church of the latter day Saints).  They may have the unique ability to show up at your door at the most inopportune time, but it's hard to slam the door on them when they're so darn nice.

So why do they seem so intent on making converts?  Isn't that a GOOD thing?
Are they just like a different Christian denomination (like Baptists or Pentecostals or Presbyterians) wherein they do things a little different than us but ultimately worship the same God?

So what's the difference anyways?

It's my hope that knowing a little bit about what they believe will solidify and even encourage you in what a true Christ-follower believes.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some of the nicest, kindest, most right-living people you've ever met might be Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower) or Mormons (LDS:  Church of the latter day Saints).  They may have the unique ability to show up at your door at the most inopportune time, but it's hard to slam the door on them when they're so darn nice.

So why do they seem so intent on making converts?  Isn't that a GOOD thing?
Are they just like a different Christian denomination (like Baptists or Pentecostals or Presbyterians) wherein they do things a little different than us but ultimately worship the same God?

So what's the difference anyways?

It's my hope that knowing a little bit about what they believe will solidify and even encourage you in what a true Christ-follower believes.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What Is The Condition Of Your Heart Today?</title>
      <itunes:title>What Is The Condition Of Your Heart Today?</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We all have ups and downs in life and this is also true of our love for Jesus. There are times we love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind, and other times we love Him as an afterthought.

How can we cultivate a habit of the heart where we regularly and joyfully live in obedience and worship of Jesus? I believe we can learn from the saints and spiritual fathers in the contemplative tradition.

We will look at two sisters in the Bible who are often pitted against each other as one being better than the other; but the saints and spiritual fathers teach that it is better to learn a little bit from Mary, and a little bit from Martha.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We all have ups and downs in life and this is also true of our love for Jesus. There are times we love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind, and other times we love Him as an afterthought.

How can we cultivate a habit of the heart where we regularly and joyfully live in obedience and worship of Jesus? I believe we can learn from the saints and spiritual fathers in the contemplative tradition.

We will look at two sisters in the Bible who are often pitted against each other as one being better than the other; but the saints and spiritual fathers teach that it is better to learn a little bit from Mary, and a little bit from Martha.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We all have ups and downs in life and this is also true of our love for Jesus. There are times we love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind, and other times we love Him as an afterthought.

How can we cultivate a habit of the heart where we regularly and joyfully live in obedience and worship of Jesus? I believe we can learn from the saints and spiritual fathers in the contemplative tradition.

We will look at two sisters in the Bible who are often pitted against each other as one being better than the other; but the saints and spiritual fathers teach that it is better to learn a little bit from Mary, and a little bit from Martha.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hereditary - Part 1: Breaking Generational Patterns of Dysfunction</title>
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      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A New Series Begins!

You're talking to your son and realize you just said that triggering thing your mom always said to you as a child... 

When thinking about getting married, fear paralyzes you because you see how your parents ended up...
 
The words spoken to you as a child continue to echo through your spirit, affecting your self-esteem and relationships with others... 

The dark, unspoken abuse, the pain of abandonment, the substance abuse...
 
The Bible speaks about the "sins of the fathers" being visited upon their children. 

What has our family of origin done to us?

Are we doomed to repeat those same "sins"?

How can we break generational patterns of dysfunction?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A New Series Begins!

You're talking to your son and realize you just said that triggering thing your mom always said to you as a child... 

When thinking about getting married, fear paralyzes you because you see how your parents ended up...
 
The words spoken to you as a child continue to echo through your spirit, affecting your self-esteem and relationships with others... 

The dark, unspoken abuse, the pain of abandonment, the substance abuse...
 
The Bible speaks about the "sins of the fathers" being visited upon their children. 

What has our family of origin done to us?

Are we doomed to repeat those same "sins"?

How can we break generational patterns of dysfunction?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A New Series Begins!

You're talking to your son and realize you just said that triggering thing your mom always said to you as a child... 

When thinking about getting married, fear paralyzes you because you see how your parents ended up...
 
The words spoken to you as a child continue to echo through your spirit, affecting your self-esteem and relationships with others... 

The dark, unspoken abuse, the pain of abandonment, the substance abuse...
 
The Bible speaks about the "sins of the fathers" being visited upon their children. 

What has our family of origin done to us?

Are we doomed to repeat those same "sins"?

How can we break generational patterns of dysfunction?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Strapped - Part 2: God's Wisdom For The Broke, Busted &amp; Bankrupt</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We promised a Part 2 that included some practical, wise steps to begin getting our finances under control - and those will certainly be part of this Sunday's presentation - but practical steps without a realignment of mindset... without a restructuring of our PRIORITIES won't be enough for the kind of financial freedom we're talking about.

So be prepared to be challenged, and God-willing, be prepared to be set free from a toxic relationship with money.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We promised a Part 2 that included some practical, wise steps to begin getting our finances under control - and those will certainly be part of this Sunday's presentation - but practical steps without a realignment of mindset... without a restructuring of our PRIORITIES won't be enough for the kind of financial freedom we're talking about.

So be prepared to be challenged, and God-willing, be prepared to be set free from a toxic relationship with money.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We promised a Part 2 that included some practical, wise steps to begin getting our finances under control - and those will certainly be part of this Sunday's presentation - but practical steps without a realignment of mindset... without a restructuring of our PRIORITIES won't be enough for the kind of financial freedom we're talking about.

So be prepared to be challenged, and God-willing, be prepared to be set free from a toxic relationship with money.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Strapped - Part 1: God's Wisdom For The Broke, Busted &amp; Bankrupt</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 Feb 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The most recent Canadian stats say that 47% of you who open this email are living paycheque to paycheque AND a great deal of your disposable income is going to consumer debt.

That means for half of you, if for some reason you lose your job, you're facing real trouble.

Whether we got this way from our bad decisions or circumstances beyond our control, we want you to know there is hope and there is help, and in this practical series you may just find both.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The most recent Canadian stats say that 47% of you who open this email are living paycheque to paycheque AND a great deal of your disposable income is going to consumer debt.

That means for half of you, if for some reason you lose your job, you're facing real trouble.

Whether we got this way from our bad decisions or circumstances beyond our control, we want you to know there is hope and there is help, and in this practical series you may just find both.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The most recent Canadian stats say that 47% of you who open this email are living paycheque to paycheque AND a great deal of your disposable income is going to consumer debt.

That means for half of you, if for some reason you lose your job, you're facing real trouble.

Whether we got this way from our bad decisions or circumstances beyond our control, we want you to know there is hope and there is help, and in this practical series you may just find both.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>How Do We Disciple The Next Generation?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you’re a follower of Jesus and have kids or grandkids, or even nieces and nephews, I bet that one of your biggest hopes for these kids’ lives is that they too would choose to give their life to Jesus.  
 
Unfortunately the stats are revealing the opposite – that more and more of the next generation are choosing to walk AWAY from their faith as they become adults. 
 
Is there anything we can do to reverse the trends?  To help the next generation in their journey with Jesus?
 
While there’s no guarantees, I do believe that the Bible offers us hope and practical wisdom on how to disciple the next generation.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you’re a follower of Jesus and have kids or grandkids, or even nieces and nephews, I bet that one of your biggest hopes for these kids’ lives is that they too would choose to give their life to Jesus.  
 
Unfortunately the stats are revealing the opposite – that more and more of the next generation are choosing to walk AWAY from their faith as they become adults. 
 
Is there anything we can do to reverse the trends?  To help the next generation in their journey with Jesus?
 
While there’s no guarantees, I do believe that the Bible offers us hope and practical wisdom on how to disciple the next generation.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you’re a follower of Jesus and have kids or grandkids, or even nieces and nephews, I bet that one of your biggest hopes for these kids’ lives is that they too would choose to give their life to Jesus.  
 
Unfortunately the stats are revealing the opposite – that more and more of the next generation are choosing to walk AWAY from their faith as they become adults. 
 
Is there anything we can do to reverse the trends?  To help the next generation in their journey with Jesus?
 
While there’s no guarantees, I do believe that the Bible offers us hope and practical wisdom on how to disciple the next generation.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>So What's The Difference? - Part 6: The Jesus Way</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As we wrap up this series on the differences between the major religions it only makes sense that we would give the final say to the case for Christianity.

There are so many ways we could present this;  Showing how historically, scientifically and logically that (in my humble opinion) Christianity is the faith that just makes sense.  We could present a Biblical overview and show God's redeeming work from the beginning of history or a book of Romans study on the path to salvation.

Instead, let's give the last word(s) to Jesus Himself as he lays out the simple invitation to the Jesus way. How do we respond and what difference does it even make anyway?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we wrap up this series on the differences between the major religions it only makes sense that we would give the final say to the case for Christianity.

There are so many ways we could present this;  Showing how historically, scientifically and logically that (in my humble opinion) Christianity is the faith that just makes sense.  We could present a Biblical overview and show God's redeeming work from the beginning of history or a book of Romans study on the path to salvation.

Instead, let's give the last word(s) to Jesus Himself as he lays out the simple invitation to the Jesus way. How do we respond and what difference does it even make anyway?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we wrap up this series on the differences between the major religions it only makes sense that we would give the final say to the case for Christianity.

There are so many ways we could present this;  Showing how historically, scientifically and logically that (in my humble opinion) Christianity is the faith that just makes sense.  We could present a Biblical overview and show God's redeeming work from the beginning of history or a book of Romans study on the path to salvation.

Instead, let's give the last word(s) to Jesus Himself as he lays out the simple invitation to the Jesus way. How do we respond and what difference does it even make anyway?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>We Are Exiles - Part 6: Exiles Are Going To Face Lions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As we wrap up this biography of Daniel (the remainder of the book of Daniel is his prophecies) and how it relates to us as "modern exiles", it ends with Daniel's most distinguished moment in a life of distinguished moments.

Christian exile you too will face lions!  Don't be caught off guard or tempted to think that because your particular "Lion" moment doesn't have the same life or death stakes or existential clarity as Daniel's.  In fact our temptation may be to minimize the cultural concession we are making.

Dare to be a Daniel and learn from a lifetime of building the characteristics of Trust, Courage and Hope!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we wrap up this biography of Daniel (the remainder of the book of Daniel is his prophecies) and how it relates to us as "modern exiles", it ends with Daniel's most distinguished moment in a life of distinguished moments.

Christian exile you too will face lions!  Don't be caught off guard or tempted to think that because your particular "Lion" moment doesn't have the same life or death stakes or existential clarity as Daniel's.  In fact our temptation may be to minimize the cultural concession we are making.

Dare to be a Daniel and learn from a lifetime of building the characteristics of Trust, Courage and Hope!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we wrap up this biography of Daniel (the remainder of the book of Daniel is his prophecies) and how it relates to us as "modern exiles", it ends with Daniel's most distinguished moment in a life of distinguished moments.

Christian exile you too will face lions!  Don't be caught off guard or tempted to think that because your particular "Lion" moment doesn't have the same life or death stakes or existential clarity as Daniel's.  In fact our temptation may be to minimize the cultural concession we are making.

Dare to be a Daniel and learn from a lifetime of building the characteristics of Trust, Courage and Hope!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Counter-Cultural Christmas - Part 2: Counter-Cultural Gathering</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This season you will most certainly have more gatherings than you're used to.
Family gatherings, work parties, in-laws, socials...

In other words, there's no shortage of opportunities for relational tension, conflict and outright annoyance.

Would you be surprised to know there is Biblical wisdom on how to navigate these tricky relationship scenarios?
 
This will be a particularly practical teaching that will hopefully make for more PEACEFUL and LOVING Christmas gatherings (and all the interactions that follow)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This season you will most certainly have more gatherings than you're used to.
Family gatherings, work parties, in-laws, socials...

In other words, there's no shortage of opportunities for relational tension, conflict and outright annoyance.

Would you be surprised to know there is Biblical wisdom on how to navigate these tricky relationship scenarios?
 
This will be a particularly practical teaching that will hopefully make for more PEACEFUL and LOVING Christmas gatherings (and all the interactions that follow)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This season you will most certainly have more gatherings than you're used to.
Family gatherings, work parties, in-laws, socials...

In other words, there's no shortage of opportunities for relational tension, conflict and outright annoyance.

Would you be surprised to know there is Biblical wisdom on how to navigate these tricky relationship scenarios?
 
This will be a particularly practical teaching that will hopefully make for more PEACEFUL and LOVING Christmas gatherings (and all the interactions that follow)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>So What's The Difference? - Part 4: Catholicism</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is a division that has some ugly historical precedence and depending on where you live in the world, may depend on how intense the division is. 

But is there a good reason to be this divided?

Does the question "Are you Catholic or Christian?" even make sense?

Why does a NAC Sunday service and a Sunday Catholic Mass seem like they are not only from two different religions but two different worlds?
Where (and why) did the simple Acts 2 Church get split up?

In short.. what's the difference?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is a division that has some ugly historical precedence and depending on where you live in the world, may depend on how intense the division is. 

But is there a good reason to be this divided?

Does the question "Are you Catholic or Christian?" even make sense?

Why does a NAC Sunday service and a Sunday Catholic Mass seem like they are not only from two different religions but two different worlds?
Where (and why) did the simple Acts 2 Church get split up?

In short.. what's the difference?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is a division that has some ugly historical precedence and depending on where you live in the world, may depend on how intense the division is. 

But is there a good reason to be this divided?

Does the question "Are you Catholic or Christian?" even make sense?

Why does a NAC Sunday service and a Sunday Catholic Mass seem like they are not only from two different religions but two different worlds?
Where (and why) did the simple Acts 2 Church get split up?

In short.. what's the difference?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>So What's The Difference? - Part 3: Islam</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The second largest religion in the world - second only to Christianity - again shares some of our historical pedigree.  People like Abraham, Noah, Adam, Jonah, David etc. are highly esteemed in Islam.  They too believe in one God and one God only.

5% of Canadians - almost 2 million - are Muslims.  There is a good chance you are neighbours with, work with, study with or interact with Muslims on a daily basis.

And while we stand against Islamaphobia in all it's forms - hurtful stereotypes and misconceptions - there are significant differences in our understandings of the nature of God, Salvation and maybe especially, who we say Jesus is.

But would YOU know what to say if someone asked: So...What's the difference?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The second largest religion in the world - second only to Christianity - again shares some of our historical pedigree.  People like Abraham, Noah, Adam, Jonah, David etc. are highly esteemed in Islam.  They too believe in one God and one God only.

5% of Canadians - almost 2 million - are Muslims.  There is a good chance you are neighbours with, work with, study with or interact with Muslims on a daily basis.

And while we stand against Islamaphobia in all it's forms - hurtful stereotypes and misconceptions - there are significant differences in our understandings of the nature of God, Salvation and maybe especially, who we say Jesus is.

But would YOU know what to say if someone asked: So...What's the difference?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The second largest religion in the world - second only to Christianity - again shares some of our historical pedigree.  People like Abraham, Noah, Adam, Jonah, David etc. are highly esteemed in Islam.  They too believe in one God and one God only.

5% of Canadians - almost 2 million - are Muslims.  There is a good chance you are neighbours with, work with, study with or interact with Muslims on a daily basis.

And while we stand against Islamaphobia in all it's forms - hurtful stereotypes and misconceptions - there are significant differences in our understandings of the nature of God, Salvation and maybe especially, who we say Jesus is.

But would YOU know what to say if someone asked: So...What's the difference?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>So What's The Difference? - Part 2: Judaism</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Israel and the Jewish people are back in the news in a BIG way lately.
They comprise just 0.2% of the world's population and yet it's hard to argue that the Jewish faith and people have an outsized influence on faith and culture.

Even with just a cursory understanding of Christianity, one can't help but immediately notice shared aspects of our faith.  Many of their Biblical "heroes" are our "heroes".  Their Jehovah is our Jehovah.  Much of our sacred Scripture is shared.

Come discover at least one crucial difference that makes ALL the difference.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Israel and the Jewish people are back in the news in a BIG way lately.
They comprise just 0.2% of the world's population and yet it's hard to argue that the Jewish faith and people have an outsized influence on faith and culture.

Even with just a cursory understanding of Christianity, one can't help but immediately notice shared aspects of our faith.  Many of their Biblical "heroes" are our "heroes".  Their Jehovah is our Jehovah.  Much of our sacred Scripture is shared.

Come discover at least one crucial difference that makes ALL the difference.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Israel and the Jewish people are back in the news in a BIG way lately.
They comprise just 0.2% of the world's population and yet it's hard to argue that the Jewish faith and people have an outsized influence on faith and culture.

Even with just a cursory understanding of Christianity, one can't help but immediately notice shared aspects of our faith.  Many of their Biblical "heroes" are our "heroes".  Their Jehovah is our Jehovah.  Much of our sacred Scripture is shared.

Come discover at least one crucial difference that makes ALL the difference.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Counter-Cultural Christmas - Part 3: Counter-Cultural Giving</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[For some of you reading this, your "love language" is giving and receiving gifts.  This is a beautiful and legitimate expression of love that actually reflects a God who LOVES giving good gifts.

Christmas itself is really the story of God giving the ULTIMATE gift - the gift of HIMSELF to the world.

So this won't be some message on making anyone feel shame about the Christmas tradition of gift-giving.  We're not about to "throw the baby out with the bathwater".

But I'll bet many of you are feeling the same discomfort that I am.  This growing sense that Christmas has been co-opted somehow by our culture's obsession with the gifts we give and receive.  It's even contributing to a personal debt near crisis in our country.

How can we maintain the heart of Christmas generosity without letting the culture dictate the terms?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For some of you reading this, your "love language" is giving and receiving gifts.  This is a beautiful and legitimate expression of love that actually reflects a God who LOVES giving good gifts.

Christmas itself is really the story of God giving the ULTIMATE gift - the gift of HIMSELF to the world.

So this won't be some message on making anyone feel shame about the Christmas tradition of gift-giving.  We're not about to "throw the baby out with the bathwater".

But I'll bet many of you are feeling the same discomfort that I am.  This growing sense that Christmas has been co-opted somehow by our culture's obsession with the gifts we give and receive.  It's even contributing to a personal debt near crisis in our country.

How can we maintain the heart of Christmas generosity without letting the culture dictate the terms?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[For some of you reading this, your "love language" is giving and receiving gifts.  This is a beautiful and legitimate expression of love that actually reflects a God who LOVES giving good gifts.

Christmas itself is really the story of God giving the ULTIMATE gift - the gift of HIMSELF to the world.

So this won't be some message on making anyone feel shame about the Christmas tradition of gift-giving.  We're not about to "throw the baby out with the bathwater".

But I'll bet many of you are feeling the same discomfort that I am.  This growing sense that Christmas has been co-opted somehow by our culture's obsession with the gifts we give and receive.  It's even contributing to a personal debt near crisis in our country.

How can we maintain the heart of Christmas generosity without letting the culture dictate the terms?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Counter-Cultural Christmas - Part 1: Reclaiming our Reason for the Season</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 3 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Does it feel like the beautiful, life-changing origin story of this Christmas season keeps getting increasingly watered down by our culture?

Is Christmas really about gift-giving? Sneaky elves hiding on shelves?  Even some nebulous, ill-defined "spirit of Christmas"?  How about 3 ghosts helping us to become a better all-around person?

Nothing inherently bad about any of those narratives EXCEPT when held in contrast to the greatest story ever told.  Immanuel.  God WITH us. This very practical series will share ideas on how to keep Christ in our Celebrating, our Gathering and our Giving<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Does it feel like the beautiful, life-changing origin story of this Christmas season keeps getting increasingly watered down by our culture?

Is Christmas really about gift-giving? Sneaky elves hiding on shelves?  Even some nebulous, ill-defined "spirit of Christmas"?  How about 3 ghosts helping us to become a better all-around person?

Nothing inherently bad about any of those narratives EXCEPT when held in contrast to the greatest story ever told.  Immanuel.  God WITH us. This very practical series will share ideas on how to keep Christ in our Celebrating, our Gathering and our Giving<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Does it feel like the beautiful, life-changing origin story of this Christmas season keeps getting increasingly watered down by our culture?

Is Christmas really about gift-giving? Sneaky elves hiding on shelves?  Even some nebulous, ill-defined "spirit of Christmas"?  How about 3 ghosts helping us to become a better all-around person?

Nothing inherently bad about any of those narratives EXCEPT when held in contrast to the greatest story ever told.  Immanuel.  God WITH us. This very practical series will share ideas on how to keep Christ in our Celebrating, our Gathering and our Giving<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>So What's The Difference? - Part 1: Eastern Religions</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you say "religion isn't good", I wouldn't disagree with you.  In fact, if you read the gospels… The biography of Jesus, you'll see how critical He was of religious institutions of the time.

Nowadays, people are more apt to define themselves as "not religious but spiritual"

It's exciting that there is an openness to "spiritual things" these days, but when you dig just a little deeper often the person will express a belief system - if you can even call it that - which resembles a hodgepodge of various religious tenets and loose "spiritual" practices... maybe even horoscopes, manifesting or the power of positive thinking.

The truth is Jesus draws some lines in the sand.  The gospel asks us to believe and follow certain things while rejecting others.  Sounds very "intolerant" on its surface.  Very "un-Canadian".

So with all the  "options" available, in the most culturally and religiously diverse area in the world, you may have the question...

So, what's the difference?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you say "religion isn't good", I wouldn't disagree with you.  In fact, if you read the gospels… The biography of Jesus, you'll see how critical He was of religious institutions of the time.

Nowadays, people are more apt to define themselves as "not religious but spiritual"

It's exciting that there is an openness to "spiritual things" these days, but when you dig just a little deeper often the person will express a belief system - if you can even call it that - which resembles a hodgepodge of various religious tenets and loose "spiritual" practices... maybe even horoscopes, manifesting or the power of positive thinking.

The truth is Jesus draws some lines in the sand.  The gospel asks us to believe and follow certain things while rejecting others.  Sounds very "intolerant" on its surface.  Very "un-Canadian".

So with all the  "options" available, in the most culturally and religiously diverse area in the world, you may have the question...

So, what's the difference?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you say "religion isn't good", I wouldn't disagree with you.  In fact, if you read the gospels… The biography of Jesus, you'll see how critical He was of religious institutions of the time.

Nowadays, people are more apt to define themselves as "not religious but spiritual"

It's exciting that there is an openness to "spiritual things" these days, but when you dig just a little deeper often the person will express a belief system - if you can even call it that - which resembles a hodgepodge of various religious tenets and loose "spiritual" practices... maybe even horoscopes, manifesting or the power of positive thinking.

The truth is Jesus draws some lines in the sand.  The gospel asks us to believe and follow certain things while rejecting others.  Sounds very "intolerant" on its surface.  Very "un-Canadian".

So with all the  "options" available, in the most culturally and religiously diverse area in the world, you may have the question...

So, what's the difference?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>NAC Fall Preview: A Remnant</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What Pastor Jonathan really wants to share is more like a vulnerable diary entry of where God seems to be speaking to him about the future of the big and small "c" Church. A theme keeps emerging. It's come up in various words, verses and ideas but it has one commonality and it will direct us this year at NAC. It's not necessarily a popular idea.  It's not without controversy.  There may even be those who have to decide if this is indeed the church for them.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What Pastor Jonathan really wants to share is more like a vulnerable diary entry of where God seems to be speaking to him about the future of the big and small "c" Church. A theme keeps emerging. It's come up in various words, verses and ideas but it has one commonality and it will direct us this year at NAC. It's not necessarily a popular idea.  It's not without controversy.  There may even be those who have to decide if this is indeed the church for them.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What Pastor Jonathan really wants to share is more like a vulnerable diary entry of where God seems to be speaking to him about the future of the big and small "c" Church. A theme keeps emerging. It's come up in various words, verses and ideas but it has one commonality and it will direct us this year at NAC. It's not necessarily a popular idea.  It's not without controversy.  There may even be those who have to decide if this is indeed the church for them.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>This is My Story: God's Pathway to Children's Ministry</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 3 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Pastor Kris shares some invaluable insights for parents in particular but really, for EVERYONE! We are excited as well to hear aspects of Kris's OWN story and testimony that may be new to most  of us, as we get to see God's providence and calling in her life.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Pastor Kris shares some invaluable insights for parents in particular but really, for EVERYONE! We are excited as well to hear aspects of Kris's OWN story and testimony that may be new to most  of us, as we get to see God's providence and calling in her life.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Pastor Kris shares some invaluable insights for parents in particular but really, for EVERYONE! We are excited as well to hear aspects of Kris's OWN story and testimony that may be new to most  of us, as we get to see God's providence and calling in her life.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>We Are Exiles - Part 3: Faith In The Furnace</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Three God-fearing exiles, living in Babylon, who along with all the indignities of being a defeated, captured and enslaved people, also have the indignity of a forced name change.  Their slave names if you will.  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  If you’ve been raised in the church, you know the highlights of their story.  They made the Hebrews 11 “Faith Hall of Fame”.  But I wonder if many of us took away the wrong application from this amazing story. 

For those whose ultimate prayer is a rescue from your circumstances, I believe there’s an even greater gift God wants to give you.
(oh… and by the way… who WAS that extra man in the furnace?)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Three God-fearing exiles, living in Babylon, who along with all the indignities of being a defeated, captured and enslaved people, also have the indignity of a forced name change.  Their slave names if you will.  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  If you’ve been raised in the church, you know the highlights of their story.  They made the Hebrews 11 “Faith Hall of Fame”.  But I wonder if many of us took away the wrong application from this amazing story. 

For those whose ultimate prayer is a rescue from your circumstances, I believe there’s an even greater gift God wants to give you.
(oh… and by the way… who WAS that extra man in the furnace?)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three God-fearing exiles, living in Babylon, who along with all the indignities of being a defeated, captured and enslaved people, also have the indignity of a forced name change.  Their slave names if you will.  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  If you’ve been raised in the church, you know the highlights of their story.  They made the Hebrews 11 “Faith Hall of Fame”.  But I wonder if many of us took away the wrong application from this amazing story. 

For those whose ultimate prayer is a rescue from your circumstances, I believe there’s an even greater gift God wants to give you.
(oh… and by the way… who WAS that extra man in the furnace?)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>We Are Exiles - Part 2: When The Bottom Falls Out</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes things can actually go from bad to worse. It may in fact be the most profound crisis of your life. When that happens we have some choices.  
I'm sure you know those who got bitter, cynical... some who even abandoned their church community and their faith altogether.

In Chapter 2, Daniel is faced with one of those "bottom falling out" moments and he actually provides us a template of sorts on how to respond. It actually ends up being for our good and God's glory.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes things can actually go from bad to worse. It may in fact be the most profound crisis of your life. When that happens we have some choices.  
I'm sure you know those who got bitter, cynical... some who even abandoned their church community and their faith altogether.

In Chapter 2, Daniel is faced with one of those "bottom falling out" moments and he actually provides us a template of sorts on how to respond. It actually ends up being for our good and God's glory.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes things can actually go from bad to worse. It may in fact be the most profound crisis of your life. When that happens we have some choices.  
I'm sure you know those who got bitter, cynical... some who even abandoned their church community and their faith altogether.

In Chapter 2, Daniel is faced with one of those "bottom falling out" moments and he actually provides us a template of sorts on how to respond. It actually ends up being for our good and God's glory.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>We Are Exiles - Part 5: The Writing Is On The Wall</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We talk a lot at NAC about the grace of God... the forgiveness of God... a God who actually pursues us... and rightly so.  Grace is really what separates us from all other small "g" gods and belief systems.

But what makes grace so amazing is that we CAN be rescued from the very real results of our sin and rebelliousness.  If there are no consequences for sin, there is no justice and that is not God's way. 
So when we receive rebukes about our current direction,  God's warnings are actually proof of God's love. If he did not care, he would not warn.

In Chapter 5 of Daniel, God warned in the writing on the wall that we all live in a just universe where sin will be punished, and often discipline begins at HOME!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We talk a lot at NAC about the grace of God... the forgiveness of God... a God who actually pursues us... and rightly so.  Grace is really what separates us from all other small "g" gods and belief systems.

But what makes grace so amazing is that we CAN be rescued from the very real results of our sin and rebelliousness.  If there are no consequences for sin, there is no justice and that is not God's way. 
So when we receive rebukes about our current direction,  God's warnings are actually proof of God's love. If he did not care, he would not warn.

In Chapter 5 of Daniel, God warned in the writing on the wall that we all live in a just universe where sin will be punished, and often discipline begins at HOME!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We talk a lot at NAC about the grace of God... the forgiveness of God... a God who actually pursues us... and rightly so.  Grace is really what separates us from all other small "g" gods and belief systems.

But what makes grace so amazing is that we CAN be rescued from the very real results of our sin and rebelliousness.  If there are no consequences for sin, there is no justice and that is not God's way. 
So when we receive rebukes about our current direction,  God's warnings are actually proof of God's love. If he did not care, he would not warn.

In Chapter 5 of Daniel, God warned in the writing on the wall that we all live in a just universe where sin will be punished, and often discipline begins at HOME!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>We Are Exiles - Part 4: Humility &amp; Respect - How Credibility Is Earned</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Oct 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you were taken captive, held against your will, and forced to take occultic classes in an evil regime, you would have every right to treat your oppressor as an enemy.  I would even long for humiliating revenge!

The model of Daniel and the words of Jesus some six centuries later challenge us to a different response, which goes against everything in our human nature.

It comes down to difficult questions like:  "Would you rather see your enemies SAVED or JUDGED?"  "Would you rather ISOLATE in Babylon or INFILTRATE"

Oh, make no mistake.  We are at war.  We're just NOT at war against people.  So earning the right to actually influence others for God is going to require a humbling, counterintuitive approach.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you were taken captive, held against your will, and forced to take occultic classes in an evil regime, you would have every right to treat your oppressor as an enemy.  I would even long for humiliating revenge!

The model of Daniel and the words of Jesus some six centuries later challenge us to a different response, which goes against everything in our human nature.

It comes down to difficult questions like:  "Would you rather see your enemies SAVED or JUDGED?"  "Would you rather ISOLATE in Babylon or INFILTRATE"

Oh, make no mistake.  We are at war.  We're just NOT at war against people.  So earning the right to actually influence others for God is going to require a humbling, counterintuitive approach.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you were taken captive, held against your will, and forced to take occultic classes in an evil regime, you would have every right to treat your oppressor as an enemy.  I would even long for humiliating revenge!

The model of Daniel and the words of Jesus some six centuries later challenge us to a different response, which goes against everything in our human nature.

It comes down to difficult questions like:  "Would you rather see your enemies SAVED or JUDGED?"  "Would you rather ISOLATE in Babylon or INFILTRATE"

Oh, make no mistake.  We are at war.  We're just NOT at war against people.  So earning the right to actually influence others for God is going to require a humbling, counterintuitive approach.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>We Are Exiles - Part 1: God Is Bigger Than Our Babylon</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's our Fall Kick-off and with that is a new Fall series which is in fact the foundational theme for our year.
What does it mean to live as spiritual exiles?  To live with a minority philosophy and worldview in a majority culture that is either ambivalent, unaware or sometimes outright hostile to the life Jesus has called us to.
By walking through the book of Daniel, a template is laid out as to how to live with integrity and faithfulness as an exile.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's our Fall Kick-off and with that is a new Fall series which is in fact the foundational theme for our year.
What does it mean to live as spiritual exiles?  To live with a minority philosophy and worldview in a majority culture that is either ambivalent, unaware or sometimes outright hostile to the life Jesus has called us to.
By walking through the book of Daniel, a template is laid out as to how to live with integrity and faithfulness as an exile.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's our Fall Kick-off and with that is a new Fall series which is in fact the foundational theme for our year.
What does it mean to live as spiritual exiles?  To live with a minority philosophy and worldview in a majority culture that is either ambivalent, unaware or sometimes outright hostile to the life Jesus has called us to.
By walking through the book of Daniel, a template is laid out as to how to live with integrity and faithfulness as an exile.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>This is My Story- Part 4: Your Story Matters (AUDIO)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[YOUR Story Matters!

I can't think of too many times someone has been argued into the Kingdom of God... 
I've never heard of anyone being bullied or shamed into God's Kingdom.
And I don't think it's very effective to rationalize, debate, shame or pester anyone into making the most important decision of their life.
Here's what I DO see happening a lot though;
A neighbour, co-worker, family member, barista... someone who you have built some relational capital with... opens up a faith conversation.  Perhaps they even ask you; "Hey, why is this God-thing so important to you"?
What they are asking for is YOUR STORY!  Your personal witness or testimony as to why life is better with Christ.
What will you say???<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[YOUR Story Matters!

I can't think of too many times someone has been argued into the Kingdom of God... 
I've never heard of anyone being bullied or shamed into God's Kingdom.
And I don't think it's very effective to rationalize, debate, shame or pester anyone into making the most important decision of their life.
Here's what I DO see happening a lot though;
A neighbour, co-worker, family member, barista... someone who you have built some relational capital with... opens up a faith conversation.  Perhaps they even ask you; "Hey, why is this God-thing so important to you"?
What they are asking for is YOUR STORY!  Your personal witness or testimony as to why life is better with Christ.
What will you say???<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[YOUR Story Matters!

I can't think of too many times someone has been argued into the Kingdom of God... 
I've never heard of anyone being bullied or shamed into God's Kingdom.
And I don't think it's very effective to rationalize, debate, shame or pester anyone into making the most important decision of their life.
Here's what I DO see happening a lot though;
A neighbour, co-worker, family member, barista... someone who you have built some relational capital with... opens up a faith conversation.  Perhaps they even ask you; "Hey, why is this God-thing so important to you"?
What they are asking for is YOUR STORY!  Your personal witness or testimony as to why life is better with Christ.
What will you say???<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Can I have meaning in an otherwise meaningless world?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Crosslands Church and NAC joined together for a great service at Fairy Lake Amphitheatre 

Are you searching for purpose and meaning in all the wrong places?  In places that can never truly scratch that "soul itch"?

Pastors Fred and Jonathan - Pastors from their respective churches - believe true meaning CAN be found in an otherwise meaningless world.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Crosslands Church and NAC joined together for a great service at Fairy Lake Amphitheatre 

Are you searching for purpose and meaning in all the wrong places?  In places that can never truly scratch that "soul itch"?

Pastors Fred and Jonathan - Pastors from their respective churches - believe true meaning CAN be found in an otherwise meaningless world.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Crosslands Church and NAC joined together for a great service at Fairy Lake Amphitheatre 

Are you searching for purpose and meaning in all the wrong places?  In places that can never truly scratch that "soul itch"?

Pastors Fred and Jonathan - Pastors from their respective churches - believe true meaning CAN be found in an otherwise meaningless world.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Exile: How do we handle it? (AUDIO)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeremiah is a prophet during a time when God's people are not only a minority but living as persecuted exiles.
And while Jeremiah 29 is mostly known for its inspiring verse, the context around Jeremiah 29:11 - the verses before and after it - give an even richer context and instruction on how to live in these hostile times.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jeremiah is a prophet during a time when God's people are not only a minority but living as persecuted exiles.
And while Jeremiah 29 is mostly known for its inspiring verse, the context around Jeremiah 29:11 - the verses before and after it - give an even richer context and instruction on how to live in these hostile times.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jeremiah is a prophet during a time when God's people are not only a minority but living as persecuted exiles.
And while Jeremiah 29 is mostly known for its inspiring verse, the context around Jeremiah 29:11 - the verses before and after it - give an even richer context and instruction on how to live in these hostile times.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>This is My Story- Part 5: Faithful Footnote (AUDIO)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As we spend this summer in a series called "This is my Story" it is only human nature to think of ourselves as the main player in the story - the "hero" if you will.  So when we read Biblical accounts of Daniel or Paul or David or Ruth, we might be tempted to most relate to the protagonist.  Nothing wrong with that.

Recently though I've been interested in the "bit players"... the "cameos" or "footnotes" in a story whose influence may not be obvious on first glance but whose role - no matter how small - is vital to the story God is writing.
So whether we "plant the seed" or "water it"  what an incredible privilege to be even a minor part in the great narrative the "Author and perfector of our faith" is writing.
May we even have the humility to pray "Lord, make me a footnote"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we spend this summer in a series called "This is my Story" it is only human nature to think of ourselves as the main player in the story - the "hero" if you will.  So when we read Biblical accounts of Daniel or Paul or David or Ruth, we might be tempted to most relate to the protagonist.  Nothing wrong with that.

Recently though I've been interested in the "bit players"... the "cameos" or "footnotes" in a story whose influence may not be obvious on first glance but whose role - no matter how small - is vital to the story God is writing.
So whether we "plant the seed" or "water it"  what an incredible privilege to be even a minor part in the great narrative the "Author and perfector of our faith" is writing.
May we even have the humility to pray "Lord, make me a footnote"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we spend this summer in a series called "This is my Story" it is only human nature to think of ourselves as the main player in the story - the "hero" if you will.  So when we read Biblical accounts of Daniel or Paul or David or Ruth, we might be tempted to most relate to the protagonist.  Nothing wrong with that.

Recently though I've been interested in the "bit players"... the "cameos" or "footnotes" in a story whose influence may not be obvious on first glance but whose role - no matter how small - is vital to the story God is writing.
So whether we "plant the seed" or "water it"  what an incredible privilege to be even a minor part in the great narrative the "Author and perfector of our faith" is writing.
May we even have the humility to pray "Lord, make me a footnote"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>This is my Story:  STEVE BRIGGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[** (due to Sunday's technical issues, we are missing the first 5 minutes of this great testimony) **

"THINGS I'VE COME TO BELIEVE AND LESSONS I'VE SORTA, KINDA LEARNED"

We believe that for the Jesus-follower, the stories that happen in our lives aren't just a random, meaningless string of events.
We believe there is an author at work in our story.  That's where we get words like "providence" and verses like Jeremiah 29:11
But lest you think that's a promise of a comfortable or easy life, think again. 
In fact, even if God is not the cause of many of the trials and hard things we face (as many of those can be traced back to our own bad decisions, our sin or the results of a sinful world), God in his grace can redeem those stories - perhaps use them in our ongoing sanctification and maturity.
Our difficult experiences have a way of either making us bitter or better.
And one of the reasons I love hearing our guest speaker Steve Briggs teach is because humility has been one of those hard lessons received in life... enough to say in fact, "Lord, I think this is what You're teaching me... I think this is why I've gone through this... but I remain open to hear Your voice and learn the lessons YOU want me to learn"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[** (due to Sunday's technical issues, we are missing the first 5 minutes of this great testimony) **

"THINGS I'VE COME TO BELIEVE AND LESSONS I'VE SORTA, KINDA LEARNED"

We believe that for the Jesus-follower, the stories that happen in our lives aren't just a random, meaningless string of events.
We believe there is an author at work in our story.  That's where we get words like "providence" and verses like Jeremiah 29:11
But lest you think that's a promise of a comfortable or easy life, think again. 
In fact, even if God is not the cause of many of the trials and hard things we face (as many of those can be traced back to our own bad decisions, our sin or the results of a sinful world), God in his grace can redeem those stories - perhaps use them in our ongoing sanctification and maturity.
Our difficult experiences have a way of either making us bitter or better.
And one of the reasons I love hearing our guest speaker Steve Briggs teach is because humility has been one of those hard lessons received in life... enough to say in fact, "Lord, I think this is what You're teaching me... I think this is why I've gone through this... but I remain open to hear Your voice and learn the lessons YOU want me to learn"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[** (due to Sunday's technical issues, we are missing the first 5 minutes of this great testimony) **

"THINGS I'VE COME TO BELIEVE AND LESSONS I'VE SORTA, KINDA LEARNED"

We believe that for the Jesus-follower, the stories that happen in our lives aren't just a random, meaningless string of events.
We believe there is an author at work in our story.  That's where we get words like "providence" and verses like Jeremiah 29:11
But lest you think that's a promise of a comfortable or easy life, think again. 
In fact, even if God is not the cause of many of the trials and hard things we face (as many of those can be traced back to our own bad decisions, our sin or the results of a sinful world), God in his grace can redeem those stories - perhaps use them in our ongoing sanctification and maturity.
Our difficult experiences have a way of either making us bitter or better.
And one of the reasons I love hearing our guest speaker Steve Briggs teach is because humility has been one of those hard lessons received in life... enough to say in fact, "Lord, I think this is what You're teaching me... I think this is why I've gone through this... but I remain open to hear Your voice and learn the lessons YOU want me to learn"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Invited to the Table"</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In this Summer Series called "This is my Story", Jonathan is excited to tell you one of the lesser-known stories from a lesser-known character of the Old Testament.  It's a story of tragedy, battle, royalty and bloodlines that sounds right out of "Game of Thrones".
What's amazing though is how plainly applicable this story is to each and every one of us in 2023.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this Summer Series called "This is my Story", Jonathan is excited to tell you one of the lesser-known stories from a lesser-known character of the Old Testament.  It's a story of tragedy, battle, royalty and bloodlines that sounds right out of "Game of Thrones".
What's amazing though is how plainly applicable this story is to each and every one of us in 2023.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this Summer Series called "This is my Story", Jonathan is excited to tell you one of the lesser-known stories from a lesser-known character of the Old Testament.  It's a story of tragedy, battle, royalty and bloodlines that sounds right out of "Game of Thrones".
What's amazing though is how plainly applicable this story is to each and every one of us in 2023.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>This is My Story- Part 2: Water in the Wilderness (AUDIO)</title>
      <itunes:title>This is My Story- Part 2: Water in the Wilderness (AUDIO)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[WATER IN THE WILDERNESS

This summer we're hearing portions of people's true life stories... the good, the bad and the ugly... but in each I think you'll see the authorship of Jesus all over them.
Tomorrow our own Don Wallar shares a painful, vulnerable part of his life that everyone will relate with in one way or another.
Be encouraged!  Even in the midst of being "in the wilderness", God gave Don streams of refreshing, living water.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[WATER IN THE WILDERNESS

This summer we're hearing portions of people's true life stories... the good, the bad and the ugly... but in each I think you'll see the authorship of Jesus all over them.
Tomorrow our own Don Wallar shares a painful, vulnerable part of his life that everyone will relate with in one way or another.
Be encouraged!  Even in the midst of being "in the wilderness", God gave Don streams of refreshing, living water.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[WATER IN THE WILDERNESS

This summer we're hearing portions of people's true life stories... the good, the bad and the ugly... but in each I think you'll see the authorship of Jesus all over them.
Tomorrow our own Don Wallar shares a painful, vulnerable part of his life that everyone will relate with in one way or another.
Be encouraged!  Even in the midst of being "in the wilderness", God gave Don streams of refreshing, living water.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 9: The "HAVES" and the "HAVE NOTS"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's interesting to notice the subtle and not-so-subtle barriers that are constructed between the rich and the poor... the "haves" and the "have-nots".
There's even a dating app that promises to weed out the financially meager (put that in the not-so-subtle category).  The "Occupy Wallstreet" demonstrations were another stark illustration.

But you can see it in things from gated communities to airline first class (or "business class"). Seinfeld had a great bit about the shame of having them close the curtain to first class.
There's clubs and resorts and golf courses that make a point of only serving a certain affluent clientelle.
I'm sure you can think of your own examples in Canada, let alone the overt examples like the caste system in countries like India.

The Church  though is supposed to be the ONE place where everyone is truly equal under God.  James addresses a church - much like many churches today - where there are bosses and business owners and the 1% wealthy. 
James has a word for them.
It's also a church filled with the perennially poor, enslaved and financially exploited.  James has a word for them as well.

Whether you see yourself in one of those categories - or more likely, in the messy middle, James has something we all need to hear and apply.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's interesting to notice the subtle and not-so-subtle barriers that are constructed between the rich and the poor... the "haves" and the "have-nots".
There's even a dating app that promises to weed out the financially meager (put that in the not-so-subtle category).  The "Occupy Wallstreet" demonstrations were another stark illustration.

But you can see it in things from gated communities to airline first class (or "business class"). Seinfeld had a great bit about the shame of having them close the curtain to first class.
There's clubs and resorts and golf courses that make a point of only serving a certain affluent clientelle.
I'm sure you can think of your own examples in Canada, let alone the overt examples like the caste system in countries like India.

The Church  though is supposed to be the ONE place where everyone is truly equal under God.  James addresses a church - much like many churches today - where there are bosses and business owners and the 1% wealthy. 
James has a word for them.
It's also a church filled with the perennially poor, enslaved and financially exploited.  James has a word for them as well.

Whether you see yourself in one of those categories - or more likely, in the messy middle, James has something we all need to hear and apply.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's interesting to notice the subtle and not-so-subtle barriers that are constructed between the rich and the poor... the "haves" and the "have-nots".
There's even a dating app that promises to weed out the financially meager (put that in the not-so-subtle category).  The "Occupy Wallstreet" demonstrations were another stark illustration.

But you can see it in things from gated communities to airline first class (or "business class"). Seinfeld had a great bit about the shame of having them close the curtain to first class.
There's clubs and resorts and golf courses that make a point of only serving a certain affluent clientelle.
I'm sure you can think of your own examples in Canada, let alone the overt examples like the caste system in countries like India.

The Church  though is supposed to be the ONE place where everyone is truly equal under God.  James addresses a church - much like many churches today - where there are bosses and business owners and the 1% wealthy. 
James has a word for them.
It's also a church filled with the perennially poor, enslaved and financially exploited.  James has a word for them as well.

Whether you see yourself in one of those categories - or more likely, in the messy middle, James has something we all need to hear and apply.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 7: Take the world... give me Jesus</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[James starts this section by giving an unconventional take on why humans always seem to be bickering, fighting and at odds with each other. 
Then he really gets all up in our business and links that issue to us being (my words, not James) fence-sitters.  A little too enamoured with the world to be fully devoted to Christ.
Ouch!

If you're not up for getting a little personally challenged, tomorrow's service might NOT be for you.  You've been warned.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[James starts this section by giving an unconventional take on why humans always seem to be bickering, fighting and at odds with each other. 
Then he really gets all up in our business and links that issue to us being (my words, not James) fence-sitters.  A little too enamoured with the world to be fully devoted to Christ.
Ouch!

If you're not up for getting a little personally challenged, tomorrow's service might NOT be for you.  You've been warned.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[James starts this section by giving an unconventional take on why humans always seem to be bickering, fighting and at odds with each other. 
Then he really gets all up in our business and links that issue to us being (my words, not James) fence-sitters.  A little too enamoured with the world to be fully devoted to Christ.
Ouch!

If you're not up for getting a little personally challenged, tomorrow's service might NOT be for you.  You've been warned.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 11: The Power of PRAYER</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As we wrap up our James study tomorrow, James himself wraps up his letter... a letter that primarily addresses how Christians ought to live and interact with each other... by encouraging us to put our FAITH in action via radically expectant prayer!

In fact, we invite you to step out in faith and receive prayer in community through the means James lays out in this last section:  The anointing of oil and laying on of hands.

Whether it is physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, financial (etc.) healing that needs to take place, God is more than able to bring healing.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we wrap up our James study tomorrow, James himself wraps up his letter... a letter that primarily addresses how Christians ought to live and interact with each other... by encouraging us to put our FAITH in action via radically expectant prayer!

In fact, we invite you to step out in faith and receive prayer in community through the means James lays out in this last section:  The anointing of oil and laying on of hands.

Whether it is physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, financial (etc.) healing that needs to take place, God is more than able to bring healing.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we wrap up our James study tomorrow, James himself wraps up his letter... a letter that primarily addresses how Christians ought to live and interact with each other... by encouraging us to put our FAITH in action via radically expectant prayer!

In fact, we invite you to step out in faith and receive prayer in community through the means James lays out in this last section:  The anointing of oil and laying on of hands.

Whether it is physical, emotional, relational, spiritual, financial (etc.) healing that needs to take place, God is more than able to bring healing.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 8: Seize the day</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When I was a kid our car radio had basically nothing but the Christian radio station on, coming in on the airwaves from Detroit.  One time I heard a song in the car that I sat enraptured by.  
The next day when they were counting down the top Christian songs of the week (think Petra, Amy Grant..) I spoke up and said, "I hope that dust song is #1".  My sister was like; "What are you talking about?"
I said: "You know.... that 'dust in the wind' song"
She said:  "That's not a Christian song dum-dum" ( may have added the dum-dum to my memory).
Apparently, some soft rock station had snuck into our daily drive.
But isn't this a Christian song?

Now don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind

That could have been taken right from Ecclesiastes.  Interestingly, Kerry Lindgren, the writer of that song and member of the rock group Kansas would become a Christ follower a few short years later.  Perhaps something was already stirring in him about eternity and the fleeting nature of this life.

James, in a letter that addresses so many practical issues on "living well" really sums it up in this section: 
You have one life.  It's gone in a flash.  So make it count!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When I was a kid our car radio had basically nothing but the Christian radio station on, coming in on the airwaves from Detroit.  One time I heard a song in the car that I sat enraptured by.  
The next day when they were counting down the top Christian songs of the week (think Petra, Amy Grant..) I spoke up and said, "I hope that dust song is #1".  My sister was like; "What are you talking about?"
I said: "You know.... that 'dust in the wind' song"
She said:  "That's not a Christian song dum-dum" ( may have added the dum-dum to my memory).
Apparently, some soft rock station had snuck into our daily drive.
But isn't this a Christian song?

Now don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind

That could have been taken right from Ecclesiastes.  Interestingly, Kerry Lindgren, the writer of that song and member of the rock group Kansas would become a Christ follower a few short years later.  Perhaps something was already stirring in him about eternity and the fleeting nature of this life.

James, in a letter that addresses so many practical issues on "living well" really sums it up in this section: 
You have one life.  It's gone in a flash.  So make it count!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When I was a kid our car radio had basically nothing but the Christian radio station on, coming in on the airwaves from Detroit.  One time I heard a song in the car that I sat enraptured by.  
The next day when they were counting down the top Christian songs of the week (think Petra, Amy Grant..) I spoke up and said, "I hope that dust song is #1".  My sister was like; "What are you talking about?"
I said: "You know.... that 'dust in the wind' song"
She said:  "That's not a Christian song dum-dum" ( may have added the dum-dum to my memory).
Apparently, some soft rock station had snuck into our daily drive.
But isn't this a Christian song?

Now don't hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away
And all your money won't another minute buy
Dust in the wind
All we are is dust in the wind

That could have been taken right from Ecclesiastes.  Interestingly, Kerry Lindgren, the writer of that song and member of the rock group Kansas would become a Christ follower a few short years later.  Perhaps something was already stirring in him about eternity and the fleeting nature of this life.

James, in a letter that addresses so many practical issues on "living well" really sums it up in this section: 
You have one life.  It's gone in a flash.  So make it count!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 10: The end of MAYBE</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There were all kinds of ways as a kid I tried to communicate that THIS TIME, 
I really MEANT it.
"cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye"
"I swear on a stack of Bibles"
"I swear on my Mother's grave"

We have grown-up versions of these.  Air-tight contracts, NDA's, threats of legal recourse.
James says our Christian character compels us to be people of unvarnished truth.
But it seems there's even more going on here in this deceptively simple verse.  Hope you'll join us.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There were all kinds of ways as a kid I tried to communicate that THIS TIME, 
I really MEANT it.
"cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye"
"I swear on a stack of Bibles"
"I swear on my Mother's grave"

We have grown-up versions of these.  Air-tight contracts, NDA's, threats of legal recourse.
James says our Christian character compels us to be people of unvarnished truth.
But it seems there's even more going on here in this deceptively simple verse.  Hope you'll join us.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There were all kinds of ways as a kid I tried to communicate that THIS TIME, 
I really MEANT it.
"cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye"
"I swear on a stack of Bibles"
"I swear on my Mother's grave"

We have grown-up versions of these.  Air-tight contracts, NDA's, threats of legal recourse.
James says our Christian character compels us to be people of unvarnished truth.
But it seems there's even more going on here in this deceptively simple verse.  Hope you'll join us.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Wisdom Defined:  A Faith that Works (part 6)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[James keeps circling back to this idea, that the God-life is more than "orthodoxy" (right thinking) but ultimately "orthopraxy" (right LIVING).  In fact, I'll bet you know some near-geniuses... some genuinely book-smart people who seem to make such appallingly dumb life decisions.
Wisdom... the very thing that Solomon asked for above ALL else... the thing that God says can be made available to all of us if we'd only ask... it's more than reading your Bible every day, it's actually APPLYING all that good knowledge into a lifestyle.  But James has some definitions of wisdom that you would NOT expect and THOSE unexpected aspects are worth diving into today.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[James keeps circling back to this idea, that the God-life is more than "orthodoxy" (right thinking) but ultimately "orthopraxy" (right LIVING).  In fact, I'll bet you know some near-geniuses... some genuinely book-smart people who seem to make such appallingly dumb life decisions.
Wisdom... the very thing that Solomon asked for above ALL else... the thing that God says can be made available to all of us if we'd only ask... it's more than reading your Bible every day, it's actually APPLYING all that good knowledge into a lifestyle.  But James has some definitions of wisdom that you would NOT expect and THOSE unexpected aspects are worth diving into today.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[James keeps circling back to this idea, that the God-life is more than "orthodoxy" (right thinking) but ultimately "orthopraxy" (right LIVING).  In fact, I'll bet you know some near-geniuses... some genuinely book-smart people who seem to make such appallingly dumb life decisions.
Wisdom... the very thing that Solomon asked for above ALL else... the thing that God says can be made available to all of us if we'd only ask... it's more than reading your Bible every day, it's actually APPLYING all that good knowledge into a lifestyle.  But James has some definitions of wisdom that you would NOT expect and THOSE unexpected aspects are worth diving into today.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>This is My Story- Part 1: A Story Worth Telling (AUDIO)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Start of a NEW Summer Series

Our brains are literally wired for STORY.  It might be one of the reasons Jesus primarily spoke in parables, illustrations and stories.

Each and every one of you has a STORY.

Whether you know it or not, Jesus' fingerprints are all over your story.  He is the AUTHOR and perfector of our faith story.

Jesus asks us to partner in this narrative called "our life story".  He will not coerce, cajole, or manipulate, which means WE have some decisions about how our story plays out.

So, I guess the question is, are we living a story worth telling?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Start of a NEW Summer Series

Our brains are literally wired for STORY.  It might be one of the reasons Jesus primarily spoke in parables, illustrations and stories.

Each and every one of you has a STORY.

Whether you know it or not, Jesus' fingerprints are all over your story.  He is the AUTHOR and perfector of our faith story.

Jesus asks us to partner in this narrative called "our life story".  He will not coerce, cajole, or manipulate, which means WE have some decisions about how our story plays out.

So, I guess the question is, are we living a story worth telling?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Start of a NEW Summer Series

Our brains are literally wired for STORY.  It might be one of the reasons Jesus primarily spoke in parables, illustrations and stories.

Each and every one of you has a STORY.

Whether you know it or not, Jesus' fingerprints are all over your story.  He is the AUTHOR and perfector of our faith story.

Jesus asks us to partner in this narrative called "our life story".  He will not coerce, cajole, or manipulate, which means WE have some decisions about how our story plays out.

So, I guess the question is, are we living a story worth telling?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 4: Faith or Works</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 May 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Well, this passage tomorrow is really the thesis statement of the entire book of James.  A theme that he keeps circling back to.
Are you Spiritual?  Great.  But is it spirituality with substance?
You've got lots of "God-talk".  Sure.  But how about your "God-Acts"?

I can almost hear a slight tinge of sarcasm as James says;
"You say believe there is one God?  Good for you!  Even the demons believe this and tremble"
Not exactly a high spiritual bar.

Not faith OR works... that's a false dichotomy.  
It's BOTH.  Faith AND works.  Two sides of the same coin.

If whatever you are calling "faith" has virtually no impact on how you live, then you don't have anything that can really be called "faith"

We're excited to hear from our own Jordan Wiedrick as he shares his heart.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, this passage tomorrow is really the thesis statement of the entire book of James.  A theme that he keeps circling back to.
Are you Spiritual?  Great.  But is it spirituality with substance?
You've got lots of "God-talk".  Sure.  But how about your "God-Acts"?

I can almost hear a slight tinge of sarcasm as James says;
"You say believe there is one God?  Good for you!  Even the demons believe this and tremble"
Not exactly a high spiritual bar.

Not faith OR works... that's a false dichotomy.  
It's BOTH.  Faith AND works.  Two sides of the same coin.

If whatever you are calling "faith" has virtually no impact on how you live, then you don't have anything that can really be called "faith"

We're excited to hear from our own Jordan Wiedrick as he shares his heart.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Well, this passage tomorrow is really the thesis statement of the entire book of James.  A theme that he keeps circling back to.
Are you Spiritual?  Great.  But is it spirituality with substance?
You've got lots of "God-talk".  Sure.  But how about your "God-Acts"?

I can almost hear a slight tinge of sarcasm as James says;
"You say believe there is one God?  Good for you!  Even the demons believe this and tremble"
Not exactly a high spiritual bar.

Not faith OR works... that's a false dichotomy.  
It's BOTH.  Faith AND works.  Two sides of the same coin.

If whatever you are calling "faith" has virtually no impact on how you live, then you don't have anything that can really be called "faith"

We're excited to hear from our own Jordan Wiedrick as he shares his heart.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Getting Grace Right (part 2)  Grace Givers &amp; Stone Throwers</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Grace.
It’s what I crave most when my own guilt is exposed.
Ironically it's also the very thing I’m hesitant to extend when I’m confronted with the guilt of others (especially if I'm hurt or offended in some way)
Interestingly, when you read the New Testament, the main thing Jesus stood against consistently was graceless religion.

The only group he was consistently indignant with were graceless religious leaders. So, we should not be surprised when we get to the end of the Gospels and discover that the people who crucified him were those who claimed to know God but knew little of grace.  
                                          
Lord may we be grace-givers rather than stone-throwers<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Grace.
It’s what I crave most when my own guilt is exposed.
Ironically it's also the very thing I’m hesitant to extend when I’m confronted with the guilt of others (especially if I'm hurt or offended in some way)
Interestingly, when you read the New Testament, the main thing Jesus stood against consistently was graceless religion.

The only group he was consistently indignant with were graceless religious leaders. So, we should not be surprised when we get to the end of the Gospels and discover that the people who crucified him were those who claimed to know God but knew little of grace.  
                                          
Lord may we be grace-givers rather than stone-throwers<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Grace.
It’s what I crave most when my own guilt is exposed.
Ironically it's also the very thing I’m hesitant to extend when I’m confronted with the guilt of others (especially if I'm hurt or offended in some way)
Interestingly, when you read the New Testament, the main thing Jesus stood against consistently was graceless religion.

The only group he was consistently indignant with were graceless religious leaders. So, we should not be surprised when we get to the end of the Gospels and discover that the people who crucified him were those who claimed to know God but knew little of grace.  
                                          
Lord may we be grace-givers rather than stone-throwers<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 3: Loving Without Prejudice</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Book of James continues...

Let me ask you something.  Be honest.
What kind of snob are you?
Because we're all snobs somewhere.

Maybe you're a wine snob.  You're like the guy from the movie "Sideways":
"If anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving"
You may be a coffee snob.  Even Starbucks is too pedestrian.  You need Kenyan AA beans using purified water.

Movie snobs, Music snobs, burger snobs, car snobs, book snobs (Kindle? How gauche!)

One kind of snobbery we'd never own?  Being a PEOPLE snob. 
Yet James has a way of calling out the implicit favouritism that we can be unconscious of.  It happened 2000 years ago, and it's happening today.

We're excited to invite Rocky Dundas, Vice President at World Vision Canada to share his heart.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Book of James continues...

Let me ask you something.  Be honest.
What kind of snob are you?
Because we're all snobs somewhere.

Maybe you're a wine snob.  You're like the guy from the movie "Sideways":
"If anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving"
You may be a coffee snob.  Even Starbucks is too pedestrian.  You need Kenyan AA beans using purified water.

Movie snobs, Music snobs, burger snobs, car snobs, book snobs (Kindle? How gauche!)

One kind of snobbery we'd never own?  Being a PEOPLE snob. 
Yet James has a way of calling out the implicit favouritism that we can be unconscious of.  It happened 2000 years ago, and it's happening today.

We're excited to invite Rocky Dundas, Vice President at World Vision Canada to share his heart.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Book of James continues...

Let me ask you something.  Be honest.
What kind of snob are you?
Because we're all snobs somewhere.

Maybe you're a wine snob.  You're like the guy from the movie "Sideways":
"If anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving"
You may be a coffee snob.  Even Starbucks is too pedestrian.  You need Kenyan AA beans using purified water.

Movie snobs, Music snobs, burger snobs, car snobs, book snobs (Kindle? How gauche!)

One kind of snobbery we'd never own?  Being a PEOPLE snob. 
Yet James has a way of calling out the implicit favouritism that we can be unconscious of.  It happened 2000 years ago, and it's happening today.

We're excited to invite Rocky Dundas, Vice President at World Vision Canada to share his heart.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Easter Changes Everything</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Easter Sunday!

It's Christianity's "Superbowl"... Our faith's 7th game of the Stanley Cup...

I'm actually UNDERSTATING the impact of this day!  That first Easter was an historical, spiritual, eternal game-changer and the world has never been the same since.

If you're not sure what Easter even means, we invite you to come.  

If you have heard it all before but need a reminder of the difference Easter makes... the real-world tangible hope that it offers... we sure hope you will come as well.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Easter Sunday!

It's Christianity's "Superbowl"... Our faith's 7th game of the Stanley Cup...

I'm actually UNDERSTATING the impact of this day!  That first Easter was an historical, spiritual, eternal game-changer and the world has never been the same since.

If you're not sure what Easter even means, we invite you to come.  

If you have heard it all before but need a reminder of the difference Easter makes... the real-world tangible hope that it offers... we sure hope you will come as well.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Easter Sunday!

It's Christianity's "Superbowl"... Our faith's 7th game of the Stanley Cup...

I'm actually UNDERSTATING the impact of this day!  That first Easter was an historical, spiritual, eternal game-changer and the world has never been the same since.

If you're not sure what Easter even means, we invite you to come.  

If you have heard it all before but need a reminder of the difference Easter makes... the real-world tangible hope that it offers... we sure hope you will come as well.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Getting Grace Right - Part 3: Cheap Grace</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Interestingly, the New Testament gives us some good examples of churches who didn't quite "get" grace yet.

The Church in Galatia, you could say were “Jesus-plus” people.
This is where they say "All you need is Jesus (PLUS these 193 other rules)
That’s legalism. Not Grace
On the other hand, the people of Corinth, you could say, were “Jesus-minus” people.
They were like; “All you need is Jesus”  (MINUS any real-life transformation or holiness or repentance or the Cross or...")

That’s called “cheap grace” which is no Grace at all.     

Lord may we understand that grace is free but came at the ultimate cost.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Interestingly, the New Testament gives us some good examples of churches who didn't quite "get" grace yet.

The Church in Galatia, you could say were “Jesus-plus” people.
This is where they say "All you need is Jesus (PLUS these 193 other rules)
That’s legalism. Not Grace
On the other hand, the people of Corinth, you could say, were “Jesus-minus” people.
They were like; “All you need is Jesus”  (MINUS any real-life transformation or holiness or repentance or the Cross or...")

That’s called “cheap grace” which is no Grace at all.     

Lord may we understand that grace is free but came at the ultimate cost.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Interestingly, the New Testament gives us some good examples of churches who didn't quite "get" grace yet.

The Church in Galatia, you could say were “Jesus-plus” people.
This is where they say "All you need is Jesus (PLUS these 193 other rules)
That’s legalism. Not Grace
On the other hand, the people of Corinth, you could say, were “Jesus-minus” people.
They were like; “All you need is Jesus”  (MINUS any real-life transformation or holiness or repentance or the Cross or...")

That’s called “cheap grace” which is no Grace at all.     

Lord may we understand that grace is free but came at the ultimate cost.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 5: Me And My Big Mouth</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What tastes better than it smells? Your tongue!

They can’t be seen with the naked eye, but you have up to 4,000 taste buds by the time you’re an adult, each with up to 150 taste receptors. You have less when you’re a child which are more sensitive to sweet tastes which might explain why you preferred candy to cabbage.

Your tongue is as unique to you as your fingerprints. It’s a combination of eight muscles intertwined like an elephant’s trunk so it can move in any direction. They are the only muscles in the body that move independent of the skeleton but like other muscles the tongue is trainable.

Here James is going to show us how the tongue is a test, so we must train the tongue God’s way. Because though it’s a myth that the tongue is the strongest muscle, it is the most powerful.

Our words can hurt or heal, build up or tear down, bringing wisdom or wounds, the Bible says that little thing is the most dangerous in the whole world.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What tastes better than it smells? Your tongue!

They can’t be seen with the naked eye, but you have up to 4,000 taste buds by the time you’re an adult, each with up to 150 taste receptors. You have less when you’re a child which are more sensitive to sweet tastes which might explain why you preferred candy to cabbage.

Your tongue is as unique to you as your fingerprints. It’s a combination of eight muscles intertwined like an elephant’s trunk so it can move in any direction. They are the only muscles in the body that move independent of the skeleton but like other muscles the tongue is trainable.

Here James is going to show us how the tongue is a test, so we must train the tongue God’s way. Because though it’s a myth that the tongue is the strongest muscle, it is the most powerful.

Our words can hurt or heal, build up or tear down, bringing wisdom or wounds, the Bible says that little thing is the most dangerous in the whole world.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What tastes better than it smells? Your tongue!

They can’t be seen with the naked eye, but you have up to 4,000 taste buds by the time you’re an adult, each with up to 150 taste receptors. You have less when you’re a child which are more sensitive to sweet tastes which might explain why you preferred candy to cabbage.

Your tongue is as unique to you as your fingerprints. It’s a combination of eight muscles intertwined like an elephant’s trunk so it can move in any direction. They are the only muscles in the body that move independent of the skeleton but like other muscles the tongue is trainable.

Here James is going to show us how the tongue is a test, so we must train the tongue God’s way. Because though it’s a myth that the tongue is the strongest muscle, it is the most powerful.

Our words can hurt or heal, build up or tear down, bringing wisdom or wounds, the Bible says that little thing is the most dangerous in the whole world.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 2: Authentic Faith</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You know how you can buy vinyl flooring that looks a lot like walnut? Thing is, even to the non-carpenters and arborists in the group, when you get up close you can tell it's not real.

I suppose the same thing could be said about people who claim to be "spiritual" or "a person of faith" or those who are Christian-in-name-only.  Once you get up real close to their lives... well... it's a little like that vinyl flooring.

It's yet another reason why James is so challenging and applicable today as when it was written, it challenges us not just to have a faith, but a faith that works!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You know how you can buy vinyl flooring that looks a lot like walnut? Thing is, even to the non-carpenters and arborists in the group, when you get up close you can tell it's not real.

I suppose the same thing could be said about people who claim to be "spiritual" or "a person of faith" or those who are Christian-in-name-only.  Once you get up real close to their lives... well... it's a little like that vinyl flooring.

It's yet another reason why James is so challenging and applicable today as when it was written, it challenges us not just to have a faith, but a faith that works!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You know how you can buy vinyl flooring that looks a lot like walnut? Thing is, even to the non-carpenters and arborists in the group, when you get up close you can tell it's not real.

I suppose the same thing could be said about people who claim to be "spiritual" or "a person of faith" or those who are Christian-in-name-only.  Once you get up real close to their lives... well... it's a little like that vinyl flooring.

It's yet another reason why James is so challenging and applicable today as when it was written, it challenges us not just to have a faith, but a faith that works!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Faith That Works - Part 1: Endure</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no other book in the Bible quite like the Letter of James, written by the half-brother of Jesus.

In direct, even blunt style, James details what it means to not simply listen to what God says but to actually act on it. 

If you want a primer on living out the "Christ life" in the midst of living out your real life, this is it: trials, patience, getting along with others, self-control, God's will... it's all here. Five chapters, 108 verses, 1,742 words... countless life lessons.

As applicable today as when it was written, it challenges us not just to have a faith, but a faith that works!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There is no other book in the Bible quite like the Letter of James, written by the half-brother of Jesus.

In direct, even blunt style, James details what it means to not simply listen to what God says but to actually act on it. 

If you want a primer on living out the "Christ life" in the midst of living out your real life, this is it: trials, patience, getting along with others, self-control, God's will... it's all here. Five chapters, 108 verses, 1,742 words... countless life lessons.

As applicable today as when it was written, it challenges us not just to have a faith, but a faith that works!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is no other book in the Bible quite like the Letter of James, written by the half-brother of Jesus.

In direct, even blunt style, James details what it means to not simply listen to what God says but to actually act on it. 

If you want a primer on living out the "Christ life" in the midst of living out your real life, this is it: trials, patience, getting along with others, self-control, God's will... it's all here. Five chapters, 108 verses, 1,742 words... countless life lessons.

As applicable today as when it was written, it challenges us not just to have a faith, but a faith that works!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 5: Healing Prayer</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The religious system in Jesus’ day was built on rules and regulations. Following them determined whether you were accepted into the community. There were some ‘untouchables’ that the church and the world stayed away from. When Jesus came, He was not afraid of them making him unclean, instead He leaned in and made them clean.

As we look at the encounter of Jesus with the lepers, what do we learn about Jesus’ heart for those that we consider unacceptable?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The religious system in Jesus’ day was built on rules and regulations. Following them determined whether you were accepted into the community. There were some ‘untouchables’ that the church and the world stayed away from. When Jesus came, He was not afraid of them making him unclean, instead He leaned in and made them clean.

As we look at the encounter of Jesus with the lepers, what do we learn about Jesus’ heart for those that we consider unacceptable?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The religious system in Jesus’ day was built on rules and regulations. Following them determined whether you were accepted into the community. There were some ‘untouchables’ that the church and the world stayed away from. When Jesus came, He was not afraid of them making him unclean, instead He leaned in and made them clean.

As we look at the encounter of Jesus with the lepers, what do we learn about Jesus’ heart for those that we consider unacceptable?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 7: Praying Together</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Is there anything that strikes fear into many Christians more than being asked to pray out loud?  To pray in a group?  Even in the refuge of marriage, it can be deeply vulnerable.

So we'd like to present a case, theologically and intellectually, that something transcendent, supernatural and powerful happens when God's people gather and pray together (interestingly, something that has to be experienced rather than explained theologically and intellectually).

Yet one more example of how we are "better together" and what our vision to "Grow in authentic community" looks like.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is there anything that strikes fear into many Christians more than being asked to pray out loud?  To pray in a group?  Even in the refuge of marriage, it can be deeply vulnerable.

So we'd like to present a case, theologically and intellectually, that something transcendent, supernatural and powerful happens when God's people gather and pray together (interestingly, something that has to be experienced rather than explained theologically and intellectually).

Yet one more example of how we are "better together" and what our vision to "Grow in authentic community" looks like.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is there anything that strikes fear into many Christians more than being asked to pray out loud?  To pray in a group?  Even in the refuge of marriage, it can be deeply vulnerable.

So we'd like to present a case, theologically and intellectually, that something transcendent, supernatural and powerful happens when God's people gather and pray together (interestingly, something that has to be experienced rather than explained theologically and intellectually).

Yet one more example of how we are "better together" and what our vision to "Grow in authentic community" looks like.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 8: Why Does God Seem To Delay Answering My Prayer?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Wasn’t it the great poet Tom Petty who said:  “The waiting is the hardest part”

Ain’t that the truth.

We typically don’t do well with waiting.  Less and less it seems.

For those who think God is ignoring your prayers (He isn’t) or saying ‘no’ to your prayers (He might be) there is also a possibility He’s delaying answering your prayers and there may be all kinds of good reasons, that in His love and perfect wisdom the wait will actually be worth it.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Wasn’t it the great poet Tom Petty who said:  “The waiting is the hardest part”

Ain’t that the truth.

We typically don’t do well with waiting.  Less and less it seems.

For those who think God is ignoring your prayers (He isn’t) or saying ‘no’ to your prayers (He might be) there is also a possibility He’s delaying answering your prayers and there may be all kinds of good reasons, that in His love and perfect wisdom the wait will actually be worth it.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wasn’t it the great poet Tom Petty who said:  “The waiting is the hardest part”

Ain’t that the truth.

We typically don’t do well with waiting.  Less and less it seems.

For those who think God is ignoring your prayers (He isn’t) or saying ‘no’ to your prayers (He might be) there is also a possibility He’s delaying answering your prayers and there may be all kinds of good reasons, that in His love and perfect wisdom the wait will actually be worth it.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Getting Grace Right - Part 1: Grace 101</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If it’s the most distinctive idea of the Christian faith...

If the word itself appears in the New Testament more times than “forgiveness” or “prayer” (which it does...)

If it is true that we are indeed saved by grace and grace alone, meaning our very eternity is resting on this...

If this is a core value of our church...

Then we need to get it right<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If it’s the most distinctive idea of the Christian faith...

If the word itself appears in the New Testament more times than “forgiveness” or “prayer” (which it does...)

If it is true that we are indeed saved by grace and grace alone, meaning our very eternity is resting on this...

If this is a core value of our church...

Then we need to get it right<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If it’s the most distinctive idea of the Christian faith...

If the word itself appears in the New Testament more times than “forgiveness” or “prayer” (which it does...)

If it is true that we are indeed saved by grace and grace alone, meaning our very eternity is resting on this...

If this is a core value of our church...

Then we need to get it right<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 4: Why God Doesn't Always Answer Our Prayers</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the more challenging experiences that Christians have to process is walking through  Unanswered Prayers or at least what seems to us like unanswered prayers. 

In James we read that, “You do not have, because you do not ask God”, and so it can feel like the rug has been pulled out from under us when we DO ASK God, and He doesn’t answer us. 

What gives?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the more challenging experiences that Christians have to process is walking through  Unanswered Prayers or at least what seems to us like unanswered prayers. 

In James we read that, “You do not have, because you do not ask God”, and so it can feel like the rug has been pulled out from under us when we DO ASK God, and He doesn’t answer us. 

What gives?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the more challenging experiences that Christians have to process is walking through  Unanswered Prayers or at least what seems to us like unanswered prayers. 

In James we read that, “You do not have, because you do not ask God”, and so it can feel like the rug has been pulled out from under us when we DO ASK God, and He doesn’t answer us. 

What gives?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 6: Faith &amp; Obedience In Prayer</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This may sound like the last thing you would expect to hear from a series on prayer, but I wonder if there is a time when God might say "OK, now it's time to STOP praying"

Maybe in fact there is a time for prayer and a time for action. There's a  time to cry out to God and a time to claim his victory. A time to seek his intervention and a time to accept his answer. There is a time to ask for His wisdom and a time to SIMPLY OBEY HIS COMMAND.
There is a time to be on our knees and a time to get up and open the door.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This may sound like the last thing you would expect to hear from a series on prayer, but I wonder if there is a time when God might say "OK, now it's time to STOP praying"

Maybe in fact there is a time for prayer and a time for action. There's a  time to cry out to God and a time to claim his victory. A time to seek his intervention and a time to accept his answer. There is a time to ask for His wisdom and a time to SIMPLY OBEY HIS COMMAND.
There is a time to be on our knees and a time to get up and open the door.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This may sound like the last thing you would expect to hear from a series on prayer, but I wonder if there is a time when God might say "OK, now it's time to STOP praying"

Maybe in fact there is a time for prayer and a time for action. There's a  time to cry out to God and a time to claim his victory. A time to seek his intervention and a time to accept his answer. There is a time to ask for His wisdom and a time to SIMPLY OBEY HIS COMMAND.
There is a time to be on our knees and a time to get up and open the door.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 3: Prayer Changes Things!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As Christians we see all kinds of terrible things going on in the world and even in our own lives and we might be tempted to ask: “Why isn’t God doing something about all this?”
 
Could it be though that it is actually God who is astonished and asking ME…asking YOU… asking his church… “Where are the Christians? Why aren’t they praying?!”
 
Scripture makes a case that God moves in the affairs of mankind according to the degree we pray.
 
It seems we are to ask and keep on asking until He answers or until He tells us we have asked enough.

Prayers of faith are not about praying once but praying THROUGH!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As Christians we see all kinds of terrible things going on in the world and even in our own lives and we might be tempted to ask: “Why isn’t God doing something about all this?”
 
Could it be though that it is actually God who is astonished and asking ME…asking YOU… asking his church… “Where are the Christians? Why aren’t they praying?!”
 
Scripture makes a case that God moves in the affairs of mankind according to the degree we pray.
 
It seems we are to ask and keep on asking until He answers or until He tells us we have asked enough.

Prayers of faith are not about praying once but praying THROUGH!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As Christians we see all kinds of terrible things going on in the world and even in our own lives and we might be tempted to ask: “Why isn’t God doing something about all this?”
 
Could it be though that it is actually God who is astonished and asking ME…asking YOU… asking his church… “Where are the Christians? Why aren’t they praying?!”
 
Scripture makes a case that God moves in the affairs of mankind according to the degree we pray.
 
It seems we are to ask and keep on asking until He answers or until He tells us we have asked enough.

Prayers of faith are not about praying once but praying THROUGH!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Christmas Presence - Unabashed!</title>
      <itunes:title>Christmas Presence - Unabashed!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The last three weeks of challenging us this Christmas to UNhurry... to be UNdistracted... to UNplug from all our screens and devices... all of it, has led to this.

Answering the "WHY" question.
WHY should we be present this Christmas (and beyond)?

You'll see that it leaves room in your schedule... space in your heart... room in your mind... to respond to Jesus the way he deserves to be responded to.
The way those who encountered him 2000 years ago responded.

In joyful, unapologetic, unequivocal, unabashed worship.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The last three weeks of challenging us this Christmas to UNhurry... to be UNdistracted... to UNplug from all our screens and devices... all of it, has led to this.

Answering the "WHY" question.
WHY should we be present this Christmas (and beyond)?

You'll see that it leaves room in your schedule... space in your heart... room in your mind... to respond to Jesus the way he deserves to be responded to.
The way those who encountered him 2000 years ago responded.

In joyful, unapologetic, unequivocal, unabashed worship.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The last three weeks of challenging us this Christmas to UNhurry... to be UNdistracted... to UNplug from all our screens and devices... all of it, has led to this.

Answering the "WHY" question.
WHY should we be present this Christmas (and beyond)?

You'll see that it leaves room in your schedule... space in your heart... room in your mind... to respond to Jesus the way he deserves to be responded to.
The way those who encountered him 2000 years ago responded.

In joyful, unapologetic, unequivocal, unabashed worship.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 2: Prayer as Praise &amp; Thanksgiving</title>
      <itunes:title>That's Why We Pray - Part 2: Prayer as Praise &amp; Thanksgiving</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Prayer is often seen as a monologue in which we ASK for God to help, fix or provide stuff.

What if we have missed one of the most significant aspects of an "abiding" life with God in prayer... that of Prayer as Thanksgiving and Praise?

As George Herbert once wrote:

"God, You have given me so much.  Give me one more thing – a grateful heart"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Prayer is often seen as a monologue in which we ASK for God to help, fix or provide stuff.

What if we have missed one of the most significant aspects of an "abiding" life with God in prayer... that of Prayer as Thanksgiving and Praise?

As George Herbert once wrote:

"God, You have given me so much.  Give me one more thing – a grateful heart"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Prayer is often seen as a monologue in which we ASK for God to help, fix or provide stuff.

What if we have missed one of the most significant aspects of an "abiding" life with God in prayer... that of Prayer as Thanksgiving and Praise?

As George Herbert once wrote:

"God, You have given me so much.  Give me one more thing – a grateful heart"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>A Simple Christmas</title>
      <itunes:title>A Simple Christmas</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Why is there Christmas? It's simple: God loves us deeply and wanted to offer us a way to be reconciled with him. This journey begins with the celebration of the birth of Jesus, who is the Son of God and the saviour of humanity. Jesus was sent to earth to live as a human and ultimately to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. Through this act of selfless love, we are forgiven and have eternal life with God. The celebration of Christmas marks the beginning of this journey of salvation through Jesus.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Why is there Christmas? It's simple: God loves us deeply and wanted to offer us a way to be reconciled with him. This journey begins with the celebration of the birth of Jesus, who is the Son of God and the saviour of humanity. Jesus was sent to earth to live as a human and ultimately to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. Through this act of selfless love, we are forgiven and have eternal life with God. The celebration of Christmas marks the beginning of this journey of salvation through Jesus.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Why is there Christmas? It's simple: God loves us deeply and wanted to offer us a way to be reconciled with him. This journey begins with the celebration of the birth of Jesus, who is the Son of God and the saviour of humanity. Jesus was sent to earth to live as a human and ultimately to die on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins. Through this act of selfless love, we are forgiven and have eternal life with God. The celebration of Christmas marks the beginning of this journey of salvation through Jesus.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Christmas Presence - Simplicity</title>
      <itunes:title>Christmas Presence - Simplicity</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's interesting to scan the predictions of so-called "futurists" from the past to see how they got things wrong.

In the 1960s as "time-saving devices" ramped up, there was a genuine concern that by the time we got to 2022, we would have a crisis of too much time on our hands... a crisis of leisure time you could say.

Does anyone feel that you have too much time?

I didn't think so.

I suspect your crisis is closer to mine... feeling like there are not enough hours in the day.  A feeling of hurriedness and unsettledness and unfocused.  And is there any season where this is more acutely felt than Christmas?

Maybe it's not a crisis of finding more hours but prioritizing the hours we each have been given.
That we would - as Jesus said - choose the BEST things.
The things of eternal value.  The things that give life.

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's interesting to scan the predictions of so-called "futurists" from the past to see how they got things wrong.

In the 1960s as "time-saving devices" ramped up, there was a genuine concern that by the time we got to 2022, we would have a crisis of too much time on our hands... a crisis of leisure time you could say.

Does anyone feel that you have too much time?

I didn't think so.

I suspect your crisis is closer to mine... feeling like there are not enough hours in the day.  A feeling of hurriedness and unsettledness and unfocused.  And is there any season where this is more acutely felt than Christmas?

Maybe it's not a crisis of finding more hours but prioritizing the hours we each have been given.
That we would - as Jesus said - choose the BEST things.
The things of eternal value.  The things that give life.

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's interesting to scan the predictions of so-called "futurists" from the past to see how they got things wrong.

In the 1960s as "time-saving devices" ramped up, there was a genuine concern that by the time we got to 2022, we would have a crisis of too much time on our hands... a crisis of leisure time you could say.

Does anyone feel that you have too much time?

I didn't think so.

I suspect your crisis is closer to mine... feeling like there are not enough hours in the day.  A feeling of hurriedness and unsettledness and unfocused.  And is there any season where this is more acutely felt than Christmas?

Maybe it's not a crisis of finding more hours but prioritizing the hours we each have been given.
That we would - as Jesus said - choose the BEST things.
The things of eternal value.  The things that give life.

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Just One Thing in 2023</title>
      <itunes:title>Just One Thing in 2023</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There are natural rhythms and seasons where it is wise to reflect on what has come and plan for what is ahead.  The beginning of January is one of those obvious times.

But instead of making resolutions (which are good intentions that statistically speaking are more likely to fail than not), consider making some GOD intentions... listening to the Spirit for just ONE THING that might make all the difference this year.

We'll lead you through some questions that we are believing will clarify your next spiritual step in 2023... you're "one thing"!
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

 Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There are natural rhythms and seasons where it is wise to reflect on what has come and plan for what is ahead.  The beginning of January is one of those obvious times.

But instead of making resolutions (which are good intentions that statistically speaking are more likely to fail than not), consider making some GOD intentions... listening to the Spirit for just ONE THING that might make all the difference this year.

We'll lead you through some questions that we are believing will clarify your next spiritual step in 2023... you're "one thing"!
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

 Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are natural rhythms and seasons where it is wise to reflect on what has come and plan for what is ahead.  The beginning of January is one of those obvious times.

But instead of making resolutions (which are good intentions that statistically speaking are more likely to fail than not), consider making some GOD intentions... listening to the Spirit for just ONE THING that might make all the difference this year.

We'll lead you through some questions that we are believing will clarify your next spiritual step in 2023... you're "one thing"!
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

 Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Christmas Presence - Unplugged</title>
      <itunes:title>Christmas Presence - Unplugged</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Humans have always had hurry. We've always had distractions. We've always had to adjust to new technologies and innovations ("curse this wretched sun-dial). But the last 10 years or so have truly been a seismic change in how we relate to the world and to each other.

We carry all the world's knowable information in our pockets.  That seems like a good thing... doesn't it?
What's most notable though is how our human interactions have changed in the last decade, and very few people are asking... "How are these devices affecting my soul?  My faith?  My relationship with Jesus?"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Humans have always had hurry. We've always had distractions. We've always had to adjust to new technologies and innovations ("curse this wretched sun-dial). But the last 10 years or so have truly been a seismic change in how we relate to the world and to each other.

We carry all the world's knowable information in our pockets.  That seems like a good thing... doesn't it?
What's most notable though is how our human interactions have changed in the last decade, and very few people are asking... "How are these devices affecting my soul?  My faith?  My relationship with Jesus?"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Humans have always had hurry. We've always had distractions. We've always had to adjust to new technologies and innovations ("curse this wretched sun-dial). But the last 10 years or so have truly been a seismic change in how we relate to the world and to each other.

We carry all the world's knowable information in our pockets.  That seems like a good thing... doesn't it?
What's most notable though is how our human interactions have changed in the last decade, and very few people are asking... "How are these devices affecting my soul?  My faith?  My relationship with Jesus?"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That's Why We Pray - Part 1: Why Pray?</title>
      <itunes:title>That's Why We Pray - Part 1: Why Pray?</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Prayer is the first and most important task of a Christ follower.

Prayer is an invitation to intimacy.  It's a response to grace.  Prayer is a collective cry for God to move in our midst, heal our brokenness, save the lost, restore the wayward, forgive our sins and unify our hearts.
Prayer is our declaration of dependence!

In this multi-week series we long not just to learn about prayer but to grow in our practical experience of it.  In fact while the Biblical lessons of prayer are many, they are primarily learned though PRAYING!

In prayer we become people who live close to God.  People for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Prayer is the first and most important task of a Christ follower.

Prayer is an invitation to intimacy.  It's a response to grace.  Prayer is a collective cry for God to move in our midst, heal our brokenness, save the lost, restore the wayward, forgive our sins and unify our hearts.
Prayer is our declaration of dependence!

In this multi-week series we long not just to learn about prayer but to grow in our practical experience of it.  In fact while the Biblical lessons of prayer are many, they are primarily learned though PRAYING!

In prayer we become people who live close to God.  People for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Prayer is the first and most important task of a Christ follower.

Prayer is an invitation to intimacy.  It's a response to grace.  Prayer is a collective cry for God to move in our midst, heal our brokenness, save the lost, restore the wayward, forgive our sins and unify our hearts.
Prayer is our declaration of dependence!

In this multi-week series we long not just to learn about prayer but to grow in our practical experience of it.  In fact while the Biblical lessons of prayer are many, they are primarily learned though PRAYING!

In prayer we become people who live close to God.  People for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>"Shame OFF You!" (part 1)</title>
      <itunes:title>"Shame OFF You!" (part 1)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Shame on you"
"You oughtta be ashamed of yourself"
"Have you no shame?"
Body-shamed
Put to shame
Walk of shame
"Shame, shame, double shame"

In one Pastor's observation, I'm not sure if there's a more prevalent root feeling that robs us of our joy and the "abundant life" that Jesus promised more so than shame.

Shame is most often rooted in a lie;  A lie that can come from our families, our culture, our churches and the one Revelation calls "The accuser of the Saints"

This can be a hard feeling to kick though as the lies come from such persuasive sources.  For some, the "prison of shame" even starts to feel like home.

The weight of shame is heavy indeed and it happens to be something Jesus already paid for.  You were never meant to carry it.

Maybe Jesus is saying to us today: "Shame OFF you!"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Shame on you"
"You oughtta be ashamed of yourself"
"Have you no shame?"
Body-shamed
Put to shame
Walk of shame
"Shame, shame, double shame"

In one Pastor's observation, I'm not sure if there's a more prevalent root feeling that robs us of our joy and the "abundant life" that Jesus promised more so than shame.

Shame is most often rooted in a lie;  A lie that can come from our families, our culture, our churches and the one Revelation calls "The accuser of the Saints"

This can be a hard feeling to kick though as the lies come from such persuasive sources.  For some, the "prison of shame" even starts to feel like home.

The weight of shame is heavy indeed and it happens to be something Jesus already paid for.  You were never meant to carry it.

Maybe Jesus is saying to us today: "Shame OFF you!"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Shame on you"
"You oughtta be ashamed of yourself"
"Have you no shame?"
Body-shamed
Put to shame
Walk of shame
"Shame, shame, double shame"

In one Pastor's observation, I'm not sure if there's a more prevalent root feeling that robs us of our joy and the "abundant life" that Jesus promised more so than shame.

Shame is most often rooted in a lie;  A lie that can come from our families, our culture, our churches and the one Revelation calls "The accuser of the Saints"

This can be a hard feeling to kick though as the lies come from such persuasive sources.  For some, the "prison of shame" even starts to feel like home.

The weight of shame is heavy indeed and it happens to be something Jesus already paid for.  You were never meant to carry it.

Maybe Jesus is saying to us today: "Shame OFF you!"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>#WeAreNAC (part 4) PRAY!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As we talk about the kind of church we want to be... the VISION and MISSION we believe God has given us, it is all sustained through every Church's and disciple's first ministry;
PRAYER
You will find that you can do much after you pray but you can do nothing until you pray.

Prayer is a declaration of dependence.
Prayer is an invitation to intimacy.
Prayer is a response to grace.
Corporate prayer is a collective cry of intercession and petition for God to move in our midst, heal our brokenness, save the lost, restore the wayward, receive our worship, enliven our preaching, forgive our sins, and unify our hearts to fear His name

When we don’t pray, we become spiritually dehydrated.
So may we be known as a praying church.

Join us tomorrow for some inspiration and tools and even some real-world practice. 
 
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we talk about the kind of church we want to be... the VISION and MISSION we believe God has given us, it is all sustained through every Church's and disciple's first ministry;
PRAYER
You will find that you can do much after you pray but you can do nothing until you pray.

Prayer is a declaration of dependence.
Prayer is an invitation to intimacy.
Prayer is a response to grace.
Corporate prayer is a collective cry of intercession and petition for God to move in our midst, heal our brokenness, save the lost, restore the wayward, receive our worship, enliven our preaching, forgive our sins, and unify our hearts to fear His name

When we don’t pray, we become spiritually dehydrated.
So may we be known as a praying church.

Join us tomorrow for some inspiration and tools and even some real-world practice. 
 
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we talk about the kind of church we want to be... the VISION and MISSION we believe God has given us, it is all sustained through every Church's and disciple's first ministry;
PRAYER
You will find that you can do much after you pray but you can do nothing until you pray.

Prayer is a declaration of dependence.
Prayer is an invitation to intimacy.
Prayer is a response to grace.
Corporate prayer is a collective cry of intercession and petition for God to move in our midst, heal our brokenness, save the lost, restore the wayward, receive our worship, enliven our preaching, forgive our sins, and unify our hearts to fear His name

When we don’t pray, we become spiritually dehydrated.
So may we be known as a praying church.

Join us tomorrow for some inspiration and tools and even some real-world practice. 
 
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Shame OFF You (part 3)  Steps to Freedom</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The first couple of weeks of our shame series focused on the causes of shame.

Many of you have resonated with some of these sources... toxic churches, toxic upbringings, the lies of our spiritual accuser, among others.

Perhaps the biggest impact for some of you might just be the recognition of the shame you carry. 
You have made the first and most critical step of bringing into the light what was formerly in the dark. (John 3:21, Ephesians 5:13)

Sunday we would like to close out this series with some practical steps toward freedom from our shame.

I says "steps", because 99 times out of 100 this healing doesn't happen instantly, but by God's grace, even while we are en route to total wholeness, He's using the journey itself to minister to us.

Come hear stories of fellow church members on this recovery from Shame.  Come receive prayer ministry.

You've heard "Shame ON you" for so long.
Sunday, may you hear Jesus say: "Shame OFF you"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The first couple of weeks of our shame series focused on the causes of shame.

Many of you have resonated with some of these sources... toxic churches, toxic upbringings, the lies of our spiritual accuser, among others.

Perhaps the biggest impact for some of you might just be the recognition of the shame you carry. 
You have made the first and most critical step of bringing into the light what was formerly in the dark. (John 3:21, Ephesians 5:13)

Sunday we would like to close out this series with some practical steps toward freedom from our shame.

I says "steps", because 99 times out of 100 this healing doesn't happen instantly, but by God's grace, even while we are en route to total wholeness, He's using the journey itself to minister to us.

Come hear stories of fellow church members on this recovery from Shame.  Come receive prayer ministry.

You've heard "Shame ON you" for so long.
Sunday, may you hear Jesus say: "Shame OFF you"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first couple of weeks of our shame series focused on the causes of shame.

Many of you have resonated with some of these sources... toxic churches, toxic upbringings, the lies of our spiritual accuser, among others.

Perhaps the biggest impact for some of you might just be the recognition of the shame you carry. 
You have made the first and most critical step of bringing into the light what was formerly in the dark. (John 3:21, Ephesians 5:13)

Sunday we would like to close out this series with some practical steps toward freedom from our shame.

I says "steps", because 99 times out of 100 this healing doesn't happen instantly, but by God's grace, even while we are en route to total wholeness, He's using the journey itself to minister to us.

Come hear stories of fellow church members on this recovery from Shame.  Come receive prayer ministry.

You've heard "Shame ON you" for so long.
Sunday, may you hear Jesus say: "Shame OFF you"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>#We Are NAC (part 5):  SERVE</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There are a couple more aspects of our vision we'd like to share before wrapping up this series.

Our "marching orders" and model always come from Jesus Himself who "did not come to be served but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45)

It's why we're trying not to use the word "volunteer" as it applies to our Christian calling.
Not that there is anything wrong with volunteering  - in fact, it's obviously a very GOOD thing - but the word implies that it is optional... something you might do if you have the time and motivation.

SERVING on the other hand is the language of Scripture and speaks to the idea of calling and obedience and sacrifice.
In the same way that our servant leader Himself, rolled up his sleeves and his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and took on the lowliest job of foot washing.  The master serving his followers.

We are NAC and we will not only serve IN the church but we will serve AS the Church in our community, lovingly through a 21st-century version of foot washing.

#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There are a couple more aspects of our vision we'd like to share before wrapping up this series.

Our "marching orders" and model always come from Jesus Himself who "did not come to be served but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45)

It's why we're trying not to use the word "volunteer" as it applies to our Christian calling.
Not that there is anything wrong with volunteering  - in fact, it's obviously a very GOOD thing - but the word implies that it is optional... something you might do if you have the time and motivation.

SERVING on the other hand is the language of Scripture and speaks to the idea of calling and obedience and sacrifice.
In the same way that our servant leader Himself, rolled up his sleeves and his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and took on the lowliest job of foot washing.  The master serving his followers.

We are NAC and we will not only serve IN the church but we will serve AS the Church in our community, lovingly through a 21st-century version of foot washing.

#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are a couple more aspects of our vision we'd like to share before wrapping up this series.

Our "marching orders" and model always come from Jesus Himself who "did not come to be served but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45)

It's why we're trying not to use the word "volunteer" as it applies to our Christian calling.
Not that there is anything wrong with volunteering  - in fact, it's obviously a very GOOD thing - but the word implies that it is optional... something you might do if you have the time and motivation.

SERVING on the other hand is the language of Scripture and speaks to the idea of calling and obedience and sacrifice.
In the same way that our servant leader Himself, rolled up his sleeves and his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and took on the lowliest job of foot washing.  The master serving his followers.

We are NAC and we will not only serve IN the church but we will serve AS the Church in our community, lovingly through a 21st-century version of foot washing.

#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Christmas Presence - Hurry Sickness</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[November 27, 2022 
We are afflicted as a culture with a disease!
An actual diagnosis called "Hurry Sickness" 
And is there any time of year when this is more acutely felt than the Christmas Season?
This Advent season may we give the BEST gift to our families, to Jesus, and to our own souls: 
 The gift of our unhurried, unplugged & undistracted PRESENCE!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[November 27, 2022 
We are afflicted as a culture with a disease!
An actual diagnosis called "Hurry Sickness" 
And is there any time of year when this is more acutely felt than the Christmas Season?
This Advent season may we give the BEST gift to our families, to Jesus, and to our own souls: 
 The gift of our unhurried, unplugged & undistracted PRESENCE!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[November 27, 2022 
We are afflicted as a culture with a disease!
An actual diagnosis called "Hurry Sickness" 
And is there any time of year when this is more acutely felt than the Christmas Season?
This Advent season may we give the BEST gift to our families, to Jesus, and to our own souls: 
 The gift of our unhurried, unplugged & undistracted PRESENCE!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Praying for the Persecuted Church</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 7 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Each year in November, believers around the world participate in special services that focus on the persecuted church.

There are an estimated 260 million believers around the world who are experiencing high to extreme forms of persecution.

We read the stories of Paul and Stephen and John the Baptist - all persecuted for their faith.  Some of you may know the stories of men and women in Church history like John Wycliff or William Tyndale, martyred for their faith.

20th Century martyrs like Jim Elliot and Dietrich Bonhoeffer may be names familiar to some of you.  It's hard to believe though that in this most prosperous and "advanced" society, there have never been more Christians persecuted as there are in 2022.

Their crime?  Loving Jesus.

Join us today for a special guest speaker from our NAC family  - Jim Rabyniuk - who has been deeply moved recently by this (often under-reported) plight.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Each year in November, believers around the world participate in special services that focus on the persecuted church.

There are an estimated 260 million believers around the world who are experiencing high to extreme forms of persecution.

We read the stories of Paul and Stephen and John the Baptist - all persecuted for their faith.  Some of you may know the stories of men and women in Church history like John Wycliff or William Tyndale, martyred for their faith.

20th Century martyrs like Jim Elliot and Dietrich Bonhoeffer may be names familiar to some of you.  It's hard to believe though that in this most prosperous and "advanced" society, there have never been more Christians persecuted as there are in 2022.

Their crime?  Loving Jesus.

Join us today for a special guest speaker from our NAC family  - Jim Rabyniuk - who has been deeply moved recently by this (often under-reported) plight.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Each year in November, believers around the world participate in special services that focus on the persecuted church.

There are an estimated 260 million believers around the world who are experiencing high to extreme forms of persecution.

We read the stories of Paul and Stephen and John the Baptist - all persecuted for their faith.  Some of you may know the stories of men and women in Church history like John Wycliff or William Tyndale, martyred for their faith.

20th Century martyrs like Jim Elliot and Dietrich Bonhoeffer may be names familiar to some of you.  It's hard to believe though that in this most prosperous and "advanced" society, there have never been more Christians persecuted as there are in 2022.

Their crime?  Loving Jesus.

Join us today for a special guest speaker from our NAC family  - Jim Rabyniuk - who has been deeply moved recently by this (often under-reported) plight.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>#WeAreNAC:  Worshippers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There's just ONE more aspect of our refreshed Church vision we'd like to share before wrapping up this series.

We've been using the early Acts church as a model of sorts, and it's clear the early church was a worshipping church.

The Psalms were their worship "playlist" you could say.

And while worship through singing is far from the ONLY expression of personal and corporate worship, for some reason God has elevated singing as one of the main ways we can show our love to Him.  
He even says that He somehow dwells in the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3)

The word WORSHIP comes from an old anglo-Saxon word that literally means "Worth-ship";
To give "worth" or "honour" to someone or something.

So when it comes to worshipping God, what's the appropriate amount of worth or honour due Him?

Today we are actually going to PRACTICE what we PREACH!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There's just ONE more aspect of our refreshed Church vision we'd like to share before wrapping up this series.

We've been using the early Acts church as a model of sorts, and it's clear the early church was a worshipping church.

The Psalms were their worship "playlist" you could say.

And while worship through singing is far from the ONLY expression of personal and corporate worship, for some reason God has elevated singing as one of the main ways we can show our love to Him.  
He even says that He somehow dwells in the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3)

The word WORSHIP comes from an old anglo-Saxon word that literally means "Worth-ship";
To give "worth" or "honour" to someone or something.

So when it comes to worshipping God, what's the appropriate amount of worth or honour due Him?

Today we are actually going to PRACTICE what we PREACH!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's just ONE more aspect of our refreshed Church vision we'd like to share before wrapping up this series.

We've been using the early Acts church as a model of sorts, and it's clear the early church was a worshipping church.

The Psalms were their worship "playlist" you could say.

And while worship through singing is far from the ONLY expression of personal and corporate worship, for some reason God has elevated singing as one of the main ways we can show our love to Him.  
He even says that He somehow dwells in the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3)

The word WORSHIP comes from an old anglo-Saxon word that literally means "Worth-ship";
To give "worth" or "honour" to someone or something.

So when it comes to worshipping God, what's the appropriate amount of worth or honour due Him?

Today we are actually going to PRACTICE what we PREACH!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Shame OFF You (part 2)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Academic, popular speaker and expert on the subject Brené Brown, defines shame this way:

"Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging."
 
Maybe in our context, we might say:
How could God ever love someone like me? 

How heartbreaking it is in fact that the two biggest sources or roots of our shame often come from places that should be the safest...
The Church
and
Our families

You may have been "disowned", in overt or in subtle ways.  You may have been labelled and unfairly scolded.
Jesus has a life-changing, identity-changing word for you.
By his grace, may it travel 18 inches from your head to your heart!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Academic, popular speaker and expert on the subject Brené Brown, defines shame this way:

"Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging."
 
Maybe in our context, we might say:
How could God ever love someone like me? 

How heartbreaking it is in fact that the two biggest sources or roots of our shame often come from places that should be the safest...
The Church
and
Our families

You may have been "disowned", in overt or in subtle ways.  You may have been labelled and unfairly scolded.
Jesus has a life-changing, identity-changing word for you.
By his grace, may it travel 18 inches from your head to your heart!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Academic, popular speaker and expert on the subject Brené Brown, defines shame this way:

"Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging."
 
Maybe in our context, we might say:
How could God ever love someone like me? 

How heartbreaking it is in fact that the two biggest sources or roots of our shame often come from places that should be the safest...
The Church
and
Our families

You may have been "disowned", in overt or in subtle ways.  You may have been labelled and unfairly scolded.
Jesus has a life-changing, identity-changing word for you.
By his grace, may it travel 18 inches from your head to your heart!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"The Gospel"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A bonus podcast!

From our outdoor service and "party in the park" at Fairy Lake on August 21st, 2022.

We hear the word "gospel" a lot in Christian circles.  The 4 biographies of Jesus are called "Gospels"... there's the "gospel coalition", "gospel music", "gospel business man's association"...

Maybe you know enough to know that the original word literally means "Good News" but maybe "The Gospel" has become such a ubiquitous Christian word that it starts to lose meaning for us.

So what IS the gospel and why is it even better news than we could possibly imagine?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A bonus podcast!

From our outdoor service and "party in the park" at Fairy Lake on August 21st, 2022.

We hear the word "gospel" a lot in Christian circles.  The 4 biographies of Jesus are called "Gospels"... there's the "gospel coalition", "gospel music", "gospel business man's association"...

Maybe you know enough to know that the original word literally means "Good News" but maybe "The Gospel" has become such a ubiquitous Christian word that it starts to lose meaning for us.

So what IS the gospel and why is it even better news than we could possibly imagine?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A bonus podcast!

From our outdoor service and "party in the park" at Fairy Lake on August 21st, 2022.

We hear the word "gospel" a lot in Christian circles.  The 4 biographies of Jesus are called "Gospels"... there's the "gospel coalition", "gospel music", "gospel business man's association"...

Maybe you know enough to know that the original word literally means "Good News" but maybe "The Gospel" has become such a ubiquitous Christian word that it starts to lose meaning for us.

So what IS the gospel and why is it even better news than we could possibly imagine?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>#WeAreNAC (part 3) "GO"</title>
      <itunes:title>#WeAreNAC (part 3) "GO"</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Everything in the first parts of our re-vamped vision is ultimately leading us to this…

To Go!

We take our cues from Jesus Himself who when confronted by the uber-religious folks about why he was not only hanging out but PURSUING sinners and those with bad reputations, He told 3 stories in a row about “the lost”, and more importantly, what the Father’s heart is towards the lost.

Maybe we’d even call them “The people God misses the most”.

And so we long to share that kind of heart.  GOING towards and after those who God misses the most.

It’s what it means to “GO” and “BE” the church.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Everything in the first parts of our re-vamped vision is ultimately leading us to this…

To Go!

We take our cues from Jesus Himself who when confronted by the uber-religious folks about why he was not only hanging out but PURSUING sinners and those with bad reputations, He told 3 stories in a row about “the lost”, and more importantly, what the Father’s heart is towards the lost.

Maybe we’d even call them “The people God misses the most”.

And so we long to share that kind of heart.  GOING towards and after those who God misses the most.

It’s what it means to “GO” and “BE” the church.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Everything in the first parts of our re-vamped vision is ultimately leading us to this…

To Go!

We take our cues from Jesus Himself who when confronted by the uber-religious folks about why he was not only hanging out but PURSUING sinners and those with bad reputations, He told 3 stories in a row about “the lost”, and more importantly, what the Father’s heart is towards the lost.

Maybe we’d even call them “The people God misses the most”.

And so we long to share that kind of heart.  GOING towards and after those who God misses the most.

It’s what it means to “GO” and “BE” the church.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Parenting Guilt (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Parenting Guilt (Audio)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A lot of parenting is filled with feelings of guilt and regret.

There.  I said it.

Sounds glamorous and enticing, right?

Don't get me wrong;  I don't know one parent who would trade for the joy and privilege of raising a child.  Children truly are a gift from God (Psalm 127:3)
Yet there are so many messages from the culture, advertising, family and friends, our own unrealistic expectations AND even from - maybe ESPECIALLY from - the Church or our interpretation of Scripture.

There's no shame quite like spiritual shame.

So after we've done everything we thought we could to raise and train our kids with integrity, morality, and spirituality - maybe even tried to keep them in a bubble, protected from all negative influences -  and they STILL make disastrous life decisions or even turn their back on God, how are we supposed to reconcile that?

Can we hold these two things together in tension - that our parenting absolutely does matter AND it may not produce the "results" we had longed for?

We’re believing for some guilt-ridden parents to be set free!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A lot of parenting is filled with feelings of guilt and regret.

There.  I said it.

Sounds glamorous and enticing, right?

Don't get me wrong;  I don't know one parent who would trade for the joy and privilege of raising a child.  Children truly are a gift from God (Psalm 127:3)
Yet there are so many messages from the culture, advertising, family and friends, our own unrealistic expectations AND even from - maybe ESPECIALLY from - the Church or our interpretation of Scripture.

There's no shame quite like spiritual shame.

So after we've done everything we thought we could to raise and train our kids with integrity, morality, and spirituality - maybe even tried to keep them in a bubble, protected from all negative influences -  and they STILL make disastrous life decisions or even turn their back on God, how are we supposed to reconcile that?

Can we hold these two things together in tension - that our parenting absolutely does matter AND it may not produce the "results" we had longed for?

We’re believing for some guilt-ridden parents to be set free!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A lot of parenting is filled with feelings of guilt and regret.

There.  I said it.

Sounds glamorous and enticing, right?

Don't get me wrong;  I don't know one parent who would trade for the joy and privilege of raising a child.  Children truly are a gift from God (Psalm 127:3)
Yet there are so many messages from the culture, advertising, family and friends, our own unrealistic expectations AND even from - maybe ESPECIALLY from - the Church or our interpretation of Scripture.

There's no shame quite like spiritual shame.

So after we've done everything we thought we could to raise and train our kids with integrity, morality, and spirituality - maybe even tried to keep them in a bubble, protected from all negative influences -  and they STILL make disastrous life decisions or even turn their back on God, how are we supposed to reconcile that?

Can we hold these two things together in tension - that our parenting absolutely does matter AND it may not produce the "results" we had longed for?

We’re believing for some guilt-ridden parents to be set free!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>#WeAreNAC (part 2) "GROW"</title>
      <itunes:title>#WeAreNAC (part 2) "GROW"</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[September 25th, 2022

I'm sure you've met all kinds of people - more and more lately - who would agree with the sentiment...

"I'm good with Jesus, but I don't want anything to do with His Church. 
It's CHRISTIANS who I'm done with"

I dare say we've all had enough hurts and frustrations with people to at least sympathize with that idea.

The thing is, Jesus had a Kingdom dream.  A dream that involved being part of a PEOPLE.  You can see it in His own ministry and in His vision to change the world.  It also happens to be the best way to change OURSELVES. 
Growing in our relationship with God is best experienced by growing in the faith community He's called us to.

We really are "better together"

It's part of being able to proudly say...
 
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[September 25th, 2022

I'm sure you've met all kinds of people - more and more lately - who would agree with the sentiment...

"I'm good with Jesus, but I don't want anything to do with His Church. 
It's CHRISTIANS who I'm done with"

I dare say we've all had enough hurts and frustrations with people to at least sympathize with that idea.

The thing is, Jesus had a Kingdom dream.  A dream that involved being part of a PEOPLE.  You can see it in His own ministry and in His vision to change the world.  It also happens to be the best way to change OURSELVES. 
Growing in our relationship with God is best experienced by growing in the faith community He's called us to.

We really are "better together"

It's part of being able to proudly say...
 
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[September 25th, 2022

I'm sure you've met all kinds of people - more and more lately - who would agree with the sentiment...

"I'm good with Jesus, but I don't want anything to do with His Church. 
It's CHRISTIANS who I'm done with"

I dare say we've all had enough hurts and frustrations with people to at least sympathize with that idea.

The thing is, Jesus had a Kingdom dream.  A dream that involved being part of a PEOPLE.  You can see it in His own ministry and in His vision to change the world.  It also happens to be the best way to change OURSELVES. 
Growing in our relationship with God is best experienced by growing in the faith community He's called us to.

We really are "better together"

It's part of being able to proudly say...
 
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Live to be Forgotten (Ian Knight)</title>
      <itunes:title>Live to be Forgotten (Ian Knight)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The message perpetuated in culture today - in fact often in CHRISTIAN culture - is a message that sounds something like this... 
 
You can be a world-changer
Your life could influence millions
Live in such a way that you'll be remembered for generations

There is something inspiring about those kinds of "vision talks" and assuming those are good-faith motivations, there's nothing inherently wrong with being inspired that way, 
BUT...

Once again, the message of Jesus is so counter-cultural, counter-intuitive... part of Jesus upside-down Kingdom.
It's repeated over & over and it goes something like this...

To be greatest, you need to be a servant 
(Matt. 23:11)
The first shall be last and the last shall be first
(Matt. 20:16)
I must decrease, Christ must increase 
(John 3:30)
Only a seed willing to die will produce a harvest
(John 12:24)

Is this a culturally POPULAR message?  Absolutely not!
Could it just be a life-changing and freeing message?
Absolutely.

Hope you can join us as we welcome our dear friend IAN KNIGHT back to NAC as he shares a message that's been on his heart.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The message perpetuated in culture today - in fact often in CHRISTIAN culture - is a message that sounds something like this... 
 
You can be a world-changer
Your life could influence millions
Live in such a way that you'll be remembered for generations

There is something inspiring about those kinds of "vision talks" and assuming those are good-faith motivations, there's nothing inherently wrong with being inspired that way, 
BUT...

Once again, the message of Jesus is so counter-cultural, counter-intuitive... part of Jesus upside-down Kingdom.
It's repeated over & over and it goes something like this...

To be greatest, you need to be a servant 
(Matt. 23:11)
The first shall be last and the last shall be first
(Matt. 20:16)
I must decrease, Christ must increase 
(John 3:30)
Only a seed willing to die will produce a harvest
(John 12:24)

Is this a culturally POPULAR message?  Absolutely not!
Could it just be a life-changing and freeing message?
Absolutely.

Hope you can join us as we welcome our dear friend IAN KNIGHT back to NAC as he shares a message that's been on his heart.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The message perpetuated in culture today - in fact often in CHRISTIAN culture - is a message that sounds something like this... 
 
You can be a world-changer
Your life could influence millions
Live in such a way that you'll be remembered for generations

There is something inspiring about those kinds of "vision talks" and assuming those are good-faith motivations, there's nothing inherently wrong with being inspired that way, 
BUT...

Once again, the message of Jesus is so counter-cultural, counter-intuitive... part of Jesus upside-down Kingdom.
It's repeated over & over and it goes something like this...

To be greatest, you need to be a servant 
(Matt. 23:11)
The first shall be last and the last shall be first
(Matt. 20:16)
I must decrease, Christ must increase 
(John 3:30)
Only a seed willing to die will produce a harvest
(John 12:24)

Is this a culturally POPULAR message?  Absolutely not!
Could it just be a life-changing and freeing message?
Absolutely.

Hope you can join us as we welcome our dear friend IAN KNIGHT back to NAC as he shares a message that's been on his heart.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Take this job and ... LOVE it</title>
      <itunes:title>Take this job and ... LOVE it</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[LABOUR DAY WEEKEND!

It got me thinking about the two extremes we see many people erring on.

The one extreme is seeing your work... your job... as your primary identity.  The place where you receive your greatest sense of worth and accomplishment.  We see the value we place on this when the first question we ask someone is "So what do you do for a living?" (Guys can be particularly bad for this).

At best it's deeply out of balance.  At worst, it's actually idolatrous!

But the other extreme is looking at our work as just a means to an end;  Something to endure.  A result of the Genesis "curse".  We see a version of this in the newly coined phenomenon of "quiet quitting" which at its best means having some work-life balance and not getting sucked into the rat-rce BUT at it's worst it means putting in the absolute bare minimum to keep your job... perhaps even holding down TWO virtual-work jobs and doing each mediocrely. 

What if we saw work as a "calling" - a word not just reserved for Pastors and Missionaries.  What if we even saw it as a gift from God - the creator of work?  What if there was work in HEAVEN - perfect, meaningful, life-giving work.

Take this job and LOVE it!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[LABOUR DAY WEEKEND!

It got me thinking about the two extremes we see many people erring on.

The one extreme is seeing your work... your job... as your primary identity.  The place where you receive your greatest sense of worth and accomplishment.  We see the value we place on this when the first question we ask someone is "So what do you do for a living?" (Guys can be particularly bad for this).

At best it's deeply out of balance.  At worst, it's actually idolatrous!

But the other extreme is looking at our work as just a means to an end;  Something to endure.  A result of the Genesis "curse".  We see a version of this in the newly coined phenomenon of "quiet quitting" which at its best means having some work-life balance and not getting sucked into the rat-rce BUT at it's worst it means putting in the absolute bare minimum to keep your job... perhaps even holding down TWO virtual-work jobs and doing each mediocrely. 

What if we saw work as a "calling" - a word not just reserved for Pastors and Missionaries.  What if we even saw it as a gift from God - the creator of work?  What if there was work in HEAVEN - perfect, meaningful, life-giving work.

Take this job and LOVE it!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[LABOUR DAY WEEKEND!

It got me thinking about the two extremes we see many people erring on.

The one extreme is seeing your work... your job... as your primary identity.  The place where you receive your greatest sense of worth and accomplishment.  We see the value we place on this when the first question we ask someone is "So what do you do for a living?" (Guys can be particularly bad for this).

At best it's deeply out of balance.  At worst, it's actually idolatrous!

But the other extreme is looking at our work as just a means to an end;  Something to endure.  A result of the Genesis "curse".  We see a version of this in the newly coined phenomenon of "quiet quitting" which at its best means having some work-life balance and not getting sucked into the rat-rce BUT at it's worst it means putting in the absolute bare minimum to keep your job... perhaps even holding down TWO virtual-work jobs and doing each mediocrely. 

What if we saw work as a "calling" - a word not just reserved for Pastors and Missionaries.  What if we even saw it as a gift from God - the creator of work?  What if there was work in HEAVEN - perfect, meaningful, life-giving work.

Take this job and LOVE it!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>#We Are NAC (part 1: KNOW)</title>
      <itunes:title>#We Are NAC (part 1: KNOW)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We kick off this new ministry year with a re-vamped, re-imagined vision that will guide us into the next season of our church.

What does it mean to truly BE the Church?
What does it mean to BE NAC?

We think it can be boiled down to 3 things.  Simple, but not easy by any means.

Find out what it means to be able to say...
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We kick off this new ministry year with a re-vamped, re-imagined vision that will guide us into the next season of our church.

What does it mean to truly BE the Church?
What does it mean to BE NAC?

We think it can be boiled down to 3 things.  Simple, but not easy by any means.

Find out what it means to be able to say...
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We kick off this new ministry year with a re-vamped, re-imagined vision that will guide us into the next season of our church.

What does it mean to truly BE the Church?
What does it mean to BE NAC?

We think it can be boiled down to 3 things.  Simple, but not easy by any means.

Find out what it means to be able to say...
#WE
ARE
NAC<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>The Messy Middle</title>
      <itunes:title>The Messy Middle</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Most of our faith is spent in the middle.
NOT in the wonderful "honeymoon" phase where everything feels new, exciting and passionate.
NOT even near the finish line where the Apostle Paul had finished his race well.

It's in the middle where we are tempted to drift.  Where things feel "same old-same old".

The same can be said for our marriages, vocations, disciplines... perhaps the impetus behind the "midlife crisis".

As we come to a new vision this month in what is increasingly feeling like a "re-launch" of NAC following COVID, I want to challenge the majority of us who call Newmarket Alliance their home.
Don't give up in the middle.
God's not done with us.
God's not done with you!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of our faith is spent in the middle.
NOT in the wonderful "honeymoon" phase where everything feels new, exciting and passionate.
NOT even near the finish line where the Apostle Paul had finished his race well.

It's in the middle where we are tempted to drift.  Where things feel "same old-same old".

The same can be said for our marriages, vocations, disciplines... perhaps the impetus behind the "midlife crisis".

As we come to a new vision this month in what is increasingly feeling like a "re-launch" of NAC following COVID, I want to challenge the majority of us who call Newmarket Alliance their home.
Don't give up in the middle.
God's not done with us.
God's not done with you!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most of our faith is spent in the middle.
NOT in the wonderful "honeymoon" phase where everything feels new, exciting and passionate.
NOT even near the finish line where the Apostle Paul had finished his race well.

It's in the middle where we are tempted to drift.  Where things feel "same old-same old".

The same can be said for our marriages, vocations, disciplines... perhaps the impetus behind the "midlife crisis".

As we come to a new vision this month in what is increasingly feeling like a "re-launch" of NAC following COVID, I want to challenge the majority of us who call Newmarket Alliance their home.
Don't give up in the middle.
God's not done with us.
God's not done with you!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Judgment (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Judgment (Audio)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of you old-school O.G's will remember Tupac popularizing the phrase (and ubiquitous tattoo):"Only God can judge me"


I suppose that's true... but only to a point.


Lots of people mishandle the admonition of Jesus to not judge, lest you be judged. (Matt. 7:1)


One tells himself: "You know, God is awesome - He really DOES give me strength.  We won!"


They can use it as their own "shield for sin", a barrier to keep others at arm's length from speaking into their life about moral boundaries or accountability.


"Aren't we all sinners after all?  What gives you the right to make moral judgments about someone else?  Isn't that God's job?"


That SOUNDS reasonable, doesn't it?  Especially in an age of hyper-individualism but it also doesn't seem to be the full intent of Jesus's message.  There's more going on here "than meets the ear".


Pastor Glenn brings us Part  6 of "Coffee Mug Christianity:  Bringing Clarity to Cliches"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of you old-school O.G's will remember Tupac popularizing the phrase (and ubiquitous tattoo):"Only God can judge me"


I suppose that's true... but only to a point.


Lots of people mishandle the admonition of Jesus to not judge, lest you be judged. (Matt. 7:1)


One tells himself: "You know, God is awesome - He really DOES give me strength.  We won!"


They can use it as their own "shield for sin", a barrier to keep others at arm's length from speaking into their life about moral boundaries or accountability.


"Aren't we all sinners after all?  What gives you the right to make moral judgments about someone else?  Isn't that God's job?"


That SOUNDS reasonable, doesn't it?  Especially in an age of hyper-individualism but it also doesn't seem to be the full intent of Jesus's message.  There's more going on here "than meets the ear".


Pastor Glenn brings us Part  6 of "Coffee Mug Christianity:  Bringing Clarity to Cliches"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some of you old-school O.G's will remember Tupac popularizing the phrase (and ubiquitous tattoo):"Only God can judge me"


I suppose that's true... but only to a point.


Lots of people mishandle the admonition of Jesus to not judge, lest you be judged. (Matt. 7:1)


One tells himself: "You know, God is awesome - He really DOES give me strength.  We won!"


They can use it as their own "shield for sin", a barrier to keep others at arm's length from speaking into their life about moral boundaries or accountability.


"Aren't we all sinners after all?  What gives you the right to make moral judgments about someone else?  Isn't that God's job?"


That SOUNDS reasonable, doesn't it?  Especially in an age of hyper-individualism but it also doesn't seem to be the full intent of Jesus's message.  There's more going on here "than meets the ear".


Pastor Glenn brings us Part  6 of "Coffee Mug Christianity:  Bringing Clarity to Cliches"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling: GRIEF (Audio)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We get into part 8 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

We have all experienced loss in some way.
Death of loved ones
Loss of jobs
Loss of pets
Loss of relationship and more
 
Loss is unavoidable. So what do we do when grief comes to stay? 

 Is it possible that pain and grief are not the enemy, but the remedy?
 
Though painful and uncomfortable, maybe grief can be a great teacher.

To not let the grief swallow us, and to cope with the pain that life can throw our way, we look to God and his promises. We do not have to stay stuck in the pain that comes with loss, because through Jesus we have hope.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We get into part 8 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

We have all experienced loss in some way.
Death of loved ones
Loss of jobs
Loss of pets
Loss of relationship and more
 
Loss is unavoidable. So what do we do when grief comes to stay? 

 Is it possible that pain and grief are not the enemy, but the remedy?
 
Though painful and uncomfortable, maybe grief can be a great teacher.

To not let the grief swallow us, and to cope with the pain that life can throw our way, we look to God and his promises. We do not have to stay stuck in the pain that comes with loss, because through Jesus we have hope.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We get into part 8 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

We have all experienced loss in some way.
Death of loved ones
Loss of jobs
Loss of pets
Loss of relationship and more
 
Loss is unavoidable. So what do we do when grief comes to stay? 

 Is it possible that pain and grief are not the enemy, but the remedy?
 
Though painful and uncomfortable, maybe grief can be a great teacher.

To not let the grief swallow us, and to cope with the pain that life can throw our way, we look to God and his promises. We do not have to stay stuck in the pain that comes with loss, because through Jesus we have hope.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Money (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Money (Audio)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There's misunderstood verses
Misappropriated verses
Mishandled verses
But this has to be one of the all time misQUOTED verses

it's usually quoted like this...

"Well, as the Bible says, 'Money is the root of all evil"

That's not actually what the Bible says.  It's only missing a few words but those few words can make all the difference in our understanding.

Some of you have already caught the misquote.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There's misunderstood verses
Misappropriated verses
Mishandled verses
But this has to be one of the all time misQUOTED verses

it's usually quoted like this...

"Well, as the Bible says, 'Money is the root of all evil"

That's not actually what the Bible says.  It's only missing a few words but those few words can make all the difference in our understanding.

Some of you have already caught the misquote.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's misunderstood verses
Misappropriated verses
Mishandled verses
But this has to be one of the all time misQUOTED verses

it's usually quoted like this...

"Well, as the Bible says, 'Money is the root of all evil"

That's not actually what the Bible says.  It's only missing a few words but those few words can make all the difference in our understanding.

Some of you have already caught the misquote.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: I can do all things (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>Coffee Mug Christianity: I can do all things (Audio)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Two athletes face off against each other.
Maybe fighters, hockey players or quarterbacks.
Each has their favourite verse tattooed or whispered as a pre-game warm up.

I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength!

At the end of the day, only one of them will be declared a winner.
Each of them drive home and stare out the window and have two completely different thoughts.

One tells himself: "You know, God is awesome - He really DOES give me strength.  We won!"

The other says:  "Where was God when I needed Him today?  I guess His strength is not as strong as I thought"

So, which athlete was right?

I'm going to propose that both of them are wrong BUT if they understood the context, they might see how much BETTER this amazing verse is than they first imagined.

Part  5 of "Coffee Mug Christianity:  Bringing Clarity to Cliches"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Two athletes face off against each other.
Maybe fighters, hockey players or quarterbacks.
Each has their favourite verse tattooed or whispered as a pre-game warm up.

I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength!

At the end of the day, only one of them will be declared a winner.
Each of them drive home and stare out the window and have two completely different thoughts.

One tells himself: "You know, God is awesome - He really DOES give me strength.  We won!"

The other says:  "Where was God when I needed Him today?  I guess His strength is not as strong as I thought"

So, which athlete was right?

I'm going to propose that both of them are wrong BUT if they understood the context, they might see how much BETTER this amazing verse is than they first imagined.

Part  5 of "Coffee Mug Christianity:  Bringing Clarity to Cliches"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two athletes face off against each other.
Maybe fighters, hockey players or quarterbacks.
Each has their favourite verse tattooed or whispered as a pre-game warm up.

I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength!

At the end of the day, only one of them will be declared a winner.
Each of them drive home and stare out the window and have two completely different thoughts.

One tells himself: "You know, God is awesome - He really DOES give me strength.  We won!"

The other says:  "Where was God when I needed Him today?  I guess His strength is not as strong as I thought"

So, which athlete was right?

I'm going to propose that both of them are wrong BUT if they understood the context, they might see how much BETTER this amazing verse is than they first imagined.

Part  5 of "Coffee Mug Christianity:  Bringing Clarity to Cliches"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Jeremiah 29:11 (Audio)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 3 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Even with pure intentions, sometimes Christians can turn Scripture into little more than... platitudes.

Motivational lingo
Bumper sticker theology
memes
Christian-ese
T-Shirt slogans

Often it happens when we cherry-pick inspiring sounding verses out of context.

The danger is that when these feel-good formulas don't deliver like we think they should, it leaves many of us disillusioned.

But what if we found out these same verses in their proper Biblical context actually offer more nuance, depth and hope than their superficial first reading?

Join us for a summer of bringing clarity to clichés<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Even with pure intentions, sometimes Christians can turn Scripture into little more than... platitudes.

Motivational lingo
Bumper sticker theology
memes
Christian-ese
T-Shirt slogans

Often it happens when we cherry-pick inspiring sounding verses out of context.

The danger is that when these feel-good formulas don't deliver like we think they should, it leaves many of us disillusioned.

But what if we found out these same verses in their proper Biblical context actually offer more nuance, depth and hope than their superficial first reading?

Join us for a summer of bringing clarity to clichés<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Even with pure intentions, sometimes Christians can turn Scripture into little more than... platitudes.

Motivational lingo
Bumper sticker theology
memes
Christian-ese
T-Shirt slogans

Often it happens when we cherry-pick inspiring sounding verses out of context.

The danger is that when these feel-good formulas don't deliver like we think they should, it leaves many of us disillusioned.

But what if we found out these same verses in their proper Biblical context actually offer more nuance, depth and hope than their superficial first reading?

Join us for a summer of bringing clarity to clichés<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Ask and Receive (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Ask and Receive (Audio)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As much as we understand that our faith is nuanced and even mysterious, it seems there's a part in all of us that are drawn to religious prescriptions... Formulas, really.


 


"If I pray this prayer of Jabez, exactly as it's been laid out..."


"If I read my Bible, say my prayers and take my vitamins..."


"If I give 10$ God's gotta bless me..."


 


Could it be part of the reason that some have become disillusioned with their faith?  At some point they "Asked for anything in Jesus name" and it didn't happen as they hoped.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As much as we understand that our faith is nuanced and even mysterious, it seems there's a part in all of us that are drawn to religious prescriptions... Formulas, really.


 


"If I pray this prayer of Jabez, exactly as it's been laid out..."


"If I read my Bible, say my prayers and take my vitamins..."


"If I give 10$ God's gotta bless me..."


 


Could it be part of the reason that some have become disillusioned with their faith?  At some point they "Asked for anything in Jesus name" and it didn't happen as they hoped.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As much as we understand that our faith is nuanced and even mysterious, it seems there's a part in all of us that are drawn to religious prescriptions... Formulas, really.


 


"If I pray this prayer of Jabez, exactly as it's been laid out..."


"If I read my Bible, say my prayers and take my vitamins..."


"If I give 10$ God's gotta bless me..."


 


Could it be part of the reason that some have become disillusioned with their faith?  At some point they "Asked for anything in Jesus name" and it didn't happen as they hoped.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Suffering (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>Coffee Mug Christianity: Suffering (Audio)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Even with pure intentions, sometimes Christians can turn Scripture into little more than... platitudes.

Motivational lingo
Bumper sticker theology
memes
Christian-ese
T-Shirt slogans

Often it happens when we cherry-pick inspiring sounding verses out of context.

The danger is that when these feel-good formulas don't deliver like we think they should, it leaves many of us disillusioned.

But what if we found out these same verses in their proper Biblical context actually offer more nuance, depth and hope than their superficial first reading?

Join us for a summer of bringing clarity to clichés<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Even with pure intentions, sometimes Christians can turn Scripture into little more than... platitudes.

Motivational lingo
Bumper sticker theology
memes
Christian-ese
T-Shirt slogans

Often it happens when we cherry-pick inspiring sounding verses out of context.

The danger is that when these feel-good formulas don't deliver like we think they should, it leaves many of us disillusioned.

But what if we found out these same verses in their proper Biblical context actually offer more nuance, depth and hope than their superficial first reading?

Join us for a summer of bringing clarity to clichés<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Even with pure intentions, sometimes Christians can turn Scripture into little more than... platitudes.

Motivational lingo
Bumper sticker theology
memes
Christian-ese
T-Shirt slogans

Often it happens when we cherry-pick inspiring sounding verses out of context.

The danger is that when these feel-good formulas don't deliver like we think they should, it leaves many of us disillusioned.

But what if we found out these same verses in their proper Biblical context actually offer more nuance, depth and hope than their superficial first reading?

Join us for a summer of bringing clarity to clichés<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling: CONFLICT (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>That Sinking Feeling: CONFLICT (Audio)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We get into part 7 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Behaviour on airplanes that looks like something out of a UFC cage fight?
Nurses have to be outfitted with panic buttons
Social media trolling that has no bottom.
A new mass murder every week.
Even a physical assault during the presentation of an Oscar.
What is wrong with people these days?

If you find yourself asking this question, you’re not alone. Something really has changed with the way a lot of people are acting in the last couple of years.  The tension is thick in the air.

Every topic it seems... every conversation is a potential landmine of offence and disagreement.
It inundated our families and our churches too.

This is not new to humanity and it turns out Jesus and Scripture as a whole has such helpful and practical wisdom on how to have difficult conversations and live without the heavy weight of relational tension hanging on you.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We get into part 7 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Behaviour on airplanes that looks like something out of a UFC cage fight?
Nurses have to be outfitted with panic buttons
Social media trolling that has no bottom.
A new mass murder every week.
Even a physical assault during the presentation of an Oscar.
What is wrong with people these days?

If you find yourself asking this question, you’re not alone. Something really has changed with the way a lot of people are acting in the last couple of years.  The tension is thick in the air.

Every topic it seems... every conversation is a potential landmine of offence and disagreement.
It inundated our families and our churches too.

This is not new to humanity and it turns out Jesus and Scripture as a whole has such helpful and practical wisdom on how to have difficult conversations and live without the heavy weight of relational tension hanging on you.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We get into part 7 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Behaviour on airplanes that looks like something out of a UFC cage fight?
Nurses have to be outfitted with panic buttons
Social media trolling that has no bottom.
A new mass murder every week.
Even a physical assault during the presentation of an Oscar.
What is wrong with people these days?

If you find yourself asking this question, you’re not alone. Something really has changed with the way a lot of people are acting in the last couple of years.  The tension is thick in the air.

Every topic it seems... every conversation is a potential landmine of offence and disagreement.
It inundated our families and our churches too.

This is not new to humanity and it turns out Jesus and Scripture as a whole has such helpful and practical wisdom on how to have difficult conversations and live without the heavy weight of relational tension hanging on you.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling:  SHAME</title>
      <itunes:title>That Sinking Feeling:  SHAME</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Is this the first "sinking feeling" ever recorded?
(See the story of Adam and Eve recorded in Genesis 3)

One of the first things recorded about this first couple is that they were UNASHAMED, and just after they sinned, they immediately hid from God.

Shame always makes us hide, one way or another.

Often stemming from childhood messages, things done to us or things we've done to others... or accusations from our spiritual accuser, I'd go as far to say that shame might be the strongest unhealthy driver in most people's life and it's fuelled by deep-rooted inadequacy.

There is good news though:  Whether God chooses to heal you instantly or tomorrow is the first step of your healing, we believe Jesus wants to set you free from the prison of shame.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is this the first "sinking feeling" ever recorded?
(See the story of Adam and Eve recorded in Genesis 3)

One of the first things recorded about this first couple is that they were UNASHAMED, and just after they sinned, they immediately hid from God.

Shame always makes us hide, one way or another.

Often stemming from childhood messages, things done to us or things we've done to others... or accusations from our spiritual accuser, I'd go as far to say that shame might be the strongest unhealthy driver in most people's life and it's fuelled by deep-rooted inadequacy.

There is good news though:  Whether God chooses to heal you instantly or tomorrow is the first step of your healing, we believe Jesus wants to set you free from the prison of shame.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is this the first "sinking feeling" ever recorded?
(See the story of Adam and Eve recorded in Genesis 3)

One of the first things recorded about this first couple is that they were UNASHAMED, and just after they sinned, they immediately hid from God.

Shame always makes us hide, one way or another.

Often stemming from childhood messages, things done to us or things we've done to others... or accusations from our spiritual accuser, I'd go as far to say that shame might be the strongest unhealthy driver in most people's life and it's fuelled by deep-rooted inadequacy.

There is good news though:  Whether God chooses to heal you instantly or tomorrow is the first step of your healing, we believe Jesus wants to set you free from the prison of shame.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling: INADEQUACY (Audio)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We get into part 6 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"
 
A lot of folks are advised to "Fake it 'till you make it"
The only problem is they feel like they're continually "fakin' it" (in some area of their life) without ever "makin' it".
 
Whether it's vocationally, relationally, financially, or even spiritually there is a feeling of deep inadequacy among so many people;  A feeling that they'll soon be exposed for the phony they are.
 
Psychologists call this "impostor syndrome" and recent studies report it is a feeling that is on the rise in our culture.
 
It may be a relatively new diagnostic term but it's really a timeless condition of the human experience that can be seen in stories of imperfect saints throughout Scripture, and not surprisingly God has something to say about it (and it may just change your life!)
 
 
Also...
*  "unplugged" live worship
*  An "open mic" opportunity
*  A little peek into Pastor Jonathan's own feelings of "impostor syndrome"
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest
 
 
Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We get into part 6 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"
 
A lot of folks are advised to "Fake it 'till you make it"
The only problem is they feel like they're continually "fakin' it" (in some area of their life) without ever "makin' it".
 
Whether it's vocationally, relationally, financially, or even spiritually there is a feeling of deep inadequacy among so many people;  A feeling that they'll soon be exposed for the phony they are.
 
Psychologists call this "impostor syndrome" and recent studies report it is a feeling that is on the rise in our culture.
 
It may be a relatively new diagnostic term but it's really a timeless condition of the human experience that can be seen in stories of imperfect saints throughout Scripture, and not surprisingly God has something to say about it (and it may just change your life!)
 
 
Also...
*  "unplugged" live worship
*  An "open mic" opportunity
*  A little peek into Pastor Jonathan's own feelings of "impostor syndrome"
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest
 
 
Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We get into part 6 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"
 
A lot of folks are advised to "Fake it 'till you make it"
The only problem is they feel like they're continually "fakin' it" (in some area of their life) without ever "makin' it".
 
Whether it's vocationally, relationally, financially, or even spiritually there is a feeling of deep inadequacy among so many people;  A feeling that they'll soon be exposed for the phony they are.
 
Psychologists call this "impostor syndrome" and recent studies report it is a feeling that is on the rise in our culture.
 
It may be a relatively new diagnostic term but it's really a timeless condition of the human experience that can be seen in stories of imperfect saints throughout Scripture, and not surprisingly God has something to say about it (and it may just change your life!)
 
 
Also...
*  "unplugged" live worship
*  An "open mic" opportunity
*  A little peek into Pastor Jonathan's own feelings of "impostor syndrome"
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest
 
 
Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[New Series begins!

How are you doing these days?

Really.  How are you REALLY doing?

Do you sense something going on with people?  
Do they seem angrier?  More fearful, more anxious, more depressed?
What's going on?

God has given us the GIFT of an array of powerful emotions.  Jesus Himself experienced all of them (and managed not to sin).

In what seems like the most emotionally volatile time in a generation, there are some practical things we can do and some uniquely spiritual things we can do to ensure we healthily manage our emotions instead of our emotions managing US!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[New Series begins!

How are you doing these days?

Really.  How are you REALLY doing?

Do you sense something going on with people?  
Do they seem angrier?  More fearful, more anxious, more depressed?
What's going on?

God has given us the GIFT of an array of powerful emotions.  Jesus Himself experienced all of them (and managed not to sin).

In what seems like the most emotionally volatile time in a generation, there are some practical things we can do and some uniquely spiritual things we can do to ensure we healthily manage our emotions instead of our emotions managing US!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[New Series begins!

How are you doing these days?

Really.  How are you REALLY doing?

Do you sense something going on with people?  
Do they seem angrier?  More fearful, more anxious, more depressed?
What's going on?

God has given us the GIFT of an array of powerful emotions.  Jesus Himself experienced all of them (and managed not to sin).

In what seems like the most emotionally volatile time in a generation, there are some practical things we can do and some uniquely spiritual things we can do to ensure we healthily manage our emotions instead of our emotions managing US!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling:  Anxiety!</title>
      <itunes:title>That Sinking Feeling:  Anxiety!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We get into part 2 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Since COVID especially, the rise of people feeling overwhelming anxiety has statistically skyrocketed.  Interestingly, working moms are feeling these effects most acutely.

It's a complex issue that may have its roots in physiology, psychology, trauma, emotions, circumstances, AND our Spirit!  We don't take this topic lightly or tritely.  We know a half-hour may only scratch the service but did you know Jesus Himself faced overwhelming anxiety and his responses may show us a way forward<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We get into part 2 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Since COVID especially, the rise of people feeling overwhelming anxiety has statistically skyrocketed.  Interestingly, working moms are feeling these effects most acutely.

It's a complex issue that may have its roots in physiology, psychology, trauma, emotions, circumstances, AND our Spirit!  We don't take this topic lightly or tritely.  We know a half-hour may only scratch the service but did you know Jesus Himself faced overwhelming anxiety and his responses may show us a way forward<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We get into part 2 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Since COVID especially, the rise of people feeling overwhelming anxiety has statistically skyrocketed.  Interestingly, working moms are feeling these effects most acutely.

It's a complex issue that may have its roots in physiology, psychology, trauma, emotions, circumstances, AND our Spirit!  We don't take this topic lightly or tritely.  We know a half-hour may only scratch the service but did you know Jesus Himself faced overwhelming anxiety and his responses may show us a way forward<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"DEAR Church... Let Me IN!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[he Final Letter from our "Dear NAC: 7 Letters From Jesus" series.

The seventh letter is to the church in Laodecia
 
This is my (Jonathan's) favourite of the 7 letters (Is that weird to have favourites?)

It's an iconic letter that includes phrases you've definitely heard before.  It includes perhaps the most dramatic rebuke... your "lukewarmness" makes me want to spew you from my mouth.

But it also includes Jesus' most tender invitation... "Behold, I stand at your door and knock.   If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends."

And then in between, Jesus makes some observations about the church that are SO insightful, you'd think He'd been reading their diary.

Maybe Jesus has been reading your diary... or your heart... and has a word for you too.  Will you let Him in though?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[he Final Letter from our "Dear NAC: 7 Letters From Jesus" series.

The seventh letter is to the church in Laodecia
 
This is my (Jonathan's) favourite of the 7 letters (Is that weird to have favourites?)

It's an iconic letter that includes phrases you've definitely heard before.  It includes perhaps the most dramatic rebuke... your "lukewarmness" makes me want to spew you from my mouth.

But it also includes Jesus' most tender invitation... "Behold, I stand at your door and knock.   If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends."

And then in between, Jesus makes some observations about the church that are SO insightful, you'd think He'd been reading their diary.

Maybe Jesus has been reading your diary... or your heart... and has a word for you too.  Will you let Him in though?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[he Final Letter from our "Dear NAC: 7 Letters From Jesus" series.

The seventh letter is to the church in Laodecia
 
This is my (Jonathan's) favourite of the 7 letters (Is that weird to have favourites?)

It's an iconic letter that includes phrases you've definitely heard before.  It includes perhaps the most dramatic rebuke... your "lukewarmness" makes me want to spew you from my mouth.

But it also includes Jesus' most tender invitation... "Behold, I stand at your door and knock.   If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends."

And then in between, Jesus makes some observations about the church that are SO insightful, you'd think He'd been reading their diary.

Maybe Jesus has been reading your diary... or your heart... and has a word for you too.  Will you let Him in though?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling: Fear of rejection (Audio)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How are you doing these days?

Really.  How are you REALLY doing?

Do you sense something going on with people?  
Do they seem angrier?  More fearful, more anxious, more depressed? Are you a people pleaser? Do you fear others not liking you? 
What's going on?

God has given us the GIFT of an array of powerful emotions.  Jesus Himself experienced all of them (and managed not to sin).
Together we can learn to only value one opinion, that of Jesus, so that we might be free of fear. 

In what seems like the most emotionally volatile time in a generation, there are some practical things we can do and some uniquely spiritual things we can do to ensure we healthily manage our emotions instead of our emotions managing US!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How are you doing these days?

Really.  How are you REALLY doing?

Do you sense something going on with people?  
Do they seem angrier?  More fearful, more anxious, more depressed? Are you a people pleaser? Do you fear others not liking you? 
What's going on?

God has given us the GIFT of an array of powerful emotions.  Jesus Himself experienced all of them (and managed not to sin).
Together we can learn to only value one opinion, that of Jesus, so that we might be free of fear. 

In what seems like the most emotionally volatile time in a generation, there are some practical things we can do and some uniquely spiritual things we can do to ensure we healthily manage our emotions instead of our emotions managing US!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How are you doing these days?

Really.  How are you REALLY doing?

Do you sense something going on with people?  
Do they seem angrier?  More fearful, more anxious, more depressed? Are you a people pleaser? Do you fear others not liking you? 
What's going on?

God has given us the GIFT of an array of powerful emotions.  Jesus Himself experienced all of them (and managed not to sin).
Together we can learn to only value one opinion, that of Jesus, so that we might be free of fear. 

In what seems like the most emotionally volatile time in a generation, there are some practical things we can do and some uniquely spiritual things we can do to ensure we healthily manage our emotions instead of our emotions managing US!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>That Sinking Feeling: BITTERNESS (Audio)</title>
      <itunes:title>That Sinking Feeling: BITTERNESS (Audio)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We get into part 5 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Some of us have been deeply and devastatingly betrayed.  It's painful and has the potential to harden our hearts.

Our instinct is to respond with bitterness.  Respond with BLAME.  Perhaps worst of all, to live out of a "Victim identity".

God has a much better narrative for us to live out... one where we are not defined by our circumstances... where we are not victims but VICTORS.

Our guest speaker is part of our NAC family and has had to wrestle with these very things in a very personal way as unfair circumstances and betrayal brought him to a decision; 
Will I allow this to make me BITTER or BETTER?

Also... 
*  Great Live Worship with Glenn and the team
* Welcoming new NAC members into the "family"
* A new song that will really minister to you
* Forest Gump (???)
* Great ministry for the kids
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest
 
 
Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We get into part 5 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Some of us have been deeply and devastatingly betrayed.  It's painful and has the potential to harden our hearts.

Our instinct is to respond with bitterness.  Respond with BLAME.  Perhaps worst of all, to live out of a "Victim identity".

God has a much better narrative for us to live out... one where we are not defined by our circumstances... where we are not victims but VICTORS.

Our guest speaker is part of our NAC family and has had to wrestle with these very things in a very personal way as unfair circumstances and betrayal brought him to a decision; 
Will I allow this to make me BITTER or BETTER?

Also... 
*  Great Live Worship with Glenn and the team
* Welcoming new NAC members into the "family"
* A new song that will really minister to you
* Forest Gump (???)
* Great ministry for the kids
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest
 
 
Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We get into part 5 of our series "That Sinking Feeling"

Some of us have been deeply and devastatingly betrayed.  It's painful and has the potential to harden our hearts.

Our instinct is to respond with bitterness.  Respond with BLAME.  Perhaps worst of all, to live out of a "Victim identity".

God has a much better narrative for us to live out... one where we are not defined by our circumstances... where we are not victims but VICTORS.

Our guest speaker is part of our NAC family and has had to wrestle with these very things in a very personal way as unfair circumstances and betrayal brought him to a decision; 
Will I allow this to make me BITTER or BETTER?

Also... 
*  Great Live Worship with Glenn and the team
* Welcoming new NAC members into the "family"
* A new song that will really minister to you
* Forest Gump (???)
* Great ministry for the kids
 
If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest
 
 
Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC... there's an open door"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Along with Smyrna, the church in Philadelphia is the only other church that receives no rebuke or correction.  They were praised that even in their weakness they have been faithful and persevered through times of trial.

They had been excluded from their local synagogues because of their faith in Jesus. Even through the loss of community, and family they remain faithful.

Jesus doesn’t promise to restore them to their communities, rather He encourages them that He has opened a door for them that nobody can close.  Jesus has offered an open door of salvation – to be citizens of the Kingdom of God that they will never be excluded from.

He also opens a door of opportunity, to BE THE CHURCH and share the open door of salvation to the world around them.  Philadelphia was uniquely situated with access to the known world at their doorstep.

Sound familiar?  Today the GTA is the most multicultural region in the WORLD.

They were given an open door of salvation and opportunity.

Both doors are still wide open today…the question is, will we walk through the door?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Along with Smyrna, the church in Philadelphia is the only other church that receives no rebuke or correction.  They were praised that even in their weakness they have been faithful and persevered through times of trial.

They had been excluded from their local synagogues because of their faith in Jesus. Even through the loss of community, and family they remain faithful.

Jesus doesn’t promise to restore them to their communities, rather He encourages them that He has opened a door for them that nobody can close.  Jesus has offered an open door of salvation – to be citizens of the Kingdom of God that they will never be excluded from.

He also opens a door of opportunity, to BE THE CHURCH and share the open door of salvation to the world around them.  Philadelphia was uniquely situated with access to the known world at their doorstep.

Sound familiar?  Today the GTA is the most multicultural region in the WORLD.

They were given an open door of salvation and opportunity.

Both doors are still wide open today…the question is, will we walk through the door?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Along with Smyrna, the church in Philadelphia is the only other church that receives no rebuke or correction.  They were praised that even in their weakness they have been faithful and persevered through times of trial.

They had been excluded from their local synagogues because of their faith in Jesus. Even through the loss of community, and family they remain faithful.

Jesus doesn’t promise to restore them to their communities, rather He encourages them that He has opened a door for them that nobody can close.  Jesus has offered an open door of salvation – to be citizens of the Kingdom of God that they will never be excluded from.

He also opens a door of opportunity, to BE THE CHURCH and share the open door of salvation to the world around them.  Philadelphia was uniquely situated with access to the known world at their doorstep.

Sound familiar?  Today the GTA is the most multicultural region in the WORLD.

They were given an open door of salvation and opportunity.

Both doors are still wide open today…the question is, will we walk through the door?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC... A church under pressure"</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the only letter where Jesus has no word of correction or rebuke.  This was a good church, but they were going through some stuff.

They were going through (literally) "crushing pressure..."

You know, to be a true disciple of Jesus in 2022 means that at some point you will face "crushing pressure".

Pressure from the culture to compromise.  Pressure from the world to conform to their ways.  Pressure from bad-faith religious people.  Visible and invisible pressures.

It's a pressure that comes when two opposing Kingdoms - a Kingdom of light and a Kingdom of darkness clash with each other.    Jesus doesn't promise to REMOVE the pressure either.  He promises something BETTER.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This is the only letter where Jesus has no word of correction or rebuke.  This was a good church, but they were going through some stuff.

They were going through (literally) "crushing pressure..."

You know, to be a true disciple of Jesus in 2022 means that at some point you will face "crushing pressure".

Pressure from the culture to compromise.  Pressure from the world to conform to their ways.  Pressure from bad-faith religious people.  Visible and invisible pressures.

It's a pressure that comes when two opposing Kingdoms - a Kingdom of light and a Kingdom of darkness clash with each other.    Jesus doesn't promise to REMOVE the pressure either.  He promises something BETTER.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is the only letter where Jesus has no word of correction or rebuke.  This was a good church, but they were going through some stuff.

They were going through (literally) "crushing pressure..."

You know, to be a true disciple of Jesus in 2022 means that at some point you will face "crushing pressure".

Pressure from the culture to compromise.  Pressure from the world to conform to their ways.  Pressure from bad-faith religious people.  Visible and invisible pressures.

It's a pressure that comes when two opposing Kingdoms - a Kingdom of light and a Kingdom of darkness clash with each other.    Jesus doesn't promise to REMOVE the pressure either.  He promises something BETTER.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC... Fence-Sitters"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[March 27, 2022

FENCE-SITTERS

Getting the balance of being "in" the world but not "OF" the world can be tricky.

Some err on the side of isolating, but as a result, never make a meaningful gospel impact on the world around them.  They may COME to church but they never go and BE the church.

For others, the temptation is to compromise to the ways and values of the world.

The church in Thyatira had very obvious decisions to make... follow the ways of Jesus or the ways of the culture.

They were being faithful to the overt tests coming from the outside but once again, a church was compromising from the covert tests coming from INSIDE the church.

Which brings us to a lady named ... Jezebel.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[March 27, 2022

FENCE-SITTERS

Getting the balance of being "in" the world but not "OF" the world can be tricky.

Some err on the side of isolating, but as a result, never make a meaningful gospel impact on the world around them.  They may COME to church but they never go and BE the church.

For others, the temptation is to compromise to the ways and values of the world.

The church in Thyatira had very obvious decisions to make... follow the ways of Jesus or the ways of the culture.

They were being faithful to the overt tests coming from the outside but once again, a church was compromising from the covert tests coming from INSIDE the church.

Which brings us to a lady named ... Jezebel.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[March 27, 2022

FENCE-SITTERS

Getting the balance of being "in" the world but not "OF" the world can be tricky.

Some err on the side of isolating, but as a result, never make a meaningful gospel impact on the world around them.  They may COME to church but they never go and BE the church.

For others, the temptation is to compromise to the ways and values of the world.

The church in Thyatira had very obvious decisions to make... follow the ways of Jesus or the ways of the culture.

They were being faithful to the overt tests coming from the outside but once again, a church was compromising from the covert tests coming from INSIDE the church.

Which brings us to a lady named ... Jezebel.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>5 things you may not know about Easter</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["HE IS RISEN INDEED!”

Our favourite Sunday of the year.
Death is defeated.  The tomb is empty.  Jesus is alive!

Even some Christians though may not know some of the significant points and impact of Easter.
You might just be surprised at the difference Easter can make!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["HE IS RISEN INDEED!”

Our favourite Sunday of the year.
Death is defeated.  The tomb is empty.  Jesus is alive!

Even some Christians though may not know some of the significant points and impact of Easter.
You might just be surprised at the difference Easter can make!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["HE IS RISEN INDEED!”

Our favourite Sunday of the year.
Death is defeated.  The tomb is empty.  Jesus is alive!

Even some Christians though may not know some of the significant points and impact of Easter.
You might just be surprised at the difference Easter can make!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC... WAKE UP!"</title>
      <itunes:title>"Dear NAC... WAKE UP!"</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 3 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Does anyone else feel a little bit like you've been sleepwalking the last couple of years?

COVID has had that effect.  Motivation, discipline, and initiative have all taken a hit.  But if we're honest this is more than a COVID problem.  The daily grind of making a living, the distractions meant to entertain us and the relative comfort of Canadian life have lulled many of us into a sleep-like complacency.

Is Jesus in fact telling us to "WAKE UP"?  To stop resting on our laurels and ask for a fresh move of God in our generation.

The scariest part of this letter might be the self-deception in the Sardis church.  They thought they were "alive" and Jesus has to break it to them that they are actually dead.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Does anyone else feel a little bit like you've been sleepwalking the last couple of years?

COVID has had that effect.  Motivation, discipline, and initiative have all taken a hit.  But if we're honest this is more than a COVID problem.  The daily grind of making a living, the distractions meant to entertain us and the relative comfort of Canadian life have lulled many of us into a sleep-like complacency.

Is Jesus in fact telling us to "WAKE UP"?  To stop resting on our laurels and ask for a fresh move of God in our generation.

The scariest part of this letter might be the self-deception in the Sardis church.  They thought they were "alive" and Jesus has to break it to them that they are actually dead.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Does anyone else feel a little bit like you've been sleepwalking the last couple of years?

COVID has had that effect.  Motivation, discipline, and initiative have all taken a hit.  But if we're honest this is more than a COVID problem.  The daily grind of making a living, the distractions meant to entertain us and the relative comfort of Canadian life have lulled many of us into a sleep-like complacency.

Is Jesus in fact telling us to "WAKE UP"?  To stop resting on our laurels and ask for a fresh move of God in our generation.

The scariest part of this letter might be the self-deception in the Sardis church.  They thought they were "alive" and Jesus has to break it to them that they are actually dead.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC... Where's your first love?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Mar 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter #1 in our "Dear NAC: 7 Letters From Jesus" series.

This one may sting.

What if Jesus were saying something to us like... "You guys are working so hard.  Your reputation in the community is one of high Christian character.  The hungry are being fed.  Missions are being supported.  You are orthodox.  I just have this one thing against you... It seems like you've lost your first love".

If this challenges or convicts you, know that we don't have to remain this way.  Transformation is possible.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Letter #1 in our "Dear NAC: 7 Letters From Jesus" series.

This one may sting.

What if Jesus were saying something to us like... "You guys are working so hard.  Your reputation in the community is one of high Christian character.  The hungry are being fed.  Missions are being supported.  You are orthodox.  I just have this one thing against you... It seems like you've lost your first love".

If this challenges or convicts you, know that we don't have to remain this way.  Transformation is possible.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Letter #1 in our "Dear NAC: 7 Letters From Jesus" series.

This one may sting.

What if Jesus were saying something to us like... "You guys are working so hard.  Your reputation in the community is one of high Christian character.  The hungry are being fed.  Missions are being supported.  You are orthodox.  I just have this one thing against you... It seems like you've lost your first love".

If this challenges or convicts you, know that we don't have to remain this way.  Transformation is possible.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC... there's a battle for your MIND!"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Letter #3

So much talk of "battles" and "attack" and "war" in Revelation and most of it looks very different than what we are seeing in Ukraine (for instance).  Jesus warns of a VISIBLE battle - (persecutors, bad rulers, and governments) which most churches were standing firm against, and he warns against the INVISIBLE battles (principalities and powers, lies, spiritual attack) which many churches were succumbing to, whether out of ignorance or ill-preparedness.

These are ultimately battles for hearts and minds!  Will the propaganda of the culture win the day or the truth of Jesus that sets the enslaved free?

In this influential city of Pergamum, Jesus also says the battle is not only OUTSIDE the church but from WITHIN the church as well.  Ouch!

Why is Pergamum the place where "Satan has his throne"?

What's the deal with this "Whitestone" Jesus will give us?

Why all this sword talk?

And most importantly, what does this even have to do with us in 2022?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Letter #3

So much talk of "battles" and "attack" and "war" in Revelation and most of it looks very different than what we are seeing in Ukraine (for instance).  Jesus warns of a VISIBLE battle - (persecutors, bad rulers, and governments) which most churches were standing firm against, and he warns against the INVISIBLE battles (principalities and powers, lies, spiritual attack) which many churches were succumbing to, whether out of ignorance or ill-preparedness.

These are ultimately battles for hearts and minds!  Will the propaganda of the culture win the day or the truth of Jesus that sets the enslaved free?

In this influential city of Pergamum, Jesus also says the battle is not only OUTSIDE the church but from WITHIN the church as well.  Ouch!

Why is Pergamum the place where "Satan has his throne"?

What's the deal with this "Whitestone" Jesus will give us?

Why all this sword talk?

And most importantly, what does this even have to do with us in 2022?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Letter #3

So much talk of "battles" and "attack" and "war" in Revelation and most of it looks very different than what we are seeing in Ukraine (for instance).  Jesus warns of a VISIBLE battle - (persecutors, bad rulers, and governments) which most churches were standing firm against, and he warns against the INVISIBLE battles (principalities and powers, lies, spiritual attack) which many churches were succumbing to, whether out of ignorance or ill-preparedness.

These are ultimately battles for hearts and minds!  Will the propaganda of the culture win the day or the truth of Jesus that sets the enslaved free?

In this influential city of Pergamum, Jesus also says the battle is not only OUTSIDE the church but from WITHIN the church as well.  Ouch!

Why is Pergamum the place where "Satan has his throne"?

What's the deal with this "Whitestone" Jesus will give us?

Why all this sword talk?

And most importantly, what does this even have to do with us in 2022?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"GeneroUS" pt.1 (podcast)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Uh-oh.

Is this one of those "The Church only wants my money" sort of things?

Nope.

In fact, we're starting this series in the midst of a surplus and healthy giving at NAC.

 

Generosity is MORE than money BUT money IS a subject Jesus talked about ALOT.  He knew back in the day that it was as true than as it is now, that money has the biggest potential to take us off course of being a fully devoted follower of Christ.

 

Generosity at it's core is a lifestyle: A lifestyle in which we share all that we have as a demonstration of God's love and a response to God's grace.

 

God is generous.  If we want to "look" more like God we will absolutely have to grow in the character and attributes of generosity. 

 

But I assure you, this is not something God wants FROM you, it's something He wants FOR you.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Uh-oh.

Is this one of those "The Church only wants my money" sort of things?

Nope.

In fact, we're starting this series in the midst of a surplus and healthy giving at NAC.

 

Generosity is MORE than money BUT money IS a subject Jesus talked about ALOT.  He knew back in the day that it was as true than as it is now, that money has the biggest potential to take us off course of being a fully devoted follower of Christ.

 

Generosity at it's core is a lifestyle: A lifestyle in which we share all that we have as a demonstration of God's love and a response to God's grace.

 

God is generous.  If we want to "look" more like God we will absolutely have to grow in the character and attributes of generosity. 

 

But I assure you, this is not something God wants FROM you, it's something He wants FOR you.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Uh-oh.

Is this one of those "The Church only wants my money" sort of things?

Nope.

In fact, we're starting this series in the midst of a surplus and healthy giving at NAC.

 

Generosity is MORE than money BUT money IS a subject Jesus talked about ALOT.  He knew back in the day that it was as true than as it is now, that money has the biggest potential to take us off course of being a fully devoted follower of Christ.

 

Generosity at it's core is a lifestyle: A lifestyle in which we share all that we have as a demonstration of God's love and a response to God's grace.

 

God is generous.  If we want to "look" more like God we will absolutely have to grow in the character and attributes of generosity. 

 

But I assure you, this is not something God wants FROM you, it's something He wants FOR you.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Dear NAC" (intro)  The Breakthrough of Jesus</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As we begin this new series "DEAR NAC..." we need a little context on this sometimes perplexing book (actually a letter) called Revelation.

Literally titled  “The Apocalypse”.  

Now when I say the word “Apocalypse” most of you are thinking  “Oh no, the zombies are here”.  

We talked about a couple of summers ago, that the word simply meant “unveiling”.  It was used in the theatre world, as in “Pulling back the curtain”. 
The word meant opening up.  Or more poetically “Breaking through”
In fact, you could call Revelation… The “Breaking Through of Jesus Christ”,<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As we begin this new series "DEAR NAC..." we need a little context on this sometimes perplexing book (actually a letter) called Revelation.

Literally titled  “The Apocalypse”.  

Now when I say the word “Apocalypse” most of you are thinking  “Oh no, the zombies are here”.  

We talked about a couple of summers ago, that the word simply meant “unveiling”.  It was used in the theatre world, as in “Pulling back the curtain”. 
The word meant opening up.  Or more poetically “Breaking through”
In fact, you could call Revelation… The “Breaking Through of Jesus Christ”,<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we begin this new series "DEAR NAC..." we need a little context on this sometimes perplexing book (actually a letter) called Revelation.

Literally titled  “The Apocalypse”.  

Now when I say the word “Apocalypse” most of you are thinking  “Oh no, the zombies are here”.  

We talked about a couple of summers ago, that the word simply meant “unveiling”.  It was used in the theatre world, as in “Pulling back the curtain”. 
The word meant opening up.  Or more poetically “Breaking through”
In fact, you could call Revelation… The “Breaking Through of Jesus Christ”,<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>JANUARY 2, 2022  “A WORD FOUR 2022?” (podcast)</title>
      <itunes:title>JANUARY 2, 2022  “A WORD FOUR 2022?” (podcast)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Jan 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[to share briefly about a word he senses just might be the keyword for our church this year.

Share your own encouragements, resolutions, prayers and even prophetic impressions by contacting us.

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[to share briefly about a word he senses just might be the keyword for our church this year.

Share your own encouragements, resolutions, prayers and even prophetic impressions by contacting us.

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[to share briefly about a word he senses just might be the keyword for our church this year.

Share your own encouragements, resolutions, prayers and even prophetic impressions by contacting us.

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>“LOOKING AT THE CHURCH IN A NEW WAY” (podcast)</title>
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      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[So often we have viewed Church as a “gated community”.  Whose “IN”?  Whose “OUT”?  Who has the same Beliefs and Behaviours that we do so that they can belong?  Who has said a specific prayer so that they get access?
Maybe that wasn’t the model Jesus had in mind.  Maybe Disciple-making isn’t even necessarily reserved for those who have “crossed the line of faith”.
See if this very un-sermony presentation of a different model of church resonates with you.

 *** There are many whiteboard illustrations that may not translate to the audio only experience.  To see the illustrations, you can watch this talk at https://youtu.be/SWmr4A5rCck<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[So often we have viewed Church as a “gated community”.  Whose “IN”?  Whose “OUT”?  Who has the same Beliefs and Behaviours that we do so that they can belong?  Who has said a specific prayer so that they get access?
Maybe that wasn’t the model Jesus had in mind.  Maybe Disciple-making isn’t even necessarily reserved for those who have “crossed the line of faith”.
See if this very un-sermony presentation of a different model of church resonates with you.

 *** There are many whiteboard illustrations that may not translate to the audio only experience.  To see the illustrations, you can watch this talk at https://youtu.be/SWmr4A5rCck<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[So often we have viewed Church as a “gated community”.  Whose “IN”?  Whose “OUT”?  Who has the same Beliefs and Behaviours that we do so that they can belong?  Who has said a specific prayer so that they get access?
Maybe that wasn’t the model Jesus had in mind.  Maybe Disciple-making isn’t even necessarily reserved for those who have “crossed the line of faith”.
See if this very un-sermony presentation of a different model of church resonates with you.

 *** There are many whiteboard illustrations that may not translate to the audio only experience.  To see the illustrations, you can watch this talk at https://youtu.be/SWmr4A5rCck<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>GeneroUS:  Your Capacity!</title>
      <itunes:title>GeneroUS:  Your Capacity!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Feb 2022 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Today Jonathan would like to pose a question to you.
Have you already decided what your limitations are?
Have you got a fixed idea of what your capacity is?
How do you know what your capacity is if you never challenge it?
How do you know what you’re capable of if you never get beyond what you're comfortable with.
There is a God who is able to do “Immeasurably more than what we hoped or imagined”<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today Jonathan would like to pose a question to you.
Have you already decided what your limitations are?
Have you got a fixed idea of what your capacity is?
How do you know what your capacity is if you never challenge it?
How do you know what you’re capable of if you never get beyond what you're comfortable with.
There is a God who is able to do “Immeasurably more than what we hoped or imagined”<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today Jonathan would like to pose a question to you.
Have you already decided what your limitations are?
Have you got a fixed idea of what your capacity is?
How do you know what your capacity is if you never challenge it?
How do you know what you’re capable of if you never get beyond what you're comfortable with.
There is a God who is able to do “Immeasurably more than what we hoped or imagined”<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>A Word For NAC (Byron Hurn)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Byron Hurn has been an integral part of the history, ministry, and leadership of NAC.  His influence and service simply can't be overstated.  As the Hurns make a major life change, which includes settling in a different province, we wanted to hear if Byron had a "word" for NAC - a church he loves dearly.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Byron Hurn has been an integral part of the history, ministry, and leadership of NAC.  His influence and service simply can't be overstated.  As the Hurns make a major life change, which includes settling in a different province, we wanted to hear if Byron had a "word" for NAC - a church he loves dearly.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Byron Hurn has been an integral part of the history, ministry, and leadership of NAC.  His influence and service simply can't be overstated.  As the Hurns make a major life change, which includes settling in a different province, we wanted to hear if Byron had a "word" for NAC - a church he loves dearly.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Losing My Religion VII:  A Reconstruction Story (podcast)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[LOSING MY RELIGION Part 7: “A Story of Re-construction”

As we wrap up this series on the epidemic of folks losing their religion... walking away from their faith because of... well... because of a litany of reasons.  Christians are deconstructing the religion they were raised with.  A lot of GOOD has come out of that.  Sometimes deconstructing has led to REVIVAL.  Sometimes deconstructing has led to REFORMATION.
Sometimes though deconstruction has led to yet another disenchanted, discouraged, disenfranchised EX-Christian who wants nothing to do with Church, Christians or God.
It's tragic.

It's why I'm so encouraged when we hear stories of deconstruction paired with RECONSTRUCTION.

Join us tomorrow for one of NAC's own - Peter Elford  - who has gone through a difficult season on the frontlines of healthcare, a difficult season of emotional stress, and a difficult season of wrestling with God.
And yet...
Through it all...<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[LOSING MY RELIGION Part 7: “A Story of Re-construction”

As we wrap up this series on the epidemic of folks losing their religion... walking away from their faith because of... well... because of a litany of reasons.  Christians are deconstructing the religion they were raised with.  A lot of GOOD has come out of that.  Sometimes deconstructing has led to REVIVAL.  Sometimes deconstructing has led to REFORMATION.
Sometimes though deconstruction has led to yet another disenchanted, discouraged, disenfranchised EX-Christian who wants nothing to do with Church, Christians or God.
It's tragic.

It's why I'm so encouraged when we hear stories of deconstruction paired with RECONSTRUCTION.

Join us tomorrow for one of NAC's own - Peter Elford  - who has gone through a difficult season on the frontlines of healthcare, a difficult season of emotional stress, and a difficult season of wrestling with God.
And yet...
Through it all...<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOSING MY RELIGION Part 7: “A Story of Re-construction”

As we wrap up this series on the epidemic of folks losing their religion... walking away from their faith because of... well... because of a litany of reasons.  Christians are deconstructing the religion they were raised with.  A lot of GOOD has come out of that.  Sometimes deconstructing has led to REVIVAL.  Sometimes deconstructing has led to REFORMATION.
Sometimes though deconstruction has led to yet another disenchanted, discouraged, disenfranchised EX-Christian who wants nothing to do with Church, Christians or God.
It's tragic.

It's why I'm so encouraged when we hear stories of deconstruction paired with RECONSTRUCTION.

Join us tomorrow for one of NAC's own - Peter Elford  - who has gone through a difficult season on the frontlines of healthcare, a difficult season of emotional stress, and a difficult season of wrestling with God.
And yet...
Through it all...<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>“ The Original Christmas Playlist 2: Angels: A Song of Peace” (podcast)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Before Frosty or Rudolph; Before chestnuts roasting on an open fire or dashing through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh… Before even “Silent Night” or “Joy to the World” there were four songs recorded in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.

They are songs that aren't sung much at all these days, and perhaps need to be introduced to a new generation. The ancient church captured their words and created songs known as canticles.
The angels sang a song to the shepherds.  We know part of their song: "…peace on earth and goodwill toward men."
Mary sang a song to God after she had time to get over the shocking news that she was going to be the mother of the Saviour.
Two elderly, Godly men sang spontaneously when they saw their life’s desire had been fulfilled through this baby in the waning years of their lives. Zechariah sang it prior to Jesus' birth and Simeon afterward as he held the child close.

This might be as close as we get to the world of Broadway musicals— where people overcome with joy truly did burst into song.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Before Frosty or Rudolph; Before chestnuts roasting on an open fire or dashing through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh… Before even “Silent Night” or “Joy to the World” there were four songs recorded in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.

They are songs that aren't sung much at all these days, and perhaps need to be introduced to a new generation. The ancient church captured their words and created songs known as canticles.
The angels sang a song to the shepherds.  We know part of their song: "…peace on earth and goodwill toward men."
Mary sang a song to God after she had time to get over the shocking news that she was going to be the mother of the Saviour.
Two elderly, Godly men sang spontaneously when they saw their life’s desire had been fulfilled through this baby in the waning years of their lives. Zechariah sang it prior to Jesus' birth and Simeon afterward as he held the child close.

This might be as close as we get to the world of Broadway musicals— where people overcome with joy truly did burst into song.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Before Frosty or Rudolph; Before chestnuts roasting on an open fire or dashing through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh… Before even “Silent Night” or “Joy to the World” there were four songs recorded in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.

They are songs that aren't sung much at all these days, and perhaps need to be introduced to a new generation. The ancient church captured their words and created songs known as canticles.
The angels sang a song to the shepherds.  We know part of their song: "…peace on earth and goodwill toward men."
Mary sang a song to God after she had time to get over the shocking news that she was going to be the mother of the Saviour.
Two elderly, Godly men sang spontaneously when they saw their life’s desire had been fulfilled through this baby in the waning years of their lives. Zechariah sang it prior to Jesus' birth and Simeon afterward as he held the child close.

This might be as close as we get to the world of Broadway musicals— where people overcome with joy truly did burst into song.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Original Christmas Playlist 1: Zechariah: A Song of Faith  (podcast)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[NEW SERIES: “THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST”

Before Frosty or Rudolph; Before chestnuts roasting on an open fire or dashing through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh… Before even “Silent Night” or “Joy to the World” there were four songs recorded in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.

They are songs that aren't sung much at all these days, and perhaps need to be introduced to a new generation. The ancient church captured their words and created songs known as canticles.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NEW SERIES: “THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST”

Before Frosty or Rudolph; Before chestnuts roasting on an open fire or dashing through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh… Before even “Silent Night” or “Joy to the World” there were four songs recorded in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.

They are songs that aren't sung much at all these days, and perhaps need to be introduced to a new generation. The ancient church captured their words and created songs known as canticles.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[NEW SERIES: “THE ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST”

Before Frosty or Rudolph; Before chestnuts roasting on an open fire or dashing through the snow on a one-horse open sleigh… Before even “Silent Night” or “Joy to the World” there were four songs recorded in the Bible surrounding the birth of Jesus.

They are songs that aren't sung much at all these days, and perhaps need to be introduced to a new generation. The ancient church captured their words and created songs known as canticles.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Losing My Religion VI: The Message (podcast)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[LOSING MY RELIGION part 6: “Is There Really Only One Way?”

 One of the big criticisms of the Christian message is what seems to be its EXCLUSIVITY (read: "intolerance")

 Did Jesus really make a line in the sand for "insiders" and "outsiders"?  
Is the idea of eternal separation from God (read: "Hell") a deal-breaker for you?
Doesn't this buck against the increasingly important cultural value of TOLERANCE?

 
Today we'll look at this exclusionary message of Jesus, the gift of freewill and why many may be "Losing Their Religion" over it.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[LOSING MY RELIGION part 6: “Is There Really Only One Way?”

 One of the big criticisms of the Christian message is what seems to be its EXCLUSIVITY (read: "intolerance")

 Did Jesus really make a line in the sand for "insiders" and "outsiders"?  
Is the idea of eternal separation from God (read: "Hell") a deal-breaker for you?
Doesn't this buck against the increasingly important cultural value of TOLERANCE?

 
Today we'll look at this exclusionary message of Jesus, the gift of freewill and why many may be "Losing Their Religion" over it.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[LOSING MY RELIGION part 6: “Is There Really Only One Way?”

 One of the big criticisms of the Christian message is what seems to be its EXCLUSIVITY (read: "intolerance")

 Did Jesus really make a line in the sand for "insiders" and "outsiders"?  
Is the idea of eternal separation from God (read: "Hell") a deal-breaker for you?
Doesn't this buck against the increasingly important cultural value of TOLERANCE?

 
Today we'll look at this exclusionary message of Jesus, the gift of freewill and why many may be "Losing Their Religion" over it.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>December 19: “ The Original Christmas Playlist 3: Mary: A Song of Trust”(podcast)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Even after having been visited by an angel herself, it wasn’t until Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth (who herself was miraculously pregnant with John) that Mary burst into song, praising God in what has come to be known as Mary’s “magnificant”.

Could the good news of Christmas this year even cause us to want to burst into song?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Even after having been visited by an angel herself, it wasn’t until Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth (who herself was miraculously pregnant with John) that Mary burst into song, praising God in what has come to be known as Mary’s “magnificant”.

Could the good news of Christmas this year even cause us to want to burst into song?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Even after having been visited by an angel herself, it wasn’t until Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth (who herself was miraculously pregnant with John) that Mary burst into song, praising God in what has come to be known as Mary’s “magnificant”.

Could the good news of Christmas this year even cause us to want to burst into song?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Original Christmas Playlist (part 4):  Simeon - A song of Hope</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Boxing Day, 2021 Newmarket Alliance Church
The final story in our "Original Christmas Playlist" of people just breaking into spontaneous song, is that of old man Simeon who came to the temple every day hoping to catch a glimpse of the promised Messiah.
One day his waiting paid off.
So will yours.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Boxing Day, 2021 Newmarket Alliance Church
The final story in our "Original Christmas Playlist" of people just breaking into spontaneous song, is that of old man Simeon who came to the temple every day hoping to catch a glimpse of the promised Messiah.
One day his waiting paid off.
So will yours.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Boxing Day, 2021 Newmarket Alliance Church
The final story in our "Original Christmas Playlist" of people just breaking into spontaneous song, is that of old man Simeon who came to the temple every day hoping to catch a glimpse of the promised Messiah.
One day his waiting paid off.
So will yours.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Introducing... "Losing My Religion"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation).  

This might be the podcast series to send to the skeptic; the "back-slider"; the "de-churched"; the "ex-vangelical"; the agnostic... and see if there is an openness to reconstructing their faith.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation).  

This might be the podcast series to send to the skeptic; the "back-slider"; the "de-churched"; the "ex-vangelical"; the agnostic... and see if there is an openness to reconstructing their faith.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation).  

This might be the podcast series to send to the skeptic; the "back-slider"; the "de-churched"; the "ex-vangelical"; the agnostic... and see if there is an openness to reconstructing their faith.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Losing My Religion:  Is God even good?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[OCTOBER 24th 

You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation). 

This might be the series to invite the skeptic; the "back-slider"; the "de-churched"; the "ex-vangelical"; the agnostic... and see if there is an openness to reconstructing their faith.

Today we ask “What’s your picture or idea of  God?  Is it the right picture?  Is it based on the true character and nature of God?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[OCTOBER 24th 

You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation). 

This might be the series to invite the skeptic; the "back-slider"; the "de-churched"; the "ex-vangelical"; the agnostic... and see if there is an openness to reconstructing their faith.

Today we ask “What’s your picture or idea of  God?  Is it the right picture?  Is it based on the true character and nature of God?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[OCTOBER 24th 

You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation). 

This might be the series to invite the skeptic; the "back-slider"; the "de-churched"; the "ex-vangelical"; the agnostic... and see if there is an openness to reconstructing their faith.

Today we ask “What’s your picture or idea of  God?  Is it the right picture?  Is it based on the true character and nature of God?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Losing my Religion:  "The Bible tells me so?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not    
RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation).  

Today we try to honestly address some of the hang-ups, hold-outs and push back from folks who consider the Bible an obstacle to their faith.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not    
RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation).  

Today we try to honestly address some of the hang-ups, hold-outs and push back from folks who consider the Bible an obstacle to their faith.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You may have heard lately of many people "deconstructing" their faith.

There are probably things we SHOULD deconstruct ... baggage from our childhood; "sacred cows" and church cultural remnants that should be dispensed with.

Here's the problem;
Most of the people I know who are "deconstructing" are not    
RE-constructing.

Join us for a series that wrestles with the questions of skeptics,  but will challenge us to re-build a faith on the foundation of a God who is good and is pursuing you with His love.

I guarantee either you or someone you love is going through this right now (or who perhaps never identified as a Christian and may benefit from joining in on this conversation).  

Today we try to honestly address some of the hang-ups, hold-outs and push back from folks who consider the Bible an obstacle to their faith.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Comback (part VI):  A Congregational Response</title>
      <itunes:title>The Comback (part VI):  A Congregational Response</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In today's service we would like to add just one more step to our 
COMEBACK series, as a way to re-cap, re-affirm, and even ask God to "seal" what He has revealed to us in these days.

This is a different kind of service that asks you to not spectate but actively participate. 

You can participate easily via this podcast as well.

Trusting this will be a meaningful, even freeing congregational experience.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In today's service we would like to add just one more step to our 
COMEBACK series, as a way to re-cap, re-affirm, and even ask God to "seal" what He has revealed to us in these days.

This is a different kind of service that asks you to not spectate but actively participate. 

You can participate easily via this podcast as well.

Trusting this will be a meaningful, even freeing congregational experience.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's service we would like to add just one more step to our 
COMEBACK series, as a way to re-cap, re-affirm, and even ask God to "seal" what He has revealed to us in these days.

This is a different kind of service that asks you to not spectate but actively participate. 

You can participate easily via this podcast as well.

Trusting this will be a meaningful, even freeing congregational experience.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Losing My Religion IV: It’s All About Jesus  (podcast)</title>
      <itunes:title>Losing My Religion IV: It’s All About Jesus  (podcast)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Nov 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There are many things in Christianity that we can respectfully "agree to disagree" on.  Many things in the Big Tent of Orthodoxy where there is room for differing interpretations.  It's why we have the many denominations we do, each with its own emphases and unique calling.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There are many things in Christianity that we can respectfully "agree to disagree" on.  Many things in the Big Tent of Orthodoxy where there is room for differing interpretations.  It's why we have the many denominations we do, each with its own emphases and unique calling.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There are many things in Christianity that we can respectfully "agree to disagree" on.  Many things in the Big Tent of Orthodoxy where there is room for differing interpretations.  It's why we have the many denominations we do, each with its own emphases and unique calling.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Losing My Religion V: UnChristians (Podcast)</title>
      <itunes:title>Losing My Religion V: UnChristians (Podcast)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What do you think is the #1 inhibitor to the Christian faith?

One could argue

it's me

and

it's you

 

Or maybe it's more fair to argue it's those who consistently proclaim to be followers of Jesus but whose words, actions and lives look nothing like the Christ we claim to follow. 

But even then, are our collective short-comings enough to discredit the good news of Jesus?  Enough to "Lose Our Religion?"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What do you think is the #1 inhibitor to the Christian faith?

One could argue

it's me

and

it's you

 

Or maybe it's more fair to argue it's those who consistently proclaim to be followers of Jesus but whose words, actions and lives look nothing like the Christ we claim to follow. 

But even then, are our collective short-comings enough to discredit the good news of Jesus?  Enough to "Lose Our Religion?"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What do you think is the #1 inhibitor to the Christian faith?

One could argue

it's me

and

it's you

 

Or maybe it's more fair to argue it's those who consistently proclaim to be followers of Jesus but whose words, actions and lives look nothing like the Christ we claim to follow. 

But even then, are our collective short-comings enough to discredit the good news of Jesus?  Enough to "Lose Our Religion?"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>The Comeback (part 4 ) "SuperSpreaders"</title>
      <itunes:title>The Comeback (part 4 ) "SuperSpreaders"</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In the early days of this pandemic, we were desperate for information and updates.  There was confusion and conflicting messages.  Trustworthy and reliable news was at a premium.  It wasn't too long before we weren't sure which "voices" we could trust.  COVID didn't start this phenomenon but it sure seemed to accelerate it.
More than at any point in human history is the need for a true, transcendent and loving voice to break through all the static and noise.
The good news is that it's available to you!

NAC, it's time for a comeback.


If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re listening by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates

Sign up for our 6 week zoom seminar, HEARING GOD
https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1013342

Sign up for our 6 week small group on discovering your spiritual gifts, NETWORK
https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1011690<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In the early days of this pandemic, we were desperate for information and updates.  There was confusion and conflicting messages.  Trustworthy and reliable news was at a premium.  It wasn't too long before we weren't sure which "voices" we could trust.  COVID didn't start this phenomenon but it sure seemed to accelerate it.
More than at any point in human history is the need for a true, transcendent and loving voice to break through all the static and noise.
The good news is that it's available to you!

NAC, it's time for a comeback.


If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re listening by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates

Sign up for our 6 week zoom seminar, HEARING GOD
https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1013342

Sign up for our 6 week small group on discovering your spiritual gifts, NETWORK
https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1011690<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the early days of this pandemic, we were desperate for information and updates.  There was confusion and conflicting messages.  Trustworthy and reliable news was at a premium.  It wasn't too long before we weren't sure which "voices" we could trust.  COVID didn't start this phenomenon but it sure seemed to accelerate it.
More than at any point in human history is the need for a true, transcendent and loving voice to break through all the static and noise.
The good news is that it's available to you!

NAC, it's time for a comeback.


If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re listening by clicking here
www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates

Sign up for our 6 week zoom seminar, HEARING GOD
https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1013342

Sign up for our 6 week small group on discovering your spiritual gifts, NETWORK
https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1011690<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>The Comeback (part V) "Stop Self-Isolating"</title>
      <itunes:title>The Comeback (part V) "Stop Self-Isolating"</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 3 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[STOP SELF ISOLATING

Obviously, there are good and important reasons for "Self-isolating" in the midst of a global pandemic.

What is becoming spiritually and relationally evident though is that our non-medical self-isolating is having a deleterious effect on our souls.

Could it be that is because God has created us for community?  Could it be because no matter how cliched it may sound, we truly are "better together"?  Does life change and spiritual growth really happen better in smaller communities?

 

NAC, it's time for a comeback

If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[STOP SELF ISOLATING

Obviously, there are good and important reasons for "Self-isolating" in the midst of a global pandemic.

What is becoming spiritually and relationally evident though is that our non-medical self-isolating is having a deleterious effect on our souls.

Could it be that is because God has created us for community?  Could it be because no matter how cliched it may sound, we truly are "better together"?  Does life change and spiritual growth really happen better in smaller communities?

 

NAC, it's time for a comeback

If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[STOP SELF ISOLATING

Obviously, there are good and important reasons for "Self-isolating" in the midst of a global pandemic.

What is becoming spiritually and relationally evident though is that our non-medical self-isolating is having a deleterious effect on our souls.

Could it be that is because God has created us for community?  Could it be because no matter how cliched it may sound, we truly are "better together"?  Does life change and spiritual growth really happen better in smaller communities?

 

NAC, it's time for a comeback

If you’re new-ish to our community we’d love to welcome you personally.  Let us know you’re watching by clicking here

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guest

Don’t want to miss any NAC news?  Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter
www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>The comeback (part 1) Sermon Audio</title>
      <itunes:title>The comeback (part 1) Sermon Audio</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Stop Social Distancing"
In this kick-off to a new series, we'll look at 5 Biblical Keys to putting the last 18 months behind us.
The titles are a little cheeky... Stopping social distancing has nothing to do with keeping 6 feet apart or other wise protocols.  There's another kind of social distancing going on that's been deeply destructive.  We've ended up on tribes and teams and sides of a culture war when Jesus said we ought to be known for our unity and our love.
Turns out though this isn't the first time there have been secondary issues that people have turned into relational deal-breakers.  See what scripture has to say about it.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Stop Social Distancing"
In this kick-off to a new series, we'll look at 5 Biblical Keys to putting the last 18 months behind us.
The titles are a little cheeky... Stopping social distancing has nothing to do with keeping 6 feet apart or other wise protocols.  There's another kind of social distancing going on that's been deeply destructive.  We've ended up on tribes and teams and sides of a culture war when Jesus said we ought to be known for our unity and our love.
Turns out though this isn't the first time there have been secondary issues that people have turned into relational deal-breakers.  See what scripture has to say about it.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Stop Social Distancing"
In this kick-off to a new series, we'll look at 5 Biblical Keys to putting the last 18 months behind us.
The titles are a little cheeky... Stopping social distancing has nothing to do with keeping 6 feet apart or other wise protocols.  There's another kind of social distancing going on that's been deeply destructive.  We've ended up on tribes and teams and sides of a culture war when Jesus said we ought to be known for our unity and our love.
Turns out though this isn't the first time there have been secondary issues that people have turned into relational deal-breakers.  See what scripture has to say about it.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>The Comeback (part 2) "Take Off Your Mask!"</title>
      <itunes:title>The Comeback (part 2) "Take Off Your Mask!"</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[No, not the cloth or polymer mask you've been wearing in public for the last 18 months.  Please keep those on a little bit longer.
I'm talking about a deeper kind of inauthentic spiritual mask that we've been more susceptible to in this season.
Church, it's time for a comeback.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[No, not the cloth or polymer mask you've been wearing in public for the last 18 months.  Please keep those on a little bit longer.
I'm talking about a deeper kind of inauthentic spiritual mask that we've been more susceptible to in this season.
Church, it's time for a comeback.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[No, not the cloth or polymer mask you've been wearing in public for the last 18 months.  Please keep those on a little bit longer.
I'm talking about a deeper kind of inauthentic spiritual mask that we've been more susceptible to in this season.
Church, it's time for a comeback.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>Cabin Fever: Dark, locked, little rooms</title>
      <itunes:title>Cabin Fever: Dark, locked, little rooms</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[At NAC's outdoor service in the amphitheater at Fairy Lake in Newmarket, ON we close out our "Cabin Fever" series with the story of the friends and disciples of Jesus who had just witnessed their mentor and teacher... their hope... be murdered and laid in a dark, locked, little room called a "tomb".  Now they found themselves in a locked little room themselves, afraid and confused and hopeless.  But in a few moments someone is literally going to just appear before them that will change EVERYTHING.

Some of you today are in an emotional or spiritual dark, locked, little room.  Things seem hopeless.   Jesus's invitation is for you to come out of darkness and into His glorious light.

** Note:  This service was recorded at an outdoor venue.  You may notice wind sounds and other audio disctractions **<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At NAC's outdoor service in the amphitheater at Fairy Lake in Newmarket, ON we close out our "Cabin Fever" series with the story of the friends and disciples of Jesus who had just witnessed their mentor and teacher... their hope... be murdered and laid in a dark, locked, little room called a "tomb".  Now they found themselves in a locked little room themselves, afraid and confused and hopeless.  But in a few moments someone is literally going to just appear before them that will change EVERYTHING.

Some of you today are in an emotional or spiritual dark, locked, little room.  Things seem hopeless.   Jesus's invitation is for you to come out of darkness and into His glorious light.

** Note:  This service was recorded at an outdoor venue.  You may notice wind sounds and other audio disctractions **<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[At NAC's outdoor service in the amphitheater at Fairy Lake in Newmarket, ON we close out our "Cabin Fever" series with the story of the friends and disciples of Jesus who had just witnessed their mentor and teacher... their hope... be murdered and laid in a dark, locked, little room called a "tomb".  Now they found themselves in a locked little room themselves, afraid and confused and hopeless.  But in a few moments someone is literally going to just appear before them that will change EVERYTHING.

Some of you today are in an emotional or spiritual dark, locked, little room.  Things seem hopeless.   Jesus's invitation is for you to come out of darkness and into His glorious light.

** Note:  This service was recorded at an outdoor venue.  You may notice wind sounds and other audio disctractions **<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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    <item>
      <title>August 15th - Sermon Podcast</title>
      <itunes:title>August 15th - Sermon Podcast</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
Widowed.  Childless.  Poor and in the midst of a famine.  A stranger in a strange land.  Listen to this riveting take on the story of Ruth & Naomi as told by our very own Michelle Quach<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
Widowed.  Childless.  Poor and in the midst of a famine.  A stranger in a strange land.  Listen to this riveting take on the story of Ruth & Naomi as told by our very own Michelle Quach<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
Widowed.  Childless.  Poor and in the midst of a famine.  A stranger in a strange land.  Listen to this riveting take on the story of Ruth & Naomi as told by our very own Michelle Quach<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Cabin Fever:  TEMPTATION</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
40 days without food.  Alone in the desert.  Vulnerable.  Tempted by Satan.

What can we learn about overcoming temptation from our most perfect role model?  Do you secretly think that Jesus overcoming temptation isn't really much of a big deal, because He got to play the "God card"? 
Join us for some really practical wisdom on an issue that affects EVERYBODY (and Jesus Himself had to overcome)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
40 days without food.  Alone in the desert.  Vulnerable.  Tempted by Satan.

What can we learn about overcoming temptation from our most perfect role model?  Do you secretly think that Jesus overcoming temptation isn't really much of a big deal, because He got to play the "God card"? 
Join us for some really practical wisdom on an issue that affects EVERYBODY (and Jesus Himself had to overcome)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
40 days without food.  Alone in the desert.  Vulnerable.  Tempted by Satan.

What can we learn about overcoming temptation from our most perfect role model?  Do you secretly think that Jesus overcoming temptation isn't really much of a big deal, because He got to play the "God card"? 
Join us for some really practical wisdom on an issue that affects EVERYBODY (and Jesus Himself had to overcome)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Comeback (part 3) "Stop Hoarding"</title>
      <itunes:title>The Comeback (part 3) "Stop Hoarding"</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In the early days of this pandemic especially, there was a self-preservation instinct that kicked in for many of us.  Perhaps this was best illustrated by the panicked toilet paper buying.

Even if you haven't wrestled for hand sanitizer in Walmart or built a fallout shelter in your backyard, there is a real temptation to have a "selfish" attitude when Jesus asks us to have a "selfLESS" mindset... literally the attitude of a servant.

Counterintuitively though, that servant attitude may be the key to your renewed joy, fulfillment and purpose.

NAC, it's time for a comeback.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In the early days of this pandemic especially, there was a self-preservation instinct that kicked in for many of us.  Perhaps this was best illustrated by the panicked toilet paper buying.

Even if you haven't wrestled for hand sanitizer in Walmart or built a fallout shelter in your backyard, there is a real temptation to have a "selfish" attitude when Jesus asks us to have a "selfLESS" mindset... literally the attitude of a servant.

Counterintuitively though, that servant attitude may be the key to your renewed joy, fulfillment and purpose.

NAC, it's time for a comeback.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In the early days of this pandemic especially, there was a self-preservation instinct that kicked in for many of us.  Perhaps this was best illustrated by the panicked toilet paper buying.

Even if you haven't wrestled for hand sanitizer in Walmart or built a fallout shelter in your backyard, there is a real temptation to have a "selfish" attitude when Jesus asks us to have a "selfLESS" mindset... literally the attitude of a servant.

Counterintuitively though, that servant attitude may be the key to your renewed joy, fulfillment and purpose.

NAC, it's time for a comeback.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Cabin Fever - Joseph</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[NAC Worship Service: July 11th, 2021

We continue our series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too

Let us know if you’re checking us out

www.Newmarketalliance.ca/guests

Take a minute to fill out our NAC survery

www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNRWLSY<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NAC Worship Service: July 11th, 2021

We continue our series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too

Let us know if you’re checking us out

www.Newmarketalliance.ca/guests

Take a minute to fill out our NAC survery

www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNRWLSY<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[NAC Worship Service: July 11th, 2021

We continue our series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too

Let us know if you’re checking us out

www.Newmarketalliance.ca/guests

Take a minute to fill out our NAC survery

www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNRWLSY<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>August 8th Sermon Podcast - Elijah</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today’s service was presented in a different kind of format. As Jonathan delves into the “Cabin Fever” that the prophet Elijah experienced, he separates it into 3 sections followed by an opportunity to respond in song (which for copyright reasons we won’t be including in this podcast, but feel free to seek out these songs)
Something is being formed in Elijah as he goes through seasons of extreme isolation, extreme dependence and extreme obedience.
Songs from today include: “Here” (elevation worship)
“Sparrows” (Bethel music)
“So will I - 100 billion x (hillsong music)
“Egypt” (Bethel music)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today’s service was presented in a different kind of format. As Jonathan delves into the “Cabin Fever” that the prophet Elijah experienced, he separates it into 3 sections followed by an opportunity to respond in song (which for copyright reasons we won’t be including in this podcast, but feel free to seek out these songs)
Something is being formed in Elijah as he goes through seasons of extreme isolation, extreme dependence and extreme obedience.
Songs from today include: “Here” (elevation worship)
“Sparrows” (Bethel music)
“So will I - 100 billion x (hillsong music)
“Egypt” (Bethel music)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today’s service was presented in a different kind of format. As Jonathan delves into the “Cabin Fever” that the prophet Elijah experienced, he separates it into 3 sections followed by an opportunity to respond in song (which for copyright reasons we won’t be including in this podcast, but feel free to seek out these songs)
Something is being formed in Elijah as he goes through seasons of extreme isolation, extreme dependence and extreme obedience.
Songs from today include: “Here” (elevation worship)
“Sparrows” (Bethel music)
“So will I - 100 billion x (hillsong music)
“Egypt” (Bethel music)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>August 1st Sermon Podcast - David</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Listen as Glenn brings the word about David and his encounter with King Saul after running for years.

New to our church?  Please let us know you visited in-person or online.  We’d like to welcome you properly.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guests

Be sure to check out our poll about an outdoor service.
https://poll.app.do/sunday-service-3228334

Register for the August 16-20th Kids Camp here

https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/942567

Receive all these updates via a weekly email.  Sign up here.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Listen as Glenn brings the word about David and his encounter with King Saul after running for years.

New to our church?  Please let us know you visited in-person or online.  We’d like to welcome you properly.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guests

Be sure to check out our poll about an outdoor service.
https://poll.app.do/sunday-service-3228334

Register for the August 16-20th Kids Camp here

https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/942567

Receive all these updates via a weekly email.  Sign up here.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Listen as Glenn brings the word about David and his encounter with King Saul after running for years.

New to our church?  Please let us know you visited in-person or online.  We’d like to welcome you properly.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guests

Be sure to check out our poll about an outdoor service.
https://poll.app.do/sunday-service-3228334

Register for the August 16-20th Kids Camp here

https://nac.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/942567

Receive all these updates via a weekly email.  Sign up here.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>June 27 Cabin Fever: Introduction Podcast</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Sunday June 27th NAC Worship


Great service today!
We’ll celebrate our grads (and only embarrass them a tiny bit)
We’ve got great worship with Glenn, Derek, Sydney and the team
We kick off a new series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too.

If you are new-ish to our church community, let us know you’re watching

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guests


Or sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates

Finally, PLEASE take a moment to answer a brief 10 question survey that will help NAC discern some next steps

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNRWLSY<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sunday June 27th NAC Worship


Great service today!
We’ll celebrate our grads (and only embarrass them a tiny bit)
We’ve got great worship with Glenn, Derek, Sydney and the team
We kick off a new series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too.

If you are new-ish to our church community, let us know you’re watching

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guests


Or sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates

Finally, PLEASE take a moment to answer a brief 10 question survey that will help NAC discern some next steps

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNRWLSY<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sunday June 27th NAC Worship


Great service today!
We’ll celebrate our grads (and only embarrass them a tiny bit)
We’ve got great worship with Glenn, Derek, Sydney and the team
We kick off a new series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too.

If you are new-ish to our church community, let us know you’re watching

www.newmarketalliance.ca/guests


Or sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter.

www.newmarketalliance.ca/updates

Finally, PLEASE take a moment to answer a brief 10 question survey that will help NAC discern some next steps

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZNRWLSY<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>July 25th Sermon Podcast - Jonah</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
In fact, talk about hitting "rock bottom". 
But there are some Jonah's in our church here at NAC who have encountered the grace and saving work of God as they cried out to him from the depths...
From rock bottom.

Along with this message that Jonathan is excited to share, today is chock-full of good stuff including...
- A very special surprise announcement you won't want to miss!
- Some great worship with Glenn & Brittany and company
- Hearing the testimony and celebrating the calling of someone at NAC who is truly using her gifts to "Be the church"
- A real-life Jonah
And more<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
In fact, talk about hitting "rock bottom". 
But there are some Jonah's in our church here at NAC who have encountered the grace and saving work of God as they cried out to him from the depths...
From rock bottom.

Along with this message that Jonathan is excited to share, today is chock-full of good stuff including...
- A very special surprise announcement you won't want to miss!
- Some great worship with Glenn & Brittany and company
- Hearing the testimony and celebrating the calling of someone at NAC who is truly using her gifts to "Be the church"
- A real-life Jonah
And more<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Talk about "Cabin Fever"
In fact, talk about hitting "rock bottom". 
But there are some Jonah's in our church here at NAC who have encountered the grace and saving work of God as they cried out to him from the depths...
From rock bottom.

Along with this message that Jonathan is excited to share, today is chock-full of good stuff including...
- A very special surprise announcement you won't want to miss!
- Some great worship with Glenn & Brittany and company
- Hearing the testimony and celebrating the calling of someone at NAC who is truly using her gifts to "Be the church"
- A real-life Jonah
And more<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Cabin Fever- Hagar</title>
      <itunes:title>Cabin Fever- Hagar</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We continue our series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too

Let us know if you’re checking us out<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We continue our series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too

Let us know if you’re checking us out<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We continue our series today: CABIN FEVER! 
Feeling isolated? Alone?  Cooped up?
This isn’t the first time, and God was with them too

Let us know if you’re checking us out<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What If Jesus Was Serious About... JUST AKSING??</title>
      <itunes:title>What If Jesus Was Serious About... JUST AKSING??</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 May 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[So far in the sermon on the mount Jesus has been describing this "Kingdom life"... what a true Spirit-filled, God-follower can look like.  He's saying: Being merciful IS POSSIBLE... loving your enemy IS POSSIBLE... not worrying IS POSSIBLE, so if that life appeals to you... if this qualities stir something up in you and make you desirous of them, than JUST ASK me, and KEEP asking.
And if if feels like your not getting through, don't give up.  It's time to SEEK and KNOCK<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[So far in the sermon on the mount Jesus has been describing this "Kingdom life"... what a true Spirit-filled, God-follower can look like.  He's saying: Being merciful IS POSSIBLE... loving your enemy IS POSSIBLE... not worrying IS POSSIBLE, so if that life appeals to you... if this qualities stir something up in you and make you desirous of them, than JUST ASK me, and KEEP asking.
And if if feels like your not getting through, don't give up.  It's time to SEEK and KNOCK<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[So far in the sermon on the mount Jesus has been describing this "Kingdom life"... what a true Spirit-filled, God-follower can look like.  He's saying: Being merciful IS POSSIBLE... loving your enemy IS POSSIBLE... not worrying IS POSSIBLE, so if that life appeals to you... if this qualities stir something up in you and make you desirous of them, than JUST ASK me, and KEEP asking.
And if if feels like your not getting through, don't give up.  It's time to SEEK and KNOCK<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... Preparing for the storm?</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus was serious about... Preparing for the storm?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Jesus ends this most famous sermon with his application:  A story where you can easily place yourself in the role of either the wise or the foolish person.  On the surface at least, so much is similar about these two people.  The life-altering difference was revealed only when the storm came.  Everyone will face storms.  The whole world faced the storm of COVID together.  Some got better, some got bitter.  The difference depends entirely on what foundation you are building your life on.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jesus ends this most famous sermon with his application:  A story where you can easily place yourself in the role of either the wise or the foolish person.  On the surface at least, so much is similar about these two people.  The life-altering difference was revealed only when the storm came.  Everyone will face storms.  The whole world faced the storm of COVID together.  Some got better, some got bitter.  The difference depends entirely on what foundation you are building your life on.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jesus ends this most famous sermon with his application:  A story where you can easily place yourself in the role of either the wise or the foolish person.  On the surface at least, so much is similar about these two people.  The life-altering difference was revealed only when the storm came.  Everyone will face storms.  The whole world faced the storm of COVID together.  Some got better, some got bitter.  The difference depends entirely on what foundation you are building your life on.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... not judging?"</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 May 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[According to pollster-Research group Barna, the #1 reason non-Christians or ex-Christians are reticent to darken the doors of a church is because of a reputation Christians have garnered for being "Judgmental".
Ironically, this is the very thing Jesus railed against.  He saw it in the religious leaders of the day and it made him rightfully and righteously angry.
So what is the difference between exercising wise judgment, versus being judgmental?
It's a teaching Jesus tackles using metaphors about pigs and pearls and logs stuck in your eye.
Matthew 7:1-6<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[According to pollster-Research group Barna, the #1 reason non-Christians or ex-Christians are reticent to darken the doors of a church is because of a reputation Christians have garnered for being "Judgmental".
Ironically, this is the very thing Jesus railed against.  He saw it in the religious leaders of the day and it made him rightfully and righteously angry.
So what is the difference between exercising wise judgment, versus being judgmental?
It's a teaching Jesus tackles using metaphors about pigs and pearls and logs stuck in your eye.
Matthew 7:1-6<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[According to pollster-Research group Barna, the #1 reason non-Christians or ex-Christians are reticent to darken the doors of a church is because of a reputation Christians have garnered for being "Judgmental".
Ironically, this is the very thing Jesus railed against.  He saw it in the religious leaders of the day and it made him rightfully and righteously angry.
So what is the difference between exercising wise judgment, versus being judgmental?
It's a teaching Jesus tackles using metaphors about pigs and pearls and logs stuck in your eye.
Matthew 7:1-6<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What If Jesus Was Serious that calling Him "Lord" isn't enough?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the last sentences from Jesus in this most famous sermon is that MANY on that final day of judgment will come to Him having done ministry and done all the "right Christian" works and said the "right Christian" things and Jesus will say "Away from me.  I never knew you."
Ouch!
Is there a more sobering passage in Scripture?  It's one thing to be deceived by others, it's especially tragic when we deceive ourselves... pretending to be Christ-followers when we really aren't.
Today's teaching offers YOU an opportunity to begin the journey of an authentic Christ follower.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the last sentences from Jesus in this most famous sermon is that MANY on that final day of judgment will come to Him having done ministry and done all the "right Christian" works and said the "right Christian" things and Jesus will say "Away from me.  I never knew you."
Ouch!
Is there a more sobering passage in Scripture?  It's one thing to be deceived by others, it's especially tragic when we deceive ourselves... pretending to be Christ-followers when we really aren't.
Today's teaching offers YOU an opportunity to begin the journey of an authentic Christ follower.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the last sentences from Jesus in this most famous sermon is that MANY on that final day of judgment will come to Him having done ministry and done all the "right Christian" works and said the "right Christian" things and Jesus will say "Away from me.  I never knew you."
Ouch!
Is there a more sobering passage in Scripture?  It's one thing to be deceived by others, it's especially tragic when we deceive ourselves... pretending to be Christ-followers when we really aren't.
Today's teaching offers YOU an opportunity to begin the journey of an authentic Christ follower.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was Serious about... the road less traveled?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Now Jesus begins His application of His sermon on the Mount and He uses the analogy of how the true follower needs to enter through the narrow gate, not the wide one.  
Often this has been interpreted as a whose "saved" and whose "unsaved" verse.  "Heaven" vs. "Hell"... "In" the kingdom and "outside" the Kingdom.  In context of what has come before it though, the narrow gate... the narrow path... might be a more nuanced interpretation.  The narrow gate might just be a lifetime response.  After all, the Christian life is  so much more than "conversion"; that's just the beginning of this great adventure.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Now Jesus begins His application of His sermon on the Mount and He uses the analogy of how the true follower needs to enter through the narrow gate, not the wide one.  
Often this has been interpreted as a whose "saved" and whose "unsaved" verse.  "Heaven" vs. "Hell"... "In" the kingdom and "outside" the Kingdom.  In context of what has come before it though, the narrow gate... the narrow path... might be a more nuanced interpretation.  The narrow gate might just be a lifetime response.  After all, the Christian life is  so much more than "conversion"; that's just the beginning of this great adventure.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Now Jesus begins His application of His sermon on the Mount and He uses the analogy of how the true follower needs to enter through the narrow gate, not the wide one.  
Often this has been interpreted as a whose "saved" and whose "unsaved" verse.  "Heaven" vs. "Hell"... "In" the kingdom and "outside" the Kingdom.  In context of what has come before it though, the narrow gate... the narrow path... might be a more nuanced interpretation.  The narrow gate might just be a lifetime response.  After all, the Christian life is  so much more than "conversion"; that's just the beginning of this great adventure.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... the Golden Rule?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's a statement that's actually been affirmed by almost every religion and was first spoken by Jesus over 2000 years ago.  It's known as the "golden rule" but it seems it's been watered down to be understood as the "Do No Harm" rule... in other words, "DON'T treat others how you WOULDN'T want to be treated".  But this is a rule worded in the Positive... it's a way of living that requires initiative and action.
You could say it is the "bottom line" of the sermon on the mount "for this sums up the law and the prophets"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's a statement that's actually been affirmed by almost every religion and was first spoken by Jesus over 2000 years ago.  It's known as the "golden rule" but it seems it's been watered down to be understood as the "Do No Harm" rule... in other words, "DON'T treat others how you WOULDN'T want to be treated".  But this is a rule worded in the Positive... it's a way of living that requires initiative and action.
You could say it is the "bottom line" of the sermon on the mount "for this sums up the law and the prophets"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's a statement that's actually been affirmed by almost every religion and was first spoken by Jesus over 2000 years ago.  It's known as the "golden rule" but it seems it's been watered down to be understood as the "Do No Harm" rule... in other words, "DON'T treat others how you WOULDN'T want to be treated".  But this is a rule worded in the Positive... it's a way of living that requires initiative and action.
You could say it is the "bottom line" of the sermon on the mount "for this sums up the law and the prophets"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... fake Christians?</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus was serious about... fake Christians?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[By their authentic spiritual "fruit" you will know them... not by the T-shirts they wear, the Billboards they make, the bumperstickers they put on their car.  In other words, you can't tell a true follower of Christ by their external trappings.  You'll need time and proximity to really discern authenticity and even then Jesus warns of being deceived by false teachers AND false followers.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[By their authentic spiritual "fruit" you will know them... not by the T-shirts they wear, the Billboards they make, the bumperstickers they put on their car.  In other words, you can't tell a true follower of Christ by their external trappings.  You'll need time and proximity to really discern authenticity and even then Jesus warns of being deceived by false teachers AND false followers.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[By their authentic spiritual "fruit" you will know them... not by the T-shirts they wear, the Billboards they make, the bumperstickers they put on their car.  In other words, you can't tell a true follower of Christ by their external trappings.  You'll need time and proximity to really discern authenticity and even then Jesus warns of being deceived by false teachers AND false followers.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus Was Serious About Hypocracy?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Christians have to be especially careful that their acts of worship and obedience to God don't become "spiritual theatre" for the applause and approval of other people.  Jesus call these folks "hypocrites".  Instead of looking for the "applause of heaven" many want the affirmaiton of men and Jesus says, "If that's what you're looking for, that's all the reward you'll get".  See how this applies particularly to things like giving, praying and fasting.
For an Instagram generation, it's good to remember that it's not about who follows you but who YOU are ultimately following.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Christians have to be especially careful that their acts of worship and obedience to God don't become "spiritual theatre" for the applause and approval of other people.  Jesus call these folks "hypocrites".  Instead of looking for the "applause of heaven" many want the affirmaiton of men and Jesus says, "If that's what you're looking for, that's all the reward you'll get".  See how this applies particularly to things like giving, praying and fasting.
For an Instagram generation, it's good to remember that it's not about who follows you but who YOU are ultimately following.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Christians have to be especially careful that their acts of worship and obedience to God don't become "spiritual theatre" for the applause and approval of other people.  Jesus call these folks "hypocrites".  Instead of looking for the "applause of heaven" many want the affirmaiton of men and Jesus says, "If that's what you're looking for, that's all the reward you'll get".  See how this applies particularly to things like giving, praying and fasting.
For an Instagram generation, it's good to remember that it's not about who follows you but who YOU are ultimately following.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Let Your "Yes" be "Yes"</title>
      <itunes:title>Let Your "Yes" be "Yes"</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What if Jesus was serious about being a person of truth?  Once again, the so-called most religous people of the day - the Pharisees - had found a loophole to get out of their oaths and promises.  Jesus says "How about instead of swearing on a Bible or your Mother's Grave or any other performative trick, just be a person whose word is rock solid".<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What if Jesus was serious about being a person of truth?  Once again, the so-called most religous people of the day - the Pharisees - had found a loophole to get out of their oaths and promises.  Jesus says "How about instead of swearing on a Bible or your Mother's Grave or any other performative trick, just be a person whose word is rock solid".<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if Jesus was serious about being a person of truth?  Once again, the so-called most religous people of the day - the Pharisees - had found a loophole to get out of their oaths and promises.  Jesus says "How about instead of swearing on a Bible or your Mother's Grave or any other performative trick, just be a person whose word is rock solid".<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was Serious about ... FASTING?</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus was Serious about ... FASTING?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Apart from the new diet trend of "intermittent fasting", the concept of fasting for spiritual purposes isn't really something that fits our 21st century "Uber Eats" culture.  And yet Jesus says "WHEN you fast..."  Not "IF you fast..."
It seems he expected this to be a normative part of the Christ followers life.
We talked a few weeks ago about the wrong motivations we can have for fasting (along with praying and giving) but what about the discipline of fasting itself?
What's the point?  Whose it for?  Does it really make a difference?  Does it have to be food?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Apart from the new diet trend of "intermittent fasting", the concept of fasting for spiritual purposes isn't really something that fits our 21st century "Uber Eats" culture.  And yet Jesus says "WHEN you fast..."  Not "IF you fast..."
It seems he expected this to be a normative part of the Christ followers life.
We talked a few weeks ago about the wrong motivations we can have for fasting (along with praying and giving) but what about the discipline of fasting itself?
What's the point?  Whose it for?  Does it really make a difference?  Does it have to be food?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Apart from the new diet trend of "intermittent fasting", the concept of fasting for spiritual purposes isn't really something that fits our 21st century "Uber Eats" culture.  And yet Jesus says "WHEN you fast..."  Not "IF you fast..."
It seems he expected this to be a normative part of the Christ followers life.
We talked a few weeks ago about the wrong motivations we can have for fasting (along with praying and giving) but what about the discipline of fasting itself?
What's the point?  Whose it for?  Does it really make a difference?  Does it have to be food?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Inside/Out Righteousness:  LUST!</title>
      <itunes:title>Inside/Out Righteousness:  LUST!</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Continuing with our series on the sermon on the mount:  "What if Jesus Was Serious?" and Jesus has already addressed all kinds of cultural landmines and controversial issues but this one hits close to home, perhaps because sexuality is so intrinsic to our humanity.  Jesus calls out the pious who thought their sexual ethic begins and ends with obeying a strict definition of adultery.  Jesus comes along and says; "Hey, could we talk about your wandering eye?  Your fantasy life?  Your flirtatiousness?  Your vulgar thoughts?  Could we talk about your HEART?"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Continuing with our series on the sermon on the mount:  "What if Jesus Was Serious?" and Jesus has already addressed all kinds of cultural landmines and controversial issues but this one hits close to home, perhaps because sexuality is so intrinsic to our humanity.  Jesus calls out the pious who thought their sexual ethic begins and ends with obeying a strict definition of adultery.  Jesus comes along and says; "Hey, could we talk about your wandering eye?  Your fantasy life?  Your flirtatiousness?  Your vulgar thoughts?  Could we talk about your HEART?"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Continuing with our series on the sermon on the mount:  "What if Jesus Was Serious?" and Jesus has already addressed all kinds of cultural landmines and controversial issues but this one hits close to home, perhaps because sexuality is so intrinsic to our humanity.  Jesus calls out the pious who thought their sexual ethic begins and ends with obeying a strict definition of adultery.  Jesus comes along and says; "Hey, could we talk about your wandering eye?  Your fantasy life?  Your flirtatiousness?  Your vulgar thoughts?  Could we talk about your HEART?"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... PRACTICING PRAYER?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Today is a unique service of not just TALKING ABOUT prayer but actually DOING it!  You can use and re-use this service video for your own prayer practices - a toolkit of some creative prayer ideas that may give you some new intimacy with Jesus.   Pray along.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today is a unique service of not just TALKING ABOUT prayer but actually DOING it!  You can use and re-use this service video for your own prayer practices - a toolkit of some creative prayer ideas that may give you some new intimacy with Jesus.   Pray along.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today is a unique service of not just TALKING ABOUT prayer but actually DOING it!  You can use and re-use this service video for your own prayer practices - a toolkit of some creative prayer ideas that may give you some new intimacy with Jesus.   Pray along.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... WORRY?</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus was serious about... WORRY?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Guest Rachel West knows of which she speaks.
She's tackling a topic that is near and dear to her heart.  A temptation that she has had to counter with better habits over the years.  Could worry and anxiety (yes, there is a difference) be at epidemic proportions these days?  I think that's a resounding yes.  When Jesus calls us to not worry about our lives he’s talking about all of these things that make up our life.
Finances
work/career
Health - physical and mental
Personal relationships - romantic, friendships, family
Daily life and busyness
He’s talking about covid
But today maybe we would ask ourselves: do the things I am worrying about matter to God from an eternal kingdom-centric perspective or does it feel like they matter because the world tells me they should?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Guest Rachel West knows of which she speaks.
She's tackling a topic that is near and dear to her heart.  A temptation that she has had to counter with better habits over the years.  Could worry and anxiety (yes, there is a difference) be at epidemic proportions these days?  I think that's a resounding yes.  When Jesus calls us to not worry about our lives he’s talking about all of these things that make up our life.
Finances
work/career
Health - physical and mental
Personal relationships - romantic, friendships, family
Daily life and busyness
He’s talking about covid
But today maybe we would ask ourselves: do the things I am worrying about matter to God from an eternal kingdom-centric perspective or does it feel like they matter because the world tells me they should?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Guest Rachel West knows of which she speaks.
She's tackling a topic that is near and dear to her heart.  A temptation that she has had to counter with better habits over the years.  Could worry and anxiety (yes, there is a difference) be at epidemic proportions these days?  I think that's a resounding yes.  When Jesus calls us to not worry about our lives he’s talking about all of these things that make up our life.
Finances
work/career
Health - physical and mental
Personal relationships - romantic, friendships, family
Daily life and busyness
He’s talking about covid
But today maybe we would ask ourselves: do the things I am worrying about matter to God from an eternal kingdom-centric perspective or does it feel like they matter because the world tells me they should?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about... how we pray?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The most famous prayer ever... the prayer that Jesus taught his followers to pray.  So much is packed into this brevity of words.  Come to the "Lord's prayer" today with fresh eyes and fresh ears and hear how Elizabeth - someone who truly practices the discipline of prayer - is living this out herself<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The most famous prayer ever... the prayer that Jesus taught his followers to pray.  So much is packed into this brevity of words.  Come to the "Lord's prayer" today with fresh eyes and fresh ears and hear how Elizabeth - someone who truly practices the discipline of prayer - is living this out herself<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The most famous prayer ever... the prayer that Jesus taught his followers to pray.  So much is packed into this brevity of words.  Come to the "Lord's prayer" today with fresh eyes and fresh ears and hear how Elizabeth - someone who truly practices the discipline of prayer - is living this out herself<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was serious about ... where our treasure is?</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus was serious about ... where our treasure is?</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In this most famous message of Jesus... the sermon on the mount... He asks us to assess what we TRULY treasure.  What do we most value?  Is anything more important than God in your life?  We often take this to be a passage strictly about money (and money or "mammon" is certainly a big part of it) but what if your treasure was even a good thing... like your spouse?  Your kids?  Your church?  What if we aren't supposed to make good things... even great things into our ULTIMATE thing... our treasure?
Special Guest: Joel John<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this most famous message of Jesus... the sermon on the mount... He asks us to assess what we TRULY treasure.  What do we most value?  Is anything more important than God in your life?  We often take this to be a passage strictly about money (and money or "mammon" is certainly a big part of it) but what if your treasure was even a good thing... like your spouse?  Your kids?  Your church?  What if we aren't supposed to make good things... even great things into our ULTIMATE thing... our treasure?
Special Guest: Joel John<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this most famous message of Jesus... the sermon on the mount... He asks us to assess what we TRULY treasure.  What do we most value?  Is anything more important than God in your life?  We often take this to be a passage strictly about money (and money or "mammon" is certainly a big part of it) but what if your treasure was even a good thing... like your spouse?  Your kids?  Your church?  What if we aren't supposed to make good things... even great things into our ULTIMATE thing... our treasure?
Special Guest: Joel John<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Enemies: A Love Story (What if Jesus was Serious?)</title>
      <itunes:title>Enemies: A Love Story (What if Jesus was Serious?)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Mar 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our continuing series on the greatest sermon ever preached, Jesus now calls us to perhaps the hardest characteristic of a disciple... not just to love people who love us (that's easy) but to love people who are mean, antagonistic, working against us... in short, our enemies.  As relevant in 2021 as it ever was<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our continuing series on the greatest sermon ever preached, Jesus now calls us to perhaps the hardest characteristic of a disciple... not just to love people who love us (that's easy) but to love people who are mean, antagonistic, working against us... in short, our enemies.  As relevant in 2021 as it ever was<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our continuing series on the greatest sermon ever preached, Jesus now calls us to perhaps the hardest characteristic of a disciple... not just to love people who love us (that's easy) but to love people who are mean, antagonistic, working against us... in short, our enemies.  As relevant in 2021 as it ever was<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Law:  Doing good vs. BEING good</title>
      <itunes:title>The Law:  Doing good vs. BEING good</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 7 Feb 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our continuing series on the sermon on the mount, "What if Jesus was serious?", one could make the argument that this verse (Matt. 5:17) may be the most stupendous claims of Jesus.  He didn't come to abolish the law and the prophets but to FULFILL them.  Understanding this verse may unlock the understanding of the entire sermon on the mount if not the New Testament.
Seriously.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our continuing series on the sermon on the mount, "What if Jesus was serious?", one could make the argument that this verse (Matt. 5:17) may be the most stupendous claims of Jesus.  He didn't come to abolish the law and the prophets but to FULFILL them.  Understanding this verse may unlock the understanding of the entire sermon on the mount if not the New Testament.
Seriously.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our continuing series on the sermon on the mount, "What if Jesus was serious?", one could make the argument that this verse (Matt. 5:17) may be the most stupendous claims of Jesus.  He didn't come to abolish the law and the prophets but to FULFILL them.  Understanding this verse may unlock the understanding of the entire sermon on the mount if not the New Testament.
Seriously.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Inside Out Righteousness:  Anger</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a more angry culture?  Even a time where CHRISTIANS seem more identified as angry people?  Me neither.
The Pharisees were deeply concerned about the external... good behavior.  For instance... "Do Not Murder!"
Easy-peasy, right?  Well, Jesus comes along and says "Hey, could we have a conversation about your anger?  You think your hiding it but God knows and you seem to have a murderous heart.  Your judging, condemning, raging and unforgiving."
Once again the law of Christ... the law of LOVE asks so much more of us.  How in fact can you think you'll maintain a vertical relationship with God when you have a broken horizontal relationship with someone created in God's image?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a more angry culture?  Even a time where CHRISTIANS seem more identified as angry people?  Me neither.
The Pharisees were deeply concerned about the external... good behavior.  For instance... "Do Not Murder!"
Easy-peasy, right?  Well, Jesus comes along and says "Hey, could we have a conversation about your anger?  You think your hiding it but God knows and you seem to have a murderous heart.  Your judging, condemning, raging and unforgiving."
Once again the law of Christ... the law of LOVE asks so much more of us.  How in fact can you think you'll maintain a vertical relationship with God when you have a broken horizontal relationship with someone created in God's image?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a more angry culture?  Even a time where CHRISTIANS seem more identified as angry people?  Me neither.
The Pharisees were deeply concerned about the external... good behavior.  For instance... "Do Not Murder!"
Easy-peasy, right?  Well, Jesus comes along and says "Hey, could we have a conversation about your anger?  You think your hiding it but God knows and you seem to have a murderous heart.  Your judging, condemning, raging and unforgiving."
Once again the law of Christ... the law of LOVE asks so much more of us.  How in fact can you think you'll maintain a vertical relationship with God when you have a broken horizontal relationship with someone created in God's image?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus Was Serious?  (The Beatitudes part 1)</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus Was Serious?  (The Beatitudes part 1)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As Jesus begins the sermon on the mount, he makes the audacious claim that he is actually blessing the ones the world feels sorry for.
If you are lamenting today, may you also know that the Father is blessing you<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As Jesus begins the sermon on the mount, he makes the audacious claim that he is actually blessing the ones the world feels sorry for.
If you are lamenting today, may you also know that the Father is blessing you<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As Jesus begins the sermon on the mount, he makes the audacious claim that he is actually blessing the ones the world feels sorry for.
If you are lamenting today, may you also know that the Father is blessing you<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus was Serious? (introduction)</title>
      <itunes:title>What if Jesus was Serious? (introduction)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This might be the ideal season to "steap" in the words of Jesus.
This Sermon on the Mount is more than the "random wisdom" or "greatest hits" of Jesus.  It's more than a glorified "Ted Talk".  This is the manifesto of sorts.  The glorious essence of his message of what it means to be a follower.  More than a message to hear or read or admire, it's a message to be LIVED!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This might be the ideal season to "steap" in the words of Jesus.
This Sermon on the Mount is more than the "random wisdom" or "greatest hits" of Jesus.  It's more than a glorified "Ted Talk".  This is the manifesto of sorts.  The glorious essence of his message of what it means to be a follower.  More than a message to hear or read or admire, it's a message to be LIVED!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This might be the ideal season to "steap" in the words of Jesus.
This Sermon on the Mount is more than the "random wisdom" or "greatest hits" of Jesus.  It's more than a glorified "Ted Talk".  This is the manifesto of sorts.  The glorious essence of his message of what it means to be a follower.  More than a message to hear or read or admire, it's a message to be LIVED!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus Was Serious: The Beatitudes (part 2)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The upside-down, counter-cultural, counter-intuitive wisdom of Jesus continues in this Sermon on the Mount series.  Each beatitude seems to build on the other... each one a challenge to our notion of who is truly "lucky" or "blessed"
So what if Jesus WAS serious?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The upside-down, counter-cultural, counter-intuitive wisdom of Jesus continues in this Sermon on the Mount series.  Each beatitude seems to build on the other... each one a challenge to our notion of who is truly "lucky" or "blessed"
So what if Jesus WAS serious?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The upside-down, counter-cultural, counter-intuitive wisdom of Jesus continues in this Sermon on the Mount series.  Each beatitude seems to build on the other... each one a challenge to our notion of who is truly "lucky" or "blessed"
So what if Jesus WAS serious?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What if Jesus Was Serious?  "Being Salt &amp; Light in the World"</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2021 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Jesus makes an unusual statement, calling his followers "salt and light".  What does that mean?
Salt adds flavour, it preserves and it heals.  The light exposes and illuminates.
Listen to how these analogies are a call to action for the believer to be "good news" in the world today with our very own Peter Elford<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Jesus makes an unusual statement, calling his followers "salt and light".  What does that mean?
Salt adds flavour, it preserves and it heals.  The light exposes and illuminates.
Listen to how these analogies are a call to action for the believer to be "good news" in the world today with our very own Peter Elford<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jesus makes an unusual statement, calling his followers "salt and light".  What does that mean?
Salt adds flavour, it preserves and it heals.  The light exposes and illuminates.
Listen to how these analogies are a call to action for the believer to be "good news" in the world today with our very own Peter Elford<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The "Do NOT's" of One Anothering</title>
      <itunes:title>The "Do NOT's" of One Anothering</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Most of the 59 New Testament "one-anothering" verses are commands to DO something;  LOVE one another, ENCOURAGE one another, ACCEPT one another etc.  But there are 5 or 6 verses that are explicitly "do NOT" verses.
These are so important (do NOT judge one another, do NOT lie to one another, do NOT slander one another) because they are church KILLERS and actually destroys our witness to a lost and watching world.  When we practice these "do NOT" verses we actually align ourselves closer to Satan - the accuser - than we do with Christ, our Saviour.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of the 59 New Testament "one-anothering" verses are commands to DO something;  LOVE one another, ENCOURAGE one another, ACCEPT one another etc.  But there are 5 or 6 verses that are explicitly "do NOT" verses.
These are so important (do NOT judge one another, do NOT lie to one another, do NOT slander one another) because they are church KILLERS and actually destroys our witness to a lost and watching world.  When we practice these "do NOT" verses we actually align ourselves closer to Satan - the accuser - than we do with Christ, our Saviour.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most of the 59 New Testament "one-anothering" verses are commands to DO something;  LOVE one another, ENCOURAGE one another, ACCEPT one another etc.  But there are 5 or 6 verses that are explicitly "do NOT" verses.
These are so important (do NOT judge one another, do NOT lie to one another, do NOT slander one another) because they are church KILLERS and actually destroys our witness to a lost and watching world.  When we practice these "do NOT" verses we actually align ourselves closer to Satan - the accuser - than we do with Christ, our Saviour.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Fear Not" (introduction) Audio podcast</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 6 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What are you afraid of? 
There are all kinds of legit reasons to feel fear in 2020 ... not the least of which is a global pandemic!
 Fears attack the most precious parts of our being and keep us from living the life meant for us.
 It's repeated throughout the Christmas story and God wants to help YOU overcome your darkest fears as we learn to ... FEAR NOT!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What are you afraid of? 
There are all kinds of legit reasons to feel fear in 2020 ... not the least of which is a global pandemic!
 Fears attack the most precious parts of our being and keep us from living the life meant for us.
 It's repeated throughout the Christmas story and God wants to help YOU overcome your darkest fears as we learn to ... FEAR NOT!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What are you afraid of? 
There are all kinds of legit reasons to feel fear in 2020 ... not the least of which is a global pandemic!
 Fears attack the most precious parts of our being and keep us from living the life meant for us.
 It's repeated throughout the Christmas story and God wants to help YOU overcome your darkest fears as we learn to ... FEAR NOT!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Pray For One Another</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Pray for one another".  Seems obvious, right?  But we seem hampered by misconceptions and baggage and hang-ups.  Every believer can do this!  YOU can do this.  Discover some practical and creative ways to include praying for each other as a regular and integral part of our community life.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Pray for one another".  Seems obvious, right?  But we seem hampered by misconceptions and baggage and hang-ups.  Every believer can do this!  YOU can do this.  Discover some practical and creative ways to include praying for each other as a regular and integral part of our community life.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Pray for one another".  Seems obvious, right?  But we seem hampered by misconceptions and baggage and hang-ups.  Every believer can do this!  YOU can do this.  Discover some practical and creative ways to include praying for each other as a regular and integral part of our community life.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Carry One Another's Burdens</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[NAC's own David Klauke, a registered psychotherapist shares from Galatians 6:2 wherein we are told to carry or "bear" each other's burdens.  David quotes another therapist, Larry Crabb who says "If the church was doing it's job, we wouldn't need therapists".  It will take a loving community willing to CARE, LOOK, ASK and just DO IT<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[NAC's own David Klauke, a registered psychotherapist shares from Galatians 6:2 wherein we are told to carry or "bear" each other's burdens.  David quotes another therapist, Larry Crabb who says "If the church was doing it's job, we wouldn't need therapists".  It will take a loving community willing to CARE, LOOK, ASK and just DO IT<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[NAC's own David Klauke, a registered psychotherapist shares from Galatians 6:2 wherein we are told to carry or "bear" each other's burdens.  David quotes another therapist, Larry Crabb who says "If the church was doing it's job, we wouldn't need therapists".  It will take a loving community willing to CARE, LOOK, ASK and just DO IT<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Fear Not (part 3): Fear of our standing with God</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[COVID is bringing out lots of fear these days - sometimes in the form of anger.
There seems to be an underlying fear of the answer to that existential question; "What happens after I die?"  "Have I been good enough?"  "Am I in good standing with God".  Even many Christians go to bed wondering "If I should die before I wake, WILL the Lord, my soul to take?"
For the Christian and Non-Christian today you can have the security of knowing your eternal future.  You<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[COVID is bringing out lots of fear these days - sometimes in the form of anger.
There seems to be an underlying fear of the answer to that existential question; "What happens after I die?"  "Have I been good enough?"  "Am I in good standing with God".  Even many Christians go to bed wondering "If I should die before I wake, WILL the Lord, my soul to take?"
For the Christian and Non-Christian today you can have the security of knowing your eternal future.  You<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[COVID is bringing out lots of fear these days - sometimes in the form of anger.
There seems to be an underlying fear of the answer to that existential question; "What happens after I die?"  "Have I been good enough?"  "Am I in good standing with God".  Even many Christians go to bed wondering "If I should die before I wake, WILL the Lord, my soul to take?"
For the Christian and Non-Christian today you can have the security of knowing your eternal future.  You<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Offer Hospitality to One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>Offer Hospitality to One Another</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This "One-Anothering" command is not part of a smorgasbord we can ignore, even if the culture has increasingly moved away from it... even if there are all kinds of reasons it makes us uncomfortable... even if there is a global pandemic!  So how do we obey Jesus by keeping the spirit of this command?  How do we get creative and "one-another" each other well... and not just our spiritual brothers and sisters but the stranger as well?  Thankfully many of the ideas were brainstormed live in the service.  Thanks church for participating.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This "One-Anothering" command is not part of a smorgasbord we can ignore, even if the culture has increasingly moved away from it... even if there are all kinds of reasons it makes us uncomfortable... even if there is a global pandemic!  So how do we obey Jesus by keeping the spirit of this command?  How do we get creative and "one-another" each other well... and not just our spiritual brothers and sisters but the stranger as well?  Thankfully many of the ideas were brainstormed live in the service.  Thanks church for participating.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This "One-Anothering" command is not part of a smorgasbord we can ignore, even if the culture has increasingly moved away from it... even if there are all kinds of reasons it makes us uncomfortable... even if there is a global pandemic!  So how do we obey Jesus by keeping the spirit of this command?  How do we get creative and "one-another" each other well... and not just our spiritual brothers and sisters but the stranger as well?  Thankfully many of the ideas were brainstormed live in the service.  Thanks church for participating.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Fear Not" (part 2) fear of people</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Has there ever been a time where we are more concerned with the opinions people have of us?  I wonder if social media has hurt or helped that?  Joseph's response to a vision could've been to do the culturally easier thing but instead, he said "yes" to God and the world was forever changed.  Being obsessed with what GOD thinks of you is the quickest way to stop being obsessed with what PEOPLE think of you.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Has there ever been a time where we are more concerned with the opinions people have of us?  I wonder if social media has hurt or helped that?  Joseph's response to a vision could've been to do the culturally easier thing but instead, he said "yes" to God and the world was forever changed.  Being obsessed with what GOD thinks of you is the quickest way to stop being obsessed with what PEOPLE think of you.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Has there ever been a time where we are more concerned with the opinions people have of us?  I wonder if social media has hurt or helped that?  Joseph's response to a vision could've been to do the culturally easier thing but instead, he said "yes" to God and the world was forever changed.  Being obsessed with what GOD thinks of you is the quickest way to stop being obsessed with what PEOPLE think of you.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>ADMONISH One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>ADMONISH One Another</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Truly "One-anothering" in love means a lot more than "being nice" or keeping the peace at all costs.  Real love has to speak truth sometimes.  Real love needs to instruct or teach or admonish.  It isn't easy, but if it's done in the right spirit, with the right motive, using the right method, you will truly be "one-anothering" each other.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Truly "One-anothering" in love means a lot more than "being nice" or keeping the peace at all costs.  Real love has to speak truth sometimes.  Real love needs to instruct or teach or admonish.  It isn't easy, but if it's done in the right spirit, with the right motive, using the right method, you will truly be "one-anothering" each other.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Truly "One-anothering" in love means a lot more than "being nice" or keeping the peace at all costs.  Real love has to speak truth sometimes.  Real love needs to instruct or teach or admonish.  It isn't easy, but if it's done in the right spirit, with the right motive, using the right method, you will truly be "one-anothering" each other.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Encourage One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>Encourage One Another</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Encouragement:  The origins of the word can be translated as "to put courage into the heart".  Doesn't that just sum it up?  And while there are those with the GIFT of encouragement, it is something we ALL can do for one another.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Encouragement:  The origins of the word can be translated as "to put courage into the heart".  Doesn't that just sum it up?  And while there are those with the GIFT of encouragement, it is something we ALL can do for one another.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Encouragement:  The origins of the word can be translated as "to put courage into the heart".  Doesn't that just sum it up?  And while there are those with the GIFT of encouragement, it is something we ALL can do for one another.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Accept One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>Accept One Another</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As part of our "One Another" series, Steve Briggs unpacks through personal stories and even a "Joey and Ross" illustration, how our call as Christians is a lot more than just to "tolerate" other people.  And guess what... you don't have to wait until you FEEL like accepting someone you don't like or agree with... you can just CHOOSE to do it because Christ commands it.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As part of our "One Another" series, Steve Briggs unpacks through personal stories and even a "Joey and Ross" illustration, how our call as Christians is a lot more than just to "tolerate" other people.  And guess what... you don't have to wait until you FEEL like accepting someone you don't like or agree with... you can just CHOOSE to do it because Christ commands it.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As part of our "One Another" series, Steve Briggs unpacks through personal stories and even a "Joey and Ross" illustration, how our call as Christians is a lot more than just to "tolerate" other people.  And guess what... you don't have to wait until you FEEL like accepting someone you don't like or agree with... you can just CHOOSE to do it because Christ commands it.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>GREET One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>GREET One Another</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The second most repeated "One Another" verse is to "Greet each other with a holy kiss" (??)
Now before you are grateful for Covid masks because "you ain't kissin' nobody, no-how at church", let's look at how this one another applies to us in 2020 and maybe even gives us insight into our cultural epidemic of disconnectedness.
(oh... and Seinfeld too)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The second most repeated "One Another" verse is to "Greet each other with a holy kiss" (??)
Now before you are grateful for Covid masks because "you ain't kissin' nobody, no-how at church", let's look at how this one another applies to us in 2020 and maybe even gives us insight into our cultural epidemic of disconnectedness.
(oh... and Seinfeld too)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The second most repeated "One Another" verse is to "Greet each other with a holy kiss" (??)
Now before you are grateful for Covid masks because "you ain't kissin' nobody, no-how at church", let's look at how this one another applies to us in 2020 and maybe even gives us insight into our cultural epidemic of disconnectedness.
(oh... and Seinfeld too)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>LOVE one another</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The first (and granddaddy) of all the "one-anothers".
LOVE One Another.
Easy in theory.  A little harder in the concrete.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The first (and granddaddy) of all the "one-anothers".
LOVE One Another.
Easy in theory.  A little harder in the concrete.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The first (and granddaddy) of all the "one-anothers".
LOVE One Another.
Easy in theory.  A little harder in the concrete.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>SERVE One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>SERVE One Another</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 5 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our "One anothering" series we see Jesus himself set the example, serving his disciples in a humbling and even menial way.  Than lays it out clearly by saying "I'm setting the example for you.  I want you to serve others the way I've modeled it for you here".  And that all sounds well and good but the real test of a servant is when someone actually treats you like one.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our "One anothering" series we see Jesus himself set the example, serving his disciples in a humbling and even menial way.  Than lays it out clearly by saying "I'm setting the example for you.  I want you to serve others the way I've modeled it for you here".  And that all sounds well and good but the real test of a servant is when someone actually treats you like one.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our "One anothering" series we see Jesus himself set the example, serving his disciples in a humbling and even menial way.  Than lays it out clearly by saying "I'm setting the example for you.  I want you to serve others the way I've modeled it for you here".  And that all sounds well and good but the real test of a servant is when someone actually treats you like one.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Forgive One Another</title>
      <itunes:title>Forgive One Another</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The weight of unforgiveness is a heavy burden to bear.  You may not even realize you've been carrying it for as long as you have.  As Glenn quotes "Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the one who hurt you to die".
Jesus shows us a better way<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The weight of unforgiveness is a heavy burden to bear.  You may not even realize you've been carrying it for as long as you have.  As Glenn quotes "Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the one who hurt you to die".
Jesus shows us a better way<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The weight of unforgiveness is a heavy burden to bear.  You may not even realize you've been carrying it for as long as you have.  As Glenn quotes "Unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecting the one who hurt you to die".
Jesus shows us a better way<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>One Another-ing (Series Intro)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[People are made for relationships.
It’s the byproduct of being created in the image of a Triune God who is in relationship.

59 times in the New Testament we are given specific, applicable instruction on how to “one-another” each other… “Love one another… serve one another… honor one another…”
When you become a follower of Jesus, God puts you as one of his children in a relationship with other “brothers and sisters”.

In a world of broken relationship – marriages, families, co-workers, society – the Bible has much to say about how to build God-honouring relationships with one another.  
In fact Jesus sums up the teaching of the Bible as this; to fully love God and love others. (Matt. 22:36-40)
Your relationship with God and with others is intricately linked.  When you practice the “one-another” commands you are in fact also growing in your love for God.

The world is watching to see if followers of Jesus do indeed live differently and love differently.  They’re longing for authentic community and our best testimony might very well be how we “ONE-ANOTHER”<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[People are made for relationships.
It’s the byproduct of being created in the image of a Triune God who is in relationship.

59 times in the New Testament we are given specific, applicable instruction on how to “one-another” each other… “Love one another… serve one another… honor one another…”
When you become a follower of Jesus, God puts you as one of his children in a relationship with other “brothers and sisters”.

In a world of broken relationship – marriages, families, co-workers, society – the Bible has much to say about how to build God-honouring relationships with one another.  
In fact Jesus sums up the teaching of the Bible as this; to fully love God and love others. (Matt. 22:36-40)
Your relationship with God and with others is intricately linked.  When you practice the “one-another” commands you are in fact also growing in your love for God.

The world is watching to see if followers of Jesus do indeed live differently and love differently.  They’re longing for authentic community and our best testimony might very well be how we “ONE-ANOTHER”<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[People are made for relationships.
It’s the byproduct of being created in the image of a Triune God who is in relationship.

59 times in the New Testament we are given specific, applicable instruction on how to “one-another” each other… “Love one another… serve one another… honor one another…”
When you become a follower of Jesus, God puts you as one of his children in a relationship with other “brothers and sisters”.

In a world of broken relationship – marriages, families, co-workers, society – the Bible has much to say about how to build God-honouring relationships with one another.  
In fact Jesus sums up the teaching of the Bible as this; to fully love God and love others. (Matt. 22:36-40)
Your relationship with God and with others is intricately linked.  When you practice the “one-another” commands you are in fact also growing in your love for God.

The world is watching to see if followers of Jesus do indeed live differently and love differently.  They’re longing for authentic community and our best testimony might very well be how we “ONE-ANOTHER”<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Is This The End?  (part 1)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Apocalypse?  The Antichrist?  The "Mark of the Beast"? The Book of Revelation? "End of Days"? The Rapture?  Does Covid-19 fit into all of this? (And why a popular end times book series should probably just be... "Left Behind")<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Apocalypse?  The Antichrist?  The "Mark of the Beast"? The Book of Revelation? "End of Days"? The Rapture?  Does Covid-19 fit into all of this? (And why a popular end times book series should probably just be... "Left Behind")<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Apocalypse?  The Antichrist?  The "Mark of the Beast"? The Book of Revelation? "End of Days"? The Rapture?  Does Covid-19 fit into all of this? (And why a popular end times book series should probably just be... "Left Behind")<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>July 12, 2020: Can you hear me now? (Part 7-Jesus in the Storm) - Sermon Audio</title>
      <itunes:title>July 12, 2020: Can you hear me now? (Part 7-Jesus in the Storm) - Sermon Audio</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A part of our "Can You Hear Me Now?" series. Where is Jesus in the storms of life?
https://newmarketalliance.ca/<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A part of our "Can You Hear Me Now?" series. Where is Jesus in the storms of life?
https://newmarketalliance.ca/<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A part of our "Can You Hear Me Now?" series. Where is Jesus in the storms of life?
https://newmarketalliance.ca/<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>July 19th Sermon Audio - "The Shock Doctrine"</title>
      <itunes:title>July 19th Sermon Audio - "The Shock Doctrine"</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A shock to the culture.. or a crisis can sometimes allow for people with a political or social agenda to swoop in amidst the chaos and implement change - Sometimes good change, sometimes not so good.  In the same way, this crisis or "shock" called COVID feels like it could fundamentally change us, the question is will we allow God to reveal the hard truths of our character to conform closer to the image of Christ?  it may be harder than you think.
Part of our series "Can you hear me now?"  - What God might be saying to us in the midst of coronavirus.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A shock to the culture.. or a crisis can sometimes allow for people with a political or social agenda to swoop in amidst the chaos and implement change - Sometimes good change, sometimes not so good.  In the same way, this crisis or "shock" called COVID feels like it could fundamentally change us, the question is will we allow God to reveal the hard truths of our character to conform closer to the image of Christ?  it may be harder than you think.
Part of our series "Can you hear me now?"  - What God might be saying to us in the midst of coronavirus.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A shock to the culture.. or a crisis can sometimes allow for people with a political or social agenda to swoop in amidst the chaos and implement change - Sometimes good change, sometimes not so good.  In the same way, this crisis or "shock" called COVID feels like it could fundamentally change us, the question is will we allow God to reveal the hard truths of our character to conform closer to the image of Christ?  it may be harder than you think.
Part of our series "Can you hear me now?"  - What God might be saying to us in the midst of coronavirus.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Is This The End?  (part 2)</title>
      <itunes:title>Is This The End?  (part 2)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Mark of the Beast?  Revelation?  The Apocolypse? The very own prophetic words of Jesus?  A certain book series I wish would get "left behind" and... "Please don't take my Antichrist from me"
The likely unpopular conclusion to our two part eschatology teaching.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Mark of the Beast?  Revelation?  The Apocolypse? The very own prophetic words of Jesus?  A certain book series I wish would get "left behind" and... "Please don't take my Antichrist from me"
The likely unpopular conclusion to our two part eschatology teaching.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Mark of the Beast?  Revelation?  The Apocolypse? The very own prophetic words of Jesus?  A certain book series I wish would get "left behind" and... "Please don't take my Antichrist from me"
The likely unpopular conclusion to our two part eschatology teaching.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>HOW to hear from God.  An interview with Keith Gonyou</title>
      <itunes:title>HOW to hear from God.  An interview with Keith Gonyou</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In this special teaching segment, I put my Dad on the spot (literally... no warning... no prep) and have a conversation about the HOW'S of hearing from God.  What kinds of habits and actions should a believer incorporate into their life to better hear the "voice of the Shepherd".  Keith Gonyou is someone with years of ministry experience, but more importantly, one who has a vital and daily reciprocal relationship with the Holy Spirit.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this special teaching segment, I put my Dad on the spot (literally... no warning... no prep) and have a conversation about the HOW'S of hearing from God.  What kinds of habits and actions should a believer incorporate into their life to better hear the "voice of the Shepherd".  Keith Gonyou is someone with years of ministry experience, but more importantly, one who has a vital and daily reciprocal relationship with the Holy Spirit.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this special teaching segment, I put my Dad on the spot (literally... no warning... no prep) and have a conversation about the HOW'S of hearing from God.  What kinds of habits and actions should a believer incorporate into their life to better hear the "voice of the Shepherd".  Keith Gonyou is someone with years of ministry experience, but more importantly, one who has a vital and daily reciprocal relationship with the Holy Spirit.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>People of Issachar</title>
      <itunes:title>People of Issachar</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There's a curious, even obscure verse in the Old Testament about a group of men (and women) from the tribe of Issachar who "knew the signs of the times and the best course to take".
That's a verse for our generation isn't it.  A verse for this specific time of COVID.  How we need wise men and women of God who know the signs of the times AND the best course of action to take.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a curious, even obscure verse in the Old Testament about a group of men (and women) from the tribe of Issachar who "knew the signs of the times and the best course to take".
That's a verse for our generation isn't it.  A verse for this specific time of COVID.  How we need wise men and women of God who know the signs of the times AND the best course of action to take.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's a curious, even obscure verse in the Old Testament about a group of men (and women) from the tribe of Issachar who "knew the signs of the times and the best course to take".
That's a verse for our generation isn't it.  A verse for this specific time of COVID.  How we need wise men and women of God who know the signs of the times AND the best course of action to take.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>June 14, 2020: Can You Hear Me Now (Part 3: finances)-Sermon Audio</title>
      <itunes:title>June 14, 2020: Can You Hear Me Now (Part 3: finances)-Sermon Audio</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Part 3 of our series "Can You Hear Me Now?"
In the midst of what might be the biggest economic downturn of our generation, could it be that God is saying something profound ... or perhaps reminding us of something he's been saying for a while now regarding our finances.  Did you know Jesus said more about finances than he did about Heaven or Hell combined?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Part 3 of our series "Can You Hear Me Now?"
In the midst of what might be the biggest economic downturn of our generation, could it be that God is saying something profound ... or perhaps reminding us of something he's been saying for a while now regarding our finances.  Did you know Jesus said more about finances than he did about Heaven or Hell combined?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Part 3 of our series "Can You Hear Me Now?"
In the midst of what might be the biggest economic downturn of our generation, could it be that God is saying something profound ... or perhaps reminding us of something he's been saying for a while now regarding our finances.  Did you know Jesus said more about finances than he did about Heaven or Hell combined?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>June 21, 2020: Can You Hear Me Now?  (part 4 - Relationships) - Sermon Audio</title>
      <itunes:title>June 21, 2020: Can You Hear Me Now?  (part 4 - Relationships) - Sermon Audio</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The Covid Crisis has also been a crisis of RELATIONSHIPS for many people these days.  Families, marriages, parents, co-workers and neighbours.  It's a social distancing season that subtly makes us look at the "stranger" as an enemy... the exact opposite of what our Lord taught us.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Covid Crisis has also been a crisis of RELATIONSHIPS for many people these days.  Families, marriages, parents, co-workers and neighbours.  It's a social distancing season that subtly makes us look at the "stranger" as an enemy... the exact opposite of what our Lord taught us.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Covid Crisis has also been a crisis of RELATIONSHIPS for many people these days.  Families, marriages, parents, co-workers and neighbours.  It's a social distancing season that subtly makes us look at the "stranger" as an enemy... the exact opposite of what our Lord taught us.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>June 28, 2020: Can you hear me now? (Part 5-Why me, why now, why this - part 1) - Sermon Audio</title>
      <itunes:title>June 28, 2020: Can you hear me now? (Part 5-Why me, why now, why this - part 1) - Sermon Audio</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In this series we've been asking what God might be wanting to say to us during one of the most difficult seasons in our lifetime.
Today we make it very personal.  For those of you going through financial crisis, health issues, loss of loved ones, career crisis, severe loneliness, depression or hopelessness, you may be asking three questions of God.  Why me?  Why this?  Why now?
While we may not have firm answers for you today there are some possibilities you might want to consider.
(part 1 of 2)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In this series we've been asking what God might be wanting to say to us during one of the most difficult seasons in our lifetime.
Today we make it very personal.  For those of you going through financial crisis, health issues, loss of loved ones, career crisis, severe loneliness, depression or hopelessness, you may be asking three questions of God.  Why me?  Why this?  Why now?
While we may not have firm answers for you today there are some possibilities you might want to consider.
(part 1 of 2)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this series we've been asking what God might be wanting to say to us during one of the most difficult seasons in our lifetime.
Today we make it very personal.  For those of you going through financial crisis, health issues, loss of loved ones, career crisis, severe loneliness, depression or hopelessness, you may be asking three questions of God.  Why me?  Why this?  Why now?
While we may not have firm answers for you today there are some possibilities you might want to consider.
(part 1 of 2)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>July 5, 2020: Can you hear me now? (Part 6-Why me, why this, why now? part 2) - Sermon Audio</title>
      <itunes:title>July 5, 2020: Can you hear me now? (Part 6-Why me, why this, why now? part 2) - Sermon Audio</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our CAN YOU HEAR ME  NOW series we continue to explore what God might be saying even through some of the most painful moments of our lives.  Maybe some of you are going through it right now.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our CAN YOU HEAR ME  NOW series we continue to explore what God might be saying even through some of the most painful moments of our lives.  Maybe some of you are going through it right now.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our CAN YOU HEAR ME  NOW series we continue to explore what God might be saying even through some of the most painful moments of our lives.  Maybe some of you are going through it right now.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>June 7, 2020: Can You Hear Me Now? (Part 2 Racial Reconciliation)-Sermon Audio</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Racial Reconciliation
What is God saying these days as the world is in chaos?  Does He have something to challenge us on regarding discrimination, injustice, race...?
A difficult topic to be sure.  I'd ask you not tune it out though.

Recommended Resources on Racial Reconciliation is found at www.newmarketalliance.ca/blog<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Racial Reconciliation
What is God saying these days as the world is in chaos?  Does He have something to challenge us on regarding discrimination, injustice, race...?
A difficult topic to be sure.  I'd ask you not tune it out though.

Recommended Resources on Racial Reconciliation is found at www.newmarketalliance.ca/blog<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Racial Reconciliation
What is God saying these days as the world is in chaos?  Does He have something to challenge us on regarding discrimination, injustice, race...?
A difficult topic to be sure.  I'd ask you not tune it out though.

Recommended Resources on Racial Reconciliation is found at www.newmarketalliance.ca/blog<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Love Lockdown part 4:  Endure</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our last part of the LOVE LOCKDOWN series (marriage in the time of Coronavirus) Kris and Mike tag-time the teaching (fittingly) and discuss the crucial role of true partnership and ENDURING even when things get very tough.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our last part of the LOVE LOCKDOWN series (marriage in the time of Coronavirus) Kris and Mike tag-time the teaching (fittingly) and discuss the crucial role of true partnership and ENDURING even when things get very tough.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our last part of the LOVE LOCKDOWN series (marriage in the time of Coronavirus) Kris and Mike tag-time the teaching (fittingly) and discuss the crucial role of true partnership and ENDURING even when things get very tough.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Love Lockdown part 1:  Priority!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 3 May 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Covid Divorce?  Corona babies?  Cabin fever?  More than perhaps anytime in recent history, marriages are feeling the tension.  This extended time together is like a pressure cooker.  The pressure will either produce diamonds or break relationships entirely.  Because God created marriage and loves marriages and longs for them to succeed, He actually has some wisdom from His Word FOR marriages and it begins with something... a little counterintuitive.  Make your spouse your second priority.  (huh?)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Covid Divorce?  Corona babies?  Cabin fever?  More than perhaps anytime in recent history, marriages are feeling the tension.  This extended time together is like a pressure cooker.  The pressure will either produce diamonds or break relationships entirely.  Because God created marriage and loves marriages and longs for them to succeed, He actually has some wisdom from His Word FOR marriages and it begins with something... a little counterintuitive.  Make your spouse your second priority.  (huh?)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Covid Divorce?  Corona babies?  Cabin fever?  More than perhaps anytime in recent history, marriages are feeling the tension.  This extended time together is like a pressure cooker.  The pressure will either produce diamonds or break relationships entirely.  Because God created marriage and loves marriages and longs for them to succeed, He actually has some wisdom from His Word FOR marriages and it begins with something... a little counterintuitive.  Make your spouse your second priority.  (huh?)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Love Lockdown part 2:  PURSUIT</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We tend to pursue what we don't have.  That's why unfortunately so often when we "have" a spouse we stop the practice of "pursuing" them and yet we all know HOW to do it... we did it while we dated after all.
The relational discipline of pursuit actually points to a God who pursues US... "chases me down, fights 'till I'm found, leaves the 99"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We tend to pursue what we don't have.  That's why unfortunately so often when we "have" a spouse we stop the practice of "pursuing" them and yet we all know HOW to do it... we did it while we dated after all.
The relational discipline of pursuit actually points to a God who pursues US... "chases me down, fights 'till I'm found, leaves the 99"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We tend to pursue what we don't have.  That's why unfortunately so often when we "have" a spouse we stop the practice of "pursuing" them and yet we all know HOW to do it... we did it while we dated after all.
The relational discipline of pursuit actually points to a God who pursues US... "chases me down, fights 'till I'm found, leaves the 99"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are (part 9) "I AM... ADOPTED"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Too often we live like fatherless orphans, not sure where our next meal is coming from and insecure if we are truly loved when God the Father has in fact chosen us and adopted us into his family.  Instead of calling us "Sons and daughters of disobedience and wrath", he calls us His "children of light" and if we REALLY understood that as our identity, it might just change everything.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Too often we live like fatherless orphans, not sure where our next meal is coming from and insecure if we are truly loved when God the Father has in fact chosen us and adopted us into his family.  Instead of calling us "Sons and daughters of disobedience and wrath", he calls us His "children of light" and if we REALLY understood that as our identity, it might just change everything.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Too often we live like fatherless orphans, not sure where our next meal is coming from and insecure if we are truly loved when God the Father has in fact chosen us and adopted us into his family.  Instead of calling us "Sons and daughters of disobedience and wrath", he calls us His "children of light" and if we REALLY understood that as our identity, it might just change everything.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who do you think you are? (part 11) "I AM... VALUED"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We are on the home stretch in our study of Ephesians.  In Chapter 6, Pastor Glenn unpacks God's Fatherly relationship with us and how it ought to inform how we parent (not to mention how we treat our employers and employees)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We are on the home stretch in our study of Ephesians.  In Chapter 6, Pastor Glenn unpacks God's Fatherly relationship with us and how it ought to inform how we parent (not to mention how we treat our employers and employees)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We are on the home stretch in our study of Ephesians.  In Chapter 6, Pastor Glenn unpacks God's Fatherly relationship with us and how it ought to inform how we parent (not to mention how we treat our employers and employees)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 10) "I AM... WISE"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 5 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our study of the letter to the Ephesians, it just seems to get more and more applicable as we navigate these crazy days of a pandemic.  
Paul says "So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.  Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days."
Do you think these days could be called "evil"?  Ya.
Do you think there are people acting particularly foolish these days?  Paul tells us to live wisely and (in context) lets us know the SOURCE of that wisdom.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our study of the letter to the Ephesians, it just seems to get more and more applicable as we navigate these crazy days of a pandemic.  
Paul says "So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.  Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days."
Do you think these days could be called "evil"?  Ya.
Do you think there are people acting particularly foolish these days?  Paul tells us to live wisely and (in context) lets us know the SOURCE of that wisdom.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our study of the letter to the Ephesians, it just seems to get more and more applicable as we navigate these crazy days of a pandemic.  
Paul says "So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.  Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days."
Do you think these days could be called "evil"?  Ya.
Do you think there are people acting particularly foolish these days?  Paul tells us to live wisely and (in context) lets us know the SOURCE of that wisdom.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 12)  I AM... VICTORIOUS</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The final message in this series and it's a doozy as Paul reminds us we are in a battle - not against humans - but against darkness and powers and principalities in an UNSEEN world.  Too many Christians don't even KNOW they're in a battle but for those of us who do, you need to know your enemy, your King and the weapons at your disposal<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The final message in this series and it's a doozy as Paul reminds us we are in a battle - not against humans - but against darkness and powers and principalities in an UNSEEN world.  Too many Christians don't even KNOW they're in a battle but for those of us who do, you need to know your enemy, your King and the weapons at your disposal<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The final message in this series and it's a doozy as Paul reminds us we are in a battle - not against humans - but against darkness and powers and principalities in an UNSEEN world.  Too many Christians don't even KNOW they're in a battle but for those of us who do, you need to know your enemy, your King and the weapons at your disposal<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Love Lockdown (part 3) "Fight Fair"</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[EVERY couple fights but healthy couples FIGHT FAIR!
Special thanks to Kelly Garbe providing the female (and vocational) perspective.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[EVERY couple fights but healthy couples FIGHT FAIR!
Special thanks to Kelly Garbe providing the female (and vocational) perspective.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[EVERY couple fights but healthy couples FIGHT FAIR!
Special thanks to Kelly Garbe providing the female (and vocational) perspective.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>You in Five Years part 4:  HABITS</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Most of what you normally do isn't a result of conscious choices but of daily HABITS.  That's why if you want to change where you're going in life, you have to change your HABITS.  In the Christian world we might call them our "disciplines".<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most of what you normally do isn't a result of conscious choices but of daily HABITS.  That's why if you want to change where you're going in life, you have to change your HABITS.  In the Christian world we might call them our "disciplines".<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Most of what you normally do isn't a result of conscious choices but of daily HABITS.  That's why if you want to change where you're going in life, you have to change your HABITS.  In the Christian world we might call them our "disciplines".<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 3- "I Am... HIS WORKMANSHIP")</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How would it change your life if you truly understood how God sees you?  He sees you as his WORKMANSHIP... His MASTERPIECE ... His WORK OF ART.  Not just to admire from a distance but created for a purpose... for good works.
Brought to you today from our special guest and longtime member, Elizabeth Stanley<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[How would it change your life if you truly understood how God sees you?  He sees you as his WORKMANSHIP... His MASTERPIECE ... His WORK OF ART.  Not just to admire from a distance but created for a purpose... for good works.
Brought to you today from our special guest and longtime member, Elizabeth Stanley<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How would it change your life if you truly understood how God sees you?  He sees you as his WORKMANSHIP... His MASTERPIECE ... His WORK OF ART.  Not just to admire from a distance but created for a purpose... for good works.
Brought to you today from our special guest and longtime member, Elizabeth Stanley<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>RUTH: Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption (a love story in 4 acts) CHAPTER 1</title>
      <itunes:title>RUTH: Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption (a love story in 4 acts) CHAPTER 1</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Apr 2018 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith.  Part 1<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith.  Part 1<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith.  Part 1<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who do you think you are? (part 1) IDENTITY</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Who do you think you are?  How would you describe yourself?  How do you perceive yourself?  Sometimes we let others answer that for us.  How would you answer the question “I am _______”?  God has a lot to say about who you are and he uses Paul in a letter written from prison to be a manifesto on the believer's new reconciled identity in Christ.  A chapter by chapter study in the book of Ephesians.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Who do you think you are?  How would you describe yourself?  How do you perceive yourself?  Sometimes we let others answer that for us.  How would you answer the question “I am _______”?  God has a lot to say about who you are and he uses Paul in a letter written from prison to be a manifesto on the believer's new reconciled identity in Christ.  A chapter by chapter study in the book of Ephesians.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who do you think you are?  How would you describe yourself?  How do you perceive yourself?  Sometimes we let others answer that for us.  How would you answer the question “I am _______”?  God has a lot to say about who you are and he uses Paul in a letter written from prison to be a manifesto on the believer's new reconciled identity in Christ.  A chapter by chapter study in the book of Ephesians.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 5) I AM... CONFIDENT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today's podcast is a bit of a weird one.  Unfortunately, we were not able to record the March 1st Sunday Service due to a technical issue.  In light of wanting to keep this series intact, for those who are tracking with it, this was recorded into a phone and is a simple recap of what was shared on Sunday.

Paul, the writer of Ephesians is legitimately suffering.  He says as much.  Many of the people he is writing to are suffering.  How can he still be confident in the midst of it?  In fact, the challenge for us today is this;  How can we actually USE our suffering for ours and other peoples good AND for God's glory?
For those who are suffering today, may you find some measure of hope & healing through this.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today's podcast is a bit of a weird one.  Unfortunately, we were not able to record the March 1st Sunday Service due to a technical issue.  In light of wanting to keep this series intact, for those who are tracking with it, this was recorded into a phone and is a simple recap of what was shared on Sunday.

Paul, the writer of Ephesians is legitimately suffering.  He says as much.  Many of the people he is writing to are suffering.  How can he still be confident in the midst of it?  In fact, the challenge for us today is this;  How can we actually USE our suffering for ours and other peoples good AND for God's glory?
For those who are suffering today, may you find some measure of hope & healing through this.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today's podcast is a bit of a weird one.  Unfortunately, we were not able to record the March 1st Sunday Service due to a technical issue.  In light of wanting to keep this series intact, for those who are tracking with it, this was recorded into a phone and is a simple recap of what was shared on Sunday.

Paul, the writer of Ephesians is legitimately suffering.  He says as much.  Many of the people he is writing to are suffering.  How can he still be confident in the midst of it?  In fact, the challenge for us today is this;  How can we actually USE our suffering for ours and other peoples good AND for God's glory?
For those who are suffering today, may you find some measure of hope & healing through this.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>"Who Do You think you are?" (part 4) I AM... RECONCILED</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The long standing feud between the Jews and the Gentiles, or for that matter between Catholic and Protestants, blacks and whites, different tribes, preferences and cultures is resolved "IN CHRIST" (there's that phrase again).  Jesus tears down the "dividing walls of hostility" and brings both sides near to Him.  So now we're not just reconciled to each other we can be reconciled to God IN CHRIST.  Amazing!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The long standing feud between the Jews and the Gentiles, or for that matter between Catholic and Protestants, blacks and whites, different tribes, preferences and cultures is resolved "IN CHRIST" (there's that phrase again).  Jesus tears down the "dividing walls of hostility" and brings both sides near to Him.  So now we're not just reconciled to each other we can be reconciled to God IN CHRIST.  Amazing!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The long standing feud between the Jews and the Gentiles, or for that matter between Catholic and Protestants, blacks and whites, different tribes, preferences and cultures is resolved "IN CHRIST" (there's that phrase again).  Jesus tears down the "dividing walls of hostility" and brings both sides near to Him.  So now we're not just reconciled to each other we can be reconciled to God IN CHRIST.  Amazing!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>RUTH: Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption (a love story in 4 acts) CHAPTER 2</title>
      <itunes:title>RUTH: Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption (a love story in 4 acts) CHAPTER 2</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 2<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 2<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 2<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>RUTH:  Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption  (a love story in 4 acts) CHAPTER 4</title>
      <itunes:title>RUTH:  Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption  (a love story in 4 acts) CHAPTER 4</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 4<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 4<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 4<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>RUTH:  Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption  (a love story in 4 acts)  CHAPTER 3</title>
      <itunes:title>RUTH:  Ruin, Romance &amp; Redemption  (a love story in 4 acts)  CHAPTER 3</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 3<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 3<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dig deeper into one of the greatest short stories ever written:  A story with twists and turns, tragedy and romance and an ending that actually changes the course of history and our faith. PART 3<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who do you think you are (part 2) I AM... CHOSEN!</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Feb 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We begin chapter 1 of Ephesians as Paul seeks to establish our IDENTITY and our IDENTITY really comes down to these two words (which you'll keep coming across in your study of Ephesians)... "In Christ"... "in Him"... 'in Jesus"... "in the Beloved".  That is us.  Right away in this first chapter we are called SAINTS, we are called BLESSED, we are called ADOPTED... all of these identity words are summed up in the outrageous truth that the God of the Universe has CHOSEN US.
I AM... CHOSEN!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[We begin chapter 1 of Ephesians as Paul seeks to establish our IDENTITY and our IDENTITY really comes down to these two words (which you'll keep coming across in your study of Ephesians)... "In Christ"... "in Him"... 'in Jesus"... "in the Beloved".  That is us.  Right away in this first chapter we are called SAINTS, we are called BLESSED, we are called ADOPTED... all of these identity words are summed up in the outrageous truth that the God of the Universe has CHOSEN US.
I AM... CHOSEN!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We begin chapter 1 of Ephesians as Paul seeks to establish our IDENTITY and our IDENTITY really comes down to these two words (which you'll keep coming across in your study of Ephesians)... "In Christ"... "in Him"... 'in Jesus"... "in the Beloved".  That is us.  Right away in this first chapter we are called SAINTS, we are called BLESSED, we are called ADOPTED... all of these identity words are summed up in the outrageous truth that the God of the Universe has CHOSEN US.
I AM... CHOSEN!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 8) "I AM... FORGIVEN"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On this (virtual) communion Sunday we are reminded that bitterness is a trap, that hurt people hurt people but that FORGIVEN people forgive!<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On this (virtual) communion Sunday we are reminded that bitterness is a trap, that hurt people hurt people but that FORGIVEN people forgive!<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On this (virtual) communion Sunday we are reminded that bitterness is a trap, that hurt people hurt people but that FORGIVEN people forgive!<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 7) "I AM... CALLED"</title>
      <itunes:title>Who Do You Think You Are? (part 7) "I AM... CALLED"</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In our first live-streaming service since the new reality of  life in the age of coronavirus, Pastor Kris has an incredibly timely message about what it means to really "Be the Church" (hint:  It has less and less to do with coming to a church service)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In our first live-streaming service since the new reality of  life in the age of coronavirus, Pastor Kris has an incredibly timely message about what it means to really "Be the Church" (hint:  It has less and less to do with coming to a church service)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In our first live-streaming service since the new reality of  life in the age of coronavirus, Pastor Kris has an incredibly timely message about what it means to really "Be the Church" (hint:  It has less and less to do with coming to a church service)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Who Do You Think You Are (part 6) I AM... STRONG</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you know almost half of Ephesians is actually prayer?  Prayer requests, prayers of gratitude, intense spiritual warfare type prayer.  Paul is stuck in a Roman prison - a death sentence to many - and here he is praying not for himself, but for his church in Ephesus.  See what we can learn and apply to our OWN prayer life in this section of his letter.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Did you know almost half of Ephesians is actually prayer?  Prayer requests, prayers of gratitude, intense spiritual warfare type prayer.  Paul is stuck in a Roman prison - a death sentence to many - and here he is praying not for himself, but for his church in Ephesus.  See what we can learn and apply to our OWN prayer life in this section of his letter.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Did you know almost half of Ephesians is actually prayer?  Prayer requests, prayers of gratitude, intense spiritual warfare type prayer.  Paul is stuck in a Roman prison - a death sentence to many - and here he is praying not for himself, but for his church in Ephesus.  See what we can learn and apply to our OWN prayer life in this section of his letter.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Remembering God's Faithfulness in 2019</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On this special year-end "Pancake Breakfast" Sunday, we check in with 3 congregation members - Keith, Michelle and Alanna - to see how God has been at work in their lives in 2019.  No doubt you'll be encouraged.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On this special year-end "Pancake Breakfast" Sunday, we check in with 3 congregation members - Keith, Michelle and Alanna - to see how God has been at work in their lives in 2019.  No doubt you'll be encouraged.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On this special year-end "Pancake Breakfast" Sunday, we check in with 3 congregation members - Keith, Michelle and Alanna - to see how God has been at work in their lives in 2019.  No doubt you'll be encouraged.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>He Will Be Called:  "EVERLASTING FATHER"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Part 3 of our advent series on the prophetic names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6.
Sometimes we have a tendency to project our memory/relationship/hurts of our earthly father onto our everlasting Father.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Part 3 of our advent series on the prophetic names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6.
Sometimes we have a tendency to project our memory/relationship/hurts of our earthly father onto our everlasting Father.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Part 3 of our advent series on the prophetic names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6.
Sometimes we have a tendency to project our memory/relationship/hurts of our earthly father onto our everlasting Father.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>You in 5 years part 2: Thoughts (Facebook Live Stream audio)</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Today's message is taken from January 12th Facebook LIVE stream.  Newmarket Alliance Church was closed that Sunday due to the weather conditions but many joined on Facebook from their homes for part 2 of our series "YOU IN 5 YEARS".  You may notice a difference in audio quality in this mp3, but it was a very different kind of Sunday.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today's message is taken from January 12th Facebook LIVE stream.  Newmarket Alliance Church was closed that Sunday due to the weather conditions but many joined on Facebook from their homes for part 2 of our series "YOU IN 5 YEARS".  You may notice a difference in audio quality in this mp3, but it was a very different kind of Sunday.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today's message is taken from January 12th Facebook LIVE stream.  Newmarket Alliance Church was closed that Sunday due to the weather conditions but many joined on Facebook from their homes for part 2 of our series "YOU IN 5 YEARS".  You may notice a difference in audio quality in this mp3, but it was a very different kind of Sunday.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>You in 5 years part 3:  WORDS</title>
      <itunes:title>You in 5 years part 3:  WORDS</itunes:title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your words have POWER!  
Power to give life or power to take life.  Power to "pierce" or power to "heal".  Take an audit of your own words.  How do you talk to others?  How do you talk to YOURSELF?  A small change in this area of your life could make a HUGE difference.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Your words have POWER!  
Power to give life or power to take life.  Power to "pierce" or power to "heal".  Take an audit of your own words.  How do you talk to others?  How do you talk to YOURSELF?  A small change in this area of your life could make a HUGE difference.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Your words have POWER!  
Power to give life or power to take life.  Power to "pierce" or power to "heal".  Take an audit of your own words.  How do you talk to others?  How do you talk to YOURSELF?  A small change in this area of your life could make a HUGE difference.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Art of Neighbouring</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What if one of the best ways to take Jesus outside of the church and into the real world was simply to be a good neighbour.  It's really hard to love someone well though if you don't even know their name.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What if one of the best ways to take Jesus outside of the church and into the real world was simply to be a good neighbour.  It's really hard to love someone well though if you don't even know their name.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if one of the best ways to take Jesus outside of the church and into the real world was simply to be a good neighbour.  It's really hard to love someone well though if you don't even know their name.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Unoffendable Part 1:  The root of offence</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There is a silent predator behind almost every broken church, broken family and toxic workplace.  This predator leaves behind a trail of wounded hearts.  We are so used to it's presence that we don't even recognize him.  It is the Spirit of Offence.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There is a silent predator behind almost every broken church, broken family and toxic workplace.  This predator leaves behind a trail of wounded hearts.  We are so used to it's presence that we don't even recognize him.  It is the Spirit of Offence.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is a silent predator behind almost every broken church, broken family and toxic workplace.  This predator leaves behind a trail of wounded hearts.  We are so used to it's presence that we don't even recognize him.  It is the Spirit of Offence.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>He Will Be Called:  "PRINCE OF PEACE"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[I don't think there's ever been a time when people have had 'peace' so absent from their lives.  Peace isn't necessarily the absence of fighting, because fear, anxiety, depression and inner turmoil seem to be at an all time high.  One of the great promises of Jesus - the "Sar Shalom" - is that He came to give peace, the kind that surpasses human understanding<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't think there's ever been a time when people have had 'peace' so absent from their lives.  Peace isn't necessarily the absence of fighting, because fear, anxiety, depression and inner turmoil seem to be at an all time high.  One of the great promises of Jesus - the "Sar Shalom" - is that He came to give peace, the kind that surpasses human understanding<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I don't think there's ever been a time when people have had 'peace' so absent from their lives.  Peace isn't necessarily the absence of fighting, because fear, anxiety, depression and inner turmoil seem to be at an all time high.  One of the great promises of Jesus - the "Sar Shalom" - is that He came to give peace, the kind that surpasses human understanding<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>God The Evangelist</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on people to be "saving" people.  Isn't that evangelism after all?  To A-B-C... Always Be Closing the deal?  Nope.  The pressure is off.  We can trust God the Father with the results because ultimately He is the best evangelist... "No one can come to me (Jesus) unless the Father who sent me draws that person in".<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on people to be "saving" people.  Isn't that evangelism after all?  To A-B-C... Always Be Closing the deal?  Nope.  The pressure is off.  We can trust God the Father with the results because ultimately He is the best evangelist... "No one can come to me (Jesus) unless the Father who sent me draws that person in".<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on people to be "saving" people.  Isn't that evangelism after all?  To A-B-C... Always Be Closing the deal?  Nope.  The pressure is off.  We can trust God the Father with the results because ultimately He is the best evangelist... "No one can come to me (Jesus) unless the Father who sent me draws that person in".<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>He Will Be Called:  "Wonderful Counselor"</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the prophecied names of Jesus, "Wonderful Counselor" gives hope of a perfect God who not only sympathizes with us in every way but comes to give real help to real people.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the prophecied names of Jesus, "Wonderful Counselor" gives hope of a perfect God who not only sympathizes with us in every way but comes to give real help to real people.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of the prophecied names of Jesus, "Wonderful Counselor" gives hope of a perfect God who not only sympathizes with us in every way but comes to give real help to real people.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>He will be Called: MIGHTY GOD</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The second in our Advent series on the prophetic names of Jesus from Isaiah 9:6.  This mighty God is at work IN you and FOR you and THROUGH you<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The second in our Advent series on the prophetic names of Jesus from Isaiah 9:6.  This mighty God is at work IN you and FOR you and THROUGH you<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The second in our Advent series on the prophetic names of Jesus from Isaiah 9:6.  This mighty God is at work IN you and FOR you and THROUGH you<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Good News for a Broken Church:  An introduction to 1 Corinthians</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 7 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Join us on a 4 month study of Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Join us on a 4 month study of Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Join us on a 4 month study of Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The "S" word (sexual sin)</title>
      <itunes:title>The "S" word (sexual sin)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you think we are a "sexualized" culture in 2019, the church in Corinth was in a downright freaky culture.  How do Christians respond?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you think we are a "sexualized" culture in 2019, the church in Corinth was in a downright freaky culture.  How do Christians respond?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you think we are a "sexualized" culture in 2019, the church in Corinth was in a downright freaky culture.  How do Christians respond?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Team of Rivals</title>
      <itunes:title>Team of Rivals</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Can such disparate people like those who gather at any given church, actually become a family?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Can such disparate people like those who gather at any given church, actually become a family?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Can such disparate people like those who gather at any given church, actually become a family?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Spiritual People or Carnal People</title>
      <itunes:title>Spiritual People or Carnal People</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[So many people these days are saying "Well, I'm not religious but I'm definitely spiritual".  What does it mean to be truly Spiritual?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[So many people these days are saying "Well, I'm not religious but I'm definitely spiritual".  What does it mean to be truly Spiritual?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[So many people these days are saying "Well, I'm not religious but I'm definitely spiritual".  What does it mean to be truly Spiritual?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Grace &amp; Gravity</title>
      <itunes:title>Grace &amp; Gravity</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The powerful testimony of our own Paul McLorinan<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The powerful testimony of our own Paul McLorinan<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The powerful testimony of our own Paul McLorinan<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The "D" word (Discipline)</title>
      <itunes:title>The "D" word (Discipline)</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["Discipline" is a tricky word when it comes to being part of a word.  We are fiercely independent and few of us like the idea of submitting to anyone (let alone some voluntary organization)<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA["Discipline" is a tricky word when it comes to being part of a word.  We are fiercely independent and few of us like the idea of submitting to anyone (let alone some voluntary organization)<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA["Discipline" is a tricky word when it comes to being part of a word.  We are fiercely independent and few of us like the idea of submitting to anyone (let alone some voluntary organization)<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Unoffendable:  The Prescription for Offense</title>
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      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The temptation to be offended is an ongoing battle.  The evil one would like nothing more than to have a church full of Christians who can barely make eye contact with each other because of hurts, either perceived or real.  The prescription for this is simple (not easy, but simple).<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The temptation to be offended is an ongoing battle.  The evil one would like nothing more than to have a church full of Christians who can barely make eye contact with each other because of hurts, either perceived or real.  The prescription for this is simple (not easy, but simple).<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The temptation to be offended is an ongoing battle.  The evil one would like nothing more than to have a church full of Christians who can barely make eye contact with each other because of hurts, either perceived or real.  The prescription for this is simple (not easy, but simple).<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_f01c13df41a54d14a37896cab7cc6ce4/2025-01-09T05:59:01.208Z/NAC20191124.mp3" length="28002092" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <title>Engaging Culture for God's glory.</title>
      <itunes:title>Engaging Culture for God's glory.</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some think we should reject the culture of the world so that we can stay unblemished.  Others say to "jump in" to culture without reservation.  Is there a third way?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some think we should reject the culture of the world so that we can stay unblemished.  Others say to "jump in" to culture without reservation.  Is there a third way?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some think we should reject the culture of the world so that we can stay unblemished.  Others say to "jump in" to culture without reservation.  Is there a third way?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Foolishness of the Cross</title>
      <itunes:title>The Foolishness of the Cross</itunes:title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The cross seems foolishness to the world<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The cross seems foolishness to the world<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Singleness</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[All the single ladies, all the single ladies.  Put your hands up.  If he like it than he shoulda put a ring on it.<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[All the single ladies, all the single ladies.  Put your hands up.  If he like it than he shoulda put a ring on it.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Knowledge Vs. Love</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[1 Corinthians 8:1-13<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[1 Corinthians 8:1-13<br/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Keeping the "Right" Company</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There's a temptation among Christians to isolate ourselves... keep ourselves "safe" and protected from the culture, but Jesus invites us to actually mix and mingle with those who need hope the most.  After all, Jesus said, "I came for the sinners, not the righteous... it's the sick who need a doctor, not the healthy".<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a temptation among Christians to isolate ourselves... keep ourselves "safe" and protected from the culture, but Jesus invites us to actually mix and mingle with those who need hope the most.  After all, Jesus said, "I came for the sinners, not the righteous... it's the sick who need a doctor, not the healthy".<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's a temptation among Christians to isolate ourselves... keep ourselves "safe" and protected from the culture, but Jesus invites us to actually mix and mingle with those who need hope the most.  After all, Jesus said, "I came for the sinners, not the righteous... it's the sick who need a doctor, not the healthy".<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hot Topics:  Gender</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There's a lot of talk about "who is qualified for ministry" based on gender.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There's a lot of talk about "who is qualified for ministry" based on gender.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's a lot of talk about "who is qualified for ministry" based on gender.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Stewarding Creation</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Our own Andrew Stewart shares his "Holy Discontent" on how the environment we've been given to steward has been so profoundly damaged<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our own Andrew Stewart shares his "Holy Discontent" on how the environment we've been given to steward has been so profoundly damaged<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our own Andrew Stewart shares his "Holy Discontent" on how the environment we've been given to steward has been so profoundly damaged<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hot Topics:  Lawsuits</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Should Christians be Suing?  Are we called just to be push-overs?  We're a litigious society now and it sounds as if Paul was dealing with a litigious society in Corinth.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Should Christians be Suing?  Are we called just to be push-overs?  We're a litigious society now and it sounds as if Paul was dealing with a litigious society in Corinth.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Should Christians be Suing?  Are we called just to be push-overs?  We're a litigious society now and it sounds as if Paul was dealing with a litigious society in Corinth.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Integrity</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Psalm 25:21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Psalm 25:21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Every Tongue, Tribe &amp; Nation (race)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is no room in God's Kingdom for discrimination of any kind.  Each of us is created with the "imago Dei"... the image of God.<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[There is no room in God's Kingdom for discrimination of any kind.  Each of us is created with the "imago Dei"... the image of God.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hot Topics: Divorce &amp; Remarriage</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[God created marriage.  He has a high view of marriage.  The Old Testament says "God Hates Divorce".  Does that mean He hates divorced people?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[God created marriage.  He has a high view of marriage.  The Old Testament says "God Hates Divorce".  Does that mean He hates divorced people?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[God created marriage.  He has a high view of marriage.  The Old Testament says "God Hates Divorce".  Does that mean He hates divorced people?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Called OUT and Called UP</title>
      <itunes:title>Called OUT and Called UP</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Final marching orders from the Apostle Paul to a very messed up church<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Final marching orders from the Apostle Paul to a very messed up church<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Final marching orders from the Apostle Paul to a very messed up church<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_4252f585c4dd47bfb83a03a7e6b4f22d/2025-01-09T05:58:47.415Z/NAC20190428.mp3" length="28679468" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <title>Half Hearted Worship</title>
      <itunes:title>Half Hearted Worship</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Our own Jeanne Fast shares her Holy Discontent regarding how such an awesome God can receive such lackluster worship<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our own Jeanne Fast shares her Holy Discontent regarding how such an awesome God can receive such lackluster worship<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our own Jeanne Fast shares her Holy Discontent regarding how such an awesome God can receive such lackluster worship<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_01407feadca643e2bd1804a77230b373/2025-01-09T05:58:47.507Z/NAC20190630.mp3" length="27220748" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <title>Spiritual Gifts:  Unity in Diversity</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Each and everyone of you has a gift given by God for the purposes of making a better church and a more effective mission<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Each and everyone of you has a gift given by God for the purposes of making a better church and a more effective mission<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Each and everyone of you has a gift given by God for the purposes of making a better church and a more effective mission<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_7b4bbc1607ed430fb65f93211560c6bb/2025-01-09T05:58:47.529Z/NAC20190331.mp3" length="29679404" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <title>unity</title>
      <itunes:title>unity</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Kris's Holy Discontent focuses on the way Christ's "Bride" (the church) can act out of competition, in-fighting and overall disunity<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Kris's Holy Discontent focuses on the way Christ's "Bride" (the church) can act out of competition, in-fighting and overall disunity<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kris's Holy Discontent focuses on the way Christ's "Bride" (the church) can act out of competition, in-fighting and overall disunity<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_318a29194a1643f1b97e158356c926f9/2025-01-09T05:58:41.443Z/NAC20190714.mp3" length="33458252" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <title>What is YOUR Holy Discontent?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 9 Jun 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Great movements of God often start with a righteous anger<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Great movements of God often start with a righteous anger<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Great movements of God often start with a righteous anger<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_2a68ef3510c04fa28939c1c8654f360f/2025-01-09T05:58:47.765Z/NAC20190609.mp3" length="76011264" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <title>The History of Humanity in 5 meals</title>
      <itunes:title>The History of Humanity in 5 meals</itunes:title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Take a look at the gospel told through 5 meals, including a future one we'll share with Jesus<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Take a look at the gospel told through 5 meals, including a future one we'll share with Jesus<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Take a look at the gospel told through 5 meals, including a future one we'll share with Jesus<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
      <enclosure url="https://cdn1.nucleus-cdn.church/church_1481ff6bf2934a42905954bf22487d01/file_419d29cb7bfa4d78a933201d187a4f8b/2025-01-09T05:58:47.517Z/NAC20190324.mp3" length="28472684" type="audio/mpeg"/>
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      <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Prophecy and Tongues</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Do these supernatural (weird??) gifts still happen in 2019?  Should they?<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Do these supernatural (weird??) gifts still happen in 2019?  Should they?<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Do these supernatural (weird??) gifts still happen in 2019?  Should they?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Most Excellent Way</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The famous 1 Corinthians 13 "love chapter" is not just for weddings.  It shows every human the better way... the intended way God would have us live<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The famous 1 Corinthians 13 "love chapter" is not just for weddings.  It shows every human the better way... the intended way God would have us live<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jesus final marching orders for us<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jesus final marching orders for us<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Special Guest Brett Ullman is a gifted speaker and expert on media, youth culture and the devastating effects of pornography on culture and indeed the Church<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Special Guest Brett Ullman is a gifted speaker and expert on media, youth culture and the devastating effects of pornography on culture and indeed the Church<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 7 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Stories of changed lives<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stories of changed lives<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Gloria's Story (the sanctity of life)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Listen to Gloria's tragic and beautiful story of God's grace and hear her passion for the sanctity of life<br/>]]></description>
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      <title>Drift</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Spiritual Drift
Losing our focus on Jesus<br/>]]></description>
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Losing our focus on Jesus<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Spiritual Drift
Losing our focus on Jesus<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Wolves</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jesus says there will be people who come into the church who are not just misguided but actively seeking to destroy.   He called them "wolves"<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jesus says there will be people who come into the church who are not just misguided but actively seeking to destroy.   He called them "wolves"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Untouchables</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Could one of Jesus' most profound acts of compassion and ministry be his tender touch?<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Could one of Jesus' most profound acts of compassion and ministry be his tender touch?<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>What Kind of Evangelist are You?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[If you think you have to be Billy Graham to evangelize... you don't<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[If you think you have to be Billy Graham to evangelize... you don't<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[If you think you have to be Billy Graham to evangelize... you don't<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Jesus Has Left the Building: Series Kickoff (B.E.L.L.S)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Taking the good news outside our church building doesn't have to be scary or confrontational or "weird".  Try something like B.E.L.L.S.
B - BEGIN with prayer.  What neighbour or friend are you praying for their salvation?
E - EAT with someone who doesn't know God.  Something happens relationally when we "break bread" with another
L - LISTEN to others AND the Holy Spirit
L- LOVE in practical ways 
S - STORY.  Tell your story and God's story<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Taking the good news outside our church building doesn't have to be scary or confrontational or "weird".  Try something like B.E.L.L.S.
B - BEGIN with prayer.  What neighbour or friend are you praying for their salvation?
E - EAT with someone who doesn't know God.  Something happens relationally when we "break bread" with another
L - LISTEN to others AND the Holy Spirit
L- LOVE in practical ways 
S - STORY.  Tell your story and God's story<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Taking the good news outside our church building doesn't have to be scary or confrontational or "weird".  Try something like B.E.L.L.S.
B - BEGIN with prayer.  What neighbour or friend are you praying for their salvation?
E - EAT with someone who doesn't know God.  Something happens relationally when we "break bread" with another
L - LISTEN to others AND the Holy Spirit
L- LOVE in practical ways 
S - STORY.  Tell your story and God's story<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Human Trafficking</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Our own Denise Voth and guest Cassandra Diamond from "Bridge North" www.bridgenorth.org share their holy discontent on the global and local scourge of sex trafficking and what we can do about it.<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Our own Denise Voth and guest Cassandra Diamond from "Bridge North" www.bridgenorth.org share their holy discontent on the global and local scourge of sex trafficking and what we can do about it.<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Our own Denise Voth and guest Cassandra Diamond from "Bridge North" www.bridgenorth.org share their holy discontent on the global and local scourge of sex trafficking and what we can do about it.<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Consumerism in Church</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 4 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A mindset shift from "Church is here to meet my needs" to "How can I serve the mission of Christ THROUGH the church"<br/>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[A mindset shift from "Church is here to meet my needs" to "How can I serve the mission of Christ THROUGH the church"<br/>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A mindset shift from "Church is here to meet my needs" to "How can I serve the mission of Christ THROUGH the church"<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Series Wrap Up:  Stories from our people</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Testimonies from real people at NAC who have been inspired or acted on their on Holy Discontent<br/>]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Testimonies from real people at NAC who have been inspired or acted on their on Holy Discontent<br/>]]></itunes:summary>
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