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In this teaching, we begin to look at the close table that Jesus sets for his followers in Luke 22. Here we learn the setting for the table as story, the invitation to find our place with the story, and that Jesus is at the center of the table as present, host and partner. This is part 1 of 2 on the close table, originally recorded June 11, 2023.
In this week's teaching, we begin to look at one of the surprising practices of the early church: breaking bread together around the table. We also begin to explore how this table fellowship extends from our weekly gatherings to our homes into the world. Recorded June 4, 2023.
This week, Mitch Claassen walks us through Acts 2 to see and learn how the early church created space for God’s presence. Together we learn how to prepare ourselves internally and externally to meet with God and His people. Recorded May 28, 2023.
This week, we look at where we’ve come from and where we’re going. In this second big shift of our church, we’re moving from relevance to resonance: moving from a purely emotional or cognitive engagement with our faith to an experience of being ministered to by God and each other and becoming transformed as witnesses. Recorded May 21, 2023.
Luke portrays Jesus as one who announces and enacts Jubilee, so as the resurrected King, we expect Jesus to continue his Jubilee ministry to the world. However, Jesus throws the disciples a curveball when he announces he's leaving. In this week's teaching, we learn what this means for his disciples, for us, and for Jesus' Jubilee mission. Recorded May 15, 2023.
In our last week in the Gospel of Luke, we look at Jesus words to John the Baptist in Luke 7, “blessed is the one who isn’t offended by me”. By looking at the context and the sharing of a personal story, we see the scandal of suffering, the invitation to reshape the vision of who God is around Jesus, and the invitation to reshape the vision of our lives around the pattern of Jesus death and resurrection. Recorded May 7, 2023.
This week we welcomed Meghan Good from the Jesus Collective as we continue to learn what it means to become Jubilee people from the gospel of Luke. Jesus interaction in Luke 17 with the ten lepers teaches us the difference between being healed and being whole and the discipline of being thankful. Recorded April 30, 2023.
In this week’s teaching we learn about the importance of prayer as a Jubilee practice of receiving and offering forgiveness. We are joined by Multiply staff, John Johnstone, for his reflections on Jubilee and forgiveness as an Indigenous Christian. Recorded April 23, 2023.
This week we transition from looking at Jesus Jubilee mission to asking how we can be a people characterized by Jubilee. As we learn from the revelation of Jesus’ on the road to Emmaus, our God is uncontrollable but invites us to create space to meet with Him. Originally preached April 16, 2023.
On this Easter Sunday, we recap Jesus' Jubilee ministry so far, learning how the proclamation of His kingdom led to violence and, eventually, the cross. But we are invited to hear His words of pardon from the cross and the good news of the resurrection which invite us to become new people who hope and labour for Jubilee. Originally preached April 9, 2023.
As we continue looking at the gospel of Luke through the lens of Jubilee, we come face to face with one of Jesus’ many teachings about money. This week, we learn about God’s Jubilee vision for His people, the warnings in the rich ruler’s story and the invitation to follow Jesus and the disciples in the path of dying and rising. Originally preached April 2, 2022.
As we continue our exploration of the Jubilee theme in Luke’s Gospel, Mitch Claassen leads us through the familiar story of “The Good Samaritan”. In this teaching, we are invited to move from asking “Who is my neighbour?” to “Who is a neighbour?” and how we must receive mercy from God if we’re going to minister mercy to others. Apologies - the first few minutes of the audio were cut off. Originally preached March 26, 2023.
This week we welcomed guest teacher, Talasi Guerra, as we continue to reflect on Jesus’ announcement of Jubilee in the Gospel of Luke. Talasi showed us how Jesus invites each person to receive rest in Luke 8:40-56 and how that invitation extends to each of us today. Originally preached March 19, 2023.
In the third week in our series looking at the gospel of Luke through the lens of Jubilee, we encounter a passage that’s uncomfortable for many of us as Jesus heals the sick and casts out demons. In addition to challenging our modern view of the world, Luke 4 also invites us to trust in Jesus as good and to give Him control of our lives. Preached March 12, 2023.
In the second week in our series focusing on the theme of Jubilee in Luke, we explore the story of the Pharisee and the sinful woman from Luke 7. In this story, we’re given a glimpse into the kind of love that God truly wants from us and how we might cultivate hearts that that learn to love much. Originally preached March 5, 2023.
This week we begin a new series in the gospel of Luke that focuses Jesus’ ministry around the themes of the Year of Jubilee. In this first teaching, we look at Jesus’ public announcement of his ministry in Luke 4 which describes what Jesus came to do and gives us two challenges in receiving Jesus and joining in his mission. Originally preached February 26, 2023.
In this final teaching of our six week process of community hermeneutic, we hear from some of our community group leaders about the process of discernment, what it means to be Jesus centered and how we will practice gender and leadership moving forward. Recorded February 19, 2023.
In the final week of teaching for our community hermeneutic, we look at how God’s Spirit works to align our motivations to His in the areas of identity, community and mission. Originally preached February 12, 2023.
This week we continue in our process of community hermeneutic by looking at the Biblical evidence for the Egalitarian position. We see that one of the contributions the Egalitarian position has for everyone who follows Jesus is the focus on the resurrection as a cosmos altering event. Originally preached February 5, 2022.
In our third week of the Community Hermeneutic process, we explore the Biblical passages that support a complementarion position on gender and leadership within the church, including 1 Corinthians 11, 14 and 1 Timothy 2. While various people may or may not agree with this position, it offers us a chance to reflect on being centered on Jesus and the importance of submission to Jesus. Originally preached January 29, 2023.
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