South Abbotsford Church Podcast
Every week, we gather as South Abbotsford Church. Someone always brings a message from the Word and unpacks how it applies in our lives. These messages are always meaningful and authentic expressions of the journey we're all on to follow Jesus. We trust the Spirit of God will continue to speak through them to you.
Episodes
32 episodes
PROVERBS: The Wounds of a Friend
Passage: Proverbs 27:5-6. I love rebuke... said no one ever. How do we grow in the ability to give and receive trusted feedback? Because Proverbs counsels us that we would be wise to learn this. Even if it's hard. Even if we struggle. Th...
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Episode 32
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29:52
PROVERBS: What's the Deal with Work?
Passage: Proverbs 6:1-19. Why does work matter (beyond the paycheck)? In broad strokes, we undertake to follow the wisdom of a father to impart a value and meaning for work in the everyday. Should we care for others? How much? And why do...
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Episode 31
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43:00
PROVERBS: Get Wisdom
Passage: Proverbs 4:1-9. What's important? What should we spend our lives achieving or earning? What's worth giving everything for? The teacher says wisdom. And of course, how. This is the question. In characteristic style, Ron challenge...
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Episode 30
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45:56
PROVERBS: Providence
Passage: Proverbs 16:1-9. What's my part and what's God's part? This is a huge human question. Is God a puppet-master holding the strings or can we just do whatever we want and God is helpless? Maybe it's a bit more in tension than we'd ...
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Episode 29
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46:57
PROVERBS: Fortress Faith
Passage: Proverbs 18:10-11. There are so many things we rely on... trust in. The wisdom of proverbs counsels us that the most reliable and trustworthy one is God. His promise is that He won't let us down even when things seem grim. ...
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Episode 28
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28:51
PROVERBS: Pursuing Wisdom
Passage: Proverbs 2:1-8. If you... then... sigh. Conditionals. It's hard not to feel like all of Christianity is somehow conditional. But Proverbs leads us into a powerful why. Why would we pursue wisdom? To know God. To live in...
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Episode 27
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39:00
PROVERBS: Trust & Submit
Passage: Proverbs 3:5-6. Once we get to the heart of what proverbs are doing in the Bible, we can see a vision for the Kingdom life of character. And specifically, we hear the echo of all Scripture challenging us to trust and submit ours...
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Episode 26
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30:50
IMAGO DEI: Image Bearers
Passage: Genesis 1:27. So we are made in the image of God, and God has beautiful plans and purposes for us. But we all know, this world isn't the way it started. Things are a mess. Our lives are a mess. How do we live into the image of G...
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Episode 25
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33:00
IMAGO DEI: Male & Female
Passage: Genesis 1:27. Why did God make humans male and female? What does any of that have to do with His image? We're tackling big questions as we step into potential divisive areas that culture expresses a lot of confusion about. What ...
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Episode 24
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30:03
IMAGO DEI: We, The Image of God
Passage: Genesis 1:27. What makes humans special? Why does this matter? These fundamental questions are answered in the Bible. The reality of us being made in God's image has far reaching implications that put us at odds with culture at ...
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Episode 23
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26:34
IMAGO DEI: His Image
Passage: Genesis 1:27. If we're made in God's image, then it's important to know, what is He like? What are qualities and characteristics that are part of the fabric of God? What things don't change or turn off or on? What is God really ...
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Episode 22
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30:38
Ears to Hear: Others
Passage: Ephesians 4:1-6. Some big part of this following Jesus thing involves others. People. And it can be so hard. How do we journey together? How do we keep unity? In the end, this is the mark of love and the biggest witness to the w...
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Episode 21
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31:06
Ears to Hear: More
Passage: Ephesians 3:20-21. More. Kind of a big word. What do you want more of? This was the question we wrestled. And what is God offering? What if, in every layer, every situation, every challenge, every blessing, is really an...
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Episode 20
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23:48
Ears to Hear: Near
Passage: Hebrews 10:19-22. Does your heart burn to be near Him? Or maybe to approach the Holy One fills you with fear, guilt or shame. Or maybe you know deep down you are playing church but your heart is far away. The invitation today is...
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Episode 19
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35:05
Ears to Hear: Story
Passage: 1 Peter 2:9-10. What is Jesus saying to South Abbotsford? What grounds our mission and message and shapes us into a redemptive people? The Story of God! The Good News. The Gospel. If it doesn't change you, and how you relate wit...
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Episode 18
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27:39
Pentecost: Restored & Restoried
Passage: Acts 3. As our Canadian National Director Cam Stuart brings greeting from churches across Canada, he also reminds us of the transformative invitation to live by the Spirit on mission for the Kingdom. How are we to live? What doe...
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Episode 17
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45:11
Easter: He's Alive
Passage: Luke 24:13-35. The road to Emmaus is very much like our journey to faith. We encounter Jesus, our perspective is reoriented and we are changed. What a beautiful way Jesus draws near to the broken hearted and shifts us so we can ...
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Episode 16
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29:34
Palm Sunday: This Will Fix Everything
Passage: Luke 19:28-40. We have definitely all had something we believed deep down would fix all our problems. The Triumphal entry is a moment like this - everything was so right. Hosanna, the King has come! But we know Jesus ca...
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Episode 15
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29:33
Lent: Suffering & Saving
Passage: Luke 9:23-26. We love the resurrection! But what about the journey to get there? Death... and before that, suffering. What do we do with suffering? How do we understand it as followers of Jesus? Thankfully, He set for us the mos...
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Episode 14
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30:57
Jacob: Where Have You Been?
Passage: Genesis 35:1-15. As we wrap our Jacob series, we find Jacob returning to Bethel. He responds to God's invitation to finally return to Bethel in surrender and accept his name. And for us too, the invitation to zoom out, look back...
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Episode 13
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30:21
Jacob: When We Are Defiled
Passage: Genesis 34. In this world, we are defiled. Things we do. Things done to us. And the question comes, how do we respond? All this is true for Jacob as he navigates the violation of his daughter. At the end, we find we are all in n...
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Episode 12
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33:26
Jacob: Not Like You Thought
Passage: Genesis 33:1-22. Sometimes the thing you are most afraid of doesn't happen the way you thought. This is the case for Jacob. After his God encounter, Esau arrives but it's all grace. This is the grace we need. Courage, humility, ...
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Episode 11
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34:21
Jacob: The Wrestle
Passage: Genesis 32:22-32. It's a famous story. Jacob wrestles God in the river. Everything has been building to this. The wrestle. Jacob won't let go and God blesses him and gives him a new name. What about you? Maybe it's time for an e...
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Episode 10
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27:19
