In the Way with Charles St-Onge
Charles St-Onge, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Pembroke, Ontario, shares the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Episodes
314 episodes
The Business of Vineyards
Text: Matthew 21:33-46, Isaiah 5:1-7. What does the Lord want us to get out of his comparison of his people to a vineyard, and his pastors to workers in the field?
Being or Becoming
Text: Matthew 21:23-32. What is more important, asks Jesus. What someone is at one particular point in time, or what the Lord is causing them to be over time?
Fair or Generous?
Text: Matthew 20:1-16. Humans obsess over what is fair. The Lord is committed to a generosity that is above our ways and thoughts.
Six Words
Text: Matthew 18:21-35. On this homecoming Sunday, Jesus answers Peter's question: "How often should I forgive my brother when he sins against me?" Do we recognize how much has been forgiven us?
On Being the G.O.A.T.
Text: Matthew 18:1-20. What would it look like to be the greatest disciples of all time? Jesus lays it out for us in this chapter of Matthew
Get Behind Us, Satan
Text: Matthew 16:22-28. It is one thing to recognize Jesus as "the Christ, the Son of the Living God." It is another to know what the Lord's Christ will do. What is God's character, and how does he work his will in our lives?
Who Do You Say Jesus Is?
Text: Matthew 16:13-21. Jesus asks the question that all of the Gospel of Matthew has been building toward: having heard these things, who do you say that I am? Our answer can be a rock to get it through tough times and give ...
Should They Go or Stay?
Text: Matthew 14:13-21. In the feeding of the five thousand, Jesus is once again leading his disciples into deeper faith. Do they really have only five loaves and two fish with which to feed the crowds? (Podcast will be on a...
A Treasurer Possession
Text: Matthew 13:44-52. Jesus lays out four more parables: what is the treasure we should be seeking, and who is out looking to buy pearls?
Eyes on the Sower, Not the Field
Text: Matthew 13:24-46. Jesus explains how we should think about evil, and evil people, in the world.
A Sower Went out to Sow
Text: Matthew 13:1-23. What does it mean that Jesus compares himself to a sower, and compares us to soil?
Rest for the Wicked
Text: Matthew 11:25-30. Jesus tells the weary that in him they will find rest. What does he mean?
Choosing Sides
Text: Matthew 10:34-42. Jesus sends the apostles out, and prepares them for how they will be received. The people of the world will be forced to choose a side: are you for the coming of the kingdom of God, or against it?
Restoring the Flock
Jesus' work of restoring the harassed and helpless sheep encounters opposition, because it upsets both families and societies.
Compassion for the Harassed and Helpless
"When [Jesus] saw the crowds,he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." (Matthew 9:36). The question is, who were harassing them and leaving them helpless? How does the Lord show compass...
Morning Clouds and Dew
The Lord is holy, and we are not. What does that look like? Who does the Lord seek: those who think they are holy or those who know that he alone is?
God Pulls Back the Curtain
To know there is a God is not the same thing as knowing the Lord, the uncreated Father, who sends his Son to live among us as a human being, and who draws us to himself by sending his Spirit to live in us. This, the one true God, is who saves a...
Water and Fire
The Holy Spirit is a destructive force... because death must be cleared away to make room for life.
A Reason for Hope
Peter the Apostle, first to lift a sword for Jesus, now urges gentleness and respect in giving others a reason for our hope in Jesus. How does that work?
A Table Amidst our Enemies
In the 23rd Psalm, King David writes that the Good Shepherd "prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies." What does he mean?
Jesus Abides
The question raised by Jesus' encounter with the disciples on the road to Emmaus is not whether Jesus abides with us, but whether we recognize that he already is. Luke 24:13-35