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Ep 100Ruth Part 6: A Happy Ending
Speaker: Ian Crooks

Ep 99Ruth Part 5: There is a Redeemer
Speaker: Ian Crooks

Ep 98Ruth part 4: The marriage proposal
Series: RuthPassage: Ruth 3Speaker: Pastor Ian Crooks

Ep 97Ruth part 3: From Empty to Full
Series: RuthChapter 2Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Vernon

Ep 96Ruth part 2: The Widows Return
Series:RuthScripture: Ruth 1:6-22Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Vernon

Ep 95Ruth Part 1: Strangers in a Strange Land
Series: RuthScripture: Ruth 1:1-5Pastor Ian Crooks

Ep 94Death is Gain

Ep 93Grace Be With You
Series: ColossiansColossians 4:10-18Speaker: Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Vernon

Ep 92Thankful, always , for everything
Ephesians 5:15-21Speaker: Dave Bootsma

Ep 91House Rules
Series: ColossiansSpeaker: Ian CrooksScripture: Colossians 3:18-4:1

Ep 90A New Wardrobe
Colossians 3:12-17Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian, Vernon, BC

Ep 89The Beatitudes Part 3: The Happy Sad

Ep 88The Beatitudes Introduction: The Way of Happiness

Ep 87The Beatitudes: Part 1: The Poor in Spirit
Matthew 5:1-12

Ep 86Colossians: Part 2: Thanksgiving
Series: ColossiansSermon: ThanksgivingScripture: Colossians 1:3-8Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Church

Ep 85This Means War! Part 5: A Hope, a Word and a Prayer
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.Ephesians 6: 10-18

Ep 84This Means War! Part 4: Shielded
Ephesians 6:10-18

Ep 83This Means War! Part 3: War and Peace
Shoes of the readiness of the gospel of peaceEphesians 6:10-18

Ep 82Being Human: Gender Euphoria
Is there any good news for those with gender dysphoria? Absolutely!

Ep 81This Means War! Part 2: Heart Attack
Ephesians 6:10-18Satan attacks our hearts, we defend ourselves by putting on the breastplate of righteousness.

Ep 80This Means War! Part 1: Standing on Truth
Series: This Means War! How to stand when Satan attacks.Ephesians 6:10-18"The Christian life, in the first place, is a warfare" - DM Lloyd-Jones You are in a war. You are a soldier. But you are not unarmed or without armor.Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth (Ephesians 6:14)What does it mean to fasten on truth?

Ep 79Being Human: A New Orientation
Being Human: Reclaiming our God-given identity. Embracing our God-given design. Fulfilling our God-given purpose.1 Corinthians 6:9-119 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Ep 78To Such Belongs the Kingdom
To such belongs the kingdomMark 10:13-16 13 And they were bringing children to [Jesus] that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

Ep 77Doubt and Faith
John 20:1-18John and Mary both see an empty tomb, but both arrive at different conclusions.How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?What difference does it make?

Ep 76Being Human: Part 5: Holy Sexuality
Being HumanReclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.What is the purpose of sex? Marriage?Genesis 2:18:25

Ep 75Being Human: Embodied
Series Being Human:Reclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part 4: EmbodiedDoes the body matter?What is the significance that human beings have a body?Are we souls with bodies or embodied souls? What difference does it make?Scriptures: Genesis 2:7; Psalm 139; Romans 8:20-24

Ep 74Being Human: Male and Female He Created Them
Being Human: Reclaiming our God-given identity. Embracing our God-given design. Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part 3: Male and Female He Created ThemGenesis 1:26-31Is “gender” a social construct? Should male or female be a matter of personal choice? Are there more than two “genders”?

Ep 73Being Human: Image is Everything
Series: Being HumanReclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part 2: Image is EverythingGenesis 1:26-31What is the significance of the reality that human beings are made in the image of God?What does that even mean?

Ep 72Being Human: The Essence of our identity
Being Human:Reclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part one: The Essence of our identity (More than a feeling)Genesis 1:26-27What does it mean to be human? There are all sorts of different answers, depending on who you ask. *“Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.” – AugustineWe are living in a culture and age where there are conflicting and even harmful answers to the question of what it means to be human, which leads to confusion, conflict and destruction.What does Jesus say?

Ep 70Attempting and Expecting
1 Samuel 14"Attempt great things for God, expect great things from God" - William CareyJonathan is an example of someone who did just that. Why was that? What did he believe about God that enabled him to do that?

Ep 71Lord Willing
13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. (James 4:13-17)

Ep 68Pondering and Treasuring Christmas
Luke 2:15-20

Ep 69The End of Fear
Luke 2:8-12 We overcome fear as we behold Christmas

Ep 67The Unsung Hero
Jeremiah 38Pastor Ian Crooks

Ep 66Advent: The Miracle of Christmas
John 1

Ep 65Advent: Magnificent!
Luke 1:46-55

Ep 64Advent: Leaping for Joy
Luke 1:5-45The pre-born John the Baptist responds to the presence of pre-born Jesus by leaping for joy. How? Why?

Ep 63Encounters with Jesus: The Betrayer
Matthew 26Sober warnings from the life of Judas

Ep 62Advent 2022: Responding to Christmas
Luke 1:26-38Do you have doubts and questions about Christmas and the virgin birth? You are in good company!

Ep 61Encounters with Jesus: The Faith God is Looking for
John 4:46-53The healing of the nobleman's son

Ep 60Encounters with Jesus: Your Sins are Forgiven
Preached on Sunday, October 23, 2022Passage: Mark 2:1-12

Ep 57Encounters with Jesus: Friend of Sinners
Series: Encounters With JesusJesus calls Matthew Mark 2:13-17

Ep 58Encounters with Jesus: Exchanging Treasures
Series: Encounters With JesusJesus meets someone who has it all, but who knows something is missingMark 10:17-27

Ep 59Encounters with Jesus: A Touch of Compassion
Series: Encounters With JesusJesus heals a leperMark 1:40-45

Ep 56Encounters With Jesus: A Life Transformed
Sermon Series: Encounters With Jesus. Scripture: Mark 5:1-20.Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma. Jesus heals a man possessed by demons.

Ep 55Encounters With Jesus: What Really Matters
Sermon Series: Encounters With Jesus.Scripture: Luke 5: 1-11.Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma. Peter, James, and John meet Jesus.

Ep 54Encounters With Jesus: The God You Are Looking For
Sermon Series: Encounters With Jesus. Scripture: John 1: 43-51.Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma.Nathaniel meets Jesus.

Ep 53The 7 Deadly Sins: WRATH
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins. Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-31.Speaker: David Bootsma. Wrath: uncontrolled feelings of anger, rage, and even hatred. It often reveals itself in the wish to seek vengeance.

Ep 52The 7 Deadly Sins: LUST
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins. Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30. Speaker: David Bootsma. Lust: An immoral sexual desire. Objectifying and using someone else to satisfy your sexual desires or pleasure.

Ep 51The 7 Deadly Sins: GREED
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.Scripture: Luke 12:13-21.Speaker: David Bootsma.Greed: An inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially in regards to material wealth.