Episodes
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#57 - Rebecca's journey - Rebecca and Stan
We're back from a long hiatus with a return guest, Rebecca Nordquist! And not only that, original co-host and Word with God founder, Stan Starkey as well. Here we an update on Rebecca's journey and a conversation about her work with mental health
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#56 - Colombia Missions Trip - Nathan, Dusty, Jeff, and Parker
Today we're joined by Nathan, Dusty, Parker, and Jeff to talk about their trip to Colombia to work at the Fundacion para un Mundo Mejor. We've been looking for an opportunity for the team to share what they got up to but between the building project and everything else that has been going on, we...
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#55 - Retirement from "Ministry" - Stan Starkey
Hey everyone, Stan is back! If you've missed hearing his voice it's because, as you may have guessed from the title, retired. He was on a tight schedule but we were able to get in a great update on what his life has been looking like since stepping down from his lead pastor position, and what God...
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#54 - Conversing with Colombians - Ricardo and Maritza
This week I’m going back to something I had been working through earlier, which is getting all our elders to share their stories with us. We have Ricardo and his wife Maritza with us. They share their testimonies about how they came to faith in their home country of Colombia, how life there...
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#53 - Finding the Messiah in the Festivals - Tim Heikoop
This episode featured Tim Heikoop, who works with Return Ministries, which helps Jewish people return to Israel. Tim recently spoke at Verity at Easter time and shared the Messianic connections in Passover that most Christians are completely unaware of. Here we speak about his story, how he came…
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#52 - Samir and the Good news for Afghanistan
This episode of the podcast is with my friend Samir, the founder of Lumens of Truth. Lumens of Truth exists to help Afghans know Jesus, grow in Jesus, and serve Jesus. They do this by evangelizing through their social media ministry, discipleship, home church, production of worship songs, and...
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#51 - My Grief Observed p.3
Well this will be the final part of sharing my experience with mom's passing, about 1.5 years later. I'm sure I will mention it a lot or call back to moments in future podcasts, but all in all, at least as far as I can foretell, I've said everything I can on the matter. I miss you and love you mom.
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#50 - My Grief Observed p.2
Here is the second part of me wrestling with mom's passing. This time after she passed. It was the second time recording this, as the first didn't work, so it helped to be able to keep my emotions in check. Again, maybe this is more for me, but maybe it might help someone else out there.
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#49 - My Grief Observed - p. 1
As many of you know my mom passed away after a long battle with ovarian cancer on June 10, 2022. On the day we found out she was going to be transferred to hospice, I was on my way to record a podcast with Stan. Instead the following conversation occurred. After this I decided to record my…
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#48 - Martyrdom series - What happened to John?
Just like we did for Peter and Paul earlier, this time we are looking at the historicity of the martyrdom of John. The traditional Christian belief is that he was exiled on the island of Patmos, but there are stories of him being martyred for his faith. Is this true or later legend? I'm covering...
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#47 - Mark, the wise young man
I realize that the episode title might make you think we're talking with John Mark, the gospel writer, but alas, he was not available. Fortunately, we have this talk with another one of our elders. I've known Mark now for about 15 years or so. He used to be the guy cleaning up campus. Then he...
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#46 - Dave Thomson, story teller
This week we're on with Dave Thomson, an elder at Verity Church. What was his come to Jesus moment? How did he meet his wife? How did he end up at Verity? All these questions and more are answered here.
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#45 - What every man needs to know about marriage - Ross Gilbert - live episode
Any of you men have questions about marriage? How about any of you women want to know what the men were listening to during the men's breakfast? Ross Gilbert was here at Verity church to share his expertise on marriage, and you now get to hear the conversation that we had and hopefully get to…
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#44 - Two Wisemen... or Wisemans - Steve and Rachel
It turns out that Steve and Rachel have been members of our church forever. They were there when I came to Evangel (our old name and location), and it turns out they were there for about 20 years before that as well! Steve was one of the first elders at the church and Rachel has been involved in...
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#43 - Martyrdom series - What happened to Paul?
Just like we did for Peter earlier, this time we are looking at the historicity of the martyrdom of Paul. The traditional Christian belief is that he was beheaded in Rome under Nero. Is this true or later legend? How does milk fit into it? We cover all of this and more, using Sean McDowell's "The...
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#42 - Martyrdom series - What happened to Peter?
I'm starting a new series that I will update semi regularly on the martyrdoms of the Apostles. This episode will be focused on Peter and the historicity of his crucifixion. I had been reading Sean McDowell's book "the fate of the Apostles" and realized I could take some of this information and...
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#41 - Colombia Missions Team
Well this is definitely our biggest one so far! We've got Ricardo and Maritza, Dusty and Nathan, Dan and Seth, and Matt too. All these guys were recently in Colombia fulfilling Verity Church's Colombia project of building 2 homes for families in need and ministering to the people there. You don't...
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#40 - Child Sexual Abuse - Dave
Warning, this episode contains frank and at times explicit discussion of experiences of sexual abuse of a minor and is most suitable to adults. Dave joined us this week to discuss the abuse he faced at the hands of someone who should have been there to protect him, his father. He discusses not…
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#39 - Story tellers extraordinaire - Dan and Anne Marie round 2
Dan and Anne Marie are back and this was an incredible conversation to be a part of. Story after story was told of their missions work in Mexico and how they ended up there, where they almost went instead, and as you'll see, it definitely looks like they are going to need to come back for part 3....
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#38 - Faith in the line of duty - Jeff Saunders live
We recently had our first ever live podcast recording and it was with Sgt. Jeff Saunders. He is a police officer and a Christian. He shared with us about his story, coming to faith, romance, and what it is like to have faith in a world where you are constantly faced with its seedy underbelly....
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#37 - Easter - death, resurrection, and some stories
Santos is back to talk about Easter with me. We start off talking about our experiences with Easter growing up and then move on to the Easter story. We read through the Gospel accounts and respond to the things that we find interesting or the questions that arise. Time started to become an issue…
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#36 - Dr. Neil Cudney and Emmanuel Bible College
I spoke with Dr. Neil Cudney who serves as the current President of Emmanuel Bible College. Neil came into this position during the pandemic and as you can imagine, it hasn't exactly been an easy to time to serve. He shares his testimony, what has been happening at EBC since stepping onboard, and…
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#35 - Kim Cook is back!
Kim is back from Guyana and has some great stories to update us on about what is happening down there. The main focus of our conversation is about a racial reconciliation ministry that she is taking part in. We also talk about passing on the baton of leadership, the struggles of that and what it...
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#34 - Along came the youth pastor - Matt
Matt is a new but much loved member at Verity, and he is stepping into the youth pastor role that we have been sorely lacking. We get to hear his testimony and how he ended up where he is. We had a great time talking with him and I hope you enjoy listening as much as we had recording this. Also…
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#33 - Who knew she spoke Portuguese? - Sandra
Sandra was a missionary to Brazil for 20 years and has served in different ministry positions in Canada. She is now a chaplain and a key member of Verity church, helping head up our missions team.
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#32 - The Mythology of Christmas
How many shepherds were at the birth of Christ? How many wise men? Were there any wise men? Where was Jesus born? In a stable, a cave, or a house? Why do we celebrate on December 25th? Hopefully some of these questions will be answered for you on the Christmas edition of the Word with God…
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#31 - Marriage Story - Clare and Halima
Everyone who has been listening along will have heard Clare on the podcast before, but this time his wife Halima is here to join us. We hear both of their testimonies, and the story of them meeting in Nigeria and then coming back to Canada and all sorts of interesting things.
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#30 - More sickness than health - Linda
Brought my mom in for this one! She has been battling ovarian cancer for the last 7 years. She tells us her testimony, some of which was new for me, and talks about her struggles with this illness and all the following complications, and her faith during this time. We had some audio issues with...
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#29 - Culturally homeless - Dan and Anne-Marie P.1
The Chapples are another pair of missionaries to Mexico. Both of them were raised in the mission field in Ecuador and there was enough story there that we only made it up through their lives to their marriage. So treat this as part one, as we will be sure to have them back soon to talk about Mexico.
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#28 - Out of Islam - Shahed and Marie
For their safety we aren't able to say much, but these two missionaries were raised in an Islamic country in the Middle East and found Jesus, which turned their lives upside down. These are two people who have really understood what it means to take up their own cross and follow Jesus.
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#27 - This is a lifelong journey - Bethia Lee
Bethia was born in Nigeria, moved back to Canada, ministered on Indigenous reserves, worked in America, and much more.
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#26 - The Ministry Pivot - Steve V
Here we talk with my great friend Steve about changing direction from typical "full time" ministry to another field. What challenges that take place and what there is to look forward to.
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#25 - Christianity in Art - Les Misérables
I recently rewatched Les Misérables and thought that there is so much here in this story to talk about from a Christian perspective. I find this is very lacking in modern art so I broke down the songs into the parts that I thought were most important from our perspective. Huge spoilers ahead, so…
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#24 - What's going on at the pregnancy centre? - Ariel
Last time Ariel was on with us to speak about her experience of going through an abortion. We catch up with her now and she has started a job working with the pregnancy centre in Brantford. She tells us about what the women who come into the centre looking for advice are facing.
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#23 - Missionary to the jungle - Kim Cook
Kim Cook is a missionary to Guyana. Here she tells us her story of what might happen when you tell God you don't want to be a missionary, and the adventure of a lifetime that it leads to. She works with YWAM and is currently heading up one of their bases in Guyana. https://ywamguyana.org/
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#22 - Out of the Darkness - Steve Prendergast
Steve was a wild man, and he still is, but now he directs that energy for the Kingdom. Listen to his inspiring story from 20 years of atheism and substance addiction to having his life turned upside down by God. A short video Teen Challenge produced about Steve…
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#21 - Creation and subcreation in Tolkien
Treading into new territory with this one. It might dip it's feet a little too deeply into the well of nerdom, but there is still some life application here to be learned. Tolkien believed that we were all called to be sub creators, whereas God is the creator. Here I explore this idea in his...
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#20 - Colombia trip
Not a normal episode, but just myself babbling on about my trip to Colombia. I know some friends are interested in hearing about it so I thought why not do a recording while I'm stuck in quarantine with nothing to productive to do.
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#19 - Heaven is for real... right? - Clare Fuller
Verity's resident church historian is back with us again to talk about Heaven, or Heaven and the New Earth, or, well, that final place we are going to end up I suppose. Really nothing to do with church history come to think of it. Maybe how the church has interpreted Heaven throughout the ages....
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#18 - From prison to a refugee camp to Canada; nobody said being a Christian would be easy - Samson
Samson and his family have been members of our church for the past 10 years. Here he recounts his journey to faith and the obstacles that he has had to overcome. After listening to his story, I have been reminded to be more grateful for the life I have here in Canada and how many of what we...
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AWWG - Update message/testing 123
I'm trying my hand at doing a solo episode here. Well it's not really an episode. It's an update about what is going on/testing a new recording app. Please let me know if there is anyone you want to see on the show, someone you want to see back, or topics you would like to see covered. I should...
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#17 From a refugee camp to ministering in Canada - Santos
We sit down with Santos this week. Santos was born in El Savidor but most of his early memories are from a refugee camp in Honduras, where his family fled to during the civil war. He arrived in Canada as a young boy and now is a minister of the Gospel. His story is one of hope and gratitude.
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#16 Mormonism and Mental Health - Rebecca
Today we're with Rebecca and hear her story of growing up in a difficult home, joining and leaving Mormonism, and her battles with mental health.
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#15 Faith in Action - Ivan and Donna Preston
Ivan and Donna are with us today to share their story of serving God. They have served in Toronto, Oakville, Mexico, and now in Kitchener. Theirs is a story of God's provision. I couldn't fit all of Donna's miracle list below, but here are some of them: Miracles in relation to building of…
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#14 American Gospel - Prosperity and other false Gospels
Stan and I talk about health and wealth movements and the documentary "American Gospel."
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#13 Word with God Podcast - Missionary to the forgotten tribe, Jim Stanley
Jim Stanley was a missionary in Senegal for 50 years to a tribe ignored by the majority of the population. He and his wife were told by many not to go and were not given support, but it appears God had a different plan. We had a few disagreements, but I'm sure you will find Jim's story of…
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Sermon - Kerry - A Purposeful Life - Verity Church Service August 30, 2020
Kerry bounces off a TED talk (found here https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10160548823870652) about how we have what the world is looking for. If you're struggling to find meaning in life, we have the answers.
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#12 Word with God podcast - the New Kid on the Block
We get together with Verity's new associate pastor Nathan Weber. We asking him probing questions about how he ended up here, his story, and why his last name is pronounced Webber instead of Weber.
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Sermon - Unity in Division - Kerry - 28/06/2020
This week Kerry brings a message on the division in our society and in the church that has been troubling him and the call to be united.
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#11 Word with God Podcast - the loss of Ravi Zacharias
*This episode was recorded before we knew about all the allegations against Ravi and their confirmation. If anything this is now an interesting time capsule of how time and information changes perspective. Because of some technical difficulties this episode about the loss of apologetics master…
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