Pilgrim Church
by Pilgrim Church
If you are new here, we're so glad you found us! We exist to love our city and to invite our neighbours to flourish by rooting our lives in the outrageous love and life of Jesus. Pilgrim Church is located at 6075 Inverness St, Vancouver, BC! We gather for worship on Sundays at 10:30am. Come join us! You are always invited :)Follow us on Instagram @pilgrimyvr, Youtube @pilgrimchurchyvr, and www.pilgrimchurch.ca
Episodes
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Can Chatbots Pray? with Josh Liem
Being Human (in an AI age), Can Chatbots Pray? with Josh LiemMatthew 6:5-13; Romans 8:22-27What makes a prayer a prayer? This Sunday, in our Being Human (in an AI Age) series, we turn to Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Matthew 6 and Paul’s words about the Spirit’s “inexpressible groanings” in Romans...
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Desperate Faith: Lessons from Jesus on Miracles and Healing with guest Darryn Botha
Desperate Faith: Lessons from Jesus on Miracles and Healing with guest Darryn Botha Mark 5:21-43 In Mark 5, we encounter two desperate people: a father whose daughter is dying, and a woman who has suffered for twelve years. Both come to Jesus with seemingly impossible situations—and both…
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Made for Rest with Josh Liem
Made for Rest with Josh Liem Genesis 1:31-2:3; Deuteronomy 5:12-15 In 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by now technology would have us working fifteen hours a week. So why are we busier than ever? This Thanksgiving Sunday, as we continue our series Being Human (in an AI…
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The Vocation of Reconciliation with Josh Liem
The Vocation of Reconciliation with Josh Liem 2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 If a machine can do what you were trained to do, faster and cheaper, what are you here for? This Sunday we turn to 2 Corinthians 5, where Paul answers critics who ranked him as unimpressive, and discover that our first calling…
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Growing Through Giving with Guest Dr Ed Ng
Growing Through Giving with Guest Dr Ed Ng Genesis 1:25-27; 2:7, 20-23 In an age of AI companions and increasingly virtual relationships, what constitutes a "real" relationship? Drawing from Genesis and the Christian understanding of the Trinity, this sermon explores what it means to be made in…
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Can AI Cure Loneliness with Josh Liem
Can AI Cure Loneliness with Josh Liem Genesis 2; John 17 Before sin, death, and the devil, God declared one thing “not good.” This Sunday, we’re in Genesis 2, where neither God, nor solitude, nor every other living creature was suitable for the first human. The earthling needed another like him,...
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Being Human (In the AI Age): Behold the Human with Josh Liem
Behold the Human with Josh Liem Genesis 1:26-28; John 19:5 As artificial intelligence reshapes how we work, connect, and seek answers, what does it mean to be human? We begin our series, Being Human in the AI Age, by exploring humanity’s creation in God’s image and looking to Jesus—the image of…
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The Pharisee and the Tax Collector with Josh Liem
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector with Josh Liem Luke 18:9-14 We close our series on the provocative parables of Jesus with the one about the Pharisee and the Tax collector. And Jesus brilliantly baits the trap with two people to compare while teaching disciples to stop comparing themselves to...
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A New Approach to Uncertainty with Guest Rev. Dave Mohr
A New Approach to Uncertainty with Guest Rev. Dave Mohr John 15:5-11 Life can throw things at us that are so overwhelming they demand a totally different approach. In John 15, Jesus gives His disciples—and us—a radically different way to face uncertainty, difficulty, and everything the world…
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The 5 Brothers with Josh Liem
The 5 Brothers with Josh Liem Luke 16:19-31 This Sunday, we will explore the disturbing parable about a rich man and Lazarus, and the unbridgeable chasm between Hades and paradise. Is this a map of the afterlife, or about the people right in front of us? For reflection & discussion: Who is the...
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The Shrewd Manager with Josh Liem
Provocative Parables of Jesus, The Shrewd Manager with Josh Liem Luke 16:1-8 This week, we take on what scholars would call a notoriously difficult parable. Why would Jesus tell a story of a boss commending an embezzler? For reflection & discussion: Have you listened or learned from a person…
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The Rich Fool with Josh Liem
Provocative Parables of Jesus, The Rich Fool with Josh Liem Luke 12:13-34 How much is too much? What is wealth for? This Sunday, we’ll sit with the parable of the Rich Fool and his barns— the only parable where God is a character. For reflection & discussion: Has God interrupted your soliloquy?…
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Extra Virgin Oil with Guest Rev Raymond Seetoh
Extra Virgin Oil with guest Rev Raymond Seetoh Matthew 25: 1- 13 Pitch-black shores, extra virgin oil, and an unexpected call. What does it take to stay ready when God’s timing takes longer than expected? Find out this Sunday with Pastor Raymond as we unpack Matthew 25! Rev Raymond Seetoh grew up...
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An Answer to Job with Guest Dr. Isabelle Hamley
An Answer to Job with Guest Dr. Isabelle Hamley Job 1 (NRSVUE) What do we expect to find in the whirlwind? Join us to explore the book of Job, and the story of a man who finds that God is much more than he had ever imagined - and learns to live with himself in the process. Dr. Isabelle Hamley is…
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Provocative Parables of Jesus, Susanna with Josh Liem
Provocative Parables of Jesus, Susanna with Josh Liem Luke 8:1-15, 18 Jesus explains the parable of the Soil and the Sower, line by line, and his disciples didn’t get it. What if we’ve misread this parable too? Join us as we explore what it means to truly listen to the Word of God. For reflection…
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Provocative Parables of Jesus, The Good Enemy with Josh Liem
The Good Enemy with Josh Liem Luke 10:25-37 This summer, we’ll sit with the parables of Jesus without settling for easy interpretations. And we’ll start with the most famous and domesticated one. Have you mastered the parable of the Good Samaritan? Is that a trick question? For reflection &...
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The Necessity of Lament in Troubled Times With Guest Soong-Chan Rah
The Necessity of Lament in Troubled Times With Guest Soong-Chan Rah Lamentations1:1-3 Soong-Chan Rah is the Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism and Church Renewal at Fuller Theological Seminary. He holds a ThD from Duke Divinity School, with a primary field of study in theology and ethics,...
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The Slow Harvest With Josh Liem
The Slow Harvest With Josh Liem Galatians 6:1-18 We are wrapping up our Galatians series this Sunday! After five chapters of fighting for the gospel, Paul gets practical: carry each other, give generously, and don't grow weary in doing good, even when the harvest is slow, even delayed to the...
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Christ or Cannibalism? With Josh Liem
Christ or Cannibalism? With Josh Liem Galatians 5:1-26 Something was tearing the church apart, and Paul had to intervene. This Sunday, we’re in Galatians 5, and Paul has some of the most shocking lines in the New Testament here. But he also paints a beautiful picture of true flourishing. Come and...
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Christ Formed in You with Josh Liem
Christ Formed in You with Josh Liem Galatians 4:8–5:1 Who is forming you into the person you're becoming? Paul pleads with the Galatians not merely to believe the right things, but to resist voices that would shape them into something less than Christ. At the center of his anguish is one great...
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What Are You Wearing? with Guest Darren Lof
What Are You Wearing? with guest Darren Lof Galatians 3:23-4:7 People often use clothing to communicate identity, status, occupation, or belonging. What you wear can often say who you are or what you are aligned with. In Galatians 3:23-4:7, Paul uses a clothing metaphor to challenge believers to...
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Clothed With Christ with Josh Liem
Clothed With Christ with Josh Liem Galatians 3 This Sunday in Galatians 3, Paul pulls us through the whole biblical story— from a garden, to Abraham, to Moses and the Law, to the cross and an empty tomb, and Pentecost— to answer one question: how does a fractured world become one family? For...
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Hot and Cold with Guest Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart
Galatians: Life in the Spirit, Hot and Cold with Guest Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart Galatians 2:11-21 We all know the swing between great days and not‑so‑great ones, whether at work, on the golf course, or in our relationships. This Sunday is Pentecost—the birth of the church and one of Peter’s…
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Destructive Zeal and Redemption with Josh Liem
Destructive Zeal and Redemption with Josh Liem Galatians 1:11-2:10 This Sunday, we continue our Life in the Spirit series in Galatians 1:11–2:10, where the Apostle Paul tells us his own story — the embarrassing parts and all. We'll see how Paul's shameful chapter became the very credential of his...
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Galatians: Life in the Spirit with Joshua Liem
Galatians: Life in the Spirit with Joshua Liem The Gospel Galatians 1:1-10 This Sunday we start Life in the Spirit, an eight-week journey through Paul's letter to the Galatians. Paul writes with shocking urgency to a young church drifting toward a counterfeit gospel — and his words still cut...
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Q&R Brunch Potluck with Josh, our new Lead Pastor
Q&R Brunch Potluck with Josh, our new Lead Pastor Moderated by Paul Sue This Sunday we're hosting a brunch potluck + Q&R. Bring your favourite brunch dish and a question — whatever's been sitting in the back of your mind. About a sermon, about Pilgrim, about theology, about the transition, about...
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Centered-Set Church with Joshua Liem
Centered-Set Church with Joshua Liem Luke 15 What are we aiming for as a church? This Sunday, we will set up our next sermon series in Galatians by re-reading the parable of the Prodigal Son and asking: what does this story reveal about the journey of repentance towards God at the center of life?...
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The Generosity of the Good Shepherd with Guest Dr. Sean Wood
The Generosity of the Good Shepherd with Guest Dr. Sean Wood John 10:1-8 In a world where leaders often take, Jesus reveals a Shepherd who gives. In John 10, Jesus describes a radically different kind of leadership. It is marked not by power or control, but by sacrificial love. The Good Shepherd...
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God’s Command to Party with Joshua Liem
God’s Command to Party with Joshua Liem Exodus 34 After the golden calf, Israel's greatest failure, God does something no one expects. He doesn't tighten the rules. He throws a feast. (Three of them, actually!) This week, as we close our Exodus series, we explore why God's answer to anxiety,...
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The Problem of the Heart with Joshua Liem
The Problem of the Heart with Joshua Liem John 10:9-18 What if we could live forever? Is a world without death paradise, or would that just be a world where the worst of humanity would have more time to do whatever they want? This Easter Sunday, we explore what Jesus meant when he said he came to...
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The Golden Calf with Guest John Hau
The Golden Calf with Guest John Hau Exodus 32 John Hau is the lead pastor at Reality Church in Vancouver — a community centered on the person, life, gospel, and hope of Jesus. John is a father of three and is married to his wife, Sarah. John loves to be active and enjoys reading, biking, and...
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God’s Solution for Tough Times with Guest Bronwyn Spilsbury
God’s Solution for Tough Times with Guest Bronwyn Spilsbury Exodus 31:1-11 The people of Israel were in a season of change, when everything familiar vanished and they had to find a new pattern of life. God provided a plan, a person, and the power for wonder, worship, and a way forward in...
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Slavery, Retaliation, Death Penalties, and Enemy Love with Joshua Liem
Slavery, Retaliation, Death Penalties, and Enemy Love with Joshua Liem Exodus 20:22-23:19 This Sunday we begin exploring the Covenant Law Code in Exodus 20-23: the messy, controversial, and surprisingly beautiful laws that follow the Ten Commandments. We'll wrestle with what the Bible actually…
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Ten Words with Joshua Liem
Ten Words with Joshua Liem Exodus 20 This Sunday we're diving into the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20. These are a portrait of God's character, given to a people he'd already rescued, meant to be meditated on and embodied in everyday life. We'll explore what these ancient words reveal about who…
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Of Blood and Covenants with Josh Liem
Of Blood and Covenants with Josh Liem Exodus 19-24 This Sunday we're in Exodus 19-24: the story of God entering into a covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai. Like a wedding, it has vows, promises, and a feast; but, perhaps differently from a modern wedding, blood. We'll trace the arc from Sinai to...
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Jethro, Moses, and the Mission of God with Josh Liem
Jethro, Moses, and the Mission of God with Josh Liem Exodus 18 Who gets included into the family of God? This baptism Sunday, we explore Exodus 18: the story of Jethro’s conversion and advice to Moses. Discover what he has to teach us about leadership, delegation, and how God’s truth can come…
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From a Promise Comes a People with Guest Rebecca Thornber
From a Promise Comes a People with Guest Rebecca Thornber Exodus 13:17-15:21 Moses said to the people of Israel in Exodus 14:13: “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance of the Lord.” Why was this message important for the Israelites as they left Egypt? How might it be...
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The Passover with Guest Dr. George Guthrie
The Passover with Guest Dr. George Guthrie Exodus 12:1-14 One of the most important stories in the Grand Story of Scripture, the Passover speaks to us about key moments of orientation in life, our need for liberation from the things that enslave us, and the need for ongoing celebration of the…
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A Tyrant’s Heart and a Nation’s Fate with Guest Daniel Melvill Jones
A Tyrant’s Heart and a Nation’s Fate with Guest Daniel Melvill Jones Exodus 7-10 What happens when a leader believes the land, the water, and the people belong to him? In the Exodus story, a single hardened heart brings the undoing of creation and suffering for all who depend on it. Watch how God...
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Delayed Deliverance - Bricks without straw with Jessica Chan
Delayed Deliverance - Bricks without straw with Jessica Chan Exodus 5-7:6 When we catch a glimmer of hope in Jesus, how do we keep it from being snuffed out? Lets reflect on the three things God said to Moses in his doubt: I am Yahweh, I know I made a promise to you, and I have heard your complaint.
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Escaping Pharaoh’ Grind: Freedom for Faithfulness with Josh Liem
Escaping Pharaoh’ Grind: Freedom for Faithfulness with Josh Liem Exodus 1-4 We’re beginning a new sermon series in the book of Exodus: a story of deliverance, power, and formation that shaped Jesus’ own vision of God’s kingdom. Exodus invites us to ask not only what we long to be freed from, but...
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A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope with Guest Dr. Mark Glanville
A Whisper in Herod’s Winter: Christmas as Clandestine Hope with Guest Dr. Mark Glanville Matthew 2:1-12 As we journey through the Christmas season and anticipate Epiphany, we will spend time with the Magi in Matthew chapter 2. We will ask: what is the emotion, the tone of Christmas, in the…
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Revealing Our Hidden Idols with Felix Chan
Revealing Our Hidden Idols with Felix Chan Matthew 4:1-11 This week we’ll close the year by looking at Jesus’ testing in the wilderness and how it exposes the idols we often carry - performance, approval, and control. Through Scripture and story, we’ll reflect honestly on the past year and…
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Christmas Eve - Meditation with Josh Liem
Christmas Eve - Meditation with Josh Liem Christmas Eve service was Wednesday, December 24th from 5:30-6:30pm. This was a combined service with Zion, and was an evening service of carols, candles, community, and the Christmas story.
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The God Who Enters the Dark with Josh Liem
The God Who Enters the Dark with Josh Liem Psalm 80, Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 On the longest night of the year, the final Sunday of Advent invites us to stop running from the darkness and to sit in it, with our doubts, fears, and longing. The ancient cry of Psalm 80, "Restore us, O Lord,"...
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy with Joshua Liem
Tidings of Comfort and Joy with Joshua Liem Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11, James 5:7-10 Gaudete Sunday invites us into the strange Advent tension of joy in the midst of darkness. We will explore how Scripture teaches us to find joy not by escaping suffering but by paying attention: to creation...
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Q&R Sunday with Pastor Josh, Jess, and AI Jesus
Q&R Sunday with Pastor Josh, Jess, and AI Jesus Join us for a special Q&R (Questions & Responses) this Sunday during our regular service times! Our two pastors will be joined by a special guest — an AI chatbot — for a lively and thoughtful conversation about faith, life, and your big questions....
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The Word That Changed the World with Guest Dave Mohr, BCBA Executive Minister
The Word That Changed the World with Guest Dave Mohr, BCBA Executive Minister Luke 2:8-14 In the middle of fear, chaos, and the unknown, heaven delivered a single word to the world: peace. But what did that word truly mean then - and what does it mean for us now? Whether rediscovering, or...
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You’re Invited!... to Stand Together with Joshua Liem
You’re Invited!... to Stand Together with Joshua Liem Ephesians 6:10-24 We're wrapping up Ephesians with Paul's famous "armour of God" passage. Teaser: this isn't about simply your personal spiritual protection or mobilizing for culture wars, but rather a source of meditation for growing your...
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You’re Invited!.. To Walk in Wisdom with Joshua Liem
You’re Invited!.. To Walk in Wisdom with Joshua Liem Ephesians 5:15-6:9 This Sunday, we're tackling one of Paul's most controversial and misinterpreted texts: the household codes in Ephesians 5-6. We'll explore how this ancient wisdom literature was actually radical for its time, why context...
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If you are new here, we're so glad you found us! We exist to love our city and to invite our neighbours to flourish by rooting our lives in the outrageous love and life of Jesus. Pilgrim Church is located at 6075 Inverness St, Vancouver, BC! We gather for worship on Sundays at 10:30am. Come join us! You are always invited :)Follow us on Instagram @pilgrimyvr, Youtube @pilgrimchurchyvr, and www.pilgrimchurch.ca
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