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ReNew Ames Messages
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ReNew Community: Following Jesus to renew lives that renew the world.UP with God, IN with one another, OUT in service.
Episodes
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October 4, 2026 "The Divine Invites More"
The parable of the wedding banquet. This is the third parable Jesus tells to protest/critique his own religious tradition, or possibly all religious traditions. Here we enter into the wedding banquet parable. The invitation goes out, but the guests refuse to show up. I imagine the king was pretty...
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September 27, 2026 "What Fruit Are We Producing?"
Another vineyard story - here we go! Triumphal entry. Peaceful protest against Roman Empire and the religious establishment. Religious leaders are piiiiiissed. "Who do you think you are? Where did you get your authority?" they ask. Jesus is all - the tax collectors and prostitutes are in better...
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September 20, 2026 "Being People Who Change Our Minds"
Jesus is challenged by the authorities, "Who do you think you are? By what authority are you doing these things?" What things is Jesus doing? I'll give some background: it's the Monday of Holy Week. He's led a protest parade. Exciting! Crowds love it. Then he goes into the temple and clears…
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September 13, 2026 "Forgiveness: Release A Debt"
Forgiveness is central to the message of Jesus, but Peter wants to know how much forgiveness that is. Is there a limit to grace? Jesus says, "Seventy-seven times." Or, seventy times seven times, depending on how you want to translate the ambiguous language of Jesus. Then Jesus tells the story…
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September 6, 2026 "The Sage And The Son Return"
This is the third in our series The Sage and The Son, where Aaron and Tony sit down to discuss topics of theology, social justice, and where they see the American Church heading (and where they hope it will go). Speaker: Aaron Vis and Tony Vis
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August 30, 2026 "We Must Not Pretend To Love"
Paul says these things are good and right and true and beautiful. They sound simple...until we try to do them. The church in Rome was the location this letter was headed, and Paul was writing to a deeply divided church. So where are we in the letter? We're about three quarters of the way through....
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August 23, 2026 "Compassion As Resistance"
This is the story of the beginning of the book of Exodus. It is one of our primal stories, a foundational one. So first, let's walk slowly through a retelling of the story and I'll comment along the way. Pharaoh has all the power. Yet he's afraid of people who have no power. He does what fearful...
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August 16, 2026 "Asking For A Miracle"
This is the story of the Canaanite woman asking for healing for her daughter. Okay, so this is another story, along with the version found in Mark, that I've preached several times. Here, we have yet another angle. The world is starving for good news these days. It seems like every corner we look...
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August 9, 2026 "Notice Jesus"
Here's the story of Jesus walking on water, but from a different angle than usual! There's an interesting relationship that Christianity has had with fear, especially over the last 50-100 years, maybe even longer. Don't know what to call it. Buff Christianity? No Fear Christianity? Instead of...
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August 2, 2026 "Our Debts Forgiven"
Speaker: Bev Modlin Scripture: Luke 7:36-50 http://bible.com/events/49645386
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July 26, 2026 "The Wheat and The Weeds"
Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. Honestly? I kinda hate this parable. So we'll see what we can do. All of us have this sense of justice in our bones; we know right and wrong, and when something's wrong, we want to rush to make it right. We want the bad guys to get what they deserve and we want...
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July 19, 2026 "God Is Always With Us"
Speaker: Alexia Hanson Scripture: Haggai 1:1-15 http://bible.com/events/49639260
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July 12, 2026 "Everyone Is Invited"
We're starting off here by talking about how many of us have this little voice inside our heads that asks the question: Am I enough? It sometimes gets louder after we've made a mess of things...and we've all made a mess of things. Since we all live with that voice I want us to sit with Paul's...
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July 5, 2026 "The Sage And The Son Pt. 2"
Speakers: Aaron Vis and Tony Vis In part two of The Sage And The Son, Tony and Aaron answer more of the submitted questions from back in May.
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June 28, 2026 "My Yoke Is Easy"
Again, kind of an odd little episode in the life of Jesus. To what shall I compare this generation. Then he tells a weird little story about children playing in the marketplace, and doesn't really explain it, which leaves room for us to play and figure it out. Here's the gist: the people have...
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June 21, 2026 "Worth More Than Many Sparrows"
We're going to start off talking about Christian coffee mugs. Have you noticed that most that fit this criterion are pretty specific types of Bible verses? Yeah, there are definitely some passages that don't end up on a mug, or a t-shirt. Like the passage we're reading today. Some of the things...
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June 14, 2026 "I Was Blind, But Now I See!"
Speaker: Bev Modlin Scripture: John 9:1-41 https://www.bible.com/events/49623691
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June 7, 2026 "Leaving The Comfort Of Our Booths"
Today we're slowly walking through the calling of Matthew. Jesus saw Matthew at the tax collector's booth; we have to understand some of tax collector culture to grasp why Matthew would have had a negative reputation amongst his people. He's basically an IRS agent working in collaboration with…
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May 31, 2026 "What Fellowship Looks Like"
It's Trinity Sunday! We're starting off with a VERY brief history lesson with an introduction to the Nicene Creed. Yes, I'm even going to quote from the creed. We're going old school. The creed clearly clears things up. Yeah, no. We all still have questions. All of these analogies seem to fall...
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May 24, 2026 "The Sage And Son"
In this second iteration of Aaron and Tony chatting about faith and living a life that reflects Jesus, folks submitted questions and they answered them, mostly off the cuff. There are still more questions that didn't get answered this time around, so be on the lookout for another Sunday like this...
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May 17, 2026 "Redefining Our Idea Of Glory"
We continue on in the Farewell Discourses. This time, we finish with the prayer Jesus prays at the end of his long, difficult discussion with his disciples, before he says goodbye. We'll begin by remembering, again, the context. It's remarkable that Jesus intercedes with the Father on our behalf.…
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May 10, 2026 "Love Is The Strategy"
If you love me, you will obey my commandments. We often hear this and we think of a rule book. We think obligation. We think the worst of religion. Most of us grew up hearing these words. But what did Jesus mean? If we flip back a chapter, John tells us. "I give you a new commandment - as I have...
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May 3, 2026 "Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled"
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Jesus has just told his followers that he's leaving and that they can't come with him. Their world is unravelling, it feels like the ground is shifting underneath their feet. Yeah, we know what that's like. Emotionally, culturally, and spiritually. Look at the...
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April 26, 2026 "Are We Alert To The Ordinary?"
Speaker: Suzanne Vogel Scripture: Matthew 8:1-17 http://bible.com/events/49600674
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April 19, 2026 "Walking Slowly Towards Realizations"
This week, we're talking about the Road to Emmaus story. Again, we're gonna walk slowly through the story. We pick up where the last one ended. The two disciples are walking, talking about what had happened. Seems like they're just as confused and perplexed as the women and Peter. They're…
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April 12, 2026 "Healing And Wholeness"
*Please note that, for the sake of an audio medium, this Sunday's message has been edited down to remove the minutes of no talking while folks participated in the workshop at their tables. To see Sarah's slides and examples of the practices she detailed here, see the video on our YouTube channel,...
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Easter Sunday April 5, 2026 "Peace Will Rule The Day"
It's Easter Sunday. I'll start off by talking about how it's very early in the morning. It's the in-between time - the time when one thing has come to an end but the next thing hasn't fully begun. They bring spices to anoint the body, because that's what you do. This is where we're breaking down...
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March 29, 2026 "This Story Goes Beyond Suffering"
Not a traditional sermon. No main ideas, no three points and a poem. Just a retelling of the story with some comments and questions. I'll give you just a few of the highlights. What if Judas isn't a monster? What if he's a mirror? How often do we trade what's really important in this life for...
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March 22, 2026 "If We Put In Some Effort"
Let's start off by talking about how reality works. You eat right, you exercise, you get stronger and healthy. When you don't, well, you kinda go backwards. This is like what Paul is explaining here. He talks about sharing in Christ's suffering and then sharing in his glory. (Glory here is not...
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March 15, 2026 "But God Looks At The Heart"
All nations have mythic stories about the first great leaders. Let's think for a moment about George Washington, with this story that we grow up hearing about him chopping down that cherry tree and then owning up to it. "I cannot tell a lie." Truth or myth, we hold onto the story as a picture of...
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March 8, 2026 "The Sign Is Never The Point"
Jesus heals a blind man. We'll begin by talking about miracles. John's favorite thing to call a miracle is a sign. Signs are always pointing beyond themselves. The sign is never the point. So here we're retelling the story. Everyone in it is preoccupied with the sign (the blind man can see!). The...
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March 1, 2026 "A Life Of Transformation"
We're starting by talking a little about Billy Sunday. For people who were here in 2020 for the first version of this sermon, they might remember this. So to keep setting us up here, Jesus met Nicodemus in the middle of the night, which gives us John 3:16 - the verse everyone quotes and loves.…
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February 22, 2026 "The Current Our Lives Create"
Yeah, Romans. We don't actually land here too often at ReNew. We'll start with One. Because that's where Paul starts. One moment. One decision. One human being. Adam. Through one, sin enters, fracture enters, death enters. From one to many. So it seems like we're not talking about personal…
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February 15, 2026 "Living Life Well"
This is a special, different kind of conversation. Most of you know and love Tony, Aaron's dad, and have been blessed by his ministry and friendship and love. Aaron sat down with Tony to talk about end of life and hospice, and how their family is working together to process and prepare for death....
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February 8, 2026 "All Eyes On Jesus"
Speaker: Suzanne Vogel Scripture: Matthew 5:17-48 http://bible.com/events/49559836
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February 1, 2026 "Blessed Are Those Who Seek Justice For All"
We're dealing with the second half of the Beatitudes today. First a brief recap of where we were last week, and then jumping right into the rest of it. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. This is not at all how the world works. But when mercy is shown, it has the power to...
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January 25, 2026 "Blessed Are Those Who Mourn"
Continuing on after Jesus started doing his thing around Galilee. The crowds gathered around Jesus. These people were hurting - they were the "least of these," as Jesus says in other places. He looks at this crowd and says they are blessed. We'll talk about what that word "blessed" means - and...
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January 18, 2026 "It's Not Too Late To Repent"
We're going to do it again. We'll walk slowly through the story and see what happens. Jesus leaves Nazareth. He leaves home. Why would he leave his home and his family? Well, Matthew tells us at the beginning. He heard that John was in prison. John was a peaceful protestor out in the wilderness...
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January 11, 2026 "What Are You Looking For?"
This sermon is a little different. For about the first half we're simply going to walk slowly through the story and notice some things. My hope is this will give us all some practice in reading scripture. So let's talk about a theme that pops: Looking. Other way to say this: Seeing and finding.…
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January 4, 2026 "We Start Out As Beloved"
Since we're talking about the baptism of Jesus, we'll start by thinking about the importance of water. After that, we'll talk about how our spiritual ancestors also recognized the value of water. Turns out, they were pretty smart. The image of water is all over the place in the scriptures, from…
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Christmas Eve Service 2025 "None Of It Matters Without Love"
Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year. It's wonderful because Christmas brings us all kinds of things. Gifts, goodies, time with friends and family, great lights and decorations, the list goes on. But most of all, I think, Christmas brings us love. This story really is all about...
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December 21, 2025 "The Outward Call of God"
Christmas decorations make us see the world differently, through the eyes of children. During Advent, the stories we read in the Bible invite us into a new way of seeing as well. Today we are talking about the stories of Mary (in Luke) and Joseph (in Matthew). The inward vision of Mary: she...
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December 14, 2025 "Building Something Good Together"
So, John the Baptist in the Wilderness. Why do we do Advent in the wilderness? Well, maybe there's some deep thinking here about the nature of power. The Word of God comes to John in the wilderness. Luke gives us a long sentence about all the people in power; yet, the word comes to the one…
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December 7, 2025 "A Thrill Of Hope"
Speaker: Christa Mooi Scripture: Luke 2:8-16 http://bible.com/events/49533308
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November 23, 2025 "Gratitude Is Learned"
We're goin' Thanksgiving Mode on Sunday - gettin' into the gratitude groove. The words - thanks, thanksgiving, grateful, and gratitude - aren't in this psalm. But you can hear the word, the idea resonating underneath this entire psalm. It's an acrostic; each new line begins with the next letter…
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November 16, 2025 "We Belong To Truth"
This is the part where Jesus gets interrogated by Pilate. It's this weird little story that hinges on questions. Are you the king of the Jews? What is truth? Are you the king of the Jews? Pilate wants to know if Jesus is going to lead a violent overthrow of the government. He wants to know if…
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November 9, 2025 "And Yet, We Endure"
Yeah, this one's a tough one. Jesus gets all apocalyptic up in this place. In this passage, the disciples and Jesus have just come from Samaria. In Samaria, they would have been surrounded by people who were different from them in every way imaginable. So when they finally get to Jerusalem…
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November 2, 2025 "Increasing Our Love For One Another"
Let's begin by talking about Paul, Silas, and Timothy. Paul planted churches and then sent people like Silas and Timothy to check up on those churches. Way too many for Paul to keep track of all by himself. Then they would then report back to Paul and Paul would sometimes write them letters back…
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October 26, 2025 "Grace Bearing Fruit"
The Psalm talks about a way - a path - to lead a happy or blessed life. Let's start by talking a little bit about a path - the movement toward living a blessed life. We'll sum it up like this: living life with the divine is a constant oscillation between emptying yourself and allowing yourself to...
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October 19, 2025 "You Are Enough"
Speaker: Marlin Vis Scripture: Luke 18:9-14 http://bible.com/events/49509609
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