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The Northwood Podcast
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The Northwood Podcast flows from the conviction that the world needs more love, justice, and hope in it. It is produced by Heath Jones, pastor of Northwood Christian Church, who hopes to bring a message of hope and liberation for the needy and downtrodden. Take heart! Hold fast to hope! Love will win out in the end!
Episodes
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Whose Ready to Eat?
In Matthew 22 Jesus tells us a challenging and meaning laden parable about a wedding banquet. Its meaning is difficult to gras from the vantage point of our modern times, but its meaning was far more obvious to those in Matthew’s community who first heard this parable told. In this episode, we’ll...
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When God Sets a Table
In 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 the Apostle Paul pens some of the mostwell-known verses in the Bible. If you are a part of a Christiancommunity that practices Communion/The Lord’s Supper/Eucharist(most do), then you may well be able to recite them by heart. Butthese are more than mere instructions as…
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Is God Among Us?
Today’s episode considers a story found in Exodus 17:1-7. In this story, the Israelites find themselves in a desperate place. They have been wandering in the wilderness and find themselves without water to drink. They may well die and are understandably afraid. They are so desperate that they...
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It Compounds
Today’s episode considers some teachings of Jesus from Gospel of Matthew 18:21-35. In this story, Jesus is tells us a parable about several individuals who lose their ability to forgive and reconcile. It teaches us the cost of not forgiving and the consequences for our failing to reconcile with…
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Who Is Jesus?
Today’s episode considers some teachings of Jesus from Gospel of Matthew 16:13-20. In this passage, Jesus asks his disciples some probing questions as to his identity. The answers of his disciples, and especially Peter, give us insights into Jesus’ identity, what his mission is, and the ways we...
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New Wineskins for Today
Today’s episode considers some teachings of Jesus from Gospel of Matthew 9:14-17. In that passage, Jesus is questioned about an age-old tradition and why his disciples don’t keep it. Jesus responds with two sayings that help us understand how we might hold the old along with the new. This episode...
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New Wineskins for Today
Today’s episode considers some teachings of Jesus from Gospel of Matthew 9:14-17. In that passage, Jesus is questioned about an age-old tradition and why his disciples don’t keep it. Jesus responds with two sayings that help us understand how we might hold the old along with the new. This episode...
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No Time Like the Present
There are many would-be followers of Jesus who struggle to understand that the way he walks is often fraught with challenges and even suffering. In the Gospel of Luke 9:51-62, Jesus tells his disciples, and others nearby, that the path he walks will call them into discomfort. He emphasizes how…
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Children on Crosses
Take a breath and buckle up. This one is a doozy. Not only is the passage from the Bible we’ll consider quite unpleasant, it forces us to reckon with similar unpleasant things today; specifically, the slaughter of children in the name of our wars. This episode considers a story from the book of 2...
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Let’s Show Them
In this episode, we consider one of Jesus’ most famous commandments. He commanded us to love one another, and that by this love, others would know that we are followers of Jesus. Seems simple enough, but is it? In the meantime, if you’d like to learn more about Northwood Christian Church, please...
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Now, It’s Ours
This episode is called, “Now, It’s Ours.” But what is ours, exactly? After reading this story, we find that ours is the power to call life from unexpected or dead places. What Jesus had the power to do in life, so now does the Church to proclaim life in the midst of grieving communities scrapping...
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I Don’t Wanna Fish
This episode reflects on a story as told in the Gospel of John 21:1-19. In this story, Jesus meets with his disciples after a long night of fishing. Using their vocation as a metaphor, he called them to join him in his life-giving, albeit exhausting, mission. How might we receive this call today?...
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Try and Believe It All
This episode was recorded live at Northwood Christian Church on Easter Sunday. In these reflections, Heath describes the barriers to belief in the more literal interpretations of the Easter events, carving out room for doubt and uncertainty, even whilst edging toward faith. Also, this sermon...
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A Little Like Judas
This episode was recorded live at Northwood Christian Church on Palm Sunday. It reflects on the various expectations we place upon Jesus; the ways by which we expect him to liberate us. However, God’s ways often, if not usually, confound our expectations. Jesus rode into Jerusalem to confront the...
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Reflections (Send the Light)
This episode was recorded live in early January of this year. In it your host, Heath Jones, preaches on a text from the Gospel of John, specifically John 1:1-18. This is a fairly well known passage that likens Jesus’ coming into our world to light piercing the darkness. We discover that this…
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It’s Closer Than You Think
This episode was recorded live in early December of last year. It reflects on the coming chaos as described in Luke 21:25-33. Jesus uses a fig tree as a teaching tool to describe how close the coming of God’s Realm is, even when things seem topsy turvy. This episode reflects on these themes. In…
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Restoration
In the 12th chapter of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is asked by a scholar which of all the religious commands in their holy texts were the most important to keep. Jesus answers simply and directly: 1.) Love God. 2.) Love Others. All else will fall into place when these two primary commands are kept. This...
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Can We See Again?
At the tail end of the 10th chapter of Mark’s Gospel, Jesus is approached by a blind man named Bartimaeus whose sight he restored. This, however, is more than a simple miracle story. It carries deep meanings that are revealed as we consider this story in light of other things Jesus said and…
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Don’t Leave Sad
At the end of the 10th chapter of Mark’s Gospel Jesus is approached by a rich man who feels lost. We wants to know how to discover a life worth living. He has already done all that he can, and still feels as if it weren’t enough. What Jesus tells him leaves him feeling surprised and very sad. How...
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Get Salty
At the end of the 9th chapter of Mark’s Gospel Jesus answers one of the disciples questions concerning the casting out of evil. Apparently, they were uncomfortable with someone exerting healing power through unsanctioned channels. Jesus’ response to his disciples question may help us know how to...
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Even the Dogs
In today’s story from Mark 7 we consider an encounter between Jesus and a foreign woman asking for help. At first, in a very un-Jesus-like manner, he treats her very rudely; even calling her a slur. However, she advocates for herself and Jesus is moved to compassion. This story taught its early...
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We’re About to Find Out
Today’s message reflects on a story we’ve been discussing for the past two weeks, the story of Jesus’ feeding of the 5000. This time, we’ll consider the story from the Gospel of John’s perspective along with the miracle story that comes next, Jesus’ walking on water in the midst of troubled seas....
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Seeing People
Today’s message is really part two of a talk I gave a week prior at my church. However, this week’s works as a standalone as well. It considers two passages found in Mark 6 as well as the implications of Jesus’ attention to those many miss or overlook. Jesus’ values called him to a greater...
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All Covered in Dust
Today’s Bible passage for consideration has two quite memorable lines, those being: 1.) “A prophet is without honor in their hometown” (Mark 6:4), and 2.) “If any place will not welcome you […] as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet” (Mark 6:11). In their immediate context, these...
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Two Daughters
There are two miracle stories of Jesus that are presented to us in an interlocking fashion. These stories are found in Mark 5 and are about the restoration of two different daughters from two different walks of life. The contrast between these two, and Jesus’ compassionate dealings with them…
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Mustard Beats Oak
Jesus told many parables to help his disciples better understand God and God’s values. Today’s is no exception. In it, Jesus calls our attention to a mustard bush to make the case that the Realm of God is more like a scraggly commonplace plant, than a hearty large tree with seemingly more going…
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House(s) Divided
Abraham Lincoln once delivered a speech at the 1858 Republican National Convention now called ‘A House Divided.’ What you may not know is that this title comes from a much older saying of Jesus found in Mark 3. In this episode, we will consider Jesus’ teachings about division and pushback from...
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The Patterns Repeat
Today, we’ll be considering two passages from the Bible, found in 1 Samuel 2 and Luke 1, respectively. In those passages are contained the stories of two women (three, really) who found reason to sings songs of victory and joy in the face of hard living. Today, we’ll consider their plight, their...
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In the Name(s)
This episode was recorded on the Eve of Trinity Sunday. The Doctrine of the Trinity, you may already know, is a tough nut to crack. Which is why I’d rather spend this time explaining what attracts me to the doctrine, rather than try and prove it so by way of esoteric ruminations. This episode is…
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Where is the Heat?
This episode corresponds with Pentecost Sunday; the day Christians celebrate the empowering of the Church by way of God’s Holy Spirit. While the fire burned bright on Pentecost, Christians have struggled to maintain the flame ever since. This episode considers what Pentecost calls us to and…
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After Jesus Left
This week’s episode is a recording of a message Heath gave live on Ascension Sunday. In that story Jesus left his disciples, but they were not left without something to do. Jesus said that they were to be ‘witnesses’ to the Gospel of Jesus all over the globe. This message explores what this may...
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No Fear in Love
In this message we’ll cover an iconic passage from the Letter called 1st John. In the 5th chapter we read about how ‘God is love.’ And, that there is no fear in love. What do these themes, fear and love, have to do with one another? Also, what might they teach us about our present moment in time?...
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Hearing the Voice
This Sunday we’ll be considering a passage about a shepherd and their sheep found in John 10:1-10. This shepherd can call the sheep to what they need to live well because they know his voice. Similarly, Christians are challenged in every age to tune out the competing voices to find the One voice...
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What can broiled fish mean
In Luke 24 Jesus appears to his disciples in a series of encounters, each revealing something profound about the risen Christ. Today we consider a story in which Jesus requests food and eats some broiled fish. Within this seemingly innocuous detail is contained a powerful theological claim about...
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If We Could Believe
The after Easter slump is upon us. While it is customary for us to turn to the Doubting Thomas story on the week after Easter (John 20:19-31), this year we’ll consider a story found in Acts 4:32-37. There, we’ll read of a community that acted out of faith and belief in Jesus, radically changing…
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Remembering Eclipses
Two events have dominated our horizon of late: Easter and the pending solar eclipse. There was a time when eclipses were little understood and seemed as unpredictable and miraculous as nefarious magic. However, over time patterns in the sky were noted, and events like eclipses became predictable....
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Join the Parade
Today, we’ll consider a story that tells of Jesus’ “triumphal” entry into Jerusalem on the week of his death. His parade stood as a stark contrast to the other parades made in honor of Roman Emperors and other important personages. What might his entry teach us today about power, how we wield it,...
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Do Seeds Die?
In today’s passage from the Bible, we encounter a short metaphor/parable meant to help us think through what we must let go of in life so that new life may bloom. But in letting go, there is a kind of dying. When a seed falls to the ground, it loses itself before it bursts forth to life. What…
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Born From Above
John 3:16 may well be the most popular, oft-quoted verses in the Bible. These words are loved for their wide, expansive, and loving scope. However, these words are bracketed by other verses that have been weaponized and used to increase sectarianism and religious tribalism. This message strives…
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Let’s Build a Building
New temples (holy spaces) arise wherever the church gathers in the name of love for God and one another. As old temples fall, what new temples will spring up by the restorative power of God? This message considers this question. This message seeks to address these questions. In the meantime, if...
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Into the Wilderness
Today, we’ll consider a story that should be familiar by now. It’s found in the 1st chapter of the Gospel of Mark and tells of Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness. What does this signify? Why did the same Spirit that lit upon Jesus at his baptism lead him out into the wilderness to be sorely...
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Pulling Back the Veil
Today, we are considering a story from the Bible about an event Christians call ‘The Transfiguration.’ We’ll be considering the version found in Mark 9. There it is recorded that Jesus lit up bright and white on top of a mountain. This was accompanied by two visitors from the dead, loud…
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What is Saved?
What does it mean to be “saved”? What does it mean for Jesus to save someone? Many today believe that to be saved means to have their soul saved for heaven. Jesus, however, meant far more than this. This message explores these themes by way of a story found in the Gospel of Luke. In the meantime,...
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With Authority
Stories about evil spirits strain our credulity or give many of us the creeps. It is hard for modern readers to tap into the wisdom of bible passages that talk about such things. This message is meant to help modern readers of this story to sort through a story about a spirit possession to...
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We Leave Some Things Behind
In this episode we consider a passage from Mark 1:14-20 where Jesus calls us to leave what is familiar, and sometimes comfortable, for a future that is unknown. Although the future to which Jesus calls us is uncertain, we have his assurance that he is leading us to a better life. Have we the…
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Come and See
In this episode, we’ll be considering a story from the Gospel of John where we read of the first disciples inviting one another to “come and see” who they had found in Jesus. This game of telephone resulted in the formation of Jesus’ earliest disciples. When one called another to “come and see”…
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Barren
This week, we’ll be going over a passage from the Bible that contains the stories of two pregnant women. Each of these women come from different life circumstances, so the news of their pregnancies called them toward different challenges and responses. Their responses to unexpected news can teach...
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Christmas is Our Help
In the last episode we read about John the Baptist and how he loudly proclaimed, to anyone who would listen, that their help was on the way. This week we’ll discuss the various ways Christmas represents that help. We’ll get there by considering a passage from Isaiah 61:1-4. In this passage, the...
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Help is on the Way
This week we’ll consider a section from the very first chapter of Mark’s gospel. I’m referring here to the part where John the Baptist is introduced as the harbinger of things to come. More specifically, his role was to ready his community for the help Jesus would bring. What help is there for…
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Apocalypse Now!
This week we’ll consider a section of one of Jesus’ sermons that is apocalyptic in nature. That is, by his words he wants to reveal something true about God’s desires, the world, and our place in it. The passage we’re going over today paints a dire picture for the near future. But Jesus does not...
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The Northwood Podcast flows from the conviction that the world needs more love, justice, and hope in it. It is produced by Heath Jones, pastor of Northwood Christian Church, who hopes to bring a message of hope and liberation for the needy and downtrodden. Take heart! Hold fast to hope! Love will win out in the end!
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The Northwood Podcast flows from the conviction that the world needs more love, justice, and hope in it. It is produced by Heath Jones, pastor of Northwood Christian Church, who hopes to bring a message of hope and liberation for the needy and downtrodden. Take heart! Hold fast to hope! Love will...
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