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Grassroots Church | Thunder Bay, Ontario — 275 episodes
Becoming a People of Peace & Reconciliation (special Guest Samuel Sarpiya)
Psalm 42 & 43
The Air We Breathe Part 3: Reconciliation Takes Two
The Air We Breathe Part 2: Turning the Key
The Air We Breathe Part 1: The Debt Stops Here
Christian Maturity: The Unexpected Path to Growth
When Heaven Comes to Earth Part 4: The Cross or the Machine
When Heaven Comes to Earth Part 3: Burn, Burn, Burn!
When Heaven Comes to Earth Part 2: No More Sea
When Heaven Comes to Earth Part 1: Temple Lens
Glimpses of the Kingdom - Spring 2026 Edition, Featuring LifeWater Canada and More!
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 11: Signs of the Kingdom
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 10: The Final "Battle"
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 9: The Wrath of the Lamb
Resurrection Sunday: Exploring Life After Life After Death
A Tale of Two Parades: Becoming a Community Who Follows the Foal
Life, Doubt, and the Long Way Through (with Guest Speaker Scott Wiebe)
What is to Stop Me?: Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (with Guest Speaker Scott Baker)
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 8: Fear & Deception
Apocalypse Unveiled - Part 7: Fighting Dragons
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 6: When Vengeance Flies
Apocalypse Unveiled - Part 5: When Empire Rides
God as Biographer: Author and Editor of Our Faith Story with Guest Vilma Blenman
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 4: Trolling from the Throne Room
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 3: Sinister Comforts of Babylon
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 2: Faithfulness Over Outcomes
Apocalypse Unveiled Part 1: Lifting the Veil
Reconsidering God's Faithfulness: How God's Faithfulness Was Shown to Grassroots Church in 2025
Bending the Fabric of Space-Time: A Sermonette for 2026
Advent 2025 - Recovering Wonder in an Age of Algorithms Week 4: Love
Advent 2025 - Recovering Wonder in an Age of Algorithms Week 3: Joy
Advent 2025 - Recovering Wonder in an Age of Algorithms Week 2: Peace
Advent 2025 - Recovering Wonder in an Age of Algorithms Week 1: Hope
Glimpses of the Kingdom Part 3: Jesus the Missionary (with John Peace)
Glimpses of the Kingdom Part 2: Community Sharing
Glimpses of the Kingdom Part 1: Pockets of Heaven
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 7: The Pay-Off
Understanding the Time: A Call to Respond with Dr. Samuel Sarpiya
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 6: Sweetgrass Teachings (with Scott Baker)
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 5: Forgiveness People
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 4: Horizontal as Vertical Love
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 3: Selfish Ambition & Vain Conceit
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 2: Do You Feel Me?
Spiritual [Im]Maturity Part 1: We're in a Moment
Bound on Three Sides: A Child Dedication Service
Stories from Among Us Part 4: Joseph Modi
Stories from Among Us Part 3: Marianne Jones
Stories from Among Us Part 2: Amy Purton
Tell Good Stories! with Brad Woods
Stories from Among Us Part 1: Russell Pinson
Centered on Jesus - But Which Jesus? (With Dr. Michael Pahl)
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 7: Suffering Ain't All Bad
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 6: 5 Wills
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 5: Cruciform Power
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 4: God's Sovereignty
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 3: Chaos & Order
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 2: Suffering and Relationship
Why? A Series in Theodicy Part 1: Honest to God
The Kingdom & The Powers Part 3: Submitting & Obeying Authorities
The Kingdom & The Powers Part 2: Powers & Principalities (or "Taking Sunday hockey to the NHL")
The Kingdom & The Powers Part 1: Thy Kingdom Come
Confronted by Calvary Part 4: Resurrection People
Special Service: Palm Sunday & the Work of Grassroots Church
Confronted by Calvary Part 3: Every 6 Steps
Confronted by Calvary Part 2: Smoothing our Edges
Confronted by Calvary Part 1: Admirers vs Followers
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less Than 4th Member of Trinity Part 10: Christotelic
The Bible: More than Classical Literature, Less than 4th Member of the Trinity Part 9: Meditation
The Bible: More than Classical Literature, Less than 4th Member of the Trinity Part 8: Reading "Helpers"
The Bible: More than Classical Literature, Less than 4th Member of the Trinity Part 7: Using a Jesus Lens
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less than 4th Member of Trinity Part 6: [T]radition(s)
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less than 4th Member of Trinity Part 5: Veils
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less than 4th Member of Trinity Part 4: Authority
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less than 4th Member of Trinity Part 3: Making the Bible Weird Again
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less than 4th Member of Trinity Part 2: Magic Eye
The Bible: More than Classical Literature; Less than 4th Member of Trinity Part 1: The Window
A Look Back While Moving Forward: Grassroots 2024 into 2025
A Weary World Rejoices Part 4: The Vulnerability of the Incarnation
A Weary World Rejoices Part 3: The Joy Paradox
A Weary World Rejoices Part 2: Empire to Emmanuel
A Weary World Rejoices Part 1: Holding Hope & Despair
Sharing Faith, Sparing Cringe Part 2: Panel on Evangelism
Sharing Faith, Sparing Cringe Part 1: It's as Simple as Your Story
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight Part 7: The Gospel in Chairs
Why am I Still Here? with Scott Wiebe
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight! Part 6: The Mechanics of the Cross
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight Part 5: Here’s the Bad News…
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight! Part 4: The Gospel of Purpose
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight! Part 3: The Great Reset
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight! Part 2: God Revealed
Hey! Come for Dinner Tonight! Part 1: Jesus the Gospel
You're Gonna Serve Somebody: The Move from Death to Life
Fall 2024 Kick Off at Grassroots: Program, Planning & Events
Parables 101 Part 7: The Love Sick Father
Parables 101 Part 6: Wheat & Weeds in the Already-Not-Yet Age
The Art of Storytelling & Listening with Brad Woods
Parables 101 Part 5: The Workers in the Vineyard
Parables 101 Part 4: The Rich Fool
Parables 101 Part 3: The Kingdom is Like... (with Scott Wiebe)
Parables 101 Part 2: Get Lost (with Richard Clark)
Parables 101 Part 1: Why Parables?
Parables 101 PRELUDE: Quick & Slow
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre *BONUS*: Jesus the Carpenter
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 7: Stop Stalking Jesus
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 6: The Non-Violent Peacemaker
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 5: Whose Side is Jesus on?
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 4: Jesus Loves Me...?
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 3: A New Kind of Power
Lifewater Canada special presentation
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 2: What Enemy Love Reveals
Resting in God's Love - A Message from Vincent Ng
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 1: Which Jesus?
Easter Sunday: Living Out the Resurrection
Palm Sunday: Donkey Power!
Renewed Rhythms Part 10: Fasting
Renewed Rhythms Part 9: Journaling
Renewed Rhythms Part 8: Soul Friendships
Renewed Rhythms Part 7: Secret Goodness
Renewed Rhythms Part 6: Silence and Solitude
Renewed Rhythms Part 5: Service
Renewed Rhythms Part 4: Submission
Renewed Rhythms Part 3: Scripture Reading
Testimonials of Transformation: Adult & Teen Challenge Thunder Bay
Renewed Rhythms Part 2: Prayer
Renewed Rhythms Part 1: Sabbath
God’s Faithfulness to Grassroots Church in 2023
Advent 2023: Love Defined by Jesus
Advent 2023: Unexpected Joy
Advent 2023: The Path of Peace is the Path of Jesus
Advent 2023: Hope for the Radical Reorienting of Reality
Why Do We Church? Part 3: To Reconcile All the Things
Why Do We Church? Part 2: One Anothering Toward Othering
Why Do We Church? Part 1: Why Do We NOT Church?
Jesus Centred Jesus Following with Vincent Ng
Part 4: Galatians - Avoiding a Divided Table over Differing Tastes: Present Evil Age & New Creation
Part 3: Galatians - Avoiding a Divided Table over Differing Tastes: In Christ
Part 2: Galatians - Avoiding a Divided Table over Differing Tastes: Just Jesus; No And.
Part 1: Galatians - Avoiding a Divided Table over Differing Tastes: Why so Urgent, Paul?
The Diverse Table
Jesus Collective Recap Part 2
Jesus Collective Recap Part 1
Borrowing Eyes
Bikers Against Child Abuse Special Presentation
5 Markers Part 6 (Summary): A new way to disagree
5 Markers Part 6: A new way to disagree (Part 2)
5 Markers Part 6: A new way to disagree (Part 1)
5 Markers Part 5 (Summary): Equipped by the Holy Spirit
5 Markers Part 5: Equipped by the Holy Spirit
5 Markers Part 4 (Summary): The Importance of Community
5 Markers Part 4: The Importance of Community
5 Markers Part 3: Reading Scripture Through Jesus
5 Markers Part 2 (Summary): Evil is Overcome by the Power of Suffering Love
5 Markers Part 2: Evil is Overcome by the Power of Suffering Love
5 Markers Part 1: Introduction
Fort Severn Trip & Communion Service
Pointing Kids to Jesus
I Am Series: The Bread of Life
John 1:1-18 - Introducing a Revised Sunday Morning Format for Grassroots
Aimee Slaubaugh’s Mission Trip to Arizona Recap
Spiritual Gifts
Where to Start When I Don’t Understand
Our Diversity in Jesus
Laurels & Restoration: Finding Our Way Past Consumerism, Fatigue and Apathy
Our Oneness in Jesus
Posture Over Position: Toward Christian Unity
Advent Week 3
I Am Not Prideful... Am I?
Loving Parenting: 3
Loving Parenting: Managing Our Homes with Character
Loving Parenting: Honouring Your Parents
The Disruptive Message of Jesus
Baptism and the Formation of Love: 3
Baptism and the Formation of Love: 2
Baptism and the Formation of Love: Sin and Its Washing
Questions, Doubt and Faith
Trusting in Jesus When Life Hurts
Receiving God's Love
Immanuel: The Myth of Religious Fulfillment
So is Everyone Else...
Romans 12-16 and Philippians: A Scripture Reading
Practicing Love: Part 5 - Giving to Relationship
Practicing Love: Part 4 - Conflict in Relationships
Practicing Love: Part 3 - Vulnerability & Relationships
Practicing Love: Part 2 - Loneliness & Relationships
Practicing Love: Part 1 - The Abundance of Love
The Love of the Master: The Forgiveness of Love
The Love of the Master: Love is Lowly
The Love of the Master: Cross-Shaped Love
The Love of the Master: Jesus' Transforming Love
Tending the Heart
Pursuing the Master
Borrowing Hope
What the Centurion Knew
Towards Reconciliation
Like Me - Learning to Love Through Honour
Figuring out Forgiveness: Rhythms of Reconciliation
Our Images of God: Part 2- Constructive Constructs
Our Images of God: Part 1 - Destructive Constructs
Right? Our Collectively Self-Imposed PR Problem
Business as Usual? I Doubt It
Vinegar & Gall Part 2: Resurrecting Grief
Vinegar & Gall Part 1: Lifted Up
Shifting the Paradigm from Trivial to Timeless: Part 1
Words in the Dark III: Part 10 – Amen
Words in the Dark III: Part 9 – Confession
Words in the Dark III: Part 8 – Petition and Deliverance
Words in the Dark III: Part 7 – Abandonment
Words in the Dark III: Part 6 – Praise
Words in the Dark III: Part 5 – Contemplation
Words in the Dark III: Part 4 – The Inspiration to Pray
Words in the Dark III – Part 2: Sincerity & Atmosphere
Words in the Dark III – Part 1: Recollection
Be a Dependent
DON’T do the Math: A New Year’s Message
Words in the Dark II: Part 3 – What Simeon Knew
Words in the Dark II: Part 2 – Zechariah’s Prayer
Words in the Dark II: Part 1 – Mary’s Prayer
Words in the Dark: Part 12 – The Final Obstacles to Praying: Can God hear YOU?
Words in the Dark: Part 11 – Obstacles to Prayer Part I
Words in the Dark: Part 9 – Unanswered Prayer
Words in the Dark: Part 10 – The Habit of Prayer and the Heart of God
Words in the Dark: Part 8 – Obstacles to Prayer
Words in the Dark: Part 7 – Praying with Your Spouse
Words in the Dark: Part 6 – Praying with Children
Words in the Dark: Part 5 – In the Presence of His People
Words in the Dark: Part 4 – By the Rivers of Babylon
Words in the Dark: Part 3 – Abandoned
Words in the Dark: Part 2 – Poor and Needy
The Voice of Creation: Eyes Open
The Voice of Creation: Job Transformed
The Voice of Creation: The Creation Narratives as Our Birth Story
The Voice of Creation: Hope and the Groaning of Creation
The Voice of Creation: Two Voices
Transforming Worship 4: Corporate Worship
Transforming Worship 3: Public Worship
Transforming Worship 2: Private Worship
Transforming Worship 1: Worship with our Hearts & Affections
Devotion to Jesus Part 2: Contemporary Devotion to Jesus
Devotion to Jesus – Part 1: Ancient Devotion to Jesus
Intimacy with the Father – and the Idols that Get in the Way
The Resurrected Jesus – Part 5: The Promise of Power and Comfort
The Resurrected Jesus – Part 4: Your Church Calling
The Resurrected Jesus – Part 3: Faith, Doubt, and Sacred Community
The Resurrected Jesus – Part 2: The New Garden
The Resurrected Jesus – Part 1: The Empty Tomb
The Last Week – Part 3: The Shadow of Death
Jesus & the Kingdom – Part 4: Forgive the Debts
Jesus & the Kingdom – Part 3: Servants and Slaves
Jesus & the Kingdom – Part 2: The Greatest and Best
Jesus & the Kingdom – Part 1: The Sower
The Hope of Restoration
The Lord Is Born – Part 2: The Priestly Song
The Lord Is Born – Part 1: The Virgin’s Song
Jesus, Crowds & Healing: Part 5 – Preparing the Way to Bring People to Jesus
Jesus, Crowds & Healing: Part 4 – John and the New World II
Jesus, Crowds & Healing: Part 3 – John and the New World
Jesus, Crowds & Healing: Part 2 – Sinners Up and Walking
Jesus, Crowds & Healing: Part 1 – Return of the Prodigal
Jesus & Money: Part 3 – Striving for the Kingdom
Jesus & Money: Part 2 – Shrewd Managers
Jesus & Money: Part 1 – Money & Worship
Jesus in His World: Part 4 – The Lord of the Storm
Jesus in His World: Part 3 – A Prophet in his Hometown
Jesus in His World: Part 2 – The Palestinian Jew
Jesus In His World: Part 1 – Jesus as King
Church & the Kingdom of God: Part 6: Meeting in Homes
Church & the Kingdom of God: Part 5: Devotion – The Apostles’ Teaching & Prayer
Church & the Kingdom of God – Part 4: Unity & Reverence
Church & The Kingdom of God: Part 3 – Preaching & Healing
Church & the Kingdom of God – Part 2: 4 Reasons Why I Still Love the Church
Highlight Reel: A Look Back On Our First Year Together
Moses V (Love): Conclusion – The Wings of God
Moses V (Love): Cling to God
Moses V (Love): Perfect Love
Moses V (Love): Selfless Love