Included | Romans 15:1-13 - Unlikely Friends (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
Release Date: 05/05/2024
Transformed By Grace | Ephesians 2:1-10 (Ryan Lamoureux)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
Paul's letter to the Ephesian church reminds them of how we are made alive in Christ, transformed by His grace into a new creation. We are able to live life with a new purpose and identity as a masterpiece of God's design. Outdoor Christian Educator and guest speaker Ryan Lamoureux will use the monarch butterfly from God's creation to illustrate this transformational process.
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Included | Romans 16:1-16 - The List (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
Paul finishes his letter to the church in Rome with a list, not exactly best-seller material. His aim wasn't literary acclaim, although his work became influential; instead, he was interested in fostering and fortifying connections. Reflecting on Paul's list may have you thinking about your own list: the people God has used in your life to bring you closer to Him.
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Included | Romans 15:1-13 - Unlikely Friends (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
Paul never recovered from God including the Gentiles in the salvation invitation. Like some of us, perhaps, he felt like some people should be excluded by virtue of where they were born or how badly they have behaved. More than included, Paul instructs that former ‘outsiders’ should be treated as precious insiders, treated even better than we would treat ourselves. What would it look like if love came to town?
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Included | Romans 14:7-13 - Cheering For Each Other (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
Human beings need reminders about how to get along, and Christians are no exception. We especially need reminders about how to love each other while we disagree. Paul draws the believers' hearts and minds back to what Jesus has done, and that paves the way for loving each other well through conflict.
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Included | Romans 13:8-14 - Love Others; Reject Darkness (Lynnita Weber)
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How do we live with Jesus in a society that opposes him? Paul tells us to wake up to our resurrection hope. When we do that, loving others and rejecting sin in our own lives makes sense.
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Included | Romans 12 - His Body, Our Body (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
Romans 12 is the description of what happens when God’s mercy overflows in a church’s life. Lifelong attitudes change, love becomes genuine, mocking enemies are not met with equal and opposite force but, quite the opposite, with peace and gentleness. Be praying even now for how God will speak uniquely to your small group.
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Included | Romans 11:25-36 - Israel And Us (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
All along, we’ve been saying that God’s heart is to see us INCLUDED. That’s why Jesus came, and that’s the subject of Paul’s letter to the Romans. At times, Christians forget God’s radical inclusion of them and go back to the old patterns of competing and comparing. Sadly, that was happening in the Roman Church. Paul has one powerful dose for that sickness.
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Easter | Do Not Be Afraid - Matt. 28:1-19 (Lynnita Weber)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
The resurrection changed everything! The story includes an invitation, a blessing, and a commission for the first witnesses … and for us today.
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Included | Romans 10:8-15 - Included Together (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
I love it when people have the gift of communicating clearly. Paul, following Moses in the second half of Deuteronomy 30, does exactly that: communicates clearly. Here’s what it means to become and be a Christian: it means believing the Resurrection and not keeping that good news to yourself! Clear, but not easy! This is something you’ll do for the rest of your life!
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Included | Romans 9 - By God's Choice (Andrew Allison)
St. Paul's Leaskdale Audio Podcast
The word “predestination” tends to get the hair on the back of people’s necks standing on end! Nobody likes the idea of God choosing who is ‘in’ and who is ‘out’. Paul doesn’t really mean to tackle that question in this passage but he does intend to talk about what God’s plan is for humanity and how we are included in carrying that plan.
info_outlinePaul never recovered from God including the Gentiles in the salvation invitation.
Like some of us, perhaps, he felt like some people should be excluded by virtue of where they were born or how badly they have behaved.
More than included, Paul instructs that former ‘outsiders’ should be treated as precious insiders, treated even better than we would treat ourselves. What would it look like if love came to town?