FAITH PODCASTS

John 9:1-41 What, are you blind or somethin' ?

Sun, 3 Apr 2011 21:48:07 -0400

Alex Lewanowicz
Of seeing and not seeing.

Matthew 2:18-25 Getting Through the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:31:58 -0500

Alex Lewanowicz
Unless you are a Martha Stewart with a staff of helpers and an unlimited budget, you will have already experienced some stress as Christmas approaches. Christmas planning and Christmas circumstances rarely line up exactly. If you're not sure what I mean have a look at National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, clips from which the sermon opens (Youtube it!). In this message we look back at the first Christmas for some advise on dealing with our own Christmas stress.

2 Peter 1:16-18 My Story, God's Glory Pt II

Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:28:42 -0500

Alex Lewanowicz
God’s grace is the main reason why any of us are here. For some of us, godly parents had us baptized as infants and we’ve had faith our whole life. Maybe not. Maybe our story takes us back to the witnessing efforts of someone who took the time to care and had the courage to speak.
We continue our reflections from last week and hear some faith stories from real people.

Acts 25:11-27 My Story, God's Glory Pt I

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:32:12 -0500

Alex Lewanowicz
Do you have a childhood memory of Christmas? Can you describe a family tradition? This time of year it is easy to come up with stories about your past. In this message we reflect on our story of becoming and being a Christian.
For those who can identify even a vague before and after point, when they became a follower of Jesus, they can organise their story around:
1. Life before Jesus - what were my attitudes, needs, problems?
2. Turning and Faith - what events and circumstances caused me to consider Jesus? What happened?
3. Life with Jesus - How have my attitudes, thoughtsm emotions changed?
For those who can't remember not being with Jesus, much less identify a before and after:
God has been at work on you a long time, so how have you changed because of him? How have you changed in you thinking, attitudes, motivations, emotions? They become the elements of your faith story.
What is your story?

Luke 23.33-43 Do You Know Him?

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:42:58 -0500

Alex Lewaowicz
Getting our heads around Jesus as the big cheese, the king of everything.

Luke 21.5-19 When it’s hard to see the flowers

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:29:01 -0500

Alex Lewanowicz
How do we understand the fact that even though we follow a great good God there are times when great good things don't happen to us.

Luke 20.27-38 When everything changes

Sun, 7 Nov 2010 20:58:44 -0500

Alex Lewanowicz
What happens when you die? What is heaven like? Popularly, it's described pretty much like this current world, minus sickness and sadness, minus the people whom we don't like. And what will be there will be will be endless buffets for those of us who love food, the best golf courses for those keen on that, even our pet dogs are supposed to be there.
Jesus tells us though that the Kingdom that will come will so radically different from this world that we'll have a hard time even recognising our own selves.
Knowing that promise of a radically different future frees the Christian from being bound by the values and assumptions of this world.

Ephesians 1.3-14 Who does God say I am?

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:19:51 -0400

Alex Lewanowicz
It can sometimes seem that everyday is like halloween. We dress up make believe in order to present an image to others that we hope will bring us their acceptance or their esteem. But who are we when nobody is looking? No one has invested more in us than God through Jesus has. And it is important to God that we should understand who we are in Christ.

Luke 18.9-14 The One Everyone Denies

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:41:41 -0400

Alex Lewanowicz
There is one vice of which no man in the world is free: which everyone in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people; except Christians, ever imagine they are guilty themselves. I have heard people admit they are bad-tempered, or that they cannot keep their heads about girls or drink, or even that they are cowards. There is no fault which we are more unconcious of in ourselves. And the more we have it in ourselves, the more we dislike it in others. -C. S. Lewis
The vice he was talking about of course was pride.

2 Timothy 3.14-17 For the Bible Tells Me So

Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:38:10 -0400

Alex Lewanowicz
How do I relate to the Bible? Why should I believe the claim that the Bible is God's word and therefore it should be given authority in what I believe and how I behave? The message gives some evidences that demand a vedict.