Episodes
![Parables 101 Part 3: The Kingdom is Like... (with Scott Wiebe)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/Summer_School_at_Grassroots_Instagram_Post__t32as8_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Parables 101 Part 3: The Kingdom is Like... (with Scott Wiebe)
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
This week, special guest Scott Wiebe reflects on the Parable of the Mustard Seed and the Kingdom of God, with insights from the world of forestry and plants!
![Parables 101 Part 2: Get Lost (with Richard Clark)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/Summer_School_at_Grassroots_Instagram_Post__rg4nqj_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Parables 101 Part 2: Get Lost (with Richard Clark)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Guest Speaker Richard Clark looks at the parable of the lost sheep. In a conversational message, he looks on how this story can lead us to acceptance, humility, repentance, and joy.
Our parables "Summer School" series is designed to involve a bit more back-and-forth than a standard sermon. Unfortunately, that doesn't already translate well to a podcast. We have edited this down into a coherent message, but it is unfortunately missing most of the profound insights from the congregation.
This message was originally delivered July 7, 2024.
![Parables 101 Part 1: Why Parables?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/Summer_School_at_Grassroots_Instagram_Post__rg4nqj_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Parables 101 Part 1: Why Parables?
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Why did Jesus do so much of His teaching using parables? What is a parable anyway? How should we read them?
Join Pastor Steve Bill as he looks at all of this and more in the first official sermon in our summer series on parables.
This message was originally given on June 30, 2024.
![Parables 101 PRELUDE: Quick & Slow](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/Summer_School_at_Grassroots_1920_x_1080_px_Instagram_Post__f7i7aj_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Parables 101 PRELUDE: Quick & Slow
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Grassroots is going to summer school! Through July and August, we'll be looking through the parables of Jesus to discover what they have to say to us as Jesus followers in the 21st century. As a prelude, Pastor Steve shares about a posture we should strive to have in all of our interactions with each another: learning to be QUICK to listen and SLOW to speak.
Andy Stanley's message "How Winning is Costing You Relationships" is what Pastor Steve drew inspiration from in this message.
![Revealing the Jesus of the Centre *BONUS*: Jesus the Carpenter](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/Untitled_design_8wabac_300x300.png)
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre *BONUS*: Jesus the Carpenter
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Guest speaker Scott Baker takes time to look at what it means to Christians that Jesus worked as a carpenter. He looks at what that might have been like for Jesus, and what it means for how we view our own relationship with work, and how we should treat people who work with us. It's a little bit of a Father's Day message.
Scriptures this message: Mark 6:1-3, Matthew13:55-57; Matthew 20:1-7; Luke 3:21-23
This message was originally delivered on June 16, 2024.
![Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 7: Stop Stalking Jesus](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/DISCOVERING_THE_JESUS_OF_THE_CENTRE_Instagram_Post__re2hy9_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 7: Stop Stalking Jesus
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
In the final message in the series, Pastor Steve talks about how we might begin to go about taking all of the beautiful truths of the Jesus of the Centre that we've learned and move them from our head to our heart; from intellectual ascent to transformation of our being. What does it mean for Jesus to become more than just a list of concepts for us?
![Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 6: The Non-Violent Peacemaker](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/DISCOVERING_THE_JESUS_OF_THE_CENTRE_Instagram_Post__ppz762_300x300.jpg)
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 6: The Non-Violent Peacemaker
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Continuing our series on Jesus' teachings and character, Pastor Steve looks at how Jesus as a non-violent peacemaker. In a world saturated with violence, Jesus calls us to bring peace. Pastor Steve also examines why the modern church often avoids this aspect of Jesus' life and teachings.
This message was originally delivered on June 2, 2024.
![Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 5: Whose Side is Jesus on?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/DISCOVERING_THE_JESUS_OF_THE_CENTRE_Instagram_Post__ppz762_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 26, 2024
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 5: Whose Side is Jesus on?
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
In this message, Pastor Steve looks at how Jesus stands with the "least of these", who are people who recognize their profound need for Jesus. As Christians, we are to model ourselves after Jesus and care for the poor, the sick, and the oppressed. We also need to make sure that, like the "least of these", we never lose sight of our need to have Jesus move in our lives. Finally, we seek to be radically inclusive like Jesus and be on everyone's side.
Pastor Steve references this article by Michael Pahl on a Jesus-centered response to the conflict in Gaza.
If you'd like to listen to "Poke You in the Eyes" by the band Humans on the Floor you can follow this link.
This message was originally delivered on May 26, 2024. There was no podcast last week because our church spent Sunday picking up litter around Thunder Bay.
![Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 4: Jesus Loves Me...?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/DISCOVERING_THE_JESUS_OF_THE_CENTRE_Instagram_Post__ppz762_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 12, 2024
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 4: Jesus Loves Me...?
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Pastor Steve looks at the unconditional and profound love that Jesus reveals. God loves the whole world, that love looks like Jesus laying down his life on the cross, and there is nothing we need to do to earn that love.
Pastor Steve references this podcast with Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries that is worth checking out.
We kept the final song as it related so well to the message. It sounds pretty good but not quite as good as it did live.
This message was originally delivered on Mother's Day, May 12, 2024.
![Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 3: A New Kind of Power](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5243682/DISCOVERING_THE_JESUS_OF_THE_CENTRE_Instagram_Post__ppz762_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 05, 2024
Revealing the Jesus of the Centre Part 3: A New Kind of Power
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
Pastor Steve resumes the series on revealing the Jesus of the Centre by looking at the means in which the work of Jesus is done on earth - How does Jesus do what he does? In other words, what does Jesus' power look like? We find out that Jesus is never coercive and that the form of power Jesus uses looks entirely unlike what we know to be power. This is a power that works "with" us... not "over" us.
David Fitch's new book, "Reconciling with Power" helped inform Pastor Steve's thoughts on this topic.