North Site Podcast

To conclude our Exodus series we look at the construction of the Tabernacle, and how it points backwards to the garden of Eden and forward to Jesus, who will fulfill everything that the people needed a tabernacle for.

This week we look at one of the big themes of the second half of the book of Exodus: The Law. And we ask, "How are we as Christians supposed to relate to the law?"

In Exodus 19 God's presence comes to the mountain and invites the people to come and enter into the Divine Presence. But the people choose to send Moses as their mediator instead. Israel fails the test to become a nation of priests and instead chooses to be a nation with priests.

This week we look at Exodus 18 and the wise advice from Jethro to Moses. In this passage we discover God's vision for justice. This is a vision that sends people home in peace, with restored relationships, not just receive a punishment for their wrongdoing.

This week Greg gave us an incredible sermon about the Triumphal entry of Jesus from the Gospel of Luke. The question we must ask is do we want to walk in the way of the peacemaker Jesus or the violent way of Jehu?

This last week Tyler and Lizzie did an incredible job walking through Exodus 16. In this story we see them learning to trust in God as the every day God, not just the God of big events.

This week we look at the story of Israel crossing the sea.

This week we look at the story of God's leading the people on an unlikely path by a cloud and column of fire. We ask, how do we know what God's calling/leading is like in our own lives today?

This week we look at the story of the Passover and wrestle with the apparent violence of God in this story. Did God really kill innocent babies? Who did the people need to be saved from? And how does Jesus fit in all of this?

Greg does a great job tackling a huge portion of the book of Exodus this week. He looks at the way Moses continues to struggle to doubt and how God provides signs and wonders as God works with Moses to bring the people out of slavery.

This weeks sermon focus' on the strange second half of Exodus 4 when God apparently tries to kill Moses, and Moses' wife Zipporah saves him in a strange ritual of circumcision... I know... This story is strange... and yet, there is something important for us to learn in this story.

This week Ashlynn did an amazing job exploring the call of Moses and how that relates to each one of us today. If you have ever wondered what your calling is, then this is the sermon for you.

Lot's of people are thinking and posting about the Freedom Convoy this week. But what happens when we marry our faith and our politics? What happens when we confuse the message about freedom in Jesus with our political freedom? And most importantly, how is the church supposed to act and behave in these conversations?

This week we look at the last few verses of Exodus two and hear four verbs that describe God's action on behalf of those who are suffering. If you are interested in the book I mention during the sermon it is available for purchase here. https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Suffer-Where-God-When-ebook/dp/B07VXLBMMW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=V2QPAK4WI6ZA&keywords=Why+do+we+suffer+and+where+is+God+when+we+do&qid=1643215974&sprefix=why+do+we+suffer+and+where+is+god+when+we+do%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1

This week we look at the early life of Moses and the way that the author(s) of Exodus draw on the story of Israel to help us see the ways in which God worked in the past and continues to work today.

This week we begin our new series in the book of Exodus. We see the ways in which God is at work through the very normal and small acts of faithfulness in the people of Israel and the two Midwives of the Hebrews.

Julia wraps up our Advent series reflecting on Jesus the Prince of Peace who brings Shalom to us all.

This week Peter looks at the title Eternal Father and the way God is with us everywhere, forever, and the tender way in which God is our Father.

This week Jaden teaches about on the title given to the Messiah in Isaiah "Might God." We see the different ways God can be seen as the mighty one, and how God also subverts some of our expectations around this title.

Greg did an excellent job teaching this week on the first of the four titles given to the Messiah (Jesus) in Isaiah 9:6. Greg gives an excellent summary of the context in which this passage was written and then challenges some of our assumptions about what the title "Wonderful Counselor" means. Hint: It doesn't just mean a nice person who gives good advice!