Reality Church Vancouver Teachings Podcast

This week, we turn to the theme of the city in our Housing in the City series. Reading from Jeremiah 29, we see God’s call to the city, the identity we’re invited to in the city and finally the hope …

We continue our series exploring the topic of housing in the city by looking at our Biblical theme: the land. By tracing the theme through the Bible in 7 acts, we learn the story of the land, how Jes…

This week we began a new series exploring how we live in the city as followers of Jesus during the current housing crisis. In this introduction, we explore some of the personal contours of the housin…

As we close our series in the gospel of John and move towards the summer season, we take a last look at Jesus around the table. While in the gospel of John, the table is portrayed as a classroom, in …

As we end our series in the gospel of John, we turn our eyes to the commissioning of Jesus’ disciples in John 20. Although given 2000 years ago, Jesus’ promise to his disciples of another Advocate wh…

As we celebrate Easter Sunday, we turn to the Gospel of John's account of the resurrection of Jesus where he emphasizes three things: the evidence that invites us to stoop, the exhortation that invit…

Jesus ends his longest recorded prayer with a surprise: out of all the things he could have prayed for his disciples of all time, he prays for unity. This week we end our series in the Upper Room wit…

As we continue in our study of Jesus' final teaching in the Gospel of John, we look once again at the prayer for his disciples in John 17. Jesus adds to his invitation to the disciples to be sent to …

Jesus continues his longest recorded prayer by praying for his disciples and he seems very concerned about their relationship to "the world". In this teaching, we explore what Jesus means by "the wo…

How does Jesus approach the “hour” of distress that has arrived? Ending his longest teaching, and beginning his longest prayer, Jesus approaches this hour as a priest. Instead of trying to grab more …

Why would Jesus go away? And why would he say it's "better" that he goes away? This week, we explore these questions as we learn what Jesus is trying to accomplish and how the Spirit ministers, speci…

As we continue in our series on the Upper Room Discourse in John’s Gospel, we come to difficult words from Jesus about conflict and hatred. Looking at Jesus’ words within the language of apocalypse, …

We continue our study of the Last Supper in the Gospel of John where Jesus instructs his disciples and us around the table. This week, we study Jesus words in John 15 , where the God who has made us …

At the Last Supper, Jesus sits down with his disciples to drill into them the most fundamental and important things he wants to remember. This week, we look at a block of Jesus’ teaching that tells u…

We continue our journey with Jesus and his disciples around the table in the gospel of John. This week, we look at Jesus' amazing words about the relationships within God of Father, Jesus and Spirit,…

This week we look at Jesus' famous claim that he is "the way, the truth and the life". Through understanding the comfort and challenge of this passage in it's original context, we learn how Jesus mig…

As we continue in our series on the Last Supper in the gospel of John, this week we begin to focus on Jesus' iconic statement that he is the way, the truth, and the life. We notice that Jesus self-di…

This week we start a new series looking at a unique contribution from John's gospel: the Lord's Supper. We begin by examining Jesus' footwashing in John 13 which challenges us to serve as Jesus did. …

As we gathered for a Christmas Eve service, we focused on the word “behold” which occurs several times in Luke’s Gospel. Merry Christmas! Recorded December 24, 2023.

This week, we end our fall series in Genesis 2 and 3 with a focus on the character of Yahweh Elohim. How will Yahweh Elohim respond to human failure - with justice or mercy? Recorded December 19, 202…