HeyJaredNgāruawāhia Village Church Podcast
Audio dispatches from Ngāruawāhia Village Church. Mainly recordings of Sunday messages, but bonus material may pop up from time to time just to keep things spicy.
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Kingdom 03 - A Crash Course in Parables (opens the original)
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Jesus told short puzzling stories to explain the arrival of the kingdom, and the unravelling of the old order. But they wouldn't mean much unless a person has "ears to hear." That is, the stories would not make things easy. These parables, like puzzle pieces, accumulate to give us a composite picture of this strange kingdom Jesus is announcing. Every piece tells us something, and without all the pieces, our understanding of the Kingdom of God will be truncated, or worse, mistaken.
Kingdom 01 - Teeing It Up (opens the original)
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The message of the Bible involves the idea of "kingdom" and it comes into sharp focus in the preaching of Jesus. To us, it is complex, and a bit vague. But for the first people who heard the news that "the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" it seemed to be the best news ever. Why?
The Running Father (opens the original)
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Cover image: Charlie Mackesy (Image referred to in Shane's message) Shane takes the occasion of Father's Day to reconsider the famous story of two lost sons and the running father - Jesus' provoking image of the God who runs.
Wise: Lady Wisdom, Lady Folly (opens the original)
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Landing the plane on the Wise series, Nathan looks back at the themes of wisdom and foolishness, which the writer of Proverbs type-casts as two different women. Both have prepared a banqueting table, one to fatten us up for slaughter, the other a feast of joy and life. Pick your table.
Wise: The Company We Keep (II) (opens the original)
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Living with skill means being attentive to the kinds of companions we are close to. A special focus on friendship and the blessing of spousal companionship.
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