The Hope For Life Podcast

Tim Pippus
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This is the podcast of Hope For Life Calgary. This platform is for telling our stories, God's story, and teaching resources that will help us mature in Christ.

  1. 11/28/2025

    Smarter Than Tim #13 - Spiritual Gifts Part 2 With Rhys Scott

    0:29 - Intro and recap of last episode 2:35 - Rhys’ initial comments 8:18 - A story of the difference it makes to discover your gifts 14:20 - What happens to a church when you are missing gifts of over/under emphasize certain spiritual gifts? 21:00 - How do you respond to the idea that certain gifts are “weird?”  34:00 - How do we know when this “weird” thing is authentically a God thing? 38:45 - His experience with the Toronto Blessing of 1994-95 42:45 - How do we test prophetic words?  48:50 - “Prophesy” versus “revelation” 50:45 - Final comments on learning through failure

    54 min

  2. 11/26/2025

    Smarter Than Tim #12 - Spiritual Gifts Part 1 With Rhys Scott

    Today Rhys Scott joins me to discuss spiritual gifts. I had a profound prophetic experience at their church in January, 2025 that spawned a friendship between us and I've learned a lot from him. 0:48 - Introducing Rhys Scott Tim’s Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rmmU0ZirCQ 3:30 - What is a Word and Spirit Church? 11:40 - What is a Spiritual gift? 15:10 - Natural gifts, acquired gifts, and Spiritual gifts 20:20 - How do I know my gifts? 27:40 - How would you address someone who has a less “spiritually sexy” gift? 32:40 - What is the gift of prophecy? 38:30 - How do I know this word/picture is from God or not? 40:55 - Final words 42:42 - Bonus content on growing in confidence in knowing God’s voice, and stories of how prophesy and tongues worked in their church

    49 min

  3. 10/17/2024

    Smarter Than Tim #11 - Is the Bible a Good Book, is it God's Book, and how do we Know What it Means?

    Today I interview Professor Rikk Watts. You can access his bio from the link below. Here's an outline of the episode: 4:58 - What is the Bible? 9:12 - Why are there so many translations of the Bible?  Which is best? 12:30 - How confident are we that the Bible we have is the Bible that was originally written?  16:10 - Is it God’s book and is it a good book? 25:40 - How do we know what the Bible means? 27:09 - How should an average person read the bible? 30:00 - Can the average person really understand - Rikk talks about practical approaches to greater understanding 33:04 - How do we balance the tension between the need for expertise/hard work to understand Scripture with the fact that everyone can read it and understand it? 35:22 - Two angels or one? What do we do when the Bible seems to contradict itself? 42:42 - The widows mite and how to handle different interpretations of the same text  49:40 - The first verses in Mark and the significance of cross-references.  59:15 - What’s the difference between citations, allusions, and echoes? 1:02:43 - What is proof-texting?  Is Paul proof texting in Galatians chapter 3?   1:07:00 - How do we handle difficult texts?  Is God an abusive Father in Isaiah 9? 1:11:00 - What is the role of the Spirit of God in reading and understanding the Bible? 1:13:00 - Final advice on reading the Bible. Rikk's Bio: https://www.regent-college.edu/faculty/research-faculty/rikk-watts

    1h 18m

  4. 10/04/2024

    Smarter Than Tim #10 - Calling

    Today I interview Doug Pippus and Mark Buchanan about calling. It's an episode that left me praising the faithfulness and goodness of Jesus! 1:25 - Intro to calling   3:56 - Where does the idea of “calling” come from? 8:20 - Abuses and misunderstandings of “calling” 16:40 - What gives God the right to call me?  Cultural pushback to God as master and Lord 20:40 - Mark and Doug’s stories of discovering goodness and  wonder of Jesus - The Caller is good! 34:37 - Three levels of calling - general, specific, and immediate 37:00 - Thoughts on the general calling of God and Tim’s inability to run his life well 52:10 - Thoughts on specific calling 58:10 - Mark and Doug respond to specific calling 1:11:47 - Thoughts on Immediate Calling 1:22:10 - A Final Story

    1h 29m

  5. 07/24/2024

    Smarter Than Tim #9 - Cultivating Mental Wellness With Geri Fitch

    1:00 - Who is Geri Fitch and why are we talking about mental health? 2:45 - Steps anyone can take to pursue mental wellness 4:25 - The messages we hear 8:40 - Mental wellness is linked to what you think and what you do 11:20 - People who do well aren’t just gifted, and learning to win arguments with yourself 18:40 - The tricks and lies of anxiety and depression 21:55 - More on self-talk and arguing with yourself 24:15 - Discerning the truth 29:00 - What helps a person with complex, multi-layered challenges move forward? 42:00 - Living as the caregiver of someone who seems to be stuck in complex and multi-layered challenges 53:00 - Advice for people who want to fast, but have a hard time separating it from insecurity and trying to lose weight 58:00 - Advice on looking for a good therapist

    1h 1m

  6. 06/20/2024

    Smarter Than Tim #8 - A Different Take on Retirement

    Most retirees travel from Calgary to places like Phoenix, but Gary and Peter raised money to purchase critical food and medical supplies for Ukrainian refugees and then repeatedly drove into the war zone to deliver them with a European pastor. 1:30 - The origin story 3:45 - Rethinking retirement 5:25 - A quick summary of the trip 10:20 - The local churches they worked with 13:20 - Describing the places they saw 18:15 - Describing life in a war zone 28:40 - Why were you in a war zone? How did being there impact you? 37:08 - The challenges of the trip 45:55 - What they learned about the Ukrainian people and how they were inspired by the Ukrainian church 57:00 - Lessons the Ukrainian Church has to teach us 107:20 - Final thoughts

    1h 17m

  7. 05/31/2024

    Smarter Than Tim #7 with Phil Reinders - Rule of Life #2

    1:45 - Introducing Phil Reinders 3:40 - Phil’s comments on the rising interest in Rule of Life amongst Western Christians 8:00 - Which spiritual disciplines do people dabble in where they should dive in? 14:50 - Further thoughts on dabbling versus diving in 17:35 - What are some of the most common renunciations people have to engage in to make space for new rhythms? 26:22 - What’s your favourite spiritual practice in this season and why? 28:54 - Honest discussion of Phil’s personal prayer life 38:20 - What do you do when you sense you’ve lost the heart of the practice? (I’m just ticking off my Bible reading on the app)  46:00 - How much freedom is there in the way we practice spiritual disciplines?  50:38 - How long should someone stick with a discipline before they can evaluate if it’s fruitful? 52:00 - The tension between grace (do I have to?) and truth (If I never want to, what does that mean about my spiritual life?) 56:50 - Where does God’s role end and our role begin? 58:15 - What spiritual rhythms work best in the life of a young family? 101:40 - Addressing a cycle of trying and failing alongside the discovery of our brokenness through spiritual practices.   104:48 - What would you say to someone who feels defeated and stuck? 106:25 - Final Words - a blessing for those practicing a rule of life

    1h 8m

  8. 05/19/2024

    Smarter Than Tim #6 - Fasting for Abundant Life

    Four people at Hope For Life Church decided to participate in a radical lenten fast in 2024. This podcast captures some of their insights and will spur you to consider the impacts fasting would have on your life with God. You'll laugh a time or two along the way too. 1:00 - What was the lenten fast and why did you do it? 4:00 - How hard was this to do? 6:37 - What did you learn about the things that control you and more generally about yourselves through this fast? 13:30 - What did you observe about each other growing through this lenten journey? 24:48 - How did fasting affect your experience of Good Friday? 30:18 - What’s one of the most important things you learned through this fast? 46:33 - Would you do this again?  49:34 - What do you want to say to the church about this experience? 59:55 - Final comments 102:20 - "More Christians are dieting than fasting," AND "do I have to???" 104:00 - God isn’t trying to wreck your life 105:45 - Will Tim join next year’s fast?

    1h 7m
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