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The Meeting Place is a church that seeks to follow Jesus and share his story. We gather at our place and yours. We serve where needed and we worship Jesus in all we do. Our podcast features our weekly teaching from our Sunday morning gatherings as well as some occasional bonus content. To learn more about The Meeting Place check out themeetingplace.mb.ca

  1. 04/01/2022

    The Benefit of the Doubt | Paul Walker | Deconstruction With Jesus

    Sociologists tells us that 43-45% of people will go through a major faith transition at some point in their life. And that’s any faith transition. So that can be from one Christian denomination to another denomination; that can be from belief to atheism; that can also be from secularism to some form of faith. 44% is a huge number. It has some folks raising the alarm against those who would begin a process of doubt or healthy deconstruction. Doubt is considered by some to be the enemy of faith.  In this teach we will discover that viewing doubt in this way is both unhelpful and un-scriptural. Furthermore, it perpetuates the myth is that when we go through the process of doubt and deconstruction, we have somehow lost our faith. The fact is that if you doubt, it means that you do have faith. Throughout the ancient history of the church, faith has been defined as a combination of knowing and not knowing. Of a willingness and readiness by the grace of God to live with a certain degree of unknowing— or what the mystics call darkness.

    42 min

  2. 04/01/2022

    Jesus Our King | Paul Walker | Gospel 101

    One of the most consistent themes in the New Testament is that Jesus is the Christ or King. Jesus is King and he proclaimed the gospel of the Kingdom. Jesus often said things like, “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:15). For Jesus, the “good news” is the proclamation of the coming kingdom of God. In fact, the Bible summarizes the entire message of Jesus as “the good news of the kingdom” (Matthew 4:23; Luke 4:43; Acts 8:12; 28:31). The word kingdom isn’t used frequently anymore. Today we talk about nations and countries more than kingdoms. But king- dom (Greek: basileia) still has value when talking about the gospel, because it includes the word king (basileus): the one who shapes the vision and values of the kingdom. So what does Jesus’ kingdom look like? And why is this good news?

    37 min

  3. 04/01/2022

    Waiting in the Darkness | Carolyn Klassen | Light Up The Night

    In the beginning, the earth was formless and void  (TOHU wa BOHU). This was a chaotic and negative scene. In the ancient world, it was the type of land that was desolate and could not have order. God steps in and creates order. God speaks light to the chaotic darknesses and the result is peace (shalom) and the thriving of all creation. It was good and very good. But in an instant, all that changed as Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s good instruction. They took of the fruit and ate, and sin entered the world. Fellowship broken. Peace shattered. Creation thrown into chaos. Darkness, depravity, fear, shame, and selfishness flooded the human heart, and plunged us back into the darkness and towards a TOHU wa BOHU. The situation was dire. But, God promises that we would not be left alone in the dark. A rescuer would come who would speak order to our chaos. On the first Sunday of Advent 2021, we join the longing of all those waiting in the darkness for light to come.

    39 min

  4. 04/01/2022

    Will The Real Gospel Please Stand Up? | Paul Walker | Gospel 101

    What is the good news? What is the gospel? For some folks the good news is only about how to get saved. For others the good news is about obtaining a ticket to heaven, or a strategy for health and wealth. There are all sorts of false gospels that try to lead us astray, much like the Galatians were led astray to a “different gospel.” Yet as we look to the Scriptures, we discover that the good news is so much more than a singular decision moment. The good news is a beautiful and expansive vision for the shalom of all creation that culminates in Jesus. So what is the good news? Jesus is the good news!

    39 min

  5. 04/01/2022

    Peace With The Earth | Scott Gerbrandt | Mixtapes

    Psalm 104 is a song capturing the heart of the two creation narratives we read in Genesis 1 +2. In this song we hear the repeated themes: (1) God is Creator of ALL things (including humans); (2) God, with grace, mercy and wonder has created an abundant and generous home for ALL things and (3) ALL things look to God for life! This psalm beautifully captures the “shalom” – the fullness of right, good and mature relationships between God and Creation (including humans). This is the way it was created to be AND is what God is about in God’s “rescue plan” for ALL things (Colossians 1:15-20) – there is nothing outside of God’s redemptive plan – God intends to bring back Shalom  (including humans). It matters how we treat the earth because it matters to God! God's call and hope for humanity's role in creation is to "tend & keep" (Gen 2)... Let's get to it!

    38 min

  6. 04/01/2022

    The Time You Have Left | Paul Walker

    The Psalmist writes….Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. To be wise is to number your days, count your steps, and consider your ways. The only alternative is that we waste the time we have left. And time is a precious commodity. You can’t buy more of it. One life to live, and it will soon pass What are you going to with the time you have left? Are you making the most of each day? Are you using the time you have or are you letting life pass you by? What do you need to START doing today?  What do you need to STOP doing today?

    25 min

  7. 04/01/2022

    What Is Deconstruction | Paul Walker | Deconstruction With Jesus

    Deconstruction was a term first coined by the philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960’s. Derrida’s use of the term was not about tearing down and building. Rather it meant becoming more mindful of the way we use words. Words themselves can privilege power, and we need to attend to the way words can shape narratives. In this teach we will deconstruct what we mean by the term deconstruction and discover that it is not a singular term or static experience. Rather, there are various dynamic ways— both helpful and unhelpful— of going through deconstruction. And ultimately, there is way of understanding deconstruction that sees Jesus at the centre of this journey.

    46 min

  8. 04/01/2022

    The Church Deconstructed | Paul Walker | Deconstruction With Jesus

    October 31… Halloween or All Hallows Eve. While most people think of pumpkins, costumes, and candy— there is another meaning of this calendar holiday: reformation. 504 year ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 thesis statements to the Wittenberg door and unknowingly launched a reformation in the Western Church. While this was a seminal event for Protestant Christians, it is just one example of how the church has experienced moments of decisive re-examination. In the positive sense, reformation has taken the form of renewal moments, monastic orders, and social changes. In the negative sense, it has led to schisms, division, and a fracturing of unity in the church. In the year 2021, some (like Phyllis Tickle) , have suggested we are on the verge of some major changes in the church. Certainly the usage of the #exvangelical & #deconstruction hashtags across social media have been persistent since 2016, garnering more than 300 million views on TikTok, 54,000 posts on Instagram and routinely getting more than 100,000 daily impressions on Twitter. In the age of deconstruction— what might it mean to be the church in our time? What might Jesus be asking the church to healthily deconstruct today? What might the church say to those who have walked away from faith?

    41 min
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The Meeting Place is a church that seeks to follow Jesus and share his story. We gather at our place and yours. We serve where needed and we worship Jesus in all we do. Our podcast features our weekly teaching from our Sunday morning gatherings as well as some occasional bonus content. To learn more about The Meeting Place check out themeetingplace.mb.ca

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