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Join us this week as we go deeper into Jesus making a private moment public and a public moment private with two individuals healed at the end of Luke 8. Be sure to bring us your questions following Sunday's service - questions@kortrightchurch.org!

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Flipping the Script Speaker:  Annabelle Edward Passage: Luke 8:10-56 In most social situations we have a set of realistic expectations that help us to function within that social event. It can make us quite uncomfortable when something or someone turns those expectations on their head. But sometimes, as uncomfortable as it might seem, things actually work out fo...

Join us this week as we go deeper into how Jesus' presence confronted both evil and the townspeople in the Gerasene region in Luke 8 - and how Jesus confronts us today. Be sure to bring us your questions following Sunday's service - questions@kortrightchurch.org!

Title: When Jesus Comes to Town Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: When Jesus Comes to Town Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 8:36-39 When Jesus visits the regions of the Gerasenes, he encounters a man possessed by many demons. For modern readers, it is easy to write it off as an example of mental illness. But Justin digs a little deeper helps us to understand that there is something more goi...

Welcome to The Sunday Sit-Down, where we take a deeper dive into the past week's sermon. This week Justin Sytsma and Abi Buckle explore some of the themes from Pastor Grant's sermon on Luke 8:22-25 as Jesus rebukes the storm as the disciples "misplace" their fear. How do we have a healthy view of Jesus through life's storms?

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: At the Mercy of The Storm Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 8:22-25 What is the worst storm you have ever lived through? What did it feel like when you were out of options and left to the mercy of the storm? This week Grant helps us to see there is only one option to take out of the chaos. Episode 25-0029: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

In Luke 8, Jesus challenges what it means to be family. He says that His own family are those who hear the word, and put it into practice. That should challenge the way we do community and family. Welcome to episode 24 of the KPC podcast where we dive deeper into the text from Sunday and talk about how to apply it to our lives.

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Bounded Sets and the Family of God Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 8:19-20 We all have to one degree or another struggles with the family vs work balance. Sometimes it can be made all the more difficult when other people try to define what is and isn’t family. They are surprised when we define family more broadly than maybe they do. What did Jesus have to...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Kingdom and Empire Speaker:  Lindsay Sytsma Passage: Luke 8:16-18 In this episode Lindsay Sytsma continues our look at the gospel of Luke in chapter8. She explains to us how the Kingdom Jesus came to bring does not loke like or work like the earthly empires we are accustomed to. Episode 25-0027: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma discussing Luke 8:16-18 with Grant Vissers. This week, we have some questions for your consideration: 1) What does it mean to call Jesus "King?" How is Jesus King? How is Jesus NOT King? 2) What are some of the other "gospels" that we allow to creep into our lives? 3) How do we...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring about Jesus' call for his listeners to lean in and truly hear what he has to say through the parable of the sower. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen if you want to go deeper into the pa...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: ThePressures of Kingdom Life Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 8:1-15 Metaphors and similes; the literary devices with us to make comparisons. Jesus used them as well; they are called parables. As we start to explore the parables of Jesus presented in Luke, Grant shows us that helps us see that entering into the kingdom is not without its pressures. Episode...

Welcome to episode 21 of the KPC podcast. Today we're talking about radical hospitality and the invitation of community. We hope this episode encourages you this week.

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Radical Hospitality Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 7:36-50 Do you like to host? Is it a source of joy for you to have folks over for supper, or even to have someone just drop in because you just love having people around and making them feel welcome? If you do that’s a real gift. In this passage Grant helps us to see that even in this Jesus is calling us...

Welcome to another episode of the podcast where we are continuing to work our way through the Gospel of Luke. We hope this encourages you and helps you have one conversation this week about faith and doubt.

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Managing Expectations Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 7:18-35 Have you ever gone into a situation and found that it was not in any way what you expected? This week as we continue in the Gospel of Luke Grant helps us to see that that was the situation John the Baptist found himself in. And sometimes it’s where we find ourselves as well. Is the Christian exp...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we turn over to Luke 7 and see Jesus perform two very different healings. What significance do these healings have? How do we live in the tension of praying with boldness and the reality that we may be disappointed when our prayers are not answered as we wish...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: When God Visits His People Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 7:1-17 What would it take to amaze the Son of God? Jesus would look into the hearts of men and see their every motivation. And yet a humble, Gentile centurion “amazed” him. This week Grant asks us to consider this and another interaction as Jesus reaches out to heal. Episode 25-0020: © 2025 Kortrig...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Foundations and Floods Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 6:43-49 This week Grant wraps up the Sermon on the Plain portion of Luke’s gospel. He guides in understanding how the kingdom of God clashes with our own personal kingdom. Episode 25-0019: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: 3 Principles for Life Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 6:37-42 Grant tells us this message is about the closest he’s likely to get to a three-point sermon. As he looks at what Luke calls the sermon on the plain, he lays out for us three principles for life in the Kingdom of God. Episode 25-0018: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, Jesus wraps up his "Sermon on the Plain" by summarizing his teachings and inviting folks to be with, to hear, and to do and we explore what that precisely looks like for followers of Jesus. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small gro...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're wondering whether Jesus gives us license to judge others at the end of verse 42, and how to think communally about this passage rather than only individualistically. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring practical ways we can actually love our "enemies" as well as asking the question "Is this just Christian karma?". Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen if you want to go dee...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Do the Extra Thing Speaker: Justin Sytsma Passage: Luke 6:27-36 We continue our study in Luke building on the discussions held at our Community Bible Study this past Wednesday. This week Justin asks us to consider why something that is so well laid out and fundamentally simple, a concept all but universally regarded as a good idea, appears so seemingly impossibl...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring the Beatitudes from Luke 6, musing about the rich and poor (is there a "happy medium"?) as well as what it actually makes to be "hated" for the sake of the Son of Man. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your s...