Central Heights Church Podcast

Andy Steiger, Director of "Apologetics Canada" joins Central Heights' Lead Pastor Tim Klassen for a conversation about faith and science. A bonus resource from the "Genesis: Right From The Start" series.

What if faith and science were friends rather than enemies? Observation and analysis can lead us to God and Christian faith can fill in our understanding of what is.

Genesis 1 : Instead of a violent, unreliable, unpredictable world, the creation described in Genesis is the work of a powerful God who is good. He has created a physical world for us to inhabit and enjoy in relationship with him.

John 15

God's plan for you and me is not only good, it's lavishly good.

Christ love compels me, I have the ministry of reconciliation as his ambassador.

Your choices today will affect your tomorrow.

We may not like where we are at in life, but no matter where we are at we can do what matters most.

Romans 8:15-16 invites us to know God as Father and to be embraced as his child. When we live and rehearse this truth, we have no reason to fear for everything we long for is found in God, our "Abba Father".

In every moment, no matter the circumstance, if you have Jesus, you have what is most valuable. And that is something you can never lose.

The struggle with sin is real. Yet even in our worst failures, God invites us out of hiding, and into the freedom he has provided.

We are in a constant internal conversation to think differently, and our mind needs to go through a metamorphosis on the way to correct thinking. This is becoming more and more important as we have come through a physical pandemic, but the mental pandemic never stopped. God's word instructs us to renew our mind and ensure we are thinking in the right direction.

We all have a story to share. Our stories will have things to celebrate and moments or even seasons that have been hard. The hard times may be longer than we anticipate, but be patient and take heart. God is Always with you!

An obscure prophetic verse, various medieval monks, repentance, rest, and quietness. In other words, these are some of the words that our Youth Pastor Nathan Archer lives by.

Part 1/10 in a series that looks into the personal stories of 10 different men and women from our pastoral team and elder board that highlights how the Word of God can make an impact in the lives of people. In this first instalment, Central Heights elder chair Mike Woodard shares about the impact of Ephesians 5:15-21 on his life.

The church is central to the plan and purpose of God both in the seen and unseen world. If God loves the church, I've got to love the church. If the church is important to God, the church has to be important to me.

Family is central to the plan and purpose of God. God's BIG picture for parenting will sustain and shape this most important role for the goal of God's glory and a greater good for all.

Being a Christian doesn't mean that your marriage will be easy, but it does mean that you are thoroughly linked to the best possible resource for what is hard. Be a spouse who is synchronized with the Spirit!

Dating can be complicated and confusing. But it can also be good, when I help the person I'm dating encounter what I've encountered in Jesus.

Although challenging, singleness is a viable and commendable option to choose as a way to live your life well before God.

We've all been wounded in the past and we'll all be wronged in the future. But when it comes to forgiveness, what we experience in our relationship with Jesus others should experience in relationship with us.

Conflict is inevitable. Destructive conflict is not. God can use conflict for our good and his glory as we respond rightly, being informed by the gospel with the goal of Christ-like transformation.

Ruth models a friendship that points us to Jesus. As we receive from his loyal, sacrificial love we receive the capacity to be the kind of friend to others that Jesus has been to us.

You need me. I need you. ...to let the word of Christ dwell richly in us, to walk together, to operate in our gifts, speaking the truth in love as we move towards the goal of the fullness of Christ.

When we are healthy, we can bring health to our relationships. With all of the many pathways and tools to contribute to our well-being in a society where it's easy to feel "drained", the perspective of the Bible is that ultimate flourishing is connected to the presence of God. Creating "slow-motion" positions us to receive from God.