Champion Church of the Nazarene Podcast

Rev. Jim Smith Often we aren’t sure what God might accomplish through us. In today’s message, we will discover God has created us for greater purposes than we know, and gives us the ability to reach others in the way God has created to.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 6:1-4 In Parenting 201, we discover how God has given us the blueprint for instructing our kids, even when our kids don’t live into the instruction we give.

Rev. Matt Slater | Psalm 127; Proverbs 2 As we continue our series, Family Matters, we learn the what and the why of parenting. God designed parents to parent alongside him and look beyond themselves to raise up our children. We will discover our faith speaks to our parenting.

Rev. Matt Slater | Genesis 4:1-16 As we continue our series, Family Matters, we dive into the reasons why we have differences and conflicts. God models for us ways to continue our relationships in a healthy way, even in the midst of our differences.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 2:17-21; Galatians 3; Genesis 12:1-3 On Pentecost Sunday, we ask the question how to we approach the church with our family? We will discover that God has always intended on you having a bigger family then your own, and it starts with the church.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:12, 1 Timothy 5:8 In our new series Family Matters, we begin by understanding the purpose God had in mind for our families. It is from that purpose that we can begin to learn how to approach other family matters.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 10:44-48 In the last installment of Headlines, we examine how fear so often keeps us from seeing God working in people and even in ourselves. We find that God calls questionable people to do His work, even lead his church.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 8:26-40 What could cause the localized news of Jesus’ resurrection to go global? We will discover that the way we live and single conversations can change the world around us in far greater ways than we expect.

Rev. Dr. Matt Price | Romans 4:19-20 This is a special episode as we welcomed Matt Price, former missionary to West Africa and professor at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, to our Faith Promise Service. Hear how God is working around the world, and how we can be part of the mission, making disciples of all nations.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 3:12-19 As we continue our series Headlines, we will discover how the believers in the resurrection offered forgiveness, even to the most unlikely of people. We have the opportunity to share He Is Risen by how we forgive others, even our enemies.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 4:32-35 In our second installment of the series, Headlines, we will see how the community that believed in the resurrection continued to show that Christ is Risen. We will discover it is in living generous, caring lives that we continue the story of the resurrection, even today.

Rev. Matt Slater | John 20:1-18 On the greatest day in history, would the headline really have been “He is Risen”? As we celebrate Easter, we will discover the meaning of the resurrection and how the news of the empty tomb changed everything.

Rev. Matt Slater | Mark 11:1-11 When we ask God to save us, are we actually looking for his help, or something we’ve pre-determined. As we celebrate Palm Sunday, we will discover what it really means to ask God for help and how it plays out in our lives.

Rev. Matt Slater | John 12:20-33 The world is full of people looking for power and influence. Christ became influential by doing things totally different. In the same way, we should live as He lived, denying ourselves so God will do something new.

Rev. Matt Slater | John 2:13-22 We sometimes wonder why Jesus was so angry in the temple. Today we discover how he was teaching us the upside down life through his passion and his vision for new realities. We will learn that our passion is to be aligned with his.

Rev. Matt Slater | Mark 1:9-15 We all have ups and downs in life, but is there a way to live our lives differently that keeps us steady, even elevates our lives beyond our circumstances? It is the way that Jesus taught and lived himself, the Upside-Down Life.

Rev. Matt Slater | Matthew 12:38-41 As finish our series about the Book of Jonah, we will discover its overall message God reveals to us. That he is the source of our salvation, our life, our deliverance.

Rev. Matt Slater | Jonah 4:1-11 As we continue our series in Jonah, we will discover that God gives us room as he shifts our thinking, our actions and our lives. And when we accept all that he is doing, we will undergo a holy shift.

Rev. Matt Slater | Jonah 3:1-10 In the third part of our series in Jonah, we will discover that God is the God of starting over. In the same way, we have the opportunity to treat each other with grace and love.

Rev. Matt Slater | Jonah 1:17-2:10 As Jonah prayed, he did so disingenuously. We will discover that we must intentionally wreck ourselves as we approach God in prayer.

Rev. Matt Slater | Jonah 1:1-16 In this new series on the Book of Jonah, we will discover the tension between God’s ideas for life and our own. We will begin to understand that even when we say no to God and pursue our other ideas, God still follows and reaches out to us.

Rev. Matt Slater; Matthew 2:1-12 Why are we still celebrating the time when Jesus was a young boy? Today we discover the good news of the Magi visiting Jesus and what it means for us!

Rev. Matt Slater; John 1:6-28 Where does hope and inspiration come from in a world that seems so dark? We will discover how Jesus is the Light and how he transforms everything we see and do.

Rev. Matt Slater; Mark 1:1-7 As we celebrate the second week of Advent, we will discover that we are called to prepare ways for the Lord to work in today’s world.

Rev. Matt Slater; Matthew 6:9-13, 25:31-40 We will discover at the end of praying the Lord’s Prayer that God inspires us to live differently in light of the realities for which we have prayed. Our lives as disciples are not just marked by how we pray, but how we live.