In the Way with Charles St-Onge

Jesus deals with the hypocrisy of the religious and the political by asking a Capital One question: "What's in your wallet?"  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

On this thanksgiving Sunday, Jesus shares a parable about a banquet with ungrateful and unexpected guests.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Text: Philippians 3:4b-14. What do you really need: money, power, fame, or something else entirely? Paul figured it out, and shares his Good News with us. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Today both Paul and Jesus challenge us on the nature of authority, what authority Christians have been given, by whom, and for what purpose.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Paul writes to the church in Philippi, describing how he is caught between life and death. Our lives, too, are walked on a line. But Christ is always with us to pull, push, and catch when we fall. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Text: Romans 14:1-12. What is essential to the faith, what is non-essential, and how do we handle the difference? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In Romans 13, Paul addresses the appropriate Christian attitude towards government. Must we always submit to them, even when they seem to be in the wrong? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Teachers assess students based on a rubric. Paul outlines a rubric for judging Christian behaviour vs. worldly attitudes in Romans 12:8-21.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

A little more than 2/3rds of the way through his letter to Rome, Paul pivots, and begins to write about the life of the Christian saved by grace looks like.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Paul is preparing to transition from pure theology to more practical application in his letter to the Romans. Before we can go on, a little pop quiz. What does Paul mean when he says "All Israel will be saved?" Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In Romans 10, Paul addresses a serious question for the Church: how do people become Christians and confess the saving faith?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Paul asks the question, were all Israelites true Israelites? The question might be asked in our day, are all who sit in pews on Sunday Christians?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

What does it mean to be "predestined," as Paul says it, to be God's elect? What if it does not mean what we think it means? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In Romans 8, Paul shows how to hold in tension the wonder of God's creation and the bugs, viruses, and venom we see there as well. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"Justification and sanctification" were the two big watchwords of the Reformation. They can be more easily understood in the terms identity and action. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Paul, in Romans 7, writes about being burdened by good desires but bad actions. Jesus wants to take away the yoke of a bad conscience and delivers us from the war within. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"Good fences make good neighbors" goes the old proverb. But are fences always good? Is the offense of the cross that it takes the old fences down?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

An old proverb says that the one who fears dies many times, but those without fear die only once. If Jesus has defeated death, and God who ought to be feared wants to be known as our true Father, what is left to fear?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

The Lord has compassion on us, because we are like sheep without a shepherd. How does the Lord shepherd His lost sheep today? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Do you see God as someone always looking over your shoulder to judge you, or as a shoulder you can lean on in the worst of life's storms?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In the book of Genesis, water represents destruction and chaos while the Spirit represents breath and life. In Jesus, both are brought together in Baptism, where water and Spirit both kill us and give us new and eternal life in Christ. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In John 17, we hear Jesus pray to the Father for us. What can we learn from him and the early disciples about the importance and content of prayer?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In Acts 2, Peter was sharing the Gospel with Jews. In Acts 17, Paul was sharing the Gospel with Greek philosophers. With whom are we sharing the Gospel? How do they understand sin and death and the need for forgiveness and life?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

In the House of the Father are many dwelling places. But what matters most is that Jesus is there. Where we are with Jesus, we will always find a dwelling place. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"And they lived happily ever after." Things in life don't always work out that way; but in Christ, the Good Shepherd, the lost sheep always make their way home. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org .