In the Way with Charles St-Onge

No matter where he looked, or how often he prayed, or how many worship services he attended, the man simply could not find peace. He said that his “conscience could never achieve certainty but was always in doubt and said: “You have not done this correctly. You were not contrite enough. You omitted this in your confession.” The more he tried to please the Lord the more “uncertain, weak, and troubl...

"In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!" (Luke 1:39-...

"We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.” Luke 7:32-35 Suppo...

John the Baptist certainly sounded like a revolutionary. But he was calling for a different kind of revolution than any we have seen before or since.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"Peace on earth, peace in heaven." As hard to believe as peace in the Middle East, or Eastern Europe, or Asia - or anywhere. Yet it is the Lord's will to reconcile all things to himself through the blood of his cross. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

You may never have thought about this: when you are asleep you are still alive. Your heart beats, you breathe, and your brain is still firing - you dream. There is therefore a difference between being alive and being awake. What IS that difference? That’s what Jesus is asking us today. Not, “are you alive?” but “are you awake?” Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

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Being a saint is not about what you do. It's about who you are in Christ.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

If you read Luke 17:11-19 closely, you will notice that while 9 of the lepers are only cured once, the Samaritan is healed twice. How so? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus had things to say about divorce and marriage. But what he was really addressing was our inability to acknowledge what is happening in our own hearts.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

A reflection on the nature and work of the creatures of the spiritual realm, in light of modern science, the teachings of Scripture, and the work of Jesus Christ. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Humility is the hallmark of the Christian. Christianity is not about doing right, but being honest about where we are going wrong.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Opening poem by Phillips Burrows Strong, " The Tongue ." Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Some people believe James and Paul are teaching a different kind of Christianity. One believes we are saved by faith in Jesus apart from works; the other that we are saved by faith infused with works. The reality is that they are saying the same thing, but two audiences with very different concerns. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus said, "There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him... coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness." (Mark 7:15, 22). It was never the food that in and of itself was clean or unclean. It was the trust that the Lord could make it so. Do we trust that he can make u...

[Jesus] saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them , but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” (M...

Looking at the big picture of sin would overwhelm anyone, and leave us feeling like there is little than can be done. What are we, the church, against so many? We forget that the crowd of five thousand was not fed with two fish and five loaves. They were fed with two fish, five loaves - and the Lord God. With God, all things are possible. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembrok...

John the Baptist lost his head to King Herod - but why? Was it only because he pointed out Herod's adultery? Or was there more to it than that? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus' parables show us what the Kingdom of God is like. It helps to contrast the Lord's rule with Satan's rule, the rule we're used to in this life. How is God's rule being like a farmer, and a like a mustard seed, different than what we're used to? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

The Lord said that the Sabbath was made for us, not the other way around. What does he mean?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

On Ascension, we talk about the ongoing work of Jesus. On Pentecost, we talk about the work of the Holy Spirit. It seems fitting, then, on Trinity Sunday to talk about the Father that we might better understand our one God.  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

The Holy Spirit's work in us is to cause the fruit God is looking for in us to grow. But what are those fruits?  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

"In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach." So Luke writes at the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles. The implication? That Jesus continues to work and teach among us. How so? Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Jesus instructs us to love one another as he has loved us. It seems obvious, then, that we cannot know what he means unless we look at his example. Only then can we know the true character of God's love for us. Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org . 

Someone who was both everybody and nobody become a somebody in Baptism. This sentence is true of everyone who hears the Good News about Jesus and asks, "What is to prevent me from being baptized?"  Support the show Visit us at intheway.org or stjohnspembroke.org .