Reality Church Vancouver Teachings Podcast

In this sermon, we continue our series on Moses and the question of identity, focusing on one of the most relatable moments in his story—failure, exile, and deep disappointment. Moses longs for the same things we do: belonging, purpose, justice, blessing, and a life that matters, yet every attempt he makes to secure those things falls apart, yet, it’s in that place of discouragement and “not enoug...

In this message, we continue our exploration of the theme of justice: two weeks ago, we considered justice through the courage of the women in Exodus 1–2; today, we shift to Moses’ adult life and the tension between his deep, God-given passion for justice and the misguided, self-driven ways he first tries to pursue it. This passage leads us to a bigger question: how does an encounter with God tran...

In Exodus 2:15–22, we meet Moses in a season of dislocation—fleeing Egypt, finding refuge in Midian, starting a family, and naming his son Gershom, “a foreigner in a foreign land.” This moment opens a deeper question the passage raises for us today: What does it mean to leave a legacy? Not a legacy of success, achievement, or family status, but a legacy shaped by the ongoing work of God in a life...

In today’s episode, we continue our series on identity through the early life of Moses, turning to one of the most urgent themes in the Exodus story: justice—what it means to “take on Pharaoh.” Exodus 1–2 opens with God blessing Israel in a foreign land, a picture of flourishing that echoes a new garden. But that blessing provokes fear in a new Pharaoh, who twists power into oppression, slavery, a...

This week, we look even further back in Moses’ origin story at the courage of Shiphrah and Puah, a desperate mother, Miriam’s boldness, and Pharaoh’s daughter’s compassion - and the way God responds to lament long before they see deliverance. We explore lament as a true form of worship—honest, raw, and welcomed by God—and how the Bible always pairs lament with hope. Psalm 77 becomes our guide, rem...

In this episode, we continue exploring Moses’ origin story in Exodus and the question at the core of his life—Who am I? Today we go deeper to the longing beneath it: Who is my father? From a name shaped by rescue and rupture to a life searching for belonging, Moses carries a story many of us recognize—a "father hunger" to be known, chosen, and loved. At the burning bush, God meets Moses not just w...

In this week’s message, we continue our series on Moses’ question, “Who am I?” by exploring the theme of belonging. Moses’ story reveals the tension of hybrid identity—born Hebrew, raised Egyptian, caught between race, culture, and place—and his failed attempts to resolve that tension by choosing sides and defining himself against others. But when God meets Moses in the wilderness and declares, “I...

This week, we explore the question “Am I what I do?” and the pressure many of us feel to find meaning and identity in our work. Looking at Moses in Exodus 2–3, we see someone who longed to make a difference but discovered that vocation is not driven by personal willpower or achievement. God meets Moses in the ordinary and calls him first to be a responder, then a participant in God’s work to bring...

This week we begin a new series based on Moses' question in Exodus 3:11 - "Who am I?" While previous cultures answered this question by looking outside of ourselves, our culture answers it by inviting us to look inside of ourselves. However, in this message, we see how Moses’ encounter with God reveals a better way—our true identity is found not in who we are, but in who God is: the great I AM. Re...

In this message, the two responses to the good news of Jesus in the book of Acts. First, Peter invites his listeners to "repent and be baptized" as an entrance practice into a community of the good news. Second, we learn how the early church took on common practices that continually shaped them to become people who looked like Jesus - and how we're invited to do the same. Recorded October 12, 2025...

This week, we were blessed to have Carl Amouzou lead us to reflect on the story of Mary and Martha, and the challenge we all face between being distracted and being present. Through personal stories of busyness, shame, and the struggle to rest, we’re invited to hear Jesus’ gentle words: You are seen, you are loved, and you are called to choose the better part—the way of presence with Him. If you’v...

This week we begin to explore the early church's practices in Acts 2, focusing on the surprising emphasis on eating together. Communion reminds us that Jesus’ broken body and poured-out blood re-story our lives, but the table doesn’t stop there. We’re invited to come to the table, carry it into our homes, and extend it into the world—sharing the good news of Jesus through relationships around tabl...

This week we’re kicking off a new series on who we are as a church, starting with our name: Reality Church. Drawing from Colossians 2:17, we explore how all the identity markers we chase—success, approval, belonging—are just shadows, whereas true identity and lasting fulfillment are found only in Jesus, the one who is reality. Recorded September 14, 2025.

We finish our summer series looking at Psalm 32, which reminds us that God doesn’t watch us with judgment but with love. Hiding our struggles only wears us down, but freedom comes when we bring our whole selves—sins, wounds, and weariness—into God’s presence. Like the woman who reached out to Jesus in faith, we find blessing when we stop hiding and let his unfailing love surround us. Recorded Sept...

In Psalm 84 we hear the psalmist’s passionate cry: “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere.” But what does that mean for us when our hearts often long for “a thousand elsewheres” — vacations, success, comfort — more than the presence of God? This sermon explores that tension honestly, naming how we can sometimes sing worship songs without fully meaning the words. The psalm remi...

This week, we explore Psalm 72 which teaches us to long for a king who brings justice and shalom—peace, wholeness, and flourishing. This hope is fulfilled in Jesus, the greater King who defends the vulnerable, heals the broken, and confronts injustice with sacrificial love. As His followers, we’re invited to pray, see others with His eyes, and live out justice and mercy so that God’s kingdom comes...

Psalm 24 calls us to meet the majestic Creator with clean hands and pure hearts. Revival begins not with programs or crowds, but with holy discontent and God’s people being filled with Him. Transformation starts when we let Him cleanse our actions, motives, and allegiances. Where do we long for God to arrive, and how are we preparing? True revival is a community becoming deeply God-conscious—start...

Psalm 127 reminds us that without God’s presence, even our hardest work can become empty toil. This sermon invites us to see all we do—whether in jobs, homes, relationships, or ministry—as “kingdom work,” joining God’s ongoing activity to bring life, hope, and flourishing in places big and small. Recorded August 3, 2025.

In her first sermon ever (!), one of our church elders, Christiane, reflects on Psalm 63 and what it means to long for and find satisfaction in God. Through honest storytelling and spiritual insight, she explores how our deepest desires point us toward God—and how Scripture and simple practices can help us meet Him in everyday life. Recorded July 20, 2025.

We continue our study of the Psalms this summer by looking Psalm 121. In this teaching, we explore how mountains are a place of significance, how mountains reinforce our identity, and hear the invitation to ascend the mountain with King Jesus. Recorded July 13, 2025.

Psalm 8 invites us into a posture of worship by recognizing God as the majestic Creator and King over all. Whether we feel powerful or powerless, the Psalm reminds us that everyone worships something—and only worship of God leads to life, not destruction. As we enter summer, this message encourages us to enjoy beauty, rest, and connection, but to do so with intentionality—seeing every moment as an...

In this final message of the Open to the Spirit series, we’re invited as a community into a “guided invitation”—a gentle, hopeful call to open ourselves more deeply to the Spirit’s presence, power, and person. With heartfelt thanks for all who have been using their gifts—serving, teaching, encouraging, creating, and leading—the message names the beauty of what God is already doing among us. At the...

As we begin to close our discernment on being Open to the Spirit, this sermon encourages us to embrace the Spirit’s guidance and power by trusting God in our hesitations, supporting one another’s gifts, and growing together in love. Using Ephesians 4 and the image of a fishing reel, it highlights the tension between human effort and divine strength as necessary for spiritual maturity and unity. Re...

In this teaching, we explore the fivefold ministry gifts described in Ephesians 4—Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Shepherd, and Teacher—often referred to as APEST - which are given to the church to equip believers and build up the body of Christ. We look at the unique function and heart of each gift, how they worked together in the early church, and how they might be expressed in our communities tod...

This week’s sermon explores the Power Gifts—a category of spiritual gifts meant to tangibly demonstrate that God is real, active, and present. Rooted in 1 Corinthians 12, the message invites listeners to consider how we might be open to God’s “supernatural” work in our lives and church, despite modern skepticism. Apologies - the first minute of the recording was cut out. Recorded June 1, 2025.