The Stony Plain Alliance Church Podcast

Graham English - June 7, 2020 This week we begin our new series on the letter to the Philippians, in which we will explore the significance of this letter for us today. This morning we explore the idea the good work that Jesus has begun in us that he will carry about until its completion

Graham English & Matt Kinniburgh - May 31, 2020  Happy Pentecost Sunday! Today we are continuing our series “What on Earth is Jesus Doing?: An Exploration of Ascension and Pentecost” focusing on how the giving of the Spirit on Pentecost is the source of the power to live the ascended Life.

Graham English & Matt Kinniburgh - May 24, 2020 This week we continue our series, it’s called “What on Earth is Jesus Doing?: An Exploration of Ascension and Pentecost.” Today Pastors Graham and Matt discuss the Ascended Life in Christ, and what it means to walk in the authority of Christ over the world, the flesh, and the devil.

Graham English - May 17, 2020 This weekend marks the beginning of a new series, it’s called “What on Earth is Jesus Doing?: An Exploration of Ascension and Pentecost” and in it we are looking bath the significance of the Ascension of Jesus for life today.

Linda Stover - May 10, 2020 In our series Cultivate we are asking the question - what are we cultivating in our minds and hearts during these times and how can we invite Jesus in? This week we’re looking at how, as apprentices of Jesus, we have the opportunity to embrace compassion over indifference.

Graham English - May 3, 2020 In our series Cultivate we are asking the question - what are we cultivating in our minds and hearts during these times and how can we invite Jesus in? This week we’re looking at how, as apprentices of Jesus, we have the opportunity to embrace gratitude over discontentment.

Graham English - April 26, 2020 ln our sermon series, Cultivate, we are asking the question - what are we cultivating in our minds and hearts during these times and how can we invite Jesus in? This week we’re looking at how, as apprentices of Jesus, we have the opportunity to embrace courage over fear.

Graham English - April 19, 2020 We are starting a new sermon series, Cultivate, asking the question - what are we cultivating in our minds and hearts during these times and how can we invite Jesus in? This week we’re looking at how, as apprentices of Jesus, we have the opportunity to embrace peace over worry that leads to anxiety

Graham English - April 12, 2020 He Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed! Happy Easter! This week Pastor Graham we conclude our series Life In His Name by looking at the seventh sign in the book of John where Jesus raises Lazarus (John 11:1-44). Since John records this sign to point his readers to the reality that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing we may have life in his name, we explo...

Graham English - April 5, 2020 Jesus is asked, who sinned this man or his parents that this man was born blind. This week Pastor Graham delves into Jesus' six sign in the book of John where he heals the paralytic (John 9:1-12). Since John records this sign to point his readers to the reality that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing we may have life in his name, we explore togeth...

Matt Kinniburgh - March 29, 2020 What do storms and sea monsters have in common?  This week Pastor Matt delves into Jesus' fifth sign in the book of John where he walks on water (John 6:16-21). Since John records this sign to point his readers to the reality that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing we may have life in his name, we explore together how then does this sign do...

Graham English - March 22, 2020 Jesus is in the wilderness providing bread miraculously to the people of God, where have I heard that story before? This week Pastor Graham delves into Jesus' fourth sign in the book of John where he feeds the five thousand (John 6:1-14). Since John records this sign to point his readers to the reality that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing we m...

Graham English - March 15, 2020 What do you do when life throws you a curve ball? This week everything changed as the COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings began and we transitioned to online services. This week Pastor Graham delves into Jesus' third sign in the book of John where he heals the paralytic (John 5:1-15). Since John records this sign to point his readers to the reality that Jesus is the...

Graham English - March 1, 2020 You don't dance over grape juice. This week Pastor Graham delves into Jesus' first sign in the book of John where he changes water into wine (John 2:1-12). If John records this sign to point his readers to the reality that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing we may have life in his name, then how does this sign do so.

Graham English - February 23, 2020 We begin a new series exploring the seven signs of the book of John, which John says in John 20:31 "are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." Today we explore the tension between faith and doubt.

Matt Kinniburgh - February 16, 2020 It's been said that "comparison is the thief of joy, and in this final message in our Breathe series, Pastor Matt talks about the necessity of practicing contentment and not comparing from Philippians 4:10-13 “I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not s...

Graham English - February 9, 2020 As we continue our Breathe series we question whether the pace of modern life is truly sustainable. In this message we explore the significance and value of honouring sabbath and a day of rest in our lives. Rest is a gift of God to us, a gift He demonstrates for us and invites us into in Genesis 2 and Exodus 20.

Graham & Wendy English - February 2, 2020 We continue our Breathe series in which we have been looking at what it means to follow Jesus and enter into his rest. This is a unique service, led by Pastor Graham and Wendy, where we contemplate God's invitation in Isaiah 30:15 that "in repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength." As a church family we come togeth...

Matt Kinniburgh - January 26, 2020 In this fifth message in our Breathe series, we explore what it means to seek first the kingdom of God and its righteousness in our lives. By exploring the parable of the soils, we ask what is the state of the soil of your soul and what is choking out its life. The relentless pursuit of more things hinders our ability to pursue more of God.

Graham English - January 19, 2020 In this fourth message in our Breathe series pastor Graham reminds us that God works in small ways and our transformation happens when we focus on the small things in and around us. He suggests that dreaming big might leave us breathless but when we’re breathless we are immobilized. 

Linda Stover: January 12, 2020 In this third message in our Breathe series, pastor Linda draws from Psalm 46 and Isaiah 40 as she shares about how trusting yourself leads fear, we don’t have the resources to control our lives, and how silence, solitude, and trust help us to focus on the eternal, sovereign, all-powerful God.

Graham English - January 5, 2020 We are eager to start the year 2020 as a church family talking about Jesus’s invitation to approach and do life with him differently. Jesus promises this life will be abundant, purposeful, unhurried and not burdensome. This week’s message is titled, “Don’t Be In Charge (Let Jesus Lead You)” and is taken from Matthew 11:28 where Jesus says: “Come to me, all you who...

Graham English - December 29, 2019 Many of us come out of the Christmas season exhausted and with some degree of knowing that we need to change the way we live. New Year’s resolutions are an attempt to right what was wrong, fix what was broken or improve what could be improved. Yet even the process of taking stock of the past and committing to resolutions can seem burdensome. This series is an inv...