Trinity Heights Church Podcast

02.06 [Sermon] Mountain of Salt, City of Light: A Study in the Sermon on the Mount - Part Three - One way to interpret Jesus' use of the metaphors of "Salt and Light" is to understand them as a direct calling on the lives of Christians to "add flavor" to a bland world and "light the way" in a world full of darkness. But, when we begin to understand the metaphors of "Salt and Light" within the cult...

01.30 [Sermon] Mountain of Salt, City of Light: A Study in the Sermon on the Mount - Part Two - When we hear Jesus repeat "Blessed are those" again and again in the Sermon on the Mount, it's easy to begin to feel that Christ is presenting a list of ways we might each be "blessed" and find individual favor with God. But, when we look closer and begin to realize that Christ's list is actually embrac...

01.23 [Sermon] Mountain of Salt, City of Light: A Study in the Sermon on the Mount. Stephen Cheung explores the rich meaning and symbolism in and around the longest continuous discourse of Jesus found in the New Testament. 

01.16 [Sermon] Chris Lawrence speaks on "Cana Grace" John 2:1-11 - The Art of Making That One Cup of Water Go a Long, Long Way - We are still just beginning a new year.  Are we going to live 2022 deeply, live it with rich purpose, enjoy times which will be appreciated and looked back on in years to come with special fondness? That’s really setting the bar very, very high isn’t it? Maybe we are wor...

01.09 [Sermon] Christ in the New Year - On this first Sunday of 2022, Bryant Parsons speaks on anchoring all of our New Year's Resolutions, hopes and good intentions in a power greater than ourselves: a power that changes us, a power that works in us and through us and even in spite of us, to bring about the renewal and redemption of all things. Trinity Heights Church

12.19 [Reflection] Advent - Part Four: Angels, Shepherds and the Lamb of God - On this fourth and final Sunday of Advent, Eric Helvie reflects on the moment when the angels appeared to the shepherds, proclaiming the birth of the Messiah while also shining the light of heaven down upon them. It's as if heaven is pointing directly at the shepherds, their lives, livelihood and culture and saying ther...

12.13 [Update] News from Myanmar and End of Year Giving - On Sunday we had the privilege of hearing from Health and Hope about the refugees flooding in from Myanmar on the India border. Afterward, Richie Ledo and Eric Helvie had a brief conversation explaining the reach of your generosity to the world as we continue to finance peace-making in those places which need it most desperately. Please tak...

12.12 [Sermon] Advent: A Season of Hope and Expectation - Part Three - On this third Sunday of Advent, Brandon Epting speaks on the merging of Justice and Righteousness. These two things go hand-in-hand and when taken together we see that the outcome is, in fact, Peace. 

12.5 [Sermon] Advent: A Season of Hope and Expectation - Part Two: Mary and Elizabeth - On this second Sunday of Advent, Chris Lawrence of innerCHANGE speaks on the meeting of Mary and Elizabeth in the hill country just north of Jerusalem. Both are "with child" and beginning to understand the world altering importance of their parallel pregnancies. The story of their meeting is brimming with signi...

11.28 [Sermon] Advent: A Season of Hope and Expectation - Part One - On this first Sunday of Advent we look with hope and expectation towards the birth of Christ, as it sets in motion a sequence of events that tug at the fabric of creation and begin to pull all things towards their ultimate renewal, redemption and resurrection.    Stephen Cheung preaches on Matthew 1 and the long list of names at...

11.21 [Mezzanine Panel Discussion] Colossians: Violence Progress and Peace - With our seven part sermon series in Colossians complete, we take a step back and spend some time reflecting on what's been said. Stephen Cheung, Eric Helvie, Raf Landeiro, Chase Chumchal and Jesse Thorson all reflect on the series. *Feel free to refer to the questions below as they correspond to each of the three parts o...

11.14 [Sermon] Jenn Petersen - International Justice Mission - It's always a privilege to hear from our dear friend, Jenn Petersen who serves as Director of Church Mobilization in the Northeast for International Justice Mission, coming alongside churches as they seek to partner with God’s heart for biblical justice and join Him in the renewal of all things. Trinity Heights Church is pleased to be...

11.7 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part Seven - One of our mantras here at Trinity Heights Church is, "There is no idea or identity that is more important than loving the person in front of me." And, we believe this is what Jesus was saying when He said, "Love one another as I have loved you." Jesus isn't calling us to agree with each other, He isn't asking us to all come to...

10.31 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part Six - The question, "What does it mean to be human?" shows up in Colossians in the form of a very curious but very significant phrase, "The Image of God." This phrase appears twice in the letter, once in chapter one to describe Jesus as "The Image of God" and again in chapter three saying, "we are to grow in our knowledge of The Image...

10.24 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part Five - "What is violence?" At first glance, it may seem like a strange question and yet the word "violence" is very important for our culture and in recent years has acquired a much broader usage. Many things other than direct bodily harm are often labeled a form of violence.   So when we contemplate the idea of violence, whether we pr...

10.17 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part Four - It's easy to misunderstand the nature of the providence of God and only ever allow the idea to exist in the realm of miraculous parking spots, trains caught on time and the good luck of a fortuitously packed umbrella in an unexpected downpour. But, God is not a puppet master and we are not his marionettes.    Rather, the provide...

10.10 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part Three Often we need to remind ourselves that it is normal for the church to operate in the margins of society. So how much power do we need? As a fringe community the answer is of course: none. When we strive to embody Jesus our focus shifts away from power, prestige and position and instead turns towards grace and peace, and a far-rea...

10.3 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part Two Our hope this season is that we might be a church that embraces community first. A community that narrates the story of Jesus. A community that proclaims Peace in a world reeling under the weight of its own violence and brokenness. We’re here, finally in-person, as a community of Christians and Skeptics, and we proclaim that “We sta...

9.26 [Sermon] Colossians: Violence, Progress and Peace - Part One Five years ago, today we started with a sermon series in Colossians and today we embrace having come full circle as we start again in Colossians and explore the themes of violence, progress and peace. 

[Sermon] In anticipation of our fifth anniversary this month, today we feature Stephen Cheung's sermon from Trinity Heights Church's first ever service on September 25, 2016.

9.12 [Sermon] Feet on the Ground : Psalm 131  It’s always a privilege to hear from our good friend, Chris Lawrence of InnerCHANGE in East Harlem. Chris Lawrence - We are inundated, overwhelmed and easily crushed by the scale of what is needed to put things right in our world. Howard Thurman said “Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, becau...

8.29 [Conversation] Eric Helvie and ALARM founder Dr. Celestin Musekura continue their discussion and wrap up Genesis 1: Life Together, Again in the Fourth and Final Part of the sermon series.   Dr. Musekura - For some Christians, we misunderstand actually what reconciliation means or what community is. We have probably had a bad understanding that we are saved to form a group that is self-serving...

8.22 [Conversation] Genesis 1: Life Together, Again - Part Three  Eric Helvie and Dr. Celestin Musekura discuss the effects Covid has had on communities and consider ways that we might come back together with renewed hope despite feelings of exhaustion, isolation, grief and loneliness. Dr. Musekura - We begin to see that there is hope if we look beyond the moment. (In Rwanda) we began to build a c...

Eric Helvie and Jesse Thorson discuss Jesse's recent sermon, titled "Participating in God's Creative Activity" Jesse Thorson - We're invited to understand our place in the world by looking at (Genesis 1) and, according to the authors, it involves ordering the chaos that is still left in the world and filling what is empty.

8.15 [Sermon Series] Jesse Thorson delivers Part Two of Genesis 1: Life Together, Again - “Participating in God’s Creative Activity”   Genesis 1 has a lot to say about how God creates, and it tells us that God intends for humans to participate in God’s creative activity.    Jesse Thorson - Work or stewardship is anything that keeps the chaos of the cosmos at bay while providing for the mutual flou...