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Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma discussing Luke 8:16-18 with Grant Vissers. This week, we have some questions for your consideration: 1) What does it mean to call Jesus "King?" How is Jesus King? How is Jesus NOT King? 2) What are some of the other "gospels" that we allow to creep into our lives? 3) How do we...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring about Jesus' call for his listeners to lean in and truly hear what he has to say through the parable of the sower. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen if you want to go deeper into the pa...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: ThePressures of Kingdom Life Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 8:1-15 Metaphors and similes; the literary devices with us to make comparisons. Jesus used them as well; they are called parables. As we start to explore the parables of Jesus presented in Luke, Grant shows us that helps us see that entering into the kingdom is not without its pressures. Episode...

Welcome to episode 21 of the KPC podcast. Today we're talking about radical hospitality and the invitation of community. We hope this episode encourages you this week.

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Radical Hospitality Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 7:36-50 Do you like to host? Is it a source of joy for you to have folks over for supper, or even to have someone just drop in because you just love having people around and making them feel welcome? If you do that’s a real gift. In this passage Grant helps us to see that even in this Jesus is calling us...

Welcome to another episode of the podcast where we are continuing to work our way through the Gospel of Luke. We hope this encourages you and helps you have one conversation this week about faith and doubt.

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Managing Expectations Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 7:18-35 Have you ever gone into a situation and found that it was not in any way what you expected? This week as we continue in the Gospel of Luke Grant helps us to see that that was the situation John the Baptist found himself in. And sometimes it’s where we find ourselves as well. Is the Christian exp...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we turn over to Luke 7 and see Jesus perform two very different healings. What significance do these healings have? How do we live in the tension of praying with boldness and the reality that we may be disappointed when our prayers are not answered as we wish...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: When God Visits His People Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 7:1-17 What would it take to amaze the Son of God? Jesus would look into the hearts of men and see their every motivation. And yet a humble, Gentile centurion “amazed” him. This week Grant asks us to consider this and another interaction as Jesus reaches out to heal. Episode 25-0020: © 2025 Kortrig...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Foundations and Floods Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 6:43-49 This week Grant wraps up the Sermon on the Plain portion of Luke’s gospel. He guides in understanding how the kingdom of God clashes with our own personal kingdom. Episode 25-0019: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: 3 Principles for Life Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 6:37-42 Grant tells us this message is about the closest he’s likely to get to a three-point sermon. As he looks at what Luke calls the sermon on the plain, he lays out for us three principles for life in the Kingdom of God. Episode 25-0018: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, Jesus wraps up his "Sermon on the Plain" by summarizing his teachings and inviting folks to be with, to hear, and to do and we explore what that precisely looks like for followers of Jesus. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small gro...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're wondering whether Jesus gives us license to judge others at the end of verse 42, and how to think communally about this passage rather than only individualistically. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring practical ways we can actually love our "enemies" as well as asking the question "Is this just Christian karma?". Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen if you want to go dee...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: Do the Extra Thing Speaker: Justin Sytsma Passage: Luke 6:27-36 We continue our study in Luke building on the discussions held at our Community Bible Study this past Wednesday. This week Justin asks us to consider why something that is so well laid out and fundamentally simple, a concept all but universally regarded as a good idea, appears so seemingly impossibl...

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring the Beatitudes from Luke 6, musing about the rich and poor (is there a "happy medium"?) as well as what it actually makes to be "hated" for the sake of the Son of Man. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your s...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: The Way to the Good Life Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 6:20-26 This past week we started our Community Bible Study which continues in the course of our study in Luke. For the next 4 weeks our Sunday message will follow up on what was discussed at CBS. This week, the blessings and woes of Luke 6:20-26. Episode 25-0019: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: With the Kingdom Inside You Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: Luke 6:12-19 As our study of Luke continues the time has come for Jesus to pull together the ones that he will entrust to take his message out into the world. Grant asks us to consider what it means to be called and sent out as the Apostles were. Episode 25-0018: © 2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Welcome to another episode of our podcast series working through the book of Luke, with Justin Sytsma interviewing Grant Vissers. This week, we're exploring the Biblical role/office of "apostle" and exploring how the people of Jesus' day might interpreted Jesus' movements in Luke 6 as he mirrors what Moses did as he ascended the mountain and returned with the 10 Commandments....

Welcome to our podcast series working through the book of Luke, this time pastor Grant Vissers is interviewing Lindsay Sytsma, exploring sabbath - do we err too much on the side of legalism or grace in our Sabbath-keeping? What are some healthy rhythms that we can aspire to? Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen if you want to go deeper into the passag...

Series: The Gospel of Luke Message: A Command and a Gift Speaker:  Lindsay Sytsma Passage: Luke 6:1-11 Returning to our series on the Gospel of Luke after Easter, Lyndsay Sytsma looks at the reactions of the religious leaders to Jesus actions on the Sabbath and to some degree sympathizes with them. But Jesus’ response would indicate they missed the point somewhere, and we need to ask “Are we missi...

Series: Holy Week 2025 Message: Running In Fear Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: John 20:1-18 Easter Sunday is celebrated by Christians the world over as the most glorious day of the year, and rightfully so. However, we often forget that the day started with a lot of panic and crying. A fact that shouldn't be ignored. Episode 25-0016: ©2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Series: Holy Week 2025 Message: No King But Caesar Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: John 19:1-30 Good Friday is the most solemn day in the Christian calendar - and yet we call it "good." Grant Vissers guides us through John's account of the fateful day when the crowd's Hosannas turned into a much different cry. Episode 25-0015: ©2025 Kortright Presbyterian Church

Welcome to this week's podcast, where Justin Sytsma and Grant Vissers take a break from Luke and explore the Gospel of John's telling of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Today, we'll explore Jesus as the bringer of peace and the role of Jesus as king and our struggle to fully comprehend that. Feel free to use this as a launching pad for your small groups, or simply to listen...

Series: Holy Week 2025 Message: What Does It Mean to be King Speaker:  Grant Vissers Passage: John 12:12-19 Jesus’ triumphal entry to Jerusalem marks the beginning of what the church calls Holy Week. However, even in Jesus’ day the events of what we call Palm Sunday meant different things to different people who witnessed it. Many were expecting the arrival of a new king. But what does it mean to...