Charles St-Onge, Lutheran missionary and pastor, shares the Good News of Jesus Christ.
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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. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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The Lord said that the Sabbath was made for us, not the other way around. What does he mean? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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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. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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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. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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"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. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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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. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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With Jesus You're a Somebody
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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. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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To know the Name of God is to know God himself. And Jesus gives us God's name. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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God has always called us back to himself through a simple pattern: we cry out under the weight of our sin; he provides a sign that points to himself; then he instructs us in salvation. When the Church does this right, it brings "times of refreshing" to a world so deeply in need of refreshment. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca …
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Modeling Gospel Gratitude
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The early disciples held everything in common and took care of the least of their members. They did not do this because it was a law, but out of overflowing gratitude for the grace and gifts that the Lord had shared with them. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Note: a guest who attends frequently was not in a great mood this Easter, and began to preach his own sermon in the middle of this one. I was going to edit it out... and then realized it might be better to leave it in. This is ministry in the inner city. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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He knows what sorrow feels like. He knows what griefs we bear. He knows we all have gone astray. He holds us up in prayer. He sees the wounds within our hearts, and in our bleeding souls. He died that we might live again. He bled so we’d be whole. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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What the Passion Says About Us
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Mark's Passion of Jesus says as much about the condition of the human race as it does about the character of God. Why do we follow Jesus? Because he alone would suffer what he did and then forgive us for what we had done. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Jesus tells the disciples that the nations have leaders that lord it over them, and that it shall not be among them. (Mark 10:43) What he says is aspirational, because this often is so among us. But by the grace of God in Christ and through the Spirit, it shall not always be so. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.or…
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When God sent serpents among the people of Israel, they repented and prayed that the Lord would take them away. He didn't, but he did provide a means to live among the serpents in safety, without fear. This is what Jesus does in his being lifted up: gives us the certainty that the poison of sin and death cannot truly harm us. Support the Show. Chec…
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The Fence and the Lightning Bolt
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God's laws are not a fence within which we can 'do as we please.' They are a lightning bolt to our black hearts. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Wild animals often serve as a stand in for the forces of evil in Scripture. That Jesus does battle with them, and wins, is a comfort to our times spent in the wilderness with "the beasts." Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Why does Jesus charge the disciples not to talk about his transfiguration until he has risen from the dead? The answer is a real blessing to those who are struggling with life. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Franklin Roosevelt famously said, “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” It’s like he was reading Jesus’ mind. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Satan is in the business of misinformation, disinformation, hoaxes, and lies. But Jesus speaks the truth. He silences Satan and his horde, that we might know his truth and find life in Jesus' name. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Lord is slow to anger, gracious and merciful - and is always offering everyone a second chance in Christ. That is Good News for us, even as it is bad news for those expecting judgment on others instead of looking for repentance and trust. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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Peter both confessed that Jesus was the Christ and that he should shun suffering and the cross. Which was his "confession?" From a certain perspective, it was both. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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"Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him sand let none of his words fall to the ground." 1 Samuel 3:19. Our words often fall like sheets of ice off a skyscraper. But God's Word never fails to heal even when at first it might hurt. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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The Lord set Israel apart to be a light in a darkened world. But God's people are too often interested in the selfishness of being special than being special by sacrificing themselves. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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We find the grace of God in the face of Jesus his Son. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Mary had Elizabeth, the shepherds and the women at the empty tomb had each other. God draws us to him in Christ while drawing us to one another. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Lord always meant to be with us where we are, rather than making us be with Him where He is. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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"As for me, I am a condemned sinner redeemed by one I did not know, whose feet have been washed clean by one whose sandals I am unworthy to untie." Text, John 1:19-28. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Beginning of the Good News
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Mark is a Gospel written for those in a hurry to hear some Good News. It begins simply with John the Baptist calling us to change our minds, and to prepare through baptism for the Coming One's arrival. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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What was Jesus thinking when he rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey? Was he trying to get himself killed? Actually, that started with his coming at the first Christmas. Jesus knows what we will do to him, but he comes to redeem us all the same. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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The Least of Jesus' Brothers
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Who are the "least of these my brothers" that Jesus speaks of in his last warning words at the end of the Church year? Matthew 25:31-46. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Like Master, Like Servant
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What should the servants of the master be doing while he's gone? Acting as good representatives of his character. But what happens if you misjudge what kind of master you're serving? Matthew 25:14-30 Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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It may be a long wait for the restoration of all things. We may even fall asleep in the meantime. Jesus asks, are we prepared for the long haul? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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"I see dead people," says the protagonist in the Sixth Sense, "walking around like regular people. They don't know they're dead." This is the reality for many in our world. They remain slaves to fear, guilt, anxiety, anger and ultimately death. But it doesn't need to be this way, for Jesus' word has come to set us free. Support the Show. Check us o…
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What should we make of God's use of a foreigner like the emperor of Persia as a Messiah to deliver his people? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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What should we render to God, and what should be rendered to Caesar? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Christian message is not, "If you don't believe in Jesus you won't go to heaven." It is, rather, "Come to the wedding feast of the Son, who has swallowed up death forever." Some will come, and some will not. Our call is to invite. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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Our world is marinating in fear right now, which is leading to outbursts of anger and suffering. How does what Paul write to the Philippians help us break this cycle through Jesus Christ? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Audacity of Unrighteousness
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It is not that the unrighteous also tend to be audacious before God. It is audaciousness before God that makes one, by definition, unrighteous. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Jewish leadership was very happy with their system. What they were missing was God as their Saviour. Jesus was a threat to anyone who loved the system, but a Saviour to all who needed a God who could change minds and forgive troubled souls. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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Reflections on St. Michael and All Angels Day. Mid-Week Sermon. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Jesus asks us a question: "Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" What is our answer? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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Mid-Week Sermon for St. Matthew's Day Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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What Christianity is About
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We can define a Canadian, a Quebecer, a Muslim, and a Jew. But what is a Christian, really? What sets our faith in Jesus apart from other religions and philosophies? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Lord has instituted government to restrain evil and promote good. But in federal systems, and complex democracies, who are the authorities to whom we should submit? And how do we evaluate when we must obey God rather than men? Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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Are Christians, like followers of other religions, known by what they wear? Or are they known by how they act and what they say? Consider Romans 12:9-21. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.…
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"The righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, …
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In Romans 9, Paul reminds his listeners that the Jews had all the necessary gifts for salvation from God. But one thing was missing, and that thing was the Gospel. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.Door Charles St-Onge
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The Problem with the World
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There’s a story that a British newspaper sent out an inquiry to famous authors, asking the question, “What’s wrong with the world?” The writer G. K. Chesterton responded: “Dear Sir, I am. Yours, G. K. Chesterton.” A reflection on Romans 7:14-25. Support the Show. Check us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.…
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