Do Not Be Afraid - Be Ready to Serve
Today we read Luke 12:32-40. Jesus frees us from fear and gives us freedom and joy in using our resources for the betterment of His world.
Aug 12, 2025•28 min•Ep. 331
U-turns Permitted
U-turns are permitted in life. We grow, change, fail and succeed. We believe that God is there, that He loves us and will bring us safely through whatever life throws our way. That's why we can make u-turns when necessary with confidence and not fear. This podcast is sponsored by Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Broomall, Pa.
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Sharing in God's Life
Today we conclude our series on "What is the Gospel?". After a brief review, we ask ourselves what it might look like to live the kind of life that we might call "God's life".
Aug 04, 2025•34 min•Ep. 330
Jesus Walks With Us Through Suffering
We live in a culture that wants to "get over" or "fix" suffering asap. We have lost the ability to experience Jesus' presence in suffering. It is part of the good news of the Gospel that we are never alone, especially not in our deepest suffering.
Jul 23, 2025•31 min•Ep. 329
Jesus Has Come to Set Up God's Kingdom
The church has acknowledged Jesus as King throughout the centuries, but has often used the tools of Empire to build His Kingdom. How did Jesus set up God's Kingdom and what does that teach us?
Jul 21, 2025•34 min•Ep. 328
Jesus Rescues All of Creation
Our series on "What is the Gospel?" continues with thinking about how Jesus rescues all of creation, on every level, from the intensely personal to cosmos-wide.
Jul 01, 2025•33 min•Ep. 327
Jesus Shows Us God's Love
Part 2 of the "What is the Gospel?" series. Jesus has come to earth to show us God's love. What is God's love? And what about God's wrath? And what do you do if things are pretty bad and God's love seems far away?
Jun 02, 2025•38 min•Ep. 326
What is the Gospel? Part 1
This is the first in a series of 6 sermons that attempt to unpack what the "Good News" (Gospel) of Jesus Christ is. Many of us aren't clear or have a too narrow version of the Good News. There is much comfort, hope, and meaning when we come to understand the richness of what God has done for us and all of creation through Jesus Christ - especially in the times in which we live.
May 28, 2025•24 min•Ep. 325
Today the Kingdom is Here
This is the last service in the life of Trinity CRC in Broomall. We now conclude our ministry. But that doesn't mean the Kingdom has not been present, or that it will not be present going forward. Isaiah 61 and Luke 4 serve as our source of encouragement.
Nov 07, 2023•23 min•Ep. 324
In Him Are All Things
Romans 11:36 reads: " For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." This verse sums up the story of the Bible that goes all the way back to Genesis, and it gives us enormous hope and purpose for the future.
Oct 29, 2023•37 min•Ep. 323
Contentment
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" is a well-known text from Philippians 4:13. Paul connects this to the concept of "contentment" in 4:11. Contentment means to "stand strong" and self-sufficient in Christ so that the waves of life don't overcome us.
Oct 29, 2023•21 min•Ep. 322
The Sower Sowed
Today we read the famous "Parable of the Sower" from Matthew 13. R.F. Capon calls this a "watershed moment" in Jesus' teaching, and that it is. It is much more than "how to listen to a sermon". Your whole perspective on the world might change!
Oct 19, 2023•31 min•Ep. 321
Great Is Your Faithfulness
Today we read the famous "Great is Your Faithfulness" passage from Lamentations 3. We place these verses of hope squarely where they are - surrounded by despair. We don't ignore the despair, nor do we allow the despair to quench the light of hope. We hold both together.
Oct 12, 2023•26 min•Ep. 320
Be Strong and Courageous
As the ragtag people of Israel stand ready to enter Canaan, the Promised Land, God encourages them to be strong and courageous, and not to fear, because He will be with them always. Jesus promises the same to his ragtag group of disciples as He prepares to leave them after His resurrection. And the same promise is for us today.
Oct 02, 2023•31 min•Ep. 319
When God Began to Create the Heavens and the Earth
Today we read Genesis chapter 1, the beginning of the Gospel, the good news, that God is creating out of welter and waste , and He invites us to join Him in that creative process.
Oct 01, 2023•24 min•Ep. 318
When I am Weak then I am Strong
We conclude this short series on 2 Corinthians with the famous statement from Paul in 12:10 that when he is weak, he is strong. And we note that Paul is fully in touch with himself here. He recognizes his weaknesses and he recognizes his strengths. And all because Jesus' power is made evident in him.
Sep 24, 2023•23 min•Ep. 317
Paul’s Worldview in Times of Crisis
Today we read 2 Corinthians 5:13-20. Paul shows us the perspective he brings to bear on his troubles. It is a perspective that gives hope and sends us out with a purpose.
Sep 12, 2023•27 min•Ep. 316
Jars of Clay
In the church, societal and personal crises of his time, Paul uses the term "jars of clay" to describe how weak and vulnerable he and his people were. But in those "jars of clay" is a treasure - the glory of Jesus Christ. "Death is at work in us, but life in you", he says in 2 Cor. 4.
Sep 07, 2023•24 min•Ep. 315
Comfort in Crisis
There are very few of us who do not think we are in a time of crisis - whether that be personal, communal, national or global. In 2 Corinthians 1 Paul expresses his own distress and speaks of the comfort that comes from God.
Aug 31, 2023•41 min•Ep. 314
Jesus Binds Up the Brokenhearted
Today Rev. Jane Filkin from the Campolo Ministry Center at Eastern University opens Luke 24 for us, the story of the two disciples on the way to Emmaus after Jesus' death. In their deepest grief Jesus walks with them, teaches them and transforms them.
Aug 25, 2023•31 min•Ep. 313
Wisdom and Foolishness
Proverbs 31 contains the famous description of the "valorous woman", which has often been used throughout the centuries to think of and treat women in a way that is honoring to them or the God who made them. Today we will approach this passage as not so much a description of what a "valorous woman" should and shouldn't do, but as a description of what wisdom looks like, especially in a time of crisis.
Aug 25, 2023•28 min•Ep. 312
Living With Integrity
The Book of Proverbs often speaks of the need for "integrity" as we conduct our daily lives, especially when dealing with crises. Listen as we explore what integrity is and looks like.
Aug 07, 2023•26 min•Ep. 311
Service of Lament, Reflection and New Hope
This is the audio of the complete service held at Trinity CRC in Broomall on July 30, 2023, in the aftermath of the news that a former pastor kidnapped, sexually abused and murdered an 8-year-old neighbor girl in August of 1975. Some of the songs we sang are not included in this recording because the sound was not good.
Aug 07, 2023•44 min•Ep. 310
Lament, Reflect, Renew Hope
This week our community was shocked to hear that a former pastor of our congregation kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered an 8-year-old neighbor girl 48 years ago. He hid his crimes for decades until he confessed and was arrested just a few days ago. Click here for the story. In an effort to process these events a service of lament, reflection and renewal of hope was held. This is the sermon part of the service. You can find the whole service on video here, and audio here....
Aug 02, 2023•17 min•Ep. 309
Wisdom in the Age of Stupid
Today we begin our series on the book of Proverbs. Proverbs reflects Israel’s struggle to find its identity in a time of cultural crisis, when the monarchy and the priesthood were no longer sources of authority and stability. We're in a time of crisis today also, which should make Proverbs relevant for us.
Jul 08, 2023•28 min•Ep. 308
Jesus Restores and Sends Peter
Today we read John 21, the coda to the gospel, in which Jesus restores Peter and sends him on mission.
Jul 04, 2023•33 min•Ep. 307
Jesus’ Community is Sent Out
Jesus appears to the disciples and sends them out as He has been sent out by God. A week later, Jesus reveals himself to Thomas, who would believe only if certain conditions were met. Jesus shows Thomas Himself, and that is enough.
Jun 19, 2023•29 min•Ep. 306
Jesus Prays for Us
At the end of John 17 Jesus prays for His disciples, then turns His attention to the generations that follow. It is encouraging to make Jesus' prayer as personal to us as possible.
Jun 19, 2023•30 min•Ep. 305
Jesus, Church, Bible, Christianity
Today we read John 17:3, in which Jesus prays that knowing Him is the way to "eternal life". God has given us the Bible, the Church and the Christian religion as means to help us know Jesus. They are not Jesus - they lead us to Him.
Jun 13, 2023•23 min•Ep. 304
The Holy Spirit Will Guide Us to All truth
Today is Pentecost Sunday. Corey Brown guides us through Jesus' promise that "when the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide us into all the truth". (John 16:13)
Jun 07, 2023•25 min•Ep. 303
Abide in Jesus
Today we read from John 15, Jesus' famous statement about "abiding in Him". What does that mean, and especially, is He just referring to individual piety? We will look at the Old Testament roots of this image to help us find out.
May 23, 2023•32 min•Ep. 302
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