Vanessa and Andy work towards understanding how rooting in God's Word and the Words of Jesus transforms both our imaginations and our daily habits. We look at BIG IDEAS and explore ways to bring them down to earth to be lived out in our kitchens and our offices, in our neighbourhoods and with one another.
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Table Radio is an extension of the life of the Table Church, a community in Victoria BC. Our mission together is to love God, love each other, and to love and bless our neighbours, so that we may see Christ revealed in common life. To learn more about our community, please go to tablechurch.ca
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Season 5 - Colossians: Christ the Centre - Chapter 3 - Anna Spray
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40:56We would love to hear from you! Beginning at Colossians 3:17, Anna explores the section entitled the "household codes" where Paul wrestles with how Christians should live out their faith in their current context. How can we be faithful to God within a surrounding culture that does not respect and may despise what we believe? Who is in charge of our…
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Season 5 - Colossians: Christ the Centre - Chapter 2 - Andy Withrow
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34:06We would love to hear from you! Starting at chapter 2:6, Andy explores how different life can look for us when we place Christ at the centre. This effects all parts of our existence: our identity, our community, our job, everything. Paul tells us that with Christ we come alive in a new way. Life with Christ brings with it new freedom for us to enjo…
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Season 5 - A Service of Confirmation - Bishop Mike Stewart
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26:28We would love to hear from you! Celebrating another confirmation with us, Bishop Mike preaches on Galatians 1 and the conversion of Paul on the road to Damascus. Meeting Jesus in a powerful way, Paul changes from persecuting Christians to being one of the greatest missionaries the church has seen. Our goal as Christians is to follow in the footstep…
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We would love to hear from you! New year, new series! We are diving into the book of Colossians and the revelation that Christ is the centre of everything.
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Season 5 - Advent 4 - Andy Withrow - Light in the Darkness: The Saviour is Coming
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22:01We would love to hear from you! Andy looks at the end of Luke chapter 1 and the interaction between Elizabeth and Mary and their prophecy regarding the coming Saviour. By reading their words, we discover that they are heroes for what it means to be the church today. In spite of their low position in society, they are at the very centre of God's act…
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Season 5 - Advent 2 - Anna Spray - Light in the Darkness: Preparing for Christ
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31:00We would love to hear from you! On this baptism Sunday, Anna examines Luke 3 and John the Baptist's announcement of the coming of Jesus. How do we prepare for Jesus' coming? What is the 'comfort' that the coming of Jesus will bring? What did Luke, Isaiah and John all want us to be ready for?
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We would love to hear from you! We begin Advent with a looking back at our Genesis series and how those learnings apply to this season of waiting for God to come again.
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis 6-8 - Andy Withrow
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28:00We would love to hear from you! Andy looks at the events surrounding the flood and the further development of humanity and their interactions with God. Humans continue to grasp for meaning, fame, and power apart from their relationship with God, and concern for our own name becomes more important than becoming the faithful seed of God. How will God…
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis 11 - Josh Wilton
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29:21We would love to hear from you! In our last instalment, Josh looks at Genesis 11 and the Tower of Babel story. Humans continue to resist faithful covenant with God and instead seek to build monuments to their own greatness. Despite God's offering of giving them a name, protection, and legacy, humanity decides they want to do it all on their own.…
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis 4 - Anna Spray
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33:35We would love to hear from you! Anna continues our Origins series looking at the first murder recorded in the bible, as humans go from taking forbidden fruit to taking each other's lives. Human sin and violence is escalating - how will God intervene? Will there be redemption even for "bad seed" people?…
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis 3 - Andy Withrow
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31:34We would love to hear from you! This week, Andy looks into the origin of sin as portrayed in Genesis 3 and the infamous fruit-eating episode. Why would a good, loving and wise God put something so dangerous in such a prominent location and forbid us from having it?
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis 1B - Andy Withrow
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26:27We would love to hear from you! Andy looks at the topic of work in the frame of Genesis 1. What does "to be fruitful and multiply" mean in our life today? Is this calling from God still part of our created purpose?
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis 1 - Anna Spray
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29:43We would love to hear from you! Continuing in our Origins series on Genesis, Anna takes a look at the first chapter and the creation narrative. Faith prompts us to reach outwards and look at God to understand our universe and our created purpose. Genesis is just the beginning of the larger story God is wanting to tell, and he longs to show us our p…
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Season 5 - Origins: Joy and Sorrow - Genesis - Andy Withrow
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22:26We would love to hear from you! This fall we look at the first 11 chapters of Genesis and how they inform our understanding of God, ourselves, and our world. This week, Andy provides on introduction and helps us frame how to read and understand this first book of the bible and how it relates to the larger biblical story.…
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Season 4 - Summer in Acts - Read the Fine Print - Anna Spray
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33:29We would love to hear from you! As Acts continues, we see the church continuing to wrestle with the details of the good news of Jesus. How does the story of God's rescue integrate within the first century Greco-Roman culture? How do we integrate our faith into our culture today? Will I change my belief system and my life to follow Jesus? How does o…
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Season 4 - Summer in Acts - The Church in Conflict - Anna Spray
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35:16We would love to hear from you! Continuing our summer series in Acts, Anna looks at Acts 15 to 16 where despite conflict, God continues to grow his church. How do Christians remain in unity together in the midst of our disagreements and differences? How can our mission together be genuine if we are not united in Christ?…
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We would love to hear from you! Starting off our second Summer in Acts series, Andy looks at Acts 14 and the good news of the coming kingdom of Jesus. Recognizing God and His kingdom work around us, we are invited to testify and to share in this wonderful work.
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Season 4 - A Service of Confirmation - Bishop Mike Stewart
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22:30We would love to hear from you! On Trinity Sunday, Bishop Mike Steward came to celebrate a confirmation service and provided a chance for us all to renew our own baptismal vows. He reminded us that we all have an open invitation to come to Jesus, the only god who himself has wounds as we do, and is eager for us to come to Him.…
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Season 4 - Revealed, the Mystery of God - Anna Spray - Part 13
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32:25We would love to hear from you! In the last instalment of our Nicene Creed series, Anna looks at baptism and what it means to belong to God and His kingdom.
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Season 4 - Revealed, the Mystery of God - Josh Wilton - Part 12
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35:11We would love to hear from you! As we come to the end of the Nicene Creed series, Josh examines the role of prophet in revealing the person of Jesus to the world.
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Season 4 - Revealed, the Mystery of God - Andy Withrow - Part 11
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37:00We would love to hear from you! As we come to the last section of the Nicene Creed, Andy discusses the nature of the Holy Spirit - The Lord, the Giver of Life. The Spirit brings freedom to our lives as we keep in step with God, trusting in His love for us.
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Season 4 - EASTER - Resurrection Reality - Anna Spray
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30:30We would love to hear from you! Christ is risen! Looking at Colossians 3:1 to 4, Anna Spray explains that Jesus' miraculous resurrection points to our own future. This resurrection reality is the life of a Christian, and Colossians 3 encourages us to put our focus on that hopeful future.
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Season 4 - Jesus' Final Words - Andy Withrow
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34:30We would love to hear from you! In our last instalment in this series in John, Andy looks at the last portion of chapter 17 and Jesus' prayer for all his disciples. In his prayer, Jesus reveals his desire that we be in good relationship with God, ourselves, each other and all of creation so that we might bring glory to God the Father.…
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Season 4 - Jesus' Final Words - Josh Wilton
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34:01We would love to hear from you! Continuing in John's gospel, Josh takes a look at the last half of chapter 16 and Jesus' final words to his disciples before he goes to the cross. To prepare them for his departure, he explains that he is the demonstration of the love the of the Father. There will be trouble ahead for them and for us, but his love an…
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Season 4 - The Work of the Holy Spirit - Andy Withrow
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28:02We would love to hear from you! Continuing in John's gospel, Andy looks at the first half of chapter 16 and how the Holy Spirit is our continuing companion after the earthly departure of Jesus.
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Season 4 - Jesus the True Vine - Anna Spray
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35:25We would love to hear from you! Taking a detour from our series on the Nicene Creed, Anna takes a look at John chapter 15 and Jesus' instructions to remain in the vine.
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Season 4 - Revealed, the Mystery of God - Josh Wilton - Part 10
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39:51We would love to hear from you! Continuing in our series on the creed, Josh looks at Jesus as represented in the gospel of John, chapter 14 and why he describes himself as the Way, the Truth and the Life.
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Season 4 - Revealed, the Mystery of God - Andy Withrow - Part 9
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31:00We would love to hear from you! Continuing in our exploration of the Nicene Creed, Andy discusses the statement "For us and for our salvation he came down". In coming to earth the first time, Jesus crosses the barrier between earth and heaven because of the Father's love for us.
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Season 4 - Revealed, The Mystery of God - Josh Wilton - Part 8
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27:20We would love to hear from you! Josh looks at Jesus' promise to come again and what surprises that might hold. He also discusses our possible responses to Jesus' return and what we might do while we wait for him.
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Season 4 - Christmas Eve/Advent 4 - Anna Spray
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13:07We would love to hear from you! Merry Christmas from the Table! Anna shares the hope of the coming of Jesus and the anticipation of his coming again, bringing light and life to our darkness.
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Season 4 - Revealed, the Mystery of God - Andy Withrow - Part 7
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23:18We would love to hear from you! Beginning with 1 Corinthians 15:20, Andy discusses the reality of the resurrection and the events that followed. What does the resurrection mean for us and how does it impact our lives both now and in the future?
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We would love to hear from you! Josh and Andy discuss a letter they received "on behalf of those Christians who do not celebrate Christmas." Should they even be celebrating a holiday that has non-Christian roots and rituals?By The Table Church - Victoria, BC
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We would love to hear from you! Andy and Josh discuss Jesus' teaching on his coming again to judge the living and the dead. Can we have justice without judgment? Or is the whole topic just too 'judgy'?By The Table Church - Victoria, BC
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Sermon - Revealed #6 - Crucified, Dead, Buried
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30:47We would love to hear from you! Next in our Nicene creed series, Anna discusses the belief that Jesus died for a purpose - to atone for our sin and create a way for God and humanity to dwell together. It is in the death of Jesus that we discover who God really is and the depths of his love for humanity.…
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We would love to hear from you! This episode Josh and Andy talk about Jesus as the Son, the word "begotten" (not made), and a fancy word that means "of the same stuff".By The Table Church - Victoria, BC
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The Monday After - Every Single Thing Created?
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25:19We would love to hear from you! This episode Josh and Andy talk about God and the creation of all things visible and invisible.By The Table Church - Victoria, BC
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We would love to hear from you! The Monday After is an extended discussion on the topics coming up on the Sunday prior. This season is called Revealed: The Mystery of God, during which we look at the a historic outline of Christian belief in the Nicene Creed. This episode Josh and Andy talk about God, language, creeds, and mystery.…
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The Monday After - Skin Container or Really Human?
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27:44We would love to hear from you! This episode Josh and Andy talk about God coming in the flesh.By The Table Church - Victoria, BC
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The Monday After - Relationship Better Than Power?
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25:19We would love to hear from you! This episode Josh and Anna talk about God as Father and God as Almighty.By The Table Church - Victoria, BC
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We would love to hear from you! Continuing the exploration of the person of Jesus as written in the Nicene Creed, Andy discusses Jesus' incarnate nature - he was made man, although he was divine. In Jesus, God chooses to become a part of creation in order to pursue us.
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Sermon - Revealed #4: The Son, Begotten, Same Stuff
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38:59We would love to hear from you! This week Josh discusses Jesus as the best and only person to trust with all of who we are because of who he is. He is the firstborn of God, and he has supremacy in everything, holding in his person the fullness of God. In the face of Jesus we see the glory and goodness of God.…
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We would love to hear from you! This week Andy explores the next section of the Nicene Creed that speaks about God as Creator - maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. How is God distinct as an un-created being? How do we understand his categories of existance?
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We would love to hear from you! In our second week on the Nicene Creed, Anna examines what it means to name God as both Almighty and Father. How do we understand and relate to these 2 different aspects of who God is?
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We would love to hear from you! New year, new fall series! We are beginning our fall season with a look at the Nicene Creed as the basis and bedrock of our faith. For our first instalment, Josh looks at who is God and how can we talk about him?
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Season 3 - The Earth Speaks - Stone - Anna Spray
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35:25We would love to hear from you! Here is one of the sermons from our Earth Speaks series from Spring 2023. We examine how creation, in this case stone, confirms the truth of God to us.
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Season 3 - The Earth Speaks - Water - Andy Withrow
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25:30We would love to hear from you! This week Andy explores how water relates and reveals God.
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Season 3 - Ash Wednesday - Introduction to the Lord's Prayer Series - Andy Withrow
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20:30We would love to hear from you! Andy starts our Lenten series with an examination of the Lord's Prayer.By The Table Church - Victoria
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Season 3 - The Blessed Life - Blessed Are the Persecuted - Anna Spray
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32:01We would love to hear from you! Looking at Beatitude 8, Anna discusses Jesus' hard teaching on persecution - Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. How do we live in the tension between our life on earth and our call to live kingdom values here and now?…
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Season 3 - The Blessed Life - Pure in Heart - Josh Wilton
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30:00We would love to hear from you! This week, Josh takes a look at the 6th Beatitude - What does it mean to be pure in heart, and how does this help us see God? How can the goodness of Jesus be greater than the badness in and around us, and how can this goodness rub off on us?
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Season 3 - The Blessed Life - Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness - Andy Withrow
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33:49We would love to hear from you! In this next instalment on the Beatitudes, Andy looks at the promise that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be blessed. What does this mean? Why and how do we desire righteousness in such a visceral way?
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