This week I’m going back to something I had been working through earlier, which is getting all our elders to share their stories with us. We have Ricardo and his wife Maritza with us. They share their testimonies about how they came to faith in

#53 - Finding the Messiah in the Festivals - Tim Heikoop

22 days ago 1h 3m

This episode featured Tim Heikoop, who works with Return Ministries, which helps Jewish people return to Israel. Tim recently spoke at Verity at Easter time and shared the Messianic connections in Passover that most Christians are completely un

#52 - Samir and the Good news for Afghanistan

Jan 8th, 2024 1h 19m

This episode of the podcast is with my friend Samir, the founder of Lumens of Truth. Lumens of Truth exists to help Afghans know Jesus, grow in Jesus, and serve Jesus. They do this by evangelizing through their social media ministry, disciples

#51 - My Grief Observed p.3

Nov 3rd, 2023 24m 8s

Well this will be the final part of sharing my experience with mom's passing, about 1.5 years later. I'm sure I will mention it a lot or call back to moments in future podcasts, but all in all, at least as far as I can foretell, I've said every

#50 - My Grief Observed p.2

Nov 3rd, 2023 43m 34s

Here is the second part of me wrestling with mom's passing. This time after she passed. It was the second time recording this, as the first didn't work, so it helped to be able to keep my emotions in check. Again, maybe this is more for me, but

#49 - My Grief Observed - p. 1

Nov 3rd, 2023 1h 15m

As many of you know my mom passed away after a long battle with ovarian cancer on June 10, 2022. On the day we found out she was going to be transferred to hospice, I was on my way to record a podcast with Stan. Instead the following conversati

#48 - Martyrdom series - What happened to John?

Feb 13th, 2023 23m 23s

Just like we did for Peter and Paul earlier, this time we are looking at the historicity of the martyrdom of John. The traditional Christian belief is that he was exiled on the island of Patmos, but there are stories of him being martyred for h

#47 - Mark, the wise young man

Jan 12th, 2023 1h 49m

I realize that the episode title might make you think we're talking with John Mark, the gospel writer, but alas, he was not available. Fortunately, we have this talk with another one of our elders. I've known Mark now for about 15 years or so.

#46 - Dave Thomson, story teller

Dec 1st, 2022 2h 4m

This week we're on with Dave Thomson, an elder at Verity Church. What was his come to Jesus moment? How did he meet his wife? How did he end up at Verity? All these questions and more are answered here.

#45 - What every man needs to know about marriage - Ross Gilbert - live episode

Nov 16th, 2022 59m 50s

Any of you men have questions about marriage? How about any of you women want to know what the men were listening to during the men's breakfast? Ross Gilbert was here at Verity church to share his expertise on marriage, and you now get to hear

#44 - Two Wisemen... or Wisemans - Steve and Rachel

Oct 24th, 2022 1h 26m

It turns out that Steve and Rachel have been members of our church forever. They were there when I came to Evangel (our old name and location), and it turns out they were there for about 20 years before that as well! Steve was one of the first

#43 - Martyrdom series - What happened to Paul?

Oct 11th, 2022 51m 33s

Just like we did for Peter earlier, this time we are looking at the historicity of the martyrdom of Paul. The traditional Christian belief is that he was beheaded in Rome under Nero. Is this true or later legend? How does milk fit into it? We c

#42 - Martyrdom series - What happened to Peter?

Jul 30th, 2022 1h 47m

I'm starting a new series that I will update semi regularly on the martyrdoms of the Apostles. This episode will be focused on Peter and the historicity of his crucifixion. I had been reading Sean McDowell's book "the fate of the Apostles" and

#41 - Colombia Missions Team

Jun 28th, 2022 55m 1s

Well this is definitely our biggest one so far! We've got Ricardo and Maritza, Dusty and Nathan, Dan and Seth, and Matt too. All these guys were recently in Colombia fulfilling Verity Church's Colombia project of building 2 homes for families i

#40 - Child Sexual Abuse - Dave

May 12th, 2022 1h 10m

Warning, this episode contains frank and at times explicit discussion of experiences of sexual abuse of a minor and is most suitable to adults. Dave joined us this week to discuss the abuse he faced at the hands of someone who should have been

#39 - Story tellers extraordinaire - Dan and Anne Marie round 2

May 1st, 2022 1h 11m

Dan and Anne Marie are back and this was an incredible conversation to be a part of. Story after story was told of their missions work in Mexico and how they ended up there, where they almost went instead, and as you'll see, it definitely looks

#38 - Faith in the line of duty - Jeff Saunders live

Apr 22nd, 2022 1h 7m

We recently had our first ever live podcast recording and it was with Sgt. Jeff Saunders. He is a police officer and a Christian. He shared with us about his story, coming to faith, romance, and what it is like to have faith in a world where yo

#37 - Easter - death, resurrection, and some stories

Apr 19th, 2022 1h 43m

Santos is back to talk about Easter with me. We start off talking about our experiences with Easter growing up and then move on to the Easter story. We read through the Gospel accounts and respond to the things that we find interesting or the q

#36 - Dr. Neil Cudney and Emmanuel Bible College

Apr 3rd, 2022 1h 21m

I spoke with Dr. Neil Cudney who serves as the current President of Emmanuel Bible College. Neil came into this position during the pandemic and as you can imagine, it hasn't exactly been an easy to time to serve. He shares his testimony, what

#35 - Kim Cook is back!

Mar 5th, 2022 1h

Kim is back from Guyana and has some great stories to update us on about what is happening down there. The main focus of our conversation is about a racial reconciliation ministry that she is taking part in. We also talk about passing on the ba

#34 - Along came the youth pastor - Matt

Feb 15th, 2022 1h 13m

Matt is a new but much loved member at Verity, and he is stepping into the youth pastor role that we have been sorely lacking. We get to hear his testimony and how he ended up where he is. We had a great time talking with him and I hope you enj

#33 - Who knew she spoke Portuguese? - Sandra

Feb 2nd, 2022 1h 9m

Sandra was a missionary to Brazil for 20 years and has served in different ministry positions in Canada. She is now a chaplain and a key member of Verity church, helping head up our missions team.

#32 - The Mythology of Christmas

Dec 19th, 2021 34m 44s

How many shepherds were at the birth of Christ? How many wise men? Were there any wise men? Where was Jesus born? In a stable, a cave, or a house? Why do we celebrate on December 25th? Hopefully some of these questions will be answered for you

#31 - Marriage Story - Clare and Halima

Dec 10th, 2021 1h 8m

Everyone who has been listening along will have heard Clare on the podcast before, but this time his wife Halima is here to join us. We hear both of their testimonies, and the story of them meeting in Nigeria and then coming back to Canada and

#30 - More sickness than health - Linda

Dec 1st, 2021 53m 33s

Brought my mom in for this one! She has been battling ovarian cancer for the last 7 years. She tells us her testimony, some of which was new for me, and talks about her struggles with this illness and all the following complications, and her fa