Faith In The City | A Reformed Evangelical Anglican Podcast

What is God’s liberating power? Over the years, as I have studied scripture, I’ve noticed the common theme of God’s liberating people from captivity. You can’t read very far into the gospels without being confronted with Jesus liberating people from all kinds of things including illness, disease, demonic oppression, and religious oppression. So how do […]

What does it mean to repent? Is it for those on the outside of the church or inside as well? In this episode, Pastor Jonathan looks at Jesus initial message, “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Contained in this little verse are two very powerful ideas that are unpacked in this message: […]

If you had to remember just one idea of Christianity, would you include the doctrine of Total Depravity? In this episode, I’m sharing with you the radical, liberating idea of the “law of sin and death.” Contrary to it being a morbid or depressing teaching. Total Depravity liberates us from the tendency of living legalistic […]

Is your relationship with God on the right track? Is it possible to know all the right things about God and still end up getting it all wrong?  Answering that question seems rather easy enough. However,  Jesus makes it clear that having right theology does not mean that you are in a good relationship with […]

What is the real secret behind living each and every day with spiritual integrity? Answering this question isn’t for everybody. Because when you ask that question, you must make an active decision — the decision to walk daily with Jesus. In this final sermon on Living the Integrated Life, we conclude this series by examining […]

Have you ever noticed advertisements that begin with “the number one secret to changing your prayer life?” Frankly, I haven’t. And that’s too bad because prayer is one of the most important disciplines in the life of faith. We all want to know the secret formula to success and the life of our dreams. But […]

Do you underestimate the power of your words? Do words really hurt? In this message, Dr. Jonathan G. Smith continues his series, The Integrated Life, by looking closely at the issue of our speech. James teaches that contained within our speech is the power to create life or destroy it. Knowing the difference between the […]

What kind of faith saves you from God’s judgment? Protestant Christianity has staked its reputation on grace alone through faith alone.  But does saving faith mean that all we need to do is merely believe?  Or is there a connection between saving faith and the things we do? In this episode, we continue to look […]

Discrimination is just plain ugly.  No matter the reason why it might have happened, when a person feels discriminated against, it can be a very painful experience. So is the church any better at avoiding this social problem? Unfortunately, for the church, prejudice against certain groups can happen even in conservative, evangelical churches.  So what is […]

This political season has resulted in lots of anger. But for the Christian, anger is not always an option for faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Pastor Jonathan continues his sermon in the Letter of James by looking at the theme of anger and God’s righteousness. James epistle does not allow us to get angry at anything […]