Holy Trinity Ankeny

Holy Trinity Ankeny

By Pastor Timothy OlsonReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Holy Trinity Ankeny episodes

  • The Resurrection Invitation
    The Gospel of John gives us one more story of Jesus’ appearance to the disciples. It’s an invitation given to Peter and each of us: a call and commission. Listen and hear how the resurrection of Jesus makes a difference in our lives today.
    19 min
  • Locked Doors
    We all lock our doors in all sorts of ways to keep all sorts of things out. Jesus appears to the disciples in a room where the door is locked. Jesus shows these unbelieving disciples his hands. He shows them his side. He shows them that Mary’s story, the one they thought was an idle tale, was true. But Thomas was missing. Jesus returns a week later so that Thomas may also believe. Jesus keeps coming back week after week…
    18 min
  • In the Dark of Morning
    In the dark of the morning, that's what John tells us. It was dark when Mary makes her way to the tomb.
    In the dark of the morning, she discovers that Jesus has risen from the dead. She runs to the disciples and makes a declaration to them, "I have seen the Lord." That declaration she made to them is also to us.
    14 min
  • Low Expectations

    Resurrection Sunday: Life is full of disappointments and worse. Some say the key to happiness is to lower our expectations to avoid disappointment and live in the “real world.” Is that true? On the day of the Resurrection, God weighs in with some advice that might surprise.

    17 min
  • Seven Words from a Crucified God

    Good Friday: The witness of the four gospels is that Jesus spoke seven words as he hung, dying on the cross. Those words are more than the utterances of a dying man. They are the words of a Crucified God to the world, and to each of us.

    39 min
  • Love...Love...Love

    This is Maundy Thursday, the day Jesus gives a new command to his followers to love one another as Jesus has loved them. Even in the midst of betrayal, Jesus continues loving. Listen to hear about love and how Jesus’ love enters your life.

    18 min
  • Give Me Jesus
    In a house in Bethany, Jesus comes to find respite before making his way into Jerusalem for the last time. His friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, take him in and care for him, shutting the door on the world, for this one night at least. John tells us a story about that night. In that story, we find Mary anointing Jesus’ feet. It is an odd thing, but we see an example of what it means to be saved. In a moment of vulnerability, we see Mary pouring out perfume, and her heart, to Jesus.
    15 min
  • Grace is Bad for Business

    In the debit-credit, tit-for-tat, scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours world we inhabit we are always suspicious of anything free. In the story of the “prodigal son” Jesus reveals a God of such grace that we should be scandalized. Giving people things they don’t deserve is, well, bad business. God’s grace is, nevertheless, the business God is in and so, then, our business as well.  

    23 min
  • Give it Another Year
    Life is short and we know it. When you hear of disasters, do you worry that it could have been you? Or do you try to distance yourself from the possibility of death with false reassurances; “That can’t happen to me," “I’m safe,” “I’m different.” Jesus addresses this concern with the crowds and shows them another way to life. Find out how God saves us in a way you might not have imagined.
    16 min
  • Living in the Present; Hoping in the Future

    Paul tells the Philippians that “our citizenship is in heaven.” He knows that they are living in the present, in this world where the promises of God seem distant. But he points them to the hope of the future. The hope that we can all have because our citizenship is in heaven. Abram does the same, where he knows God has promised to bless him with descendants too many to count. But he and Sarai remain childless. He lives in the present, but also hoping for the future and trusting in God’s great promises. We live in the not yet-ness of our lives, living in the present but also hoping in the future promises of heaven.

    15 min

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