the180 Church Podcast

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The180 Church is an interdenominational church in Greater Montreal, learning to love Jesus and love like Jesus by creating a safe and honest space for questions and learning. If you'd like to learn more about us, visit the180.ca

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the180 Church Podcast episodes:

05.28.2024
Why Church? | Part 3: A Mystery we Can't Ignore - Dom Ruso
How well do you know yourself? You might know yourself pretty well, but do you know who you’re meant to be and how to get there? Where do you go to become who you’re meant to be, and what’s your...
05.20.2024
Why Church? | It's a family matter - Vijay Krishnan
How well do you know yourself? You might know yourself pretty well, but do you know who you’re meant to be and how to get there? Where do you go to become who you’re meant to be, and what’s your...
05.14.2024
Why Church? | Can't Spell Church Without U - Tyler Tavares
How well do you know yourself? You might know yourself pretty well, but do you know who you’re meant to be and how to get there? Where do you go to become who you’re meant to be, and what’s your...
05.07.2024
Empowered | Part 4: A Gift that Grows - Michael Hum
In our world, it’s easy to be tempted by those things that seem flashier and more exciting, while sacrificing real growth and maturity. Listen in as we wrap up our series on the Holy Spirit by looking at a story...
04.30.2024
Stand-Alone Message | God's Promises for Changing Times - Dom Ruso
Pastor Dom gives us insight from Acts 17 while preaching in Calgary.We are an interdenominational church in Montreal, seeking to create a safe and honest space to ask questions. Join us at 11:00am Eastern (-4:00 UTC/GMT) Sundays and find out...
04.23.2024
Empowered | Part 3: The Extending Love of Pentecost - Dom Ruso
The Bible records a symbolic event of God's empowerment that we call Pentecost. While there is some confusion and controversy about the story, listen in as Pastor Dom helps us to see that God's love remains central to his empowering...
04.16.2024
Empowered | Part 2: I Didn't Sign Up for This - Dom Ruso
The resurrection of Jesus was more than just a miracle, it was the start of a new move of God. Saying yes to Jesus involved a special empowerment that was made available by the Holy Spirit. This week, we look...
04.09.2024
Empowered | Part 1: Empowered & Equipped for More - Dom Ruso
This is known as the 1st Sunday of Easter. Yes, according to the Bible, Jesus did more teaching to prepare His followers for what was coming. The Bible guides us to see how Jesus' resurrection was linked to new empowerment...
04.01.2024
Resurrection Sunday | "I Am Alive" - Dom Ruso
The fact that we gather to worship on Sunday is rooted in the power of Jesus' resurrection. On the first day of the week (Sunday), everything changed forever. Listen in as Pastor Dom recounts how our lives can be transformed...
03.31.2024
Good Friday | The Way of the Cross - Michael Hum
As we come to Good Friday and the mystery of the cross, the bible invites us to reflect on why Jesus had to die on the cross as something only He could do for us. Joins us as we learn...
03.26.2024
Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 6: Embrace God’s Way (Palm Sunday) - Dom Ruso
It can be overwhelming to find our way in a confusing world. This a great week to get honest about our need for God and to hear again that Jesus invites us to see and embrace God’s way. Soon, we...
03.19.2024
Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 5: I AM the Resurrection & the Life - Dom Ruso
No matter how strong you are, hopeless situations find all of us. This week Pastor Dom teaches about what happens when Jesus shows up at a friend's funeral. It would be the context for a shocking 'I AM' statement no...
03.12.2024
Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 4: Adjusting Your Hearing - Matt Boda
Jesus invited people to see how His teaching revealed that He was truly sent from God and that He was one with the Father. Listen in as we learn about how to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd so...
03.04.2024
Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 3: A Rooted Life - Michael Hum
This week we continue in our Lent series, letting Jesus guide us by studying the seven ‘I AM’ statements that point to Him. Listen in as we explore what it means to stay rooted to Jesus and the good things...
02.27.2024
Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 2: What is Seen in the Light - Willy Versteeg
Lent is an intentional time to get honest about patterns and habits that do not lead to a growing faith. As part of this season we will let Jesus guide us by studying seven 'I AM' statements that point to...
02.20.2024
Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 1: When Talk About Bread Gets Uncomfortable - Dom Ruso
Lent is an intentional time to get honest about patterns and habits that do not lead to a growing faith. As part of this season we will let Jesus guide by studying seven 'I AM' statements that point to healing...
02.13.2024
About New Beginnings | Part 5: Healing Our Distorted View of Success - Dom Ruso
If you took the challenge of reading the first few chapters of Genesis you've arrived at the story of a city and a tower. This week Pastor Dom unpacks how this story is meant to reveal some warnings about success...
02.06.2024
About New Beginnings | Part 4: Floods, Families and the Faithful Ways of God - Dom Ruso
Many people have heard of the flood story but few slow down to see the deeper meaning that reveal God’s faithful ways. We pray that you remember that even difficult days do not get the final say about the purposes...
01.30.2024
About New Beginnings | Part 3: How A Good God Confronts Guilt - Dom Ruso
If you have been reading through Genesis with us you know that God's promises are revealed in His love & goodness for what He creates. Sadly, the Bible calls us to get honest about a cosmic moment of disobedience that...
01.23.2024
About New Beginnings | Part 2: What Was I Made For? - Michael Hum
In a world filled with so many competing ideas of what really makes us thrive as human beings, the bible points us to a God who created us for relational intimacy with him and with each other. Listen in as...
01.16.2024
About New Beginnings | Part 1: Going Back to Dream Forward - Dom Ruso
We are living in exciting times. Sure there are challenges, but also the future shows signs of new possibilities. What better way to start 2024 than to revisit key biblical truths about a creating God, who, from the beginning, invites...
01.09.2024
Stand-Alone Message | How Will You Grow This Year? - Michael Hum
As we start 2024, many things will compete for our attention for how to grow and improve this coming year. Listen in as we explore how Jesus points us to a kind of maturity that prioritizes growing closer to God...
01.02.2024
Preparation For the Road Ahead: Lessons from the Psalms of Ascents - Willy Versteeg
Learn from the wisdom of the Psalms to prepare for the year ahead.We are an interdenominational church in Montreal, seeking to create a safe and honest space to ask questions. Join us at 11:00am Eastern (-4:00 UTC/GMT) Sundays and find...
12.25.2023
Come Let Us Adore Him | Because the Magi Didn't Quit - Dom Ruso
The waiting is over and the celebrations are just getting started. This Christmas Eve we hope the Good News of Jesus' birth cuts through all the bad news. Listen in as Pastor Dom takes us along the journey of the...
12.19.2023
Come Let Us Adore Him | When Power Meets Humility - Dom Ruso
We have been slowing down to let the truth of Advent take root. In our waiting we also move closer to Jesus' arrival. This weekend, Pastor Dom guides us to embrace the way Joseph fits into the special way God...
12.11.2023
Come Let Us Adore Him | Making Room - Michael Hum
Preparing for someone’s arrival always involves making room. Join us as we continue in our Advent teaching series by exploring how the story of Mary teaches us what it means to prepare for Jesus’ arrival by making room for how...
12.04.2023
Come Let Us Adore Him | I can’t wait until... - Dom Ruso
Imagine if this year you could see Christmas from a new perspective. This week, Pastor Dom begins our Advent teaching series to help us prepare our hearts and homes for Jesus’ arrival. This is a time when waiting creates room...
11.27.2023
Revisiting Discernment | Discerning False Teaching - Dom Ruso
One ongoing aspect of being a discerning disciple is to notice when false teachings can lead to lies about who God really is and His love for us. This weekend, Pastor Dom provides important wisdom from the Bible about how...
11.20.2023
Revisiting Discernment | The Joy of Discerning God’s Will - Dom Ruso
A biblical understanding of discernment includes wisdom, honesty, accountability and the joy of hearing God, and stepping out in faith to obey His Will. In Part 1 of our two-part series, Pastor Dom helps us revisit how we discern God’s...
11.13.2023
A Higher Love | Part of a Bigger Story - Michael Hum
As we wrap up our journey through the book of Ruth, we’ll explore the challenges of participating in God’s larger purposes. But we will see in Ruth that God loves to use the stories of ordinary people – even outsiders...
11.07.2023
A Higher Love | Finding Where You Belong - Willy Versteeg
Sometimes the solutions to our problems are simple to understand, but hard to do. Listen in as our pastoral apprentice Willy continues the story of Ruth and explains the personal encounter that transformed Ruth’s life and ours. We are an...
10.31.2023
A Higher Love | Lessons about the Favour of God - Dom Ruso
Moving on after pain, suffering and loss is never easy, but it's possible. The story of Ruth is guiding us as we learn about a higher Love for real life. Listen in as Pastor Dom explains some key lessons about...
10.25.2023
A Higher Love | Seeing Through the Suffering - Dom Ruso
Things in life can sometimes go from bad to worse. This is the way the story of our new teaching series begins. Listen in as Pastor Dom introduces us to the book Ruth and explores the themes of loss and...
10.17.2023
Standalone Message | Father Abraham, A Journey of Faith - Dr. Kenzo Mabiala
The story of Abraham is a story of an ordinary man who was worshiper of other gods, a slave owner who fathered a child with his wife’s maid, lied twice, saying that his wife was his sister to save his...
10.09.2023
What Won't Change | Pursue Christian Unity - Dom Ruso
We have come to the end of our fall teaching series on values. Listen in as Pastor Dom teaches on a value that is meant to offer our isolated and divided world a better way forward. May you sense God’s...
10.03.2023
What Won't Change | Committed to Teach Not Just Tell - Dom Ruso
As the world keeps changing, what won’t change is our need to understand our faith in deeper ways. Listen in as Pastor Dom addresses another key value to anchor both our church and our lives. Be ready to celebrate communion...
09.25.2023
What Won't Change | Develop Discerning Disciples - Dom Ruso
It will never change that we all become disciples (followers) of someone. In that light, Jesus gathers His own disciples as followers to a different way of life. Listen in as Pastor Dom unpacks how the180 can help anchor you...
09.19.2023
What Won't Change | Grow in Hopefulness - Dom Ruso
The180 celebrates its 7yr anniversary this weekend. Listen in as Pastor Dom shares about how the value of Hope makes all the difference. What won’t change is that a broken world will always look for those shaped by hopefulness that...
09.13.2023
What Won't Change | Committed to Grace and Truth - Dom Ruso
As we face many changes, we believe the bible helps us approach change with a confidence rooted in things that won’t change. Listen in as Pastor Dom reminds us of our first of five values. We pray the teaching encourages...
09.05.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Who Will You Glorify? - Michael Hum
As we move to the Fall season, there will be so many things that can keep us from growing in prayer. Join us as we wrap up our summer series on the Psalms by looking at a Psalm that teaches...
08.28.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 55: Praying Through Betrayal - Jenna Smith
In Psalm 55, the poet is in a state of distress and anguish after having lived through betrayal, violence and deception at the hands of a trusted friend. What does the Bible - and our prayer practices - have to...
08.21.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 78: How Prayer Prepares Us for Blessing - Dom Ruso
This summer we've let the Psalms teach us how to pray in deeper ways. This week we look at a prayer that weaves together warnings related to blessing. Listen in as Pastor Dom helps us understand there is prayerful preparation...
08.15.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Moving From Toil to Trust: Praying with Psalm 127 - Bethany Mortelliti
Maybe you find it easy to forgo sleep and work harder instead. Instead of a nap, it’d be better to get one more thing done. In a culture that praises hustle and busyness, we can start to sacrifice slower mornings...
08.08.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 32: No Reason to Hide - Michael Hum
As we continue our summer series in the Psalms, this week we look at Psalm 32, a Psalm of confession. Join us as we explore how the Bible teaches us to see confession as a gift because of the reality...
08.01.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 139: This is How I Feel and Maybe I’m Wrong - Matteo Mortelliti
Do you become a different person when you pray? Or treat prayer as a time to vent? Psalm 139 teaches us to pray with both raw honesty and a willingness to admit: maybe I’m wrong. We are an interdenominational church...
07.25.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Part 4: A Prayer for All Times - Dom Ruso
If there is one prayer that points to many areas for growing up it's this one. When we are lost, when we are tired, when we are facing even what seems like death. This week Pastor Dom revisits the most...
07.17.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Part 3: Praying Your Way Through Fear - Dom Ruso
We hope you are taking an honest look at how often you pray but also what you say when you pray. This week Pastor Dom revisits the themes of fear and uncertainty as we study a Psalm that points to...
07.12.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Part 2 - Psalm 8: A Power Worth Praising - Michael Hum
As we continue our summer series on prayer, we’re exploring how the Psalms help us grow and mature in prayer in different ways and areas of our lives. This week, we explore a Psalm about praise and how it teaches...
07.03.2023
Grown Up Prayers | Part 1: How Prayers Reveal our Heart - Dom Ruso
The theme of prayer requires ongoing attention for the Christian life. Whether you are comfortable with prayer or just learning what it means, we can all grow in how we think about our prayer life and what that reveals about...
06.27.2023
Why the Bible | Part 3: Word & Spirit
One of the gifts of learning to read our Bible is that God, by His Spirit, continues to make these written words come alive for us today. Listen in as we wrap up this series by exploring this truth and...

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the180 Church Podcast episodes:

Why Church? | Part 3: A Mystery we Can't Ignore - Dom Ruso

Why Church? | It's a family matter - Vijay Krishnan

Why Church? | Can't Spell Church Without U - Tyler Tavares

Empowered | Part 4: A Gift that Grows - Michael Hum

Stand-Alone Message | God's Promises for Changing Times - Dom Ruso

Empowered | Part 3: The Extending Love of Pentecost - Dom Ruso

Empowered | Part 2: I Didn't Sign Up for This - Dom Ruso

Empowered | Part 1: Empowered & Equipped for More - Dom Ruso

Resurrection Sunday | "I Am Alive" - Dom Ruso

Good Friday | The Way of the Cross - Michael Hum

Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 6: Embrace God’s Way (Palm Sunday) - Dom Ruso

Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 5: I AM the Resurrection & the Life - Dom Ruso

Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 4: Adjusting Your Hearing - Matt Boda

Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 3: A Rooted Life - Michael Hum

Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 2: What is Seen in the Light - Willy Versteeg

Who Do You Say I AM? | Week 1: When Talk About Bread Gets Uncomfortable - Dom Ruso

About New Beginnings | Part 5: Healing Our Distorted View of Success - Dom Ruso

About New Beginnings | Part 4: Floods, Families and the Faithful Ways of God - Dom Ruso

About New Beginnings | Part 3: How A Good God Confronts Guilt - Dom Ruso

About New Beginnings | Part 2: What Was I Made For? - Michael Hum

About New Beginnings | Part 1: Going Back to Dream Forward - Dom Ruso

Stand-Alone Message | How Will You Grow This Year? - Michael Hum

Preparation For the Road Ahead: Lessons from the Psalms of Ascents - Willy Versteeg

Come Let Us Adore Him | Because the Magi Didn't Quit - Dom Ruso

Come Let Us Adore Him | When Power Meets Humility - Dom Ruso

Come Let Us Adore Him | Making Room - Michael Hum

Come Let Us Adore Him | I can’t wait until... - Dom Ruso

Revisiting Discernment | Discerning False Teaching - Dom Ruso

Revisiting Discernment | The Joy of Discerning God’s Will - Dom Ruso

A Higher Love | Part of a Bigger Story - Michael Hum

A Higher Love | Finding Where You Belong - Willy Versteeg

A Higher Love | Lessons about the Favour of God - Dom Ruso

A Higher Love | Seeing Through the Suffering - Dom Ruso

Standalone Message | Father Abraham, A Journey of Faith - Dr. Kenzo Mabiala

What Won't Change | Pursue Christian Unity - Dom Ruso

What Won't Change | Committed to Teach Not Just Tell - Dom Ruso

What Won't Change | Develop Discerning Disciples - Dom Ruso

What Won't Change | Grow in Hopefulness - Dom Ruso

What Won't Change | Committed to Grace and Truth - Dom Ruso

Grown Up Prayers | Who Will You Glorify? - Michael Hum

Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 55: Praying Through Betrayal - Jenna Smith

Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 78: How Prayer Prepares Us for Blessing - Dom Ruso

Grown Up Prayers | Moving From Toil to Trust: Praying with Psalm 127 - Bethany Mortelliti

Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 32: No Reason to Hide - Michael Hum

Grown Up Prayers | Psalm 139: This is How I Feel and Maybe I’m Wrong - Matteo Mortelliti

Grown Up Prayers | Part 4: A Prayer for All Times - Dom Ruso

Grown Up Prayers | Part 3: Praying Your Way Through Fear - Dom Ruso

Grown Up Prayers | Part 2 - Psalm 8: A Power Worth Praising - Michael Hum

Grown Up Prayers | Part 1: How Prayers Reveal our Heart - Dom Ruso

Why the Bible | Part 3: Word & Spirit