Village Community Church. Podcast (Ajax, Ontario. Canada)

Vic closes off our series through Ephesians by talking on the importance of prayer in terms of our relationship with Christ, and also how we are called to fearlessly proclaim the mystery of the Gospel in our everyday lives.

This week Vic Stander dove into the armour of God elements as described in Eph 6:13-18, and he may have gone a little overboard with props and illustrations!

How do we conceptualize evil? What do we do with the evil spiritual beings and forces at work in the world? Paul, the apostle, doesn’t shy away from this reality and begins to conclude his letter the church in Ephesus to realize the foe at hand and our role in spiritual warfare.

Vic speaks into the subject of racism from a biblical perspective after North America has seen 2 weeks of riots, protests and other responses to the saddening racial injustices in our world.

As we continue to look at the various relationships Paul addresses in his letter to the Ephesians, Mike looks at the employer and employee dynamic from a Christian perspective.

Vic and Tanya end off their two-part series on parenting, diving deeper into the details of instruction, training and discipline. They shared 5 simple steps in their own personal discipline process with their kids. These help shape their children’s hearts, not only their behaviour, and in doing so, setting them up to both understand and respond to the gospel.

“Vic and Tanya kick off our two-part series on Parenting this week. They look broadly at the incredible responsibility of parenting, how the Gospel and God’s word ought to shape our parenting styles, and they give some examples from their own parenting journey. Next week, they’ll dive deeper into the details of training and discipline."

In week #3 of our marriage series out of Ephesians, Mike & Edwina Holmes look at the tension between what is "ideal” in terms of marriage roles, etc. and the “real” challenges of working those out day in and day out, year on year.

Lawrence & Liz Keen continue to look at Ephesians 5:22-33 and speak from their own marriage, specifically on the roles of a husband/wife, love and respect, and how to make a blended marriage/family work!

Vic & Tanya looks at Ephesians 5:22-33 and share from their own marriage how the principles of forgiveness, friendship and faithfulness are byproducts of the gospel and taking Jesus into the centre of your life and marriage.