Shows
In the Way with Charles St-OngeThe Lamb's EnthronementOn May 27, King Charles III will give his speech from the throne to open Canadian parliament. But in the Revelation to John, the elder sees a far more critical "throne speech." Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2025-05-0419 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeThe Blessed Righteous ManYou have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you. But he does bless you.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-09-2617 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeYou Won't Forget God's WordSermon for the commissioning and installation of Deaconess Emilie Stoller-Prozenko at Ascension Lutheran Church, Montreal, Quebec.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-09-1814 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeEvil Tongues"From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things ought not to be so." (James 3:10)Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-09-1224 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeNo PartialityJames warns Christians not to show partiality. After all, Jesus showed no partiality towards us and our sins.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-09-0515 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeThe Right PathChristianity is not the smoothest path, the fastest path, or even the most direct. But it is the right path. So teaches the life of John the Baptist.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-08-2917 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWashed Clean for LifeWhen a baptism and a funeral coincide with the reading of Mark 7:1-13, how can one not talk about the power of baptism for life and in death?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-08-2213 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeGood Idea at the TimeOn Sunday, August 15 we remember Mary, the mother of our Lord, and how good ideas can get warped quickly over time. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-08-1528 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeFood for the JourneyElijah is given food from the Lord because, without it, the journey will be too great for him. Without the spiritual food Jesus provides, the journey of life will be too great for us.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-08-0819 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeThe Strength of Grace“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. " (2 Cor. 12:9)Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-07-0420 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeFairness in Christ"Your abundance at the present time should supply their need, so that their abundance may supply your need, that there may be fairness. " (2 Cor. 8:14)Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-06-2719 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWider Hearts in ChristChrist sends his Spirit to broaden our hearts, so often limited by our own affections and affectations.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-06-2022 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWilling SoftwareOur earthly "tent," our body, is hardware infected by the malware of original sin. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-06-1324 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeIt's a CoupJesus has come to bind the Strongman and plunder his house, to divide Satan's kingdom and bring his house down. What is he doing if not a coup? Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-06-0622 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeA Primer on the TrinityToday is not a day to remember that God is Triune. It is a day to reflect that the Father, the Son and the Spirit are together one God.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-05-3013 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeFruit of the SpiritThe Spirit of Jesus is always at work in and among us, growing fruit that abides and leads to life. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-05-2321 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWhere is Jesus?On Ascension Sunday we spend time reflecting on the question, "Where is Jesus Now?"Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-05-1625 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeChildren ListenChildren may not obey, but children will listen. A child of God is not first one who does, but one who hears. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-05-0922 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeTesting the SpiritsJohn urges us to test the spirits. Is that something we should still be doing today?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-05-0224 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeChildren Who LoveHow should children of God by the merit of Jesus treat one another? Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-04-2518 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeChildren of GodJohn writes that Jesus has made us children of God. But what does that mean?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-04-1822 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeEvidence of Our HopeJesus' resurrection is the evidence on which our hope for our future is based.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-04-0422 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeGood Friday: Evidence of His LoveIf we want to know how and where God loves us, we must look to the cross.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-04-0312 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeHoly Thursday: Evidence of His PresenceWhere do we find Jesus now, millennia after his resurrection and thousands of miles away?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-04-0215 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeHoly Wednesday: Evidence of DiscipleshipWhat is the evidence that we are Christians, followers of Christ?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-04-0106 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeHoly Tuesday: Mixed EvidenceWhy is it that some see proof of God's existence where others see nothing at all? Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-03-3106 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeAsking QuestionsIn Mark's account of the Passion of Jesus, Pilate only asks questions. What was he hoping to learn? What are the questions you ought to be asking this Holy Week?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-03-2814 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeA Not Normal CovenantThe covenant God makes with Israel is "normal." The new one he makes with us in Jesus is not. Sermon for the installation of Rev. Dr. Gerald Paul.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-03-2117 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeGod Loves Like SoJohn 3:16 isn't about how much God loves the world. It's about how he loves it.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-03-1419 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeGod Makes Us GreatDo a great people make a great God, or does a great God make a people great by his own work and will?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-03-0722 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeJesus is the ChristWhat does it mean to claim Jesus as Messiah? Do we say it like we mean it, or just casually? Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-02-2819 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWith the Wild AnimalsMark is alone in describing Jesus' wilderness temptation as taking place "among the wild animals." What does that mean for us?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-02-2117 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeLoving ListeningFebruary 14, 2021 is the Feast of Transfiguration and St. Valentine's Day. So let's talk about how to love Jesus - and let Jesus love us.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-02-1414 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeThe Dead Who ServeOnce you're dead, you are free from all obligations. We who are dead in Christ are free to serve our neighbour without restriction or restraint. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-02-0715 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWho Speaks the TruthIn Mark 1:20-28, Jesus rebukes an unclean spirit, supposedly for telling the truth. Why?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-01-3118 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeOur CallingsJesus called Peter, Andrew, James and John to be fishers of men. Is that our calling too? Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-01-2416 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWhere is God SpeakingWhen there is a thirst and a hunger to hear and see the Word of the Lord, do you know where to find it?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-01-1720 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeMere WordsWhen God speaks, things happen. When Satan speaks, he delivers lies. What words do you trust?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2021-01-1014 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeGod's Home for the HolidaysThe Lord promises to make his own home among us; and that home has room for plenty!Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-12-2020 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWitness to the LightJohn the Baptist was not the light but, like us, he was the one who bore witness to the light. We are not the Prophet or Elijah, but we can point people to Christ. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-12-1315 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeA Good News KingThe coming king for whom John the Baptist is preparing is unlike any king we have known. And good thing: this king has come to save us, not subjugated us.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-12-0616 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWhen God Comes Down"O Savior, rend the heavens wide" goes the old hymn based on the words of Isaiah. But do we really want God to come down? Are we ready for what that means?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-11-2917 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeIf You Had a Million DollarsWhat if someone entrusted you with their riches? How would your view of that person impact what you did with the money?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-11-1515 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeRemember, RememberChristianity is not a worldview, a concept, or an idea. It is a belief and trust in a man, Jesus of Nazareth, who remembers and saves his people.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-11-0111 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeNone So Blind"There are none so blind as those who will not see." On this Reformation Day, what are the things to which we are blind, that keep us enslaved? Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-10-2511 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWhat's In Your WalletJesus deals with the hypocrisy of the religious and the political by asking a Capital One question: "What's in your wallet?" Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-10-1816 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeA Thanksgiving BanquetOn this thanksgiving Sunday, Jesus shares a parable about a banquet with ungrateful and unexpected guests. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-10-1114 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeGetting What You NeedText: Philippians 3:4b-14. What do you really need: money, power, fame, or something else entirely? Paul figured it out, and shares his Good News with us.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-10-0418 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeAuthority to ShineToday both Paul and Jesus challenge us on the nature of authority, what authority Christians have been given, by whom, and for what purpose. Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-09-2721 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeWalk the LinePaul writes to the church in Philippi, describing how he is caught between life and death. Our lives, too, are walked on a line. But Christ is always with us to pull, push, and catch when we fall.Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-09-2017 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeEssentials and Non-EssentialsText: Romans 14:1-12. What is essential to the faith, what is non-essential, and how do we handle the difference?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-09-1325 minIn the Way with Charles St-OngeState and the GospelIn Romans 13, Paul addresses the appropriate Christian attitude towards government. Must we always submit to them, even when they seem to be in the wrong?Support the showCheck us out at ascensionlutheran.ca and intheway.org.2020-09-0624 min