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The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #11 - Is the Bible a Good Book, is it God's Book, and how do we Know What it Means?Today I interview Professor Rikk Watts. You can access his bio from the link below. Here's an outline of the episode:
4:58 - What is the Bible?
9:12 - Why are there so many translations of the Bible? Which is best?
12:30 - How confident are we that the Bible we have is the Bible that was originally written?
16:10 - Is it God’s book and is it a good book?
25:40 - How do we know what the Bible means?
27:09 - How should an average person read the bible?
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2024-10-171h 17The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #10 - CallingToday I interview Doug Pippus and Mark Buchanan about calling. It's an episode that left me praising the faithfulness and goodness of Jesus!
1:25 - Intro to calling
3:56 - Where does the idea of “calling” come from?
8:20 - Abuses and misunderstandings of “calling”
16:40 - What gives God the right to call me? Cultural pushback to God as master and Lord
20:40 - Mark and Doug’s stories of discovering goodness and wonder of Jesus - The Caller is good!
34:37 - Three levels of calling - general, specific, and...
2024-10-041h 28The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #9 - Cultivating Mental Wellness with Geri Fitch1:00 - Who is Geri Fitch and why are we talking about mental health?
2:45 - Steps anyone can take to pursue mental wellness
4:25 - The messages we hear
8:40 - Mental wellness is linked to what you think and what you do
11:20 - People who do well aren’t just gifted, and learning to win arguments with yourself
18:40 - The tricks and lies of anxiety and depression
21:55 - More on self-talk and arguing with yourself
24:15 - Discerning the truth
29:00 - What helps a person with co...
2024-07-241h 00The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #8 - A Different Take on RetirementMost retirees travel from Calgary to places like Phoenix, but Gary and Peter raised money to purchase critical food and medical supplies for Ukrainian refugees and then repeatedly drove into the war zone to deliver them with a European pastor.
1:30 - The origin story
3:45 - Rethinking retirement
5:25 - A quick summary of the trip
10:20 - The local churches they worked with
13:20 - Describing the places they saw
18:15 - Describing life in a war zone
28:40 - Why were you in a war zone...
2024-06-201h 16The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #7 with Phil Reinders - Rule of Life #21:45 - Introducing Phil Reinders
3:40 - Phil’s comments on the rising interest in Rule of Life amongst Western Christians
8:00 - Which spiritual disciplines do people dabble in where they should dive in?
14:50 - Further thoughts on dabbling versus diving in
17:35 - What are some of the most common renunciations people have to engage in to make space for new rhythms?
26:22 - What’s your favourite spiritual practice in this season and why?
28:54 - Honest discussion of Phil’s personal prayer life
38:20 - What do you do whe...
2024-06-011h 08The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #6 - Fasting For Abundant LifeFour people at Hope For Life Church decided to participate in a radical lenten fast in 2024. This podcast captures some of their insights and will spur you to consider the impacts fasting would have on your life with God. You'll laugh a time or two along the way too.
1:00 - What was the lenten fast and why did you do it?
4:00 - How hard was this to do?
6:37 - What did you learn about the things that control you and more generally about yourselves through this fast?
13:30...
2024-05-191h 06The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #5 with Fred Waters - Learning from a Salvation Army OfficerJoin us as Tim interviews Fred Waters, former COO of the Salvation Army and all around fantastic human being!
Introducing Fred (1:00)
Fred’s faith formation - let’s talk revival! (5:36)
The story of the Salvation Army and discussion of addictions (9:15)
More talk about addictions and hope (21:17)
Lessons learned working for the Salvation Army (26:50)
What role does the average Christian and church play in affordable housing, addictions, and other social ailments? (30:00)
More talk of ways forward as a society - let’s talk partne...
2023-10-221h 02
The Hope For Life PodcastGrowing Parents - Values Based Parenting With Geri FitchGeri Fitch recently spoke to a few Calgarian churches on values based parenting. The audio quality is poor, but the content is worth your time!
2023-03-1622 minThe Hope For Life PodcastSmarter than Tim #4 with Matt Pamplin - Spiritual Family and the Story of St. ClaireIn this episode, we cover lots of ground... and Matt's accent doesn't hurt.
0:00 - Introduction - Introducing Matt Pamplin from Hamilton
3:45 - The Story of St. Claire Part 1
“people were longing for an authentic community that wasn’t just based on a meeting or an event… how do we do this life together?"
10:10 - Story of St. Claire Part 2 - “Are you starting a Sunday gathering or a church?”
15:00 - Experts Versus Ordinary Saints
18:15 - What is a Missional Family and the Early Years of St. Claire
26:00...
2023-03-0956 minThe Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #3 with Phil Reinders - Rule of Life, Spiritual Practices, and Participating in the Life of JesusThis topic may not draw you, but I think this is one of the best conversations I've had on one of the most important topics that there is. Here is an outline of the episode with links to articles and books mentioned below:
1. Intro
2. Why anyone should listen to a long-form discussion on spiritual practices (Boring right!?) 2:51
3. A fully human life and integrating faith with normal life 6:42
4. The petty forms of sin in daily life, the beauty of a life of love with Christ in God, and the mirror of spiritual pr...
2022-12-121h 25The Hope For Life PodcastHow Much Is EnoughIn this episode Tim dives into a question that's come up several times lately - how much (time/money/service/etc.) is enough? How do I know what God requires of me?
2022-11-3010 min
Oak Park Church of ChristSummer at the Movies - The Lord of the Rings TrilogySend us a textGuest preacher Tim Pippus brings us a word based on the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
2022-08-2136 minThe Hope For Life PodcastHFL Storytime #3 - Spurred on by a ChildToday we talk magazines, binging the gospel of Mark, and what it means to spur one another on to love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24) and be a community full of good deeds (Titus 2:11-15).
2022-07-2608 min
The Hope For Life PodcastHFL Storytime #2 - Grace and WorksHere is the link to the podcast Tim references in his episode:
https://www.68culture.org/episode-4-brian-mcconaghy-ratanak-international-part-1/
You can also find it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts - look for 68culture and "Ratanak International"
If you have any comments, we'd love to hear them!
2022-05-2615 minThe Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim #2 With Nick Mitchell - Tough Conversations About the Opioid Epidemic and Harm ReductionNick Mitchell is currently the Provincial Medical Director for Addictions and Mental Health, and we're grateful he was willing to do this interview. Below is a table of contents for the interview. If you have any feedback or there are questions you wish Tim had asked, email Tim (Tim@hflchurch.ca) and let him know.
3:06 Who is Nick and why he’s well positioned to speak into the opioid crisis and about harm reduction in Alberta.
3:55 Introducing the opioid crisis and how it’s similar/dissimilar to “drug addiction” generally
6:00 A quick hi...
2022-03-171h 28The Hope For Life PodcastSmarter Than Tim With Nick Mitchell - A Conversation About Mental HealthNick is one of the smartest, most engaging, and most interesting people Tim's ever met. He's also a practicing psychiatrist and senior administrator in the addiction and mental health department of AHS (Alberta Health Services). Today they discuss mental health. If there is a question you wish Tim had asked, let him know! We'll have round #2 with Nick sometime soon.
Section 1 - Mental Health and Me
1) What are mental health and resilience? (2:20)
2) Let's talk personality (Enneagram, Myers Briggs, etc.) (5:10)
3) How can people assess how they are doing? (7:50)
4) What are some...
2022-01-2854 minThe Hope For Life PodcastHFL Storytime #1 - No Ordinary PeopleToday Tim kicks off HFL Storytime with a story of his failure, the leading of the Holy Spirit, and a great quote from C.S. Lewis.
2022-01-1405 minThe Hope For Life PodcastHFL's Origin Story - A Different Kind of ChurchIn this podcast, Tim interviews Doug about the formation of HFL. Doug presents his perspective on how the church came to be, what God may have been doing, and the vision for a different kind of church that drove HFL in the early years.
2021-12-2327 min
Oak Park Church of ChristSummer Wise, Summer Not - Week 9Send us a textPastor Tim Pippus of Hope for Life Christian Fellowship joins us to preach on the subject of money in Proverbs.
2021-08-221h 05
Oak Park Church of ChristSummer in the Psalms - Week 7 (Psalm 3)Send us a textPastor Tim Pippus from Hope For Life Christian Fellowship continues our Summer in the Psalms series with a message on Psalm 3.
2020-08-1640 min
Oak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 9 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to unpack Week 9 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-06-2634 min
Oak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 9Send us a textPastor Tim Pippus of Hope for Life Christian Fellowship brings us a message on sleep as we continue our Cultivate series.
2020-06-2245 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 8 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to unpack Week 8 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-06-1933 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 7 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to unpack Week 7 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-06-1233 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 6 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to wrestle with Week 6 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-06-0533 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 5 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to wrestle with Week 5 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-05-2935 min
Oak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 5Send us a textPastor Tim Pippus, from Hope For Life Christian Fellowship, brings us a message on food and spiritual practices.
2020-05-2539 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 4 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to wrestle with week 4 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-05-2232 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 3 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs discuss Week 3 in our collaborative sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity.
2020-05-1534 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 2 (Podcast)Send us a textPastors Tim Pippus, Kelly Scruggs, and Lane Scruggs dive back in to wrestle with week 2 of our sermon series Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity. Happy Listening!
2020-05-0830 min
Oak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 2Send us a textPastor Tim Pippus brings us a message about how the choices we make can impact our spiritual formation
2020-05-0432 minOak Park Church of ChristCultivate - Week 1 (Podcast)Send us a textLane Scruggs, Kelly Scruggs, and Tim Pippus discuss the first week in our joint sermon series - Cultivate: Growing in Spiritual Maturity.This episode references a podcast interview Lane did with Shaun Brown on Theology Shorts. If you're interested in that, check it out here.
2020-05-0125 min
The Advance02 - Why Should I Care about 'Advancing'? (Featuring Tim Pippus)So what's the big deal with following Jesus? Why is it important for us to practice things like reading the Bible, prayer, worship, and community?
Join me as I interview Tim Pippus, a pastor from Hope for Life Church in Calgary (hflchurch.ca). Tim is passionate about seeing people engage deeply with Jesus and one of the most thoughtful/well spoken guys I know!
We chat about:
What we believe God is doing in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic and some of the cool ways that Christians are responding.
What Tim's Church is doi...
2020-04-0900 min
2018-04-2900 minMcKernan Baptist Church PodcastHiking with JesusSince the beginning of our ministry year last September, we have focused a them summarized simply by the word. "WITH". What does it mean to walk WITH God? We continue this theme into this new year as Tim Pippus brings a message today that well take us back two thousand years to a time when Jesus took Peter, James and John out for what they thought would be an ordinary hike. We will see how the extraordinary events they experienced that day can strengthen and guide us as we seek to walk with God in the midst of our ordinary...
2018-01-0700 min
Nothing But The BluesNothing But The Blues #199Eddie Martin And His Big Blues Band (Tough Times); Curtis Salgado (Woman Or The Blues); Rick Estrin & The Nightcats ((I Met Her On The) Blues Cruise); Wildcat O'Halloran Band (Come In My Kitchen); Frank Blackfield (The Blues Ain't For The Lucky); Albert Castiglia (Parchman Farm); Tim 'Too Slim' Langford (Long Tail Black Cat); Debbie Davies (I'll Feel Much Better When You Cry); Josh White (Did You Read That Letter?); Sister Rosetta Tharpe (The Devil Has Thrown Him Down); Doug Cox & Sam Hurrie (Fear); Dukesy & The Hazzards (I Get Up); Charley Patton (Banty Rooster Blues); Big Joe Williams & J.D...
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