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A Big Fish StoryWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Aug 15, 2004 |
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Are you hooked yet? It’s the power of a good story !! Don’t you love them? One of those fantastic,soul baiting, unbelievable fairy tales? You know the kind I mean, scared... |
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A Lament for HaitiWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Jan 17, 2010 |
| Even now we come along side the people of Haiti. New Hope Church is working with the Christian Reformed World Relief committee (CRWRC) to help the victims of the earthquake in... |
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Addictions: solutionsWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 30, 2005 |
| To get you started; Ask yourself what role the Spirit of God has taken in your struggle with addictions/addictive tendencies. Do you ever dream about what that Spirit might... |
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Addictions: the pastWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 23, 2005 |
| Welcome, today we continue with addictions and look at where it all began. When I met with Dr. Jim Pender,“This all started long before the substance/ process abuse made the... |
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Addictions: the problemWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 16, 2005 |
| That song (Hurt - Johnny Cash)sung by a man who struggled with his own demons for much of his life. Addictive behaviors toward prescription drugs, to the point of ruining his very... |
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AdventAudio Mp3 New Hope Church Dec 01, 2008 |
| Each week of Advent we will add a reading to this audio file as we progress towards Christmas Day and the celebration of the birth of Christ. Advent (from the Latin word... |
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All about my MotherWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten May 11, 2003 |
| Mother's show unconditional love more than any other human... We used clips from "All about my Mother" Clip#1 - Cue to 12:33 - son dies in car crash, the heart... |
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Anger & MetallicaWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten May 09, 2004 |
| Pastor John on Metallica "we're raging against who we really are as human beings, what do we do with that? Keep raging?" Pastor John takes a look (and listen) to metal music.... |
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C.S. Lewis, a parable, a storyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Dec 04, 2005 |
| We begin our series on ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’ by looking at the parable of the life of it’s author C.S. Lewis “The ‘Lion’ all began with a Faun carrying an... |
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Cinderella Man Part1 - Good FridayWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 14, 2006 |
| This message is of death, of ending up in places we cannot imagine, of having our entire lives ripped away from us. Questions for Good Friday 1.Have you ever lost it all; had... |
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Cinderella Man Part2 - EasterWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 16, 2006 |
| Resurrection Questions to get you started 1.Recall the greatest moment of glory you’ve ever experienced; put yourself back there. What precipitated the... |
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Community by MobyWorship Service - listen, read Robin Bailey Sept 04, 2005 |
| Richard Melville Hall a.k.a. Moby got his nickname from his great-great grand uncle Herman Melville’s classic novel: “Moby Dick” [1] If ever there was a musical artist that... |
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Contact - what's out there?Worship Service - read it John Van Sloten Mar 22, 1998 |
| Its a pretty awesome scene isn’t it? One statistic quoted in the film stated that there are 400 billion stars just in our Galaxy alone! And to think that there are then... |
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Disability and the DivineWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Nov 05, 2006 |
| Today we’re going to talk about disabilities; how they drive us (all) to God and how, in a very mysterious way, they reveal him. In 1996 the World Health Organization estimated... |
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Discovering God's Sense of HumourWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten May 04, 2003 |
| Today we continue our series on God and humour. Last week (the day after we got 3' of snow), we looked at the question of whether or not God had a sense of humour. Through that... |
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Edmund - The lion, the witch and the wardrobeWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Dec 11, 2005 |
| We continue our series on ‘The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe’ (Narnia) by looking at the life and times of Edmund “It is a lovely place my house,” said the Queen. “I am... |
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Eric Clapton, god or God'sWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Mar 25, 2007 |
| In this message we’re going to talk about God’s love, beauty and truth as it’s found in the life and music of Eric Clapton. “I was worried. I just didn’t know where I was... |
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Evanescence - My ImmortalWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 15, 2004 |
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Pastor John explores the music of Evanescence and their message to the world, through the song "My Immortal".
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Exploring the techno-nature of GodWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 15, 2006 |
| Today, we’re going to talk about technology from a different angle. What does it teach us about the nature of God?" I asked my hosts what had been the most frequent searches... |
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Faith & Fashion - BeautyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Nov 28, 2004 |
| This morning as we talk about beauty, beyond the merely superficial to profoundly spiritual! Now that does not mean physical beauty doesn’t matter! God made it, that is why we... |
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Faith & Fashion - HairWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Dec 05, 2004 |
| Back in the 1960’s hair had power!... It had the power to inspire rebellious souls & to enrage conservative minds. It had this amazing ability to communicate what a person... |
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Fear of DeathWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 23, 2001 |
| Fear of death is our theme, how do we get past it? How do we trust God for what we can't see and that no one can tell us about. |
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Fear of FailureWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 09, 2001 |
| The fear series was put together to encourage people to live their lives more fully and overcome the things that hold them back. Little did we know the events that would transpire... |
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Fear of GodWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 30, 2001 |
| Each one of us has something we are afraid of, but what does it mean to be afraid of God? Most fears cause us to shy away from things but the fear of God helps to bring us closer... |
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Fear of Losing ControlWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 16, 2001 |
| I guess it was about 7:45 am on Tuesday when a friend called and said, “You better turn on the TV! The World Trade Center has been bombed!” “What? How can that be?” I rushed to... |
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Feasting and FastingWorship Service - listen, read Heather Cowie Feb 17, 2008 |
| Times of plenty and times of tightening our belts, how we respond is what makes the difference. “We celebrate in feasting as a way of remembering the beauty of creation, the... |
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Forgiveness for Dummies,based on the movie - Changing LanesWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 23, 2003 |
| This week I watched a film entitled "Changing Lanes". It offers some profound lessons on how we can thoroughly mess up our lives through unforgiveness.If you want to learn how to... |
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God's Gift of Canadian Olympic HockeyWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Feb 28, 2010 |
| What might God be saying through the Canadian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team. Why is hockey so huge to Canadians? What does this say about how God made us? “God blessed them and... |
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God, games and gamers - World of WarcraftWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten June 10, 2007 |
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In this message we’re going to talk about God and his Kingdom via the massive, multiplayer, online role playing virtual reality of World of Warcraft.
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God, Providence and ScienceWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Apr 23, 2006 |
| We begin a new series looking at the realm of Science. God made a knowable universe, and then he gave us the capacity to know. Why? How is God revealed and better known... |
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Godopolis - City of Blinding LightsWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Jan 20, 2008 |
| In this message we’re going to talk about the city. Why an urban world God? “Macionis and Parrillo suggest that the city “is a dynamic entity unto itself, the most powerful... |
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Great Composers - Felix MendelssohnWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 30, 2003 |
| Today we’re going to talk a bit about how his faith in God inspired his both his life and compositions. Mendelssohn was born into a Jewish family in 1809 in Hamburg, Germany. |
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Great Composers - StravinskyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 13, 2003 |
| There was practically no genre of music beyond the command of Igor Stravinsky, widely considered the most important composer of the twentieth century. He wrote ballet and chamber... |
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Green Day - Boulevard of Broken DreamsWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten May 22, 2005 |
| We all walk that ‘boulevard of broken dreams’ at some time in our life. To get you started; Have you ever walked that road? Felt alienated… All alone? Where do you find... |
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Heaven and HellWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Aug 17, 2003 |
| This week I rewatched a movie called, ‘What Dreams May Come’ I rewatched it because it provides an interesting perspective on the afterlife; an afterlife that we w ill all... |
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Humor & Jesus - Does God Have a Sense of Humour?Worship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 27, 2003 |
| Today we begin a new series on God and humour. I suppose there are all kinds of questions about this choice of topic. Does humour even have a place in matters of faith? ... |
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HypocrisyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten June 01, 2003 |
| I remember when I first saw her story on the television news. A deeply passionate bald woman, bringing high school kids to tears as she spoke of her impending death due to... |
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I've got a Friend who wants to know - Do All Religions Lead To God?Worship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 28, 2002 |
| I've got a friend who believes that all religions ultimately lead to God. When I meet with this friend for lunch our conversation often gets to the point where I ask, So how the... |
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Jesus & the Media - Both God & ManWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 13, 2005 |
| We’re going to look at the whole concept of Jesus’ humanity. To get you started; What does Jesus being fully human and fully God mean to you? How does Christ’s humanity in... |
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Jesus and Gay MarriageWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 20, 2005 |
| Today we're going to talk about homosexuality, marriage and the church. |
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Jesus and the Media - Good FridayWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 25, 2005 |
| Alternating between clips from the Passion of the Christ and readings from Isaiah, to the sharing of Communion as we remembered the sacrifice that Jesus made for us this day.... |
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Jesus and the Media - Million Dollar BabyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 27, 2005 |
| Last week I watched- “Million Dollar Baby” with some friends. SPOILER ALERT… SPOILER ALERT… A story about a boxing coach (Eastwood) - reluctantly takes on the training a no-name... |
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Jesus and the Media - TeacherWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 06, 2005 |
| “If you strip away the myth from the man, you will see where we all soon will be…” This past Tuesday was ‘Jesus film arama’ at my house Started at 10:00 am with “Jesus of... |
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Jesus and the Media - The HealerWorship Service - listen, read Ron VandenBrink Mar 20, 2005 |
| The Jesus of Jesus Christ Superstar… Overwhelmed by the pain. Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of need. Overwhelmed by the demands for healing. – doesn’t know what to do. He... |
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Jesus Teaching on PrayerWorship Service - listen, read Heather Cowie July 25, 2010 |
| Luke 11:2-4 He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive... |
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Journey - Terry Fox StoryWorship Service - listen, read Robin Bailey Aug 14, 2005 |
| Believe it or not 25 years ago Terry Fox was running another 26-28 mile day somewhere between Sault Ste. Marie, ON and Wawa, ON. I was in grade 6 at Meadowvale Public School 25... |
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Lall Murder Tragedy - Good, Evil, and where was God?Worship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten June 01, 2008 |
| How do you make sense of needless deaths? Why does God allow evil to continue in our world? This message looks at the reality of living life with weeds, through Christ's parable... |
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Lenny KravitzWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 08, 2004 |
| Pastor John reviews the life and music of Lenny Kravitz |
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Life as a House - for FathersWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten June 15, 2003 |
| This week I watched a film entitled Life as a House starring Kevin Kline. It's a story about a man, a Father, who's lived a pretty messed up life. Early in the film he describes... |
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Live Like You were Dying - Tim McGrawWorship Service - listen, read Ron VandenBrink July 03, 2005 |
| Country music star Samuel Timothy McGraw was born on May 1, 1967. Though he didn’t know it until years later, his father was baseball player Tug McGraw, a star relief pitcher for... |
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Lord of the Rings - Frodo, an unlikely heroWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Dec 01, 2002 |
| Ah Hobbits... Loveable in a way but certainly not all that impressive. Not the kind of creature that you think could make much of a difference in the big scheme of things.... |
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Lord of the Rings - GollumWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Dec 07, 2003 |
| Gollum, he was originally a hobbit like the other hobbits... how did he come into possession of the ring for hundred's of years... how did it corrupt his soul... and how it... |
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Lord of the Rings - The Big StoryWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Nov 24, 2002 |
| And so begins the amazing story of the Lord of the Rings! It was a time when darkness and evil were on the rise. The world was changing... everyone could feel it... but no one... |
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Lord of the Rings - The Two TowersWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Nov 30, 2003 |
| The "Two Towers" are all about the struggle between Good and Evil as it revolves around one's response to the allure, and temptation presented by the ring. Golum and Frodo offer... |
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Lucy - The lion, the witch and the wardrobeWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Dec 18, 2005 |
| Can you imagine being there? You’re a young child living in a time of war (life is out of control... a bit fearful... lots of unknowns!) It’s grey raining day, very dull,... |
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LyingWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 31, 2004 |
| LYING… huge formative influence in our world today… We can see it everywhere! This week - saw in POP music, ASHLEE SIMPSON got ‘Milli vanilli’d, caught cold, lip syncing... |
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Matrix ReloadedWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Oct 19, 2003 |
| Pastor John reviews the movie and the message of the Matrix Reloaded. Cast:Keanau Reeves,Lawrence Fishburne,Larry Wachowski + Andy Wachowski |
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Mother's Day with the IncrediblesWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten May 08, 2005 |
| We’re looking at “The Incredibles”, Super Hero moms, and God’s calling to live real and powerful lives. To get you started; 1. Are you living the life you’ve always wanted to... |
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Mothering: The Nurturing Nature of GodWorship Service - listen, read Heather Cowie May 09, 2010 |
| What is the nurturing nature of God? How can we see it in how Mother's care for their children? "Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child... |
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Neil Young - God's Prophet?Worship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Apr 01, 2007 |
| In this message we’re going to talk about God’s love, beauty and truth as it’s found in the life and music of Neil Young “The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish... |
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Olympic Glory - AthensWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Aug 22, 2004 |
| Wednesday night, Fran woke up 3:30 am, all uptight! Been tossing and turning all night, terrible dreams, about the Olympics! All about water sports, in each dream Canadian's ended... |
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Parables - Forgiving OthersWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 03, 2005 |
| Today we’re going to look at one of Jesus’ teachings on forgiveness; The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant To get you started; How good are you at ‘doing unto others as you... |
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Perseverance, Lance ArmstrongWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 03, 2004 |
| The art of sticking to the path you have chosen even when the hills get high and the road rough. |
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Prodigal Child, running backWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 22, 2004 |
| Pastor John talks about what it means to return to life with God, even if you have run away, He's waiting. Includes testimony by Susan S. |
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Psalm 104 - God of CreationWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 17, 2004 |
| Have you ever met God in creation?... through Creation?, I mean… really met Him… experienced his presence known his being… or have ever - breath taken away - by his... |
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Psalm 27 - God our ProtectorWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 24, 2004 |
| God our protector Ever been in a situation where you’re cornered? … one of my scariest times, as a child in 6th grade. I tell you there is something about that "cornered place" |
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Ratatouille: an un-kosher GodWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 03, 2008 |
| We begin a month long series on food; God’s gift to us in the providing, preparing and consuming. This morning we get things started with a little Ratatouille “We have come... |
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Ray Charles - Scripture and MusicWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten June 24, 2007 |
| Welcome to the Ray Charles Gospel Hour! This morning we’re going to do church a little bit different; interweaving two, seemingly unrelated, stories into one. What do the Bible... |
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Reel Spirituality - Beauty and the BeastWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 18, 2001 |
| Good morning and welcome to New Hope Church. Today's service is for kids, and it's all about the movie, Beauty and the Beast. It's a neat movie that teaches us the truth about... |
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Reel Spirituality - Life is BeautifulWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 04, 2001 |
| This morning’s film, Life is Beautiful, is a film about love. In particular, it’s about one man’s love for his wife and for his son. It’s a love that starts out in a rather... |
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Reel Spirituality - The MatrixWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 11, 2001 |
| The Matrix is a movie that causes a shift in our thinking, what is reality? Is it all that we can see, or is there more? These are the clips we used from the "Matrix" Scene #1 -... |
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Reel Spirituality - The Sixth SenseWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 25, 2001 |
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We did this message as a round table discusion. Clips from the movie, "The Sixth Sense" Clip#1 - Opening Credits and eerie sounds from the film, end - freeze on light... |
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Relationships - CommunicationWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 21, 2001 |
| Welcome, today we will be addressing the topic of listening. Truth is I feel like a bit of a hypocrite up here telling you about how to listen. Even now, when I fully realize its... |
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Relationships - Forgiveness and Father's DayWorship Service - listen, read Tom King June 18, 2006 |
| Today we are talking about the “spirit” of fatherhood. Using the parable of the Prodigal Son, we are going to talk about how God our Father, and father’s here on earth use... |
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Relationships - IntimacyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Nov 04, 2001 |
| In any solid relationship, intimacy is highly valued. Pastor John explores this topic and how to go deeper with your mate. Clips used from, "A KNIGHTS TALE" Writing of the... |
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Relationships - Learning to ListenWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten May 28, 2006 |
| “God heard the boy crying...” Genesis 21:17 “God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant...” Exodus 2:24 “...and God heard them, for their prayer reached... |
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Relationships - playing like Steve NashWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten June 04, 2006 |
| We continue our series looking at relationships. Last week we heard about listening, this morning we look at the act of submitting, of serving others. “Do you understand what... |
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Relationships - Recognizing RolesWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 19, 1999 |
| Today we’ll be looking at the issue of our roles within marriage. But before we get into that I need to clean up a bit of a problem from last week’s service. (Serious... |
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Relationships - Resolving ConflictWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten June 11, 2006 |
| In this message we tackle the problem of conflict. “Do not resist and evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn him the other also.” Jesus in Matthew... |
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Relationships - SubmissionWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 14, 2001 |
| Last week I had the opportunity to learn a lesson about submitting to my wife. As I recall I was busy sitting in my living room chair doing some research for my upcoming series of... |
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RevengeWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten July 27, 2003 |
| In this message we’re going to discuss the topic of revenge or vengeance. We’re going to use two stories to do that, one is the story of the "Count of Monte Cristo", based on the... |
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Saint RalphWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Apr 02, 2006 |
| Today, we’re going to look at a modern day parable on the core Christian concept of Grace; a film called Saint Ralph “God loves people because of who God is, not because of... |
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Seeing God in a Children's HospitalWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 24, 2006 |
| This weekend we’re going to try and see the face of God in a Children’s Hospital. Homework for this service Ask yourself a few questions, and read the following... |
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Seeing God in Creation (Van Gogh)Worship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 01, 2002 |
| Remember that when Jesus walked the face of the earth, very many people did not recognize him as God. Many saw him as no more than a slob like one of them... or even worse, lower... |
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Seeing God in CultureWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten June 19, 2005 |
| During this series, Calgary artist Marcia Harris will be painting the message of a self-revealing, creative God. The completed work (2.0m by 3.2m) will be auctioned off at the... |
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Seeing God in HumanityWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten June 05, 2005 |
| During this series, Calgary artist Marcia Harris will be painting the message of a self-revealing, creative God. The completed work (2.0m by 3.2m) will be auctioned off at the... |
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Seeing God in NatureWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten June 12, 2005 |
| During this series, Calgary artist Marcia Harris will be painting the message of a self-revealing, creative God. The completed work (2.0m by 3.2m) will be auctioned off at the... |
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Seeing God through a Parabolic Lens - Part 2Worship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 23, 2007 |
| In this message we’re going to continue the discussion on seeing, hearing and knowing God through parables (Part 2!). How exactly does a parable communicate and carry the... |
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Seeing God while Cycling CanadaWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 11, 2005 |
| John's home coming message after traveling from Vancouver to Halifax by bike. John's photos of the tour |
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Seeing the FutureWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 05, 2003 |
| Well here we are at the beginning of a new year. I wonder what lies ahead? Will this be a happy year, filled with meaning, celebration and joy? Or will the upcoming months... |
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Simpsons - Homer the HereticWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 27, 2005 |
| I remember feeling that way when I was younger!... Nothin worse then having to get up early… dress to 9’s… go to church! I could never figure out why the ‘fashion show?’. Did... |
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Simpsons Series 2001 - Bart's Take on PrayerWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 07, 2001 |
| Today’s message will be based on an episode entitled “Bart Gets and F”. This story deals with two related themes; prayer and the nature of God. |
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Simpsons Series 2001 - Saying SorryWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 14, 2001 |
| This week I watched an old Thanksgiving episode of the Simpsons entitled ‘Bart Vs Thanksgiving’. This particular show dealt with the theme of ‘apologizing’. Something that has to... |
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Simpsons Series 2001 - StealingWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 28, 2001 |
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Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment As you’ve already figured out, the theme of this week’s Simpson’s episode is stealing. In 2001 New Hope was a young church with a... |
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Starbucks Spirituality: Finding God in our Coffee CultureWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 01, 2006 |
| Today we’re going to talk about Starbucks (and the whole coffee house movement). What’s going on in a phenomenon like this? What in the world is God saying through it... |
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Step Mom - being a motherWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten May 12, 2002 |
| This week I watched a film entitled "Step Mom " I thought it might get my head into Mother's Day a bit. I picked this film because I figured it would present a realistic image of... |
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Super Hero Series - SpidermanWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 18, 2005 |
| Ah… the coming of age of a new millennium superhero… you gotta love it!... and you gotta love Spiderman! I sure do!... Spidey’s been my favourite superhero since I was eight yrs... |
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Super Hero Series - SupermanWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 25, 2005 |
| Reading old 1938 superman comic kindled all kinds of memories (old TV series)… most numinous moment “Superman made the scene!” be trouble then…“boom, he was there!... drop from... |
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Super Hero Series - X MenWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 02, 2005 |
| We’re going finish our series on Superheroes by looking at the X men. To get you started; 1. How well do you fit in? 2. Do you find it easy to be ‘you’ in your world?... |
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Superbowl - Getting to the End ZoneWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 05, 2006 |
| Today’s message, is going to look at the Superbowl. Can sport teach us about our spirituality? What is it about getting into the ‘end zone’ that seems so right? “The object of... |
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Switchfoot - Meant to LiveWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Nov 07, 2004 |
| We were meant to live for so much more!... More than this confused fumbling around existence that life sometimes is… More than the boredom and mediocrity we’re so often... |
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TattooWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Aug 29, 2004 |
| ‘Tattoo’ a glimpse into the psychology of Tattooing,why people tattoo themselves. |
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Texas Hold'em PokerWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 29, 2006 |
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Today’s message will be dealing with the topic of Texas Hold’em (the #1 card game in a poker craze that is currently sweeping the world) “Poker has been a companion, a... |
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The Cost of ForgivenessWorship Service - listen, read Layne Kilbreath Feb 16, 2003 |
| We need to get on top of our own pain before we can get ourselves to do some good for the person who caused it (Lewis Smedes- The Art of Forgiving, 72). As I tried to figure... |
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The De-humanizing, De-spiritualizing power of TechnologyWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Oct 08, 2006 |
| Today we’re going to talk about technology, how to embrace it without losing yourself. How does it impact our human nature? Does it enhance our spirituality or hinder it? Is... |
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The God Who Makes Wooden People RealWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Aug 17, 2008 |
| The story of Pinnochio, a wooden toy comes to life. “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” The Apostle John in... |
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The Miracle of ForgivenessWorship Service - listen, read Ron VandenBrink Nov 20, 2005 |
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A look at: Forgiveness and Confession The Message 1 John 1: 5 – 2:2 If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense.... |
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The Parable of Manna from HellWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Apr 18, 2010 |
| What is God’s take on money, materialism and the good life? Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it... |
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The Power of Positive Psychology?Worship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Mar 07, 2010 |
| What is God saying through this huge cultural trend? Homework for the next month is to buy the book “Authentic Happiness” by Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman, and read it. What John... |
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The Power of Positive Psychology? - FlowWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Mar 21, 2010 |
| In this message we connect the biblical concept of joy with the psychological concept of flow. Now that we have actually received this amazing friendship with God, we are no... |
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The Power of Positive Psychology? - Real LifeWorship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Mar 28, 2010 |
| We conclude our series on positive psychology by taking one more look at the psychological concept of ‘flow’. On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus stood and... |
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The Ten Commandments - Coveting (to want what others have)Worship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten June 03, 2007 |
| In this message we’re going to finish our series on the 10 Commandments. This time we’ll be discussing command #10, “You shall not covet (ie: want what others have).” "You... |
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The Ten Commandments - sabbath restWorship Service - listen, read Heather Cowie Feb 25, 2007 |
| The invitation of the sabbath, to lie down and take your rest with God. In the midst of a life that is busy, confusing and sometimes painful, we have a need to restore our body... |
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The Theology of the Grape - New WineskinsWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 16, 2003 |
| Ever found yourself in a situation where you come to realize that the old way of doing things just won’t do anymore? That the way you’ve always done it? has become obsolete? or... |
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The Theology of the Grape - The VineWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 09, 2003 |
| Can you remember that feeling of accomplishment you had when you first did something significant. When you first made a difference in this world? You just stand back, look over... |
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The Theology of the Grape - WineWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 02, 2003 |
| This week I was reading through my wife Fran’s personal diary. I came across an interesting entry dated September 14th, 1983. Have you ever had that happen to you? Not exchanging... |
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The Trouble with TerrorismWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 12, 2004 |
| Just over a week ago,a Mother from Beslan… held by Chechen terrorists in school gym, with two children, one is crying. She offers to leave with young child only & leave 6 year old... |
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Theology of Oil: Oil & YouWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 19, 2006 |
| Today, we continue our series entitled, ‘The Theology of Oil.’ This morning we’re going to talk about how both the industry and its players reflect the heart of God. “God... |
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Theology of Oil: Oil and GodWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 12, 2006 |
| We begin a new series looking at the theology of oil. Why did God make it? What do the resource and its industry have to teach us about who God is; about who we are? “In the... |
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Theology of Sport - Passion and PlayWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 26, 2003 |
| One of the most profound and moving Sports experiences I’ve ever had occurred in 1992 at a Toronto Blue Jays game in the Skydome. I think it was an ALCS game against the Oakland... |
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Tsunami: an Act of God?Worship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 09, 2005 |
| Over the past week, many have questioned God’s role in relation to the catastrophic Asian tsunami. Some have distanced themselves thinking, “If God really does exist, how could... |
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U2 - Vertigo and GodWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 06, 2005 |
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There is something about U2’s music that compels me to preach it. It's just so tempting, I can’t help myself...
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Under Pressure - RestWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 28, 2003 |
| Monday morning I woke up, laid in my bed and faced my usual conundrum. "I know its my day off, I worked hard last week, I deserve a break... I need a break!... but man, I’ve got... |
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Under Pressure - WorryWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Sept 21, 2003 |
| This past Tuesday I visited a friend at the Rocky View Hospital. He was recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous prostate. Driving to the hospital I thought a bit about... |
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Velvet Elvis - True, an insight into what New Hope church is about.Worship Service - listen, read, watch John Van Sloten Mar 03, 2007 |
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In this message we’re going to talk about a chapter of the book |
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WarWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Mar 23, 2003 |
| Time Magazine notes that in the last 35 centuries of recorded history, only one year out of 15 has been without war. In the 5,560 years of recorded human history there have been... |
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What Freddie Mercury can teach us about God's loveWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Oct 29, 2006 |
| Today we’re going to talk about God’s crazy little thing called love (and we’re going to use Freddie Mercury and the music of Queen as our lens!) “Excess is part of my... |
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What it means to be ready for GodWorship Service - listen John Van Sloten Sept 03, 2006 |
| Today we’re going to talk about living a God ready life. Once again we’ll use one of Jesus’ parables for illumination. Prep Questions: Read the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter... |
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Who are you ? CallingWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 08, 2006 |
| Who are you? A big big question in most of our lives. God gives us clues as to why we are here, like little pieces of a puzzle. "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is... |
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Who are You? Spiritual GiftsWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 22, 2006 |
| He handed out gifts above and below, filled heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train... |
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Who are You? The BodyWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Jan 15, 2006 |
| We continue our series looking at the question, “Who are you?” “Earth’s crammed with heaven and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees takes off his shoes; the... |
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Why We Can ForgiveWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Feb 09, 2003 |
| This week I had a chance to speak with my Aunt and Uncle in Edmonton about how they were doing re: the loss of their future son in law, Ainsworth Dyer. Ains was engaged to my... |
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X FilesWorship Service - listen, read John Van Sloten Aug 03, 1997 |
| There is something out there... Pastor John looks at the unexplained, the unseen. How the X-Files relates to UFO's, something out there, relates to the Christian's faith in the... |
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