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Weekly teachings from Canopy Church in Chicago. Visit us online at canopychicago.org

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    • Apr 18, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 20 EPISODES


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    Canopy Online update – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 25:05


    In this standalone teaching from Easter Sunday, Joseph shares an update about Canopy Online and our meeting rhythms. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    What I once thought was valuable – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 32:28


    In this standalone teaching from Easter Sunday, we look Paul's words from Philippians 3 about what is most valuable. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Elementals: Pneuma | Spirit – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 51:50


    We conclude our series "Elementals," looking at the mysterious biblical figure known as the "Pneuma," the Advocate, the Spirit. We consider the teachings of Jesus about the coming Advocate, and what it means that it's better that we have the presence of the Spirit with us than Jesus himself. Finally, we consider what it is that the Spirit is doing in our time. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Elementals: Christos | Christ – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 51:18


    We continue our series "Elementals," looking at how one man forever changed the course of human history culture. We consider what it means that Jesus was the "Messiah," and what the gospel really is. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Elementals: Theos | God – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 43:40


    We continue our series "Elementals," looking at how, although we live in a disenchanted age, the universal longings for truth, goodness and beauty point us to transcendence, and how we might find God in those longings. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Elementals: Logos | Word – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 42:22


    We continue our series "Elementals," looking at the Greek concept of the "Logos," a single, unifying principle that binds all reality into a cohesive, knowable whole. We consider the difficulties we have discerning truth in our time, and whether the Bible provides a reliable testimony of truth. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Elementals: Veritas | Truth – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 40:28


    We begin a new series "Elementals," with a look at how we arrived at such a polarized and divided world, and how the deep, philosophical matter of Truth – what we believe or assume it is, and how we come to discover it – could provide us a way out. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Online Launch Sunday: God’s Grand Renewal Project – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 40:28


    From Canopy Church's Launch Day. As we all look to 2021 with hope and expectation, we may discover that we are making risky investments with our hope. In this teaching we explore two reality-defining promises of God from Revelation 21 and Isaiah 43 describing "God's grand renewal project." We consider what these promises hold for us at the start of a new year, and at the start of this brand new church. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Pushing Back the Darkness: Celebrating Christmas – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 51:42


    Canopy Church celebrates its first Christmas by reflecting on the significance of Isaiah 9. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Pushing Back the Darkness: Prepare the Way – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2020 51:42


    One last, big missing piece needs to be added to the biblical theology of celebration. In this penultimate teaching for the series "Pushing Back the Darkness," Joseph Taylor teaches on premature celebration, sin, and Isaiah 40:3-5. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

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    Pushing Back the Darkness: Why We Sing – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 32:40


    Based on Psalm 33:1-3, Pastor Joseph Taylor teaches why apprentices of Jesus have this peculiar habit of singing every time we get together. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Pushing Back the Darkness: The Discipline of Celebration – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 37:26


    Is celebration really a discipline? Pastor Joseph Taylor teaches through a survey of several biblical passages, exploring the biblical case for celebration. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Pushing Back the Darkness: The God Who Celebrates – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 37:26


    Pastor Joseph Taylor teaches about how we can push back the darkness by joining our celebrating God, the one for whom the act of creating, and the creation itself, is imbued with the joy of celebration. For more information, visit canopychicago.org

    Pushing Back the Darkness: In the Liminal Space – Joseph Taylor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 46:33


    Exploring the biblical and sociological roots of liminality in order to name our season, and learn to navigate it like Jesus.

    An Invitation to Live as Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020


    Jesus radically shifted what it means to be the people of God and to be part of a family. Today we begin exploring what that means for Canopy as start forming "Canopy Communities" around the city.

    Startup Practice 3: Hospitality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 29:50


    Jesus embodied the art and practice and hospitality. Hospitality is what turns strangers into friends, and friends into family.

    Startup Practice 2: Giving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 40:36


    Over the next few months we will be looking at our core "Startup Practices," which will be an essential part of Canopy becoming a counter-cultural movement within the powerfully formative culture of our city. These are the core practices that we intend to define the culture of this new church. Practicing the way of Jesus includes living out the radical generosity of Jesus through the practice of Giving.

    Startup Practice 1: Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 30:25


    Over the next few months we will be looking at our core "Startup Practices," which will be an essential part of Canopy becoming a counter-cultural movement within the powerfully formative culture of our city. These are the core practices that we intend to define the culture of this new church. And we are beginning with the only practice that we really could begin with – prayer. Prayer is the lynchpin upon which all the other practices hinge.

    A Primer on Culture & Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 31:47


    Startup Practices Part 1

    A Crisis of Discipleship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 26:23


    Launch Team gathering teachings from Canopy Church in Chicago

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