Canvas Conversations

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Danny draw upon the story of Gideon. Gideon was an Old Testament warrior who lived during a dark time in Israel's history a time of hopelessness. In the midst of this, He encountered God. During this exchange, Gideon laid all of his fears and doubts at God's feet and God did not blink. God is not bothered by our fears and doubts and He is patient with us. Danny and Tim discuss how God is often more patient with us than we are with ourselves.

When Chaos surrounds us, we can't escape it if we want to. So how do we find peace, when we can't run from our problems? The good news is that we are not the only ones who experienced this predicament. Noah was on a boat with a bunch of animals in a rain storm. There was no where he could go. So how did Noah find His peace? You can find peace by internalizing God's promises in spite of your external circumstances.

As we wrap our conversation about the fruits of the Spirit, Danny and Tim talk about the about the one change that we can make that will change everything.

What are we lacking today in our digital conversations. It is probably not content, it's gentleness. Scripture informs us that "A gentle answer turns away wrath." Not the right answer or the best content, but a gentle answer. In this episode, Tim Walk and Danny Guerena discuss how a conversation is approached is as or maybe even more important than what is talked about.

In this talk, Tim Walk shares how every miracle we will ever encounter in our life is preceded by gratitude.

Remember Church camp? All the teenagers would get so excited about Jesus and living for Him but then Monday comes and nothing changes. This isn’t a teenage phenomenon but a human phenomenon. If we are not careful, we can hear what God wants us to do on Sunday, but our Monday is unaffected. That is why this month, we are focusing on 4 specific things we can do to bring God’s principles into our home. Join as we learn how God will Bless this Home.

Remember Church camp? All the teenagers would get so excited about Jesus and living for Him but then Monday comes and nothing changes. This isn’t a teenage phenomenon but a human phenomenon. If we are not careful, we can hear what God wants us to do on Sunday, but our Monday is unaffected. That is why this month, we are focusing on 4 specific things we can do to bring God’s principles into our home. Join as we learn how God will Bless this Home.

There are many cliche's in Christendom. One in particular is the will of God. Is there a specific will of God comprised of all the perfect choices for a person's life? Is there a path that we have to walk on, otherwise we will miss what God wants us to do? Find out as we look to Scripture and discover what it means to be "Walking with God."

When asked why was a man born blind, Jesus responds, "So God can be glorified." Essentially, Jesus responded to "Why is there suffering?" With so people can feel the reality of God. When people suffer, the church has an opportunity to reveal the love of God through acts of sacrifice and service. This is a huge responsibility, one that requires us to work together. But when we come together, we can serve more and reveal God's love to the world.

Have you ever wondered, "why church?" Why do we wake up on Sunday mornings and gather together for what we call "church"? Pastor Tim started studying the gatherings of Jesus and one of the things that becomes apparent is the pooling of resources. Together 5,000 people can be fed and together, an offering could be taken to help those in Jerusalem or land could be sold so that there were no one with needs within the church. Together, we can give more.

Ever notice that you can forget to wash your hands at home, but if you ever see someone in a public restroom who doesn't wash their hands, you look at them with scorn? It's an interesting phenomenon, community creates accountability. All month long, Canvas Church will look at how community can affect us in positive ways and that community has the power to help us affect our community. Check out this week's episode as Heidi and Tim discusses how God used teams of people to reach others and the challenge of modern evangelism may have to do more about our approach than our message.

Ever notice that you can forget to wash your hands at home, but if you ever see someone in a public restroom who doesn't wash their hands, you look at them with scorn? It's an interesting phenomenon, community creates accountability. All month long, Canvas Church will look at how community can affect us in positive ways and that community has the power to help us affect our community.

God created man, man created culture. Therefore, God sits outside of culture and judges it. So for four weeks, we looked at cultural values in light of Scripture to see what God has to say about them. This week, Heidi and Tim discuss the American value of autonomy and how that is assumed to mean freedom, yet we will see in Scripture, that is not necessarily what freedom means to God.

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim discuss Jesus teaching on forgiveness and confrontation.

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim begin to discuss cultural values comparing them to what the Bible says and values. In this week's episode, Tim and Heidi discuss the cultural value of comfort. Indeed, comfort is something most of expect. We expect comfortable seats in movie theaters and on planes. We even expect comfort from our basic necessities such as food and clothes. The problem is when the value of comfort leaks into the church. Tim and Heidi discusses what happens when comfort becomes a value of the church and what Jesus has to say about comfort.

n this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim begin to discuss cultural values comparing them to what the Bible says and values. In this week's episode, Tim and Heidi discuss the cultural value of tolerance. While tolerance (the acceptance of other people and their worldview) is a great quality, it seems that tolerance has been hijacked by relativism. Heidi and Tim discuss how relativism influences tolerance and what Jesus has to say about acceptance in the Gospels.

We as Christians believe that the Bible is sacred. That God used authors to write the Bible and we believe that God uses the Holy Spirit to reveal Himself through the Bible. Yet 89% of Christians have never read their Bible cover to cover and 80% do not read their Bible daily. That is why we are taking a month to read through the Bible as a church. Join us this week as we talk about Luke 11 and the dangers of self-righteousness.

We as Christians believe that the Bible is sacred. That God used authors to write the Bible and we believe that God uses the Holy Spirit to reveal Himself through the Bible. Yet 89% of Christians have never read their Bible cover to cover and 80% do not read their Bible daily. That is why we are taking a month to read through the Bible as a church. Join us as we study Luke 7 together. In this episode, Heidi and Tim discuss the rise of the enemy of Jesus, religion.

We as Christians believe that the Bible is sacred. That God used authors to write the Bible and we believe that God uses the Holy Spirit to reveal Himself through the Bible. Yet 89% of Christians have never read their Bible cover to cover and 80% do not read their Bible daily. That is why we are taking a month to read through the Bible as a church. Join us as we study Luke 1 together. In this episode, Heidi and Tim discuss some themes in Luke and compare and contrast Zachariah with Mary.

As we wrap up this three part series on discipleship, Tim and Heidi go off script and dive into the nuts and bolts of discipleship. If you ever wanted to make a disciple or become one and didn't know how, this episode is for you.

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss what is a disciple. We have to remember that the Bible wasn't written to us, that when Jesus' words were recorded his audience was different than us. His audience knew what a disciple master relationship looked like. You and I however live in a different time, so to make a disciple, we must first learn what is a disciple.

Herm Edwards famously yelled at reporters during a press conference the phrase, "You play to win the game... Hello?! You don't play just to play, you play to win the game." Winning is the name of the game. For a business, winning is selling goods or services at a profit. But how many times you went to work and you didn't help your company win. You went to meetings, you checked emails but you didn't help your company win. Church can be the same way. You can attend, participate and even serve and give, but are you helping the church win? Do you even know what winning looks life for your church? In this episode, Heidi and Tim talk about how the church should define winning and how discipleship has always been God's plan.

With the advent of the FMRI machine (functional magnetic resonance imaging), scientists are able to observe and learn about the brains in ways that were not possible 20 years ago. Did you know that our brain organizes our responses based on a filter created by past experiences? Learn more in this mini series called "Brain stuff."As we continue our discussion on the brain we learn about cognitive behavioral therapy, how we tend to respond to the same situation differently and what the implications are if we really did come to Jesus as children.

With the advent of the FMRI machine (functional magnetic resonance imaging), scientists are able to observe and learn about the brains in ways that were not possible 20 years ago. Did you know that when certain parts of the brain light up, others go dark? Or that your brain goes through a major reconstruction process that begins at puberty and isn't completed until your mid 20's? Did you know that research has revealed that prayer and meditation improves brain functionality? Learn more in this mini series called "Brain stuff."As we open our discussion on the brain we learn about the amygdala, pre-frontal cortex and and the anterior correlate cingulate. Oh and about the Bible!

So much of the pain we as a nation are facing today are the results of the accumulation of power. The phrase that power corrupts is evident in politics, economics, and even religion. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim discuss the solution to the disparity between the haves and the have nots and how we can apply that solution today.

You wouldn't think that issues that Jesus specifically addressed like racism and sexism still exist in the church but they do. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi addresses issues and instances of sexism and look towards Scripture to see what should and could be done.

Jesus declared His purpose in Luke 4 when He quoted Isaiah 61. He is here to proclaim the good news to the poor, liberty to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind and then He changed His tone. To set the oppressed free. Everything else was an announcement but then there was an action statement. Jesus is set on liberating the oppressed from the oppressors. Jesus is on the side of the oppressed. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss the uncomfortable subject of racism and the application of Jesus' statement as it applies to the African-American community.

When Jesus was announcing some of the Scriptures that He would fulfill at the onset of His ministry. He quoted Isaiah 61. However, Jesus misquoted it! He added a line that was not in the original text. He added, "To announce the recovery of sight for the blind." In this episode, Heidi and Tim talk about Jesus' desire to help the blind see both physically and spiritually.

As we continue discussing the purpose of Jesus, Jesus qualifies who can receive one of His purposes. To be eligible for freedom you must be a captive. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss the 5 ways we are likely to become captives and how we can access the freedom Jesus proclaims.

It's Easter! Well, it may or may not be Easter by the time you listen to this episode, but we are talking about Easter. Have you ever jumped into a show or series 3/4's of the way through? Sure, you get the basic concept but if you watch it from the beginning, you get a better idea of the significance of what is happening. The same can be said of Easter. Starting with "Jesus died for your sins" is true and important, but we can get a much richer picture of the significance of Christ's sacrifice if we start in Genesis 1. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim talk about Easter starting in Genesis and discusses why Jesus dying for our sins is indeed Good News.

The mission of Canvas church is simple, Reach People, Reveal Jesus and Replicate Disciples. This week, Tim and Heidi discuss the importance of revealing Jesus through our interactions and in creative ways.

Most of us know the story. Jesus rolls into Jerusalem and the crowds cry out Hosanna while throwing their clothes and palms on the ground chanting "Hosanna!" I thought I knew the story too. But in this story, how did two million Jews, present for Passover, chant "Hosanna" on Monday and "Crucify Him!" on Friday? There's more to the story. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim discuss the impending showdown between Pilate and Jesus and how 2 million people who were willing to fight Rome was reduced to two people who still supported Jesus during the crucifixion.

This week, Tim and Heidi discuss the mission of Canvas, reach, reveal and replicate. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss how the example of the four men who brought a paralytic to Jesus, can be an example to us, on how to reach people.

Salvation happens both in a moment and over time. When we commit our lives to Jesus, we hand over our souls and for the rest of our lives we hand over more and more territory over to king Jesus. Can the same be true of money? In this week's episode, Tim and Heidi conclude the money series with asking where is our finances in light of our salvation?

What is money? To some it is everything. To others, it is power. For some it is opportunity or even a point of contention or a vice. In this week's episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi talks about what Jesus wants money to be, our provision and the dangers of it becoming our master.

Have you ever completely lost track of time or misplaced your phone? Those are important things, but we still lose track of them. Even though money is important, we have a hard time keeping track of them. Jesus reminds us how important it is to keep track of our resources. He says, "Where your treasure is, that is where your heart is." In this episode, Heidi and Tim talk about keeping track of our money and as we do so, we begin to discover where our heart is as well.

There's not a lot in life that affects so much of our lives as money. It affects our relationships, our job, where we live and what we do. With all of the baggage that comes with money, it's important to answer some simple questions to build a better understanding about money. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi ask, "Whose money is it?" and discusses how this answer affects what we should do with our money.

We have been discussing how to find freedom. One of the things that often enslaves us is our past. Our past hurts and failures can actually lock the doors to our future. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Heidi and Tim discuss forgiveness and its not the forgive and forget that you may have thought.

It is the emotional response of our time. Offense. Every ad, every interaction, every post results in someone being offended. In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss how the emotional response of offense can leak into the church and hijack our relationship with God.

We live in a world where anyone can access us incredibly easy! The result is people can often make their agenda our agenda and thereby distracting us. In this episode, Tim and Heidi discuss how we can find freedom from distractions by giving our mission our focus.

In a world where we fail even the acknowledgement of the existence of sin, the concept of freedom from sin becomes even more foreign. In this episode, Heidi and Tim talk about Jesus' command to go and sin no more and the possibilities of such a seemingly impossible task.

In this special Christmas episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi talk about shepherds. These smelly dudes were invited into the birthing room of the Messiah, but why and what is God revealing to us through this moment in history? Find out in the latest episode of Canvas Conversations.

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss how we can direct others to focus on Jesus. So many things are clamoring for our attention. People are trying to sell us stuff, wanting our help and begging for our attention. With all of the noise during the Christmas season, we see an excellent example in Scripture of how we can direct others to worship God.

As we look at ways to grow spiritually, we find in Colossians 2, key elements of spiritual maturity. Rooted in Jesus, Strengthening in faith and finally, overflowing with thankfulness. While it is easy to be transactionally grateful, we find it harder to be inappropriately grateful, grateful beyond measure. But that is exactly what Paul exports the early church to do. In this week's podcast, Heidi and Tim talk about building a reserve of thankfulness.

How does your body get stronger? You challenge your body with some kind of resistance. How does your faith get stronger? Well, here's the bad news. Your faith only gets stronger when it faces resistance. In this episode, Tim and Heidi talk about how difficulties are opportunities for our faith to grow.

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss spiritual growth. How does one grow spiritually? Paul in Colossians 2 gave us a picture, of growth and in verses 6-7. He begins with "So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him..." What does it mean to be rooted in Jesus?

In this episode of Canvas Conversations, Tim and Heidi discuss the final part of the David and Goliath series. This week, they discuss underestimating David. While David was undersized, he was not outmatched, all of this makes sense in hindsight after researching the circumstances and David's weaponry. History makes sense in hindsight, which means even though we don't understand why we are going through what we are going through, it often makes sense in hindsight.

The story has essentially become a cliche. A small shepherd boy kills a mythical giant. But historically, the story seems to be true. There really was a Philistine army that invaded through a valley and the premise of single combat, two warriors fighting to decide the fate of nations was a common practice in history. And the giant Goliath. It looks like he was a real, but what science has revealed is that most giants, experience some side effects and setbacks. In this week's episode, Heidi and Tim discuss what could have led to Goliath's extraordinary heigh and maybe, this led to his extraordinary downfall.

In this week's episode, Heidi and Tim discuss the famous story of David and Goliath. Even though this was a real historical moment, we often reduce the story down to a cliche. In this episode, Tim and Heidi discuss some real principles we can draw from this story, based on Scripture and Malcolm Gladwell's findings from David and Goliath.

Words are powerful. You are listening and reading them! The little scribbles on paper or on the screen come together to form ideas in one's mind. The problem is that we can become so familiar and use to certain words that they become nothing more than cliches. Christian cliches can alienate the audience and misguide the listener. In this episode, Heidi and Tim discuss some of the dangers and potential solutions to Christian cliches.

This episode of Canvas Conversations is all about confrontation. Authenticity and community requires honest and humble confrontation. This week, Heidi and Tim discuss how Jesus taught how to handle confrontation and how it still applies today. This week's podcast is sponsored by Half Off Home Gyms. Interested in sponsoring an episode? Reach out to us by email at podcast@canvaschurchoh.org