Champion Church of the Nazarene Podcast

Rev. Christine Cline | Luke 5:1-11 | Our guest preacher, Pastor Christine Cline challenges us to take up the calling Jesus gives to all of his disciples. Are we keepers of the aquarium or fishers of people? What would our lives look like if we followed him completely?

Rev. Matt Slater | Titus 2:11-14 | Our Christmas Eve message. Merry Christmas! Programming note: there will not be an episode Sunday, Dec. 26 as we will be having our Blue Christmas service.

Rev. Matt Slater | Luke 1:46-55 | In our final week of Advent, we journey with Mary as she ponders carrying the Messiah that will bring love to the world. We will discover the love God gives, is revolutionary, not just for us, but for us to offer to others.

Rev. Matt Slater | Luke 3:7-18 | Ads for companies often tell us joy comes when we consume their product. We are tempted to think joy comes from ourselves. But in this third week of Advent, we find that joy comes from God alone as we turn to Him in everything.

Rev. Matt Slater | Luke 3:1-6 | In the second week of Advent, we explore what true peace is, the kind that God wants in our world. We will find that our definitions of peace are actually false and that it starts with personal repentance to help to bring God's peace into the world.

Rev. Matt Slater | Psalm 25:1-10 | In this first week of Advent, we journey with David in one of his Psalms, understanding what true hope is. It doesn't come from our circumstances or even within ourselves, but from the God who loves us and is with us.

Rev. Matt Slater | As we celebrate Christ the King Sunday, we finish our series What About by asking questions what about other religions? While we will differentiate numerous religions, we will discover our relationships with those who are different are the most important ways of living in faith.

Rev. Matt Slater | This week as we continue our series, we wonder, What about sexuality? We begin the conversation with how God created us as sexual beings and the healthy ways to express that reality and then explore answers to questions how we might live faithfully to God in our lives.

Rev. Matt Slater | This week as we continue our series, we wonder What about science? As we field questions about the relationship between faith and science, we will discover there is a lot to be learned in both disciplines that help us in the life God calls us to live.

Rev. Matt Slater | We start a new teaching series this week called What About? And we'll be looking for answers to your questions about Spooky Season, how we are to view it and how we are to live in the midst of it. Join us as we investigate scripture and history to live faithfully to God.

Rev. Matt Slater | 2 Corinthians 12:6-10 | In this week's episode we finish our series Way Truth Life and we get honest about a life that follows Jesus. Adversity and weakness are common in that life, and our proper response to them might be different than you think. Journey with us as we'll find Christ flips the script on weakness.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 2:42-47 | As we continue our series Way Truth Life, we examine the practices through which God work in us. Like any relationship, the start is only the beginning of a path of intentional growth and grace.

Rev. Matt Archer | John 13:34-35 | There's a lot of division in our world. Jesus calls his church to be different. Today we will be challenged to live as Jesus calls his disciples to live in everything.

Rev. Matt Slater | John 21; Acts 1-2 | As we continue our journey of grace in our series Way Truth Life, we follow the story of Peter who had a significant change from what he knew to be. We explore God's sanctifying grace which changes us completely.

Rev. Matt Slater | Luke 18:35-19:10 | There's a lot of brokenness in our world. The cause comes from one source. God provides a remedy for all of it. We look at two men in scripture who have different needs in their brokenness, but one solution.

Rev. Christine Cline | Acts 10 | In our second week of our series Way Truth Life, we examine God's reaching out to us before we even acknowledge him. The good news it that God is working in far greater ways than we know.

Rev. Matt Slater | John 1:35-42 | Our new series Way, Truth, Life is an exploration of discipleship. What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? Is it about belief? Habits? Or something greater. Join us for the journey of grace known as discipleship.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 6:10-20 | As we conclude our series in the letter to the Ephesians, we wonder about how to live faithfully to God when there are powers in the world that resist Him. We will discover that evil lurks in places we don't normally think, and how we can be equipped by God to stand firm in His grace.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 5:15-21 | How well do you manage your time? You've probably heard that we need to make space for God and the church. But Paul offers something different in his letter to the Ephesians. Join us as we discover God can transform every moment in our lives for His will.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 4:25-5:2 | Anger seems to be the default emotion in our current times. From angry customers, to social media fights, to rifts in families, anger often divides us from each other. Today, we discover that in a life with Christ, we don't remove anger from our lives, rather we learn how to speak and act with it in healthy, holy ways.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 4:1-16 | We live in divisive times. And though it may be hard to admit, the church hasn't helped always to unify. As we continue to be reminded of our calling in Ephesians, we will begin to remember who we are and who we are called to be as united in Christ.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 3:14-21 | We often learn and attain knowledge for the purpose of handling life better. But as we reach the middle of the letter to the Ephesians, Paul shows us that there is something greater that will change our lives. And he does this, through prayer.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 2:11-22 | We all think things about others based on what we see. But too often we can use these observations as barriers. As we continue our series in Ephesians, we will discover that to participate in God's will, we must see that he has torn down every barrier between us and others.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ephesians 1:3-14 | What's the plan? We often ask this question in life in different contexts. But what about when we ask God what the plan is? In our first message in our new series studying Ephesians, we'll begin to understand the plan God has for all of us.

Rev. Matt Slater | Mark 5:21-43 | We finish our series, The Battle Belongs, with an account of Jesus healing two very different people. We'll discover the possible obstacles we face and learn to trust Him in everything.

Rev. Michael Kimball | Mark 8:1-9 | Our guest preacher, Michael Kimball, is the administrator of Canaan Acres Campground in Louisville, OH. He shares from the Gospel of Mark, how our God provides at the right time.

Rev. Matt Slater | 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 | Appearances can be deceiving. Even if we've heard that, we can easily fall into the trap of judging our situations with what we know. But as we continue our series The Battle Belongs, we will discover God knows far more than us and we must trust his ways as we live for him.

Rev. Matt Slater | 1 Samuel 8:4-20 | Comparison can often lead us to living life in ways we might not be proud of. As we start a new series, The Battle Belongs, we find out that God's people struggled with this same issue. We will discover the value of trusting Him in everything.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:1-17 | Have you ever wondered why God asks people to change in his covenants? It has more to do with the relationship than we often think. Join us as we continue our series High Fidelity about our relationship with God in the covenants he makes. For more on the Ten Commandments, listen to our other series entitled Boundaries of Freedom beginning with this episode: https://www.championnaz.org/podcast/episode/c0abd3f4/freedom-to-be-human

Rev. Matt Slater | Genesis 17 | Do names and labels actually impact our lives? As we continue our series High Fidelity, we will examine a covenant that renames the people God is committing to. We will discover how God names us, changes our lives entirely.

Rev. Matt Slater | Genesis 9:8-17 | How has God communicated about who he is and what he does? Throughout time, he has been the most clear in the covenants that he has made. Today we explore his first covenant in Genesis.

Rev. Matt Slater | Luke 15:1-10 | God loves you. We hear this often. And yet we wonder if it’s true because of what we’ve experienced. Today we explore two parables in which Jesus shows the depths of God’s love for all people.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ruth 4 | Does God only show up when good things happen? As we finish our series in the book of Ruth, we will discover that God is present and faithful always, inviting us and the world to his redemption.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ruth 3 | We sometimes believe that certain people, times, and places are sources of trouble and we tend to stay away from them. But we will discover in the story of Ruth, that faith can lead us these unexpected places and people and if we live faithfully, God can accomplish His work through us.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ruth 2:1-18 | We often hold onto things we cherish with closed hands, and we are tempted to do this with faith. But we will discover as we continue our series in Ruth, that faith is designed to be received and given with open hands, and it will grow within us and around us.

Rev. Matt Slater | Ruth 1:1-8 | What exactly is faith and how does it affect our lives? As we begin a new series in the Book of Ruth, we will find a timeless model of faith in this ancient story, and we’ll be invited to faith in God, who has been faithful to us.

Rev. Matt Slater | Acts 19:1-7 | Pastor Matt shares a bit of his story and how the baptism in Christ changes every part of us, even our national identity. Open yourself to the Holy Spirit today and remember your baptism.

Rev. Matt Slater | Luke 2:21-38 | As we continue our Christmas celebration, we encounter two people in scripture that experienced the difficulty of remaining faithful while waiting on God. Their lives will serve as models for us to keep the faith as we experience difficulty and darkness.

Rev. Matt Slater | Isaiah 61 We continue our Advent Series, Let Earth Receive Her King. We will discover the source of true joy in the world and how it comes in the most unexpected circumstances.

Rev. Matt Slater | 2 Peter 3:8-15a We continue our Advent Series, Let Earth Receive Her King. We will discover that only through peace in Christ will we receive the patience and perseverance to live faithfully as we wait for Christ’s return.

Rev. Gary Peck | John 3:1-17 | We begin to understand that salvation truly is a new life and we journey through following Christ.

Rev. Matt Slater | Matthew 4:1-11 | As we begin our Lent season, we begin a new series called Restore. We will examine how Jesus brought restoration to us through his life. Today Jesus gives us new hope and restoration in the presence of temptation.

Rev. Matt Slater | Matthew 17:1-9 | Often we hope that our lives will be one mountaintop experience after another. We sometimes do that with our faith. But on this Transfiguration Sunday, we receive the Good News from Jesus, that He is always with us.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:18-21 | Fear is something that is universal and can shape every relationship, even our relationship with God. In our final installment of Boundaries of Freedom, we discover how fear cannot be mixed with God’s way for our lives and how He frees us from it.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:15, 17 | As we look at the last two Boundaries of Freedom in Exodus, we find that God has given us a way to live that frees us from a constant feeling of discontentment. We will discover that the life of freedom reorients our desire towards God alone.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:12-14, 16 | One of the reasons there is conflict and animosity among people is we compete for power in the world. As we look at four of God’s Boundaries of Freedom, we will discover He provides us a life free from the power struggles of the world.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:8-11 | We often define ourselves by our work and careers and we have found ourselves working a lot. God, in his fourth Boundary of Freedom, gives us the freedom to rest. Listen as we discover just how essential Sabbath is for our lives and for the lives of those around us.

Rev. Matt Slater | Exodus 20:1-7 | We often believe that freedom comes through having no constraints or boundaries put on our lives. But this belief often causes greater discontent and anxiety than we realize. Our new sermon series, Boundaries of Freedom, is a fresh look at the Ten Commandments and how they bring us freedom to live life abundantly.

Rev. Matt Slater | John 1:1-18 | The commitments we have in our lives seem to require a never ending balancing act. It’s hard to stay committed to God in this process. In today’s message, we will discover that God’s commitment to us transforms this process by giving us His presence in all aspects of life.

His Presence Brings Peace by Champion Church of the Nazarene

Rev. Matt Slater | Matthew 11:2-11 | In the third installment of our Advent series, Born the King, we begin to understand what joy is. We all struggle when people are different than we expect them to be, but what happens when the Messiah turns out different than what we expect? We find that it is a springboard for true joy in our lives.