The Coastal Church Podcast

God Likes You | Tom Cann

Many of us have heard the idea that “God loves us” enough times that it can feel cliché or obvious. But something profound happens when you realize that God not only loves you, but he actually likes you too. That is the message that Tom Cann is sharing with us this week. It is the statement that drives South Church, the newest church in our network which Tom and his team planted in the South End of Yarmouth almost a year ago. Though it may only contain three simple words, the sentence “God likes you” has massive implications for you, your life, and your relationships, which Tom unpacks for us.
 
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Romans: Part 3 | Week 7 | Jason Parker

This week we are concluding the book of Romans as Jason Parker walks us through Paul’s final remarks in Romans 16. God has something to say to us even through Paul’s greetings and instructions ending this letter. There is an emphasis on the important role that women have to play in leading the church’s ministry. There is a warning against gossipers and people who want to divide the church. Finally, there is a call to be established in the gospel. Thankfully for us, it is Jesus who establishes us, empowers us for ministry, and enables us to be unified as a church. That is good news that needs to be shared.
 
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Romans: Part 3 | Week 6 | Jason Parker

As we near the conclusion of our series navigating through the book of Romans, Jason Parker taught us about God’s desire and ability to actually see his mission accomplished. We looked at Paul’s description in Romans 15 of his completed mission from Jerusalem to Illyricum and everywhere in between, and how he wanted to pursue new regions and advance the gospel further. The gospel requires us to take our focus off of ourselves and our empty pursuits and actually love and serve others the way that God does, to dream big dreams about the impact that can be made, not just in our community, but around the world.

Romans: Part 3 | Week 5 | James Murphy

This week we are diving into Romans 14. James Murphy walked us through the freedom of a clear conscience that we can have in Christ, as well of all of the cautions in this chapter about how we are to use that freedom. We should not judge other Christians for the different ways that they go about honoring God, but rather focus on how actions, even our good ones, affect others. Everything we do needs to come from a deep faith and trust in Jesus.

Romans: Part 3 | Week 4 | Jason Parker

This week we are tackling a controversial passage in Romans 13. Jason Parker walked us through the Biblical instructions for how we are to live in relation to our governing authorities who are put in place by God. He reminded us that all of our relationships are to bring glory to God and to show people what Jesus is like. We can do that, even for leaders that we don’t agree with, because we look forward to the day that King Jesus will come back and make everything right.

Romans: Part 3 | Week 3 | Jason Parker

This week we are back into Romans 12:9-21. Jason took us through verse by verse to explain how each of these short exhortations actually apply to our lives. How we navigate relationships as Christians, both with people inside and outside of the Church, should be radically different from the world around us. We are called to love authentically, to show hospitality, and to rejoice in hope. And we can do all of those things well with God’s grace as his Holy Spirit fills us with his love to then go and share in overflow to everyone around us. How the Church looks relationally should be a picture of what heaven is like.

Romans: Part 3 | Week 2 | Alex Matchett & James Murphy

We marked our second week back into the book of Romans by having not one, but two speakers. Alex and James took us to Romans 12 to unpack how all of the theology that we’ve been diving into actually applies to our lives. Alex presented a picture of what it means to be humble, a trait that should define the Christian and is essential for our transformation. James then followed by describing how the Holy Spirit renews our minds in order to change us into the people of radical love and humility that Jesus calls us to be. We need to saturate ourselves in truth in order to be equipped to fight the lies that we believe which hold us back from living the abundant life.

Romans: Part 3 | Week 1 | Brett Laidlaw

This week we jumped back into our study of the book of Romans. Brett took us to Romans 10 to talk about how God imparts righteousness to us. He taught us that, though passion is essential like the letter’s original Jewish audience, we can often be passionate about the wrong things. We need to be careful not to put pressure on ourselves or others to try and become righteous on our own efforts or think that we can. Righteousness is given by God to those who confess Jesus as Lord and believe in his resurrection power.