Episode Archive
172 episodes of Epiphany Anglican Fellowship since the first episode, which aired on March 22nd, 2020.
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Sunday Sermon: Mark 15-16 - Molech, Odin, Bluey, and the God Who Keeps Promises
August 28th, 2023 | 26 mins 4 secs
There is no other God who keeps his promises like the God of the Bible, and Jesus's death and resurrection is proof of this. Also: Pastor Bryan watches a kid's show and can't hold back the tears.
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Sunday Sermon: Mark 14 - Love, Truth, and Forgiveness
August 22nd, 2023 | 24 mins 20 secs
Truth without love is cruel. Love without truth is sentimentality. Love and truth together is forgiveness. In Mark 14, Jesus offers premature forgiveness to his disciples, as everyone in Israel is exposed for their selfishness and jealousy.
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Learning from the Lion, Narrative Identification
August 17th, 2023 | 7 mins 33 secs
One of the key themes of Mark's gospel, and one of the key principles in reading the Bible, is that Jesus is unique. We can't identify with him like every other character or person in every other story.
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Sunday Sermon: He's Coming Back
August 16th, 2023 | 27 mins 26 secs
Stay awake! Be on guard! Don't stray! Jesus tells his disciples that the end is near, and their faith and trust in him has never been more important. Also: Pastor Bryan misses the bus.
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Learning from the Lion, Apocalyptic Literature
August 10th, 2023 | 6 mins 45 secs
Winged eyeballs, chaos dragons, zombie lambs, and resurrected skeletons. The Bible has it all! Here's a bit of background behind some of the zanier parts of the Bible, and why even they contain good news for Christians in every age.
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Sunday Sermon: Mark 10b-13a, Worst Church Ever
August 10th, 2023 | 25 mins 29 secs
If you've ever been a part of a bad church, Jesus can relate. Nearly three full chapters of Mark's gospel, over 20% of the book, catalogues Jesus's condemnation of the corrupt and worthless worship of Jerusalem's temple. Here are Jesus's main critiques, which every church should read with sobering humility.
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Learning from the Lion - Manuscripts 101
August 8th, 2023 | 8 mins 49 secs
An introduction into why Christians can rely on the modern Bible as an accurate source for the apostle's teachings and God's word.
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Sunday Sermon: Luke 9b-10a, Marriage, Kids, and Money
August 1st, 2023 | 29 mins 37 secs
Jesus has revealed his plan to save the world through his death and resurrection, but the disciples don't get it. When it comes to many of life's most intimate matters - such as marriage, family and finances - God's kingdom changes everything. The disciples (and we who read Mark's gospel!) find these texts to be challenging. But stick with them - behind Jesus's ethical framework lies is a glimpse into the kingdom of God.
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Learning from the Lion - Known Unknowns
July 26th, 2023 | 7 mins 14 secs
Our reading from Mark this week presents a challenge - what happens when nobody understands the meaning of one of Jesus's sayings? Here's why it's OK to say "I don't know," and why Christians don't have to be anxious about these few tricky verses.
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Sunday Sermon: Mark 8-9a, Shame, Profit, and Death
July 24th, 2023 | 30 mins 10 secs
If Jesus's words "Take up your cross and follow me" don't shock us, it's because time has softened his attention-grabbing words. Also: Jesus is not Diet Coke, nor is he a Drill Seargent.
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Learning from the Lion - Four Biographies
July 19th, 2023 | 9 mins 56 secs
Exploring how a Christian should understand Jesus's ministry and work when they have access to four primary accounts of his life.
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Sunday Sermon: Mark 7 - Heart Problems
July 17th, 2023 | 26 mins 26 secs
Jesus's frustration at the Pharisees boils over, and in the process, he reveals one of Christianity's great countercultural teachings. The source of human suffering and worldly ills is not what we think it is. Also: how Cheap Trick's 1977 hit I Want You to Want Me has more theological insight than they could possibly have known.
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Learning from the Lion - Context is Always King
July 12th, 2023 | 9 mins 23 secs
Is Jesus really calling a woman a dog? Does the Lord and Savior have a sexist streak? These are the questions someone might ask if they are reading the Bible like a book of pithy sayings instead of a narrative about history. This week, four tips on how to better understand the context of a passage, and by proxy, understand God's love for the world (and you too!).
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Learning from the Lion - Clean and Unclean
July 6th, 2023 | 8 mins 39 secs
One of the key aspects of Israel's social life was God's designation between status of clean and unclean. And for our reading this week in Mark 4-6, the miracles that Jesus offers take on a deeper significance when you remember this important social structure.
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Sunday Sermon: Mark 4a - Van Gogh's Despair
July 3rd, 2023 | 29 mins 50 secs
Famed artiest Vincent Van Gogh had hoped to be a minister, but things didn't go so well for him. A lesson for him, and for anyone doing Christian ministry, from Mark 4. Also, St. Monica, and Pastor Bryan's garden.
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Learning from the Lion: Parsing the Parables
June 28th, 2023 | 8 mins 45 secs
In the dictionary, the definition of the word "parable" includes a mention of Jesus. If we're going to understand Mark's gospel, or any of the gospels, we'll need to make sure we understand how to read the parables.