Tim Hart is a police officer and bi-vocational church leader, missionary and speaker. In this podcast, Tim explores topics related to living out the Christian faith and experiencing God. Throughout the bible, there is a common theme - that the people of God experience God in profound, real ways. As Christians we are invited into a deep and profound experience of God- to hear His voice, to experience his power and presence and to experience deep and intimate relationship with Him. Through a m ...
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Jesus welcomes the poor - Quadra Island Bible Church - May 19, 2024
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This episode is a message that Tim gave at the Quadra Island Bible Church on Sunday May 19, 2024. In Luke chapter 14, Jesus was invited to dine with some Pharisees on the Sabbath, during which he taught them and told parables… Jesus made some challenging comments to them as he confronted head-on some of their misplaced religious confidence and expo…
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Unity - Gateway Foursquare Church - November 5, 2023
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This episode is a message that Tim gave at Gateway Foursquare Church on November 5, 2023. For more information about Gateway Foursquare visit: https://gatewayfoursquare.ca/ Unity is a foundational characteristic of the Church in the New Testament and is a reflection of the very nature of God himself. One of the central themes of Jesus’ prayer as re…
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Hardships, trials and persecutions - Gateway Foursquare Church - September 10, 2023
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This episode is a message that Tim gave on September 10, 2023 at Gateway Foursquare Church in Campbell River BC. Visit https://gatewayfoursquare.ca/thisweek/ For more information about Gateway. Almost every book of the New Testament mentions suffering, hardships and persecution that believers face. It is talked about by Jesus early in the gospels d…
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Jesus’ example and invitation to a Holy Spirit empowered life - Gateway Foursquare Church - August 13, 2023
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This episode is a message that Tim gave on August 13, 2023 at Gateway Foursquare Church in Campbell River BC. Visit https://gatewayfoursquare.ca/ for more info. As followers of Jesus, we are called to imitate Jesus, follow his example and become more and more like him. When Jesus came, he came as fully God, and yet he was also fully man. He fully e…
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Healing Service - Gateway Foursquare Church - June 11, 2023
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This is part two of Tim speaking on Sunday June 11, 2023 at Gateway Foursquare Church on the topic of Healing in the New Testament. In the previous message, Tim looked more broadly at the over-arching theme of God’s willingness to heal, and the provision he made for healing in the cross of Calvary. This episode is a little longer than usual, and co…
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God’s Willingness To Heal - Gateway Foursquare Church - June 11, 2023
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On June 11, 2023 Tim was invited to speak at Gateway Foursquare Church on the topic of healing. In this episode, Tim takes a broad look into scripture at the overarching theme of God’s nature and character as a life-giving God who desires healing and freedom for his people. In a very general, over-arching sense - God is willing to heal - so much so…
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The Church: it’s makeup, it’s marks and it’s mission - Part 8 - Authority of the Church (3 of 3)
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This episode brings us to the conclusion of this series on the Church, looking specifically at one final aspect of the authority of believers. Authority is the right (or authorization) to do something - to carry out a certain action, or make a decision. In the last few episodes, Tim presented three types of authority that apply to Christians: commo…
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The Church: it’s makeup, it’s marks and it’s mission - Part 7 - Authority of the Church (2 of 3)
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Jesus has delegated authority to the Church. In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus tells Peter “…you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed …
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The Church: It’s makeup, it’s marks, and it’s mission - Part 6 - Authority of the Church (1 of 3)
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As this series comes to a close, there is one final aspect of the Church to look into - that is the authority of the Church. There are several passages of scripture that indicate that Jesus has delegated his authority to the Church. The questions that arise from this are: What is the nature of this authority? How is it expressed? And, what are it’s…
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The Church: It’s makeup, it’s marks, and it’s mission - Part 5 - Mercy and the Great Commission
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Tim is back with another episode in this series “The Church: It’s makeup, it’s marks, and it’s mission.” What are the purposes of the Church? First, to love and worship God. Second, to love one another and build up the body of Christ. In this episode we will take a look at the third purpose of the Church: To love the world and make disciples of all…
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The Church: It’s makeup, it’s marks, and it’s mission - Part 4 - Built up in love
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Paul wrote “what then brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up” (1 Corinthians 14:26). As we continue this series on the topic of The Church, this episode looks further into the purposes of the Church, specifically that the Church exists to …
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The Church: It’s makeup, it’s marks, and it’s mission - Part 3 - Worship
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Author Wayne Grudem in his book “Systematic Theology” identifies three purposes of the Church. Firstly the Church exists to love and worship The Lord. Secondly, it functions to build itself up in Love; and thirdly, the Church works together to fulfill the Great Commission. In this episode Tim focuses on the first of these purposes - worship. Many h…
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The Church: it’s makeup, it’s marks and it’s mission - Part 2
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In this episode Tim continues the study on The Church, looking at how the bible defines “Church,” and understanding its marks and characteristics. As discussed in the first episode the Church in one sense, is the community of all genuine believers for all of time (including the genuine believers of the Old Testament, now enrolled in heaven. See Heb…
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The Church: It’s makeup, it’s marks and it’s mission - Part 1
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In this episode, Tim begins a new series looking into some of the foundational theology of “The Church.” One author defined “church” as the gathering of all genuine believers throughout all of time. In other words the church is the people of God! In a post-pandemic world, a lot of things have changed including where and how people work, how people …
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Spiritual Gifts part 23: Q&A part 2
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This is it. The final episode in this series on Spiritual gifts. Tim continues with some of the commonly asked questions regarding spiritual gifts. Are there spiritual gifts in the Old Testament? How can I be certain which spiritual gifts I have? How do we implement gifts-based ministry in church? What are the implications for staff and volunteers …
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Spiritual Gifts part 22: Q&A part 1
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To wrap up this series, Tim addresses some of the commonly asked questions related to spiritual gifts. In this episode Tim answers the question, ‘are there other spiritual gifts not listed in the bible?’ There are in fact two other spiritual gifts mentioned in the New Testament that are not commonly talked about- the gifts of singleness (or celibac…
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Spiritual Gifts part 21: Word Gifts - Apostleship
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Jesus spent an entire night praying, and when day broke he called his disciples to himself, and chose from them 12 whom he designated “apostles.” These Apostles (and later the apostle Paul) became the foundation upon which the Church was established. They were sent out to preach, they had authority to heal and cast out demons, they bore witness to …
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Spiritual Gifts part 20: Word Gifts - Shepherding and Leadership
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In our western culture, the term “pastor” has evolved slightly from it’s original meaning, and is often used to describe someone in a primary leadership role in the Church. You may have also heard terms like “associate pastor,” “youth pastor” or “worship pastor” all of which typically refer to staff members and leaders in churches who all fulfill d…
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Spiritual Gifts part 19: Word Gifts - Teaching and Exhortation
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The spiritual gifts discussion continues in the “word gifts” category. These are the spiritual gifts that clarify the nature, character, purposes and will of God. These gifts are also strongly present in church and ministry leadership roles. In this episode the microscope is on the gifts of teaching and exhortation (also referred to as encouragemen…
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Spiritual Gifts part 18: Word Gifts - Evangelism
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In this episode Tim begins to explore the final category of spiritual gifts which are the word gifts. As mentioned in previous episodes these categories are not found in scripture, but are ways that different authors have organized the gifts into categories to help us understand their function and purpose. Word gifts function clarify the nature and…
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Spiritual Gifts part 17: Power Gifts - Working of Miracles part 2 - Deliverance from evil spirits
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In this episode, Tim continues with part 2 on the spiritual gift of working or miracles. In part 1, this gift was introduced and defined as when the power of God works through a believer to have a miraculous affect on someone or something. One of the main ways this spiritual gift works is in the act of casting out evil spirits, or deliverance minis…
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Spiritual Gifts part 16: Power Gifts - Workings of Miracles part 1
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C. S. Lewis defined the term "miracle" as "...an interference with nature by supernatural power..." While all believers are invited to experience the miraculous through powerful and effectual prayer, some believers are given the gift of workings of miracles. This gift involves God's supernatural power working through a follower of Jesus to cause a …
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Spiritual Gifts part 15: Power Gifts - Healing part 2
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Well here it is- part two on the spiritual gift of healing, also called 'gifts of healings.' The spiritual gift of healing is the Holy Spirit empowered ability given to some believers to minister to sick people and see them miraculously healed. In part two, Tim provides an overview of the healing ministry of Jesus and the disciples and explores how…
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Spiritual Gifts part 14: Power Gifts - Healing part 1
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In this episode. The plunge is officially taken into the next spiritual gift on the list - the gift of healing. The gift of healing, or gifts of healings is a God-given empowering that enables some believers to minister to sick people and see them get well. Tim provides an introduction to this gift and shares some of his personal background and exp…
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Spiritual Gifts part 13: Power Gifts - Tongues and Interpretation
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Tim continues the conversation on spiritual gifts, looking at two more gifts in the 'power' category: Various Kinds of Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues. Speaking in Tongues is a Holy Spirit empowered ability to speak in another language that is not known to the speaker. The Interpretation of Tongues is pretty self-explanatory - it is the Holy …
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Spiritual Gifts part 12: Power Gifts - Prophecy part 3
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Dr. Wayne Grudem, author and theologian defined New Testament prophecy as 'speaking in our own words something that God brings to mind.' In the last few episodes Tim has been taking a detailed look into New Testament prophecy. We first compared prophecy in the Old Testament to prophecy in the New Testament and then looked at several New Testament p…
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Spiritual Gifts part 11: Power Gifts - Prophecy part 2
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Wayne Grudem, author of "The gift of prophecy in the New Testament and Today" defines prophecy as 'speaking in our own words, something that God brings to mind.' In episode 10, we dove into the Old Testament and looked at similarities, as well as some important differences between prophecy in the Old Testament and prophecy in the New Testament. In …
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Spiritual Gifts part 10: Power Gifts - Prophecy part 1
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Dr. Wayne Grudem, author of "The gift of prophecy in the New Testament and today," defines New Testament prophecy as "speaking in our own words something that God brings to mind." This is an excellent starting point as we begin to explore the spiritual gift of prophecy. In order to fully understand prophecy in the New Testament, it is essential to …
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Spiritual Gifts part 9: Power Gifts - Faith and Discerning between spirits
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J. Robert Clinton described Power Gifts as a category of spiritual gifts that bring the presence and reality of God into a situation. When they happen, people profoundly experience God's presence and He becomes very real to them in the moment. In episode 9, Tim continues the discussion on the Power Gifts looking at two more gifts in this category: …
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Spiritual Gifts part 8: Power Gifts - Word of Knowledge and Word of Wisdom
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J. Robert Clinton described Power gifts as a category of spiritual gifts that bring the presence and reality of God into a situation. When they happen, people profoundly experience God's presence and He becomes very real to them in the moment. In this episode Tim begins the conversation on power gifts, and unpacks the first two gifts in this catego…
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Spiritual Gifts part 7: Love Gifts - Helps, Service, Hospitality and Mercy
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The Love Gifts help to establish a love culture by expressing the love of God in practical ways. In this Episode, Tim continues unpacking the Love Gifts looking at Helps, Service, Hospitality and Mercy. Send us a textOleh Tim Hart
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Spiritual Gifts part 6: Love Gifts - Administration and Giving
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In the previous episodes of this series, Tim has been working to establish the foundation and groundwork on the topic of spiritual gifts. In this episode, Tim continues the series by diving into the Love Gifts! The Love gifts express and demonstrate the love of God in simple practical ways! These are the lifeblood of the church and are vital to est…
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Spiritual Gifts part 5: What is the cessationist view?
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Cessationists believe that not all of the spiritual gifts exist today, but that some passed away after the establishment of the early church. In this episode, Tim continues the series on spiritual gifts by looking at the cessationist point of view and asking the question, do all of the gifts exist today? Or have certain gifts passed away? Tune in t…
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Spiritual Gifts part 4: Measures of faith and the Fruit of the Spirit
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Tim continues with part 4 of a series on spiritual gifts. In this episode Tim highlights the necessity of bearing the fruit of the Spirit and growing in character as we continue the journey toward gifts-based ministry. Tim also discusses measures of faith, and divine limitations, and how God gives increase through faithfulness. Enjoy this episode o…
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Spiritual Gifts part 3: Distribution of gifts and being filled with the Holy Spirit
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Part 3 in a series on spiritual gifts. Tim continues the conversation by looking at how we receive spiritual gifts, how God distributes spiritual gifts, asking questions like ‘are spiritual gifts temporary or permanent?’ ‘Can they be taken away?’ Tim also takes a few moments to explore the question ‘what is the baptism of the Holy Spirit?’ Tune in …
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Spiritual Gifts part 2: What are Spiritual Gifts?
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This is part 2 in a series on spiritual gifts, where Tim explores gifts-based ministry and what it means to function and serve as members of the Body of Christ. In this episode Tim is joined by Shawna Hart who shares some of her church background and experience. The conversation continues with some foundational discussion on having a common script;…
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Spiritual Gifts part 1: Introduction and Jesus as our model
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Tim begins a series exploring the topic of spiritual gifts, ministries and functioning as members of the Body of Christ. In this episode Tim lays a theological foundation in the conversation on spiritual gifts by taking a look at the life of Jesus’ as our model. Jesus demonstrated what it looks like to walk in perfect relationship to God and to co-…
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