Sanctus Church Podcast

To practice anything well, you need to be trained under a wise teacher. But what good is training if you don't put it into practice? Pastor Jon digs into chapter 3 of Colossians to explore what our Kingdom-shaped lives should look like and how we can act on it. We are assured of our security in Christ, but we must still make daily commitments to fill our hearts and minds with the true word of God. Sometimes that means surrendering comfortable or familiar behaviours for the better ways of Jesus. 

There's nothing new under the sun. We all know that hard work is essential for most people go far in the ordinary world. But in the Kingdom of God, there is only one thing that you need: Jesus. Pastor Jon goes farther in Colossians to illuminate how even the early church was prey for false teachers who wanted to distract them from the real Jesus by adding rules, obligations, and new philosophies instead of Christ alone. Jon reinforces that belief in the person and work of Jesus is all you need for salvation. With that, your identity in Christ is secure.

Our media is saturated with influencers who offer advice, shortcuts, and inspiring life hacks. But after we turn them off, and the struggles of real life hit, have they actually given us anything of lasting value? Pastor Angela illuminates Paul's words in Colossians, when he encourages the church and its people to find their strength by rooting themselves in the ever faithful, ever trustworthy, ever good Jesus Christ. It is the only way we are going to find the help and satisfaction we actually need.

Life is hard. Sometimes much harder than we ever expected. What is a Christian to do with that? Pastor Jon assures us that part of being a Christian is guaranteed difficulties, but through holy struggle great gains for the Kingdom are made. We are imitators of Christ, even in the pain and suffering he bore. We can rejoice that we are offered the Kingdom-building work of persecution & suffering as Christ did. 

Who is Jesus—really? In a culture filled with podcasts, substacks, and spiritual trends claiming Jesus was just a great moral teacher, a prophet, or a divine spark within us, Apostle Paul confronts the exact same dangerous ideas in Colossians 1:15–23.In this message, Jon Thompson unpacks Paul’s counter-cultural defense of the real Jesus: fully God, fully human, Creator of the universe, and the ultimate reconciler of our souls. Discover why Jesus isn't just one path among many, He is the image of the invisible God, supreme over all creation, and the only one who conquers sin and death.

Have you ever thought about how the way you talk to someone shapes your relationship with them? Pastor Jon looks at Paul's prayer in for the Colossian church as an example of how we are to pray for others, but also how we are to be shaped in our relationship with others. Building on last week's grounding in the real, Biblical Jesus, we need to step forward into prayer for others as intercessors, desiring God's will enacted here on earth.  

When you think about who Jesus was, what do you picture? The baby Jesus in the manger? The man on the cross? A nice man, but nothing more? As we start our study of the Book of Colossians, Pastor Jon is clear that we must be oriented to the true, biblical, living Christ Jesus if we are to walk faithfully with Christ in the next season prepared for Sanctus Church.  Speaker: Jon ThompsonPublication Date: September 27, 2026  

Pastor Jon continues the kickoff of the ministry year with a spiritual heart check for all of Sanctus. How are we actually doing with Jesus these days? Faith is informed, factual trust. Is our faith in Jesus strong? Is he the most important thing to us -- more important than or family, our friends, our jobs, our aspirations? Do we live in a way that reflects our desire for Jesus?Join us as we prepare ourselves for this year by deepening our walk with our Lord and Saviour, our rest and home, King Jesus. 

Join Pastors Jon and Lucas for Vision Sunday as we celebrate what God has done across Sanctus Church and look ahead to where He is leading us next! In this message, alongside Ajax Site Pastor Angela Mason and Online Pastor Brandon Lawryshyn, they highlight the direct impact of our community’s faithful prayers, serving, and generosity.Discover how God is forming Sanctus into a church that develops leaders, deepens in prayer, and lives sent into everyday life—both locally across our sites and around the world.

What does daily worship actually look like when Sunday morning is over?In the final week of our Ordinary Holy series, Pastor Jon Thompson walks through Romans 12 to show us the foundation of a holy, everyday life. Throughout this summer, we have explored how our faith touches work, rest, food, technology, and relationships. Romans 12 brings it all together: in view of God’s immense mercy toward us, we are called to offer our whole lives back to Him as living sacrifices.True worship isn't confined to what happens on stage during musical worship. It’s lived out on Monday morning, Thursday night, and everywhere in between. When we surrender our minds, our time, and our relationships to Jesus, the Holy Spirit transforms us from the inside out.In this message, Pastor Jon unpacks how Romans 1–11 grounds us in God's unstoppable mercy before we are asked to act, what it truly means to be a "living sacrifice" in today's world and the practical contrast between the pattern of this world and a spirit-led life.