Curve Lake Christian Assembly Sermons: Recent Episodes
Ben Peltz
Sermons and other Sunday morning teachings from Curve Lake Christian Assembly, located in Curve Lake, Ontario.
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Our sermon from June 16th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of Exodus 21-32.
"Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. God did not harm the Israelite nobles; they saw him, and they ate and drank." -Exodus 24:9-11 (CSB)
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Our sermon from May 26th, 2024, which considers the meaning and relevance of the sixth to tenth commandments.
"Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." -Exodus 20:17 (CSB)
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Our sermon from May 19th, 2024 which considers the meaning and relevance of the fifth commandment.
"Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the LORD your God is giving you." -Exodus 20:12 (CSB)
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It took longer than expected to publish but here is Jenn Kloosterman's message from May 5th, 2024, on James 1 and John 15.
"Remain in me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me." -John 15:4 (CSB)
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Our sermon from May 12th, 2024, which considers how we can understand and apply the fourth commandment, to honour the Sabbath.
"The seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work—you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates." -Exodus 20:10 (CSB)
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Our sermon from April 28th, 2024, which considers the meaning and relevance of the third commandment: do not take the Lord's name in vain.
"Do not misuse the name of the LORD your God, because the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses his name." -Exodus 20:7 (CSB)
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Our sermon from April 14th, 2024, which considers the first two of the ten commandments, as described in Exodus 20:1-6.
"Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth. Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them." -Exodus 2:4-5a
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Our sermon from April 7th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of Exodus 15-20.
"Then God spoke all these words: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. Do not have other gods besides me." -Exodus 20:1-3 (CSB)
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Our sermon from March 31st, 2024, which considers the similarities between the Exodus and Easter.
"There was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing was as white as snow." -Matthew 28:2-3 (CSB)
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Our sermon from Good Friday, 2024, which is on Luke 23. We also have a full recording of the Good Friday service; please message Pastor Ben if you would like to access that!
"Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with him. When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided his clothes and cast lots." -Luke 23:32-34 (CSB)
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Our sermon from March 24th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of Exodus 5-15.
"Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD. They said: 'I will sing to the LORD, for he is highly exalted; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.'" -Exodus 15:1-2 (CSB)
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Our sermon from March 17th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of Exodus 1-4.
"God replied to Moses, 'I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.' God also said to Moses, 'Say this to the Israelites: The LORD, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.'" -Exodus 3:14-15 (CSB)
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Our sermon from March 10th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of the story of Job.
"Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." -Job 1:21 (CSB)
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Our sermon from March 3rd, 2024, in which Pastor Ben summarizes and reflects on his trip with Telos to the southern US.
"Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the LORD requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God." -Micah 6:8 (CSB)
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Our sermon from February 18th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of sections of Genesis 29-50.
"But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him." -Genesis 39:21 (CSB)
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Our sermon from February 11th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of Genesis 25-33.
"The LORD was standing there beside Isaac, saying, 'I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.'" -Genesis 28:13 (CSB)
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Our sermon from February 4th, 2024, which we forgot to post on Sunday! It's a creative retelling of Genesis 20-23.
"This is the Lord’s declaration: 'Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son, I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore.'" -Genesis 22:16–17 (CSB)
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Our sermon from January 28th, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of Genesis 12-20.
"The Lord said to Abram:
Go from your land,
your relatives,
and your father’s house
to the land that I will show you.
I will make you into a great nation,
I will bless you,
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,
and all the peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."
-Genesis 12:1–3 (CSB)
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Our sermon from January 21st, 2024, which consists of a creative retelling of the flood and Tower of Babel narratives in Genesis 5-11.
"When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time, the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved." -Genesis 6:5–6 (CSB)
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Our sermon from January 14th, 2024, which consists of a creative telling of Genesis 2 and 3-4.
"The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it." -Genesis 2:15 (CSB)
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Our teaching from Sunday, January 7th, which is a creative telling of Genesis 1:1-2:3 entitled "Yahweh Order the Chaos."
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Our sermon from December 31st, 2023, which summarizes what we learned in our study of church history throughout 2023!
"After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
Salvation belongs to our God,
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!"
-Revelation 7:9–10 (CSB)
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Our sermon from December 17th, 2023, which considers how the conflicts that shaped North American Evangelicalism led to it being a political faith.
"Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and signs were being performed through the apostles. Now all the believers were together and held all things in common. They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need." -Acts 2:43–45 (CSB)
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Our sermon from December 10th, 2023, which considers how the history of race relations in America led to North American Evangelicalism being a segregated faith.
"I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." -Ephesians 4:1–3 (CSB)
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Our sermon from December 3rd, 2023, which considers the history of Christian holidays.
"Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons and for days and years.'" -Genesis 1:14.
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Our sermon from November 26th, 2023, which considers how Puritanism and the Industrial Revolution contributed to North American Evangelicals' enterprising tendencies.
"Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts." -1 Thessalonians 2:4 (CSB)
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Our sermon from November 12th, 2023, which considers how the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy affected American Evangelicalism.
"Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. You’ll recognize them by their fruit." -Matthew 7:15–16 (CSB)
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Our sermon from November 5th, 2023, which considers the historic roots of Evangelicalism and how this led to Evangelicals being characterized by Stoic Alarmism.
"This is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be. Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming." -Matthew 24:39–42 (CSB)
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Our sermon from October 22nd, 2023, which considers the historic roots of Evangelicalism and how this led to Evangelicals being characterized by Rebellious Authoritarianism.
"For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles." -1 Corinthians 1:22–23 (CSB)
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Our sermon from October 22nd, 2023, which considers the historic roots of Evangelicalism and how this led to Evangelicals being characterized by rational sentimentalism.
"This is the message of faith that we proclaim: If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" -Romans 10:8–9 (CSB)
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Our sermon from October 15th, 2023, which considers the historic roots of Evangelicalism and how it led to Evangelicals being characterized by corporate individualism.
"I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching." -2 Timothy 4:1-2 (CSB)
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Our sermon from October 8th, 2023, which considers the historic roots of Evangelicalism and how it led to Evangelicals being characterized by hopeful nostalgia.
Now all the believers were together and held all things in common. "They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need. Every day they devoted themselves to meeting together in the temple, and broke bread from house to house. They ate their food with joyful and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Every day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved." -Acts 2:44–47 (CSB)
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Our teaching from October 1st, 2023, which was given by Dorothy Taylor on the meaning of Manoomin!
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Our sermon from September 24th, 2023, which considers the Reformation teaching of Soli Deo Gloria - God is uniquely worthy of glory.
"Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. Do not have other gods besides me." -Exodus 20:1–3 (CSB)
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Our sermon from September 17th, 2023, which considers the similar role that manoomin and manna played in the lives of the Anishinaabeg and the Israelites.
"The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate manna until they reached the border of the land of Canaan." -Exodus 16:35 (CSB)
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Our sermon from September 10th, 2023, which considers the Reformation concepts of Solus Christus and the priesthood of all believers.
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." -1 Peter 2:9
Our sermon from September 3rd, 2023, which considers what the Protestant idea of Sola Gratia means.
"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." -Ephesians 2:8-10 (CSB)
Our sermon from August 27th, 2023, which considers the Reformation doctrine of sola scripture: The Bible alone is the final authority in matters of faith.
"But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you, and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus."
-2 Timothy 3:14-15 (CSB)
Our sermon from August 13th, 2023, which considers what Sola Fide does and doesn't mean.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." -Romans 3:23-24 (CSB)
P.S. Apologies that the audio is choppy at times. The internet connection was off today!
Our sermon from August 6th, 2023, which considers what it means to be the church based on Jesus' teaching at the Last Supper.
"And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, 'This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'" -Luke 22:19-20 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 30th, 2023, which considers what John 13 teaches about power and how it played out throughout the first 1500 years of church history.
"You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are speaking rightly, since that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet." -John 13:13-14 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 23rd, 2023, delievered by guest speaker Kathy McIntosh on the power of prayer. Apologies for the rough sound quality, especially in the first couple of minutes - Pastor Ben was out of town and we didn't have our usual recording equipment!
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Our sermon from July 16th, 2023, which considers what Psalm 49 can teach us about reflecting on our mortality.
"Why should I fear in times of trouble? The iniquity of my foes surrounds me. They trust in their wealth and boast of their abundant riches. Yet these cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God."
-Psalm 49:5-7 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 9th, 2023, which considers the theological foundation of colonialism and how it relates to the Christian calling to be Jesus' witnesses throughout the world.
"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." -Acts 1:8 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 2nd, 2023, which considers how Jesus encouraged his followers to respond to the economic changes swirling around them.
“'Truly I tell you,' Jesus said, 'there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and eternal life in the age to come. But many who are first will be last, and the last first.'” -Mark 10:29-31 (CSB)
Our sermon from June 25th, 2023, which considers what we can learn about navigating technological changes from the Renaissance and scripture.
"Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the LORD." -Isaiah 31:1 (CSB)
Our sermon from June 11th, 2023, which was preached by John L'Allier on turning to Christ for our identity.
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Our sermon from June 18th, 2023, which considers what we can learn about Christianity from the diversity of Christian expressions throughout Europe.
"'In the future, when your children ask you, "What do these stones mean to you?" you should tell them, "The water of the Jordan was cut off in front of the ark of the LORD’s covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan’s water was cut off." Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.'" -Joshua 4:6-7 (CSB)
Our sermon from June 4th, 2023, which considers the symbolic meaning of baptism by immersion.
"John proclaimed, 'One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'" -Mark 1:7-8 (CSB)
Our sermon from May 28th, 2023, which considers what the Modern Devotion movement has to do with Romans 12 and God's calling on our lives.
"Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God." -Romans 12:1-2 (CSB)
Our sermon from May 21st, 2023, which considers what Humanism, worldviews, and Genesis 1-3 have to do with each other.
"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed."
-Genesis 1:1
Our sermon from May 14th, 2023, which considers what the Black Death, the Tower of Babel, and communion have to do with each other.
"The LORD said, 'If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech.'" -Genesis 11:6-7 (CSB)
Our teaching from May 7th, 2023, which considers Urban II's sermon that launched the crusade and how it compares to Jesus' instructions to his disciples.
"Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
-Matthew 10:23-31.
Our sermon from April 29th, 2023, which was preached by Glenn Duncan. It considers who the Apostle Barnabus was and what we can learn about encouraging others from his example.
"When Barnabus arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts, for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord."
-Acts 11:23-24 (CSB)
Our teaching from April 23rd, 2023, which considers what Jesus breathing on his disciples has to do with the Great Schism of 1054!
"Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.' After saying this, he breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.'" -John 20:21-23 (CSB)
Our teaching from April 16th, 2023, which considers the communion and intercession of the saints.
"Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." -Hebrews 12:1-2 (CSB)
Our sermon from April 9th, 2023, which considers what the Second Council of Nicea, sacred images, and Easter Sunday have to do with each other.
"He is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through him and for him.
He is before all things, and by him all things hold together.
He is also the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
so that he might come to have first place in everything.
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him
and through him to reconcile everything to himself,
whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."
-Colossians 1:15-20 (CSB)
Our teaching from April 2nd, 2023, which considers Ambrose of Milan, Palm Sunday, and Servant Leadership.
"Jesus called them over and said to them, 'You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. But it is not so among you. On the contrary, whoever wants to become great among you will be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you will be a slave to all.'"
-Mark 10:42-44 (CSB)
Our sermon from March 26th, which considers what we should make of the seemingly ideal people we've been studying in church history.
"You may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me." -1 Corinthians 4:15-16 (CSB)
Our teaching from March 19th, 2023, which considers the relationship between sin, salvation, and faith.
"But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to the many. And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment, resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification. If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ."
-Romans 5:15-17 (CSB)
Our teaching from March 12th, 2023, which considers sacraments, sacramentalism, and sacramental living.
"Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship." -Romans 12:1 (CSB)
Our sermon from March 5th, 2023, which was preached by Darryl Parsons on how we relate to God even when we feel like we fall short.
"When daybreak came, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not know it was Jesus.
"'Friends,' Jesus called to them, 'you don’t have any fish, do you?'
"'No,' they answered.
"'Cast the net on the right side of the boat,' he told them, 'and you’ll find some.'
"So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish. The disciple, the one Jesus loved, said to Peter, 'It is the Lord!'
"When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer clothing around him (for he had taken it off) and plunged into the sea."
-John 21:4-7a (CSB)
Our teaching from February 26th, 2023, which considers important Church developments within Late Antiquity and what the Bible and church history teach about nurturing faith in kids!
"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him." -1 Peter 3:21-22 (CSB)
Our teaching from February 19th, 2022, which considers Constantine's conversion and what it means to "make disciples of all nations."
"Jesus came near and said to them, 'All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'" -Matthew 28:18-20 (CSB).
Our sermon from February 12th, which considers what we can learn from Christians in the Patristic Era when it comes to suffering faithfully.
"Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing." -James 1:2-4 (CSB)
Our teaching from February 5th, 2023, which considers how communion was practiced in the early Patristic era and what made it so important to Christians then.
"For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it, and said, 'This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.'"
"In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.' For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes."
-1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (CSB)
Our teaching from January 29th, 2023, which includes an overview of some important Christian movements during the Patristic Era and a reflection on Jesus' countercultural power and wisdom.
"For the Jews ask for signs and the Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles. Yet to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God, because God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength." -1 Corinthians 1:22-25 (CSB)
Our teaching from January 15th, 2023, which considers important changes within the church during the Patristic Era as well as the importance of humility among church leaders.
"All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble."- 1 Peter 5:5b (CSB).
Our teaching from January 8th, 2023, which considers important world events in the Partistic Era, and how Christianity grew through Jesus' followers embodying what it means to be in the world but not of it.
"Now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in them. I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. I sanctify myself for them, so that they also may be sanctified by the truth."
-John 17:13-19 (CSB)
Our sermon from January 1st, 2023, which provides a review of what we studied over the course of the second half of our two-year Bible reading plan.
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
"Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and will be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away."
-Revelation 21:1-4 (CSB)
Pastor Ben's sermon from our joint Christmas Eve service alongside Curve Lake United Church, which considers how the nativity story in Revelation 12 complements the versions we normally draw on in Matthew and Luke.
"A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth." -Revelation 12:1-2 (CSB)
Our sermon from December 18th, 2022, which was preached by Bob Steele and considers how premillenial dispensationalism can help us understand the Bible.
"He who testifies about these things says, 'Yes, I am coming soon.'
Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!"
-Revelation 22:20 (CSB)
Our sermon from December 11th, 2022, which considers what C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves can teach us about 1 John 4:7-11.
"Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him."
-1 John 4:7-9 (CSB)
Our sermon from December 4th, 2022, which considers how to witness to others in our post-Christian culture.
"But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame."
-1 Peter 3:15-16 (CSB)
Our sermon from November 27th, 2022, which considers what James and Jesus taught about habitual sin.
"No one undergoing a trial should say, 'I am being tempted by God,' since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death."
-James 1:13-15 (CSB)
Our sermon from November 20th, 2022, which considers what Hebrews 9 and 10 teach about the New Covenant.
"Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant."
-Hebrews 9:15 (CSB)
Our sermon from November 13th, 2022, which considers what Paul taught about slavery and how it can help us grapple with systemic racism today.
"Perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently, no longer as a slave, but more than a slave—as a dearly loved brother."
-Philemon 15–16 (CSB)
Our sermon from November 6th, 2022, which considers the purpose of power from a Christian perspective.
"'You will never wash my feet,' Peter said.
"Jesus replied, 'If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.'"
-John 13:8 (CSB)
Our sermon from October 30th, 2022, preached by Kevin Price on the topic of receiving and giving blessings.
"May the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you." -2 Thessalonians 3:16 (CSB)
Our sermon from October 23rd, 2022, which considers the doctrine of the Second Coming.
"For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord." -1 Th 4:16–17 (CSB)
Our sermon from October 9th, 2022, which considers the Apostle Paul's message of thanks for the Ephesian Christians.
"This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers." -Ephesians 1:15–16 (CSB)
Our sermon from October 2nd, 2022, which considers what the "ministry of reconciliation" referred to by Paul in 2 Corinthians has to do with the quest for reconciliation in 21st century Canada.
"Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us."
-2 Corinthians 5:18–19 (CSB)
Our sermon from September 25th, 2022, which considers what 2 Corinthians teaches us about the relationship between the Old and New Covenants.
"We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at, the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit."
-2 Corinthians 3:18 (CSB)
Two short sermons from our Pow Wow joint service with Curve Lake United Church and Wesley United Church. Apologies for the poor sound quality.
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Our sermon from September 11th, 2022, in which Ted Cooke considers the biblical meaning of sacrifice within its historic, cultural context.
"Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship."
-Romans 12:1 (CSB)
A teaching from September 7th's Bible study on Romans 14, which can teach us a lot about how we can navigate different opinions on cultural practices within the church!
"I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean. For if your brother or sister is hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy, by what you eat, someone for whom Christ died."
-Romans 14:14–15 (CSB)
Our sermon from September 4th, 2022, which considers what Paul taught the Gentile Christians about their relationship with the Jews.
"Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree, do not boast that you are better than those branches. But if you do boast—you do not sustain the root, but the root sustains you. Then you will say, 'Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.' True enough; they were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but beware, because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either." -Romans 11:17–21
Our sermon from August 28th, 2022, which considers how Paul's life shows us that God loves and uses people we might be tempted to write off.
"' will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’"
Acts 26:17–18 (CSB)
Our sermon from August 21st, 2022, which considers what John 9 can teach us about faith and suffering.
“'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' Jesus answered. 'This came about so that God’s works might be displayed in him.'"
John 9:3 (CSB)
Our Sermon from August 14th, 2022, which considers what we can learn from Acts 15 about intercultural relations in the church.
"It was the Holy Spirit’s decision—and ours—not to place further burdens on you beyond these requirements: that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things." -Acts 15:28–29 (CSB)
Our sermon from August 7th, 2022, which considers how Peter's story illustrates the kind of encounter John wants his audience to have with Jesus.
"[Jesus] asked him the third time, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?'
Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time, 'Do you love me?' He said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.'
'Feed my sheep,' Jesus said."
John 21:17 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 31st, 2022, which was preached by Ralph Mann and considers how welcoming others reflects God's grace.
"Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it." -Hebrews 13:2 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 24th, 2022, which considers how loving one another allows us to experience God's love.
“This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends." -John 15:12–13 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 17th, 2022, which considers what the phrase "born again" means in John's Gospel.
"Jesus replied, 'Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'"
-John 3:3 (CSB)
Our sermon from July 10th, 2022, in which John L'Allier shared about the joy we can experience as we covenant with God.
"He told them, 'These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.'"
Our sermom from July 3rd, 2022, which considers how the parable of the Good Samaritan speaks to cultural issues in Jesus' day and ours.
"'Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?'
"'The one who showed mercy to him,' he said.
"Then Jesus told him, 'Go and do the same.'"
Luke 10:36–37 (CSB)
Our sermon from June 26th, 2022, which considers the "great reversal" illustrated in Elizabeth and Mary's stories in Luke 1.
"He has done a mighty deed with his arm;
he has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;
he has toppled the mighty from their thrones
and exalted the lowly.
He has satisfied the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty."
-Luke 1:51–53 (CSB)
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Our sermon from June 19th, 2022, which considers the different kinds of suffering a Christian might face as a result of their faith.
"Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, 'If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.'" -Mark 8:34 (CSB)
Our sermon from June 12th, 2022, which considers what the Gospel of Mark teaches us about faith in the face of suffering.
"Jesus said to him, '"If you can"? Everything is possible for the one who believes.'
Immediately the father of the boy cried out, 'I do believe; help my unbelief!'"
Mark 9:23–24(CSB)
Our sermon from June 5th, 2022, which was preached by Ted Cooke and considers how Jesus confronted the religious elite of his day in Jerusalem.
"Then he said to them, 'Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.' When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away."
-Matthew 22:21–22 (CSB)
Our sermon from May 29th, 2022, which considers what Jesus taught about reconciling with others.
"For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well. But if you don’t forgive others, your Father will not forgive your offenses." -Matthew 6:14-15 (CSB)