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Summit Drive Church, Kamloops, British Columbia
In this message, we are going to listen to what ‘wine’ has to say about God, about our humanity, and about redemption and hope. We’ll also see that there is a kind of wisdom that enables us to appreciate the goodness of God’s creation whether we do, or do not, drink wine.
Food, in the Biblical story, is about far more than simply nourishing our bodies. One of the things we notice as we get inside the long and winding story of the Bible is that the most significant moments in God’s economy, God’s plan of redemption, happen at a table – at a meal. For the table, and your place at it, that’s how you know you belong; that you’re part of the family; that you’re welcome and loved. In this message, we’ll explore the goodness of God’s provision of food and our human calling to cultivate tables that are places of welcome and beauty and gratitude.
Jesus' cross represents not just the reconciliation of God and people, but the beginnings of the reconciliation of God and all creation. Colossians presents an image of redemption and salvation where we aren't saved from creation, but for it.
What does it mean to be human? It’s a huge question, and the answer you get probably depends on who you ask. The Biblical picture of being a human is far more elevated, and far more earthy, than we often imagine. We’ll see the goodness of what it means to be human, and particularly see how Jesus – God in the flesh – elevates and dignifies the material world, and us within it.
God’s creation is still good. This might seem like a very basic point, but from the beginnings of the early church until today, there are ways of thinking that devalue the material world in favour of the spiritual realm. Through this series, we will be noting some of these tendencies and listening to how the scriptures re-inform our thinking and living to recognize and celebrate the inseparable connections between the physical and spiritual world.
Proverbs observes a grace possessed by the wise: restraint. The wise show emotional, verbal, and opinion restraint to live in harmony with God's good order.
As we dive into what the book of Proverbs says about laziness and why it happens, we look at what it means to live the opposite life: a life of diligence.
When we welcome God’s discipline for ourselves, when we learn appropriate “self-discipline," and when we appropriately discipline our children, ultimately, we are joining in God’s good goal for maturity.
One of the main themes in the book of Proverbs is that wisdom comes by being teachable – being open to advice and correction. Of course, this raises some important questions for all of us: What keeps us from being teachable? What would help us to be more teachable? And who should we listen to?
There is a human tendency to think that we always need just a little bit "more." This week, we look at the first eleven of the "Thirty Sayings of the Wise" (Proverbs 22:22-23:11), a collection of sayings about wisdom and wealth. We look at four wrong approaches us humans take in our pursuit of "more," and we look at a better way forward.
About 25% of the introduction to Proverbs focuses on adultery. It calls us to wisdom in the way we conduct ourselves sexually, but also functions as an allegory for foolishness. Wisdom is seeking a life of value more than a life of pleasure, which means keeping our relational commitments with integrity.
The instructions of the Proverbs begin with a very basic word: listen. Those who live by wisdom are those who have learned to listen well and to listen to the right people. The text of Proverbs 1: 8-19 is framed as a conversation between a father and son, but the meaning is for all of us: learn to resist those who pursue ill-gotten gain by learning to listen to those who speak God’s wisdom. When you do, God makes you attractive to a world in need of true wisdom.
This week, we’ll see from Proverbs 22:29, the goodness of work and how we are called to do that work to the best of our ability. This will lead to serving God in places not normally open to us and give opportunities to influence culture and share the news of Jesus.
God wants us to be wise, and He has given us the Proverbs to help. Wisdom is skill in the art of living and the gateway to wisdom is the fear of the Lord—to revere God's ways above all else.
What does it mean to truly live with integrity? In this message, we explore James’ powerful final words—calling us to be people who wait with patience, pray with persistence, work on changing our speech patterns, and lean into community. Using the story of the Challenger disaster and the Reuleaux triangle as metaphors, we’re reminded that what looks solid isn’t always sound—and lives depend on the real thing.
The words of James about arrogant merchants and oppressive landowners works on two levels. It reminds us to remember our lives are contingent on God. So, put aside the arrogance and accept our human limitations. At the same time, James offers a word of comfort to those who are suffering for their faith, to assure them that God has not forgotten them; they can trust him and be patient in their pain.
Even Christian people, James tells us, can find themselves at odds with God when pride pulls us into self-centred living. As James shows us, the heart of renewal is the humility to turn back—to “humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”
James contrasts two kinds of wisdom: wisdom that comes from heaven versus the so-called "wisdom" that is "earthly, unspiritual, demonic."
He shows us that not all "wisdom" is equal—as a matter of fact, much of what passes as "wisdom" is anti-God. True wisdom involves living a life that follows the norms of God's kingdom, including peace and humility, in contrast to the way of envy and selfish ambition.
Words build worlds, and words can burn them down. They are powerful, and often so damaging. In James 3:1-12, we see James calling us to consistency – to maturity, integrity, and cohesion – between our faith and our words.
James calls us to live an integrated faith, one where belief and action line up. The opposite is both dead and deadly.
James addressed the problem of favouritism, calling his audience and us to follow Jesus by honouring the poor and loving impartially.
Religious hypocrisy. It’s one of the most serious critiques levelled against Christians. But interestingly, surprisingly, the most significant critique of religious hypocrisy comes from within Christianity itself. And James addresses the issue head on in our text. But he’s not just in ‘negative mode,’ he’s also clear about what to do about that inconsistency; about building a better way: the way of wholeness, of consistency between God’s word and our lives.
James teaches us to avoid the pitfalls of turning to money and blaming God when things get tough. Instead, we are called to persevere, trusting our Good Father who gives us every 'good and maturing gift.'
James knows we often struggle with consistency; that we are often a fractured people. Saying one thing but doing another. But he also knows that God’s goal is to heal our fractured lives and form us into those who are mature and complete: People of integrity. In the first part of our James series, we’ll see that it is even, maybe especially, through the trials we face that God forms us.
Jesus says: “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.” (John 10:10). And this story, this day, is all about that fullness. Today, we’ll see that because the tomb is empty, we can be filled full. Filled full of Joy, of Hope, of Assurance, of Purpose, and of God’s very Presence. But that starts with seeing the Seismic Shift – God’s shaking out the old and opening a new set of possibilities through Jesus’ resurrection.
Matthew's passion narrative and the prophecy of Isaiah frame Jesus' death as accepting a cup filled with the worst of us and the worst in us. A cup that is drained to the dregs to begin to form a new creation.
As we begin this short Holy Week series, we focus in on Jesus' coming to the city of Jerusalem. And we discover that Jesus is the ultimate hometown hero, and a whole lot more. He is the Messiah who has come to fulfill deeper longings of our hearts than we realized, and we have more to celebrate than we imagined!
Praying together is putting our arms around each other and coming to the presence of the Almighty One who loves us. The most powerful questions you can ask another person: "Can I pray for you?" and, "Can you pray for me?"
We are called to live out our ‘priestly-ministry’ of prayer with and for each other.
Prayer is turning to our Saviour to deliver us from the evil within ourselves, the troubles of the world, and the wiles of the evil one.
Jesus invites us to pray, "Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors." In this message, we'll explore why these two phrases need to be stuck together, and how praying this way can transform our lives.
By teaching us to pray "give us this day our daily bread", Jesus is teaching us that prayer is asking for what we need every day.
Join us as we explore what it truly means to pray, “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” We live in a time where we have an app or AI to solve so many of our problems—but the serious problems of the world cannot be cured by an app. In this sermon, we discuss what God’s will is. We'll explore the struggles of surrendering our own plans and embracing God’s will, even when the world seems to be spinning out of control. Discover how messy, heartfelt prayers of surrender and lament can enrich your journey of faith and guide you through life's toughest situations.
By teaching us to pray 'your kingdom come,' Jesus is showing us that prayer is a powerful place we participate in and, in which, we are formed by the Kingdom of God.
Jesus invites us to pray “Our Father in heaven,” which begs the question of what “in heaven” means and why it matters. In this message, we’ll dive deeper into the meaning of addressing Our Father in heaven, and what it means to bring our requests with audacious faith.
Reflect and Pray:
1. What are you facing today that calls for renewed trust in your Father?
2. What is holding you back from asking God for what you need with audacious faith?
3. If there is one or two things you want to bring to “Our Father in heaven,” knowing that he hears and cares, what is it?
Jesus begins The Lord's Prayer by teaching his followers to address God as "Our Father." What is significant about that? Who is "Our Father"? Who is He not? Today, we explore the connection between our thinking and beliefs about God and how that connects to our prayer life.
The Lord’s Prayer is a great gift of Jesus to all his followers that enables us to step inside Jesus’ own way of connecting with God the Father. As we begin our new series, “Our Father: The Necessity and Wonder of Prayer,” we’ll see how this prayer is a gift and we’ll look at the question of our motives for prayer.
In his prayer for us, Jesus emphasizes how the way we live as a community reveals the truth of the Gospel. We’ll explore the importance of unity as we participate together in God’s mission.
Why do we gather on Sunday mornings? In this message, we’ll explore some of our big reasons for why we gather in the first place and why our church services are structured in the way that they are. We’ll talk about what it means to be a community that gathers around Jesus.
As followers of Jesus, we are apprenticing our lives to him – adopting his overall way of life. And, that way values and embraces community, all the way down to the most intimate level of friendship. In this message, we’ll see how Jesus makes us his friends and what he means by friendship. We’ll then get practical about how to be friends like Jesus, and friends for him too – to bear fruit that will last.
Jesus has given us to each other. It is his preferred method for our growth that we grow through deep relationships with one another. If you want to be like Jesus, you need to be around people who are like Jesus.
We, as a local church, are not like a family, we are family. We are God’s Home. Which, like any home, can be complicated, messy, but beautiful all at once. Today, we’ll look at Mark 3 and Mark 10 in particular to see how Jesus is making us into a family around himself, and how we can lean into that form of life together, even when it’s scary.
Modern life is consumed by anxiety about many things. Jesus tells us few are necessary, indeed only one. What is that one thing? How will it help us with all this stress?
We are gathering to celebrate that God has truly come to be “with us” in the birth of Jesus. And, like the Magi we read of in Matthew 2:1-12, when we posture ourselves before the one born as “King of the Jews,” we will bow our knees in adoration, and bring our best gifts. Because, ultimately, we are given the greatest gift of all; the very presence of God, and promise of never-ending love.
Special thanks to Anna and Noah for reading scripture and to Joel Wiest for His song "A Manger His Throne."
If Jesus is King, Herod is not. More to the point: if Jesus is King, I am not. Matthew presents Jesus as the True King, and his rule is a claim to spans all of creation, including my own heart. We’ll explore what it would look like for us to move from “disturbed” by Jesus’ kingship, to “overjoyed,” as the Magi are when they encounter Jesus.
This week, we will hear from our children as they tell the Christmas story by putting on a play ‘Our Beautiful Christmas Tree.’ This play is about a family that tells the Christmas story as they put ornaments on their Christmas tree, reminding us that Christmas is about Jesus coming for you and me.
The story of Jesus’ coming, as explored from Joseph’s experience, shows us what it means to live with faith "in the dark," and faith that is enacted. We see how God asks Joseph to take on a very specific job–one that will lead to misunderstanding and criticism. And we see the faithfulness of Joseph in response, a portrait for us of what it looks like to give our "yes" to God in difficult situations.
Expectations often breed disappointments, even in faith. This week, we will learn from Mary about letting the story of God recorded in the Scriptures shape our expectations of God.
The phrase “God’s Judgment” probably doesn’t have a very positive vibe in most people’s minds, but, in this message, we’ll see how God’s just judgment is ultimately very good news. Believing in God’s final judgment enables us to pursue justice without resorting to violence and assures us that, as we join God’s mission, what we do in life really matters. And that is good news.
We all wonder at some point: Why doesn’t God do something about the evil and injustice of the world? The answer that the Bible gives us is: He has. God gives us, not a philosophical answer, but himself. These week, we will look at the trial of Jesus before Pilate in John 18:28-19:7, and the meaning of the cross.
This week, we will explore how the Sabbath is a command given to promote justice by keeping us from being slaves. We'll also see how Sabbath keeping can keep us from enslaving ourselves anew to the good things we think we should be doing.
In this message, our BCBA Executive Minister, Dave Mohr, reminds us that a life with God is a life of sacrifice, a living one! Because of God’s mercy, we are transformed and now participate in his ministry of mercy in the world.
As we explore God’s call on his people to “do justly,” we inevitably bump up against the question of the relationship between God’s authority and human ‘authorities’, that is, the political realm. We will be exploring the relationship that Christians are to have with the state and discern what it looks like to pursue justice in reference to the public sphere.
There is a tight, never-ending connection in the Bible between the true worship of the Living God and true justice. As we look at the prophet Amos, and then the work of Jesus, we’ll see how all injustice is ultimately about worship—about loving something other than God. We’ll then see how all true worship must be accompanied by actions of justice in the real world.
Our fragmented lives can find holistic flourishing when we are wholly devoted to a holy God. This is the message of the book of Leviticus, which calls us to be holy as God is holy—a holiness that is being distinct, pure, and just.
The Bible is not an economics textbook – for which we are truly grateful. But God has given us some key ideas that relate to how we connect questions about justice and the economy. We often carry with us several unexamined assumptions about “how the world works,” but we don’t often hold those up to the light of God’s revelation in Scripture. This week, we’ll dive into three major assumptions, and the three major correctives that help us to live more thoughtfully, and justly.
Jesus begins his public ministry by citing from the prophet Isaiah and standing squarely within the prophetic tradition of enacting God’s justice. But what is justice really all about? Here, in Luke 4, we see how Jesus' ministry is “good news to the poor” in the spiritual and physical and social sense.
To love God means, among other things, loving what God loves, and God loves the world he made. So “Jesus is coming – plant a tree!” That might sound like a bit of a paradox, but this essay title gets to an important part of Christian faith: the reality that God calls humans, as his “image,” to care for this good world, even as we anticipate God’s coming future. In this message, we’ll explore those connections and what it will mean for us to “do justly” in regard to the environment.
This week, we explore the inextricable connection between justice and the Image of God. We will see that the image of God gives all people an inherent, indelible and humbling dignity. But, it also gives us a responsibility to work for flourishing of each other and creation.
Jesus begins his public ministry by citing from the prophet Isaiah and standing squarely within the prophetic tradition of enacting God’s justice. But what is justice really all about? Here, in Luke 4, we see how Jesus' ministry is “good news to the poor” in the spiritual and physical and social sense.
In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus tells us a surprising story about what it means to be a true neighbour and about who has the potential to show neighbourly love.
Jesus’ parable of “The Unforgiving Servant” addresses the common human problem with forgiveness. Jesus teaches that his kingdom was to be marked by being forgiven and offering forgiveness. In this talk, we look at what forgiveness is and what it isn’t, and apply the test of forgiveness that Jesus lays out for us.
Jesus’ parable of “The Prodigal Son” (which should probably be called something like “the two lost sons”) is probably the most well-known, and well-loved of all his parables – and for good reason. In it, we see God’s heart of compassion, we see ourselves and the true nature of humanity, and we hear an invitation to come home, come to the feast, and to join God’s pursuit of those who are lost. It begs us to answer the question: What will you do with the God of compassion?
Anxiety is a common human problem, and one of the most common forms of anxiety is money. In the parable of the rich fool, and the teaching that follows, Jesus shows us that trusting in God's provision frees us from worry and helps us to make generosity a habit.
This week, we're looking at Luke 16:19-31, where Jesus tells the parable of "The Rich Man and Lazarus," and how the fierce love and justice of Jesus are both found in this beautiful and alarming parable.
In Matthew 13, Jesus gives us these parables, these “portraits of the kingdom,” to confront our false expectations and help us reimagine what the kingdom of heaven is really like and how it is coming. Why? To get us on board with God and his ways.
This week, we will explore Jesus' parable of the weeds and the wheat and the question, "Why does evil persist?" We'll see that God graciously allows good and evil to grow together until Jesus' return so that as many as possible can be saved. Then, we will be invited to shift our identity from those who 'pull weeds' to those who 'sow seeds.'
This week, we explore how our actions speak louder than our words as we look at the Parable of the Two Sons in Matthew 21. We will see that there is "work" to be done but that the "work" has to do with enjoying and glorifying God.
As we begin our series on the Parables of Jesus, the Parable of the Sower (Mark 4) introduces us to the fact that parables are not cute stories, meant to simplify complex spiritual ideas, but they perplex. They subvert. They get behind our defences and gives us a new imagination for seeing the realities of God’s kingdom. In this parable, we see how Jesus is deeply concerned about our commitment to hearing what he has to say – which is, in the end, a function of our hearts’ openness to Jesus.
This week, we finish Ephesians by exploring the armour of God. We will discuss the realities of evil spirits in some technical detail and then see how, for most of us, most of the time, our spiritual warfare is what we have come to see as normal Christian discipleship.
Paul describes the reality of a spiritual struggle against spiritual opponents, which is not often how we envision the world. This text opens us up to see more clearly that the nature of reality, our true opponents, the real struggle, and finally, how to be equipped to “stand” firm.
This week, we continue our look at Paul's household codes and approach some lessons for how we can be spirit-filled in our family and working relationships.
The Spirit is the power we need to fuel the Christian community to live in a revolutionary way: to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Over the next two weeks, we’ll see how Paul offers a revolutionary word on how that kind of mutual submission works within a household. This week, we’ll key in on Christian marriage.
As we look at Ephesians 5: 7-21, we see how Paul uses this powerful metaphor of how Jesus’ followers are light in the Lord and that our missional call is to essentially “leave the light on,” that in the power and filling of the Spirit, our lives illuminate the darkness and bring more and more people to the light.
In Ephesians 5: 1-6, Paul is defining the culture of the Kingdom. We see in this text that the contours of the Kingdom name both positive features to embody, and negative ones to avoid. At the heart, Paul makes the staggering claim that we are to be “imitators of God,” which is only made possible because we are already God’s “beloved children.”
This week, we explore the things that grieve the Holy Spirit of God and tear us apart: lying, anger, stealing, foul speech, and malice. We learn that Christianity is not just a 'what' but a 'how.'
In Ephesians 4: 17-24, we are called to put off the old way of life, like taking off a set of dirty clothes, to put on a whole new way of life. We have “learned Christ” and, in him, we are being renewed and created anew to be like God.
In the second half of Ephesians, chapters 4-6, Paul now shifts from the vast and sweeping wonder of the gospel (chapters 1-3) to say, “Now here’s how you walk this out in the everyday realities of life.” And this starts with our unity, diversity, and growth into Christ-like maturity.
We explore Paul's famous prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21, calling us into a life where we participate in God's loving power, are strengthened in our inner person, live in a world where, with the Father, there is immeasurably more than we need, and are invited to see God's love as something we do together with all of the Lord's Holy People.
In Ephesians 3:1-13, Paul offers us insight into his own sense of passion for Jesus, his new identity as a prisoner of Jesus, and his newfound, mission-shaped purpose. In each case, Paul becomes an example for us to follow as we gain a passion for the gospel, an identity as those joyfully captive to Jesus, and caught up in our unique calling.
Today, we look at how the gospel message destroys the barrier that once divided Jew and Gentile, and how it continues to destroy the barriers that divide people across racial and ethnic lines today. Through Christ's work, God creates a new, multicultural, one people of God, and Jesus now invites us into active peacemaking in our world.
The Good News of the Gospel includes reckoning with the “bad news” of where we’ve come from – not to shame us, but to highlight the beauty and richness of God’s love and mercy. In Ephesians 2:1-10 we see how God’s grace brings us alive to God and all he has for us to walk in.
This Easter Sunday, we will look at Jesus' proclamation that 'it is finished,' and then explore how that encourages us to not be afraid and lets us know we have all we need.
Paul not only preaches the gospel, he prays it into the lives of believers, and we see that beautifully in our text from this week: Ephesians 1:15-23. We’ll see how we share in the life of God and can approach God for what we need the most: a clear vision of his glory and the power to live in sync with reality.
Paul leads us into worship with this rich description of the incredible riches of who we are in Christ. As we join with Paul in praise of the Father, we’ll take a tour that shows us our True Location, Our True Identity, Our True Riches, and Our True Hope.
This week, Pastor Ricky summarizes the book of Ephesians. A book that teaches us about reality—the reality that the earth is moved by things we can't see, can't fully understand, and can't control. And that the most important of those realities is the outrageous, generous, and abundant love of God.
As we wrap up our SHAPE series with our focus on what it means to function as “The Whole Church,” we are ending by noticing how the gospel of Jesus Christ provides a “new creation reality” where men and women serve God together. We’ll look at Acts 2 and then move to see how Paul recognizes the significant contribution of women and men together in Romans 16.
As we have been talking about using our spiritual gifts and abilities through our SHAPE series, it raises the important question: What does the Bible really teach on women and leadership in the church? This has been highly contested in recent years, and part of that stems from the meaning and application of Paul’s instructions to Timothy in 1 Timothy 2:11-15. In this message, we’ll look at the passage within the wider context of the Bible and Paul’s thought.
FOCUS Club stands for Fellowship Of College and University Students. It is the local chapter of International Student Ministries Canada (ISMC), a Canadian-wide ministry to International Students studying in Canada.
This week, we finish our SHAPE series by exploring our experience—the God-given resume each of us has for God's kingdom work. Pastor Ricky will walk us through discerning our 'God things,' pain, and limitations and how they can help us find our calling.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores 'Personality' with us—those default modes of operation we all have based on our biology, experience, and environment. He encourages us to be good stewards of ourselves by learning our personality so we know where to work with and against it.
In our study this week, we will look at Jesus’ parable of the talents in Matthew 25; taking a deep dive into what God expects us to do with all our God-given abilities. We’ll see the real warning of burying what we’ve been entrusted and the encouragement and motives to love God by giving him our best.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores what it means to have a wholehearted life—ministering alongside Jesus with our heart in it. We'll be invited to properly learn to listen to our hearts—and what that really means for Christians.
This week, Pastor Dave and Pastor Ricky explore how we can live our most purposeful and powerful life when we know and operate in our Spiritual Gifts. They give us a short survey of the gifts and some clues as to how we might know we have them.
This SHAPE series is a chance to consider, or reconsider, what God has made you for; to get back in touch with his good purposes – and the ways he’s gifted and called you to join him. Today, we’ll see the big picture of what it means to be fully human, fully alive to God and his purposes.
Today, we look at what it means to “start,” or to “start, once again,” in our lives of following Jesus. We look at what the gospel is – a message that requires a response – and we look at what it means to respond rightly to the good news.
It’s all too easy to lose our wonder, but “wonderful” is still the right word for what we celebrate at Christmas. When we see with fresh eyes the beauty and truth of what God has done, how he has come to us, and for us, we can sing again “…and wonders of his love.” This Christmas Eve, we’ll look at how to regain our wonder and give ourselves wholly back to God in worship.
Advent calls us to anticipate Jesus’ return and to give ourselves wholly to the work Jesus has called us to in the meantime. In this message, we’ll look at how, like John the Baptist, we are still called to help prepare the way for Jesus’ coming. Like John, our lives are to “point” to Jesus, in deep humility, being clear on who we are, and filled with Joy.
This week we continue our advent series, ‘With Us While We Wait,’ we look at how this time of waiting is to be spent: preparing and investing ourselves in others, all in anticipation of Jesus’ return.
“Advent is not for the faint of heart,” writes Fleming Rutledge. And she’s right. Advent is not just “pre-Christmas” but is a call for us to look at the very reasons why we need Christmas in the first place, and to set our hearts longing for Jesus to return. In our series 'With Us While We Wait,' we are exploring how Advent calls us to watch, wait, witness and wonder. This week, we start by looking at Jesus’ own promise of his coming in Mark 13 – and see how we need to be active in our “watching.”
In our final message in our 'Come and See' series, we’ll look at the most important question – one that Jesus puts to Peter in John 21: “Do you love me?” What does it really mean to love Jesus? We’ll explore that in more depth.
What is faith? Though the question might get answered in a variety of ways, John 20 and Jesus’ encounter with Mary on the day of his resurrection tell us some key parts of it. We’ll see that Christian faith is impossible (without God), is reasonable, and is a work of God’s grace.
The question of Pilate to Jesus in John 18 continues to echo through history and still presses on us today: “What is truth?” In this message, we’ll explore Jesus’ claim to “testify to the truth” and dive deeper into what it means to align ourselves with Jesus, to listen to his voice.
This week, Pastor Ben speaks on how, even as Jesus is being arrested, Jesus is in charge of the whole situation. As the One in charge of everything, he uses his power and authority for the benefit of others. He shows us that we can trust him in each of our lives, no matter what chaos is happening around us.
Grieving – and facing our own death – is a fact of life. But what do with do with that? Where is God in it all? In John 11, we find this encounter with Jesus and three people that he loves – Martha, Mary, and their brother, Lazarus. In this scene, we find out more of who Jesus is, where he is in our grieving, and what ultimate hope he holds out.
Human suffering is a very difficult yet prevalent element in each of our lives. This week in our 'Come and See' series, Pastor Gerald looks at how Jesus’ encounter with a man who was born blind helps inform our response to suffering – our own, and that of others.
This week in our 'Come and See' series, Pastor Ricky explores the exclusive and offensive claims of Christian uniqueness, and encourages us to hold the exclusive claims and the kind character of Jesus together.
Some of us are “fixers.” We want to put things back in order. When we look at the world, we wonder: what’s the solution to that? Over the past weeks, we’ve looked at some of the deepest needs of our world and of our own hearts. Here in John 5, we’ll discover how Jesus addresses it. We’ll see that our problem runs deeper than we imagine, the solution is not what we often think, is better than we imagined, and comes with a real choice.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman, and the wisdom of outsiders. We will get a perspective on what is wrong with the world—not 'those people' you disagree with, but the way we fill our thirst with things other than God and the lies we believe about Him.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores how we change the world through Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus. We're invited to be born again and again and again, accept the mystery of a God we can't control or understand, and follow Jesus into His self-sacrificial way of transforming the world.
Jesus’ first “sign” of turning water into wine at a wedding feast is not a party trick meant to impress, but a signal of what he has ultimately come to do – to set us laughing with joy at his Wedding Feast; to bring about the new creation and life eternal.
This week we are launching into our fall series called "Come and See: Encounters with Jesus in the Gospel of John."We’ll be exploring key interactions Jesus has with people throughout the story and see how Jesus answers the biggest questions, reveals our deepest longings, and ultimately meets our greatest needs. This week, we start with Nathaniel, the Skeptic, and learn what it looks like to overcome our prejudices in order to "Come and see" who Jesus really is.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores the way technology can burden us with unrealistic expectations and invites us to see Jesus' invitation to be human—nothing more nor less.
This week, we will look at the burden of fear through the lens of Resurrection Hope found in Jesus. The perfect love of Jesus expressed through his life, death, and resurrection confronts and drives away our fears by securing our status in his eternal kingdom. Embracing the knowledge that God is lovingly looking after us frees us from self-centered fear which allows us to lovingly care for the needs of others.
One of the greatest burdens we often carry is the propensity to pride – to comparing and competing. Jesus intends to relieve us of this awful burden by bringing both our Judge and the One who is our Defense, who gives us a new verdict. We’ll look at how Paul models this life in 1 Corinthians 3-4 and demonstrates how to travel light.
This week, Dr. Frik Kruger explores how busyness in our lives distracts us from a deeper life-giving relationship with Jesus through the story of Martha and Mary found in Luke 10: 38-42. We will explore ways that we can return to that Peace that Jesus promises in Matthew 11: 28-30.
We live in a time and place where worry is often a marker of people's lives. How does worry work? And what can we do about it? Jesus' words invite us to ask ourselves some important questions that will help us put off the heavy burden of worry and take up the light yoke he has for us instead.
In this message we see how Jesus’ unburdens us of the insatiable drive for more – more money, more stuff, that can easily derail and enslave us. So, Jesus offers a stark choice: serve God or money. You can’t serve both. Through his own life, death, and resurrection, Jesus intends to make us a people who live for more than the bottom line – who live for the kingdom.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores the burden of anger and contempt. We'll see how human anger makes us act in haste and hold on to wrongs suffered. We'll learn how to take the space we need to process anger without hurting others and how to let go of wrongs suffered to live in greater freedom.
This week, Dr. Grant Del Begio will look at Paul’s encouragement in Ephesians 5 to imitate God as his well loved children. While this at first sounds intimidating, the focus is on learning to love well as we unload our backpacks of the idols, compulsions, and addictions we are all prone to carry.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores the burden of worldly sorrow in 2 Corinthians 7: 9-13. We learn that worldly sorrow perpetuates a cycle of sin when the voice of shame encourages us to turn away from Jesus. Godly sorrow breaks that cycle by turning to Jesus in repentance and letting his love grow us.
This week, as we continue to learn about travelling light, Pastor Gerald will focus on how, at God’s heart, his deep desire is for us to live as forgiven people and forgiving people.
As we begin our series “Travelling Light,” Jesus invites us to recognize the many ways that we are weary and burdened, and take on a new way of life: his way. At the very centre of this new way of life, of Jesus’ “yoke,” is deep communion with the Living God. We learn this way of life as we come to Jesus in trust.
This week, Pastor Ricky finishes our Exodus series by returning to what we mean when we say God. Exodus shows us a God who sees and hears the suffering, delivers us from evil, keeps His promises, and is with us.
In Exodus 33, we see the theme of God’s presence show up throughout this text. We discover that God’s presence is essential for his people Israel and essential for us today. Like Moses, when we want God, we will know God’s presence more fully.
Exodus 32-33, the golden calf event, has sometimes been called “The Fall of Israel” as it parallels “The Fall” of all humanity in Genesis 3. In this message, we’ll see how idolatry breaks us and how Jesus allows himself to be broken to heal us.
This week, we explore the building of the Tabernacle and see a God who wants to be with us, wants our hearts, and invites us to do beautiful things for Him.
Pastor Gerald guides our look at the ‘covenant code’ and we see how God meets us where they are but doesn’t leave us there. He guides his people to a better way of living, thinking, and behaving – becoming a light and a blessing to everyone, and honouring him as his treasured possession.
Pastor Ricky explores God’s Top Ten for the Abundant Life. We see here, a God who gives us the freedom to be in relationship with Him and to live according to what He values.
God designed us to need each other. We see in Exodus 17-18 that being God’s People means we support each other as we depend on God to fight our battles, fill us with his wisdom, and share the work of making disciples of Jesus.
Exodus 16 tells the story of how God miraculously provides food for the Israelites in the wilderness. Sometimes God leads us into the wilderness too, but it is there that we learn to trust God for our daily needs and to practice the virtue of hope.
This week, Pastor Ricky walks us into the crossing of the Red Sea. Through the circuitous journey this starts for the Israelites we can see that God often grows us the hard way.
“Is it all going to be okay?” This question is whirring away just under the surface for all of us. How do we answer that for ourselves and those we care for? In Matthew’s resurrection account, we see that Hope has a History, a Horizon, and a Name.
This Good Friday, Pastor Ricky will talk us through how the Cross is God’s Self-Portrait confirming the words Moses heard in Exodus 34:6-7—The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, keeping love for thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet, He does not let the guilty go unpunished.
As Holy Week begins, Pastor Gerald will guide our traditional Palm Sunday reflection on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We see Jesus revealing himself as King - Not the king that was expected, not necessarily the king we want, but we will be invited to contemplate how Jesus, the King who comes to us gentle, is the King we need.
This week, Pastor Ricky will walk us through Passover and we will meet the God who is a deliverer. God delivers us from the world, the devil and the flesh, and does so by dealing out justice while making room for mercy. All God asks of us is that we are obedient to Him even when it might look a bit foolish.
In this message on Exodus 7-11, we’ll see that the ten “strikes” are God’s judgement on evil through acts of de-creation which reveal Yahweh as the ruler over all creation and point to his ultimate victory. We’ll also trace out some of the significant implications for us today.
What do you do with your discouragement? Where do you go when shaken to the core? When disillusionment settles over you? Exodus 6 pushes Moses to keep looking to God’s Name and Promises, calls him to feel the fear and inadequacy, and do what God calls him to “do it anyways.” We can as well when we remember that we are marked by his Name and led by his mighty hands.
When things don't go the way we had hoped for, it's easy to get discouraged and to ask, "Can God be trusted?" This week, we discover that yes, God can be trusted - both in terms of “when” and “how.” God is both the Sovereign LORD and the Hero. He shows up for his people in His timing.
As we look at Exodus 4 this week, we’ll see how Moses wrestles with the task Yahweh has called him to and talk about 1) learning to trust God; 2) how God works with our weakness; and 3) reckoning with the Holy Other.
This week, Pastor Ricky walks us through Exodus 3, outlining what it looks like when God shows himself. We can expect revelation, confrontation, and vocation or calling whenever God appears to us.
In this introduction to our series on Exodus, we’ll see how this book reveals God on God’s own terms, and functions as the central story of redemption until the coming of Jesus. We’ll also see how God keeps his promises and how he’ll keep keeping his promises, even today.
In this final message of the Ascribe series on worship, we see how the repeated practice of “remembrance” at the Table roots us in the true story, reassures us of Jesus’ presence with us, and reorients our lives to act in a cross-shaped ways.
This week, Pastor Gerald will guide an exploration of Psalm 95:1-7 and Colossians 3:16 to find three important reasons why it is important for us to sing together in church.
Worship and justice are deeply connected in the Bible, for the way God’s people live authenticates our worship. In this message we explore this connection and see how Jesus was deeply committed to bring freedom to the captives and good news to the poor.
Part of worship is giving our bodies back to God through physically demonstrating our praise. This week, Pastor Ricky addresses the three major objections to the physical aspects of Christian worship and encourages us to adopt a practice of worshipping with our bodies.
In our first message of the series on worship, "Ascribe," we will look at Romans 12 and see how our true and proper worship is a whole-life response to all God is and has done for us.
As we come into a new year, a lot of us might be thinking about the changes we want to make in our lives, making “New Year’s resolutions” in some form or another. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul reminds us that it is the gospel message itself that is always "of first importance” (v. 3). And in our desire to change and become different sorts of people, it is the grace of God – seen in the gospel of Christ – that has the power to change us from deep within.
Good News is on the move. This Christmas Eve, we'll celebrate that the Light has come and how we are now called to carry this news with us.
This week, Pastor Dave will explore the topic of 'home' through the lectionary readings of Psalm 80, Isaiah 7:10-16, and Matthew 1:18-25. Through Jesus becoming the home we long for, we are invited to be a home for others. Finally, we are not yet fully ‘home’ as Advent reminds us we are waiting for Jesus to return.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores Advent as a season for repentance. Advent is a time to turn back towards love as we await the return of our Lord.
Advent is not just “extended Christmas” but a time to grow our hunger for the very reason Jesus came to us, and to long for his coming again. Here we see the need for “waiting” for God’s kingdom, “keeping watch”, and “waking up” to the way of life fitting to the light of Jesus.
In our final message, we’ll see how the book of Ruth offers a powerful corrective for those prone to lose the plot, reveals the significant role of women in God’s story of salvation, and pictures what it means to be a community who are oriented to compassion.
In Ruth 4, we see that Boaz, out of his loyal love, chooses to marry Ruth. And from this decision, history is changed. Boaz’s loyal love changes everything and our seemingly small acts of love have the power to change history as well.
In Ruth 3, we see Naomi “turn a corner” on her valid moment of grieving, where she now takes initiative to serve the interests of Ruth with loyal love. The initiative of Naomi, the boldness of Ruth, and the kindness of Boaz beautifully picture how God’s providence continues to transform this family in the wake of tragedy.
This week, Pastor Ricky shows us in Chapter 2 of Ruth that where there is loyal love, there God is also. Through Ruth, we see that God can work in the ordinary and with the ‘unworthy.’ Through Naomi, we see that God’s providence means the story isn’t over. Through Boaz, we see extravagant love, extravagant love that leads to God’s purposes for all people.
The book of Ruth intermingles tragedy with God’s providence, and the loyal-love that comes through community. We begin this series with a particular focus on the tragedy that befalls Naomi, and how the example of Ruth’s loyal love becomes a model for Jesus-followers of what committed care looks like.
God delights to speak in ways that go well beyond what mere words of explanation could every sufficiently convey. In this final message of our “Thinking Christianly” series, we’ll see how “aesthetic” or “beauty/art” are one of the key ways of “knowing” that the Christian faith recognizes, draws on, and ought to celebrate.
Pastor Ricky invites us to engage with tradition as a way of knowing—to consider ancient solutions to our modern problems. Trying to find a way between the dangers of dismissing the past and holding onto the past too tightly.
As we think about “Thinking Christianly” through our series, the Bible is a foundational resource that shapes our ‘knowing’. But what exactly does that mean? How does that work? We’ll see, particularly, how God’s authority is exercised through this text to shape and form the Scripture reading community to know Jesus and to be fully equipped for every good work.
We live in a culture that often sees “faith” and “reason” as opposites – at odds with each other. In this message we’ll see, however, that reason is a key resource for thinking Christianly, that the Bible says that: reason is possible, reason is necessary, reason is ‘broken’, and finally, that reason ‘has a Name.’
This week, Pastor Ricky explores the Christian perspective on our ability to know truth and explains how our personal experiences fit into our pursuit of truth.
We are beginning a series called “Thinking Christianly: On Loving God with Our Minds.” Today we’ll see how the Christian faith requires the use of our minds, along with all the rest of our lives, in love of God and neighbour.
In Jesus’ first resurrection appearance to his disciples, we find that the Spirit who fills us and forms us to be like Jesus, empowers us for mission – to be God’s sent people for God’s good purpose of bringing God’s peace to the world.
In the final two messages of our “Shaped by the Spirit” series, we will focus in on the Person and work of the Holy Spirit; to see that it really is possible to “keep in step with the Spirit.” For the Spirit, who is God, is the One who changes us.
Self-control is transfiguring the temptations of the flesh by habituating the love of God. Pastor Ricky will open up Galatians 5:13-25 and Matthew 4:1-11, demonstrating that self-control is not about self-mastery or brutal physical discipline, it is about control over our lower base and sinful desires. From there, we will see that temptations are resisted by engaging in habits that instill the love of God in our hearts.
This week Pastor Ricky teaches us that gentleness is when we stop using force to get our way and start making space for genuine love. He roots this in God’s gentleness displayed in Jesus, who shows that gentleness is power under control.
Goodness is one of the fruit that God cultivates in us by His Spirit. While we, as humans, are sinful and broken; God saves us out of His goodness, calls us to a life of goodness, and cultivates the fruit of goodness in us by His Spirit. Two key expressions of goodness are generosity and integrity.
This week, Pastor Ricky explores the fruit of kindness, arguing kindness produces real change. He will define our kindness by exploring the kindness of God as doing good for others, especially those who can’t return it or don’t deserve it.
In the third installment of our Shaped by the Spirit series, Pastor Ricky will be sharing about the fruit of peace; teaching us that peace is the serenity that comes from our settled trust in God’s Fatherly care. It is the fruit of the truth that God is working for the good of those who love Him, the fruit of our calling to be righteous peacemakers, and the fruit of the discipline of silence and solitude.
Dan Sczebel, one of our Ukraine missionaries, will be preaching on how the Spirit grows the Jesus-like characteristic of Joy in us. The joy of the Lord that remains in us is the joy that makes our hearts full; His presence is our joy.
In this first message in our series on the fruit of the Spirit, we will be clearing the way to understand how God is working to make us more like Jesus. We’ll focus particularly on the characteristic of love and hear from one of our Ukraine missionaries to understand how love is committed action for the sake of others.
The story of Jonah is intended to bring us face-to-face with our own questions about how far God’s grace goes in order to ask if we will have God’s heart for the world. God’s questions to Jonah come back to us: what will you do with my grace toward those you think are undeserving of it? How will my grace change you?
It can often be a tendency of the human heart to want justice for those who do us wrong, but mercy when we do wrong. What if God is more consistent than that? Jonah 3 opens us up to the God who is just and merciful with complete consistency.
God meets Jonah - and often meets us - in a desperate place. Here we see that Jonah repents... sort of... as it seems that he remains unchanged at the core. But God is rich in mercy, and he delivers and uses Jonah - and us too - regardless of the shortcomings.
In Part Two we see how Jonah is falls fast asleep in the bottom of the ship – a signal of his spiritual condition of being in a deep spiritual slumber. Jonah’s spiritual apathy causes him to ignore the very real needs of the rest of the crew. This text continues to be full of surprises about how the God of mercy is working for our good and his glory, even through the storms.
In Part One of our series, Pastor Dave will help set the stage for understanding the surprising message of Jonah. As Jonah runs from God, we’ll see more of why that is the case and what it says to our own heart postures toward our enemies.
In the book of Hebrews, we are instructed to “fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest” (3:1b). In a world where there are many things competing for our attention, may we fix our thoughts on him this week.
In this message Pastor Dave shows that in the ancient world, clothing was an indicator of where you “fit” in the world. In the final portion of this letter Peter tells the Christian community to “clothe yourselves in humility”, essentially taking on an identity as servants. How does this get played out? This takes the very pattern of Jesus’ self-giving love and makes it the norm for Christian life.
In our passage, we see Peter helping us examine our ‘expectations’ of the Christian life. But not just examine these – he shows us how to find true joy, to ‘rejoice’, even when under pressure for our faith.
The story of Jesus’ resurrection in Mark’s Gospel leaves us with many questions – and we’ll explore those this week. But in the end, it turns the biggest question of all back on us: What will we do with the news that “He is risen”?
Looking at John 19, we’ll wonder together with Pastor Andrea about what the cross means and who it is for. We’ll see both the cosmic and the particular as we encounter the Good Shepherd who lays His life down.
Looking at 1 Peter 3:8-22, Pastor Colton preaches that we are called to have cruciform character, confidence, and commitment in a world of conflict as he unpacks what Peter has to say about godly character amid suffering, Christ as Victor, and the beauty of baptism symbolized through the flood of Noah.
Ricky Stephen will be preaching on Psalm 109, which is a masterclass on what to do with strong feelings. Here we’ll see that the darkest parts of our human experience are to be prayed. This Psalm teaches us that prayer is bringing our whole selves to all of God.
As people who have been won over by the love of Christ, we are to exhibit Jesus-shaped, winsome conduct as we live in relationship with the people closest to us. The story of Jesus shapes how we relate to our spouses - and other people as well - and our Jesus-shaped conduct has the power to lead people to Christ.
The text of 1 Peter 2:11-15 equips us as “foreigners and exiles” to bear fruitful witness by doing good, and particularly by ‘tracing the lines’ or ‘following the example’ of Jesus, who does not retaliate when mistreated.
In Living Hope Pt. 4: Living Stones, Pastor Colton unpacks 1 Peter 2:4-10, looking at how, in the midst of a culture that sees faith in Jesus as something shameful, Peter encourages his readers, and us, to embrace our identity and mission. He calls us to be living stones and a royal priesthood offering up spiritual sacrifices by declaring the praises of Him who called us out of darkness in his wonderful light.
This week we are looking at 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 and what it means to “be holy in all you do” – to take on the “family resemblance.” We find out that our minds matter deeply for this process, and it will require a deep commitment and effort.
Pastor Colton and Pastor Dave team up to share a message from 1 Peter on faith in times of trial, especially in light of some particular challenges facing our community and world.
As we begin our new series “Living Hope: First Peter for the Church on Mission”, we will focus in on what it means to be “chosen” by God’s divine foreknowledge and what that means for how we view our identity and mission.
In the final message of our “Speaking of Jesus” series, Pastor Dave takes us into Colossians 1:13-23 to help us better understand how we can share the good news of Jesus in our conversations with friends, co-workers, and neighbours.
In Part 5 of our series Speaking of Jesus, Pastor Colton encourages us to see our role as priests, or "chaplains" for a challenging world. He encourages us to live out our faith with wisdom and intentional care among our families, our neighbourhood, our workplace, our places of recreation, and the people we see at the coffee shop or grocery store - the frontlines of our world, where we are called to declare the praises of Him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light.
In this message we see the power of story for making sense of life and faith, drawing on Paul’s example in Acts 26. We then look at some very practical ways to share our own story as a key part of “Speaking of Jesus”.
Guest speaker, Dan Sczebel, continues our series, 'Speaking of Jesus: Everyday Practices for Sharing Gospel Hope,' by speaking on hospitality and how being a good listener plays a large part in that.
In Part Two of our series “Speaking of Jesus”, Pastor Dave shows how community plays a significant role in the process of people coming to believe the good news of Jesus, and what this means for our approach to evangelism. We’ll see how Jesus' own approach to ministry sets the example for us.
As we begin our new series, 'Speaking of Jesus: Everyday Practices for Sharing Gospel Hope' Pastor Dave describes some of the hang-ups and challenges we might have with 'evangelism.' We’ll then look at the goodness of the Good News, a basic understanding of what we even mean when we say ‘evangelism’, and why we would be excited to participate in God’s mission.
In Part 2 of our short series, Life in the Spirit, Pastor Colton goes to 1 John and looks at how God’s grace spurs on toward honest fellowship and love for one another. Because of God’s grace through Jesus, we can be part of creating an honest, humble, culture of grace as we do life together by the power of the Holy Spirit.
In this message, Pastor Colton unpacks the song "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" and encourages us to listen, to hear what the angels are proclaiming at Christ's birth. God became man and made it possible for us to be born again - for the life of God to get into the hearts of humanity. At Christmas, God is doing a wonderful, creative work through Jesus!
Because the Christian faith moves us long past the trivial and into the deep waters of the real world – the one where we experience guilt and loss and despair, as well as longing and desire; and the one where God is present and working if we would take have “eyes to see, and ears to hear” to quote Jesus. Living alive to God in the “real world” calls for attentiveness. And that’s what our song is calling for: “Come and behold him, born the king of angels. O come, let us adore him…”
God works through people of lowly status and in seemingly insignificant places to accomplish his divine plan. This critiques the way that we as humans so often hunger after the ‘bigger’, that which means ‘more power’, for more limelight, for more significance, and opens us up to “Live Little”.
“Advent" means “arrival”; specifically waiting for the arrival of God – to work, and act, and deal with all the evil that leads to our ‘world-weariness.’ And though Advent is shot through with hopefulness, this season is there to help us reflect on the brokenness that is still all around us. Our new series, “Heaven & Nature Sing!” begins by looking at the song of longing and hope: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and what it would mean to embrace this song as our prayer for this season.
In the final part of our Being Human series, Jacob Harder encourages us to respond to the wise words of Ecclesiastes, and of the whole Bible, by allowing God to shape our hearts and to lead us into Jesus’ way of being human. May the words of Ecclesiastes lead us to embrace the fully human life Jesus offers – a life where we choose to walk before Him with joy and trust.
In this week's message, Pastor Dave speaks on how we need to know that we don’t know everything – and won’t; and can’t. We may search for certainty – a way to gain control of outcomes in life – but although there are many things we can know, there are many that we can’t as well. And knowing that is part of what we need to live wisely and God-ward.
Jacob Harder speaks on the message of Ecclesiastes 3 – that God made everything beautiful in its time – and how this means we should respond to time, not by trying to be time travelers, but by living in worshipful response to him in every moment.
In his message, Pastor Colton preaches on Ecclesiastes 4:1-12, charting a course through the grim realities of people set on gain and envy through to the beauty of community as people live out the implications of the gospel of Jesus Christ. As we look at Ecclesiastes 4, we see how God has saved us, not for greatness, gain, and consuming, but for relationship with Himself and one another - calling us to lay down the restless pursuit of worldly "gains" to gain that which we cannot lose.
In this message, Pastor Dave shows how Ecclesiastes addresses our tendency to seek to be exceptional and offers us the freedom of living within the bounds of our God-given humanity.
Jacob Harder speaks on how real human life is not something meaningless to be hated or escaped, but a gift from God to be enjoyed and embraced.
Pastor Dave concludes our series, "Why Church? Rediscovering the Meaning and Mission of God's People," with Part Four: Sent.
Pastor Dave continues our series, "Why Church? Rediscovering the Meaning and Mission of God's People," with Part Three: Serve.
Pastor Colton continues our series, "Why Church? Rediscovering the Meaning and Mission of God's People," with Part Two: Belong (We are Family by Blood).
Pastor Dave kicks off our series, "Why Church? Rediscovering the Meaning and Mission of God's People," with Part One: Gather.
Pastor Colton finishes our series on the Beatitudes by preaching from Matthew 5:14-16 – “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Pastor Dave preaches from Matthew 5:13 – “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
Guest Speaker, Frik Kruger, preaches from Matthew 5:10 – “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Pastor Dave preaches from Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Pastor Dave preaches from Matthew 5:8 – “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”
Anthony Rempel preaches from Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”
Pastor Dave preaches from Matthew 5:6 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”
Dan Sczebel preaches from Matthew 5:5 - "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."
Dr. Grant Del Begio preaches from Matthew 5:4 - "Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted."
Pastor Colton preaches on Matthew 5:3 - "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Pastor Dave begins our new series on The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-11). In this message Pastor Dave helps us to see that understanding the Beatitudes in their proper context shows us what it looks like to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God and that this is what the truly happy and blessed life is all about.
Pastor Dave concludes our Letters from Jesus series reading from Revelation 3:14-22, the letter to the Church in Laodicea, and unpacking what Jesus really means in saying he wants us not to be lukewarm.
Pastor Russ preaches from Revelation 3:7-13, helping us to see what we can learn from the Church in Philadelphia about what it means to be a good Church.
Pastor Dave unpacks Jesus's letter to the Church in Sardis and speaks on how we are to remain alive as Jesus's Church rather than merely having a good reputation.
Pastor Dave preaches on Jesus’s message to the Church in Thyatira and what it means to belong fully to Jesus rather than compartmentalizing Him into only certain parts of our lives.
Pastor Harry preaches on Jesus’s message to the Church in Pergamum encouraging us to stay true and faithful to Jesus no matter our circumstances or weaknesses.
Pastor Russ preaches on Jesus’s message to the Church in Smyrna, reminding us not to lose sight of the simplest truths that Jesus is worthy of our worship, always on the throne, and aware of everything going on in our lives.
The book of Revelation is a challenging book, but today Pastor Dave begins walking us through some of those challenges in the opening chapters of Revelation and what they reveal about Jesus’s message to His Church.
Pastor Russ wraps up our series on the life (& death) of David, encouraging us with the message that the keys to living well are right next to the keys to dying well.
Pastor Dave preaches on the complicated relationship between David and his son Absalom and what we can learn from it for our own difficult relationships.
Pastor Russ provides new insight into the familiar David & Bathsheba story, encouraging us to use our time well, to be honest about our sin, and to come close to God to receive His love.
Today, we return to the series we began last Spring, "David: After God's Heart." We hope that as we tune our hearts to what God is saying, you'll join in with celebration and, even, dancing just as David danced.
In our message today, Pastor Dave speaks on how the revolution of love changes how we experience our past, transforms how we live in the present, and launches a new hope for the future.
Today we celebrate Palm Sunday! We hope that as you worship King Jesus today, you'll invite Him to reign in your heart once again and you'll remember that when He comes into our hearts we will be changed and sent on mission with Him.
Pastor Colton Conrad preaches from Series " Revolution of Love" part 1 "When the King Comes" in the light of old testament prophecies on Palm Sunday.
Today we are in the final part of our ACTS series! In this message, we’ll hear about how God draws us into His mission and teaches us to play our part with innovation and consistency, by being attentive to God, working together, being faithful to Jesus, and even enduring pressure and pain for His glory!
There is peace through the storm - because Jesus is Lord! We invite you to celebrate that truth with us in hearing this message. May the peace of Christ sink deep into your heart and rule in your heart today!
In our message today, Pastor Colton encourages us to see how God calls and carries us through challenging trials so we might bear witness to Jesus Christ in the midst of them. We hope you'll join us in celebrating Jesus, our hope and our comforter.
Join us as we hear God's Word from Acts 21, which encourages us to live with God on mission, confident in His grace for us!
We all long for and need true friends - and that's a good thing! Today our worship service focuses on the theme of spiritual friendship. Join us as we hear Pastor Dave preach God's Word from Acts 20.
Pastor Dave continues this sermon series from the Book of Acts.
In part 12 of our series from the Book of Acts, Pastor Russ shares 3 key insights from Acts 18-19.
Pastor Dave brings the second message in our Lovers in a Dangerous Time series.
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Pastor Dave brings the second message in our Lovers in a Dangerous Time series.
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Pastor Colton brings the second message in our Lovers in a Dangerous Time series.
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Pastor Dave brings the second message in our Lovers in a Dangerous Time series.
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Pastor Dave brings the first message in our Lovers in a Dangerous Time series.
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Jeff Torrans, of International Student Ministries Canada, brings a message from Psalm 67.
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Summit Drive Worship Director, Gerald Harder, delivers a message about freedom for us, and others, as we head into 2021.
Pastor Russ delivers a message of Hope for Advent in our real world.
As you listen to this message two words are going to stand out. The words are: peace and normal.
The first sure seems necessary in our chaotic world. We need peace. The second seems odd in that this is the most un-normal Christmas many of us have experienced in quite some time. Covid has robbed us of normal and perhaps peace as well.
This passage in Luke will help us regain an understanding of how we can live with peace during these days. Mary and Simeon will teach us.