The Campus Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
The Campus Church
The Campus Church is a community of Christ followers learning to love and serve God and people. These are sermons from our Sunday morning gatherings at our Bathurst and North Sites in Richmond Hill, Aurora, Newmarket, Holland Landing, East Gwillimbury and Bradford Ontario.
A report back from the team that visited Zambia for the Faith Orphan Fund 25 year anniversary in Augist of 2017
We study the old testament Shema and how that is incorporated into our church statement of who we are. We are a community of Christ followers learning to love and serve God and people.
Luke 12:49-53
“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning! I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished. Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other! From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.
‘Father will be divided against son
and son against father;
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother;
and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’
Matthew 12:30-32
We look at what is often described as "The Unforgivable Sin"
Does it exist? What is it? What should we be cautious of?
Luke 14:25-33 - Jesus was calling his disciples to a life of sacrifice. He knew the persecution they would endure as they followed him. He called them to Count The Cost of following him.
What was accomplished at the cross?
John Knox said, “remembering Jesus is to first remember the cross.” The cross is central to the gospel and central to the life of Jesus. The propitiation of Christ is twofold; firstly it is Jesus pleasing the wrath of God and secondly it is Jesus reckoning man to God. 1 Peter 2:24 says, “He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.”
Was Jesus fully human?
The Prophet Isaiah wrote, “He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.” We will take a look at the true humanity of Jesus but in so doing it is also important to stress that he was not merely human. This has been a controversial topic in the church and has created some interesting dialogue. We will look at this against the backdrop of scripture to discover the true humanity of Jesus.
Is Jesus the only true God?
Billy Graham said, ““Jesus was not just another great religious teacher, nor was he only another in a long line of individuals seeking after spiritual truth. He was, instead, truth itself. He was God incarnate.” Jesus himself said He came from heaven, that He was the Son of Man even that He was God. He forgave sins, performed miracles and taught people to pray to him as God. We will explore this and more as we answer the question”Is Jesus the only true God?”
Is Jesus the only true God?
Billy Graham said, ““Jesus was not just another great religious teacher, nor was he only another in a long line of individuals seeking after spiritual truth. He was, instead, truth itself. He was God incarnate.” Jesus himself said He came from heaven, that He was the Son of Man even that He was God. He forgave sins, performed miracles and taught people to pray to him as God. We will explore this and more as we answer the question”Is Jesus the only true God?”
Did people know Jesus was coming?
We will seek to answer the question “Did people know Jesus was coming?” We see Jesus as the ultimate hero of the biblical narrative. We will look at many Old Testament promises of a Messiah or Saviour and ultimately at how Jesus is the fulfilment of these promises.
James uses two practical examples to emphasize how we must keep God at the centre of our lives and thinking. Judging others and living with self-confidence. When we do either, we are playing God. God is the Judge; our responsibility is to love others. Neither should we leave God out of our plans and goals for our lives, because the future is in His hands and we exist to fulfill His plan for our lives.
(James 4:1-10) The cure for evil desires is humility. When we humble ourselves before God, we come close to Him and He to us. We will examine what it means to live close to God.
(James 3:13-18) True faith is evidenced by genuine wisdom. We will examine what true wisdom is and how it impacts our behaviour.
(James 3:1-12)
James does battle with a small but most powerful evil that cannot be tamed and can unleash irreversible damage, the tongue. If we could control our tongues, we could control ourselves in every way. We will examine how to take control of this evil.
(James 2:1-13) True faith is evidenced in practical ways. It changes the way we think of others. James emphasizes that true faith is evidenced in the community of the church being a loving and just community.
(James 1:1-18)
Trouble is inevitable in our lives. But it is also the key to enduring faith and solid Christlike character. Pain is the greatest motivator to change. God does not keep us from pain, but uses it to make us mature and complete.
The king countered the old decree of death with a new decree of deliverance, providing a picture of how God superimposed a new decree of deliverance through the blood of Christ over against the old decree of death. The Festival of Purim was instituted as an annual festival to remind Israel of God’s great deliverance from death during the time of Esther. The Lord’s Table is Christ’s reminder to us of our deliverance from sin and death.