Free Grace Vernon: Recent Episodes
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace is a Presbyterian Church located in Vernon, British Columbia. We believe it is the Gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. To learn more about Free Grace Church, visit https://freegracevernon.com/
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Matthew 14:36-15:20
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Sunday, October 26th, 2025
Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:13-31
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Mark 1:40-45
David Bootsma
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Scripture: Mark 6:45-52
Dave Bootsma
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Scripture: Acts 6
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Sunday, August 3rd, 2025
Sermon title: 'Sharing the load'
Exodus 18:13-27
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
Sunday, July 13th, 2025
Exodus 17:8-16
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.ca
June 29, 2025
John 9
David Bootsma
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Genesis 22:1-19
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Erol Bortucence
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Exodus 16:1-36
Sunday June 8, 2025
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Sunday, June 1st 2025
Sermon: 'A bitter sweet experience'
Exodus 15:22-27
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
May 11, 2025
Scripture: Exodus 13:17 - 14:14
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church building (1802 45th Ave)
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
April 27, 2025
Exodus 12:29-42
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church, Vernon BC
Sunday, March 30th 2025
Sermon: 'A Plague is Announced'
Exodus 11:1-10
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Exodus 8:20-32
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
February 9, 2025
Exodus 5
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
February 2, 2025
Exodus 4: 18-31
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Sunday, January 25, 2025
Exodus 3:13-22
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Series: Exodus
Exodus 3:1-16
Sunday, March 19, 2025
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Series: Exodus
Scripture: Exodus 2:1-25
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Sunday, January 5th 2025
Sermon: 'From slavery to salvation'
Exodus 1:1-22
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Sunday, December 29th 2024
Sermon: 'The Sign and the Saviour'
Luke 2:15-21
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Luke 2
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Matthew 12:46-50
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Sunday, December 8th 2024
Sermon: 'This Generation'
Matthew 12:38-45
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Vernon
Free Grace Vernon Presbyterian Church is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) denomination.
We seek to be a Gospel Centered Church which is different than moralism or liberalism. We believe it is the gospel of Christ that has power to transform people’s lives. Our problems are solved by the gospel, not trying harder!
Do you live in or are VERNON, BC and looking for a Reformed and evangelical church? We would love to have you join us! We meet at 10:30am at Vernon Christian School (6920 Pleasant Valley Rd).
Find out more at https://freegracevernon.com
Speaker: David Bootsma
Scripture: John 2
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Free Grace Vernon Church
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
Sermon title: 'So sad, so lonely!'
Lamentations 1
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
Vernon, BC
Sunday, June 16th, 2024
Sermon title: 'Either/or'
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
Vernon, BC
Matthew 7:13-29
13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
28 And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, 29 for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
God’s prophet Elijah calls God’s people to choose……
1 Kings 18:21, ‘How long will you go limping between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.’ And the people did not answer him a word’
Jesus calls us to a decision that is, ‘Either …..or’
Life in His kingdom …….or life outside His kingdom
Heaven ……..or Hell
Don Carson ‘A man will ignore these blessings and curses only at his own eternal peril’
A choice between ……2 ways, 2 trees, 2 claims, 2 foundations
Sunday, June 1, 2024
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
Vernon, BC
Matthew 7:1-6
1 “Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. 6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.
Natasha Crain, ‘If anything at all is to be classified as sin in secular culture, it’s the act of ‘judging others’. Go ahead and follow your heart and pursue your own happiness, but don’t stop along the way to claim that someone else is following their heart or pursuing their happiness wrongly’
May 26, 2024
Series: Matthew
Text: Matthew 6:25-34
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
Vernon, BC
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church, Vernon, BC
Matthew 5:38-43
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
‘You have heard that it was said’ - ‘But I say to you’
The Law of Retaliation ……The Royal Law
1. The Law of Retaliation
‘You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ v38
2. The Royal Law
‘But I say to you, ‘Do not resist the one who is evil.’ v39a
Dignity - Security - Liberty - Property
Dignity
‘But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.’ v39b
A gesture of contempt ……an insult to the one who’s slapped
Are we ready to endure a loss of dignity …..rather than retaliate?
We leave vengeance to the Lord ……we trust in His perfect vindication even as we follow the way of His Son, Jesus Christ
‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do' Luke 23:34
Security
‘And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.’ v40
We don’t have to always demand our own rights when we’ve been wronged ……or always press for our own interests
1 Corinthians 6:7 ‘Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?’
Liberty
‘And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.’ v41
When we're called to, ‘Go the extra mile’
Property
‘Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.’ v42
Jesus calls us to be wise in our giving …..to those who are unable to help themselves
James 2:15-16, ‘If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled’ without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?’
Don Carson, ‘Personal self-sacrifice displaces personal retribution; for this is the way the saviour himself went, the way of the Cross’
Possible only as we place our trust in the One who, ‘Did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross’ - Philippians 2:7-8
Matthew 5: 27-32
Ian Crooks
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Free Grace Presbyterian Church, Vernon, BC
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Matthew 5:21-26
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
Vernon, BC
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Series: Matthew
Passage: Matthew 5:1-12
Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
Series: Colossians
Colossians 4:10-18
Speaker: Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Vernon
Series: Colossians
Sermon: Thanksgiving
Scripture: Colossians 1:3-8
Pastor Ian Crooks
Free Grace Presbyterian Church
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.
Ephesians 6: 10-18
Ephesians 6:10-18
Satan attacks our hearts, we defend ourselves by putting on the breastplate of righteousness.
Series: This Means War! How to stand when Satan attacks.
Ephesians 6:10-18
"The Christian life, in the first place, is a warfare" - DM Lloyd-Jones
You are in a war. You are a soldier. But you are not unarmed or without armor.
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth (Ephesians 6:14)
What does it mean to fasten on truth?
Being Human:
Reclaiming our God-given identity.
Embracing our God-given design.
Fulfilling our God-given purpose.
Does the gospel have anything to say to those with gender dysphoria?
Yes!
Being Human:
Reclaiming our God-given identity.
Embracing our God-given design.
Fulfilling our God-given purpose.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
To such belongs the kingdom
Mark 10:13-16
13 And they were bringing children to [Jesus] that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
John 20:1-18
John and Mary both see an empty tomb, but both arrive at different conclusions.
How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?
What difference does it make?
Being Human
Reclaiming our God-given identity.
Embracing our God-given design.
Fulfilling our God-given purpose.What is the purpose of sex? Marriage?
Genesis 2:18:25
Series Being Human:
Reclaiming our God-given identity.
Embracing our God-given design.
Fulfilling our God-given purpose.
Part 4: Embodied
Does the body matter?
What is the significance that human beings have a body?
Are we souls with bodies or embodied souls? What difference does it make?
Scriptures: Genesis 2:7; Psalm 139; Romans 8:20-24
Being Human: Reclaiming our God-given identity. Embracing our God-given design. Fulfilling our God-given purpose.
Part 3: Male and Female He Created Them
Genesis 1:26-31
Is “gender” a social construct? Should male or female be a matter of personal choice? Are there more than two “genders”?
Series: Being Human
Reclaiming our God-given identity.
Embracing our God-given design.
Fulfilling our God-given purpose.
Part 2: Image is Everything
Genesis 1:26-31
What is the significance of the reality that human beings are made in the image of God?
What does that even mean?
Being Human:
Reclaiming our God-given identity.
Embracing our God-given design.
Fulfilling our God-given purpose.
Part one: The Essence of our identity (More than a feeling)
Genesis 1:26-27
What does it mean to be human? There are all sorts of different answers, depending on who you ask.
*“Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.” – Augustine
We are living in a culture and age where there are conflicting and even harmful answers to the question of what it means to be human, which leads to confusion, conflict and destruction.
What does Jesus say?
13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. (James 4:13-17)
1 Samuel 14
"Attempt great things for God, expect great things from God" - William Carey
Jonathan is an example of someone who did just that. Why was that? What did he believe about God that enabled him to do that?
Luke 1:5-45
The pre-born John the Baptist responds to the presence of pre-born Jesus by leaping for joy. How? Why?
Luke 1:26-38
Do you have doubts and questions about Christmas and the virgin birth? You are in good company!
Sermon Series: Encounters With Jesus.
Scripture: Mark 5:1-20.
Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma.
Jesus heals a man possessed by demons.
Sermon Series: Encounters With Jesus.
Scripture: Luke 5: 1-11.
Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma.
Peter, James, and John meet Jesus.
Sermon Series: Encounters With Jesus.
Scripture: John 1: 43-51.
Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma.
Nathaniel meets Jesus.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-31.
Speaker: David Bootsma.
Wrath: uncontrolled feelings of anger, rage, and even hatred. It often reveals itself in the wish to seek vengeance.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30.
Speaker: David Bootsma.
Lust: An immoral sexual desire. Objectifying and using someone else to satisfy your sexual desires or pleasure.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: Luke 12:13-21.
Speaker: David Bootsma.
Greed: An inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially in regards to material wealth.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: Philippians 3:10-16
Speaker: David Bootsma.
Sloth: A habitual inclination to laziness or disinclination to exertion; slowing down the mind, halting its attention to matters of great importance. The mind state that gives rise to boredom, resentfulness and apathy.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: John 6:25-58.
Speaker: David Bootsma.
Gluttony: Limitless appetite for food and drink, and overindulgence where one is no longer eating just to live, but rather living to eat.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8.
Speaker: David Bootsma.
Envy: A desire to deprive others of theirs. An insatiable desire for what someone else has, and resenting them for having it. A sad or resentful covetousness towards the traits, or possessions of someone else.
Sermon Series: The Seven Deadly Sins.
Scripture: Daniel 4:24-37.
Speaker: Pastor David Bootsma.
Pride: Dangerously corrupt selfishness; putting one's desires, urges, needs, and whims before the welfare of other people; An excessive admiration of the personal image or self; an irrational belief that one is essentially better, superior, and more important than others. It is the root of all evil.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 33
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Jacob and Esau are reunited with one another.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 32.
Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Jacob prepares to meet Esau and wrestles with God.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 30:1-24.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Leah bears many children, meanwhile Rachel is barren.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 29:31-35.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Leah was unseen and unwanted by her husband, but she was seen by God.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 29:1-35.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Jacob meets and falls in love with Rachel, and is deceived by his uncle Laban.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Jacob has a dream in which he sees angels ascending and descending on a stairway from heaven, and has an encounter with God.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 27:34 - 28:5
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Jacob is sent away to his uncle Laban after Esau finds out about Jacob stealing his blessing.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 27:1-34.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Jacob deceives his father into giving him the blessing.
Sermon Series: The Gospel According to Jacob.
Scripture: Genesis 25:1-34.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
How is God's plan to save the world going to unfold through Jacob and his family?
This sermon covers the birth of Jacob, the strife between the older and younger brother, and Esau selling his birthright.
Revelation 22:7-22.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The last sermon of our Revelation series.
Revelation 21:9-22:5.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Christmas is taking us to the new heavens and the new earth.
Revelation 21:1-6.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The completion of Christmas: the hope that we have in Christ's return.
Revelation 20:1-6.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Unpacking Amillennialism, Postmillennialism, and Premillennialism.
Revelation 17.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The judgement of Babylon.
Revelation 15:1-4.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The destiny of those who heed the warning and stay faithful to Christ in the midst of persecution. When Christ conquers, so do His people.
Revelation 15:5-16:21.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
Danger & destruction are near: sin is waiting to go off like a bomb, and God will bring His judgement on the earth.
Revelation 14:6-20.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The who, what, when, and why of Hell. Is there any hope? How are Christians supposed to respond to the idea of Hell?
Revelation 13:11-18.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The Beast from the earth, and the mark of the Beast.
Revelation 11:15-19.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
The seventh angel blows the seventh trumpet.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
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Revelation 13:16-18.
Sermon Series: Revelation.
Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The mark of the beast - 666 - what does it actually mean?
Series: Revelation.
| Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13.
| The letter to the church of Philadelphia.
Sermon Series: Revelation | Scripture Reading: Revelation 3:1-6 | Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma | The letter to the 5th church in Asia Minor, Sardis.
Revelation 2:1-7.
| Series: Revelation.
| The letter to Ephesus, the first of the seven churches in the book of Revelation.
| Speaker: Pastor Dave Bootsma.
The first episode of the Revelation series.
Revelation 1:1-5.
Pastor: Dave Bootsma
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