Look. Here's water. What's to prevent me from being baptized? When I was a teenager, I began to ask impertinent questions about religion. In this way, I was a pretty typical teenager. Once I approached a church-going relative and asked about Jesus. I was beginning to think there was more to this Jesus person than simply “Jesus-loves-me-this-I-know.” So I asked this relative of mine and he said, "Well, you just gotta love Jesus. If you don’t, you’ll go to hell!" I don’t blame my … [Read more...]
‘What would you do for the Gospel?’
“I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.” – 1 Corinthians 9:22b As many of you know I’m a little bit of a Blue Jays fan, but only just a little bit. Many weekends or weeknights during the summer if we’re not having a church event, you’ll find me down at the stadium with a friend or more likely one of my daughters enjoying a good ol’ fashioned game of baseball. I come by the love of the game honestly, both my grandmothers were avid baseball fans – one of whom … [Read more...]
Persistence – Sermon for August 13th
A sermon exploring the place of persistence and perseverance in a life of following Jesus - and the wonderful and unexpected fruit which can come of it. May you persist and persevere in your calling to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with this world. Blessings, Rev. Graham … [Read more...]
Sermon for July 2 – Pentecost 4
A sermon exploring the consistency between the Jesus we proclaim and the lives we live as disciples of Christ. May you and those you are with know the presence of Christ as you share the Good News of God and live lives shaped by that Good News. Blessings, Rev. Graham Audio and sermon notes available below … [Read more...]
Break Down these Walls
“If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?” – Acts 11:17 While I’m not typically an advocate in favour of skipping the Old Testament lesson on a Sunday morning, it is one of the pleasures of the Easter Season that we get to hear 9 weeks of readings from the book of Acts. Despite this consistency during the Easter Season, we nonetheless hear these lessons out of context. Last week we heard the story of Tabitha, and … [Read more...]
Same Ol’ Story
Today marks the beginning of our 9-month journey exploring the Grand Story of God and his kingdom. Join us as we come to Know the Story more deeply, Live the Story fully and Share the story widely. … [Read more...]
I’m a Believer
Is it possible to preach without words? A sermon exploring the inseparable connection between living a Gospel centered life and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. … [Read more...]
You Gotta Serve Somebody
Today we continue our Preaching series exploring the Book of Ephesians and the question "What is the Church?". This sermon explores what it means for the Church to be a servant of the Gospel, and how we as Grace Church can live into that. … [Read more...]