When I lived in Moscow, Russia during my high school years, I had the chance to go on a school trip to the Ural Mountains for a week as part of Discovery Week at my school, which was a program designed for us to explore parts of Russia we wouldn’t normally see. The Urals aren’t a particularly high set of mountains, but they are the divide between Europe and Asia which is their claim to fame and as part of the trip we took a trip up on of the peaks of the mountain range. I’ve never been a huge … [Read more...]
Sin, Confession and Reconciliation – Wk. 4 Biblical Imagination Series
Our purpose today is to draw inspiration from Leviticus and imagine what Confession, Forgiveness and Reconciliation could look like. We read a representative part of chapter 4, but the full picture goes all the way to Lev6:7. These verses describe the Sin Offerings and Guilt Offerings. Let me start with a confession: I have always struggled with Prayer. For some of you, it comes easily; you have a strong ability to talk and listen to God. I envy you; it has never been easy for me. So I was … [Read more...]
Desire: Sermon for Easter 5 – May 14th, 2017
What do you pray for? Do you pray for everything you desire? A sermon on how prayer expands and enlarges our desire to encompass the life and love of God
Sweetest Devotion – Sermon on Acts 2:42-47
“They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” Acts 2:42 Have you ever been part of a really exciting and seemingly life-changing event? Have you been at the centre of a craze or a fad as it exploded to epic proportions? I wasn’t around for them, but I know that some of you experienced the power and fervor of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Crusades – the energy was electric, thousands of people renewing their faith, for many it was a … [Read more...]
Sweet Forgiveness
Today we conclude our four-week series, as part of the Story series, exploring the Lord's Prayer. Today we look at the clause what it means to pray "Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us." … [Read more...]
‘Til Kingdom Come
Today we continue our four-week series, as part of the Story series, exploring the Lord's Prayer. Today we look at the clause "Your Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." … [Read more...]
Oh, Father
Today we begin our four-week series, as part of the Story series, exploring the Lord's Prayer. Today we look at the Lord's Prayer as an example for the whole of our prayer life and what it means when we pray "Our Father in heaven, holy is your name." … [Read more...]
Livin’ on a Prayer
A sermon exploring prayer as the foundation of Christian ministry and the life of a Christian, but not the only part! May you be blessed this week and forever more, as you encounter the living God in prayer. … [Read more...]
Prayer – How to do it
Prayer is a good subject to think about in the season of Lent. Lent is a time to deepen your practice of faith, and prayer is the way to do that. Prayer often feels very introverted and private, but I want to suggest it pulls in and pushes out. Prayer is not about handing off to God things you want done for you. Rather it is about asking for help and guidance in something you want, yourself, to get done. … [Read more...]
On Faith and Family
This sermon is about what it means to be loved by God, to love God and in turn to love our families. I pray you might all come to know you re loved by God more fully today. … [Read more...]