Tag: holy week
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The Fight’s Been Fixed
People are getting fed up with shallow faith. They are also living in a world of increasing pain and instability. What’s to be done? God’s people need to re-ground themselves in the victory of the risen Christ. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode), explains Luke 24:1-49. Look around at the world. Fear not.…
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Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
If you take away the cross, you take away everything. As Jesus hung there, having been tortured, mocked and crucified, he uttered 7 phrases. In this sermon (also released as a podcast episode), we look at Christ’s eternal word of forgiveness in Luke 23:34. What if Jesus was speaking a word from the cross to…
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There Is No Version of God’s Plan For Your Life Without This (Luke 19:28-48)
What is God’s plan for my life, and how do I navigate through these problems I’m facing? The events of the first Palm Sunday provide more help than we realize. This sermon (also released as a podcast episode) unpacks Luke 19:28-48, and is an invitation to consider the true Kingship of Jesus in a new…
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Tradition or Traditionalism [Sermon]
Healthy traditions give life. Unhealthy traditionalism doesn’t. One is the “living faith of the dead,” the other is the “dead faith of the living.” This sermon from Palm Sunday on Psalm 118 explores the difference and how God-honouring traditions can stabilize us in a world that feels increasingly chaotic.
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Hope Through Hardship – an Easter conversation with Jennifer Harris and Julie Cunha
The episode is a conversation with Jennifer Harris and Julie Cunha at Westminster Church in Barrie on Easter. We talk about hope through hardship, and encourage you to also see the ways God works – even when life is hard.
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Fickle or Faithful [Sermon]
Crowds can be fickle. One day they’re yelling “Hosanna!” to Jesus and a few days later they’re crying “Crucify him!” Where are we in the mix? Are we fickle, or faithful? That’s what this Palm Sunday sermon explores with John 12:12-19, along with four practical helps toward faithfulness.
