Sermons

Comfortably Numb

Well, good morning, everybody. My name's Conrad, I'm one of the pastors here. Um, it's always good when you can start off with the Pink Floyd cover in the morning. Amen. Um, yeah. Thank you. Introduction: The Pot Roast Story So, um, I want to start off with a story.…

Signpost on the Road to Nowhere

Intro Welcome! [[[ BABYLON BEE ]]] Passage — Mark 1:40–45 40 Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said. 41 Moved with indignation, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I…

An Evidential Gospel

Greeting and Introduction Well, good morning. Oh, I skipped it. I should go back. I'm Pastor Conrad. Hello? Thank you. Thank you, Tanya, Kim and Graham, and everyone else, I guess, as well. So I don't know if you remember when I first introduced the book of Mark, which we…

Finding Yourself

Greeting and Introduction Well, good morning, everybody. My name's Conrad. I'm one of the pastors here at Surrey CLA. It is nice to be with you this morning. So, time for honesty. Who was second screening during the intro video? You guys know what that is? It's when you have…

Take Care of Your Tools

Intro Good morning, my name is Conrad, I’m one of the pastors here. And today, I’d like to talk about my Dad. We lost him to cancer 8 years ago this past October at the age of just 55. But in the brief time that he had on this terrestrial…

Into The Wilderness

Prologue Good morning, my name is Conrad and I’m one of the pastors here at Surrey CLA. How many people in the room this morning are familiar with the idea of “wandering in the wilderness”? Typically when we talk about wandering in the wilderness, we are referring to something like…

Foreshadow

Intro Halloween Safety is what makes fear fun -> in the pocket Scripture 13 So Boaz married Ruth and slept with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son. The village women said to Naomi, “May the Lord be praised because he has not…

Beautiful Mess

Intro [ MYTHBUSTERS - STILL ] [ MYTHBUSTERS - IDIOM HISTORY ] Passage Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the…

Hurts So Good

The Intro [ Parent Saves Video ] It’s always fun to watch these videos, isn’t it? When I was looking these up, my kids gathered around to watch and we all ooh’d and ahh’d and laughed and gasped and good times were had by all. But that parental instinct is…

What Are You Waiting For?

The Hook I’ve often talked about my love of baseball, and that has rubbed off on my boys. Teddy is just starting competitive baseball – where runs and outs are actually recorded – next spring. But Jonas started this past spring with Spring Ball, then immediately followed it up with…

Dust in the Wind

The Hook High School english class. Just the thought of it conjures up images of Ben Stein from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or The Wonder Years. But despite my general lack of interest in learning the nuances of the language I spoke every day, I still discovered some works that…

Have a Little Faith

INTRO STORY You know, I was a youth pastor for many years, and had a number of wonderful, memorable students over that time. For a season during seminary I ran both the senior (grade 8–12) and junior (grade 5–8) youth ministries. I had no adult leaders during this time. So…