Sermons
How Do I Know I’m in God’s Will?
It was just another Tuesday morning. 115 passengers boarded their flight as passengers always do: they found their seats, stuffed their carry-ons into the overhead bins, half-listened to the safety demonstration, and settled in for the journey ahead. Nothing suggested that this flight would be remarkable in any particular way. Air Traffic Control saw the... Read More →
Are we Sabotaging the Church?
It was a gorgeous summer morning as a group of vacationers boarded a flight headed for Spain. The weather in England seemed to set the perfect tone for the day’s travel to the sunny beaches of the Costa del Sol. The flight took off without incident, climbing smoothly to cruising altitude. Thirteen minutes in, at... Read More →
Is ‘Your Truth’ Really True?
Does anyone remember an old TV show called Are You Afraid of the Dark? If you grew up in the ’90s, there’s a good chance this just unlocked a core memory. For those who missed it, it was basically The Twilight Zone for tweens: campfire stories, eerie music, just scary enough to keep you watching... Read More →
What If You’re the Part That’s Missing?
It was his turn to do the day’s maintenance. This was not any ordinary maintenance, however. This particular man was an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. And maintenance meant an EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity). His second of the week and something he was looking forward to. Like every other time he suited up, checked the... Read More →
What Does the Church Need Most?
The odds weren’t just in their favour—the bookmakers called it “unfair”. Before the tournament even began, the pundits and analysts said it would be a coronation rather than a competition. One headline even boasted, “Is there any point in the other teams even showing up?” This team had 3 future MVPs, multiple scoring champions, each... Read More →
What Is the Role of the Church in God’s Plan?
They had waited years for it. The coastline was infamous—jagged rocks just beneath the surface, unpredictable currents, ships torn open in storms or dashed to pieces on clear nights when the tide betrayed them. Everyone knew the stretch of water. Everyone feared it. So when construction finally began, it felt like hope. Stone by stone,... Read More →
What is Christian Unity?
I fancy myself something of a guitarist, and as such I have often found myself turning the radio up when an epic solo hits. All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix? Turn it up! Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd? Turn it up! Hotel California? Oh yeah. turn it up! But, you know, as I was... Read More →
How Does Salvation Work?
I want to tell you the story of a man named Barry. Barry was an engineer in Los Angeles. Then he lost his job. Then his home. The rest of his worldly possessions followed shortly thereafter. Drugs became an escape, and then an addiction—a chain that bound him to this new reality. Eventually Barry took... Read More →
Why Should Christians Live with Confidence?
In the fall of 1959, two men sat across a chessboard. One was Vasily Smyslov, former World Champion—calm, precise, a technical master. The other was Mikhail Tal, a 22-year-old Latvian genius nicknamed The Magician, famous for moves that left onlookers speechless. Smyslov—ever the pragmatist—opened with the well-worn Caro–Kann Defence. Tal followed the script for a... Read More →
What Does it Mean to be Sealed by the Holy Spirit?
I want to begin with the story of Anastasia. She was born to an unremarkable family in the Czech Republic. Eastern Europe has a proud heritage of musical excellence, and her mother—Nadia—had played a little violin as a girl. So, on Anastasia’s eighth birthday, she handed her daughter a small wooden case. By nine, Anastasia... Read More →
What is my Inheritance as a Christian?
There’s an old story about a small kingdom perched high on a mountain—though “mountain” may be generous. It was really a hill, just high enough to lift its people above the valley below. From that height they could see every road and river that ran through the farmland spread beneath them. The mountain folk lived... Read More →
Why Does God Want Us to Praise Him?
There was a season of my life where I worked as a web developer for an agency based out of Kamloops. And while I was there I got to work with some amazingly talented people. One in particular always stands out to me; her name was Lea, and she was one of the greatest designers... Read More →