How many times must a Christian forgive someone who fails them? Jesus tells us that we must always forgive and that forgiveness from God is contingent on our willingness to forgive others. He tells a parable about an unmerciful servant to drive the point home. In this week's sermon, we look at why offering forgiveness…

The church is both diverse and a family, so resolving conflicts is a crucial part of its life. In this sermon, we examine Jesus' instructions for conflict resolution and church discipline.

Even Jesus' closest followers have a hard time of getting their heads around his vision of what it means to be Messiah. They think they're following a conquering king, but instead, he tells them he's going to Jerusalem to die, and that his disciples need to pick up their crosses and follow. To follow Jesus…

In the storm, Jesus reveals himself to be God with us in danger and chaos. Peter shows us the way of the disciple walking with God by faith, even when it means abandoning our comfort zone and willingly walking into the storm.

A common question among Christians is what is God's Kingdom like? In 5 short parables, Jesus tells his followers three important truths about God's Kingdom: 1) The Kingdom starts in small and unexpected ways; 2) The Kingdom is a great treasure worth sacrificing for and, 3) while everyone is invited, not everyone enters the kingdom.

Jacob's dream at Bethel of angels ascending and descending the ladder draws his eyes to heaven, where he sees God and hears his promises and then back to earth which he can see differently because of his encounter with God. For Christians, God calls our eyes heavenward, to contemplate the promises he makes to us,…

Jesus tells his followers that while God gives his grace liberally, he doesn't do so casually. He has expectations. If we hear the words but don't allow them to penetrate our hearts, or if our other commitments get in the way, his grace won't have its full effect on our lives. But if we take…

It would be easy to believe as modern Westerners that we're not subject to the temptation of idolatry. We don't bow down to little statues, but we do seek ultimate fulfillment from things that are created rather than from our creator. This is idolatry. God opposes idolatry because he loves us and wants what is…

In asking Abraham to sacrifice Isaac and then stopping him, God isn't trying to torture Abraham but to show him he's not like the other gods Abraham has worshipped. God reveals himself to us in a way that is countercultural, but we have to choose to see him as he reveals himself, not as our…

Christians find themselves in a conflict between the flesh--the impulse that moves us towards selfish and destructive behaviours--and the Spirit--that leads us in the direction of other-oriented love. Living by the Flesh destroys the bonds of our community while living by the spirit leads to a transformed life.

In Galatians 3, Paul talks about the point of the law. It's good, but not perfect because it can never save people from their own sinfulness. At the same time, there's an apparent contradiction between what Paul says about the Law and what Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount. We'll look at how…

Paul's character and gospel are under attack from critics in the church. At stake is whether people can be Christians without also converting to a form of cultural Judaism. While the issue of whether someone needs to be Jewish to be a Christian isn't an active one in the church these days, it shows us…