Results

Intro: We are about to start the Christmas season. Barb and I just bought a Koala Christmas decoration this week. The shops want everyone thinking about lights, decorations, and gifts. Within churches we think of Christmas far differently. We know that Christmas is about the birth of our Saviour. Theme:…

Intro: It’s Christmas Eve! I hope you have plans to enjoy the holiday and all it brings. We know that the the secular world, and those in other religions do Christmas with different motives, focus and even aspirations of this holiday. For Christians, Christmas is a very special time of the year. I’m…

Intro: Our Christmas series thus far has covered several aspects of why our world needs our Saviour. Pastor Fil began to fill in the details of this Saviour with a look at the love of God. Then I preached an overarching message on peace. Last week Fill preached on the hope we have from our saviour. Today…

SERMON OUTLINE #4 WHY CALL HIM SAVIOR? The Glory of God’s Promise of a Savior How many of you struggled with coming up with a name for your newborn child? What is in a name? Choosing a name for your expected child takes months of discussions and research to find just the right name. In Biblical days,…

His Name is Jesus

Introduction Last week we attempted to give you a survey of the OT - the events that led up to the birth of Jesus to which we celebrate this time of year. The reason that we did that was to hopefully lay down a foundation for the Christmas story. We looked at the Creation - the Conquering We saw God’s…

Mighty God

The Authority 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Christ’s authority has been questioned most of His life. I hate it when people do that to me, and I imagine He did not enjoy that either. As a child who had been left in Jerusalem, Jesus had…

Matthew 2:1-12 Introduction: How has the path of your life been unfolding? As you have made your way through the many ups and downs that have brought you where you are today, the that last statement of the video is true! “The journey was always leading you to Jesus.” There is a wonder of joy waiting…

Introduction He has risen, he has risen indeed! This is the phrase we use each year, I wonder why we do not start each service with this. When I was in a ministry in Calgary, preaching every Sunday, I needed to supplement my income and God led me to become a tent maker. Not literally making tents, but…

Text: Judges 11 By: Samuel Lindsay Intro Greeting Judges Historical Context Judges is set against the backdrop of the continuing settlement and establishment of Israel in the Promised land. God had delivered them from Egypt and led them through the wilderness around the back of Moab and into the Promised…

Luke 2:1-21 Scene 1. Imagine a huge party being held on your birthday in your honour. There are presents and gifts and special speeches. More food and alcohol is consumed than at any other time of the year. Everyone considers the event so important that it is declared a public holiday. In fact it is…

Enough Bad News! It is now just one month since the bad news came through that there was a new variant of the Coronavirus we’re calling Omicron. The entire world has reacted with an awful mixture of dread, fatigue, and a collective… O no! here we go again! Two years of the breaking into our world by…

INTRODUCTION . MESSAGE . 1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also…

Hope for the lost. There is life in Giving, Death in taking away 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people,…

Titus 2:1–15 1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;…

Paul , a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching,…

We Rejoice Knowing We Have a Saviour Joy: Beneficial In Every Way Scientists have been studying the effect of laughter on human beings and have found, among other things, that laughter has a profound and instantaneous effect on virtually every important organ in the human body. Laughter reduces health-sapping…

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume. She poured it on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples saw it, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. “This might have been sold for…

The Saviour the world neeeds brings peace! It was prophisied, proclaimed and practiced.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;…

Introduction Merry Christmas Some prefer Happy Holidays Either greeting is meant to express a joy or happiness that comes with this season Some people love Christmas: love the lights & decorations & the food, love family gatherings ‘Merry Christmas’ indicates there is a joy that is innate to this season/celebration…

To the people living in great darkness, a Saviour is born, Ex 1:22- 2:10 ! The threats we face Maybe it was from growing up on a country property surrounded by other properties and attending a primary school also somewhat isolated from the world around us. Maybe it was partly just growing up in rural…

Evening 10th April 2022

Mark 14:32-41 INTRODUCTION: As we join Jesus and His men once again, they are in the midst of an eventful night. They have just finished the Instituting of the Lord’s Supper, vv. 12-26 . They left the room and made their way from Jerusalem down through the Kidron Valley to A Place Called Gethsemane .…