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October 20, 2020 - Tuesday Bible Study: Galatians, Part 4

10/23/2020

October 12, 2020 - Groaning, Grace and Gratitude: a Sermon on the Ten Lepets

10/17/2020

Luke 17:11-17 (CLick to Read)
Preacher: Coralie Losier

It is in God’s character to show mercy. Jesus— as God in the flesh— perfectly manifests this aspect of God’s character. He does so in our gospel story (Luke 17:11-19) by restoring ten leapers who implore him for healing. However, out of the ten leapers who receive the gift of healing, only one of them returns to give thanks to Jesus. What can we learn from this one, Samaritan leaper about the importance of gratitude? This is what Coralie explores in her sermon today.

October 6, 2020 - Tuesday Bible Study: Galatians, Part 3

10/9/2020

Galatians 2:1-10 (Click to Read)
Preacher: Terence Chandra

Roughly two decades after his initial conversion experience, Paul travels to Jerusalem to meet with what he describes as “pillars” of the church— Peter, James and John, all Jewish Christians who were with Jesus from the very beginning. Here, Paul and the Jerusalem apostles discuss many important things. In the end, these pillars of the church give Paul the right hand of fellowship. This means that they recognized the validity of his calling as an apostle and affirmed that gospel message that he preached. The gospel message is this: that one is saved by the faith of Christ and NOT by obedience to Torah.

October 4, 2020 - GOd's Leadership Audit: A Sermon on the Parable of the Wicked Tenants

10/7/2020

Matthew 21:33-46 (Click to Read)
Preacher: Terence Chandra

In the Parable of the Wicked Tenants, Jesus likens Israel to a vineyard- a vineyard that is naturally expected to bear fruit. However, the "fruit" that this "vineyard" is supposed to bear isn't grapes. Rather, Israel has been called to bear the fruit of righteousness and peace.

But what if Israel's leadership- the Pharisees and the chief-priests- refuse to hand over this fruit? What will God, the owner of this "vineyard," do to them?

September 29, 2020 - Tuesday Bible Study: Galatians, Part 2

10/2/2020

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 - TUESDAY BIBLE STUDY: GALATIANS, PART 1

9/26/2020

September 20, 2020 - THe Unfairness of DIvine Love: A Sermon on Matthew 20:1-16

9/25/2020

Matthew 20:1-16 (Click to Read)
Preacher: Terence Chandra

We feel we’re being treated fairly when we get what we deserve. But what happens when we DON’T get what we deserve? What if there is no obvious payoff for all of our hard work? What if, despite all our laziness and failure, we’re still (to our astonishment) rewarded magnificently? None of this satisfies our innate sense of fairness. But, as we learn from Jesus’ Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, such is the nature of God’s divine love. It is, to our sensibilities, rather unfair. But that is the beauty of it.

September 15, 2020 - Tuesday Bible STudy: Galatians, Introduction

9/19/2020

Jesus was, of course, a Jew- the child of a pious Jewish couple who, in obedience to the customs of their people, had him circumcised on the eighth day. His first followers were all Jewish. The twelve disciples who formed his inner circle were all Jewish. The first explosive wave of growth that the early church experienced consisted entirely of Jewish converts.

In the first century, it was NOT seen as odd for a Jew to become a Christian. It WAS odd, however, for gentiles to become Christians- to walk away from the polytheism of their ancestors, embrace the God of the Jews and worship Jesus as the long-promised Jewish Messiah.

Should the new and rapidly growing church accept gentile converts? If so, under what conditions? These were some major issues that the early church had to struggle with. In Paul's Letter to the Galatians- the ninth book of the New Testament- the apostle tackles this issue head on.

Over the course of the next few weeks, we'll be taking a deep dive into this fascinating letter from the New Testament and, in the process, touching upon:

- Some interesting details of Paul's biography.
- How the early Christians understood the law of Moses.
- What salvation means and how one is saved.
- What part the Holy Spirit has to play in the life of the Christian.

September 13, 2020 - Mission Sunday: Guest speaker Steven Shantz from Trans World Radio (TWR)

9/19/2020

Matthew 28 (Click to Read)
Preacher: Steven Shantz

The good news of the Christian faith isn’t something for Christians to keep to themselves but, rather, something to be shared. Three times in Matthew 28, Christians are told to go out and tell others the good news of Jesus’ resurrection. Trans World Radio (TWR) is a Christian broadcasting organization that’s doing just this. Indeed, their very calling is “to reach the world for Jesus Christ by mass media so that lasting fruit is produced.” Today for Mission Sunday we welcome Steven Shantz, TWR’s Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the course of the next few minutes, he’ll give us some insight not only into his own ministry, but the vital ministry that TWR is engaged in.

September 6, 2020 - The Danger of Playing with CHainsaws: a Sermon on Matthew 18:15-20

9/10/2020

Matthew 18:15-20 (Click to Read)
Preacher: Terence Chandra

Jesus’ teaching from today’s reading in Matthew’s Gospel is a profoundly challenging teaching whose difficult subject matter is church discipline- in other words, how the church ought to go about disciplining her members who are found to be in sin. Over the years this teaching has often been misinterpreted and misapplied, the result being great suffering and harm. But, when it has been read and applied properly, it has brought tremendous healing. At the heart of Jesus’ teaching from Matthew 18:15-20 is this main idea: The church community has been empowered by Christ to deal with members who sin by engaging in a process of loving, communal discipline whose final aim is reconciliation. In this sermon, we will unpack this statement by taking a deeper look at Jesus’ teaching offered in Matthew 18:15-20.

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