Sermons from 2016 (Page 6)

Do All to the Glory of God

With all the discussions about rights, what about our responsibility to glorify God? What we see from this text is that everything we do is to be done for the glory of God. That is, our actions are to serve others, further the gospel, and honor our Lord. This is a mandate for every single believer.

Alberta Ed’s LGBTQ Guidelines

The new school guidelines will surprise you. Be informed of what they contain and make your voice heard. For a copy of the guidelines, see here: https://education.alberta.ca/media/1626737/91383-attachment-1-guidelines-final.pdf For a copy of Alberta’s GSA manual, see here: http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Human-Rights-Issues/PD-80-6_GSA-QSAGuide2015_Web.pdf Also, during the presentation a number of evidences against these LGBTQ policies that are not factored into these guidelines or told to the children are listed here: American Psychiatric Association (APA) continues to list transgenderism or more accurately gender dysphoria as a psychiatric…

Learning from the Past

If we fail to take the lessons from the past and learn from them, we’ll be prone to repeat the same mistakes. In this passage, failing to learn from the past could mean facing God’s eternal judgment. In a stern warning and urging to live the Christian life like an Olympic athlete, this passage is a call for us to flee from the false worship and religions of our day and to pursue the heavenly prize of the glory of…

Biblical Reflections on Public Education

With the recent changes to the Alberta School Act and the Alberta Human Rights Act new policies are making their way into our schools. How should Christian’s respond to the push to make the LGBTQ movement a normal and celebrated part of our schools? The following message may be shocking to you but please carefully consider the passages mentioned (see attached). How are you going to obey them? Watch or listen and consider that for centuries Christian leaders have been…

Rights and the Gospel

As Paul discusses giving up rights for the sake of Christian brethren, he looks at his own example when it comes to the gospel. As a man who’s been transformed by the grace of God he gives up his rights or what he could rightful demand or claim so that the gospel can go forth unhindered. We look at this important text together and then draw 7 principles that apply to our own evangelism.

The God Who Upholds

Just how in control is God? How does he govern this universe? Does he allow secondary causes (laws of nature) run their course or is he more involved? What we see is that God unholds, governs, and sustains every single particle in his universe for his own glory. This is our God!

Use Your Knowledge to Build Up

Should Christians drink alcohol? That’s the broad question that is asked. What we see in this text is that knowledge of God must manifest itself in love, and this love is best displayed in self sacrifice. That is the example of Jesus Christ in the gospel. The love of God not only excludes practicing idolatry but also demands giving up one’s right or privilege for the sake of the brethren. This speaks to many issues in the church today. Certainly…

The God Who Decrees

God’s decree is effective, eternal, not based on foreknowledge, and includes every single detail. The Scriptures are clear on these points yet raise in our minds serious questions? Does God really ordain all that comes to pass, including evil? Does God destine some people for hell? How can we be responsible? These are important questions to consider as we grow in our knowledge of God.

The God Who Creates

“For [God’s] invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made” (Romans 1:20). Certainly this statement from Scripture is true. We see God’s wisdom and power in his creatures, in nature and in our universe. It is plain to all and invokes in every single human being a sense of awe and wonder. This awe and wonder is designed to bring forth…

Glorifying God in Singleness (Part 2)

In this passage we examine the reasons why the apostle Paul would counsel virgins to remain unmarried. This Holy Spirit inspired counsel is valuable for us today as we make decisions in light of the principles of Scripture.

Live as You Are Called

Glorifying God doesn’t mean that you have to change your circumstance, your ethnic status or your social status. You can glorify God just as you are by loving him and doing what he says.