
A High-carb Diet
Carbohydrates are said to be bad for you. (Of course, anything can kill you, if you believe what you read!) But in this message, we learn that the carbs we really need most...

Seal of Approval
In a consumer society, it can be hard to separate our consumer-ness from our faith, but it’s easy to follow the sizzle rather than the steak. In this message, based on John 6.22-27, we look...

The Dead Will Rise
“What happens after we die?” It’s a question not often enough asked. There is much mystery to life beyond this life, but the Bible does address it in many places. In our passage for today,...

Here comes the judge
Jesus is equal to God. Jesus is sovereign over life. Jesus is Judge. The second section of John 5 deals with some foundational theological issues that deserve our attention. This message starts with the first...

Sin and Sabbath
There are varying opinions among followers of Jesus as to what one should do with the concept of Sabbath. In John 5.1-15, we see the Sabbath Police at work, and Jesus connection sin and sickness. What...

Unless You See…
God is at work, even when we cannot see: Leave it to God, and labour on. That’s the big idea in this final message on John 4, from verses 43-54, which we looked at this...
in Evangelism

Word of Mouth
If we don’t tell people about Jesus, how will they know? That’s the thrust of this message, in which we look at why we don’t share our faith, and why we should. You can watch...

Kids mimic what we model
Today was children’s Sunday at St. Paul’s Church, Nobleton – the kids and youth led much of our worship. I shared a brief message from John 4.31-38 that helped us understand what it means when we appreciate...

Spirit and Truth
Jesus tells the Samaritan woman at the well that the time would come when people would worship the Father in spirit and in truth. What does that mean? That’s what we explore in this message...

Resistance
One of the realities of human existence that is taught to us in the story of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4.16-20 is that when confronted with uncomfortable questions, we often...