Purpose-driven for God
Our text for today comes from the well-known section of St. Matthew’s gospel which is commonly known as the Sermon on the Mount. For a start, this is a bit […]
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Rev. Chris Davis
God’s Exclusive Club
Last week we reflected from Psalm 27 about finding our safety in God in a time when there is much happening around us to feel particularly insecure and unsafe. Today
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Safety in God
We live in a world where there is much happening around us to make us feel insecure and unsafe. For each of us, different situations or happenings cause different feelings
Bringing Others to Jesus
The gospel of John gives a different account from the Synoptic gospels about the calling of Jesus’ first disciples. It is accepted by all of the gospels that Peter and
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Is Your Life Pleasing to God?
All three Synoptic Gospels, that is to say Matthew, Mark and Luke record a version of the event known to us as the Baptism of Jesus. John mentions the ministry
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God Welcomes All Through Christ
In the Christian Church year today is recognized as the Sunday before Epiphany or Epiphany Sunday. What is Epiphany? The word epiphany actually means manifestation or a sudden revelation. Other
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Christ as a Refugee
At this time of year many people all over the world are still engrossed in the hype surrounding Christmas and are slowly, perhaps sorrowfully putting away the decorations and the
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Live a Life in Preparation for God’s Coming
Paul’s letter to Titus may not seem at first glance the ideal place to go for a message about Christmas. After all there is no mention in it about Jesus’
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In Need of a Saviour
Today, the sermon is simply based on the theme of Joy following the order for each Sunday of Advent. In this light, there are few passages as fitting as the
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A New Day Has come. Let’s Embrace It!
Most scholars agree that the writings that comprise the first half of the book of Isaiah are genuinely his writings. Beyond that there are disagreements about the extent to which
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Who is Your King?
Today is an especially important day in the life of the Christian body that we commonly call the Church. It is called ‘Reign of Christ Sunday’ in most Christian denominations
Lessons for All Children
In the United Church of Canada, this date the third Sunday of November is always recognised as Children’s Sunday though not all congregations may highlight this in their worship. The
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