October 13, 2019Speaker: Mike BurnsIf anyone has ever read through the Bible – or even read parts of the Bible from both the Old & New Testament – a nagging question usually arises: How can the God of the Old Testament be the same as the God of the New Testament? A quick glance could leave us viewing the OT …
I’m just asking…. is heaven real?
October 6, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellJohn 14.1-6Is Heaven real? Is there really an afterlife? We will address this question this week as the gatekeeper of the rest of our doubts. Should we join John Lennon and imagine there’s no heaven? Would that solve our problems or create new ones?
I’m just asking – Can we hope in the midst of doubt?
September 30, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellJob 19.25-27In the midst of Job’s great existential struggles for meaning and answers he has the profound clarity of the hope of life after life and certainty that he will see God in a physical existence. Can we hope in the midst of doubt?
I’m just asking – Is it OK to ask?
September 22, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellEach Sunday we are taking an “Alpha” approach to our teaching time as we explore our questions about life’s meaning. Join us as we piece together some topics of discussion and instruction and feed in your great questions!Question #1 Is it OK to ask? (Ecclesiastes 1.3)I once asked a difficult theological question of a mentor as we were …
The Introducers – 2
September 15, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellJohn 1:6-9The classic introducer in the stories of the Bible is someone that we meet with the simple words that “there was a man sent from God whose name was John.”Many of the Kingdom aspects of introduction are personified in this dramatic character. He was sent to bear witness of the Light. And his means of …
The Introducers
September 8, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellJohn 1:41-42Last Sunday we dispensed with “Inviters” in favour of a better word to describe our role as Christ’s Followers. As we continue to follow the example of Andrew we will find that this is precisely the role he assumed. Our role is not to invite people to something but to introduce them to someone. And …
Knowing God – The Jealous God (chapter 17)
August 25, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellExodus 20.5Can God be jealous? Is it like an exclusive relationship that has God looking nervously or suspiciously at someone moving in on his lover? Is he insecure? We have a hard time with this adjective “jealous” don’t we? What do we make of it?
Knowing God – The Goodness & Severity of God (chapter 16)
August 18, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellPsalms 107 & 145Are we ever beyond hope? Does anyone ever reach the limit and is found to be a write-off? If so it is a self imposed state and never can be ascribed to God. He is always ready to rescue.
Knowing God – The Wrath of God (chapter 15)
August 11, 2019Speaker: Mike BurnsThe wrath of God is not a popular subject these days. Though prominent in both the Old and New Testament, even Christians seem to want to play this subject down a little. Perhaps we find it difficult to reconcile God’s anger when we consider His message of love. Can the two be one in the same? …
Knowing God – God the Judge (chapter 14)
August 4, 2019Speaker: Ian CampbellJohn 5:22-24Packer wonders if we believe in God as Judge and says “speak to people of God as a Father, a friend, a helper, one who loves us despite all our weakness and folly and sin, and their faces light up.. but speak to them of God as Judge and they frown and shake their heads.” …