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This year I’ve been trying memorize some of the Psalms. I’ve been amazed by the depth of meaning that surfaces once they’re committed to memory. Psalm 103 is one of those Psalms. Our church spent four Sundays delving the riches of the famous call to, “Bless the Lord, O my soul.” As usual, you can [...]

This spring I went on a ten day canoe trip through the centre of Algonquin Park. During the trip I had a lot of time to reflect and pray. (Seriously, try ten days with no emails to reply to, no websites to check on, no phone messages to return, and no television to distract you!) [...]

Through the season of Lent, we considered five of the parables Jesus shared during that final week in Jerusalem. This is Jesus at his let-it-all-hang-out best. Gone are the days when he told people to keep quiet about being healed. These parables from Matthew are Jesus’ final and most direct words to his friends as [...]

Throughout the last few months of 2010, I felt the need to speak about Christian Character, or (as it’s traditionally been called) Virtue. Thus this series entitled, Heart-Work. What does it mean to grow up as believers? If we are saved by faith alone, why bother renovating our character? How does my life now relate [...]

Isaiah chapter 40 and onward was written while God’s people were in exile in Babylon. Their land was taken, their cities destroyed, their friends and loved ones killed and scattered. Still, the prophets had hope. In fact, they had more hope in exile than they did while they still lived in Jerusalem! One of those [...]

We tried something new this fall at WSPC. Over the summer months I solicited questions from the congregation about matters of faith. Then, in October and November, I condensed the questions into 7 messages. The results of our experiment are below. You can find individual write-ups along with the resources I used in each message [...]

I found a sermon today that’s so inspiring I had to share it. In it, N. T. Wright discusses the need to avoid imperialism and anti-imperialism. Instead, we need to walk along the border between heaven and earth, anticipating the day when the earth will again be filled with the knowledge of the glory of [...]

It’s been at interesting summer at Wellington Street Pentecostal Church. We’ve spent our Sundays going back to the basics of what the Christian life is all about. Now that the series has ended, I thought I’d collect all the messages in one post. You can find individual write-ups along with the resources I used in [...]

We just wrapped up another series of messages this past Sunday at my church. For the past seven weeks we’ve been looking at Paul’s letter to the Colossians. Here’s the messages in one convenient post. If you’d like, you can find the direct links on my Sermons page. I’m So Glad I’m a Part (Colossians [...]

We’ve spent the last three or four months at my church looking at the life of Elijah from start to (fiery) finish. I collected all the messages in this one post for the sake of convenience. You can find the download links to these messages on the Sermons page. You can find the original posts [...]