Guest Teacher this Weekend

This Sunday we are blessed to have guests visiting us from Southern California. Pastor Louie Monteith and his wife Cheryl oversee a ministry within Calvary Chapel that facilitates missionary work, and they have come all the long way up to Edmonton to be with us.

Pastor Louie will be teaching from Ezekiel 47:1-5 with a message titled "Go Deeper". We know that you will be encouraged and challenged to continue growing in your relationship with the Lord as we spend time in His Word meditating on this subject. And then join us for a potluck afterward!

Hebrews 3

Strong warnings and exhortation here for us. We have the witness of those in the past, recorded in the journeys of God's people, that we cannot neglect the work of salvation that God has wrought for us. The overarching message of the book of Hebrews is to keep Jesus front and centre in our lives. After all, if we drift away from Him, can we really say that we are his followers or that He is our Lord? Today is the day that we need to focus on our relationship with Him, and every day that is called "today".

Hebrews 2

There is no one like Jesus. He is the only one in history who has effected salvation Himself, condescending to mankind and sharing in our human experience to the fullest, even taking our penalty. Though we do not yet see the fullest culmination of God's plan, which is yet future, we see Jesus and His work, and what a beautiful sight He is to behold, as we look upon Him by faith through the Word of God.

Journey through the Bible: Hebrews

Having finished the book of Revelation, which exalts the person of Jesus Christ and His authority and His kingdom, we move into the book of Hebrews. This Sunday we will enter into the first chapter, where we will consider the nature of Jesus as God. The entire epistle of Hebrews is drawing our attention to the superiority of Jesus and our need to live with Him at the centre of our faith and focus. We are excited to be continuing our journey through the New Testament!

Revelation 20, part 2

Last week we covered the first half of Revelation 20 in-depth and the second half in a bit of an overview/preview. This Sunday we will be looking more closely at the remainder of the chapter and the judgment of Satan, as well as the Day of Reckoning before the throne of God.

For those who are on the Lord's side, there is no fear in judgment. As the apostle John wrote,  "...perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment", and that "love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment" (1 John 4).

These last few chapters of Revelation are filled to the brim and overflowing with hope and truth that brings great rejoicing!

Revelation 20 & Church Potluck

The twentieth chapter of Revelation is filled with contrasts. There is the amazing hope of the millennial reign of Christ; when all on earth will be in peace and harmony with God visibly in charge, reigning with the saints. And there is the detainment of the forces of evil, only to be released at the end, when more destruction and death result. There is the judgment of humanity, some to life and some to damnation. Depending on which side of Christ a person decides to be, the events in this chapter will either comfort or grate. 

Even as we celebrate the 150th year of Canada this weekend, may we look forward with expectant joy at the coming 1,000 years of Christ's dominion!

We will be sharing a potluck meal following the service, and everyone is encouraged to bring a food or dish from their country of origin or heritage. The creativity of God is expressed in all nations, and we have quite a sampling of world cultures in our fellowship, so come prepared to experience something new!

Revelation 19, part 2

This week we will be covering a portion of scripture which is fairly well-known. John records in the second half of chapter 19 the return of Christ! What a magnificent description this is of our Lord, and what a great hope that He will come to put things right! God has revealed these things to come that we can have comfort and hope.

Before Jesus went to the cross, He clearly told His disciples that He could be going to the Father and then come again to judge the world and set up His kingdom. Later John saw what Jesus had said, when He gave him this vision, our book of Revelation. We can have assurance in the return of our Lord, and praise Him for all His goodness and righteousness!