Date: January 7, 2024

Scripture: 1 Samuel 11, 12

Teacher: Mike Mileski

It seems like each time a prominent Christian leader has a moral failure, someone rationalizes it by saying "Well we're all sinners - just look at David!" or "God can use anyone - just look at David!"

In this message - the first in a series on reconciled relationships - we indeed "look at David" and his actions toward Bathsheba, and Uriah.

It turns out this story doesn't teach what you might think it does. It's NOT a story about what God is willing to overlook, but a story about sin and its very serious consequences.

#sin, #kingdavid, #bathsheba, #uriah, #moralfailures, #thechurch, #jesus

Date: December 10, 2023

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Teacher: Trevor Seath

Jesus offers a peace that makes absolutely no sense, except it's real. With all that's going on in the world, and in your life, can you really afford to ignore His offer of peace?

#peace, #princeofpeace, #church, #jesus, #theGospel

Date: December 17, 2023

Scripture: Luke 2:21-39

Teacher: Elias Dummer

Where does joy come from? In this message, Elias shares how joy isn't a feeling to wait for; it's a decision to rebel against what is. Joy is a subversive choice to practice the way of Jesus: sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.

#joy, #advent, #christmas, #jesus, #theGospel, #bethechurch

Date: December 3, 2023

Scripture: Various

Teacher: Lane Fusilier

The church calendar begins with Advent, and Advent begins with hope. This week our friend Lane Fusilier leads us through the promises of Scripture to show that Jesus is the answer to the world's hopes and longings to know that it won't always be this way. Do you know that hope? Do you want it?

#hope, #jesus, #advent, #nativity, #promisesofGod

Date: November 26, 2023

Scripture: the Book of Daniel (reveiw)

Teacher: Mike Mileski

The Prophet Daniel believed that everything that happened before and during his lifetime, and everything that would follow him, was part of God's sovereign plan. Daniel's life is full of these 'sovereignty stories' - and so is yours!

In this message we share the good, reassuring news that the one true God is also absolutely, unstoppably, sovereign.

#sovereignty, #Daniel, #Jesus, #Gospel, #prophecy, #prophets, #SovereignGrace, #providence

Date: November 19, 2023

Scripture: Daniel 10

Teacher: Mike Mileski

What are we meant to think (and do) about spiritual warfare? The Bible has much to say about the reality and actions of angels, demons, and the devil, and we do well to avoid two equal mistakes: (a) to bury our heads in the sand, or (b) to become obsessed with spiritual warfare.

In this message we shared several helpful lessons that prepare us to live in a world where invisible warfare rages all around (and sometimes within) us.

#Jesus, #warfare, #spiritualwarfare, #TheCross, #ScrewtapeLetters, #angels, #demons, #Satan, #TheGospel

Date: November 12, 2023

Scripture: Daniel 6

Teacher: Mike Mileski

What's your saving faith in? Possessions? Achievements? Friends? Your good looks? We all trust in something. Daniel's saving faith was in God, and in this story, it looks like God rewards Daniel's faith by rescuing him from the lions.

We who live here in our own Babylon know that God doesn't always rescue us, no matter how much we pray, read our Bible, or go to church. So if saving faith doesn't expect to be rescued, WHAT DOES SAVING FAITH BELIEVE?

#faith, #lions, #lionsden, #daniel, #thecross, #savingfaith #jesus

Date: November 5, 2023

Scripture: Daniel 4, 5

Teacher: Mike Mileski

When we think about the relationship between the Church and the culture, we're sometimes tempted to say too much - like we're a Christian nation - or too little, by burying our heads in the sand.

What's our responsibility to the culture, and its kings? What's fair for 'them' to ask of 'us'? In this message we study two kings: Nebuchadnezzar who goes full Beast Mode, and Belshazzar, for whom the writing was on the wall. Daniel blessed them in surprising ways.

When our moment comes to speak the truth to a listening world, will we?

#Gospel, #theChurch, #HamOnt, #OldTestament, #Daniel, #Trump, #Canada,

Date: October 22, 2023

Scripture: Daniel 3

Teacher: Mike Mileski

We'll all experience times when we're expected - by lawmakers, employers, neighbours, or by the culture - to say things we can't say, do things we can't do, and participate in things that seem wrong. What'll we do when the king expects us to ignore our conscience and bow down anyway?

The famous story of Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego is a great lesson in why, when, and how civil disobedience ought to take place. But before we do, we'll want to settle in our minds once and for all that "It's just a furnace."

In this message, we share three questions to ask *before* we're expected to bow down, so we'll make an informed decision when the moment arrives.

#nojusticenopeace, #civildisobedience, #theGospel, #pandemic, #Covid19

Date: October 15, 2023

Scripture: Daniel ch's 2, 7

Teacher: Mike Mileski

There are times in Exile when the truth we need to tell isn't welcome, popular, or safe. Where do truth tellers come from? In this message we uncover four marks of a truth-teller, and the part each of us has to play in God's recurring dream!

#TheGospel, #Exile, #Truth, #TruthTellers, #Fear, #Prayer, #Compassion, #SoundDoctrine, #Church, #Daniel, #Empire