Our friend Aaron White, of 24/7 Prayer, preaches on the power of the Lord’s Supper. From start to finish, Scripture is full of meals. Eating together is an incredibly intimate thing, and it is part of God’s plan for His children. But eating in disobedience (in the Garden) broke a series of relationships. Jesus’ Last […]

Alex preaches on Mary’s anointing of Jesus in Bethany. Mary’s extravagant act of devotion was misunderstood and criticized by those present. Yet Jesus defends her. Jesus loves what she does. Mary’s actions point to what He will do for us on the cross. Mary pours out her precious alabaster on Jesus but Jesus will pour […]

Our friend, Pastor Ryan Drennan of CA Church, preaches on Jesus’s words from the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 5:27-30, Jesus reinterprets the seventh commandment on the issue of adultery. He raises the listeners’ understanding of this commandment from mere behaviour modification and law-observance to a matter of the heart. Jesus illustrates that sexual […]

In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus outlines the way of being human. Jesus forbids us from ‘carrying’ anger. His disciples aren’t to be angry people, because in our anger we often strip people of their worth through our words, attitudes, and actions. Instead, Jesus calls his people to zealously pursue reconciliation with those we’ve […]

Jesus explains he’s come to fulfill the Law and Prophets, not abolish it, but what exactly does that mean? Jesus fulfilled it through his sacrificial obedience, explaining the deeper meaning behind the Law, and providing greater righteousness to all those who respond to His good news.

Jesus calls His people to embrace who He’s called us to be. After telling his disciples that anyone who follows Him will experience the same rejection He does, Jesus teaches his people about who they are using two metaphors. He uses to salt and light communicate the same idea: His disciples exist for good of […]

We look at the eighth and final Beatitude where Jesus ‘walks onto the stage’ and ties not only righteousness, but all of the Beatitudes to Himself. The Way of Jesus and His Kingdom is subversive to the dominant ways of being, doing, and speaking. Alex highlights how those who choose to follow Jesus to a […]

Aaron White of 24/7 Prayer Canada preaches from Matthew 5:9. He shares how the Beatitudes are Jesus’ progressive invitation into His life. He highlights how the peacemaker blessing is an identity to which we are all called and explains what it means to be called a child of God.

We become pure in heart by responding to Jesus’s invitation to come and follow Him. When we follow Jesus He begins to cleanse and restore our hearts. Alex then outlines 5 characteristics of the pure in heart.

Mercy is central to who Jesus is and what Jesus is all about. But what Jesus mean when he blesses the merciful? Alex looks at how mercy is at the core of God’s character and how when we embrace Jesus and His good news mercy begins to shape how we live and interact with others.