Advent declares to us that God, out His great love for us, has come to us and become one of us in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more […]

The story of Christmas reminds us that Jesus birth was an arrival of peace on earth. Our longing for peace is met in person and work of Jesus the Christ. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to […]

The Christmas season teaches us how to wait and what to wait for, and in Luke 2, Simeon shows us that Christian hope is a Spirit-empowered anticipation of future good rooted in the person and promises of God. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed […]

Daniel 7 highlights a pattern about life during exile and a promise for life after exile. The pattern is clear: human kingdoms become beastly when they glorify their own power and redefine good and evil. But the promise is greater: one day God will remove all beastly kingdoms, and the Son of Man will receive […]

To live as a Creative Minority is to take up a counter-cultural mission. In Daniel 6, Daniel shows us how — by treating our work and character as part of God’s call, by discerning truth from distortion in our culture, and by making our homes in God through prayer. Cascades Church is a church in […]

Pride distorts — it elevates us above God and leaves us unable to relate rightly to Him or to others. In Daniel 4, God humbles King Nebuchadnezzar and uses Daniel to reveal His truth and grace through two vital postures: compassion and courage. If we’re going to live as a creative minority in our day, […]

Everyone worships. The question is what we will give our ultimate attention and affection to. In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego remind us that no matter the cost, God alone is worthy of our worship and He alone is able to deliver us. Their encounter with God also teaches us that what we elevate […]

How can we influence a culture often at odds with God’s ways while remaining faithful to God? In Daniel 2, we look at how Daniel’s dependence on God’s wisdom leads to him to compassionately advocate for his enemies and proclaim to King Nebuchadnezzar God’s triumphant, coming, and eternal kingdom. These practices vital to be being […]

How do we follow Jesus faithfully as a minority in a culture whose values are at times alien or even hostile to the way of Jesus? In this message we examine Daniel 1 exploring how Daniel and his friends lived as creative minorities — neither withdrawing from Babylon nor compromising with it — but resolving […]

In this message, we look at Jesus’ parable on the rich farmer in Luke 12:13-34. He invites his followers to forget about building bigger barns and instead choose to be generous to those in need. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow […]