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 […]

In 1 Corinthians 9, the Apostle Paul compares the Christian life to a marathon. In order to win the race, you have to know where you’re heading, keep focus, and train, so that at the end of life, we can obtain the prize. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing […]

The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant is perhaps the longest and most sustained engagement on the topic of forgiveness that you will find in all of the New Testament. Through it, we discover how forgiveness opens the door to life in God’s Kingdom, and how Jesus intends for us to live in God’s forgiveness, so […]

In Matthew 18, Jesus give his disciples a way to work through the conflict that will arise when people learning to embrace the Way of Jesus come together. 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 quality of our love for Jesus is revealed in the extent to which we care for the ‘little ones’ among and beyond us. In this message, we explore Jesus’s command to not look down on the little ones and to seek out those who wander from the fold of God. Cascades Church is a […]

Lest we forget! Psalm 103 gives us one of the most powerful descriptions of the character and nature of God that we encounter in the Psalms. This beautiful Hebrew poem of thanksgiving reveals to us the very being of a loving and merciful God. The psalmist uncovers the relationship between the Lord and limited humans, […]