Have you ever done something you swore you'd never do? So did apostle Peter. It's not hard to imagine the shame he must have felt and the the utter certainty that he was a failure of a human being. But when he encounters the risen Christ, after denying his Lord three times and crumbling under pressure, what does he do? He dives right into the sea and swims headlong right into Jesus' arms. Jesus calls Peter to Himself, despite Peters utter failure, despite the betrayal and despite his self loathing and shame. Peter had spent years with Jesus, following Him, learning about Him and watching how He treated those around Him. Peter knew that he would be accepted and loved and forgiven. Peters actions prove that Jesus was a sure and steady anchor and we can rest in the knowledge that no matter what we have done, Jesus stands ready to forgive and redeem us too.

Here was the Mary who had been possessed by seven demons. The one whose uncontrolled, demonic rage had made her an outcast and an object of scorn and fear. Here she was, a woman whose fragile heart had been broken yet again because the one who told her He'd never leave her, was indeed gone. He'd died on a criminals cross and there was nothing she could do about it. But here was Mary, her eyes widening in disbelief and her soul screaming out in joy and unparallelled relief as her Saviour stood in front of her. Here she was, a woman, who had no social standing, no future and past regrets that threatened to drown her once again. Here she was, clinging to the Lord, her finger nails digging into His flesh (His flesh!) where three days earlier iron nails had been pierced through that very same flesh.

As He gently told her to go spread the news that He had Risen, all of her grief begain to shed through the tears and sweat that ran down her face as she went to tell her fellow disciples. Here she was, just a woman, just Mary, and Jesus Christ knew her by her name and chose HER.

In this incredible story of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, we learn that all is not as it seems. While the crowd was looking towards this outcast of a man to save them from Roman rule, shouting "Hosanna!" and laying their clothes at His feet, Jesus was preparing Himself for what was to come - His ultimate rescue mission. A mission that was far from addressing the immediate concerns of the people, yet it addressed the deepest concern they didn't even know they had. The salvation of their very souls.

Join us this week as we walk through John 12:12-19 together and ask the question: if you knew Jesus wasn't going to give you everything your really wanted, would you still worship him?

This week, Pastor Paul unpacks John 12:1-8 and we see how Mary, sister of Lazarus, responds to her encounters with Jesus Christ.

In this encounter with Jesus, we see one of the most beautiful descriptions of who Jesus is and how He relates to us as hurting, broken human beings. We have a warrior and a protector who gives us eternal life and a man who weeps with us in the meantime. Tune in this week as Pastor Paul unpacks John 11:17-44 and witness how Jesus rages against death itself and how He is our ultimate comfort and hope in the face of tragedy and loss.

Many people today will say that our culture has moved "beyond" Christianity. That we know better than we did "back then." In the west, our pursuit of scientific exploration and our material wealth has lulled us into a false sense of security. We've figured it out. We were blind, but now we see. But Jesus Christ is telling us that unless we see Him as our saviour, we are just as blind as the man we meet in John 9. Join us today as we walk through the entire chapter of John 9 and we learn how Jesus opens our eyes to the one who truly holds all power and deserves all glory: Himself.

What is freedom, really? We're all enslaved to something - our mortgages, our desires for marriage, the approval of our bosses or our children. Jesus calls us to true freedom. Freedom that untethers our souls from the sinful servitude to the idols in our lives. When we serve Him, we're free from the relentless pursuit of things that will simply not satisfy our perpetual need to be filled. This week Josiah Ling joins us as we walk through John 8:31-47 together and learn what it means to serve and Jesus in true freedom.

We don't get very many glimpses into the early life of Jesus, but John 7:1-9 gives us an interesting peek into Jesus' earthly family, specifically His brothers. Being a brother of Jesus must have been pretty strange. Most people thought Jesus was a nice guy, but kind of weird, and they didn't know what to make of Him. Certainly very few of them believed He was the true Messiah and Jesus' brothers were no different.

Believing in Jesus as Lord is an act of the Holy Spirit, and without it, our hearts are subject to all sorts of misconceptions. Some of them seem benign (Jesus was a good man, a prophet, but not my style) and some of them are more serious (Jesus didn't exist, God is dead, this bible stuff is all a bunch of harmful fairytales).

This week, Pastor Paul unpacks John 7:1-9 and the subject of unbelief and how there is no inbetween with Jesus - you either fully believe in Him, or you don't.

This week, we are reminded that Jesus welcomes us with open arms but we need to make sure our hearts are postured in the right way or we run the risk of becoming false Christians. It's okay to come to the Lord with our wants, needs and weaknesses, but if we start seeing Him as simply a means to our own end, it can lead us down the wrong path. The folks we meet in John 6:22-35 were looking for breakfast, but Jesus calls them out on it - He knew they only wanted Him for His miracles and what He could do for them. Not for what He really came to do, which was to lead their souls to eternal life and eternal satisfaction.

In this encounter with Jesus, we see Jesus healing a man who has been paralyzed for 38 years. It's easy to lose sight of the true miracle in this encounter because how amazing would it be to see this guy walking on by with his mat after all those years of misery and pain? But Jesus doesn't heal the man simply because He has the power to do so. He heals Him so that we might see the greater healing that needed to be done - the healing on this man's soul.

We don't know what he was doing to cause Jesus to remind him to stop sinning, but we do know that even despite his miraculous healing, the mans heart had still not been cleansed of the sin that was truly making him paralyzed. It's a funny thing, the human heart, and we can sometimes cling to the sin that bogs us down - the devil you know, right? Join us this week as we unpack John 5:1-18 and gain even more insight on the mission that Jesus was on while here on earth.