Lakeside Church

If you’ve ever thought of Jesus as gentle, meek, and mild, you may be shocked at how he throws it down with a bunch of religious people and exposes their true values. In today’s teaching, Jesus challenges what these religious elites claim they value and calls out how their meticulous rule-following is a cover-up for their moral bankruptcy. If you thought following Jesus is mostly about following rules, colouring inside the lines, and obedience, stay tuned as Pastor Robyn Elliott teaches on a text that actually says, following the rules is too easy and misses the point.

Resources: The Call to Conversion, Jim Wallis; God and Money: The Moral Challenges of Capitalism, Charles McDaniel; Christianity Incorporated, Michael Budde and Robert Brimlow, The Consuming Passion: Christianity and the Consuming Culture, Rodney Clapp, Ed.

Have you ever wondered what the point of life is? Maybe you've explored religion and felt like a life of "dos and don'ts" wasn't captivating enough, but what if you were created to use every ounce of talent you have to be part of something bigger than yourself? In this message, we eavesdrop on a conversation Jesus is having with his young interns (disciples), and the vision He paints for life is worth getting excited about!

Fear is a very human condition. In fact, healthy fear is necessary for our survival. But we are all haunted by fears of what could happen if … and the Bible speaks about not being afraid. So what’s up with that?! How can we not fear? And what do we do when we’re in a situation that paralyzes us with fear? Join us for this message as Pastor Robyn Elliott tackles this monster of fear, not with pithy platitudes and tidy methods, but with a rally cry — a prayer of desperation — an encounter with God.

Jesus gets in trouble for eating with the “wrong people,” and instead of apologizing or making excuses, he tells a few stories to flip the script and challenge the religious leaders’ system for wecloming people into community. In this message, Pastor Marc Gagnon shows that that while 2,000 years old, this parable serves to shows us that everyone is welcome at Jesus’ table, and that it’s about direction, not perfection.

How do we follow Jesus? Do we just say a prayer or agree to a set of beliefs? We don’t have to guess. Jesus actually told us how to do it, and it might be more shocking than you realize. The power systems of the world, and sometimes even the church, don’t like the way of Jesus. Join Pastor Robyn Elliott as we delve into some of Jesus’ more difficult teaching from Luke 14:25-35.

If you've been around church for any length of time, you might know a story from Luke 14 that Jesus tells, but doesn't really apply at face value. There is so much going on in this passage where Jesus reacts strongly to a system and structure built on keeping wealth and privilege fenced off, and invites us to rethink and rebuild our way of connecting with others.

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Have you ever worked really hard to get somewhere, only to realize, you were going the wrong way? And every bit of effort in the wrong direction took you further from where you wanted to go. In this message, Pastor Marc Gagnon walks us through a warning that Jesus gives to the religious leaders, that applies just as much to us today as it did back then, and if we miss it, there is a good chance we'll end up somewhere we never intended to be.

A Conversation About Sexuality Pt. 2 by Lakeside Church

What’s with the “dead guy bread?” That was a question posed from someone wondering about communion. Fair enough. It’s a GREAT question. One we probably haven’t really considered. We just do it because Jesus asked us to. But what’s at the heart of it? What does it mean and why do we do it? Hint: it has to do with why Jesus died and it may not be what you think. In this message, Pastor Robyn Elliott connects the dots between the old, obsolete covenant, Jesus’ new covenant, and our practice of communion.

If you grew up asking "Is ____ a sin?" there is a good chance you inherited a version of the Christian faith that was a product of doing exactly the opposite of what the earliest Jesus followers believed you should do. What if there was a better way, a simpler way, and more life-changing way? A way that feels more in line with the way we were created, which is not to live in response to rules, but to love!