Jesus has a conversation one day with a man of great wealth. This man desires to know that he has eternal life, along with his riches and asks Jesus what he must do to inherit it. After a brief exchange, the man goes away sorrowful because he would...

We all have desires. We desire friendship. We desire love. We desire to make a contribution in life. We desire fun. We desire health. We desire our kids to have all these things. And we desire that our life would be long. None of these desires are...

If you watch much HGTV you have certainly come across the show "Fixxer Upper." In it, a husband and wife team rehab dilapidated homes, making them into amazing dream houses for their owners. I like the show because the transformations they...

Time magazine recently did a survey where they asked respondents how long they wanted to live. In the research they found that 77% of Americans wanted to live to 100 years old. Not surprising on the face of it but what did get the research team's...

On a beautiful April day in 2005 I proposed marriage to my girlfriend. We were in Washington D.C., the cherry blossoms were in full bloom and I asked THE question; Will you marry me? At that moment she had a choice. She could either say yes or no, and...

The book of Hebrews is written to a young church in Rome that is struggling to follow Jesus. They are facing persecution for their new found faith. Some in the congregation have concluded that going back to being a Jew is just as good as being a...

Our life is a series of choices. Some large and some small. Some that entail where to eat lunch and some that determine the trajectory of our life. We make these choices in line with who we follow. Either we follow the prevailing wisdom of the culture...

In today's message we look at the doctrine of the Trinity. Theology often seems a bit of a dry topic but it is how we lay the foundation of our faith. Our lives are therefore rooted in doctrine. In other words, what a person believes about God is...

Today we celebrate God's grace and faithfulness to our church. Five years ago we began Mission Church with a small Bible study in our living room and over the years God has been faithful to build a church on the foundation of the Gospel. Listen...

Last week we looked at Jesus' call to discipleship. We said that his call involves three elements: an invitation to relationship, a challenge to change and a mission to serve. This week we want to focus in on what that relationship we are invited...