If God created a perfect world, then why do we experience the hardships and heartaches that are so common to modern life? In a word, the answer is "sin" - both the first sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and our continued sin. What may be even more impressive than God the Father's creative powers, though, is his compassion.

Listen to this week's sermon to hear how your Heavenly Father fixed the fall into sin.

There are few pictures of Jesus sweeter than as your Good Shepherd, but what makes it really beautiful is how he fends off danger with something as simple yet powerful as his voice.

Listen to this week's sermon to hear how your Good Shepherd keeps you safe and gives you life to the full.

Are you missing some hope? It's only been a couple weeks since Easter, but I bet it didn't take long for the excitement to fade in favour of life's daily to-dos and disappointments. Where do you go to find some hope again?

As the two disciples on the way to Emmaus learned, hope is closer than you think. In fact, hope is walking right beside you. Listen to this week's sermon to learn where to find this living hope—and how hope came to find you first.

The last time that Jesus was called a king, Jerusalem was stirred too. Herod was so outraged, he ordered the murder of all the baby boys in Bethlehem. Had it not been for divine intervention, Jesus wouldn't have lived to see the age of three.

30+ years later, Jesus is called a king again, and the results are eerily similar: the city is stirred, murderous plots arise - only, there would be no divine intervention this time... at least for Jesus.

But the story of Palm Sunday isn't about the ways that God kept his Son safe. It's the story of how God saved you. Listen to this week's sermon to gain even greater appreciation for the work your Humble King was willing to do for you.

What if? It's a question often asked in regret, out of fear... or after a close call. Asking it can even make us sweat when we consider just how narrowly we escaped utter disaster.

In Psalm 124, David asks us to imagine a terrifying alternate reality—and to remember who rescued us from it.

Death is the great equalizer. No one escapes it. It awaits us all. The question isn't what we should do about it, but how we can come to grips with it.

Jesus showed his glory on the day he raised Lazarus from the dead, which not only teaches us about his power over life and death, but also teaches us how we can approach death with joyful sadness.

Listen to this week's sermon to hear how you are often like Martha, and how you can be more like Jesus when you face death.

Are you happier as a Christian than you would be otherwise? Thanks to Jesus, yes! But are you also sadder as a Christian? That's probably true, too. Psalm 126 helps us understand why—and reminds us that God has a plan for our tears.

Where is God when bad things happen? Why do bad things happen at all?

Jesus gives an answer: "These things happened so that the works of God might be displayed."

Yet, far from being self-serving or aura-farming, these works are displayed not just to Jesus' glory but for your eternal good.

Listen to this week's sermon to see the Light of the World revealing the purpose for his coming.

There's a reason people say, "Don't make promises you can't keep." Because broken promises often lead to broken trust and broken relationships.

Have you kept all your promises to God? More importantly, has God kept all his promises to you?

The psalmist helps us answer the question: Can we count on God to keep his promises?

What would you want to drink after eating a cookie? How about after spending a day out in the winter cold? Or maybe (wishful thinking?) after an hour mowing the lawn in the heat of the summer? Not all thirst is created equal. There are specific things we crave to quench our various thirsts.

What do you crave when the consequences of your actions catch up to you? What do you crave when the circumstances of life are less than desirable? The craving isn't necessarily bad; the things we choose to quench it often can be.

Listen to this week's sermon to hear how Jesus quenches all our thirst in the only and best way possible.