Study guides
A multi-section guide for personal study, drawn from a single sermon, a whole series, or the documents that carry your church's theology.
What's a study guide? →Study guide · 1 Oct 2026
Rooted and Belonging: How the Gospel Answers Our Deepest Longing
Human beings carry a deep, restless longing for wholeness, belonging, and a life that truly satisfies—and our best attempts to meet that longing on our own terms always fall…
Read →Study guide · 6 Aug 2026
Walking Daily with Christ: How the Holy Spirit Helps You Resist Sin
God is not a solitary, distant ruler. He is one God eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — overflowing in love and drawing us into that love. This is the foundation…
Read →Study guide · 4 Aug 2026
Pray and Don't Lose Heart: Persevering Faith Between Two Advents
Christians live in a genuinely difficult in-between time — after Christ's first coming but before his return. Jesus knew this would be true of his disciples, and so in Luke 18:1–8…
Read →Study guide · 27 Jul 2026
Grounded in Hope: How the Promise of Eternal Life Shapes the Disciple's Life
The Bible's promise of eternal life is not merely a comfort for the dying — it is also a motivating reality that reshapes how disciples of Jesus live, serve, endure, and invest…
Read →Study guide · 23 Jul 2026
Sin, Faith, and Humble Service: Growing as Disciples in Luke 17:1–10
Jesus moves from teaching about wealth in Luke 16 into three urgent and deeply personal topics for his disciples: sin, faith, and humble service. These three subjects are not…
Read →Study guide · 20 Jul 2026
Still and Ready: Overcoming Anxiety Through Spiritual Disciplines and Discipleship
Anxiety and restlessness are not merely external pressures but flow from internal postures of pride and self-sufficiency that crowd out trust in God. Both Martha's distracted…
Read →Study guide · 8 Jul 2026
Treasure, Heart, and Eternity: A Study Guide Through Luke 16
Luke 16 can feel like a grab bag of disconnected parables and sayings, but across three weeks of preaching at Christ Church Kitsilano, Pastor Brant Van Roekel and guest preacher…
Read →Study guide · 14 May 2026
Consecrated and Sent: Jesus the Child in Luke 2
By presenting Jesus at the temple according to the Law, Mary and Joseph enact the declaration that this firstborn son belongs wholly to God — and Jesus' humble submission to that…
Read →Study guide · 14 May 2026
Set Apart and Sent: The Child Jesus as God's Consecrated Savior
Jesus enters the temple as one set apart — his parents' obedient presentation of him according to the Law of Moses frames him from the very beginning as holy to the Lord,…
Read →Study guide · 13 May 2026
Adopted and Assured: Finding Perseverance in God's Family
If you have recently trusted Jesus as your Savior, you may be asking a very honest question: Will this last? The pressures of life, the weight of past sin, and the uncertainty of…
Read →Study guide · 13 May 2026
Love Without Limits: Neighbour-Love and the Way of the Cross
What does it actually look like to love your neighbour when it costs you something? It is easy to love those who love us back — as one voice in these sermons notes, even our…
Read →Study guide · 13 May 2026
Unshaken: Thinking and Praying About Political Life Under King Jesus
Political headlines can arrive like a storm — protests, crackdowns, shifting powers, the sense that wickedness has the upper hand. It is easy, in that climate, for fear to quietly…
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