Sermon synopsis · 12 Jan 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 2:22-40
12 January 2025 The sermon says Luke 2 helps people correct their expectations about Jesus. Through Simeon and Anna, it shows that Jesus is not an imagined Savior who simply fits…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 19 Jan 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 2:40-52
19 January 2025 The sermon reflects on Jesus in Luke 2 as both fully human and fully divine. It emphasizes that Jesus truly grew up like any person—learning, maturing, obeying his…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 10 Mar 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 5:1-11
10 March 2025 The sermon says that following Jesus is costly, but it is never ultimately a loss. Through Luke’s story of the miraculous catch of fish, the pastor shows that Jesus’…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 23 Mar 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 5:27-39
23 March 2025 The sermon centers on Jesus’ call of Levi, a tax collector, to show that Jesus came not for the self-satisfied but for people who know they are spiritually needy.…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 6 Apr 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 6:12-26
6 April 2025 The sermon presents Jesus’ kingdom as something that can feel upside down but is actually the truest picture of reality. It highlights Jesus praying before choosing…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 13 Apr 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 6:27-36
13 April 2025 The sermon centers on Jesus’ call in Luke 6 to love enemies, refuse retaliation, and give generously without expecting anything in return. The pastor emphasizes how…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 5 May 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 6:43-49
5 May 2025 The sermon closes Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain by focusing on two images: trees and their fruit, and houses with different foundations. Its main message is that Jesus…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 21 Sep 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 9:1-17
21 September 2025 The sermon centers on Luke 9 and says followers of Jesus should expect three things from their King: he sends his people out to share his kingdom, he unsettles…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 29 Sep 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 9:18-27
29 September 2025 The sermon centers on Jesus’ question, “Who do you say I am?” and presents him as the true Messiah who did not come to win by worldly power, but by suffering,…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 6 Oct 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 9:28-36
6 October 2025 The sermon reflects on Jesus’ transfiguration as a moment when his true glory is briefly revealed to the disciples. It explains that Jesus is shown to be greater…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 26 Oct 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 9:57-62
26 October 2025 The sermon centers on Jesus’ words, “Do not let your hearts be troubled,” as deep comfort for people living in a world marked by change, loss, and death. Drawing…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 2 Nov 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 10:1-20
2 November 2025 The sermon says that Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection changed history in a way that should reshape how people live. In Luke 10, Jesus sends out the seventy-two…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 17 Nov 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 10:25-37
17 November 2025 In this sermon on the Good Samaritan, the pastor says Jesus uses the lawyer’s question about eternal life to expose a deeper problem: people may talk about loving…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 23 Nov 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 10:38-42
23 November 2025 The sermon reflects on the story of Martha and Mary as a lesson about how to receive Jesus rightly. It argues that the passage is not a simple contrast between…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 15 Mar 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 12:35-48
15 March 2026 The sermon centers on Jesus’ call in Luke 12 to live ready for his return. Using the image of servants waiting attentively for their master, it says Christian…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 23 Mar 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 12:49-59
23 March 2026 The sermon explores a difficult passage in Luke where Jesus speaks of bringing fire, baptism, and division. It explains that Jesus is describing both the holiness of…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 1 Apr 2026
A Nice Time With Bob
1 April 2026 This Easter sermon centers on the repeated words, “Do not be afraid.” Drawing from Matthew’s account of the resurrection, it reflects on how angels announced both…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 28 Apr 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 13:22-30
28 April 2026 The sermon reflects on Jesus’ call to “strive to enter through the narrow door,” emphasizing that following him is not casual or effortless but a costly, serious…
Read →Devotional · 21 May 2026
Devotional
What does it mean to love our neighbours — truly, sacrificially, without counting the cost? This week we sit with one of Jesus' most demanding and most beautiful teachings, drawn…
Read →Devotional · 21 May 2026
Devotional
The Lord's Prayer is one of the most familiar passages in all of Scripture — and perhaps one of the most under-used. Jesus did not give it as a recitation to be repeated on…
Read →Devotional · 21 May 2026
Rooted in the God of Mercy
Difficult seasons have a way of making God feel distant — as if our suffering disqualifies us from his attention, or our failures have finally exhausted his patience. This week we…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 31 May 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 14:25-35
31 May 2026 The sermon centers on Jesus’ hard words in Luke 14, where he urges the crowd to count the cost of following him. The pastor explains that Jesus is not interested in…
Read →Devotional · 2 Jun 2026
Everything: The Cost of Following Christ
Jesus is unlike any leader the world has ever known. When the crowds swell around him, he does not seize the moment to build his following — he turns and tells them the truth.…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 7 Jun 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 15:1-10
7 June 2026 The sermon centers on Luke 15 and says these parables reveal the heart of the gospel: Jesus loves lost sinners. It highlights the scandal of Jesus welcoming and eating…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 12 Jul 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 17:1-10
12 July 2026 In this sermon on Luke 17:1–10, the pastor says Jesus teaches his disciples about three closely connected realities: sin, faith, and humble service. Jesus warns…
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 · 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 · 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 →Sermon synopsis · 27 Jul 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 17:20-37
27 July 2026 The sermon says Jesus answers a deep question for every believer living in his apparent absence: when he does not seem near, how should his people live? From Luke 17,…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 3 Aug 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 18:1-8
3 August 2026 The sermon centers on Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow as a word for Christians living in the long wait between Christ’s first and second coming. Its main call…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 14 Sep 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 18:15-18
14 September 2026 In this sermon, Jonathan explores what Jesus's welcome of children in Luke 18:15-17 reveals about the nature of God's kingdom and how people must enter it. He…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 14 Sep 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 18:18-30
14 September 2026 Pastor Brant Van Roykel explores the story of the rich young ruler through the lens of three elements: crisis, miracle, and reward. He explains that Jesus isn't…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 14 Sep 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 18:31-34
14 September 2026 Pastor Brant Van Rolkel of Christ Church Kitsilano explores a crucial moment in Jesus's ministry when he predicts his passion to the disciples. Drawing from Luke…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 14 Sep 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 18:35-43
14 September 2026 Pastor Alvin explores the story of the blind beggar in Luke 18, emphasizing that true vision of Jesus requires faith rather than mere knowledge. The blind man…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 14 Sep 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 18:9-14
14 September 2026 Pastor Brent Van Roekel explores Jesus's parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector to teach about the essential nature of humility in Christian discipleship.…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 22 Sep 2026
The book of Acts, 2:42-47
22 September 2026 Pastor Brant Van Rolkel of Christ Church Kitsilano preaches on Acts 2:42–47, exploring how the early church became a powerful force for God's mission by…
Read →Devotional · 1 Oct 2026
Rooted and Raised in Christ
Every human heart longs to belong somewhere — to be known, held, and at home. We search for that rootedness in achievements, relationships, experiences, and identities, yet…
Read →Devotional · 1 Oct 2026
Rooted: Finding Home in Christ
Every human heart carries a hunger for rootedness — a longing to belong somewhere, to be truly known, to have solid ground beneath our feet. We spend our lives looking for it: in…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 5 Oct 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 19:11-28
5 October 2026 Pastor Brant Van Roekel preaches from Luke 19:11-28, a parable Jesus told while approaching Jerusalem to correct his disciples' expectations about the kingdom of…
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