Sermon synopsis · 2 Feb 2025
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 3:21-38
2 February 2025 The sermon centers on Jesus’ baptism and genealogy in Luke 3, showing that Jesus is the Savior all people need. It argues that humanity shares the same origin in…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 29 Jun 2025
Psalms of Ascent - Psalm 120:1-7
29 June 2025 The sermon opens a summer series on the Psalms of Ascents by describing them as songs for people on the road—believers living in the tension between God’s kingdom…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 6 Jul 2025
The Psalms of Ascent - Psalm 121
6 July 2025 This sermon reflects on Psalm 121 as a song for people on a hard journey, comparing Israel’s pilgrimage to the Christian life. Its main message is that believers can…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 17 Aug 2025
How Not To Pray – Matthew 6:5–15
17 August 2025 The sermon centers on Jesus’ teaching about prayer before the Lord’s Prayer, focusing on two wrong ways to pray: like a hypocrite and like a pagan. The preacher…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 17 Aug 2025
The Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 122
17 August 2025 The sermon says that while Vancouver is beautiful, many people still feel its deeper problems of loneliness, confusion, and lack of identity. Drawing from Psalm…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 5 Jan 2026
The Lord's Prayer - Part 1
5 January 2026 The sermon presents prayer as one of the greatest gifts of the Christian life: because of Jesus, people do not have to face sin, suffering, and weakness alone, but…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 12 Jan 2026
The Lord's Prayer - Part 2
12 January 2026 In this sermon on Luke 11, the pastor says Jesus teaches not only what to pray, but who God is when people pray: a good and welcoming Father. Because of Jesus,…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 18 Jan 2026
The Lord's Prayer - Part 3
18 January 2026 In this sermon on Luke 11, the pastor says Jesus’ teaching on prayer is meant to encourage steady, trusting prayer even when answers do not come as hoped. He warns…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 10 May 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 14:1-6
10 May 2026 In this sermon on Luke 14:1–6, the pastor reflects on Jesus healing a suffering man at a Sabbath meal while the Pharisees watch for a reason to accuse him. He says the…
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 →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 · 21 Jun 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 16:1-13
21 June 2026 The sermon explored Jesus’ parable of the dishonest manager by stressing that Jesus is not praising waste or dishonesty, but shrewdness. The main message was that…
Read →Sermon synopsis · 19 Jul 2026
The Gospel According to Luke - Luke 17:11-19
19 July 2026 The sermon reflects on Jesus healing the ten lepers in Luke 17 and asks how people respond to God’s mercy. It describes the lepers’ deep suffering and longing 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 →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 →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 →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 →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…
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