Sermons
Little Prophets with Big News “A Separating Hit”
The gospel of Jesus Christ isn’t just good news for those who are being saved. The very nature of the gospel is that it separates humanity into those who believe […]
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Little Prophets with Big News “When God Reigns”
Another vision for the exiles of Israel; there, on the horizon are the mountains of the kingdoms of men. But, highest of them all in the last days to come […]
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Little Prophets With Big News: “Life in the Spirit”
What is God like? This can be a complicated question, receiving different answers depending on what a person is going through. Israel, in the midst of exile, is given a […]
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Only Social Holiness”
Holiness, entire sanctification, and Christian perfection (meaning the same) is not attainable on our own. We are made for community and we are saved in community. This includes...
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Holiness Unto the Lord”
Salvation is not about merely getting to heaven having signed a contract many years ago. No, no one can see God without holiness. Salvation is the restoration of our whole [&hel...
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Women, Equal Partners in the Gospel”
One of the structures that has been adjusted is the role of women in ministry. Wesley was a product of his environment so early in his work he denied the […]
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Prevenient Grace”
A key distinctive of Methodist and Free Methodists is a belief that God’s grace comes first—it is never absent. God has been and continues to extend his grace to all […]
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Structures for Growth”
Denominational structures can be a good thing but they can also become dead weight. Wesley and Roberts both insisted on pruning the structures for the sake of mission. If someth...
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Gospel for the Poor”
A key part of our Free Methodist history was a recovery of the gospel of Jesus being especially for the poor. Throughout church history there has always been a temptation [&hell...
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Foundations of Free Methodist “Prevenient Grace”
A key distinctive of Methodist and Free Methodists is a belief that God’s grace comes first—it is never absent. God has been and continues to extend his grace to all […]
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Stewards of Creation: “How to Live in the New Creation Now”
Our inheritance is the renewed creation—the new heaven and earth, but this isn’t just a future hope. The new creation has already begun, the end is here. So, we are […]
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Stewards of Creation: “What About Cosmic Destruction?”
Clearly there is scriptural language that describes the destruction of the earth. How are we to reconcile this with what we have been learning? Primarily by applying what we hav...
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Stewards of Creation: “New Testament Biblical Hope”
Salvation, as we saw the week before, is more comprehensive than just individual human beings going to heaven when they die. Salvation, to quote Howard Snyder, means creation he...
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Stewards of Creation: “Old Testament Biblical Hope”
Salvation is not an other worldly hope in the Old Testament. At the centre of the story is God, his people, and the creation (environment) that they live. This reflects […]
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Stewards of Creation: “The Problem with Heaven”
The way that much popular Christian theology speaks about heaven is highly problematic. Most Christians have a view that not only do we go to heaven when we die but […]
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Stewards of Creation: “A Biblical Vision of Humanity”
Human beings stand out from the rest of God’s good creation by being made in God’s image. That humanity is made in the image of God and addressed by God […]
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Unshakable Kingdom: “Unshakable”
We are called to be an unshakable people. Again, the author compares the former things with the new things in Christ. At Sinai Israel was afraid because God shook the […]
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Unshakable Kingdom: “The Mark of Adoption”
We cannot expect to be embraced by everyone when Jesus was killed for who he was and the kingdom that he brought. This means we too will experience dislike. Understanding [&hell...
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Unshakable Kingdom: “By Faith”
Too often our culture wants to define faith as a blind belief in the impossible. That is not what faith is. Instead, faith is a confidence in the hope that […]
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Unshakable Kingdom: “Remember What You’ve Heard”
It’s such a benign word, ‘drift.’ We can picture a boat floating away from the dock because it wasn’t tied up properly. It just drifts away. This is the same […]
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