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I hope you had a good Easter weekend last week and you are still joyful that Jesus died and rose from the grave for you. This Sunday we are going to see some practical implications of Jesus being delivered up for our transgressions and raised for our justification from Romans 5:1-5.

He has risen! Christ has risen indeed! This weekend we are focusing on what Christ did for us through just a few verses in Romans 4:23-25. Why not read and memorize to hide in your heart? Jesus was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification!

How did people get saved before Christ came? That is one of the big questions that we will be discovering this coming Sunday from Romans 4:1-23 and it has relevance to us now because we can easily fall into the same patten of thinking as to how we get saved today. Do we have to perform certain rituals to be saved? Do we have to do a bunch of good works to prove we are saved? Could I challenge you...

How are you responding to God’s mercy to your sin? Trying to take advantage of it? (That won’t work!) Thankful to God and showing it in your faithful obedience? May God be praised! On Sunday we will be looking at these questions and more as we study Romans 3:21-31.

Are humans basically good? We hear this often. People just need to channel the good from within. They point to all the good in the world. This week I would challenge you to read, study and then come listen on Sunday as we preach from Romans 3 to see things from God’s perspective. I think some of you will find this shocking and believe all of us will find it helpful and hopeful.

It's here! Our Annual Celebration Sunday where we look back at all God did in the previous year and seek the Lord for the coming year in both direction and provision. The team has worked hard to provide a very engaging Annual Celebration. You may have noticed the ramp up to the Annual Celebration as we shared testimonies these last few Sundays. New this year, is a focus on our vision in the mo...

What are the dangers of judging others? We might be wrong as we don’t know the whole story? We might make too harsh or too soft a judgment? We don’t like to be judged ourselves? We may develop a critical spirit? This may all be true, but Sunday we are going to learn about the dangers of judging others from Romans 2:1-11. More importantly, we are going to see God’s measure for judging and why He de...

Imagine you’re an artist! You create a beautiful masterpiece and decide to share it with some new people so they can enjoy it as well. The hope is that a friendship would begin based on a mutual love of fellowship and beauty. Not only do your new acquaintances not appreciate your art, but they also want nothing to do with you. Instead of wanting to get to know you more, the new acquaintances think...

Have you ever been ashamed of the gospel? I can recall several times in my life when I have shared the Good News of Jesus Christ that I tried listening to myself as I talked and thought that people must think I am crazy. I am describing my belief that I am placing my whole life on the fact that a poor Jewish carpenter was crucified on a Roman Cross nearly 2000 years ago and rose from the grave bec...

All the snow we have had this winter reminds me of the snow we used to receive here in Ontario when I was a kid. Wow! It takes a lot for us to cancel our worship services, but we were concerned about your safety this past Sunday, so we made the hard decision to cancel our worship service. What made it more difficult was that we were going to have baptisms and child dedications on Sunday. But somet...

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book of the Bible, what would it be? This would be a hard choice. My choice would be the Letter to the Romans because it teaches me so much about God no matter how many times I have read it. We start this Sunday studying Romans and may God use it mightily in our lives to transform us to become more like Christ. What Book of the Bible...

If you knew someone was coming to replace you, how would you prepare for them? What needs would you make sure you met for them so they would get off to a good start in their new role? How would you get your co-workers and friends ready? It has been said that there is no success without good succession. No wonder some experts suggest that you should start preparing for your successor the moment you...

Why did Jesus save you? There are a lot of reasons God saved you! Before I focus on why God saved you, let’s focus on some common misconceptions why God didn’t save you. God didn’t save because He needs you. The triune God is sufficient unto Himself. God didn’t need to create us human beings because He needed our love or our service or our praise. God also didn’t save us because He saw that we wou...

As we begin this new year, our focus is to watch your life and doctrine closely. Who discipled you in the ways of the Lord? As I reflect on my life, I am thankful for the many disciplers in my life. Who discipled you? I would love for you to email me at info@templebaptistchurch.ca and let me know who discipled you and how. Also, who are you discipling? This will be the focus as we study Titus 2 th...

As we begin this new year, our focus is to watch your life and doctrine closely. What do you look for in a church leader? Do you look for one who loves Jesus? Who has integrity and is faithful in all areas of life? Who leads their home in the ways of Jesus? Who cares for you individually? Who sees the big picture for the church? Who teaches the Bible well? This Sunday, we are going to learn what t...

As we begin this new year, our focus is to watch your life and doctrine closely. This is a call to be vigilant because the unholy trinity (the world, the flesh and the devil) would love for us to fall into sin or fall for false teaching. This is why we are starting a brief series in the Book of Titus followed by a study in the Book of Romans. Titus is a book that encourages us to place our hope fo...

I hope you had a great Christmas. As we conclude 2024 with the year of living wisely, we end with a family service. I can’t think of a better way to end the year as a whole church family, than taking time to celebrate God's greatness. There will be times of singing, a couple of God stories, the preaching of God's Word from Pastor Kyle, and a child dedication. May this coming year be one where we l...

Merry Christmas! Do you know that I am from New Brunswick? I am a Maritimer! Do you know why Maritimers are wiser? This is because wise men come from the east! :) (By the way, you can use that joke anytime you come from a place or country further to the east.) Of course, “wise men” is another name for Magi - those who followed the star to Bethlehem to see Jesus - most likely by the time they arriv...

How often do you remember your Creator? As we wrap up our series in Ecclesiastes, Pastor Kyle will be teaching us from Ecclesiastes 11-12 that the time is right now to remember our Creator God, and to honour Him in everything we do before we get old and serving Him gets harder due to physical limitations. Honouring Him means to fear and obey Him. Living in light of knowing that we will meet our Ma...

One of the sermons and books that has affected many is entitled Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. Have you wasted your life on things that won’t last? What if you were given 2 billion, 207 million, 520,000? God did and maybe more! if you live to age 70, God will have given 2 billion, 207 million and 520,000 seconds. Those of you older than age 70 have received more. What have you done with thos...

What would you do if you were asked to work in the Prime Minister's office? Would you take the job? If something shady or something that was against your values was being promoted at the highest levels, would you quit? This week from Ecclesiastes 8, we will be encouraged not to leave those in authority over us. Now most of us, if not any of us, will work in the PMO, but there are bosses and teache...

Sometimes our financial institutions will ask us about our net worth. Our net worth is based on the total costs of our assets (e.g. our investments, houses and vehicles) less the amount of debt we have. Our net worth may be important to our bank, but there are a lot of things more valuable in life. One of those things is our reputation. How much is your reputation worth to you? Losing money is not...

I recall hearing about a man being offered a position, but when he learned how meager the salary was, he cheekily replied, “After looking at the package, I just have this little problem … I have this nasty habit of eating to survive.” Though his response was not appropriate, it serves as a reminder that much of our work goes to purchasing food and other goods that are here today and gone tomorrow....

Have you ever made a vow to God beyond your wedding vows? Maybe you made a promise to God that if He did something for you, you would do something for Him? This week from Ecclesiastes 5 we are going to learn that God doesn’t make bargains and if we make a vow to Him, we better keep it. This is why we should be very cautious to making vows to God. In fact, this aligns with how we are to approach Go...

How are you using the power God gave you? You may not feel very powerful, but God has given each of us a limited amount of influence, authority and power over others. We can use this either to harm or help others. This is what we discover as we study Ecclesiastes 4.