Grandview Church Sunday Sermons

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, August 6, 2023. The Faithfulness of God and the Question of Israel Part 3 (Romans 11:1-25). How do you want to be known? What do you want the people who matter most to you to know about you? How will they know it? The Bible is a story of how God introduces Himself to a world that He loves. In the eleventh chapter of H...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Andrew DeGraaf, August 13, 2023. Paul's Doxology (Romans 11:33-36). In Romans 11:33-36, we encounter a passage that captures Paul's profound praise and adoration for God. This portion, often referred to as "Paul's Doxology," marks a climactic point in his letter where he pauses to offer a resounding hymn of...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, August 20, 2023. In View of God's Mercy (Romans 12:1-8). Christian duty flows from Christian doctrine. In the first eleven chapters of his epistle to the Romans, the Apostle Paul shone a light on the mercy of God as seen in the doctrine of salvation. He introduces, with new vocabulary and inspired insight, the et...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, August 27, 2023. Gospel Love in Action (Romans 12:9-21). The loving mercy of God poured out on sinners is the central theme of the gospel. Pondering its facets evokes unrestrained worship and complete surrender to God. In these remaining chapters of his epistle to the Romans, the apostle of Christ describes what compl...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, September 10, 2023. Loving Our Government (Romans 13:1-7). The gospel transforms and redirects sinners. Overcome by the mercy and love of God, we seek the welfare of Christ’s church and the salvation of Christ’s world. Both realms require a unique expression of God’s love. In Romans chapter twelve, the Apostle begins...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, September 24, 2023. Love: The Debt that Keeps on Owing (Romans 13:8-10). God’s love for sinners is the driving force of His plan for our salvation and His glory (Jn. 3:16; Eph. 1:12). Our love for others is the sine qua non of a genuine encounter with God’s salvation. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 15, 2023. Unity in the Church: When Convictions Are in Conflict (Romans 14). The unity of Christ’s church is not simply better than the alternative; it is an essential witness to the power of the gospel to create a new community that is other than worldly. The world, the flesh and the devil are opposed to such...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 1, 2023. Upping Our Game (Romans 13:11-14). The followers of Christ can learn a few things from the followers of Satan. As Jesus Himself said, for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light (Lk. 16:8). In our Scripture focus, the apostle similarly commends the Roman sol...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 22, 2023. A People of Praise (Romans 15:1-13). The church is a complex and oftentimes messy family of God’s children. Like all children, we bring joy to our Heavenly Father (notwithstanding a few bumps along the way). The Apostle Paul, our elder brother, passes on some household instructions he received from J...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 29, 2023. The Case for the Gospel: Can You Give It (Romans 1:1-6). The gospel is the joyful pronouncement that God has established a pathway from our sin and death to His righteousness and life. The need for such news is everywhere from Gaza to Ukraine and Bay Street to Punkydoodles Corners. There is no greate...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, February 5, 2023. That Every Mouth May Be Silenced (Romans 3:1-20). People are good … at covering up their sin so that they look good. The gospel is good news for people who are without hope and know it! They are broken and humbled by their failures, so like the desperate woman who reached for the hem of Jesus’ garmen...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, February 12, 2023. Beholding the Wondrous Mystery (Romans 3:21-31). The gospel is the good news that in the court of God’s justice, condemned sinners are set free and “clothed” in the righteousness of God Himself. While this is great news for the condemned, it raises questions about the seriousness of our sin, the jus...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, March 5, 2023. God's Gospel … It's about God's Glory, Not Our Comfort (Romans 4). The gospel of God is for the glory of God. Of all His wonderful attributes, none shine brighter than those having to do with His rescue of sinners. Our salvation is, as the apostle says, to the praise of His glory (Eph. 1:...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, March 12, 2023. What's the Matter with Justification by Faith? (Romans 4). The gospel is ultimately God’s answer to a sinner’s plight. It is the imputation of God’s personal righteousness to the account of the ungodly. In dealing with this “matter”, the Apostle Paul teaches the following: 1. That it be settled by...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, March 19, 2023. The Gains of the Gospel (Romans 5:1-5). The message of the gospel informs us that we are justified (Gk. dikaioo) by our faith in God and His provision of Christ’s death for our sin. It means that we are declared righteous and in good standing in the court of God’s justice. Having well established this...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, April 16, 2023. God's Love Language (Romans 5:6-11). Everyone has a preferred way or language of expressing their love. God’s love language is sacrifice. There is no greater way for God to communicate His love for us than in the death of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. As we contemplate such love, we gain insight...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, April 30, 2023. The Great Exchange (Romans 5:12-20). The gospel changes people. Not in superficial tweaks but deeply to the transformation of mind, soul and body. In Romans 5, the Apostle Paul helps us appreciate this gospel change by comparing it with our natural state as children of Adam under the reign of death. By...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 7, 2023. The Great Exchange Part 2 (Romans 5:12-20). The gospel changes people. Not in superficial tweaks but deeply to the transformation of mind, soul and body. In Romans 5, the Apostle Paul helps us appreciate this gospel change by comparing it with our natural state as children of Adam under the reign of death...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 14, 2023. Victorious Christian Living: Claiming Our Death Benefits (Romans 6:1-14). The Christian life is a call to thrive in a new reality, free from the bonds that kept us in sin with its guilt, fear and darkness. So why do we sin? Why are we prone to leave the high ground where Christ is leading us to wallow in...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 21, 2023. A New Way of Looking at Sin (Romans 6:15-23). The gospel is God’s solution to the sin problem. To the ungodly, it is an invitation to be saved from the penalty of sin. To the saved, it is a message to be free from the dominion of sin. In either case, it is a message that is embraced by faith and with tha...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 28, 2023. Fruitful Christian Living (Romans 7:1-6). The Apostle Paul’s teaching about salvation as a free gift was a problem for some. It seemed too easy and open to abuse. Furthermore, if salvation is a free gift without merit, what leverage could church leaders have to manipulate people? How could they regulate...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Andrew DeGraaf, June 4, 2023. The Law and Sin (Romans 7:7-13). In Romans 7:7-13, Paul deals with the fact that we all struggle with sin, even him. As a matter of fact, this is one of a few times in Scripture where Paul chooses to give a personal example of his own life from the past, before his conversion. He acknowledges that the l...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, June 11, 2023. It's Not Easy Being Saved (Romans 7:14-25). The gospel is a message that awakens us to the need and availability of God’s limitless grace. We are in modern parlance, spiritually woke. We have declared war on the spiritual forces that have bound and blinded our generation to its terrible predicament...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, June 18, 2023. Life in the Spirit (Romans 8:1-17). A study of the world’s religions reveals a common thread. There are systems in which people can know the rules and the price for breaking them. In his epistle to the Roman church, Paul was aware that many of his readers were raised in the Jewish religion where the rul...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 13, 2022. Salvation: It’s More than We Think – Part II (Romans 1:18-32). The gospel is a life-giving message of the power of God to save us from His holy and righteous wrath. The death of Christ in the justice system of God settled our account. Furthermore, we are made new and share in the righteousness of Je...