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Matthew 6:22-23 (MSG) “Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a musty cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!" Be in touch. Send us a text here. Instagram: @theharbournewmarket Website: theharbournewmarket.ca Email:...

Today, Dave looks at Paul's letter to the Galatians.  While they had put their faith in Jesus, they were going back to the old laws and adding to the requirements for salvation.  Paul  was adamant that it's Jesus and not Jesus + something else we need. You can find today's reading here . Home Church Questions 1. Paul was concerned that the Galatians were adding requirements to the g...

Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Be in touch. Send us a text here. Instagram: @theharbournewmarket We...

This morning, Pastor Dave continues our series on Acts.  We discuss what it means to be a people who are turned around, not to stand still, but to be sent forward to be hands and feet in the world. A song for your listening pleasure  Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here . This week's reading here. 1.Paul and Barnabas were sent out of a community that had worshipped, p...

Colossians 1:15-17 (NLT) Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.     He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything     in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see     and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.     Everything was created throug...

This morning, Dave Blow picks with our series on Acts.  We find Saul having an unexpected run in with Jesus and a transformation he could not have imagined in his wildest dreams. Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here . Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching? 2. Read Acts 9 (preferably in multiple translations). What stands out to you...

Amos 5:21-24 (NIV) I hate, I despise your religious festivals;     your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,     I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,     I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your songs!     I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like a river,  ...

Psalms 9:15-18 (NLT) The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others.     Their own feet have been caught in the trap they set. The Lord is known for his justice.     The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. The wicked will go down to the grave.     This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God. But the needy will not be ignored forever;     the hopes of the poor will not always be...

This morning, Dave Blow wraps up our summer series on ordinary people experiencing God's extraordinary grace in the Old Testament with a reflection on the story of Ruth. Just a couple of housekeeping items: (1) next week, there will be no podcast as we will be meeting at the Baker's home for the inaugural HarbourFest (reach out for more information if you would like to attend), and (2) w...

This week, we welcome Mike White, member of the best home church, as he shares about the story of Daniel in the lions den. Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching? 2. Read Daniel 6 (preferably in multiple translations). What stands out to you from this passage? 3. Have you ever been targeted or punished for your faith? Do you know someone who has? What was th...

John 1:43-46 (NIV) The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.” Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael...

John 5:24-26 (NIV) “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in...

This week, Dave Blow continues our summer series with a teaching on the life of Jonah. There are times when we try to run from God, but he will never let us outrun his grace. There are times when we think we know better than God, but he is patient and will guide us home. Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here . Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from this week&a...

John 3:16-21 (ESV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name...

Today, Dave Blow picks up our series on ordinary people in the Old Testament with a teaching on the prophet Elijah. What does it mean to be burnt out and weary, unable to go on? How does God help us in those situations? And as an added bonus, we captured Jay's prayer to start us off today. Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here . Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out...

Acts 2:37-41 (NIV) When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom th...

Hebrews 1:1-3 (NIV) In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided...

This morning, Will Dyer continues our summer series by looking at the story of David and Goliath. Rather than seeing this as a story about good versus bad, perhaps God is trying to show us what it means to trust in him. A brief programming note: next week we are having a bring-your-own-picnic event at Chris and Karen's home in Bradford and, as such, there will not be a teaching podcast posted...

Romans 13:8-10 (NIV) Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” Love does no harm t...

This week, Brian Waugh continues our series on ordinary people experiencing extraordinary grace as recorded in the Old Testament scriptures with a teaching on Moses. What happens when we get in our own way when God is trying to use us? Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here . Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching? 2. Read Exodus 3-4 (...

1 Corinthians 1:18-21 (NLT) The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise     and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.” So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom o...

Today, we welcomed guest speaker Carol O'Neil to begin our summer series on ordinary people experiencing God's extraordinary grace by sharing about the life of Joseph. Faith is a long obedience in the same direction, so how should we understand our suffering in light of God's promises? There is no slide deck for this week's teaching. Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to...

Romans 8:26-28 (NIV) In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love h...

This morning was our monthly Community Sunday where we have communion together as well as have time for coffee, snacks, and fellowship after musical worship. This month, Dave offered a brief reflection on living in the heavenly kingdom here on earth. Please find the slide deck for this week's teaching here . Home Church Questions: 1. What stood out to you from this week's teaching? 2. Re...

Psalms 66:16-20 (NIV) Come and hear, all you who fear God;     let me tell you what he has done for me. I cried out to him with my mouth;     his praise was on my tongue. If I had cherished sin in my heart,     the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened     and has heard my prayer. Praise be to God,     who has not rejected my prayer     or withheld his love from me! Be in touch...