Faith Speaks — Reverend Neil Taylor — Sermon Podcast

Integrity (Part 4) Values to Virtues We live in a time where words and their meanings are changing. Join me as we recapture the true representation of the word “virtue.” As Jesus followers, we are called to live by a different standard, a higher way of life. We are called to filter every difficult decision through the Word of God and choose to do the right thing based on those standards. Click her...

Purity (Part 3) Values to Virtues We live in a time where words and their meanings are changing. Join me as we recapture the true representation of the word “virtue.” As Jesus followers, we are called to live by a different standard, a higher way of life. We are called to filter every difficult decision through the Word of God and choose to do the right thing based on those standards. Click here f...

Loyalty (Part 2) Values to Virtues We live in a time where words and their meanings are changing. Join me as we recapture the true representation of the word “virtue.” As Jesus followers, we are called to live by a different standard, a higher way of life. We are called to filter every difficult decision through the Word of God and choose to do the right thing based on those standards. Click here...

Honour (Part 1)   Values to Virtues We live in a time where words and their meanings are changing. Join me as we recapture the true representation of the word “virtue.” As Jesus followers, we are called to live by a different standard, a higher way of life. We are called to filter every difficult decision through the Word of God and choose to do the right thing based on those standards. Click here...

Li(f)e without faith is just a lie Part Two: The Power of Faith - Matthew 8:5-10, 13 Join me as we explore one of the fundamental truths for understanding "the meaning of life"; and how without faith, we are instead living a lie. Click here for further study notes 

Li(f)e without faith is just a lie Part One: The Heart of Faith - 2 Kings 20_1-6 Join me as we explore one of the fundamental truths for understanding "the meaning of life"; and how without faith, we are instead living a lie. Click here for further study notes

Read John 20:19-31 Second Sunday of Easter To live in Jesus’ name I need to know Jesus and walk in his presence. I believe Jesus was resurrected and lives among us. I believe Jesus presence is alive with us now. And I believe he did not leave us orphaned, that Jesus is alive and in relationship - in resurrection relationship - with us. Amen.

Read John 21:1-19 Wednesday in Easter Week Just as Peter returned to his true self by deciding to follow Jesus, we, by deciding to follow Jesus, return to our true selves, beloved of God. Our lives imitate Christ’s life, our joys Christ’s joy, our heartaches Christ’s heartache.

Matthew 28:1-10 Easter 2020 Devotion In the Gospel of Matthew, the good news from an angel is only ever preceded by one short and preliminary sentence, "Don't be afraid." Join me in this Easter devotion and discover why we should never be afraid again.

Read Mark 14:1-11 A Maundy Thursday Devotion, April 9, 2020 What a contrast between hate and love; Judas, the named disciple, one of the twelve, hates Jesus and sells Him out for money. The unnamed woman loves Jesus and spends a whole year's wages in a demonstration of her love.

Read Mark 12:35-13:2 Wednesday of Holy Week, April 8, 2020 We have historically assumed Jesus is commending the widow’s example to us. Before we can jump to a personal application, we need to make sure we understand Jesus’ original meaning. Is the point of Jesus’ observation to praise the sacrificial heart and actions of the widow? Join me as we explore, is it the widow's mite or might?  

John 6:16-21 & Romans 8:15 No one is exempt from the storms of life. But just as the disciples who initially feared the storm later came to revere Christ more, so the storms we face can bring us to a deeper knowledge of God. “Who is this,” the disciples pondered, “even the wind and the waves obey him!” However, through our trials, we can learn that no storm is big enough to prevent God from accomp...

John 6:16-21 & 2 Corinthians 10:5-6 No one is exempt from the storms of life. But just as the disciples who initially feared the storm later came to revere Christ more, so the storms we face can bring us to a deeper knowledge of God. “Who is this,” the disciples pondered, “even the wind and the waves obey him!” However, through our trials, we can learn that no storm is big enough to prevent God fr...

Why are we celebrating both Jesus’ praise-filled entrance into Jerusalem on that donkey with all those palm fronds, and then quickly we turn to his murder? It is a good question. The answer is the most central truth about our Christian faith, and that is, both winning and losing always happen together, and it is in that complex journey where we find Jesus.

Text: Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 We can either set our minds on “the flesh”, or we can set our minds on “the Spirit.” To take the first path, he warns, is to propel ourselves toward the endpoint of uselessness and death.