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Thy Kingdom Come - Matthew 6:10: The Prince's Bride is happening this weekend at Foothills. It is all about a kingdom. It includes the story of a grand narrator, a prince of everything, a commoner who is us, and an evil presence seeking to compromise the kingdom. But it's a love story with a happily ever after in it. The story of God's kingdom is the most remarkable love story ever, and we get to...

Encountering Jesus - John 21:1-25: According to a historian named Michael Grant, Jesus is a pretty important and influential man. He writes: “The most potent figure, not only in the history of religion, but in world history as a whole, is Jesus Christ, the maker of one of the few revolutions which have lasted. Millions of men and women for century after century have found his life and teaching ove...

Encountering Jesus - John 20:1-18: It’s the greatest weekend of the year! For the follower of Jesus, nothing begins to compare to the wonder, the hope, the peace and the grace of Easter. Everything about who we are and what we believe was established in one moment on the day Jesus defeated the power of sin and death. A Sunday school class was asked “what was the first thing Jesus said when He rose...

Encountering Jesus - John 18:15-18, 25-2, Mark 16:7, Acts 2: The words we blurt out and the impulsive decisions we make so often shape our destiny. The disciple of Jesus, Peter, infamously denied Jesus; he said and did things that resulted in devastating outcomes. Like Peter, our own choices and sometimes the decisions of others end up causing devastation in our lives. This can take the form of re...

Encountering Jesus - John 14:15-18: As we've followed Jesus' footsteps through the gospel of John, we've come across all kinds of different people in all kinds of different life situations. But they all had one thing in common: when they encountered Jesus, their lives were profoundly impacted. Do you ever feel envious of those people? Do you ever wish that you'd had the chance to see, hear and tou...

Encountering Jesus - John 14:1-6: Sometimes the only way we can successfully navigate the complexities of life is by determining the right question to ask. This week, in our series Encountering Jesus we find a group of people in John 13 & 14 who were wrestling with betrayal, denial, abandonment and the resulting stress and confusion. Thankfully, they landed on the right question… even better, they...

Encountering Jesus - John 13:1-17: Servanthood. Not too difficult to spell but much more complicated to live out. Our journey through John's gospels and the encounters with Jesus that follow brings us to what we call “The Upper Room Discourse.” It's a teaching time between Jesus and his disciples: his final words to them and prayer for them. As significant and impactful as the words must have been...

Encountering Jesus - John 12:1-11 / Mark 14:3-9: I believe it was Voltaire who first said: “In the beginning God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favour ever since.” Despite the cynicism that likely caused him to write such a line, he is not as far from truth as many judge him to be. We easily create an image or understanding of God based more on our personal expe...

Encountering Jesus: Do you have to take a blind leap of faith to believe in God? Or, is there compelling evidence that God is real? This weekend I’ll explain arguments for God’s existence in a way that is understandable and shows that atheism is false. You will also find out the real reason many intelligent people don’t believe in God, and it has little to do with the facts. I am so grateful for t...

Encountering Jesus: The story of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus is beautiful, poignant, and impactful. It presents to us three aspects of Jesus’ life and ministry which are amazingly hopeful and inspiring for us today. We’ll see how Jesus responds to Martha (the activist), Mary (the contemplative) and Lazarus (the dead guy!). More than that, we’ll discover what Jesus wants to do in and through our live...

Encountering Jesus - John 9:1-34: Vision. It truly is one of the most remarkable gifts God has given us. The ability to see, to discern shapes and colours, to recognize beauty … it's all quite amazing! Ray Stevens classic song from the 70's “Everything is Beautiful” reminds us that there are none so blind as those who choose not to see. Our encounter with Jesus takes us to John 9 this weekend and...

Encountering Jesus - John 8:31-47: Have you ever seen a picture of an elephant held in place by a small rope tied to its leg? It makes no sense. This enormous creature could break free with an easy tug, yet there it stands. I'm told that as a young animal the elephant is conditioned to "know" that this rope has the ability to restrain it. Later in life, it is a lie alone that holds the elephant ca...

Encountering Jesus - John 6:60-69: I remember a conversation from years ago where a pilot friend of mine talked about the “point of no return.” Apparently, in the world of avionics, there is a point in a flight path where turning back to where you began the flight is no longer a feasible or viable option. The early followers of Jesus were not versed in this train of thought! At a critical juncture...

Encountering Jesus - John 6:1-15: Throughout his gospel, the apostle John was very specific about which events of Jesus' life he included, calling each one a “sign” of Jesus' true identity. And at the very end of his book, he concludes by saying, “these (signs) are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.” (John 20...

Encountering Jesus - John 5:1-15: As I write this, I'm about to enter our worship center for Ruth Barkey's memorial service. If ever there was a motivation for an encounter with Jesus, this serves as one. Life is a remarkable gift – but it is also a remarkably fragile gift. Ruth was so ready for Jesus when death came because of her life of encountering Christ in a beautiful, joyful, inspiring way....

Encountering Jesus - John 3 & 4: I was vividly reminded again this week of the reality that there simply isn't a life story that gets a free pass on experiencing pain. Pain and brokenness invites itself into all of our journeys and while some of our pain is self-inflicted and some comes from the sinful choices of others, some literally comes from “out of the blue.” It just happens. What do we do w...

Encountering Jesus - John 2:1-12: Every single time we say yes to something, we are also indirectly saying no to something else! Choose to stay later at work? You're saying no to your family. Choose to say yes to Big Macs with any degree of frequency, you're saying no to a healthy heart! Choose to say yes to your iPhone instead of doing your Math homework, you might just be saying no to post-secon...

Encountering Jesus - John 1:43-51: Happy New Year! The new year is a time for us to reflect and refocus on what our priorities should be. As a church it reminds us that we are on a Transforming Journey of Knowing God, Loving Others, Reaching Neighbors and Serving the World! Transformation, be it physical or spiritual, remains an allusive goal for so many of us. There are no simple or easy answers,...

Make Room - Romans 8:12-17: Happy New Year's and Happy Youth Pastor Sunday (if you don't know what that means, I'll explain it on Sunday). I am glad that God is more faithful to his promises than I am to my New Year resolutions. How guilty do you feel when your New Year's resolution flops? How do you deal with failure? Do you feel worthless? Do you feel like you have to earn God's love with your c...

Make Room: T’was the Sunday before Christmas. And all through the church, Not a creature was resting in December’s grand desperate search. Peace seemed so elusive. Joy was a long lost friend. Hope was a missing reality Would the stress ever end?! Then came the reminder, Of what Christmas was all about. Peace on earth was still possible; There’s no reason to pout! So join us this weekend, As we wo...

Make Room: Louie Giglio has a book title that I simply love. I haven’t read the book (I’m sure it’s great!) but the title is compelling: I Know I Am Not but I Know I Am. Jesus described Himself as the “Great I Am,” not the “I once was” or the “I might be again one day.” He is “I Am.” He is the God of the present who sets us free from what’s in our past and prepares us best for what is still to com...

Make Room: There are so many amazing things about Christmas, but have you ever just felt just a little bit… awkward about it? Even when we have the best of intentions, sometime the very things we do to celebrate Christmas can become uncomfortable distractions from what we know to be the marvelous story of Christ’s arrival. Maybe it was even a little bit awkward for Jesus, himself, to go from strid...

A Generous Life - Mt 25:31-40: In case you are feeling some “generosity fatigue” you'll be pleased to know that this will be our last weekend dedicated to this theme! But I have deeply valued and enjoyed our time reflecting on what a generous life looks like, and I trust you have as well!! I was blessed to have a wonderful breakfast with our former lead pastor, Steve Elliott, this morning and he r...

A Generous Life - 1 Tim 6:17-19: Generosity. At one time in history, it was the hallmark of Christianity. Although Jesus-followers in the first days of the church had little in the way of status or resources, because they were willing to share what little they had with those in need, Christianity began to spread like wildfire. But if the Apostle Paul were able to time travel here to Northwest Calg...

A Generous Life: Are you tired of hearing about what a generous life looks like yet?!? My guess is that most of you are not because you love living generously and anything that blows wind into your sails in this area of life is welcomed. We’re nearing the end of this focus and this weekend we’ll will look at 2 Corinthians 9 and talk about the very real and very biblical connection between reaping...