Gospel City Church – Toronto

In Nehemiah 10, this chapter records a covenant. Names written down and promises made. Not to earn God’s favour and not to prove their worth, but in response to God’s grace.  Nehemiah 10 also shows us what happens when God’s word goes from our ears to our hearts and finally into every day life. In other words, this chapter teaches us that true spiritual renewal leads to transformed lives.

Think about the purpose of building up a church like GCC. It’s not just to be a group of ppl doing activities together, although it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Rather, a church is for spiritual renewal. Not just to be together but to be a gospel community. We are to not lose sight of the fact that God is leading and blessing us for spiritual renewal. Similarly, In the second half of the Book of...

One of the most important resolutions we should all have this year is to have a deep and vibrant prayer life. Prayer is an essential means to developing a more intimate relationship with God, which is the most important thing in life. So how is your prayer life? Is it deep and vibrant? Is it consistent and full of passion?  Or is it inconsistent, dry, and lifeless? What we’ll see in today’s passag...

For some of us, Christmas has been joyful and amazing. For others, it might have been heavy. Reminders of loss, strained relationships possibly, or simply exhaustion from trying to hold everything together. And for many of us, it’s probably both. But Christmas has passed and life has gone back to normal. So then what should be the impact of Christmas? Because if something really matters, it should...

A lot of us feel like we need rest. But true rest for our soul only comes in the love of God and in the presence of his love. But for all of us today, we constantly turn away to worship false gods. We love, worship, trust, pursue, devote all of our energy and our emotions into anything other than God. For the final week of Advent this year, we turn to the book of Zephaniah. And at the end this sho...

There's a big difference between the joy we get from Christ and the joy the world offers. Worldly joys are always based on circumstances. We feel joyful only when our lives are going well. If you got a great job, a big house, tight relationships, entertainment at your disposal, comfort and security, good health, then we're joyful. But worldly joys are also temporary, and often fleeting wit...

There’s a lot of conflict in our world. Nations fight over land. Spouses fight over money. Young children fight over toys. Conflicts arise because we allow our sin nature to rule. We let our desires overshadow relationship. We insist on our own way. But there is good news. God has not left us alone in a world of conflict, division, and brokenness. He sent His Son, the Prince of Peace, into the wor...

We all hope for good things to happen for us.  We might hope for success in life, or our hopes can be for our comfort, security, and pleasure.  Our hopes can also be relational to be well liked and praised.  We all need hope because without hope, we would live in despair and pessimism. We might even lack direction in our life if there’s nothing to hope for. Hopelessness can also lead to depression...

If someone came to you and claimed that he had something for free that could make you truly happy and that no one would be able to take it away fromm you, what would you think? Most of us would assume it’s a scam or it’s too good to be true. But Jesus made this promise to his disciples and he through his word is speaking the same promise to us today. He has something for you that is deeper than mo...

If someone came to you and claimed that he had something for free that could make you truly happy and that no one would be able to take it away from you, what would you think?  Most of us would assume it’s a scam or it’s too good to be true. But Jesus made this promise to his disciples and he through his word is speaking the same promise to us today. He has something for you that is deeper than mo...

Pastor Joshua McKaye of Fellowship Pickering was the guest speaker on Nov. 9, 2025 preaching on how our congregational witness is marked by unity, love, and boldness.

Christ is our ultimate example and the mind of Christ is available to us because of his Spirit that lives inside of us. So we are to be like Christ, and we have the hope of becoming like Christ because of his Spirit who is conforming us into the image of Christ. His mind, his humility, his servant attitude, his selfless love is truly in us through his Spirit. Therefore all we need to do is to walk...

Friendship is invaluable in our lives. To have someone to share both our joys and sorrows with, to care and be cared for, to not feel alone in this world, it’s a wonderful thing to have true friends. But studies show the number of friendships we have declines as we get older and it’s for a number of reasons. There are shifting priorities in life, or having less time and energy to invest in new fri...

It is much easier to look only to your own interests. But that would be a major hindrance to having unity in the church. So in light of the cross of Christ and the grace of God, may we humble ourselves to serve others, to think about others, to talk to others and get to know others. Get to know their hopes, dreams, fears, struggles, and their needs, and then love them. Not in our own strength, or...

A familiar Thanksgiving question is: What are you thankful for? You might hear, I'm thankful for my family, for my health, for this church, for my work, for a new friend. These are good. But the Bible invites us to go deeper. It not only asks, "What are you thankful for?" But it also asks, "Who are you thankful to...and why?"

The Apostle Paul says in the first chapter of Philippians that he’s already joyful because of the Philippians’ partnership in the gospel. He is joyful because Christ is being proclaimed despite him being in prison. But in this passage, Paul makes a personal plea for his joy to be complete. And it’s by doing this one thing: Being truly unified.

When Ezra opened the Word of God in Nehemiah 8, as he read, something incredible happened. People started to weep. The Word of God cut through the noise, cut through the excuses, and pierced their hearts Spiritual renewal often begins that way: Not with laughter, but rather in tears. But it does not end with weeping. God moves HIs people from tears to joy.

If we are truly citizens of heaven, we are to conduct ourselves in a manner that is worthy of the Gospel of Christ. So how are we to live as citizens of heaven? First, by standing firm in one spirit, one mind, striving side by side for the faith of the gospel (Part 1 of the sermon).And two, from this week’s passage, by not being frightened in anything by your opponents.

You cannot go long without food before it starts to affect your body. Eventually hunger catches up to you. It’s also true spiritually. Many of us try to live without feeding on God’s Word. We rush into our day, we fill our schedules, there's endless entertainment and constant scrolling on our phones. We think we’re okay but then life shakes us. We find ourselves empty, weak, restless, worn dow...

It’s easy to notice cultural differences between two groups of people from two different countries. But do you notice any cultural difference between the people of this world and the people of God? We know how people of this world behave, but how are we to live and act as citizens of heaven?

Everyone knows what it feels like when life doesn’t go the way we expect it. Perhaps it’s a job interview that didn’t go well. Or words from a doctor that you didn’t want to hear. In these situations, we often just go numb and don’t know what to do next. It’s how the two disciples in Luke 24 must have felt after following Christ and believing that He would make all things right. But when He was cr...

Imagine if a young millionaire who earned much success at work and in life passed away early at the age of 32. All the wealth he’s earned, the plans he’s made, the goals he’s set would all be left behind. His tombstone might read, “To live is success, to die is loss.”From this man’s perspective, what good could possibly come from dying? But from today’s passage, we see an entirely different perspe...

What makes a church grow, thrive and healthy? Is it excellent preaching? Is it an awesome children’s ministry, or an amazing praise team? Is it warm, friendly fellowship amongst the believers? All of these things are wonderful to see and experience in a local church. But what is essential for a growing, thriving, and healthy church is to keep something that was given as a gift to each true believe...

As believers who want to follow Jesus, we might ask God for the answers to some of the life questions we might have. In particular, we might ask what is God’s will for our life, in our work, in our singleness, in our marriage?  So how do we discern and obey God’s will?

In life, we get bumped all the time.  We’re interrupted, misunderstood, pressured, overlooked. And when those situations come, what spills out of us? Is it irritation, insecurity, harsh words? Or is it gentleness, patience, grace? We all have reactions that spill out when we are bumped. And those reactions aren’t neutral. They’re either shaped by the flesh or they’re being shaped by the gospel.