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August 21, 2022 | A Tale of Two Houses | Grace Valley Church, Dundas by Grace Valley Church

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This week, Pastor Paul dives in to one of the most interesting stories in the bible. In 1 Samuel 28, we meet a desperate and distraught King Saul. He's so desperate, he will break his own moral code and belief system and consult a woman of the occult to help solve his problems. This story is about what happens when you are without God, and it applies to every single one of us - believers and unbel...

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In this sermon, we look at what a deep friendship actually looks like. We are created beings, designed for community by a God whose whole being is the essence of communal relationship. We are not self-sustaining and we are not meant to be. In our greatest need, the thing we need the most is a friend to stand up for us, to walk alongside us and lean on. Even Jesus himself needed friends, as we see...

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In one of the most well known stories of the bible, we see two very different men reacting very differently to adversity and fear. First, we see David who is a godly young man who walked in the courage and strength that God had given him. And we see Saul, who hides from his fear and leans on his wealth and social status to keep in safe. It's fairly easy to sympathize with Saul in this circumstance...

This week, Pastor Paul preaches from Ephesians 3:14-21. In this passage, we hear an astounding thing: that God can do immeasurably more than we can ever ask or imagine. This is true for everything in our lives, the big and the small. God is completely able to do more than we can even fathom. And He invites us to come to Him with our needs, our cares and our anxieties about the things we are wonder...

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With a projected 6 million Canadians reaching the criteria for addiction in their lifetime, chances are you or someone you know is struggling with addiction. This past Sunday, we had the opportunity to hear from women who have been through the fire of addiction and emerged victorious with the help of Jesus Christ. These two incredibly brave women shared personal stories that have parts to them tha...

April 17, 2022 | Jesus Vindicated | Grace Valley Church, Dundas by Grace Valley Church

April 15, 2022 | Jesus Abandoned | Grace Valley Church, Dundas by Grace Valley Church

As we look towards Good Friday and Easter, Pastor Paul has been taking a closer look at all of the events that lead up to Jesus persecution and death. This passage from Matthew 27 makes me feel really uncomfortable on so many levels. There's the fact of the excruciating pain that Jesus endured - that crown of thorns wasn't made up of those cute sticky thorn balls that stick to your coat while walk...

This week, we take a closer look at the events that happened at Jesus' trial. I definitely had a few "lightbulb moments" during this sermon, as I had never really wondered about the man named Barabbas before and the poetic injustice of him being released instead of Jesus. We also take a closer look at Pilate and Mark Hordyk unpacks some of the key character traits and behaviors that contributed to...

his week, we look at how Peter's weakness is revealed by even the most benign people around him. A slave girl casually asks him if he is one of Jesus' followers and he automatically starts getting sweaty palms. When you think about it, its understandable - Jesus had been arrested, everyone was scattering and things were getting tense. Peter was a guy who was adamant that he'd never sell out on his...

Judas Iscariot. Probably one of the most famous 'bad guys' of all time. He's one guy that is so easy to judge. I mean, who sells out the literal Son of God? Find out what the bible has to say about Judas and how Jesus responds to this deep act of betrayal. When the going was easy, Judas was all in. It was easy to follow Jesus when you flew under the radar of anyone who would make his life difficul...

In the secular world, singleness is often celebrated and promoted. The opportunity to do what you want, when you want and with whom you want. It is the ultimate form of freedom. Or at least, that's what the media can often lead us to believe. In the church, being single can often be seen as the opposite. More like a problem to be fixed than something that is a chosen lifestyle or one that has just...

This week, our intern, Keith Williams, begins a two part series on marriage and singleness. With so many cultural voices chiming in on the definition, purpose and sanctity of marriage, it's pretty easy to get mixed up on what the bible has to say about it. As Christians, we can often stumble on certain tricky parts of the bible, especially when they seem to go against the cultural norm. For unbeli...

February 13th, 2022 | Applying Wisdom Principles To Decision Making by Grace Valley Church

The very first question you should ask yourself before making a decision is: which choice will best glorify God? If you're like me (and I suspect, many of us), your prayers might sound something like this: "God, please bless me in my plan to..." Or "God, please be with me as I..." We invite God along with our plans. But it's important to order our prayers and our desires with God being at the very...