Grandview Church Sunday Sermons

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Andrew DeGraaf, July 21, 2024. A Psalm of Praise (Psalm 103). Psalm 103 is a profound call to worship, written by King David, that has inspired countless generations. In this beautiful psalm, David not only calls his own soul to bless the Lord but also reminds us of the numerous reasons why we should do the same. This psalm encapsul...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, July 28, 2024. A Psalm for the Great Outdoors (Psalm 104). One of the delights of summertime is the chance to get outdoors and enjoy God’s creation. This Sunday, as we continue our Summer in the Psalms series, we’ll take a hike through Psalm 104 and view some of the amazing wonders in God’s world. If you are ready to be dazz...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. Rick Reed, August 4, 2024. A Psalm for the Journey (Psalm 121). Summer is a time for travel. A trip to the cottage. A longer journey to see family or to visit a national park. This Sunday at Grandview, we’ll be reminded that life is a journey, a spiritual journey of faith. As we continue our Summer in the Psalms series, we’ll explore P...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. David Barker, August 11, 2024. The Wedding of the King: An Exposition of Psalm 45. Psalm 45 is a Royal Psalm extolling the honour of the Israelite king at his wedding, and calling on his bride, in all her beauty, to embrace the glory and wonder of being the bride of such a king. The psalm finds its ultimate realization in Jesus Christ,...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 19, 2023. Our Service to God (Romans 15:14-24). In the final shorter strokes of his Epistle to the Roman church, the Apostle to the nations “glories in his service to God”. What was or is this service? Is there an essential service that all properly established churches are to render to God? Join us this Sund...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 26, 2023. What a Fellowship! (Romans 15:23-33). Grandview is one of over 500 churches that make up the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. There are many such associations of churches around the world that share in the common mission of Christ. The word Fellowship appeals to us because it sp...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, December 3, 2023. A Fellowship of Friends (Romans 16:1-16). In an editorial in the Atlantic Monthly, it was noted that Friendships, increasingly, are playing an organizing role in society. Long conceived as side dishes to the main feast – marriage, kids, the nuclear family above all – friendships, more and more, are h...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, December 10, 2023. Fortifying our Fellowship (Romans 16:17-27). Each Sunday in our Grandview “children’s song”, we sing about God’s little children who love their Redeemer, they are bright gems for His crown. The gospel is the power of God that gathers and transforms human rubble into beautifully arrayed precious ston...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, June 25, 2023. Our Hope of Glory (Romans 8:18-30). The child of God lives in hope that God will finish the work He began in us – the full realization of our salvation when we shall be like Christ in both spirit and body. This is our glory (8:18) and a powerful encouragement for the believer to press on amid hardship b...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Jacob Elliot, July 2, 2023. What Then Shall We Say? (Romans 8:31-39). We live in a society where pausing to think is becoming less common. There is a tendency we have to finish one thing and quickly move on to the next thing. We are not good at reflection after a season of life. But as we approach the halfway point of the book of Ro...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Dr. David Barker, July 9, 2023. The Glory of God's Elective Grace (Romans 9:1-33). In our study of Romans 9:1-33, we will find that our God, our God of sovereignty, power, and elective grace, is working out His plan of creating His people in ways that are beyond our comprehension, and perhaps even our liking. But, in the end, we see t...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Kevin Deane, July 16, 2023. In Need of a Saviour (Romans 10). Paul begins Romans 10 by revealing his missionary heart (10:1) for the Israelites – he longs for them to be saved. He will later give an appeal, telling them how to be saved (10:10). But first, he will give us three distinct reasons why they need to be saved. Why does it matter...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, July 23, 2023. The Faithfulness of God and the Question of Israel (Romans 11:1-6). The gospel is the good news that God is gathering a people for His own delight from among all nations. Where once we were under God’s wrath because of our sin, now we are saved through Christ who bore our sins on the cross and suffered...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, July 30, 2023. The Faithfulness of God and the Question of Israel Part 2 (Romans 11:1-25). Israel, both ancient and modern, is a great source of insight into the purposes of God. As they were the Old Testament people of God, we also glean understanding of our responsibility as the New Testament people of God – the chu...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, August 6, 2023. The Faithfulness of God and the Question of Israel Part 3 (Romans 11:1-25). How do you want to be known? What do you want the people who matter most to you to know about you? How will they know it? The Bible is a story of how God introduces Himself to a world that He loves. In the eleventh chapter of H...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Andrew DeGraaf, August 13, 2023. Paul's Doxology (Romans 11:33-36). In Romans 11:33-36, we encounter a passage that captures Paul's profound praise and adoration for God. This portion, often referred to as "Paul's Doxology," marks a climactic point in his letter where he pauses to offer a resounding hymn of...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, August 20, 2023. In View of God's Mercy (Romans 12:1-8). Christian duty flows from Christian doctrine. In the first eleven chapters of his epistle to the Romans, the Apostle Paul shone a light on the mercy of God as seen in the doctrine of salvation. He introduces, with new vocabulary and inspired insight, the et...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, August 27, 2023. Gospel Love in Action (Romans 12:9-21). The loving mercy of God poured out on sinners is the central theme of the gospel. Pondering its facets evokes unrestrained worship and complete surrender to God. In these remaining chapters of his epistle to the Romans, the apostle of Christ describes what compl...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, September 10, 2023. Loving Our Government (Romans 13:1-7). The gospel transforms and redirects sinners. Overcome by the mercy and love of God, we seek the welfare of Christ’s church and the salvation of Christ’s world. Both realms require a unique expression of God’s love. In Romans chapter twelve, the Apostle begins...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, September 24, 2023. Love: The Debt that Keeps on Owing (Romans 13:8-10). God’s love for sinners is the driving force of His plan for our salvation and His glory (Jn. 3:16; Eph. 1:12). Our love for others is the sine qua non of a genuine encounter with God’s salvation. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 15, 2023. Unity in the Church: When Convictions Are in Conflict (Romans 14). The unity of Christ’s church is not simply better than the alternative; it is an essential witness to the power of the gospel to create a new community that is other than worldly. The world, the flesh and the devil are opposed to such...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 1, 2023. Upping Our Game (Romans 13:11-14). The followers of Christ can learn a few things from the followers of Satan. As Jesus Himself said, for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light (Lk. 16:8). In our Scripture focus, the apostle similarly commends the Roman sol...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 22, 2023. A People of Praise (Romans 15:1-13). The church is a complex and oftentimes messy family of God’s children. Like all children, we bring joy to our Heavenly Father (notwithstanding a few bumps along the way). The Apostle Paul, our elder brother, passes on some household instructions he received from J...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 29, 2023. The Case for the Gospel: Can You Give It (Romans 1:1-6). The gospel is the joyful pronouncement that God has established a pathway from our sin and death to His righteousness and life. The need for such news is everywhere from Gaza to Ukraine and Bay Street to Punkydoodles Corners. There is no greate...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, February 5, 2023. That Every Mouth May Be Silenced (Romans 3:1-20). People are good … at covering up their sin so that they look good. The gospel is good news for people who are without hope and know it! They are broken and humbled by their failures, so like the desperate woman who reached for the hem of Jesus’ garmen...