Grandview Church Sunday Sermons

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, February 12, 2023. Beholding the Wondrous Mystery (Romans 3:21-31). The gospel is the good news that in the court of God’s justice, condemned sinners are set free and “clothed” in the righteousness of God Himself. While this is great news for the condemned, it raises questions about the seriousness of our sin, the jus...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, March 5, 2023. God's Gospel … It's about God's Glory, Not Our Comfort (Romans 4). The gospel of God is for the glory of God. Of all His wonderful attributes, none shine brighter than those having to do with His rescue of sinners. Our salvation is, as the apostle says, to the praise of His glory (Eph. 1:...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, March 12, 2023. What's the Matter with Justification by Faith? (Romans 4). The gospel is ultimately God’s answer to a sinner’s plight. It is the imputation of God’s personal righteousness to the account of the ungodly. In dealing with this “matter”, the Apostle Paul teaches the following: 1. That it be settled by...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, March 19, 2023. The Gains of the Gospel (Romans 5:1-5). The message of the gospel informs us that we are justified (Gk. dikaioo) by our faith in God and His provision of Christ’s death for our sin. It means that we are declared righteous and in good standing in the court of God’s justice. Having well established this...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, April 16, 2023. God's Love Language (Romans 5:6-11). Everyone has a preferred way or language of expressing their love. God’s love language is sacrifice. There is no greater way for God to communicate His love for us than in the death of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. As we contemplate such love, we gain insight...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, April 30, 2023. The Great Exchange (Romans 5:12-20). The gospel changes people. Not in superficial tweaks but deeply to the transformation of mind, soul and body. In Romans 5, the Apostle Paul helps us appreciate this gospel change by comparing it with our natural state as children of Adam under the reign of death. By...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 7, 2023. The Great Exchange Part 2 (Romans 5:12-20). The gospel changes people. Not in superficial tweaks but deeply to the transformation of mind, soul and body. In Romans 5, the Apostle Paul helps us appreciate this gospel change by comparing it with our natural state as children of Adam under the reign of death...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 14, 2023. Victorious Christian Living: Claiming Our Death Benefits (Romans 6:1-14). The Christian life is a call to thrive in a new reality, free from the bonds that kept us in sin with its guilt, fear and darkness. So why do we sin? Why are we prone to leave the high ground where Christ is leading us to wallow in...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 21, 2023. A New Way of Looking at Sin (Romans 6:15-23). The gospel is God’s solution to the sin problem. To the ungodly, it is an invitation to be saved from the penalty of sin. To the saved, it is a message to be free from the dominion of sin. In either case, it is a message that is embraced by faith and with tha...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, May 28, 2023. Fruitful Christian Living (Romans 7:1-6). The Apostle Paul’s teaching about salvation as a free gift was a problem for some. It seemed too easy and open to abuse. Furthermore, if salvation is a free gift without merit, what leverage could church leaders have to manipulate people? How could they regulate...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Andrew DeGraaf, June 4, 2023. The Law and Sin (Romans 7:7-13). In Romans 7:7-13, Paul deals with the fact that we all struggle with sin, even him. As a matter of fact, this is one of a few times in Scripture where Paul chooses to give a personal example of his own life from the past, before his conversion. He acknowledges that the l...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, June 11, 2023. It's Not Easy Being Saved (Romans 7:14-25). The gospel is a message that awakens us to the need and availability of God’s limitless grace. We are in modern parlance, spiritually woke. We have declared war on the spiritual forces that have bound and blinded our generation to its terrible predicament...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, June 18, 2023. Life in the Spirit (Romans 8:1-17). A study of the world’s religions reveals a common thread. There are systems in which people can know the rules and the price for breaking them. In his epistle to the Roman church, Paul was aware that many of his readers were raised in the Jewish religion where the rul...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 13, 2022. Salvation: It’s More than We Think – Part II (Romans 1:18-32). The gospel is a life-giving message of the power of God to save us from His holy and righteous wrath. The death of Christ in the justice system of God settled our account. Furthermore, we are made new and share in the righteousness of Je...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, November 27, 2022. Three Things Nice People Need to Know About the Judgment of God (Romans 2:1-16). Paul has just described in Romans 1, the pitiful state of the pagan world where wickedness abounds and is celebrated. He hears an objection raised by a religious Jew or moral pagan who agrees with him. They confess that...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, January 8, 2023. Is God Fair? (Romans 2:12-16). Is God fair? If faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation, is it fair for God to judge or be offended by people who have never heard His rules or the name of Jesus Christ? In Romans 2:12-16, the Apostle Paul explains the fairness of God and why every effort must...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, January 15, 2023. Teaching Yourself: The Danger of Hypocrisy (Romans 2:17-24).  Being a Christian is both a privilege and a responsibility. The Apostle Peter says we are born again into a “Royal Priesthood”. The Apostle John says we are the “children of God”. The prophet Isaiah imagined the day when God’s people would...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, January 22, 2023. When Religion Ruins (Romans 2:25-29). The Christian religion keeps people out of heaven… when it is reduced to mere ritual and rule-keeping. At the heart of Christianity is the gospel, which calls sinners to repent and receive by faith a righteousness that only God can provide. Religion makes us prou...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 30, 2022. Salvation: It’s More than We Think (Romans 1:18 -32).  Salvation or being “saved” has little appeal to people who live charmed lives. If they do show any interest in religion, it is to add just a little extra to their lives, like extra butter on their breakfast toast. Such people have great difficult...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, September 25, 2022. The Gospel of God According to St. Paul (Romans 1:1-7). The gospel is a good news message of what God has done. It is what makes Christianity unique among the religions of the world. What has God done? He has sent His one and only Son to suffer the consequences of our sin. All who truly believe and...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 2, 2022. The Faith That Encourages (Romans 1:7-13). The Apostle Paul longed to meet the believers in Rome. It was enough for him that they were loved by God and called to share in holy fellowship with him as God’s beloved people. He had heard stories about their faith from second-hand sources but wanted to be...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 16, 2022. The Power of God’s Gospel (Romans 1:14-17). The message of the gospel is arguably the greatest manifestation of the power of God ever. At creation, a tiny demonstration of His power was manifested as He merely spoke heaven and earth into being. In the gospel, however, we behold His power to save sinn...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, October 23, 2022. Saved by Faith (Romans 1:16-17). Everyone has a time coming when they stand accountable to God. How are we to prepare for it? What shall we plead if not justice? Will God be merciful and if so on what basis? These are disturbing questions that persist in the conscience of every thoughtful person. The...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor from the new Romans series, September 11, 2022. Living in Gospel Power (Romans 1:16-17). The Epistle of Paul to the Romans has been called his theological “Magnum Opus”. Its pages are in the words of William Tyndale, “a light and a way into the whole scripture”. Nowhere is the gospel message better articulated than in...

Grandview Church in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Message by Pastor Bob MacGregor, September 18, 2022. The Conversion and Calling of the Apostle Paul (Romans 1:1-7). In typical first-century letter writing fashion, the Apostle Paul introduces himself and identifies his readers. Atypically, however, but not for Paul, he “digresses” into an irrepressible “aside” explaining the gospel and his associati...