Living Stones Church, Red Deer, Alberta

Evangelism & Discipleship

John 1:1-18

2 Corinthians 5

The Book of James How can a person maintain a right and godly attitude and find hope in seemingly hopeless situations?  Many people feel trapped by their current situation in life. I am not speaking of being trapped or imprisoned but of being trapped by life’s situations, commitments, and responsibilities. Others are trapped in unhealthy bodies suffering from a debilitating disease, like Job, who...

Colossians 1:15-23

Luke 3:21 - 4:30 There is something inside each man and woman that wants to please and be accepted by their father. It's something that God builds into each of our lives. Some struggle with this issue. Maybe they don't feel they can ever do enough to please their father and become exasperated trying. Sometimes the start of rebellion in children's hearts is an expression of a child trying to get th...

Luke 6:37-48 In Luke’s retelling of the greatest sermon ever preached, known as the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew’s gospel, Luke’s rendition, known as the Sermon on the Plain, gives us an insight into the value of the message. Luke slips in a simple statement not found in Matthew’s gospel but gives us something of the nature of the end product of a disciple of Jesus. A student is not above his...

Genesis 37-50 Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. He worked towards seeing that dream become a reality and was killed in pursuing that dream. What dream do you have today? Maybe your dream is buried beneath the heartache and heartbreak of life.  Perhaps the barriers and obstacles to your God-given dream have robbed you of the joy of seeing it become a reality. Your strength may be waning. Oh, for...

In the editor's synopsis of Barbara Tuchman's book, ' The March of Folly ,' we see the historical tragedy of folly in human governance. "A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Mankind, it seems, makes a poorer performance of government than of almost any other human activity. Why do holders...

Darkness can be a terrible thing. Not only can it be scary, but it is also dangerous. While physical darkness is threatening, spiritual darkness is the actual danger. At some point, all people have been spiritually blinded, but when we are exposed to Jesus and His light, we have an opportunity to not only escape the dark, but to overcome it and help bring others out. The world is lost in the darkn...

So, how do we respond to God’s word? How is God’s word influencing, directing, and determining our lives? Are we just hearers or are we doers of God’s word? Though there are basically only two responses toward God and His message, there is also God’s actions that occur from those responses. What can we learn about human nature and God’s nature from an interaction with His divine message? There are...

With a close examination of the value of living a life in obedience to God’s word, a person discovers that obedience is the real fruit of faith in God. Faith in God is always manifested by obedience to God’s word. One thing that each of us can expect is temptations and testing that come to challenge faith. Will we obey God’s word or surrender to the pressures in the society in which we are living?...

Father's Day

Hebrews 11

Hebrews 11

2 Kings

The Book of Ruth In a sinful, broken world, there is a great need for love to be demonstrated. One of the most moving stories in the Bible is the story of two ordinary women struggling with significant losses. Both of these women had lost their husbands. For Naomi, the mother-in-law of Ruth, the future looked bleak. All she could see was poverty and uncertainty ahead. She had no hope of a future h...

Hebrews 10:26-39  

Matthew 4:18-22 One of the issues in human development is the question we ultimately ask ourselves, ‘What difference is my life making in this world.’ It is the question of significance and how psychologists explain the journey of the ‘mid-life’ crisis. If we live simply for ourselves and this world that is constantly changing, we may find that our lives have been built so that when the storms com...

Missions Sunday

Matthew 28 What difference does one day make? It all depends on the day. Today we are celebrating the day that made all the difference in how our world has gone and, hopefully, most of us. It is the day that changed our lives forever. I am speaking of the resurrection of Jesus Christ almost two thousand years ago. The key to experiencing the resurrection power is that it must be applied in our liv...

Mark 11 There has never been more information poured into our lives than now. But what is actual reality and truth, and what is fiction? What do you believe? And why do you believe it? What we think shapes our decisions, ultimately affecting what we do and how we do it. Jesus, in talking to his disciples after they had witnessed many miracles and listened to Jesus explain many things, asked the mo...

1 Corinthians 13, Marriage Series The great need in every time and place has been the same: love; for love acts beyond what any expects. It gives what is needed and more. Without it, all the noblest acts have a hollowness and shallowness. All the knowledge in the world cannot replace love as the most profound need of our lives. As we evaluate the world in which we live, we may state that the churc...

Hebrews 10