Midtown Church

In this message we focus on three primary elements of Jude’s letter: the call to contend for the faith, the crisis behind the call, and the confidence we can have in carrying out the call. https://midtownchurch.com/

What does it mean to worship Jesus?  And how is our worship of him actually a proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus to a lost world. https://midtownchurch.com/

"It's not whether you win or lose - it's how you play the game that counts."  There may be some truth to that mantra, which may bring some comfort after we have lost a game and done our best.  But the truth is, no one wants to be a loser.  There is JOY in winning.  In Philippians 3 Paul insists that God has called us in Christ Jesus to be winners.  He talks about pressing on to w...

In this sermon on Psalm 37:1-7, Brett Landry explores how to navigate the tension of waiting on God amidst life's challenges. He reflects on the Psalm 37 call to "fret not" and offers a practical four-step approach for believers: Trust in the Lord, Delight yourself in the Lord, Commit your way to the Lord, and Be Still before the Lord. Through these actions, grounded in a deep relati...

Titus 2:11-14 makes it clear: true freedom is found in Christ. In this sermon, we look into the biblical understanding of Christian freedom and demystify the empty promises of freedom that our culture often promotes. Discover how genuine freedom through Christ contrasts with the fleeting and superficial freedoms of the world. https://midtownchurch.com/

We begin a mid-summer series today on some of our favourite Bible passages. This morning we look at a precious event in the ministry of Jesus where He not only raises a widow's son but reveals in the process the beauty of His person and ministry.  https://midtownchurch.com/

We end the Dreamer series on the life of Joseph today. In this message, we spend the majority of our time in vv. 15-21 and verse 20 in particular. There we dive into the topic of God's sovereignty and man's responsibility and consider how the evil act of Joseph's brothers was at the same time a good act of God.  https://midtownchurch.com/

We are coming down the backstretch in our Dreamer series on the life of Joseph . Over the last couple of chapters, however, we’ve actually spent most of our time with his old and dying father Jacob . And what he’s been up to is a lot of blessings. Two Sundays ago he blessed Pharaoh and last Sunday he blessed his two half-Egyptian grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh . His blessing work continues today w...

Hebrews 11:21 says: "By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff." This expression of faith began at the end of chapter 47 but is fully shown in chapter 48. In this message, we take time to look at the blessing of Jacob on Joseph's two sons and end by highlighting three attributes of God revealed in this chapter.  https...

This week's passage is a study of contrasts, three specifically: the contrast between Jacob and Pharaoh, Israel and Egypt, and land and the promised land. In this we discover a handful of elements true then that are true for the church today.  https://midtownchurch.com/

In this week's message Jacob is finally reunited with Joseph, the son he thought was dead is alive! In seeing his son face to face Jacob declares that he can now die in peace. In this message we key in on five things: God's "far more." The growth of Jacob. The land of Goshen. The mediation of Joseph. And the hatred of shepherds.  https://midtownchurch.com/

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In last week's passage, it was revealed to Jacob by his sons that Joseph was alive and in Egypt. Jacob decided to go to Egypt but he was fearful. This week's message looks at why Jacob was fearful, what God promised to him to alleviate his fear and how the same promises are ours today.   https://midtownchurch.com/

Genesis 45 is all about the reveal. Up to this point, Joseph had concealed his identity by playing the part of an Egyptian ruler. But now, overcome with emotion, he makes himself known to his brothers. But that's not the only reveal this chapter contains which culminates with the reviving of Jacob's heart when he learns that his son is not dead.  https://midtownchurch.com/

This is a series on the life of Joseph and yet, it's so much more than that. In this message Judah is again prominent and serves as an example of what a heart change looks like. And it's beautiful. In contrast to what it looked like in his past, Judah's heart now is full of humility, compassion and a tender concern for others. All coming because of God's mercy.  https://midtownchur...

In this passage the sons of Israel, all eleven this time, return to Egypt. But this time they return with fear and ongoing guilt but will surprisingly be met with grace, kindness and peace. This message considers what kind of grace and peace the Bible speaks of and how this passage reminds us of the beauty of the gospel.  https://midtownchurch.com/

The Word of God is full of the message of His grace.  Christ died in our place to purchase our salvation.  It is a free gift which costs us nothing.  Our sins are forgiven and we are made right with God by grace which we appropriate by faith.  But to be a disciple is a commitment which costs us everything.  If we will share in Christ's glory we must be willing to share in his suffering.  Are y...

In the Great Commission, Jesus commands his disciples to make disciples.  That  began a process of multiplication that would take the Gospel to " the ends of the earth."  In this message, we will look at the call of Jesus to discipleship as the first disciples experienced it.  We will look at the process by which the Greatest Disciple Maker "made" ordinary people into those He...

Last week the calamity of the family took the brothers to Egypt. After being released from prison and in their conviction, they confess their guilt and are set free - paid in full, with provisions for the journey. Fantastic, but what if God calls us to more? What if God wants more for us than simply our freedom? What if God doesn’t want salvation for us on our terms but His? What if God is as inte...

To what extent is God willing to go so as to produce repentance and holiness in His people? In this message, we look at the movement of the sons of Israel from living in two decades of sin and deceit to a place of declaring their guilt towards Joseph. What brought them to that place? What moved them there? And what in them is true for us today? https://midtownchurch.com/

After an Easter break, we are back to our study of Joseph's life. In this week's passage, Pharaoh has two dreams that none of his higher-ups can interpret. Pharaoh's cupbearer, however, finally remembers Joseph from his time in prison and tells Pharaoh that he's a man who can interpret dreams. Thus begins the resurrection story of Joseph and the fulfillment of his dreams from chapt...

With so much going on today, so much cultural noise, and our pressured lives, it’s all too easy to lose focus. This message seeks to reorient us as to what really matters - Jesus, the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit. https://midtownchurch.com/

In this Easter Sunday message we begin by looking at what Paul says is of first importance - that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised on the third day. We then finish off our three-part Easter series in Revelation by looking at what Jesus' death and resurrection secures for His people in the new heaven and earth.  https://midtownchurch.com/

In this second of a three part Easter series, we see with John into heaven where we hear about a Lion who looks like a Lamb that was slain. As we look we discover four things about the Lamb: The Lamb's worthiness, the Lamb's weakness, the Lamb's way and finally, the worship of the Lamb.  https://midtownchurch.com/

On this Palm Sunday we begin a three-part Easter series called, The Lion and the Lamb. In it we will look at three passages from the book of Revelation that not only remind us of what Jesus did for the world two millennia ago, but what it means for our present and our future. In this first message we see what John saw as he wrote of his experience of seeing the glorified Jesus and why he, and we,...