Mill Creek Foursquare Church

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The Lord’s Prayer: A Guide To Communion With God.” In this teaching, “Your Will Be Done,” we study Matthew 6 and the invitation of Jesus into prayer with our Father. Here, we learn to seek God’s will on earth as in heaven as we wrestle our willfulness into submission to the ways and purposes of God.

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The Lord’s Prayer: A Guide To Communion With God.” In this teaching, “Your Kingdom Come,” we study Matthew 6 and the invitation of Jesus into prayer with our Father. Here, we learn to seek God’s liberation for our world and the increase of his reign in and through us.

In the first episode of our new Midweek series on the Lord’s Prayer, we begin by discussing the nature of prayer generally, the Lord’s Prayer specifically, and the opening address of the prayer itself. Chris and Jon explore the fundamentally relational purpose of prayer and the potential for the prayer Jesus taught us to become a kind of model through which to deepen and extend our own prayer live...

This morning Dr. Jon Bentall continues our teaching series entitled “The Lord’s Prayer: A Guide To Communion With God.” with Part 2 "Hallowed Be Your Name"

For the final two episodes in our Revelation series, we address various questions from our congregation about the interpretation of the last book of the Bible. Trevor and Jon explore questions that have arisen from both the sermon series and our podcast discussions over recent months, some of which were submitted online, and others that came up in email correspondence and even conversations in the...

Pastor Chris commences our series entitled “The Lord’s Prayer: A Guide To Communion With God.” In this teaching, “Our Father In Heaven,” we study Matthew 6 and the invitation of Jesus to join him in addressing the God of the cosmos as Father. Jesus teaches us how uncomplicated prayer can be, how intimate this communion is and how immediate God is in the midst of his sovereignty.

For the final two episodes in our Revelation series, we address various questions from our congregation about the interpretation of the last book of the Bible. Trevor and Jon explore questions that have arisen from both the sermon series and our podcast discussions over recent months, some of which were submitted online, and others that came up in email correspondence and even conversations in the...

Pastor Chris leads us through our 2020 financial report as we continue our financial transparency and accountability with one another. After walking us through the report, we receive a brief teaching out of Luke 12, where we read, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

The goal of this episode is to explore the symbolism and imagery associated with God’s redemption and the restoration of all things, as well as God’s final judgment of evil and all that is opposed to God’s purposes in the book of Revelation. Chris and Jon discuss the degree to which the teaching of this book (and of the wider New Testament) aligns with – or perhaps might help us to reframe and re-...

Pastor Chris takes a breather from teaching within a series and offers this devotional teaching entitled, “Relationships & Redemption,” from the story of Joseph found in the book of Genesis. Through this dramatic revisiting of a timeless story, we gain fresh application for our own relationships in need of redemption.

The goal of this episode is to explore the symbolism and imagery related to both God’s “oldest friends” and original covenant partners, i.e. Israel, as well as the language and imagery associated with “the nations” in the book of Revelation. Chris and Jon discuss the way in which the final book of the Christian canon brings the entire biblical narrative to a fitting conclusion, in ways that are sh...

Pastor Chris concludes our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “The End,” we study Revelation 22:8-21, through which we hear the final details around John’s apocalypse and the invitation of Jesus into new creation and the fullness of life.

Featuring Steve Carell in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, how prophecy is not primarily about prediction but preparation, and if you knew the world was ending - how would that affect how you live now? Watch for this and more from Pastor Trevor.

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “All Things New,” we study the first five verses of Revelation 22. In this study, we hear more of the details around the way in which God brings renewal to the cosmos, learning about a new and greater Eden and all of the promises of God to us becoming our reality.

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Our goal in this episode is to build on the previous two installments, exploring the degree to which the so-called ‘rapture’ is an appropriate or helpful category for understanding the book of Revelation. Trevor and Jon examine a number of passages in the book that are sometimes understood to be references to this type of experience, but turn out not to be when read with attention to genre and con...

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “The Tale of Two Cities,” we study the latter half of Revelation 21. In this study, we move on from Babylon to the New Jerusalem, where the fullness of the Kingdom of Heaven comes to earth and brings human flourishing and wholeness for the cosmos with it. Here, we embrace the beautif...

Our goal in this episode is to continue our discussion of so-called ‘rapture theology’ by investigating some of the passages in the New Testament that are most commonly assumed to provide support for the idea. Although our focus is on the wider New Testament, this discussion has implications for our study of Revelation, given that readers sometimes assume that the rapture must be an important feat...

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “The Hope Around Hell,” we study the latter half of Revelation 20. In this study, we learn that God is on a mission to get the hell out of earth. As God is committed to fully eradicate evil’s presence, he offers us the opportunity to loyally live with him now as we await the new heav...

Over the next three episodes, we will reconsider and reevaluate the theology of a so-called ‘rapture’, an idea that is sometimes assumed to be significant within the book of Revelation. In this first installment, Trevor and Jon begin by exploring the historical origins and the popular appeal of ‘rapture theology’, while also discussing the degree to which it aligns with the general thrust of New T...

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “The Millennium,” we study the first six verses of Revelation 20, one of the most discussed and debated sections of the Bible. Through this study, we learn that God fully and finally removes evil in order to bring renewal and promises to vindicate his beloved children who have suffer...

Featuring the key question - Will Jesus let people kill him in the gospels and then go around killing people on the last pages of the Bible? Discover as Pastor Trevor answers this question through unpacking the battle of all battles in Armageddon, how Jesus finds ultimate victory through his words and ways, and the secret that the military general Napoleon learned in his last days about true conqu...

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “Subversive Loyalty,” we study the first half of Revelation 18, in which John provides more details concerning God’s judgment upon Babylon, a clear reference to the empire of Rome. Through this study, we learn of our need to resist idolatry and injustice and become/remain a very atte...

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “Babylon As Rome,” we study Revelation 17, in which John details God’s judgment upon Babylon, a clear reference to the empire of Rome. Through this study, we learn of prophecy’s immediate fulfillment alongside it’s generational application, through which we can learn a humble way tod...

Pastor Chris continues our series entitled “The End Is Near?: A Study in the Book of Revelation.” In this teaching, “Welcome To Babylon,” we study Revelation 16, in which John details the conclusion of the end of what we know at present - including the coming final judgment of the earth. Through this, we see again God’s justice and the role of his people in the end of time.