New Song Church Port Perry

Religious affiliation is at an all-time low in the Western World. Increasingly Christians feel that they live as strangers in a strange land. So do we respond to the suspicion and hostility we face? How do we live as exiles and sojourners? We seek peace by blessing others and honouring Christ. Creighton Friedrich, 14 May 2023

By God's Word, Peter writes, we are "born again" (1:23) - but what does that mean? What difference does encountering the Word of God make in real life in real time? The Apostle Peter understands: by God's Word we are Grown Up , Built Up and Called Up . Creighton Friedrich, 7 May 2023

Christians are dual citizens of Christ's heavenly kingdom and the earthly state. How then does the Gospel shape our politics, and how do we live as faithful Christians and earthly citizens? Peter has three imperatives for us dual citizens: be subject , be free and follow Christ's example . Creighton Friedrich, 30 April 2023

"You have been born again," writes Peter, to an inheritance that is "kept in heaven for you" (1 Peter 1:3-4). But what difference does this make to my Christian life in the present? Peter would have us understand that living in the light of our inheritance means living in revelation hope , reverent fear , and real love . Creighton Friedrich, 23 April 2023

Is the Christian life a life of hope or of wishful thinking ? Conviction or delusion ? Peter is convinced: a Christian's hope is grounded in the resurrection of Jesus, guards us for our inheritance, and transforms our present trials. Creighton Friedrich, 16 April 2023

For those who are always inclined to forget, God gives a meal to for his people to remember: God is our deliverer. Creighton Friedrich, 6 April 2023

Our baptism bears us witness: as surely as Christ is risen, we too will be raised. Creighton Friedrich, 9 April 2023 (Easter Sunday)

When Jesus enters into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday, he's hailed as the promised King - but he isn't the kind of King that this crowd expects. So who is this Jesus?  The Rev Creighton Friedrich, 2 April 2023 (Palm Sunday)

Part Five - Jesus "will come again in glory... and his kingdom will have no end." All of history is headed towards the Kingdom, bringing renewed creation, resurrection bodies, and radiant union between God and his people. Here we see the destination of our Christian pilgrimage is the beginning of our journey into a glorious eternity.  "Behold, I am making all things new ."  Cre...

Part Four - Is there hope for pilgrims living in the valley of the shadow of death? How do we as Christians face our own death when our time comes? The Good News of the Gospel is not simply going to a better place when you die - it's the defeat of the power of death itself. So we do not lose heart.  Creighton Friedrich, 19 March 2023

Part Three - We cannot talk about Eternity without talking about the difficult doctrine of Hell. How could a God of love condemn people to an agonizing eternity separated from him? Jesus gives us insight into the spiritual condition of Hell in the sobering story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. But is there also Good News to be found in the one who 'descended into Hell' for us? Creighton Fri...

Part One - The Christian life is not aimless; it's a pilgrimage with a destination. But where is it all going? God's Word points us forward to a Table: a victory feast, a marriage supper. So then, what is so significant about this Supper? Creighton Friedrich, 26 February 2023

Part Two - What makes Heaven 'heaven'? All the Clouds? All the Harps? All the Cream Cheese? God's Revelation to John tells us that Heaven is 'heaven' because it's where God's glory and divine life are most fully manifest and shared with us, his creatures. Creighton Friedrich, 5 March 2023

Jesus' everlasting glory is dazzlingly revealed at his transfiguration. But what if Jesus' glory was more than a heavenly display for his disciples? What if Jesus' transfiguration is a Christian's hope of partaking in glorious transformation? Creighton Friedrich, 19 February 2023 (Transfiguration Sunday)

Richard Foster once wrote, "The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people." Lent is an invitation to spiritual depth through spiritual discipline, but where do we begin? We follow Jesus' lead: Prayer, Fasting, and Giving. Creighton Friedrich, 22 February 2023 (Ash Wednesday)

God doesn't have a mission for his church, but a church for his mission. What is his mission all about? Jesus wants his disciples to understand the work, heart and mandate of our mission in his world.  Creighton Friedrich, 12 Feb 2023 (World Mission Sunday)

How should Christians relate to the world we live in? Should we retreat from its corrupting influence? Should we assimilate its values to stay relevant? The Gospel of Jesus gives us a third, more challenging, more beautiful way: be  in the world, distinct from the world, for the sake of the world. Be Salt and Light.  Pastor Creighton Friedrich, 5 February 2023

As New Song grieves the tragic loss of our founding pastor Brent Stiller we are once again confronted with the apparent reality that death is the final answer to life. But can we dare to hope for more? The Apostle Paul offers us a hope which changes everything about how we see the world: Christ is risen - for those in Christ, everlasting life is the final answer to death. The Second Sunday after E...

Why do preachers preach? What benefit is a sermon to a Christian? As part of a walk through our Sunday morning liturgy, Pastor Creighton offers an answer: God meets with people as Christ is proclaimed through his Word. Epiphany Sunday, 8 January 2023 

Have you noticed how often circumcision is reference in the Bible? A lot, right? But why does the Bible make such a big deal out of it? What does it mean for Christians? On the commemoration of the Circumcision of our Lord Jesus (1 January), we explore a biblical understanding of Old Covenant circumcision and what it means for New Covenant believers in Christ: Jesus has submitted himself to God&ap...

The Gospel offers us good news of great joy: God works providentially in the world, in our world, and even in our hardships to give his very self to us.

We might not have an answer for why we suffer, but suffer we do all the same. How is it that Christian faces times of suffering? James teaches us: Christians suffer with patience , knowing that Jesus will return. And we suffer with trust , knowing that God is sufficient. Creighton Friedrich, 11 December 2022

Does the church often seem so unlike Christ its head? Paul instructs the church in Rome to show the character of Christ by bearing with   and welcoming one another. So how can New Song show forth the character of Christ today? Creighton Friedrich, 4 December 2022

What's at the very centre of the Christian life? For the apostle Paul, love holds everything together: love pays a perpetual debt, love fulfills God's law, and love wills the good of our neighbour. Creighton Friedrich, 27 November 2022

On Christ the King Sunday we celebrate our risen and returning King Jesus. He reigns supreme over all creation and over all redemptive history, says the Apostle Paul, but does he enthroned in our lives, our endeavours, our stories? Creighton Friedrich, 20 November 2022