Temple Cambridge

As we begin this new year, our focus is to watch your life and doctrine closely. This is a call to be vigilant because the unholy trinity (the world, the flesh and the devil) would love for us to fall into sin or fall for false teaching. This is why we are starting a brief series in the Book of Titus followed by a study in the Book of Romans. Titus is a book that encourages us to place our hope fo...

I hope you had a great Christmas. As we conclude 2024 with the year of living wisely, we end with a family service. I can’t think of a better way to end the year as a whole church family, than taking time to celebrate God's greatness. There will be times of singing, a couple of God stories, the preaching of God's Word from Pastor Kyle, and a child dedication. May this coming year be one where we l...

Merry Christmas! Do you know that I am from New Brunswick? I am a Maritimer! Do you know why Maritimers are wiser? This is because wise men come from the east! :) (By the way, you can use that joke anytime you come from a place or country further to the east.) Of course, “wise men” is another name for Magi - those who followed the star to Bethlehem to see Jesus - most likely by the time they arriv...

How often do you remember your Creator? As we wrap up our series in Ecclesiastes, Pastor Kyle will be teaching us from Ecclesiastes 11-12 that the time is right now to remember our Creator God, and to honour Him in everything we do before we get old and serving Him gets harder due to physical limitations. Honouring Him means to fear and obey Him. Living in light of knowing that we will meet our Ma...

One of the sermons and books that has affected many is entitled Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. Have you wasted your life on things that won’t last? What if you were given 2 billion, 207 million, 520,000? God did and maybe more! if you live to age 70, God will have given 2 billion, 207 million and 520,000 seconds. Those of you older than age 70 have received more. What have you done with thos...

What would you do if you were asked to work in the Prime Minister's office? Would you take the job? If something shady or something that was against your values was being promoted at the highest levels, would you quit? This week from Ecclesiastes 8, we will be encouraged not to leave those in authority over us. Now most of us, if not any of us, will work in the PMO, but there are bosses and teache...

Sometimes our financial institutions will ask us about our net worth. Our net worth is based on the total costs of our assets (e.g. our investments, houses and vehicles) less the amount of debt we have. Our net worth may be important to our bank, but there are a lot of things more valuable in life. One of those things is our reputation. How much is your reputation worth to you? Losing money is not...

I recall hearing about a man being offered a position, but when he learned how meager the salary was, he cheekily replied, “After looking at the package, I just have this little problem … I have this nasty habit of eating to survive.” Though his response was not appropriate, it serves as a reminder that much of our work goes to purchasing food and other goods that are here today and gone tomorrow....

Have you ever made a vow to God beyond your wedding vows? Maybe you made a promise to God that if He did something for you, you would do something for Him? This week from Ecclesiastes 5 we are going to learn that God doesn’t make bargains and if we make a vow to Him, we better keep it. This is why we should be very cautious to making vows to God. In fact, this aligns with how we are to approach Go...

How are you using the power God gave you? You may not feel very powerful, but God has given each of us a limited amount of influence, authority and power over others. We can use this either to harm or help others. This is what we discover as we study Ecclesiastes 4.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) What season are you in? And no, I am not talking about the beautiful autumn season we have had. I am talking about the stages and circumstances of life. Do you realize that God is sovereign over all your life and makes each season, especially the difficult ones, beautiful in its time? Maybe you are goin...

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you thankful to God for? Your family? Your health? Your salvation through Christ? What about your work? Most of us do not see the blessing that work is until we aren’t able to work. Earlier this year, Lori and I met a newly retired airline pilot. He had been retired for only a few months, but you could tell he was not happy. He had lots of money but grumbled that the a...

This Sunday we begin a new series studying the Book of Ecclesiastes entitled “For Our Time is Short.” Ecclesiastes is an odd book, even depressing at first reading, but only if you don’t understand its meaning. Written by the wisest man (other than Jesus) to ever live, Solomon was so fully resourced that he was able to explore almost every possibility for happiness and found these pursuits lacking...

When I was younger, I played a lot of sports. I loved sports, but one of the things I hated most was sitting on the bench. I couldn’t wait to get out there and play. It is a great feeling when your name or number gets called and you get to see action. Do you know that God is calling your name? Maybe you have been on the bench, sidelines or even in the stands watching others? It is time to get out...

“Well done, good and faithful servant!” Are these the words you are hoping to hear when you see Jesus? If so, one of the ways to hear those words is to depend upon the Holy Spirit and use your serving spiritual gift. Most of us have at least one serving gift. Those serving gifts are the gifts of helps, administration, giving, mercy or faith. This Sunday we will unpack what those gifts are, but for...

Words are some of the most powerful things in the universe. God even used words to create the universe when He said in Genesis 1:3, “Let there be light,” and there was light. No wonder that God gave His church special abilities to speak words into people’s lives. These spiritual gifts include teaching, encouragement, and exhortation. Think about your life. There are times you need to be encouraged...

For many of you, this may be welcome back after a busy summer! We thought it would be a good idea to familiarize you with our various ministries kicking off this fall season, so grab some food provided, and please plan on checking out the ministries after the Sunday morning service. As far as what we will be studying this Sunday, our focus will be on what some have called the sign gifts. Signs are...

Happy Labour Day weekend! I hope you have had a great summer! This Sunday we launch a long-awaited series on spiritual gifts entitled Spirit-Built! We hope every believer will discover their spiritual gift and use them to build up the church for God’s glory. Pastor Aaron will be preaching on Sunday through 1 Corinthians 12:4-7. Please read this passage ahead of time and come with your questions as...

I recently read about a man in a church that my brother-in-law pastors, who shows up every Sunday and walks into the church auditorium. What does he pray for? Five things: Conviction. He prays that God uses the Word in a way that brings conviction to the hearts of people. Brokenness. He prays that having been convicted, people would experience a form of brokenness and godly sorrow over their sin....

What are you looking at? It is a crucial question because our eyes are connected to our heart. You might think I need an anatomy lesson, and I am confusing the mind with the heart. However, in the Bible it is your heart (the all-encompassing term for the inner person) that is connected to the eyes. This is what we will find out and explore further as Pastor Jason leads us through Jesus’ teaching f...

When our missions team was in Czechia this summer to assist our missionary Christina Mayer, I was impressed with how the Czech people grow fruit and vegetables everywhere. Many of the trees throughout their cities bear fresh edible fruit, which are available for any passersby to eat. Czechia is flourishing in so many ways - economically, biologically, and even growing spiritually. One of the highl...

How is your heart? Do you know? Most people suffer from heart attacks because they are unaware of a blockage or high cholesterol or a defect. As much as we care about your physical heart here at TBC, we care first and foremost about your spiritual heart. This is why we are starting a 4-week series on the heart led by Pastor Jason. This Sunday we will be learning about the heart from Proverbs 4:23....

How are we going to support and carry on the mission of Jesus Christ? This week as we wrap-up our study in 1 Corinthians, we are going to find out how to support and carry on the mission of Jesus Christ from 1 Corinthians 16:5-24. I believe that there will be enough action points that God will impress upon you to do at least one of them.

You are in for a real treat this Sunday as Steve Adams (the former Lead Pastor at Forward Church) will be preaching. Steve has made a big impact for the Kingdom of God. He is a close friend of Temple and helped us as our consultant a few years ago. We are reaping the benefits of his sage advice. My only regret is I won’t get to hear Steve live when he preaches as I will be preaching myself in Czec...

Wayne Baxter continues on in our series, Holy Together in the Gospel, a study in 1 Corinthians, preaching from 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 and then leading in a time of celebrating communion.