The Compass Church

Jesus is the true and better Moses who stands in the gap between the people and the Lord and who mediates a New Covenant.

Jesus is the true and better Job, the truly innocent sufferer, who then intercedes for and saves His friends.

Jesus is the true and better Joseph who, at the right hand of the king, forgives those who betrayed and sold Him and uses His new power to save them.

Jesus is the true and better Jacob who wrestled and took the blow of justice we deserved, so we, like Jacob, only receive the wounds of grace to wake us up and discipline us.

Jesus is the true and better Abraham who answered the call of God to leave all the comfortable and familiar, and go out into the void to create a new people of God.

Jesus is the true and better Adam who passed the test in the garden – His garden, much tougher garden – and whose obedience is imputed to us.

The Bible is not simply a collection of interesting stories about morality, but one overarching Story about salvation found only in Jesus Christ. There is a thread of redemption woven throughout all of Scripture. The uniqueness of each book of the Bible points us to Jesus. The whole Bible is about Him, not us. Pastor Blair unpacks this further, and warns against four popular counterfeits to a Chri...

We conclude our Intentional Grounding series by unpacking the danger and reality of drifting. Pastor Blair shares five ways that we can often drift – both individually and corporately as a church.

We seek to be a church that plants churches that plants churches. This is part of our DNA as The Compass Church. We plant churches because we want to be true to the biblical mandate, be true to the Great Commission, continually renew the whole Body of Christ, and exercise in Kingdom-mindedness. Pastor Blair explains each of these points, and ways that we can pray for our next church plant.

God created us for community. Christ centred community allows us to reflect the relational nature of God, as well as His mercy and grace. It is a community that seeks to live in peace with one another and reconcile broken relationships. The standard by which we are to measure our love for one another is to the extent that Jesus loved us. We are to love as we have been loved. Jesus modelled love th...

As Christians, our foundation is anchored into the deep well of the Gospel, and from this foundation everything flows. We never get beyond the Gospel in our Christian life, but faith in the Gospel is also the way we grow as Christians. We are to bring everything in our lives in-line with the Gospel. Our Christian living is a continual realignment process of bringing everything in-line with the tru...

God has given us a roadmap for the Christian life, and that map is sound doctrine. It is essential to the life of a Christian. Pastor Blair explains sound doctrine, gives seven reasons why sound doctrine is important, and what we are to do and not do with sound doctrine. We also learn the dangers of felt-need theology.

At The Compass Church, we are called to be part of the advancement of the Kingdom of God whatever the cost for the glory of God and the good of our city. What does this mean? Where is God leading us as a church? In the sermon, Pastor Blair explains what the church is not, what the church is by unpacking Acts 2, a great working definition of the church, and how The Compass Church was started.

How does the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ change a life? What does it look like? We learn how to live the resurrected life, the benefits that faith produces, and four primary ways that we can follow Jesus.

Moving from doubt to belief in the resurrection of Jesus is a step of faith and it changes everything. And to understand this, Luke unpacks three keywords (faith, sin and Christ) from 1 Corinthians 15:17, "And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins."

Steve shares how Jesus has reshaped history by looking at the big picture stories of the Bible: creation, fall, rescue and God making all things new.

Millions of people today doubt the resurrection of Jesus just as thousands did in the first century. Doubt is a common human response to the audacious claim that Jesus died and was raised to new life. It is okay to doubt. The question is: what will you do with your doubt? Wrestle with them and find answers, because anything worth believing has to be worth questioning. But don't let your questions...

God is a missionary God, and He has called us to make disciples -- not converts. Cam Abbott shares what the mission of the church is, and how it looks practically in our lives.

Bill Hogg, C2C Network National Missiologist How close are you to Jesus? Do you know Jesus and not just know about Jesus? Journey on mission starts with our personal relationship with Jesus. From this, Bill Hogg shares what it practically looks like to move on mission with Jesus.

Jesus gives us a clear visual picture that He is the true vine, and those who abide in Him will be connected to the source of all spiritual life. And as branches in the vine, all believers have a living union with Jesus, and He enables us to bear fruit as His power works in and through us. As we bear fruit, God continually prunes us for more fruit and glory to His name. Pastor Blair goes on to des...

Jesus makes three exclusive claims of Himself in John 14:6: the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus distinguishes Himself as the only way to the Father, the truth that anchors our lives, and the life that brings meaning, purpose and worth to our lives. It's all found in Jesus. He is the direction we are craving for, the grounding we are longing for, and the meaning we are searching for. And this i...

The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important event in history. In fact, apart from Christ's bodily resurrection, we have no Saviour, no salvation, and no hope of eternal life. Blair shares three gifts of the resurrection, and how Christ's resurrection practically applies to our life today.

Jesus calls Himself the Good Shepherd – the Shepherd who knows His sheep, protects His sheep, provides for His sheep, possesses His sheep, and lays His life down for His sheep. He purchases us (His sheep) through His death and resurrection. Pastor Blair explains how Jesus, the Good Shepherd, knows His sheep and calls His sheep, and what this practically means for us as His sheep.

Everyone is searching for a door... a door to happiness, a door to acceptance, and a door to meaning in life. We jump from one door to another to satisfy us, and until we realize that Jesus is the door, nothing will ever satisfy. But through the door of Jesus, we are given salvation, rest and acceptance. And His door is open for all. Who's door will you choose?

Today in our world, there is a spiritual darkness that blinds the minds and controls the hearts of people who do not trust in Jesus, or who claim to know Him but do not follow Him. Jesus declared Himself to be the light of the world – the exclusive source of spiritual light. And He came to dispel spiritual darkness. Only through Him can we find the way to salvation and avoid the darkness of sin. P...