The Olive Branch Markham • Audio Podcast

Psalm 1  opens the entire book of Psalms by pointing us to God and His Word — in Hebrew, Torah. It calls us to delight in and meditate on Scripture, a habit that leads to a flourishing, fruitful life as we walk in God's will. Jesus echoes this in the Sermon on the Mount, calling us to build our lives on His teaching like a wise builder on the rock instead of the sand.

Acts 17:16-34 What if the people in your life who want nothing to do with God are actually closer to Him than they think? Paul walked into Athens—a city of a thousand gods—and spotted something no one else had noticed: everyone there was already searching for the one true God without knowing it. That changes how we see the people around us. We close our series with the most hopeful message in Acts...

Acts 16 What if your worst night became your family's greatest turning point? In Acts 16, a Roman jailer hits rock bottom, and in one midnight moment, everything changes. This Father's Day, discover how one desperate question led to a whole household being saved, and why it's never too late to become the father your family needs.

Acts 10 In Acts 10, a Roman soldier and a Jewish apostle both receive a vision they didn't ask for, and nothing will ever be the same. The story of Cornelius shatters every assumption about who belongs at God's table, as the Spirit falls on the unlikeliest of guests.

Acts 25:23-26:29 Paul has been a prisoner for two years. His audience this Sunday is a king. Standing in chains before King Agrippa — outmatched in every visible way — Paul is finally given the floor, and he doesn't waste a second of it. What unfolds is one of the most compelling personal testimonies in all of Scripture: a former persecutor, face to face with royalty, making the case that Jesu...

Acts 5:17-42 The early church didn't slow down when things got hard. They doubled down. In Acts 5:17–42, the apostles are arrested, miraculously freed, arrested again, beaten, and told in no uncertain terms to stop talking about Jesus. They don't. What does it look like to make up your mind about what you believe and refuse to back down no matter the cost? This Sunday, find out.

God Acts 8:26-31 This Sunday, Pastor Fred steps into the sandals of Philip — one of the early church's first deacons — and tells the story from the inside. First-person. No notes on literary genre. Just a man, a desert road, and a divine appointment that neither he nor the Ethiopian official ever saw coming. Come ready to be drawn in.

God Acts 4:23-36 When pressure rises, what does the Church do? In Acts 4:23–36, the early believers face real persecution, but instead of retreating, they pray boldly, are filled afresh with the Holy Spirit, and stand together with radical unity. Fear doesn't divide them; it drives them deeper into God and closer to one another. This week, we'll see what happens when God's people trust...

God is our possible and involved in the details of our everyday lives. He meets us in restorative and beautiful ways in the book of Ruth. This is for everyone today as God challenges us, moves us and shares His redemption story for, in and through relationship.

Acts 2:1-14 The waiting is over. The Spirit falls, the Church is born, and 3,000 people believe in a single day. But here's the detail we often miss: those 3,000 came from across the Roman Empire, and when they go home, they take the gospel with them. The mission doesn't just begin at Pentecost. It explodes.

Acts 1:1-14 Before Jesus ascends to heaven, He makes an extraordinary promise: power is coming. He entrusts the mission to take the gospel to the ends of the earth to the twelve disciples, several key women, and 120 ordinary, largely unknown followers. Then He's gone. And they wait. What happens next will change everything.

Matthew 13 Jesus didn’t announce the Kingdom with fanfare, he described it in stories. We open our series “To the end of the Earth not in Acts, but directly from Jesus in the gospel of Matthew, because before we can understand the mission, we must first understand the Kingdom that drives it.

The world’s promises disappoint. People’s promises fail. But the Bible makes a great claim, every single promise God has ever made finds its absolute Yes in Jesus Christ. We will unpack four promises every believer can cling on to that will never be broken.

John 20:1-31 A sealed tomb. A missing body. A skeptic who refused to believe without proof. On Easter Sunday, Jesus showed up: scarred hands outstretched, inviting Thomas to see for himself. John recorded every moment so that you might believe: Jesus is not a memory. He is alive!

John 1:29-34 From the first Passover to the temple sacrifices, God’s people lived by the blood of a lamb. Then John the Baptist points to Jesus: “Behold, the Lamb of God.” On Good Friday, we see what that means — the innocent in the place of the guilty, the judgment we deserved falling on Him. Join us as we reflect on the sacrifice that changes everything.

John 12:12-15 “Hosanna in the Highest!” The crowd cries out as Jesus enters Jerusalem. Hope is rising. Expectations are high. But what kind of King is He? This Palm Sunday, we encounter Jesus as the King of Kings — not ruling by power, but through humility and surrender. Join us as we ask the question: is He truly our King?

John 15:1-8 Jesus said, ‘I AM the Good Shepherd’ We live in a culture of effort and exhaustion. Try harder. Do more. Be better. But on the night before the cross, Jesus offers a different invitation: “Abide in me.” He is the True Vine. Real change — love, joy, peace — flows from connection to Him. What does it mean to truly abide? And how does staying connected to Jesus transform us from the insid...

John 8:12 Jesus said, ‘I AM the Good Shepherd’ In Psalm 23 King David wrote “the Lord is my Shepherd.” Now, in John 10, Jesus identifies himself as this “Good Shepherd” and speaks of his coming sacrifice on the cross to protect and save his “sheep” and his defeat of death by his resurrection.

John 8:12 Jesus said, ‘I AM the Light of the World’ Jesus declares, “I AM the light” — not just a light by which we see, but a light that gives life to all that we are. How does this brilliant truth impact our lives today; for now and for all eternity?

John 6:1-69 Jesus said, ‘I AM the Bread of Life’ In this life, we all hunger for something more. In John 6, Jesus makes a bold and startling claim: “I AM the Bread of Life.” He doesn’t just offer nourishment — He offers Himself. “Whoever feeds on me,” He says, “will live forever.” What does it mean to receive Him as our sustenance? What kind of hunger is He speaking to?

1 Corinthians 7 In a culture that often treats marriage as the goal of adulthood, the Bible offers a broader and more hopeful vision. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul teaches that singleness is not a problem to fix but a meaningful way to live faithfully before God. This message explores how both marriage and singleness are shaped by the truth that this life is not the end of the story. When eternity is k...

Marriage isn’t just a social contract or a personal preference—it’s something Jesus speaks about with weight, intention, and permanence. In  Matthew 19:1–12,  Jesus points us back to God’s original design, reminding us that marriage is meant to be a lifelong covenant, not something disposable when things get hard. But He also names the real struggle beneath broken relationships: the hardness of th...

We will be taking a look at Paul’s teaching in Ephesians 5 where we see that Christ’s sacrificial love forms the foundation of Christian marriage – a radical concept in the first century – and in the 21st century.  

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul pauses twice to pray—not for changed circumstances, but for deeper understanding and inner strength. These prayers reveal what Paul longs for believers to know, experience, and become. This message explores how prayer shapes the church from the inside out, anchoring us in God’s power, love, and purpose.

The Apostle Paul reminds us that prayer is not something we generate on our own—it begins with the Holy Spirit living within us. The Spirit draws us toward God, crying out, “Abba, Father,” and even prays on our behalf when words fail us. In this message, we’ll discover how the Spirit shapes, strengthens, and sustains our prayers, inviting us into a deeper, more confident life of prayer. Scripture:...