Trails Church Base Camp

In this episode, we are talking about getting to the heart of the behaviours that our kids develop over time and how the Gospel shapes our everyday encounters with our kids. We want to correct our kids, but we often focus solely on behaviour and not on the hearts of our kids. Likewise, in our parenting, we should be concerned not just with the what of behavior, but the why . If we do not focus on...

How do we fear people? We fear they will reject us. In When People Are Big and God Is Small , Ed Welch says, “Closely related to the fear that people will expose us is perhaps the most common reason we are controlled by other people: they can reject, ridicule, or despise us (rejection-fear). They don’t invite us to the party. They ignore us. They don’t like us. They aren’t pleased with us. So, the...

How do we minister to our families? What the Bible Says About Family Worship? (Deut 6:1-9) God’s will for His people is that they and their children worship Him, meaning that they serve him with every fiber of their being, in an attitude of awe and love , and that this requires His Word to be on the parent’s hearts and that they impress these commands on their children everywhere they go, during e...

This series continues our Fear of Man series and, today, we are looking at our fear of being exposed

In this episode, we have uploaded a recording from our Launch Team Meeting which happened on October 17.  If you'd like more information about Launch Team Membership, please email: aaron@trailschurch.ca

Families are vital in our ministry to the world. Satan has always attacked the family—and at no time more than today. He wants to disintegrate and distort the family beyond recognition so that the Gospel is as inaccessible to people as possible. We should view building strong vibrant families as a form of ministry, and opening our homes to non-Christian friends as an increasingly valuable evangeli...

What does it mean to fear God? To fear God means that we have a r everent submission to Him (we obey him and follow His commands) that leads to obedient trust AND worship. W e should fear God because he’s intrinsically worthy of our fear and obedience and worship. Really all Scripture is proclaiming the worthiness of our God to be feared and worshiped. And fearing God is also for our good. Thus, w...

Building families is a vital Christian ministry - it’s not secondary to God’s mission in the world. Families are vital in three areas: in our local church , In our ministry to the world , In our ministry to the members within our families (our moms, dad, spouses, brothers, sisters, children, and nephews and nieces). An Important Caveat Jesus and Paul understood human families – while not eternal –...

Who struggles with the fear of man? -The apparently strong -The weak -The rich and influential -The poor and inconsequential -The timid -The bold -The believer -The unbeliever One of Satan’s first lines of attack is to convince us that we are the only ones struggling with a particular sin or that our struggle is particularly unique. One of the surest ways to continue struggling with the fear of ma...

People we know, people we don’t know, we all want others to have a good opinion of us. See, Fear of man is not limited merely to how we act or what we say, it is also related to what we choose not to say or do. So, in the way we often respond to conflict, we demonstrate our tendency to fear man more than God. in marriages In local churches Do you see any fear of man running through your experience...

Parenthood is meant to portray a portrait of God, Himself. Our love for, unity with, and likeness to our children bears witness to God’s very nature. Implications for our families in understanding that God intends to project His image in part through parent-child relationships: It keeps us from viewing children as obstacles . It keeps us from viewing children as idols . It keeps us from viewing ch...

What is the significance of the family? Three common views from the World around us about parenthood: 1) idol 2) tool 3) obstacle God’s view of parenthood. Scripture teaches that a primary purpose of the family is nothing less than presenting the whole world with a series of three images—God’s triune nature (who He is), the gospel, and the church . See, In the family, God has embedded pictures of...

Welcome to BaseCamp, a resource ministry created by the pastors of The Trails Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to assist us in discipling and equipping our church members to live out their faith in the cracks of everyday life. For the last couple of weeks, we have been asking what resources might be beneficial for our church and the two biggest ones that came up were Parenthood and the Fear of Man. S...

1. We have a Freedom to Trust Worry at work. Important truths from Scripture when we face worry: 1) God is in control. Of everything. Of allowing whether fear comes true. 2) Second, God’s promised to use everything for our good and his glory. 3) God loves you. 4) Jesus is your ultimate boss. 2. Second, we have a Freedom to rest Rest is a good thing that God has built into our lives Proverbs 23:4 t...

Jesus’ Work Changes Everything. We Work for a New Master - Where we once were slaves to sin, we are now slaves to righteousness (Romans 6:18). - Colossians 3: “whatever you do…it is the Lord Christ you are serving.” We Have a New Assignment, given to us by Jesus - to view work entirely different. - 1 Corinthians 10:31 that, “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God....

Distortions and “Callings” What are some examples of how being a Christian has changed what you do at your job? and, an even better question of exploring our hearts could be: Has being a Christian changed what we do at our jobs? Distortions 1. Catholic Distortion 2. Protestant Distortion Our Callings as Christians Two callings: 1. Primary Calling We are called by Christ , 2 Thessalonians 2:14, “He...

Twin perils of the workplace (part 2). Since Genesis 3, the problem of work in a fallen world is that it’s so easy for us to fail to accomplish God’s plans for our work. As we talked about in the last episode, we can make an idol or our work: we can worship it. But the other option is that we can become idle at work : lazy or inactive in our work. Colossians 3:22 – 24: Slaves, obey your earthly ma...

Twin perils of the Workplace (Part 1) . What are some of the problems of doing work in a fallen world? idol of our work: we can worship it . idle at work: lazy or inactive . This episode focuses on the first of these: How work can become an IDOL. An idol is something that you desire more than you desire Jesus . DO YOU MAKE AN IDOL OF YOUR WORK? Do you desire what you gain from work (the money, sta...

In this episode, we cover Acts 3 and 4 of our 4-Part Story of Work.

In this episode, we cover Act 1 and 2 of our 4-Part Discussion on the Story of Work

Welcome to Base Camp, a resource for the men and women of The Trails Church to help equip us to live out our faith, right here in Winnipeg, in everyday contexts. Base Camp is part of the training and equipping ministry of The Trails and includes in-person classes and training seminars, as well as this online presence so that the men and women of the Trails can study deeply practical and deeply the...