Willingdon Church Sermons

This life is full of surprises and unexpected journeys. We experience a great many things as we go through each day, and sometimes those experiences can leave us feeling anxious. In an ever-changing...

Over the past five weeks, we have talked about spiritual practices that help us gain perspective: giving, prayer, and fasting. Perspective is so important because life is full of decisions based on...

Prayer is not unique to the Christian faith. People from different religions, ethnicities, and cultures around the world make their request known to the spiritual realm. Prayer, however, has two...

As we began last year, everyone was talking about 2020 vision, including us. 2020 Vision was the title of our sermon series based on Revelation 4-11. Our desire was to sit in those chapters and allow...

2020 was supposed to be the year of clear vision. We were all set to refocus our attention on Jesus and invest in our faith more than ever! None of us could have expected the type of year that...

What does it even mean to have faith? Let's begin with the faith journey of those who lived the first Christmas. When the angel Gabriel appears to Mary, the mother of Jesus, she doesn't say, "Oh....

We are now 10 months into this pandemic. Some have had to navigate health and financial crises. All of us, at some level, have had to face mental, emotional, and relational strain. We feel isolated...

The God who makes order out of chaos desires that ALL of life be arranged according to His design. The Hebrew word for this is “shalom,” usually translated as “peace” into English. The world longs...

If there has ever been a time that has felt like we live “in the shadows,” it is

No passage in Scripture is more admired and, at the same time, more resented. Nowhere is the challenge of Jesus greater. Nowhere is the distinctiveness of the Beautiful Way more obvious. Nowhere is...

Sex, marriage, and truth are beautiful. How is that for getting to the point? The truth is we have a hard time talking about sexuality, marriage, and truth because we are so broken and confused in...

We are driven every day to follow our hearts and try to get what we want. When things don’t go our way, anger is a regular response. It comes out in different ways - our words, our thoughts, our...

We have the awesome privilege of making all kinds of choices in life, both small ones and big ones. Will we eat cereal or eggs for breakfast? Will we play soccer or ice hockey? Will we remain in this...

Sometimes we’re tempted to be less than honest. I am often asked the question, “What do you do for a living?” If I am honest, I cannot hide my connection to Jesus. Identifying myself as a pastor...

Who is a person that you have dreamed of becoming like? It could be a family member or friend, or maybe a celebrity or public figure. We all have people whose ways of life captivate us, and inspire...

Have you heard of “The Beautiful Game”? Brazilian footballer Pelé made the phrase synonymous with soccer when he named his autobiography, My Life and the Beautiful Game. The Brazilians of Pelé’s...

We live in a world of following and being followed. How many followers do you have on Instagram? How many friends on Facebook? How many followers on Twitter? How many views did last week’s sermon...

This week we are celebrating communion together as a church family, and hearing a message from our guest speaker, Jeff Vanderstelt. 

Adam and Eve, the first humans, faced temptations in the Garden of Eden. They took the fruit of the tree because it was good for food, pleasing to the eyes and it would make them like God. Throughout...

As we go through life, we all experience what I will call “marker events,” events that mark us in such a way that we remember them forever. Events that profoundly shape our lives. Some marker events...