Willingdon Church Sermons

Jesus said of the last days, “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold” (Matt. 24:12).

When it comes to the gift of tongues, we all come from different places. Some of us have never heard of the gift of tongues. Some of us are excited to talk about this gift. Some of us are nervous...

1 Corinthians 12:27-28 & Ephesians 4:11-12

Today we’re jumping back into our E-Transfer series to focus on the spiritual gifts God has given His people. 1 Corinthians 12 teaches that the church is like a body made up of many parts. A body has...

Today we take a turning point in our sermon series. Over the next number of weeks, we will be looking at the spiritual gifts that God gives to the church.

In our day, the word empower is a popular word. We use it to refer to helping people become stronger or more confident in some aspect of their lives.

If you call yourself a follower of Jesus, you have been given spiritual gift(s) by the Holy Spirit. Your “job” then is to discover and develop your gift(s) for maximum impact in God’s mission.

At Willingdon we see community as a key part of the journey of following Jesus. The more we become like Jesus, the more Jesus wants us to experience real, authentic, Spirit-filled, Christ-centered...

As a church family, we exist to know Jesus Christ personally and to carry on His ministry. We do that under the empowerment and filling of the Spirit. One of the key marks of being filled with the...

Our church mission statement is “to know Jesus Christ personally and to carry on His ministry.” How do we do this? Where does the process begin?

If we were to ask a sociologist how Willingdon got to where it is today, he or she might say, “Oh, that’s easy! First, Willingdon has an excellent location, right at the center of Metro Vancouver.

The Canadian federal election will take place in a few weeks. I have read the commentaries on the strategies of the different political parties with interest. Imagine how difficult it would be to run...

Impatience reveals something about our human nature that we need to be acutely aware of. We tend to want to find our comfort, security, and worth in things that are tangible; things that we can...

Many of the Ten Commandments deal with external actions. A person can be caught stealing. You can hear when a person bears false testimony. You can witness a murder. But, today we’ll look at...

The ninth commandment says that we should not bear false witness against our neighbor. Often this commandment is summarized as a command not to lie. That is helpful, but the commandment is about more...

As Christians, we would believe that God made the world and everything in it. He is our Creator and our Designer. As our Designer, He gives us the way we were designed to live through His commands in...

The Bible refers to adultery as the “great sin.” Let’s just admit that it is hard for us to understand.

“Don’t kill!” This seems like a simple instruction to understand. We all agree with it; we want murder to stop and for murderers to be properly dealt with. But was God’s command as simple as that, or...

“Honour your father and mother . . . ” If you come from a home where you were loved and cared for by your parents, you probably hear these words and say, “Yes. That is exactly what I want to do.

Ethics in Room 21C.  What is meant by Room 21C?  We live in “Room 21C”, the room of the 21st century.  What about ethics?  Ethics refers to the moral principles we live by based on our understanding...