Jubilee Sermons

Passage: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. Today, Pastor Jon opens up about his own recent struggles in what he terms 'losing heart'. Maybe it isn't just him. Maybe many of us feel the weight of the last year and a half with a kind of worn-out exhaustion. With his trademark honesty, Pastor Jon invites us to journey together to find our why again.  

Passage: Hebrews 12:28-29. Yes, it's Thanksgiving. But that doesn't make you grateful. Sometimes we need to hear a reason again. A good reason for why we choose gratitude. Some reasons are here and now, and some are still to come. Those kind are unshakeable. 

Passage: Mark 4:35-41. Fear is a big deal right now. Everyone's dealing with it on some level. And Jesus asks His followers: Why are you so afraid? It's an important question. Especially if it feels like we're following God and we still end up in the storm. Maybe you need to realize, like they did, that Jesus is right here with you. 

Passage: Ephesians 4:11-16. Lots of division right now. Lots of people at odds. So what is Church supposed to be about. We believe and value a journey toward maturity together that happens only because of Jesus. 

Passage: 1 Peter 2: 9-10. What if there was a message so incredible that it changed everything? For you. For others. For our church. This is what we believe. We are ambassadors of an appeal unlike anything you've ever heard. 

Passage: Psalm 42. There's a lot to get us down. If you're human, this happens. We get down. But we were made to pursue and find God. So how do we live in this world? How do we quench our thirst for meaning? What do we do with the heaviness? Psalmists can relate. 

Passage: Psalm 62. Vaccine passports. Feeling afraid, yet? Or maybe you're afraid of the pandemic? Either way, this message is for you. A rock. A refuge. A resting place. This is what we need. This is what He is. 

Passage: Psalm 145. What makes us praise or worship? What changes our perspective? Seeing Him. Guest preacher David Hildebrandt encourages us to encounter this Jesus whose Kingdom we participate in.  His grace and love draws us to praise! 

Passage: Psalm 72 (ESV). What kind of King is Jesus? How does He measure up to our hopes and dreams for a king and leader? Even in a David song, we hear the prophetic echoes of the true anointed King to come. 

Passage: Psalm 25. Do you trust me? It's what someone says right before they do something crazy or you are required to put your confidence in them. But should you? Our Psalmist David declares his trust in Yahweh and follows it up with a Psalm that all humans can connect with. 

Passage: Psalm 139. Asking God to search you seems scary if you don't know Him. But the invitation is to know Him. To be searched and known by a good God who loves you. Jubilee Elder Brian unpacks, with humour and honesty, what it means to trust our good God. 

Passage: John 17:1-5. It's father's day and Jesus is praying to His Father. So it fits. He's asking for glory and explaining eternal life. What a prayer! This heavenly Father is knowable, in fact, this is what eternity is all about! 

Passage: John 16:16-33. Now Jesus is speaking clearly... so why is it still hard to understand? Does he mean now, or then, or now and then? Ben with trademark honesty, unpacks Jesus final encouragement. Our hope is in a joy for now, and a joy to come. 

Passage: John 16:1-15. Weird that Jesus needs to leave. Why not stay? Why not start the Kingdom with a king here? Someone we can see. And what's all this about leaving being better? Jesus explain. Or someone explain... 

Passage: John 15:18-16:4. Do we know what it feels like to be hated? Why would the world hate us, anyway? And if they did, how would we respond. Thankfully, we have some examples to go from. 

Passage: John 15:9-17. Jesus calls us friends. What does it mean to obey from love? Can we? Will we? Maybe this is where we find the joy we're looking for. 

Passage: John 15:1-8. Jesus is telling his followers how to make it in this world.  Ben brings home the challenge for us to abide in Jesus. This is the way we grow to become fruit bearing followers. 

Passage: John 14:15-31. Today is almost like two mini sermons. One is about how we didn't get left alone. Jesus send His very Spirit to stand alongside us, to dwell with and in us. And then there is all this love and obedience and commands talk. They are connected, and so is this Spirit meant to enable us to live it all. 

Passage: John 14:7-14. What is God really like? Is He angry, judgmental, vindictive? Jesus makes the claim that we can know exactly what God is like by looking at Him. If we believe this, our lives will be transformed to action. 

Passage: John 14:1-7. Jesus is talking weird again. At least Thomas will ask the question. And for us, weighed down and uncertain, the claim of Jesus to being the way and truth and life, resonates.