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Church of the Messiah Ottawa - Sermons — 695 episodes
Psalm 139 "To be Known by God"
Psalm 127 "Working with the Lord"
Psalm 121
Romans 7:13–25 "Why Do I Do The Wrong Thing (When I Want To Do Good)?"
Romans 7:1–12 "How the Gospel Forms You to Live a Virtuous Life" | SERMON ONLY
Romans 6:15–23 "A Slave to Sin or a Slave to Christ"
Revelation 4–5 "God is on the Throne!"
Romans 6:8–14 "Dead to sin and raised with Christ"
Romans 6:1–7
Romans 5:12–21 "You Sin Because You Are A Sinner"
Romans 5:6-11 "Be Reconciled to God!"
Romans 5:1-5 "The Gospel and Suffering"
Romans 4:9–25 "The Gospel and True Yearnings"
Romans 4:1–8 "Taking Yourself Less Seriously and Grace More Seriously"
Mark 16:1-8 "The Resurrection for Ordinary People"
Good Friday: The Seven Last Words
Romans 3:27–31 "The Way of Boasting or the Way of Gratitude"
Hebrews 9:11-15 "Jesus, the Fulfiller of the Earthly Blueprint"
John 6:1-14 "True Food, Right Hunger"
Romans 3:21–26 "The Gospel and the Wrath of God"
Romans 3:1–20
Romans 2:17–29 "Why we need to preach the gospel to ourselves"
Romans 2:1–16 "The Surprising Fairness and Kindness of God"
Psalm 119:67 & 71 "Suffering is a Blessing in Disguise"
Romans 1:24–32 "The Bad News in Light of the Good News"
Romans 1:18–25 "Everyone Worships Idols"
Romans 1:16–17 "What Makes Me Right With God?"
Romans 1:1-15 "Gospel the Gospel!"
Matthew 2:1-12 "Epiphany: the Manifestation of the King"
Matthew 1:18-25 "Living into God's Story"
John 1:1-14 "Jesus is Fully God, Fully Human, One Person. Alleluia!"
Luke 2:1-7 "The True God is Humble"
Luke 2:22-32 "Consolation: The Undeserved Prize"
Luke 2:8-14 "Gloria in Excelsis Deo!"
Luke 1:68-79 "The Benedictus"
Luke 1:46–55 "Magnify the Lord!"
Ecclesiastes 12:9–14 "Fear God and Keep His Commands"
Ecclesiastes 11:1–12:8 "Remember your Creator"
Ecclesiastes 9:1-18 "Counterintuitive Good News"
Matthew 9:1-8 "The Authority of Jesus over all forms of Paralysis"
Ecclesiastes 6:10-7:14 "Living Wisely in the Shadowlands"
Ecclesiastes 5:1–7 "No Quid Pro Quo with God"
Ecclesiastes 4:1-12 “Coherence for a Fragmented World”
Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 "Evil, Death, and God’s Gift of Joy"
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 "You are Vapour With Eternity in Your Heart"
Ecclesiastes 1:12–2:26
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 "Vapour with Pretensions"
Psalm 119 "Know the Lord Through His Word Written"
Psalm 109 "A Cursing Psalm?"
Psalm 113 "The God Who Cares"
Psalm 103 "The God Who Should be Worshipped"
Psalm 100 "Know That the Lord, He is God"
Psalm 110 "Our Divine King, Our Eternal Priest"
Psalm 95 "Today, If You Hear His Voice"
Psalm 112 "When Money is big and God is Small"
Psalm 96 "The Big Beautiful Vision"
Philippians 4:10-23
Philippians 4:4-9 "The Good News and Anxiety"
Philippians 3:15-4:4 "Solid Ground in a Superficial World"
Philippians 3:1-14 "Toxic Change and Godly Growth"
Philippians 2:12-13 "The Fragile Self and the Good News"
John 16:5-15 "How Does Jesus Speak Today?"
Philippians 1:27-2:11"The Humiliation of God"
Philippians 1:12-26 "To Die is Gain"
Philippians 1:1-11 "Union With Christ"
1 John 2:1&2 “Jesus and the Anger of God”
Good Friday "Seven Last Words"
1 Timothy 1:15 "Jesus Saves!"
"The Beauty of John 3:16"
Acts 28 "God’s Power and Your Freedom"
Acts 27 "God’s Promise in the Storm"
Acts 26 "True Hope in Hard Times"
Acts 25 "Hope When Justice is Subverted"
Acts 24 "The Solution to an Accusing Conscience"
Acts 23 "The Threads of Your Life Turned to a Tapestry of Meaning"
Acts 22
Acts 21 “I am the Captain of my soul” or “God’s Will be Done.”
Alan Shlemon "Engaging Muslims with the Gospel"
Acts 20:1-38 "Led by the Holy Spirit to Imprisonment?"
Acts 19:8-20:1 "Reasoning, Demons, and Christ"
Acts 18:18-19:10 "Knowing About Jesus and Knowing Jesus"
Acts 18:1-18 "Love is Deeper Than Power"
Matt. 2:1-12 "God Draws You to Himself"
John 1:1-14 "Why “The Word?”"
Matt. 1:18-25 "The Christmas Story is a Story"
John 1:19-34 "Unworthy to Touch His Sandal Strap?"
1 Corinthians 4:1-5 "Choose to be a Fool"
Romans 15:4-13 "Transcendent Hope" "Transcendent Hope"
Romans 13:8-14 "What is Money For? What are Women For? What are You For?"
Acts 17:16-34 "Need Love or Gift Love?"
Acts 17:1-15 "Be Open Minded!"
Acts 16:11-40 "The weakness needed for God to work through you"
Acts 15:35 - 16:10 "God's Infallible Word to Fallible People"
Psalm 119:129-136 "Reformed by God's Word"
Acts 15:1-33 "Turning Pagans into Christians"
Acts 14 "The Word and the Work of His Grace"
Paul Copan "Bashing Babies Against the Rocks?"
Acts 13:13-52 "Total Forgiveness"
Acts 13:1-12 "Speaking to an Upside Down World"
Acts 12 "Life and Death"
Acts 11 "When God steals the show"
Psalm 86 "Facing Haters"
Psalm 90 "Death and Wisdom"
Psalm 75 "God's Cup of Judgement"
Romans 8:18-25: Nondualism and the New Creation
Luke 24:36-49: The Empty Public Square and the Empty Tomb
1 John 1: The Rainbow Flag and the Cross
John 14:1-11: The Road We Make and the Road that is There
Psalm 73 "Deconversion Interrupted by Insight"
Psalms 67 "What does it mean to be blessed by God?"
Psalms 66 "The Gospel and Disappointment With God"
1 Peter 5:1-4 "Leading in Light of the End of All Things"
1 Peter 4:12-19 "Trusting God Through Suffering"
1 Peter 4:1-11 "Life With Jesus at the Centre"
1 Peter 3:8-22 "The Good Life and Bravery"
1 Peter 3:1-7 "Wives and Husbands" | SERMON ONLY
1 Peter 2:11-25 "True Freedom and The Public Good"
1 Peter 2:4-10 "Mercy and Fate"
1 Peter 1:13-2:3 "Harry Potter and Holiness"
1st Peter "A Life of Meaning With a Living Hope"
1st Peter "Chosen by God"
Jude 24-25 "The End of Prayer"
The Resurrection of Jesus!
Palm Sunday | Matthew 9
Jude 20-23 "Biblical Mercy and Canadian Mercy"
Jude 14-19 "Recognizing Ungodly Influencers"
The Healing of a Woman with an Evil Spirit
Jude 5-13: Sodom, Judgment, Grace, and the Church
Jude 1-4 "Fight for the True Faith in the Church"
Acts 10 "Jesus is the Only Way to God"
Acts 9:31-43 "Why the Biblical Miracles Are True"
Acts 18:1-17 "The Gospel in the City"
Acts 9:1-30 "The Most Famous Conversion in History"
Acts 8:26-40 "You Are Taller When You Kneel to Christ"
Acts 8:1-25 "The Gospel and Ancient Enmities"
2 Thess 2:1-17 "The Day of the Lord"
John 1:1-18. The Christmas Story's Profound Questions (and Answers)
Luke 2:1-20 and Four things to Ponder at Christmas
Luke 1:26-38: "Mary's Blessed Curiosity and Blessed Yes"
Acts 6:8-7:60 "The Martyr and the Hard Heart"
Acts 6:1-7 - Being Truly Deeply Seen
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 "When God's Word Comes with Power"
Acts 5:17-42: You Blind You
Acts 4:32-5:16 Ananias and Sapphira
Acts 4:22-31: Predestination
Acts 4:1-22: No Other Name
Acts 3:1-26 The Healing Power of Moral Clarity
Acts 2:42-47: The Five Marks of the Church
Acts 2:14-41: The First Christian Sermon
Acts 2:1-13: Pentecost!
Acts 1:15-26: Jesus the Heart-Knower
Acts 1:1-14: The Mission Jesus Gave Us
Psalm 49: Everything Sad will become Untrue
Psalm 58: A Cursing Psalm
Psalm 46: God is our Refuge and Strength
Psalm 36: Self-Flattering to your depths
Psalm 42
Psalm 51: God's Way of Dealing with Sin
Psalm 34: Living the Good Life
Psalm 33: Music, Justice, and God
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Gotta Serve Somebody
God's Inerrant Authoritative Word
Walking in the Fear of God
Forgiveness and Unforgiveness
Every Square Inch
Growing Courage
Embracing The Beautiful Vision
God: Untameable and Good
Yearning for the Real and True God
Stirred up to go where God leads
The Resurrection of Jesus
The Death of Jesus
Contradictions in the Gospel?
The Social & Personal Danger of Mocking
Social Media and Unhappiness
Forgiving Yourself Does Not Work
God on Trial Part 1
Betrayed, Mocked, Seized
Not What I Will but What You Will
The Lord's Supper
Longing for Dependability & Freedom
Betrayal & Beauty
The Second Coming and Humility
The Second Coming and Jesus
World Mission: Part 3
Christmas Day
Immanuel: Grace for the Unworthy
Choose Reality over Appearances
Let Love Rule
The Resurrected Body
The Image of God
Mission to the Athenians
World and Mission
When Truth is a Threat
Formed by Forgiveness
Jesus & Mercy
Jesus & Ambition
Jesus and the Rich Man
Jesus on marriage and divorce.
Jesus & Hell
Heaven, Demons & Jesus
Psalm 1
Rebel, Ruin, Refuge
The True and Greater Sacrifice
Downstream from a Miracle
Psalm 27
Not Weighing Your Merits
Sodom and Gomorrah
Prayer and the Sovereignty of God
Life from Barrenness
The God Who Sees Me
Promise or Performance
Living in the Real World
I am Second
The Call of Abraham
Easter 2022 - Christ: Dead, Buried, Resurrected, Seen
Deny Yourself?
Faith and Questions
The Pagan Woman and Jesus
Words From the Living God to You
Jesus Walks on Water
The Creator in His Fallen Creation
Martyrdom
After Rejection
Jesus and the Hopeless
Jesus and the Legion of Demons
Being Afraid
The Day of Small Things
The Parable of the Sower
Christ Our Assurance
Bearing Witness to Jesus
He is With You to Deliver You
Designed For Love
An Unforgivable Sin?
Hardness of Heart
The Hard Heart
The Perils of Self-Righteousness
Lord of the Beginning and of the End
The Better Miracle
Forgiven by God
The Compassionate King
The True and Greater Authority
The Gospel of God and the Call to Discipleship
Jesus Outlines His Teaching
The Gospel of the Conquering King
Introducing Jesus
The Hope Shaped Life
The Triune God Has Spoken
The Bad News About the Human Condition
The Importance of Truth
The Elect?
The Gift and the Choice: to Suffer or to be Ashamed
God is Personal & God is Holy
God is Immanent & Transcendent
God Speaks and Acts
He is Good, Just, and Full of Mercy
The Uncreated Creator and Sustainer of All That Exists
God is Love
God is impassable
God is self-existent, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable (immutable)
God is sovereign, omniscient and omnipotent
God is Triune
A Good and Worthy End
Be Blessed
Wise Hope
First Things First
The Lord's Prayer
The Ten Commandments
Gospel Shaped Prayer
Living in Light of Christ's Return
Acting Like A god or goddess
Gospel Shaped Maturity
The Fractured Self
True and False Wisdom
Death Defeated
The Better Story: The Incarnate God.
The Enigma of Being Human
Faith
Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Jesus and Prejudice
The Way of Life and the Way of Death
It's All Uphill
Does God punish people today?
The Seed of Hope in a Pain-Filled Heart
Despair: A Moment or a Way of Life
In the Hands of the Living God
The Cry
Godly Wisdom
Six Disciplines to Endure in the Faith
The True and Greater Connection
Dwelling
The Trustworthy God
Antifragile
The Bible and Slavery
Christian Counter-Culture: Wives and Husbands
A Life of Gratitude
Jesus, the Tree of Life
Put on the New Self
Put Off Your Old Self
The True and Better Authentic You
Who Grows You?
Antifragile
Receiving Jesus
Hope and Suffering
Who is Jesus, Really
A Transforming Hope
Jesus as a ransom
The Cross of Christ is a Victory
Jesus’ death is your justification
Jesus Died to Redeem
God made visible in Christ
Jesus is my Propitiation
Jesus Bore My Curse
Jesus, our example
Covenant: I will be your God, and you will be my people
Jesus is My Substitute
Autonomy and Money
Thinking?
Anxiety?
Privilege?
A Good Person?
Grumbling
Personal Growth
Humility
To live is Christ, To Die is Gain.
Envy
Cynicism and Grace
A Sure and Certain Hope
Good Friday
Forsaken? Shamed?
The Need for Justice
The Canadian Problem
To Strong to Fail?
God's Monkey Wrench
True to Yourself?
Big Mess, Bigger Grace
The Success Trap
Being Weak in the World of the Strong
Taking God at His Word
The Problem of Self-Centeredness
God Unexpected
The Presence of Idols
Holy War?
Straining toward the Goal
An Authority That Frees
God With Us
Spiritual Warfare
The Gospel, the Family, and Slavery
Husband and Wife in Christian Marriage
Good News. God Does Not Love You Unconditionally.
Gospel Transformation
Saved by Adoption
The Generous God
Uniqueness and Unity
A Gospel Filled Imagination
True Longings
A True and Greater Inclusion
Grace for the Walking Dead
The Hope Jesus Gives
God's Free Gift of Freedom and Grace
Jesus, a Demon Army, and a Man.
A Man Who Can Forgive Sin?
Ten Lepers.
God of the Impossible: Jesus feeds the 5,000
A Humble Faith
True Fear leading to True Freedom
Jesus Walking on Water
The Pagan Woman and her Demonized Daughter
The Bleeding Woman and the Dead Girl
The Miraculous Catch of Fish
True Compassion
Furious With God
Gobsmacked!
Praying In the Belly of the Beast.
Better Than Karma
Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Share the Gospel
Follow Me
Jesus and Ordinary Life
A Resurrected Body
Death Defeated!
Jesus Truly Died
Whose law is it anyways?
The Great Exchange
What is Truth?
Betrayal and Denial
Optimism, Pessimism, or Christian Hope
Being Holy
Eternal Life
Capture the Flag
Union and Communion
"I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life"
"The End" Enacted
Did God Really Say?
We Want to Meet Jesus
Finding Jesus in a World of Progress
A Haunted Christmas: The Gospel According to Nehemiah.
John's Story
Luke's Second Story
Matthews Story
Luke's First Story About Christmas
Putting on Christ
A Gospel Shaped Memory
Holy War?
Fate Does Not Exist
The Strong and the Weak
The Reluctant Convert
Irreducible Evil and the Gospel
The Unlikely Convert
The Only Hero
When Power is Your Idol
No Little People
Ordinary Desires
A Gospel Shaped Life
Complaining About God
Tempted by Evil?
Becoming Wise
1 John 4:10
Me vs We
Colossians 1:28-29
Philippians 4:6-7
Ephesians 2:8-10
Forgive the Inexcusable?
Anxieties?
Jude 24-25 - Failure?
Psalm 86:11- The Gospel and the Fear of God
Philippians 2:12-13
He Shapes all Things
Free!
The Resurrection and the Life
Pentecost
He came down to raise you up
The Good Shepherd
...was blind but now I see
Jesus confronts the liar and the lie
Light and Life
Christ's extravagant promise
Jesus and the gift of eternal life
He died that I might live
God The Father's Witness About Jesus
Life is stronger than death
When Jesus meets the unworthy
Saving faith in Jesus illuminated
Life can have true meaning
A Life of Truth and Worship
Following Jesus as Saviour and Lord
Walking in truth in a post-truth world
God and Pleasure
Introducing the real and true God
Resolution to (Re)formation
A worthy resolution - entering God's rest
Jesus comes to a world seeking prophets or enlightenment
The problem of God's glory
The Baby born, the darkness doomed
The importance of boasting
Self-deception
Walk by the Holy Spirit
Faith, Hope and Love
The Gospel and freedom
The Gospel and religion
Being Known by God
Living Half-Saved?
The Promise of God to a promise-breaking people
He became a curse for me
Being Justified
The Truth that creates Unity and Diversity
Being a People-Pleaser
The True Gospel Matters
Do not lie
Do not Steal
Do not commit adultery
Do not murder
Pursue Sabbath Keeping
Don't take the Lord's name in vain
No image or idol
You will have no other gods before Me
Leaving the moon god for the true God
One Lord, One Human Race, One Hope
God's promises to every living thing
God and Noah and the Flood
But what about...? Questions about Genesis
Ancient Grace: The Lord of the Promised Land
The presence of hope during the reign of death
Being Confident
Rage against God
A World of Beauty and Pain, Judgment and Mercy
The Disarming and Defeat of Demons in the the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
A Slave for Death or Reigning in Life?
The Beginning of Sin and Death
The Creation of Marriage and Sexual Knowing
Male and Female, Made in God's Image
Are Adam and Eve Real?
God Spoke, And It Was
A God Who Created or Matter and Pure Chance?
God's True Blessing for His Children
How the Gospel makes me Strong and Weak
Being Real in an Instagram World
Boasting and the true state of my heart
Know the Truth about Jesus!
The Need for a Christian Mind
Following Jesus in a world where money is real and powerful
When Jesus Doesn't Show
Rarely Told Origin Stories of Jesus: The Odd Way He Got His Name
Rarely Told Origin Stories of Jesus: His Odd Family Tree
Am I Asserting Myself In My Giving?
Why is God so bossy about money?
Is "Regret" To Be The Story of My Life?
Does How I Feel Tell Me Who I Am Or What I Should Do?
How do I Forgive God and Make Peace with Him?
Is "Nothing" the Final Word About You?
As of First Importance - The Gospel
Why Aren't Followers of Jesus More Impressive?
Are We Talking about the Same God?
Am I Living Life Wearing Blindfolds?
Am I Ever Enough?
Living with Integrity?
Who or What do I Rely On?
An End to Counterfeit Religion
An Intimation of Hell
Do We Silence the God Who Speaks?
The forgotten name of God
Let Justice Roll
Seek Me and Live
Prepare to meet your God
Walking Away from God
An Urgent Call to Repentance
The Untameable God Roars
The One and Only Trustworthy Gospel
Shaped by God's Grace
Know and Speak the Truth
To God Alone the Glory
Thinking Like a Missionary?
An Introduction to the Trinity
Come Holy Ghost
He Ascended into Heaven
Real Hope
Against Cold, Judgmental Christian Orthodoxy
The State and the Disciple of Jesus
Living with Friends, Neighbours and Enemies
Grace Gifts
A Dumb Way to Die
The Fifth Word
The Seventh Word
The Prophecy that Truly Happened
Perennial Non-Conformists
The Miracle and Mystery of God and His Grace
The Big Ask
A Chosen People, not a Choice People
Unbroken
Adopted
No Condemnation
The Power of God to Save
He is Faithful
Confused by Religion
Becoming a People of Prayer: A Sermon for the New Year
Walking the Jesus Way: A Christmas Sermon for 2016
The Christmas Story for: Scandal Lovers
The Christmas Story for: Prophesy Lovers
The Christmas Story for: Fantasy Lovers (or the dragon that wanted to eat the baby)
The Christmas Story for: History Lovers
My Divided Contradictory Self
Being Human, Being Free
When Death Lies Behind Us
Serve Death or Reign In Life
Peace with God
The Fatal Mistake of Religion and Spirituality
The Gospel Still Works
Bad News Given with Great Love
How Spirituality and Religion Immunize People Against God
Only Bad People go to the New Heaven and Earth
Does God Hate Lesbians, Gays and All Other Non-Heterosexuals?
The Gospel is Radically Different from Religion and Spirituality
Guest Preacher: Aaron Eime
If You Only Had One Wish
Knowing and Doing God's Will for Your Life
On Wealth
On Marriage
The Power and Destruction of our Words
Ancient Wisdom for a Postmodern World
My Heart and the Desires of My Heart
Ancient Wisdom for a Postmodern World
Listen ? / !
The Scandalous Notion of the Fear of the Lord
Jesus: the Saviour and the Lord
Jesus Resurrected
Jesus Crucified, Dead and Buried
Trinity Sunday
JESUS ON TRIAL
JESUS ON UNANSWERED PRAYER
GUEST PREACHER: BISHOP CHARLIE MASTERS
JESUS ON HOLY COMMUNION
HOW TO LIVE A POWERFUL LIFE
JESUS ON THE FUTURE
First Witness
Does God command murder?
JESUS ON THE STATE
JESUS ON TURNING AWAY FROM THE TRUTH
JESUS WEEPING
JESUS ON HIS PURPOSE
JESUS ON SIGHT & INSIGHT
JESUS ON TALKING TO GOD
JESUS ON HIS RETURN
JESUS ON BEING UNWORTHY
JESUS ON DIVORCE
JESUS ON SELF-JUSTIFICATION
GOD WITH US : GRACE & TRUTH
GOD WITH US : DARKNESS
GOD WITH US : ADORE
JESUS ON ANGELS AND PARTYING
Guest Speaker: Jeremy Giles
THE HISTORICAL RELIABILITY OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
JESUS ON BEING LOWLY
JESUS ON THE NARROW DOOR
JESUS ON KARMA
JESUS AND MARSHWIGGLES
JESUS ON GREED
REV. AARON EIME
JESUS AND HYPOCRISY
JESUS & DEMONS
JESUS ON PRAYER
BEING BLESSED?
God's Absence
Psalm 51
Psalm 88
Psalm 63
Psalm 22
Choose Holiness
Choose to Listen to God
Choose Gratitude
Choose to Encourage
The End & the Beginning
The City of God
Hell
The Gruesome Call
The Realistic Resurrection
Love Hung Bleeding
Grief
Against Seductions
Ordered Faith
True God
666
Introducing Hell
The Devil
The Defeat of the Saints
Eat this Book
Demons
Silence in Heaven
Sealed for God
The Four Horsemen
FIRST READING
Our Refuge and Strength
Noah & Baby Jesus
Cain & Abel & baby Jesus
Cain, Abel & Baby Jesus
REVELATION 1:1
Psalm 139:19-22
To Be A Christ Follower
The Bread of Life
A Miracle of the New Creation
The Full Claims of Jesus
Jesus Can Really Heal
Believing In the Son
A God who Speaks: The Tenth Commandment
A God who Speaks: The Ninth Commandment
A God who Speaks: The Eighth Commandment
A God who Speaks: The Seventh Commandment
A God who Speaks: The Sixth Commandment
A God who Speaks: The Fourth Commandment
A God who Speaks: The Second Commandment
A God who Speaks: The First Commandment
Living Water
Unfailing Love for a Rebellious World
Born Again
Seek to Obey His Commandments
Seeking Gods Will
The Beginning of Signs
God Works Through Broken People
What is True Joy Worth to You?
Jesus is the Narrator of God
He Really is the Savior of the World
He Really Died Upon the Cross
The Basics
Presumption: a Deadly Sin
Financial Obligations
We Are Stronger When We Bow Before God
Live Like One Called to Belong to Jesus Christ
An Outline for Sanity
Acts Ch. 1 and 2
Acts Ch. 1 and 2
What Keeps Us Together?
Live Large and Live Little
Vision 2010
Back to Basics
Joshua 1: 1-9