I'm Not OK #1 - Gluttony
Brentview Church
"I'm Not OK." Three words. Hard to admit. True words, for all of us at some point. During the season of Lent, we're exploring areas that easily tangle us up when we're not ok. Borrowing from what have been called the 'seven deadly sins'—pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, lust, and gluttony—this series reminds us that we can bring our brokenness to Jesus. We're invited to cooperate with God's Spirit for the transformation of our body, mind, and heart, so that we can walk in the freedom that only Jesus offers.
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How to Read the Bible #4 - Blessing the Body
Brentview Church
Jesus is the centre of our faith. The Bible is a primary witness to Jesus, which means that the Scriptures are extremely important for shaping our beliefs as a community and forming our hearts and minds. But how do we read it? It`s a big library of books with several different genres, historical contexts, etc. Our conviction is that somehow the whole library of Scripture is designed to point to Jesus, so having tools to help us make meaning g from its pages matters greatly. To that end, we will spend a few weeks in a series called: How to Read the Bible. We`ll explore both “academic” and...
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How to Read the Bible #3 - Study Shapes Us [1. Cor. 14, "Women..."]
Brentview Church
Jesus is the centre of our faith. The Bible is a primary witness to Jesus, which means that the Scriptures are extremely important for shaping our beliefs as a community and forming our hearts and minds. But how do we read it? It`s a big library of books with several different genres, historical contexts, etc. Our conviction is that somehow the whole library of Scripture is designed to point to Jesus, so having tools to help us make meaning g from its pages matters greatly. To that end, we will spend a few weeks in a series called: How to Read the Bible. We`ll explore both “academic” and...
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How to Read the Bible #2 - Meditating on Scripture (David Friesen)
Brentview Church
Jesus is the centre of our faith. The Bible is a primary witness to Jesus, which means that the Scriptures are extremely important for shaping our beliefs as a community and forming our hearts and minds. But how do we read it? It`s a big library of books with several different genres, historical contexts, etc. Our conviction is that somehow the whole library of Scripture is designed to point to Jesus, so having tools to help us make meaning g from its pages matters greatly. To that end, we will spend a few weeks in a series called: How to Read the Bible. We`ll explore both “academic” and...
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How to Read the Bible #1 - The Point is a Person
Brentview Church
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Being Human #3 - Transformed Image, Recovered Glory
Brentview Church
What does it mean to be a human being? Being Human is a series about God's vision for us as his image-bearers. We were created with purpose and are invited to be transformed into the type of humans that God had in mind from the beginning.
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Being Human #2 - When God’s Glory is Exchanged
Brentview Church
What does it mean to be a human being? Being Human is a series about God's vision for us as his image-bearers. We were created with purpose and are invited to be transformed into the type of humans that God had in mind from the beginning.
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Being Human #1 - God’s Image in God’s Temple (Kurt Willems)
Brentview Church
What does it mean to be a human being? Being Human is a series about God's vision for us as his image-bearers. We were created with purpose and are invited to be transformed into the type of humans that God had in mind from the beginning.
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The Curtain (Steve McCreedy)
Brentview Church
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Christmas Eve (2024) - God's Image Among Us
Brentview Church
info_outlineWestern culture has fundamentally shifted over the past 500 years. We went from an enchanted world (all of life felt susceptible to spiritual forces) to a disenchanted world (where our default is to only experience life as the “here and now”). God and spiritual forces (transcendent reality), as a result of this shift, have been moved so far from our frame of reference that people are beginning to experience a loss of purpose or meaning. So an explosion of ‘this worldly’ spiritual options paired with values that impact the ‘here and now,’ keep people longing for something more. We are Haunted by the Transcendent. Fortunately, the message of Jesus not only speaks to this desire for purpose, but is the source of the values that promote human flourishing. As the apostle Paul modelled in his ministry, the role of the church is to build bridges toward a secular culture to show people that God doesn’t merely want to ‘haunt,’ but truly wants to be found.