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We are a church in Vancouver, British Columbia that exists to make Jesus known.
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What child is this? How do people respond to the newborn king? When a new monarch ascends to power, some will celebrate, others will remain indifferent, and some will oppose him. The same reactions are seen when reading Matthew's account of the Magi visiting the newborn King in Matthew Chapter 2. The question worth considering this Christmas is, what is my response to the birth of this King? Am I a worshipper? Am I indifferent? Or am I hostile toward him?https://midtownchurch.com/
When the Christmas story is paired with the first carol many children learn, “Away in a Manger,” it can sometimes be reduced to little more than a charming bedtime story. Yet while this beautiful carol captures the warmth and emotion of Christmas, the Christmas story itself is far more than something merely “cute.” It tells, in profound and deliberate detail, how God drew near to humanity to “deliver and redeem a people for His own possession.”https://midtownchurch.com/
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In this four-part Advent series we are looking at four Christmas Carols and the history behind them. But most of all, we will consider the Scripture that motivated being written in the first place. Today we begin with Joy to the World, a song written by Isaac Watts and prompted by his reading of Psalm 98. https://midtownchurch.com/
When challenging or chaotic times, people always ask the question, “Where is leadership?” The question indicates our need for competent, capable leadership with the capacity to address the challenges effectively. We live in a broken chaotic world. Amidst the turmoil around us, we often wonder, “Where is God? Is he in control?” Answers to these questions are found in Revelation 4, a chapter that shows us who’s unquestionably in charge, what it means and why it matters.https://midtownchurch.com/
This passage ends Jesus' letters to each of the seven churches of Revelation. In this letter Jesus writes to the church in Laodicea and calls them lukewarm and says that He wants to spit them out of His mouth! In this message we consider who Jesus is addressing exactly, the relevance to the church today and what the solution to lukewarmness is. https://midtownchurch.com/
All of Jesus' letters to the churches in Revelation are encouraging but Jesus' letter to Philadelphia, like His letter to Smyrna, is encouraging in a different way. In this message we look at four ways Jesus encourages the church so they continue to hold fast to what they have so no one seizes their crown. https://midtownchurch.com/
Our works matter to God, in fact, He prepared in advance the works we would walk in. But more important than the works we do is why we do them. In this letter to Sardis Jesus addresses the deadness of soul and heart that can be masked by good works and how to recover from it. https://midtownchurch.com/
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There is a belief by some within Christianity that one's faith in Christ should guarantee health and wealth. But in this week's passage the church in Smyrna was a faithful church, with no rebuke or correction from Jesus, but were experiencing tribulation, poverty, slander and for some, prison and death. It's a text that drives the health and wealth proponents nuts and one important for all of us to learn from. https://midtownchurch.com/
These days you can go online and find review of almost everything - from hotels and restaurants to barbershops, and even churches. Those types of reviews can be helpful, but they are highly subjective. But, what if there was a definitive review of specific churches given not by religious consumers, but by Jesus Himself? That is, in fact, what we find in the seven letters Jesus wrote to the seven churches of Asia Minor in the First Century. While these letters were written to specific churches in a specific time and place, they have enduring relevance for every church in every time and place. We begin with the church in Ephesus - a church with much to commend…and one glaring weakness.https://midtownchurch.com/
One of the beauties of Revelation is that it paints in pictures what words can't always convey. And that's especially true in today's text where John sees Jesus in His glorified state and writes down the wonderful and colourful ways He is depicted. We end this message by asking what this depiction of Jesus is meant to convey to us.https://midtownchurch.com/
In today's message we look at the greeting of John to the churches mentioned in chapters 2 and 3. It's a greeting of grace and peace from the triune God which breaks out into worship and ends with a joyful and sober reminder that Jesus is coming again. https://midtownchurch.com/
As we launch a new ministry year this Sunday we also begin a news series on Revelation 1-5. In today's message we highlight the unique nature of Revelation, what we need to know about it, and why this book is not only a blessing but so relevant today. https://midtownchurch.com/
The coming of God’s Spirit upon ‘impure’ Gentiles, just as at Pentecost, was arguably the most challenging moment in apostolic history. No wonder it required the direct involvement of Peter—always listed first among the Twelve. However, it had such staggering implications for the new identity of God’s people that even Peter began to have second thoughts. This week in Galatians we’ll look at the extraordinary confrontation between Paul—the former Pharisee and one of the foremost Torah scholars of his day—and Peter. It’s outcome determined the future of the church, with seismic implications for the place of the Mosaic Law.https://midtownchurch.com/
In this final sermon in this series on Galatians Paul may have saved his best for last when saying in verse 14 that he boasts in nothing except on the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this sermon we consider two all important and urgent questions: what does a cross-centred life look like? And, why would anyone boast in the cross?https://midtownchurch.com/
In last week's text Paul wrote of how Christians are to be people who need to walk by the Spirit to have victory over the flesh. Additionally, he wrote that those who walk by the Spirit will bear the fruit of the Spirit. In this week's text he gets more practical and writes that those who walk by the Spirit will be people of restoration (done in a certain way), holiness and goodness. https://midtownchurch.com/
Too many Christians, it seems, are content to live idle lives. Happy to be forgiven of their sin but little or no movement thereafter. In this text Paul call his readers to be people of movement, ever ready for the battle that is ours, by way of the power of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.https://midtownchurch.com/
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If last week's text was Paul at his most emotional then this week's is Paul at his most confusing - at least on a first read. And yet, this text is beautifully helpful where Paul continues to fight for his theologically kidnapped children. He does this in three ways: he tells them an Old Testament story, he allegorizes it to their day, and leaves them with helpful application. https://midtownchurch.com/
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