It’s often said that money is the root of all evil. But that’s not what the Bible really says. It says the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Because what we desire most in life will ultimately inform what we do, and become our justification for how we live.

This week, Rob Collis preaches from 1 Timothy 6.9-10, 17-19. In these verses, we’re told, at the end of the day, money will do either one of two things to us: Money will either lead us to ruin – or money will lead us to life. The difference in which outcome happens to you will depend entirely on what you love.

What happens when our faith in Jesus changes us and makes us feel like aliens and strangers in our own home? This was the question Jesus’ earliest followers started asking: Following Jesus had changed them, and reoriented their entire way of life – and now they were feeling like outsiders and strangers in their own towns. And they weren’t sure what to do. That’s why Peter wrote his first letter to the church.

This week Rob Collis continues in our sermon series, Not From Around Here, as he preaches from 1 Peter 1.6-12. In these verses, Peter begins to act like an expert appraiser – to help us see and discover the genuineness of our faith. Because when our faith in Jesus is genuine, it’s more precious than we could have ever imagined!

Today, Rob Collis preaches from Luke 13.1-9. This may be one of the most puzzling parables Jesus ever said. And it’s part of a wider conversation Jesus is having that leaves us scratching our heads.

As we look at this difficult saying of Jesus, Rob invites us to be curious, because in this passage, Jesus deliberately wants to challenge and reframe our thinking. As he unpacks this, Rob explores three things: the conversation, the confutation, and the clarification.

What happens when our faith in Jesus changes us and makes us feel like aliens and strangers in our own home? This was the question Jesus’ earliest followers started asking: Following Jesus had changed them, and reoriented their entire way of life – and now they were feeling like outsiders and strangers in their own towns. And they weren’t sure what to do. That’s why Peter wrote his first letter to the church.

This week Rob Collis continues in our sermon series, Not From Around Here, as he preaches from 1 Peter 1.3-5. In these verses, the apostle Peter wants to ground us in the concrete assurance of Christian hope; and he says this hope is something we receive through what he calls a ‘new birth.’ As he unpacks this passage for us, Rob explores two questions: What is this new birth? And how does this new birth give us hope?

What happens when our faith in Jesus changes us and makes us feel like aliens and strangers in our own home? This was the question Jesus’ earliest followers started asking: Following Jesus had changed them, and reoriented their entire way of life – and now they were feeling like outsiders and strangers in their own towns. And they weren’t sure what to do. That’s why Peter wrote his first letter to the church.

This week Rob Collis begins our new sermon series, Not From Around Here, which explores the letter of 1 Peter. As we begin our series, he preaches from 1 Peter 1.1-2, and shows us how, from the very outset – in these first 2 verses, and the time it takes Peter to say ‘hello’ – Peter is giving us a language and a theology to help us stand firm in their faith, and grow in their confidence in Jesus.

It’s been said there are only sacred moments and moments we have forgotten are sacred. The Christian season of Ordinary Time accounts for more than half of the year. This season points to something important about the Christian life: God wants to meet us with his grace in the everyday realities of our life. During the time of the Old Testament, God’s people remembered this over and over again. Three times a year, they would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem – but they didn’t make that journey in silence! They turned to the Psalms to create a road trip playlist of songs for the journey.

This week, Rob Collis preaches from Psalm 129. Psalm 129 is a song of resilience. In our journey of faith, this is a song that keeps going in the face of hardships, oppression, and fierce resistance. As Rob unpacks this song, explores two questions: What was the difficulty they faced? And how did they endure?

It’s been said there are only sacred moments and moments we have forgotten are sacred. The Christian season of Ordinary Time accounts for more than half of the year. This season points to something important about the Christian life: God wants to meet us with his grace in the everyday realities of our life. During the time of the Old Testament, God’s people remembered this over and over again. Three times a year, they would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem – but they didn’t make that journey in silence! They turned to the Psalms to create a road trip playlist of songs for the journey.

This week, Rob Collis preaches from Psalm 128. Psalm 128 is a song of wisdom. And as Rob unpacks this song, he explores the question: What does God’s wisdom teach us about how we are made to live in this world? To answer this, he explores three things: the pursuit of wisdom, the way of wisdom, and the blessing of wisdom.

It’s been said there are only sacred moments and moments we have forgotten are sacred. The Christian season of Ordinary Time accounts for more than half of the year. This season points to something important about the Christian life: God wants to meet us with his grace in the everyday realities of our life. During the time of the Old Testament, God’s people remembered this over and over again. Three times a year, they would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem – but they didn’t make that journey in silence! They turned to the Psalms to create a road trip playlist of songs for the journey.

This week, Rob Collis preaches from Psalm 126. This is a psalm about the unexpected delight of God’s work in the lives of his people. Rob invites us to focus on the journey that this Psalm points us to. Along the way, he explores three questions: (1) What is the Journey? (2) Where is the Journey? and (3) When is the Journey?

It’s been said there are only sacred moments and moments we have forgotten are sacred. The Christian season of Ordinary Time accounts for more than half of the year. This season points to something important about the Christian life: God wants to meet us with his grace in the everyday realities of our life. During the time of the Old Testament, God’s people remembered this over and over again. Three times a year, they would go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem – but they didn’t make that journey in silence! They turned to the Psalms to create a road trip playlist of songs for the journey.

This week, Rob Collis preaches from Psalm 125. This is a Psalm we can sometimes overlook, but it’s a profound song of confidence! In our journey of faith, this is a song that reminds us that we need to return – again and again – to the simple truth that our trust is in Jesus Christ alone, and nothing can separate us from his love.

What happens when we put our small steps of faith into the hands of our mighty God? In Matthew’s Gospel, there are five times when Jesus talks about his followers having ‘little faith.' we can often read and hear this phrase as a term of derision or rebuke, but that doesn’t match with how Jesus responds to them. Whenever his disciples demonstrate even a small measure of faith in him, Jesus always responds by showing them something amazing about who he is!

This week, Rob Collis concludes our series, Small and Mighty, by looking at Matthew 6.25-34. In this well-known passage, Jesus challenges us to sort out our priorities. Three times, he tells us “do not be anxious” – instead, we are to trust and rest in the provision and care of heavenly Father. As we unpack this passage, Rob explores two questions: What is faith, according to the Bible? And What does faith have to do with anxiety?

What happens when we put our small steps of faith into the hands of our mighty God? In Matthew’s Gospel, there are five times when Jesus talks about his followers having ‘little faith.' we can often read and hear this phrase as a term of derision or rebuke, but that doesn’t match with how Jesus responds to them. Whenever his disciples demonstrate even a small measure of faith in him, Jesus always responds by showing them something amazing about who he is!

This week, Rob Collis continues our series, Small and Mighty, by looking at Matthew 1714-24. In this passage, a desperate father goes in search of Jesus in order to heal his son, but winds up with the disciples, who discover that they don’t really know how to help. Yet through it all, Jesus is wanting to blow on the embers of our hearts, to fan our faith into a roaring flame.

What happens when we put our small steps of faith into the hands of our mighty God? In Matthew’s Gospel, there are five times when Jesus talks about his followers having ‘little faith.' we can often read and hear this phrase as a term of derision or rebuke, but that doesn’t match with how Jesus responds to them. Whenever his disciples demonstrate even a small measure of faith in him, Jesus always responds by showing them something amazing about who he is!

This week Rob continues our series, Small and Mighty, by looking at Matthew 16.1-12. At first glance, Jesus’ disciples thought he just wanted to tell them something about old yeast and bread – but that was never what Jesus had in mind. Instead, Jesus is set on trying to increase their faith, as he invites us to see him clearly, and casts our minds back to what he has already done. Because, you see, when we can see Jesus clearly, and remember what he has already done – we can continue to grow in our confidence and trust in him.

What happens when we put our small steps of faith into the hands of our mighty God? In Matthew’s Gospel, there are five times when Jesus talks about his followers having ‘little faith.' we can often read and hear this phrase as a term of derision or rebuke, but that doesn’t match with how Jesus responds to them. Whenever his disciples demonstrate even a small measure of faith in him, Jesus always responds by showing them something amazing about who he is!

This week Rob Collis continues our series, Small and Mighty, by looking at Matthew 14.22-33, when Jesus walked on water and his disciple Peter got out of a boat to follow him. There are three times in this passage when it says Jesus does something ‘immediately” – as we look at this together, Rob traces these three “Immediately’s” of Jesus – as Jesus Immediately Sends, Immediately Speaks, and Immediately Saves.

What happens when we put our small steps of faith into the hands of our mighty God? In Matthew’s Gospel, there are five times when Jesus talks about his followers having ‘little faith.' we can often read and hear this phrase as a term of derision or rebuke, but that doesn’t match with how Jesus responds to them. Whenever his disciples demonstrate even a small measure of faith in him, Jesus always responds by showing them something amazing about who he is!

This week Rob Collis begins our new series, Small and Mighty, by looking at Matthew 8.23-27, when Jesus calmed a storm at sea. As he unpacks this passage, he looks at the step of faith, the storm at sea, and the surprise by Jesus, as we are invited to place our small steps of faith into the hands of our mighty God.

Right now as a church, we’re needing to take some deep breaths. We’re about to embark on a season of change and transition as we get ready to change our service time. And maybe there are some other areas of our lives that are feeling gripped with change.

Amidst it all, we may feel uncertain about how things are going to turn out. In the feelings of uncertainty and change, we can have a tendency to begin to seize up, as we try to hold on to the things from the past – it’s a way of trying to protect ourselves from the pain of change.

In the midst of those feelings, Jesus invites us to come and take a deep breath, and rest in him. This week, Rob Collis preaches from Philippians 1.27-30, and helps us to hear the invitation to us to come and rest in Jesus, as we learn what it means to stumble towards grace.

It’s been 2,000 years since Jesus walked on the earth, and our world is still talking about him! History has never let us forget that Jesus made an impact in this world – and lots of people have lots of different ideas about who he was. But who did Jesus actually say he was? There are eight times in the Gospel of John when Jesus said “I Am …” As a church, we’re spending time to explore and unpack what Jesus actually told us about himself.

This week Rob Collis finishes our series looking at the I Am sayings of Jesus, and preaches from John 8.30-59, where Jesus said, “Before Abraham was, I am.” As he unpacks this conversation, Rob points out that there are three times when Jesus says “Truly, truly, I say to you.” As he follows these three “trulys” – how to be truly free, how to be truly alive, and how Jesus is truly God – he helps us to pay attention to what Jesus says are the intellectually honest ways to respond to who he says he is.