Honouring Our Obligations
Genesis: Genesis 41:1-36
Christians are commanded to bless the nations in which we live. We know that ultimately, our citizenship is in heaven.
Tested and Tried
Genesis: Genesis 39:21-40:23
Years ago, I remember first hearing Bill Gaither’s song, “Have you had a Gethsemane?” It really stirred my heart back then and as I recently re-read those words, I still feel myself stirred again!
When God is With You
Genesis: Genesis 39:1-20
In Romans 8:31, Paul says, “If God is for us, who can be against us.” Indeed, I recall singing a number of hymns in church that sound so very much like that.
How God Changes Lives
Genesis: Genesis 38:12-30
I need to let the cat out of the bag. Spoiler alert! But, before we begin our study of the last part of Genesis 38, I just have to tell you how the story ends.
When the Wheels Come Off
Powered by RedCircle Joseph’s life will teach us that everything that happens in our lives takes place within God’s providential care. Even the evil that we experience. We are cared for even when we might not feel like we are. God will direct our steps, and no evil event is beyond the hidden hand of a loving and gracious God. In this 20-message series, Dr. John Neufeld examines the life of Joseph, who by all accounts did not have an easy life. But despite his trials, at the end of his life, Joseph was able to say that God intended all of it for good and with a greater purpose. By studying the life of Joseph, it becomes clear that we are under the protection of a loving and faithful God who has bigger things in store for us than we could ever imagine.
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Genesis: Genesis 37:12-36
I have, for all my life, had a wonderful relationship with my earthly brother. That’s a great blessing. In this sad world, brothers who love each other is not always the case. There are many times when the dysfunction in a given family is so great that it creates a lifetime of wreckage.
The Early Days of Suffering
It is often quite hard to see the reason for our own suffering. I know we can see the immediate reason for it. But it is the greater question of meaning that often haunts the human soul. Why has this come to be?
The Unseen Hand of God
There is an old saying that says, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.” If you think about that, of course it is true. None of our lives turn out the way we had planned.
Mary: And the Glory of God
Since so little seems to be said about Mary what lessons of faith can be learned from her? Well hang on, because I think there is much we can learn from this remarkable woman. A woman the Bible calls the most favored of all women.
Hezekiah: The Measure of Greatness
If you want to learn from Hezekiah let me ask you, do you want your life to be great or are you content with mediocrity? This sermon is intended for those who want their lives to matter.
Esther: Submitting to God’s Purposes
Sometimes people who have exhibited almost no faith at all are suddenly roused by God for a great purpose. If in fact you believe that someone like you cannot ever be used by God, think again! The book of Esther will give you great hope.
Moses: Getting There by Going in Circles
Moses who led the people of Israel in circles for 40 years wandering in an unbearably hot desert while they ate the same thing for breakfast, lunch and supper every day while He promised them a land of milk and honey until a whole generation died in the desert. Moses died there as well. Is that leadership? Did God intend that?
Joseph Forgiveness and Reconciliation
If you have ever been wounded by someone who should never have wounded you listen up. The way Joseph dealt with wounds is a blueprint for dealing with wicked people especially when those wicked people are our friends and even our family.
Why Crucify Jesus?
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Who We Have In Jesus
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Befriended
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The Truth
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The Good Shepherd
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Why Some Can See
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Healing and the Things That Matter Most
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Persecuting Jesus
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I Once Was Blind, But Now I See
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Is Jesus God?
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Authentic Disciples
We are about to read a conversation between Jesus and those who believed in him. Once you grasp that, well, the entire conversation is hard to understand...
The Identity of Jesus
If you think about it, there are moments in the life of people, even sometimes a single moment, that communicate who they are and by which others will remember them...
Following the Light
Years ago, Kathy and I and our family took a vacation in which we went down a cave, deep under the earth. It was huge, like standing in a massive Cathedral far underneath the earth's surface...
Righteousness and Mercy
In June of 1983, Karla Faye Tucker and her boyfriend Daniel Garrett broke into a home in Houston, Texas. Both of them had been high on drugs for days, and they broke into the home to get some much-needed money...
The Controversial Christ
I don't claim to know all the reasons why Jesus produces such strong reactions in people. I just know that he does. Consider the evidence...
Come and Drink
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Rejecting Jesus
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Why Jesus is Our Teacher
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Valuing the Praise of God
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Keeping Jesus From the Cross
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Finding Pleasure in God
If right now you are having difficulty in being filled with delight at the thought of God Psalm 50 offers you a prescription. And you must follow it.
What God Really Wants
Powered by RedCircle In this one-week series, Dr. Neufeld leads us in a study of Psalms 42 and 50. Topics include feeling abandoned by God, telling yourself the truth, when we think God is too small and remembering what God really wants from us.
When Your God is Too Small
Powered by RedCircle Finding Pleasure in God - When Your God is Too Small: Psalm 50 In this one-week series, Dr. Neufeld leads us in a study of Psalms 42 and 50. Topics include feeling abandoned by God, telling yourself the truth, when we think God is too small and remembering what God really wants from us.
The Importance of the Truth About God
When we study Psalm 42 we begin by hearing the Psalmist saying that he feels abandoned by God. And that is a legitimate feeling taking into mind what he has gone through. But as we will see his feeling does not match the truth of God. He is feeling abandoned but he was never abandoned.
Feeling Abandoned by God
In this one-week series, Dr. Neufeld leads us in a study of Psalms 42 and 50.
Important Conclusions on God and the Problem With Evil
We have a confidence that in the midst of our sufferings we are coming to know Christ and in our sufferings we are identifying with Him in his sufferings. Furthermore we are confident that God will only bring those matters into our lives, which are for His glory and our long term good, a good, which is hidden in His glory.
Always Rejoicing
If you want to know the secret of rejoicing in God you will have to reorient your thinking about God. You will also have to begin to look at evil and good in a new light, in the light of an utterly glorious, righteous, loving and sovereign God. A God who uses evil for His own purposes and for the long term good of His people. That is what the book of Habakkuk is designed to help us do.
Christian Confidence
Believers neither cower before their enemies, nor do they breathe out resentments and threats. Ours is a quiet confidence not in ourselves but in the glory of God.
The Matchless Glory of God the Warrior
What we need with our fear of the evil is the solution of a revelation of God’s matchless glory. This is what you must long for and plead with God for. Will you do that?
A Glimpse of the Promised Land
"Habakkuk is standing before the Promised Land, and allowed to see it from a distance. Oh, I don’t mean he sees Israel, no he sees the New Jerusalem. He sees the day when Satan’s wicked kingdom of Babylon falls, and when God’s Kingdom vanquishes all evil."
The Fall of Evil – Part 3
There are whole nations who tell themselves that God is on their side. It has never occurred to them that God is on His own side and that if they will not submit to Him and His righteousness, they have no hope.
The Fall of Evil – Part 2
Genesis 9:6 says,“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.” God demands an accounting for each life. You may get away with murder in human courts but not in God’s court. Those debts will be remembered and those debts are more than you want to pay
The Fall of Evil – Part 1
The deeper the evil the more glorious God will appear to redeemed humanity and the greater, more lasting and more profound will be our joy.
Confidence in Our God
If anyone wants to be saved from the hour of judgment they will have to place their confidence, not in any other thing than this one fact. Christ in His death on the cross, has paid for the sins of all who trust in Him.
The Fate of the Righteous
“How can God idly look on and remain silent while traitors to the glory of God swallow up nations that while they are wicked, are more righteous than the Babylonians” Pull your chair up and listen to the answer to Habakkuk's questions.
Our Righteous God
God had made Habakkuk look at iniquity. OR it was God’s will that this man would do something that so many of us simply do not do, to pay attention to wickedness that the rest of us simply ignore. What Habakkuk saw and what he learned can help all of us understand the ways of God
Habakkuk – The Man Who Saw Suffering
I have said that this book is an invitation to ask the big questions about life, about God and about the experiences of suffering. But we need to step back and answer the question: Just who was this man Habakkuk who invites us into these deep and complex questions?
