By Jenn Hood, Barrie Campus, Student Ministry Coordinator – Barrie Welcome to Day 2 of the 24 Day Devotion. So glad you’re joining us! Each day for 24 days as a church, we’re going to read one chapter of the Gospel of Luke and post a devotion on it. If you’ve never read the Bible, we’re so glad […]
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Founding and Teaching Pastor Welcome to Day 1 of the 24 Day Devotion. So glad you’re joining us! Each day for 24 days as a church, we’re going to read one chapter of the Gospel of Luke and post a devotion on it. If you’ve never read the Bible, we’re so glad
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It’s a question that’s always bothered me: do you have to park your brain at the door to be a Christian? Sometimes Christians behave as though the only thing God wants is our hearts—that he’s not interested in our minds. Is that true? Can you think and be a Christian? Does Christianity stand up to
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor I hear it all the time, and maybe you do too. People are open to Jesus, they just don’t like Christians. Why? Because many people think Christians are hypocritical, judgmental and self-righteous. In 20 years I don’t think I’ve ever preached directly on that subject. But tomorrow at Connexus, that
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor So maybe you’re angry with God. We all get there sometimes. (Yup, even pastors do.) If you don’t consider yourself a Christian, your anger might be what’s keeping you from trusting Christ and becoming a Christian. If you are a Christian, you probably feel guilty for feeling angry with God.
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By Carey Nieuwhof and Joe Sangl There’s a money trend in life, you’ve probably seen it. It seems that the short-term urgent things tend to trump the long-term significant things. Right? That’s true in time management (I didn’t get all my work done AGAIN this week!). But it’s also true in money (how’s the RSP fund coming?). Here are two
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor So you had a great Easter weekend. Maybe you even took some time leading up to Easter to dust off your Bible and prepare your heart for Good Friday and Easter Sunday. If you did, that’s awesome! But now we’re back to the grind. Making lunches. Dropping the kids off
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor Sometimes when you look at your life or at the world, you might be tempted to think God really has no idea how terrible things can be. That’s why today matters so much. This is the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter—the day between Jesus’ death and resurrection. Saturday must
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By Carey Nieuwhof, Teaching Pastor Have circumstances ever gotten so terrible for you that you thought “There’s no way God could possibly be present?” I’ve wondered that at times. Honestly, I think most of us have. Maybe you’ve Lost your job Had someone very close to you die tragically Seen your family fall apart And you ask
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So if you really mess up, does that end your relationship with God? It’s a great question. The reality of most of our lives is this: we promise we’ll obey God, then we don’t. Does that ever mean God will simply reject you? That you’ve gone too far and it’s over? Can you actually fail
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