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 IDOLS: Uncovering misplaced worshipIt works, and it’s better than mine. It has the right flow, and the second paragraph carries the sermon’s heart. Here it is with a few small fixes:Most of us have someone we admire, whether it’s a pop star, an athlete, a podcaster, or the person we’re trying to become. This week, in the final message of our IDOLS series, we’re looking at the Idol of Idols and the personas we build for ourselves.The lie is that a persona can tell us who we shou...

SERMON TITLE: The Idol of Pleasure (Gratification-Centred Identity, Security or Belonging)SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: 2 Timothy 3:1-5KEY VERSE(S): 2 Timothy 3:4b-5 (ESV) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.BOTTOMLINE: Chasing pleasure keeps us from loving God.PROMO DESCRIPTION: We all chase something when we’re tired, stressed, bored or lonely. This Sunday at Mountainview Church, we’re looking at the Idol of Pleasure.God made...

 IDOLS: Uncovering misplaced worshipLiving in the Yukon means we're surrounded by creation that takes our breath away. This week in our IDOLS series, we're looking at the idol of creation and the warning found in Romans not to trade the Creator for created things.Whether it's the lake, the trapline, the northern lights, or an environmental cause, we can start looking to the land to tell us who we are, keep us safe, and make us feel at home. God calls creation good and asks us to care for it, but He we can d...

We live in a world that keeps asking how many people are watching. This week in our IDOLS series, we're looking at the idol of platform; asking the question, "Are we seeking the approval of man or of God?"Whether it's a global following, a professional title, or a reputation in a small town, we can start looking to a crowd to tell us who we are and what we should value. But life is to be lived for God's glory.The crowd will never offer what Christ can guarantee. Join us this Sunday at...

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Psalms 127:1-2 (ESV)KEY VERSE: Psalms 127:1 (ESV) Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.BOTTOM LINE: Work is vanity unless God is the Builder.PROMO DESCRIPTION:We've all felt it; working so hard that you fall into bed each night, and somehow it still feels like it's not enough. Scripture has a word for that feeling: vanity, labour that leaves us empty...

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Psalm 127:3-5 (ESV) Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.KEY VERSE: Psalms 127:3 (ESV) 3 Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.BOTTOMLINE: Children are a heritage from God, not a validation...

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Genesis 2:18-25KEY VERSE(S): Genesis 2:24 (ESV) Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.BOTTOM LINE: A spouse can bring connection, but Christ brings completion.PROMO DESCRIPTION:Culture and media keep sending the same message: find the right person, and you'll finally feel whole, safe, and known. But is it wise to make another person the pinnacle of our existence?This week we're starting a new series called IDOLS, beginning with the idol of...

SCRIPTURE PASSAGE: Proverbs 22:6KEY VERSE: Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. ESVBOTTOM LINE: We train our children in the way by walking it with them but ultimately, Jesus is the Way.PROMO DESCRIPTION: What does Proverbs 22:6 actually mean when it says, “Train up a child in the way he should go”? In this message, we explore what it means to intentionally shape a chil...

Who gets to decide when suffering ends? The assumption in Western culture is the individual who is suffering, but for most Christians, it's more complex than that.In our final week of Questions & Answers, we're stepping into one of the hardest conversations facing Canadians today: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).We'll learn where real comfort comes from, and what it costs to become that comfort for someone else. Then we'll close with communion, remembering the One who suffered first so His comfort could reach us.Series: Questions & AnswersSpeaker: Jeremy Norton...

We live in a culture where every election feels like a fight for the soul of the country. It's easy to let politics start doing the job your identity was supposed to do.This week we open the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus gets handed a political trap by two groups who agreed on nothing except wanting Him gone. He answers by holding up a coin: "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's."We'll talk about what it looks like to let your identity in Christ come before your loyalty...

Scripture passage: Mark 10:42-45Bottom Line: Greatness in his kingdom is not measured by accomplishment or staus, but by the giving of one's self.Promo: The world is full of voices that tell us to be focused on the self first. We need to be first. We need to attain a status that others will admire. We need to be true to ourselves and what our hearts desire. We need to prioritize our own version of the truth. It is a world of self-obsession and self-worship. The i...

What does love really mean? We live in a culture that says real love means never disagreeing, never correcting, never making anyone feel judged.This week, we open 1 Corinthians 13 and trace how Paul defines love as something that refuses to insist on its own way and refuses to celebrate what's wrong. Instead of picking sides in an argument, we're recovering a love based on truth and shaped by Jesus.If you've ever wondered whether staying honest with someone you love means loving them less, this one's for you. We'll be ending our gathering with communion...

Who am I, and who gets to decide? We live in a culture that says your identity is something you discover inside yourself, and the world should affirm it.This week, we open Titus 3 and ask the question: What if we were never meant to author our own identity? We'll trace how God's design for gender, sexuality and identity flows from His holiness and love, not from cultural pressure or feeling.This isn't a message about who's in and who's out, but about who has the authority to decide. If you've ever felt the weight...

Our culture promotes abortion as a matter of choice, but Scripture reveals that it's a matter of authority. If God formed you on purpose and knew every day of your life before you ever took a breath, shouldn't He have the choice?This week, we're asking a difficult question to navigate in our modern era: What is the value of a human life? And who gets to decide on that value?If God has the authority, was the choice ever really ours to begin with? Join us as we seek out Scriptural truth, review the...

We live in a world full of opinions and outrage, where every issue becomes a battle line, and everyone's already picked a side.This summer, we're starting a series that walks straight into the hardest questions our culture is fighting over: abortion, gender and sexuality, cancel culture, medical assistance in dying, and more.But before we tackle any of those, we have to start by asking, "Is there an absolute truth?" And if the claim is that the Bible holds absolute truth, how can we trust it?Series: Questions & AnswersSpeaker...

For three weeks, we've been looking at a cord: threefold, unbreakable, woven before the first wedding ever happened. We've seen that the Trinity is the original relationship, that the man was woven in first and called to image Christ in sacrificial love. This week, we come to the third strand, the one whose presence secures the portrait and makes it visible to the world. In Genesis 2, God looked at everything He had made and said for the first time: not good. Not because something was broken, but because the picture wasn't finished yet. She wasn't made to complete a...

Before God created woman for man, he created man for Himself. He formed him, gave him work and oversight, and gave him direction before anyone else arrived. Genesis 2 unveils the creation of humanity; the story of a man being woven into relationship with God before he was joined to anyone else. This Sunday, as we continue our KNOTTED series, we'll discover what it means for a man to be made for God first. Then, what happens when men skip that relationship and go straight to an earthly connection.Series: Knotted - The Bible & MarriageSpeaker...

We spend a lot of energy trying to build a relationship that will last; the right person, the right foundation, the right commitment. But what if the most unbreakable relationship in existence was already there before you arrived?This week, we're starting a new series called Knotted, looking at what the Bible says about Marriage. Our starting point is found before the first couple, before creation, in the eternal relationship of our Triune God: Father, Son and Spirit.God is the foundation of relationship, a picture of strength as a threefold cord. Join us this...

The Survival Kit is a message for anyone stepping into something new: a new grade, a new school, a new job, or a new season of life. Using simple everyday items, this teaching shows how God gives us spiritual “survival tools” for moments of fear, uncertainty, and transition. Based on Isaiah 41:10, this message reminds us that God’s presence, strength, help, and protection go with us wherever we go.Series: Graduation SundaySpeaker: Herber CamposScripture: Isaiah 41:10Timestamps00:00 - Graduation Sunday04:28 - Isaiah 41:1006:02 - The Heart06:54 - The Cross08...

 Ruth: Finding God in the ordinaryWe've spent five weeks watching ordinary people make faithful choices in hard seasons. All the while, God was quietly at work behind the scenes.This Sunday, we close out Ruth's story, which turns out better than anyone could have expected. A mourning woman restored, a foreign widow welcomed, and a family line that reaches all the way to Jesus.If your story feels unfinished, painful, or stuck somewhere in the middle, God is still working. We'll discover God in the ordinary one more time, then gather around t...