Reflection on Revelation 2:12-17 prepared by Michelle Ellis, Feb. 7, 2021
I’d like to begin by calling our memories back to the beginning of this book. As you know, John is writing Revelation as a letter to...
Truth and Love, based on Revelation 2:1-7, prepared by Joe Ellis, Jan. 24, 2021
The opening lines in this passage are a reminder of why I thought it was so important for us to hear from the book of Revelation in this...
Christus Victor: A sermon on Revelation 1:9-20 prepared by Joe Ellis, Jan. 17, 2020
When life gets difficult — which it always does — how do you see Jesus? When life gets difficult, when the world seems like its...
Sermon on Revelation 1:1-8, prepared by Joe Ellis, Jan. 10, 2020
From most people’s perspectives, this has been a year of apocalyptic proportions — defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary “as...
The Annunciation, Luke 1:26-38, prepared by Joe Ellis, Dec. 20, 2020
What do you think it was about Mary that led the angel Gabriel to greet her with the Words, “Greetings you who are highly favoured! The...
The Messiah, Elijah, the Prophet and the Voice, John 1:19-28, prepared by Joe Ellis, Dec. 13, 2020
So here we encounter John the baptist. We meet him in John’s Gospel a few verses earlier with these words: “There was a man sent from God...
Sermon on Mark 1:1-8 prepared by Michelle Ellis, Dec. 6, 2020
Last year I went to visit Vancouver, where I lived for three years while I went to a school called Regent College to study to be a...
"My Psychologist says he's Post-Church" a sermon based on Mark 13:32-37 by Joe Ellis on Nov. 29
This sermon is going to be somewhat of a thought experiment. What I would like to do is ask what would happen if Jesus was addressing us...
Sheep Nation, Goat Nation: based on Matt. 25:31-46, by Joe Ellis, Nov. 22, 2020
This is an important passage for me as its worked right into my job description. The job description says that I am to encourage the...
Parable of the Servants, based on Matt. 25:14-30, by Joe Ellis, Nov. 15, 2020
Let me begin with a question that might not seem particularly important but actually has a huge impact on how we understand this parable:...

