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Singing Creation's Song - Earth Sunday

27/4/2014

One of the best ways to understand Genesis chapter 1 is to read it, not as a history textbook, but as a song. In fact, you could say that the best way to understand creation is to understand it as a song. But if creation is a song, then what are the lyrics, and why are we so out of tune? Most importantly, how can we join the choir of creation singing praises to God. Join us this Earth Sunday 2014 as we learn to sing Creation's Song.

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Singing Creation's Song from Robert Hurkmans

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The Beginning"

20/4/2014

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We've seen a lot of unbelievable things on our Lenten Road Trip, but none are so amazing as the empty tomb. In fact, can it be believed? Isn't something like this too good to be true? Surely Mark was embellishing, or writing a legend, or speaking metaphorically... this can't be true, can it? This is the challenge of Easter. When we confront the truth of the resurrection, we realize that though our road trip is at an end, and though Mark's gospel is at an end, our lives are just beginning!

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Road Signs to the Cross - The Beginning from Robert Hurkmans

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The End"

18/4/2014

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The most dangerous time to travel is at night - in the darkness. Significantly more fatalities occur in the dark than in the light. All the gospel writers agree, that the events surrounding Jesus' arrest, trial, and death all occur in the darkness. Even when Jesus died, in the middle of the day, darkness fell. Why? What is the significance of the darkness that day Jesus died?

Today we explore that darkness, and we discover that even when human hearts were darkest, even when Jesus himself was abandoned into darkness - a glimmer of light begins to shine.

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Road Signs to the Cross - The End from Robert Hurkmans

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The Temple"

14/4/2014

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Finally: we arrive at our destination! But, when Jesus arrived at Jerusalem's temple, things weren't all that we had hoped for. The temple, which was supposed to be a house of prayer for all nations, looked more like the trading floor of the TSX! So, Jesus' turns over tables and chases people out, leaving us with an important lesson to remember: Jesus is more interested in spirituality than he in appearances of religious busyness.

Is our church a "house of prayer", or is it just a place of religious activity, events, and transactions? And are we "people of prayer", or just busy people, trying to earn favour with God by all of our religious actions and duties? Join us today as we explore these topics and more.

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Road Signs to the Cross - The Temple from Robert Hurkmans

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The Toll"

6/4/2014

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If Jesus must die to save us, then isn't Christianity just another one of those bloodthirsty, primitive, religions where angry God's demand human sacrifices in order to make peace? If that is true, then it is no wonder why people would walk away shaking their heads. But today we learn that Jesus' sacrifice is not required to appease and angry God, but rather Jesus' own love for humankind compels him to offer himself as the sacrifice in our place. All life-changing love involves sacrifice. The Toll on the road to peace with God is expensive: so expensive, we could never pay it. Yet Jesus, in love, pays it for us. No this is not the story of an angry God demanding a sacrifice from us, it is the story of a loving God willingly sacrificing himself for us. The two stories couldn't be more different.

Singing Creation's Song - Earth Sunday

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The Beginning"

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The End"

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The Temple"

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The Griswolds Arrive at Wally World

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Road Signs to the Cross: "The Toll"

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