Jesus taught us to pray, “thy Kingdom come…” and, a few verses later, told to make our first priority his kingdom. Living in and for God’s kingdom here on earth is our calling – and our great challeng…

We’re told to Pray Without Ceasing. We’re told not be anxious about anything. In my life I’ve reversed these verses, Pray sometimes and be anxious about everything. Then I wonde…

In light of both a baptism and communion this Sunday, it’s valuable to review the core teaching of our salvation. When Paul says, “live a life worthy of the calling,” what is Paul re…

These verses end the section; with unity in Christ, diversity of graces of the Spirit we reach maturity. Maturity is discernment to hold fast when deceitful teaching comes our way and speaking the tru…

This scripture passage, along with Romans 12, 1 Cor 12, provide the strategy for how a church accomplishes its God-given mission of “making disciples.” And, therefore, provides the broad strategy of h…

We will consider how Paul described, “Living a life worthy of the calling.” This life is summarized in ‘oneness’ and ‘unity’ – Paul’s description of a mature, Christ-following life. This week begins o…

Jesus’ death and resurrection are the beginning of our salvation and our discipleship. Jesus had to die for our sins to be forgiven, and he had to rise (and return to ‘the Father’) f…

Passport to Peacemakers: the Holiday Club theme. Peace and reconciliation is the heart of God; not simply something we do on a long list of spiritual do’s. Let’s use this as we, in practic…

“Who is my neighbour?” It could be the person who lives next door. It could be someone we have a close attachment with. An expert in the Jewish laws posed this question to Jesus because it…

Community. We kick this word around quite a bit. Has it become cliché? We want to re-visit the biblical description of community; basing our discussion on Jesus’s new commandment to love one ano…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “God loves our enemies—the cross tells us that… With respect to our attitude towards our enemies, this means first, remember that you were God’s enemy and that, …

We need to seek God and hear from Him as we enterthe next chapter of MBC’s ministry. In this service, we will spend together praying for our future direction; our development as a community and identi…