Josh is the Pastor at Evergreen Community Church in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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Even in Jesus' hometown, the gospel teaching of Christ was criticized. Jesus himself was questioned: "by what authority do you say these things and perform miracles?" Friends and family from his childhood doubted his being the Messiah- what chance do I ha
There is much power in touch. This week we find a Jesus who stops by to speak to the powerless and frail- even raising the dead. This week, the gospel of touch.
This Pentecost, we discover the power of God through the Holy Spirit to change lives- even those afflicted in the worst ways.
GEMS Sunday! Celebrating Girls Everywhere Meeting their Saviour, we look to the theme verse from 1 John 2. We learn the difficulty of walking in his steps.
Isn't everybody tired? The work being a Christian- the teaching, praying, healing- though exciting, left Jesus tired. We dedicated this worship time to the July 2018 SERVE Team, coming to Evergreen. (A Reading Service from Dr. Fred Craddock, read by Pasto
When the storms of life are raging, we want Jesus to stand near us. The early church struggled with a Jesus who seemed to be gone. Mark reminds us that Jesus' authority extends to creation. He is Lord of the Impossible.
Mark 4 starts with a sandwich parable: a parable told, a key given, then the parable explained. This is the most important parable. One about hearing, AND doing.
What does the week after Easter feel like? The disciples and Early Christian church struggled with being assured of the risen Jesus. The ending of Mark's Gospel is controversial sometimes. We explore the longer ending the week after Easter.
On Easter Sunday, we celebrate, but only in context. We can only experience joy in obedience and true joy comes only when we have understood misery. Thanks to the late, Dr. Fred Craddock, who helped me to understand Easter.
On Palm Sunday we look at the strange request that Jesus makes- to serve him in a unique way. We continue to look at the Christian Job Description and learn the service is more about whose we are, and not what we do.
We continue looking at the spiritual disciplines from Foster's, The Celebration of Disciplines. This week: simplicity, the first of the outward disciplines.
Week three of Lent we continue to look at the actions of the Christian. This week, we find in fact that fasting is feasting!