Sermons – First Baptist Church

Fall 2019 - Good News: God's Hope for our World

November 10 - The Good News of Belonging (Acts 2:36-47) Bruce Martin
November 3 - The Good News of the Church (John 20:19-23) Troy Taylor
October 27 - The Good News of Purpose (Mark 5:1-20) Mark Archibald
October 20 - The Good News of Hope (Psalm 33:12-22) Bruce Martin
October 13 - The Good News of Grace (Luke 5:17-26) Bruce Martin
October 6 - The Good News of Forgiveness (Luke 5:27-32) Bruce Martin
September 29 - God So Loved the World - So What? (The Good News of Abiding Presence) (John 3:1-17) Bruce Martin
September 22 - Open Door Policy (The Good News of Loving Acceptance) (Luke 10:25-37) Troy Taylor
September 15 - Good News! (Luke 4:14-21) Bruce Martin

Summer 2019 - Cultivating our Spiritual Lives

David: A Person after God's Own Heart

June 30: Roots and Thorns, Politicians and Citizens (1 Kings 2:1-4; 2 Samuel 23) Mark Archibald
June 23: My Rock, My Saviour (2 Samuel 22) Stephen Reynolds
June 16: Let's Hear it for the Whistleblower (2 Samuel 11 & 12) Mark Archibald
June 9: Good Grief? (2 Samuel 1) Bruce Martin
June 2: Facing our Fears (1 Samuel 21) Bruce Martin
May 26: Conspiracy Theories and Nude Prophecies (1 Samuel 19) Mark Archibald
May 19: Everything Money CAN'T Buy (1 Samuel 18:1-4) Bruce Martin
May 12: Facing Our Goliaths (1 Samuel 17) Bruce Martin
May 5: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1 Samuel 16, 1-13) Bruce Martin

John: Advent through Easter

April 28: Reasonable Doubt (John 20:11-30) Troy Taylor
April 21: What If? (John 20:1-18) Bruce Martin
April 14: Kids' Easter Production
April 7: Who is Jesus? (John 18:28-19:16) Bruce Martin
March 31: Two comparisons (John 18:1-11) Stephen Reynolds
March 24: Cuba Ministry Celebration Service (John 17)
March 17: A Slave is not Greater than the Master (John 15:18-16:4) Bruce Martin
March 10: Put Your Life on the Vine (John 15:1-17) Mark Archibald
March 3: Life in the Spirit (John 14:15-31) Bruce Martin
February 24: Got Questions? Great! (John 14:1-7) Bruce Martin
February 17: Believe it or Not, Jesus Knows What He's Doing (John 13:1-17) Mark Archibald
February 10: Tomorrow Never Dies (John 11:1-44) Bruce Martin
February 3: Why Do I Need a Shepherd? (John 10:10-30) Bruce Martin
January 27: Which Road Will I Choose? (John 10:1-10) Bruce Martin
January 20: Who is Your Real Father? (John 8:31-59) Stephen Reynolds
January 13: To See or Not to See? That Is the Question (John 8-9) Bruce Martin
January 6: I Am Bread (John 6) Troy Taylor
December 30: The First Sign of Something New (John 2:1-11) Bruce Martin
December 23: A World Turned Upside Down (John 3:1-21) Bruce Martin
December 9: A New Hope (John 1:1-14) Bruce Martin
December 2: The Light Shines in the Darkness (John 1:1-5) Bruce Martin

Fall 2018: This We Believe (Core Christian Commitments)

November 25: The Spirit in which Church Happens (Ephesians 4: 7-16) Bruce Martin
November 18: Connected to God's Work (Canadian Baptist Ministries, Cuba Misssion)
November 11: Wrestling with the Hard Questions (Galatians 5:13-25) Bruce Martin
November 4: A Rich Heritage (Canadian Baptists of Western Canada) (2 Timothy 1, 1-14) Faye Reynolds
October 28: Good News/Baptism: When the Jailhouse Rocks (Acts 16:16-34) Bruce Martin
October 21: This Crazy Little Thing Called Church (Ephesians 4:1-6) Bruce Martin
October 14: Soul Liberty: What Is It and Why Does It Matter? (Romans 14) Stephen Reynolds
October 7: Someone Always Pays a Price: Sin, Forgiveness and the Crucifixion (1 John 5:2-2) Mark Archibald
September 30: How Do I Know God? (The Bible and wise mentors) (2 Timothy 3:1-17) Bruce Martin
September 23: Life in the Spirit (John 14-16) Bruce Martin
September 16: WHO We Are All About: Jesus (Philippians 1:1-11) Bruce Martin
September 9: There is Nothing Permanent Except ... GOD (Psalm 145) Bruce Martin

Summer 2018: The BIG Little People of the Bible (some lesser known but important people in Scripture)

September 2: Excitement and Trepidation (Philemon) Bruce Martin
August 26: Collateral Damage: The Women in Samson's Life (Judges 13-16) Anna Braun
August 19: Stew, Soil and a Soft Heart (Luke 8:1-15) Bruce Martin
August 12: Come and See (John 1:35-51) Richard Odei-Wontumi
August 5: W alk with Me: The Story of Genealogies (Genesis 4) Troy Taylor
July 29: Ehud, Jesus, and a History of V iolence (Judges 3:12-20) Mark Archibald
July 8: The Two Lost Sons (Luke 15:11-32) Troy Taylor
July 1: Lydia: Citizenship in the Kingdom (Acts 16:11-16) Bruce Martin

Spring 2018: James - Real Faith in the Real World

June 24: James: Finishing Well (James 5:13-20) Bruce Martin
June 17: James: Optimistic Patience (James 5:7-12) Troy Taylor
June 3: James: To Know the Good and Do It (James 4:7-17) Bruce Martin
May 27: James: A Wake Up Call (James 4:1-10) Bruce Martin
May 20: Wisdom: What it Ain't. What it Am. (James 3:13-18) Mark Archibald
May 13: James: "Where Did That Come From?!" (James 3:1-12) Mark Archibald
May 6: James: Walking the Talk (James 2:14-26) Bruce Martin
April 29: James - We're All In This Together (James 2:1-11) Bruce Martin
April 22: James - Building a Life that Actually Matters (James 1:19-27) Bruce Martin
April 15: James - Been There, Done That (James 1:1-18) Bruce Martin

Lent/Easter 2018: Jesus, Suffering Servant, Coming King

April 8: Good News for ALL Nations - Cuba Celebration Service
April 1: Easter Sunday - You Will Go Out in Joy (Isaiah 55-60) Bruce Martin
- Video of sermon/painting Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
March 25, 2018: Palm Sunday Kids' Programme
March 18, 2018: Lent - For a Brief Time (Isaiah 54:1-20) Stephen Reynolds
March 11, 2018: Lent - My Mid-Life Crisis? (Isaiah 53:7-12) Bruce Martin
March 4, 2018: We All Have Done This ... (Isaiah 53:4-6) Bruce Martin
February 25, 2018: Out of Dry Ground (Isaiah 53:1-3) Faye Reynolds
February 18, 2018: Lent - Is there any Good News? (Isaiah 52) Bruce Martin