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Church 21 is a family of congregations in the Greater Montreal Area focused on forging followers of Jesus to centre their lives on the gospel, participate in community, live on His mission, contribute to planting churches, and share ministries and resources to serve one another and the city.
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Justice For All | Life offered to you Sunday, June 2, 2024 Brian Stegner Amos 5.1-17 Despite the rebellious hearts of His people, He offers life. This offer is not being made as a reward for good behaviour. They are not being invited to life because of how impressive they are. They are receiving this offer because of God, which invites the question…
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Justice For All | The motions of religion & metrics of a disciple Sunday, May 19, 2024 Dwight Bernier Amos 3.1-4.5 Religion can provide all sorts of benefits for an individual - but religion does not impress God. His people are missing the “why” behind God’s calls to live as His people. They continue to go through motions of religion, but there is …
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Justice for All | Justice through judging God’s people May 12, 2024 Jordan Weeks Amos 2.4-16 "The people of God” can easily look down on others for not living according to God’s standards. But in these verses, God brings to light what is off in the people that are claiming to be His followers. God does not turn a blind eye to injustice for anyone. …
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Justice for All | Justice through judging nations Sunday, May 5, 2024 Dwight Bernier Amos 1.3-2.3 History does not know a true nation of God. Every people group has had different practices that qualify as unjust according to the only one who is perfectly just. In these few verses, God reveals to several nations why He is bringing judgment against t…
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Justice for All | God’s roaring for justice Sunday, April 28, 2024 Peter Smith Amos 1.1-2 God sees everything that happens and He will bring perfect justice for every wrong that has ever been committed. His words toward injustice are likened to the roar of a lion. He makes those words known through messengers that He empowers to share what is comin…
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Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as our Friend April 21, 2024 Jordan Weeks John 15.1-17 Pastor Jesus loved us before we loved Him. He has been a friend to sinners - all the way to death. He invites His people into all that is His and to remain and abide in Him. He doesn’t merely desire to pastor his people - but to befriend them. Friendship with Jesus i…
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Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as Prophet Sunday, March 24, 2024 Brian Stegner Mark 1.9-11, 14-15, 21-22; 9.2-8; Acts 3.12-26 The people of God were used to listening to prophets who spoke to them on behalf of God. But now, there is one greater than the prophets. He comes with authority and uses His words to draw people into the blessing that He has b…
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Pastor Jesus | Pastor Jesus as Sacrifice Sunday, March 17, 2024 Dwight Bernier Hebrews 10.1-18 For the people of God, sacrifices were a regular part of life. But when Jesus came, it was said of Him that He was the “Lamb of God” who came to take the sins of the world. He came to be a willing sacrifice. What does His sacrifice have to do with us?…
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Unpolished Church | Bigger Church Sunday, March 10, 2024 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 16.1-24 Paul ends his letter by helping the Corinthians see that they are part of something much larger than themselves. There are saints hurting in other places. Paul is travelling to help start new gospel outposts. Their faithfulness locally contributes to global …
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Unpolished Church | Prophetic Gifts Sunday, February 25, 2024 Dwight Bernier 1 Corinthians 14 Paul takes a lot of time to describe the gifts of tongues and prophecy and how they are to be used within the church. This is extremely important as both of these gifts are often misunderstood and misused within the gathering that is intended to be orderly…
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Unpolished Church | Love Gifts in body of Jesus Sunday, February 18, 2024 Jordan Weeks 1 Corinthians 13 This is a text typically used for weddings. While not completely inappropriate, this text has to do with how the gifts within the church are to be used. Gifts should not be used for the attention to be given to the individual, but rather to build…
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Unpolished Church | Abusing Communion Sunday, February 11, 2024 Peter Smith 1 Corinthians 11.17-34 Jesus instituted a way to remember Him each time that the church gathers. This involves food and can be done in a number of ways. For the church in Corinth, they had meals together - but they didn’t wait for everyone to come. Before everyone could arr…
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Unpolished Church | Church Dress Codes Sunday, January 28, 2024 Brian Stegner 1 Corinthians 11.2-16 Why does Paul spend time dealing with what men and women should or should not have on their heads? Is this teaching for us? Are we out of line if we don’t obey these rules? Or is there something more that needs to be explored from this text?…
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