Becoming What We Are

[cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”50″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_position=”top center” data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_padding_right=”3″ data_padding_left=”3″ data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1389|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Adobe-Spark-8-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]Through faith in Jesus, people are made “righteous” in God’s sight…then why don’t we act like it?[/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_color=”rgba(0,26,51,0)” data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”0″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_html]PGlmcmFtZSB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxNjYiIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyPSJubyIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3cuc291bmRjbG91ZC5jb20vcGxheWVyLz91cmw9aHR0cHMlM0EvL2FwaS5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS90cmFja3MvMzA5Nzg0Nzg0JmFtcDtjb2xvcj1mZjU1MDAmYW1wO2F1dG9fcGxheT1mYWxzZSZhbXA7aGlkZV9yZWxhdGVkPWZhbHNlJmFtcDtzaG93X2NvbW1lbnRzPXRydWUmYW1wO3Nob3dfdXNlcj10cnVlJmFtcDtzaG93X3JlcG9zdHM9ZmFsc2UiPjwvaWZyYW1lPg==[/cmsmasters_html][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row]

Justification

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The Future of Christianity

[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1296|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Adobe-Spark-6-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]This passage records a critical meeting held between the apostle Paul and Jesus’ closest companions: Peter, James and John. It was so critical, in fact, that the future of the Christian faith depended on its outcome.[/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row […]

The Improbable Convert

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No Other Gospel

[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1230|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Adobe-Spark-2-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]The beginning of a sermon series on Paul’s letter to the Galatians, a book that clearly and powerfully expounds the core of the gospel — saved through faith alone.[/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”0″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_color=”rgba(0,26,51,0)” data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column […]

God Will Come Again

[cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”50″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_position=”top center” data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_padding_right=”3″ data_padding_left=”3″ data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]215|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hor-logo-colour-290×375-232×300.png|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″] Guest Preacher: Connan Kublik Because God will come again, we must live now in light of eternity. We can only live properly in the present when we have a proper view of the future. [/cmsmasters_text][/cmsmasters_column][/cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_row […]

Giving

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The End of History

[cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”50″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_position=”top center” data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_padding_right=”3″ data_padding_left=”3″ data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”none” animation_delay=”0″]1135|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lion-and-lamb-sm-web-300×223.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]You know the US election results. This could be a rocky year. There’s a lot of uncertainty out there. Is there anything we can be certain of? Are there any sure bets? The outcome of history […]

Incarnation: Myth Become Fact

[cmsmasters_row data_width=”boxed” data_padding_left=”3″ data_padding_right=”3″ data_top_style=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_color=”default” data_bg_position=”top center” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_padding_bottom=”50″][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]1074|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pexels-photo-140122-incarnation-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]In the opening chapter of his gospel, the apostle John describes the coming of Jesus in one of the most profound passages in all of Scripture, announcing that the eternal had become temporal, the divine had […]

Incarnation: Children of God

[cmsmasters_row data_padding_bottom=”50″ data_padding_top=”0″ data_bg_parallax_ratio=”0.5″ data_bg_size=”cover” data_bg_attachment=”scroll” data_bg_repeat=”no-repeat” data_bg_position=”top center” data_color=”default” data_bot_style=”default” data_top_style=”default” data_padding_right=”3″ data_padding_left=”3″ data_width=”boxed”][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/3″][cmsmasters_image align=”center” animation_delay=”0″]1074|https://gracevalleychurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pexels-photo-140122-incarnation-300×200.jpg|medium[/cmsmasters_image][/cmsmasters_column][cmsmasters_column data_width=”2/3″][cmsmasters_text animation_delay=”0″]In the opening chapter of his gospel, the apostle John describes the coming of Jesus in one of the most profound passages in all of Scripture, announcing that the eternal had become temporal, the divine had […]