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Let God Out of That Box

Let God Out of That Box

Acts 7:44-50 Introduction Many years ago, I was at a revival service here in St Catharines and I heard something that I have never forgotten. Interestingly, it was in his sermon but in his appeal for the offering. As he was asking people to dig deep into their wallets, he told us that God was…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enJanuary 10, 2021

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Welcoming the Outsider

Welcoming the Outsider

Matthew 2:1-12 Introduction You may think that Christmas is over but it is not. As the song says, there are twelve days of Christmas, starting on December 25 and ending on January 6. So Merry Christmas! When I think of Christmas, I often think of nativity sets. Each of us might be drawn to different…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enJanuary 03, 2021

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Jesus: The Joy-Giver

Jesus: The Joy-Giver

Hebrews 12:1-2 Introduction Throughout this season of Advent, we have looked at Jesus as our Hope-Giver, Peace-Giver and Love-Giver. We now come to Jesus as our Joy-Giver. It is not difficult to find the concept of joy in the Christmas story. When the pregnant Mary visited her relative Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enDecember 21, 2020

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Jesus: The Love-Giver

Jesus: The Love-Giver

John 13:34-35 Introduction I have a love-hate relationship when it comes to tradition. On one hand, I really love tradition. It may be connected with my appreciation for history, including church history. There is so much that we can learn from the past and tradition is an excellent way of passing on those lessons. Not…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enDecember 14, 2020

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Jesus: The Peace-Giver

Jesus: The Peace-Giver

Introduction Last week, we looked at how in our dark times, our world is in desperate need of hope. We also saw that Jesus came as the hope-giver. That is Good News. What else do we need in these turbulent times? It just so happens that the second Sunday of Advent is that of peace.…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enDecember 07, 2020

Jesus: the Hope-Giver

Jesus: the Hope-Giver

Introduction This is the first Sunday of Advent. It is a time when each week we light a candle, bringing light out of the darkness and we reflect on what it meant for Jesus to arrive in our world. This is also the first Advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. If ever there was a time…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enNovember 30, 2020

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Known by Love

Known by Love

Queen Street Baptist Church

enNovember 22, 2020

queen street baptist church

Causing Offence

Causing Offence

Acts 6:8-15 Introduction I want you to think about a time when a person or a group of people were very upset with you. Not just slightly annoyed but downright angry. Now I want you to think about what it was that made them angry. How accurately were they interpreting the facts of what you…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enNovember 16, 2020

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All Jobs Matter

All Jobs Matter

Acts 6:1-7 Introduction With this being Remembrance Sunday, I can’t help but think of conversations I have had in the past with veterans, especially of the Second World War. I was blessed in my previous church to have a good group of WW2 veterans that I was able to get to know and hear their…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enNovember 08, 2020

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The Church Will Not Be Defeated

The Church Will Not Be Defeated

Acts 5:33-42 Introduction As many of you know, I have a great interest in military history. It is not to glorify war but to learn from what happens to humanity when put in the most difficult situations. There are often practical life lessons, and even lessons for us as a church, even if the weapons…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enNovember 01, 2020

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A Disintegrating Church

A Disintegrating Church

Acts 5:1-11 Introduction Every once in a while I get the urge to write a devotional on the most disturbing passages in the Bible. There are a number that could be included and one of them would be the story of Ananias and Sapphira. This is the story of a married couple in the church…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enOctober 18, 2020

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Becoming the United Church

Becoming the United Church

Acts 4:23-37 Introduction I remember being at a ministerial and I pointed out that John had been a Baptist. The Nazarene pastor reminded me that John may have been a Baptist but Jesus was a Nazarene. That’s when another pastor stated in heaven, we would all be the United Church. I’m not suggesting that any…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enOctober 04, 2020

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Qualifications for Serving Jesus

Qualifications for Serving Jesus

Acts 4:13-22 Introduction You may or may not know that I took a number of years off pastoral ministry between my previous churches and coming to Queen Street Baptist Church. But of course we still needed to eat and so that meant I needed to get a job. At that point, I had been a…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enSeptember 28, 2020

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Jesus is Our North Star

Jesus is Our North Star

Acts 4:1-12 Introduction I will confess to you that I’m horrible when it comes to directions. Whenever we go on a trip, I completely rely on Amanda. My confidence in her surpasses that of any GPS. If I don’t have Amanda, I definitely rely on the GPS directions on my phone. But what did people…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enSeptember 20, 2020

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Blowing the World to Kingdom Come

Blowing the World to Kingdom Come

Acts 3 Introduction At some point in 2019, just a few people contracted a virus that we now call COVID-19. At the time it probably looked like a small thing. I don’t even know how sick those first people got. I am sure that if you could go back and explain to them all that…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enSeptember 13, 2020

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Communication Breakdown

Communication Breakdown

Joshua 22:10-34 Introduction As some of you may know, one of my interests is blogging. A blog is a shortened form of web log and it is like a public diary or opinion column posted in the internet. I have been doing this for about fifteen years. Most of the time when I publish a…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enAugust 30, 2020

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Having an Awful Effect

Having an Awful Effect

Acts 2:42-47 Introduction I want you to imagine you were doing a public performance of some kind. It could be a speech, some music, presenting something you have made, whatever you are passionate about. You present your skills to the public. After the performance, someone comes up to you and says, “I was just filled…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enAugust 23, 2020

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Death Defeater

Death Defeater

Acts 2:22-41 Introduction Have you ever had a recurring dream? It may not be exactly the same dream but it is the same sort of dream or it happens at the same place or it includes the same people. I have had a number of recurring dreams over my life, usually repeating frequently during a…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enAugust 16, 2020

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Being a Pentecostal Christian

Being a Pentecostal Christian

Acts 2:1-21 Introduction I am the pastor of Queen Street Baptist Church. But I am not a lifelong Baptist. In fact I have been baptized twice in my life and neither time was in a Baptist church. I was raised in the Anglican church for a long time that’s all I knew about church. I…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enAugust 09, 2020

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Where is the Justus?

Where is the Justus?

Acts 1:12-26 Introduction I want to be careful in what I predict, but I want to say that I hope that this is my final congregation of my pastoral career. I realize that I still have a lot of time before I retire, but the thought of going through the process again is not appealing.…
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Queen Street Baptist Church

enAugust 02, 2020

queen street baptist church

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