Forward City Church Messages
Forward City Church in Chatham, Ontario exists to help people move forward towards a full life in Christ. Our hope is that these messages would encourage you to draw near to Christ, and help plant the gospel in our city of Chatham and everywhere else.
Episodes
152 episodes
Psalm 15 - Who Ascends the Mountain?
This week, Spencer walks us through Psalm 15 to examine what it means to be identified with Jesus and find ourselves ascending the mountain of God to worship. Spencer discusses our need to examine ourselves as we come to worship and come into G...
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Psalm 51 - Humble Acknowledgment of Sin Leads to Humble Experience of Grace
This week elder Ben Martin leads us in a reflection upon Psalm 51 and David's repentance in the wake of his sin against Uriah, Bathsheba, and ultimately, the Lord himself. We examine the need to humbly acknowledge the depths of our sin in order...
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Feeling Like God is Absent - Psalm 88
Spencer discusses Psalm 88 and Paul leads us in communion. Spencer talks about the reality Psalm 88 seemingly has no resolution, but ends with darkness being the writer's only friend. Spencer talks about how the Psalm empathizes with the human ...
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Psalm 8 - Displaying the Majesty of God
This week, Spencer speaks to us about Psalm 8, meditation on God's majesty in creation. Spencer then turns the topic to discuss how we are called to be God's majestic presence in the earth by taking up our crosses and following Jesus, becoming ...
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Guarding Our Hearts by Hearing and Believing Truth
This week, our Elder and Chair of the Board, Tyler Dam, delivers us a message on Proverbs 4:23 - "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows form it."Tyler walks us through personal testimony of how he intentionally be...
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Psalm 46 - Refuge and Hope in God
This week, Spencer walks us through Psalm 46, where we end up finding refuge in our God who cares for us and requires nothing except our loyalty to his promise.
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Psalm 1 - Choosing the Righteous Path
This week, Spencer kicks of our Summer series with Psalm 1. Spencer takes us through the importance of wisdom literature and the need to delight in God's Law. He discusses how we ought to meditate by continually rethinking and reapplying Script...
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Free in Christ to be Unified
This week, Spencer takes us through the Romans 14 and how Paul helps the Roman church work out their differences in conscience. We are not pass judgment on one another for differing opinions, but to seek unity by pursuing the interests of other...
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God's Grace to Serve
The beginning of the recording is a prayer from Ben Martin where we meditate on the goodness of Jesus as God who came to us and showed us mercy. This moment of worship reflected Paul's discussion in Romans 11:35-36 that leads us into our living...
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A Living Sacrifice
Marc discussed Romans 12:1 with us and the nature of being a living sacrifice in our world today. Marc ended the message with a self-examination of the priorities we have in our life, including a reflection of how these priorities can become id...
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Mercy
This week, Spencer shared with us about the nuances of God's mercy to both Israel and the Church. Spencer walks us through Romans 9 and 11 to discuss the riches of God's mercy toward us and all of humanity.
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He Is Risen!
He is risen indeed!This week, we celebrate Jesus' rising from the dead and his promise of eternal life! Marc discusses the resurrection and how it ought to shape our hearts to rejoice.
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A Sweeping Victory
Spencer walks us through the end of Romans 8, where we get the famous "We are more than conquerors" phrase from the Apostle Paul. Spencer discusses that God has overcome the world and that God's love, care, and concern for his church will outla...
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All Things For Our Good
This week Marc discusses the second half of Romans 8, explaining how verse 28 works and does not work. Marc discussed how God overcomes our sin and the sin of others to bring us deeper into relationship with him. We may see the frui...
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Heirs with Christ
We led this week by introducing our first week in the 21-day fast. This first week is focused on media fasting, by taking time away from news, podcasts, music, televisions, among other forms of digital media. Afterward, Marc discuss...
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Choosing Righteousness
This sermon was given on March 9th.Marc discussed Romans 6 and how we are meant to choose righteousness over sin. Marc explained to us that being a Christian means we give up our old ways and choose a new way of living by following Jesus...
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Hearing God
This week, Marc introduces our three weeks of fasting that will start on March 30th. Marc teaches how fasting helps us to quiet our hearts and lives in order for us to hear God more clearly. We fast in order to grow closer to God and receive gu...
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Dead to Sin
This week Marc discussed Romans 6 and how the Gospel frees us from sin to live in righteousness and resurrection life. Our unity with Jesus grants us freedom from sin and we do not re-dig up our old lives.
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Why Get Baptized? (With Testimonies)
This week, we celebrated the baptism of 3 people! Praise God!Before the baptisms, Marc spoke on the nature of baptism. Marc explained why we do baptisms along with an encouragement to be baptized if we trust Jesus as our Lord and Saviou...
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Blessings of Justification
This week, Spencer walks us through the beginning of Romans 5. We learn about having peace with God through our faith which has brought us justification. In our peace with God, we are able to boast in our suffering and trials, knowing that God'...
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Not Cancelled
This week, Marc discusses Romans 4 with us, discussing God's eternal faithfulness toward us. God is never letting us go and never stops forgiving. Jesus' work on the cross is sufficient to cover all our sin for all of time, while also providing...
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Who Needs The Gospel?
This week, Marc unpacks the uncomfortable truth revealed from Romans 1:8 through 3:20. We all need the Gospel. Those of us who do what is "right" and those of us who struggle more visibly. Jesus came to save and all are in need of his salvation...
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Becoming Unashamed
We begin a new series on the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the church in Rome. Marc discusses the background and social dynamics of the Roman church that is comprised of both Jews and Gentiles. This introduction to Romans focuses the key verse of th...
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