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
141 episodes
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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30:28
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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29:59
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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Running The Race
This week, Spencer walks us through Hebrews 12:1-2 discussing how we run the race of faith with endurance. He leads us through what it means to cast off the things that burden our faith, abandon sin, and fix our eyes of Jesus. Spencer reminds u...
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I Am The Vine
This week we enjoyed worship with the Journeys Men's Choir, hearing their testimonies of freedom in Christ. Marc shared from John 15:1-6 where Jesus states, "I am the true vine. . ." We discussed how just like Jesus is the exclusiv...
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The Way, The Truth, and The Life
John 14:6 "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"After a wonderful time in the snow at Sloan's last week, we return to our message series on Jesus' "I am" statement...
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I Am the Good Shepherd
Our journey through Jesus' "I Am" statements brings us to John 10:11-18. In our study this week, Marc discusses how those who knew Jesus, know Jesus, and will know Jesus all hear his voice. In hearing his voice, we follow him into the safety of...
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The Gate
Marc takes us through John 10:1-10 where Jesus calls himself "The Gate." Marc explains to us how Jesus protects us and creates for us a safe space to live our spiritual lives. We learn that we are not just secured for eternity, but have an abun...
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Light of the World
John 8:12 "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."The world in which we live is full of hardship, tragedy, and suffering. It is dark, but there is hope in Jesus. In k...
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Bread of Life for Our Empty Hearts
In a world with prosperity abounding, the question of significance and fulfillment remains. We instinctually pursue good things and yet, those things do not fill our hearts and leave us longing for more.This Sunday, Marc walks us throug...
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Who Will You Serve?
This week we wrap up our series on Joshua by looking back at the things Joshua learned and encouraged the Israelites in Joshua 23-24.We began our study by praying and asking God how he was working and moving in our personal lives and com...
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Follow God when it doesn't make sense
Some of you have been asked by God to go somewhere or do something without a clear reason. Today we are going to learn two principles that will help us when God called us to something that doesn't make sense or when you don't kn...
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Stepping Out By Faith
God all over the Bible and in our lives reveals Himself in the critical moments when we obey when it will cost us something. Through Joshua's obedience we learn how not to be passive observes of God's work like some people t...
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