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Rev. Matthew Parker
Contributing sermons since Sep 7, 2003
Newest Sermons
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The Lavish Grace Of God
Contributed on Jul 13, 2024
This is message for an outdoor, outreach service in downtown Toronto. It's a message about the amazing and lavish love of God that will change our lives now and for eternity, if we say yes to God's offer of salvation in Christ.
July 14, 2024 Message for Outdoor Service - The Lavish Grace of God There are a lot of really stunning passages of scripture in the Bible. There are so many, that I probably could not choose if I had to which is my favorite. But today’s passage does come very close. There are many ways to read ...read more
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The Prodigal Father And The Lost Son
Contributed on Jun 9, 2024
A message about the story of The Lost Son, and the problem shared by every human - sin...and the solution available to every person - Jesus the Christ.
June 9, 2024 Sermon I don’t want to alarm you, but we have a problem. It’s not just our church. It’s not just the Yonge Street Mission. But we have a problem. The problem we have is actually universal. The apostle Paul summarized the problem in this way: We know that the law is spiritual; but I ...read more
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Seeking Jesus Away From The Glare Of Others: Nicodemus And Jesus
Contributed on May 25, 2024
Nicodemus comes to Jesus under the cloak of evening to ask some very important questions that lead to life. His questions mirror many of our own .
Today’s passage is a remarkable dialogue between our Lord Jesus and a key leader among the religious higher-ups, who, generally speaking, were very hostile to Jesus. Nicodemus had a different response though to Jesus, he had a different spirit about him. He took his role of spiritual leadership ...read more
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The Meaning Of Pentecost
Contributed on May 21, 2024
This is a message for Pentecost Sunday that teaches about the person of the Holy Spirit, the liturgical calendar and year, the fruit and gifts of the third Person of the Trinity.
Sermon for Pentecost Sunday - May 19, 2024 Today is Pentecost Sunday. That might mean a lot to you, or not much at all. If you come from a mainline church background, Anglican or Catholic for example, there was more than likely some celebration of Pentecost Sunday as an important part of the ...read more
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Leading And Loving Like Jesus
Contributed on May 15, 2024
This message was given to a leadership team (manager and senior level) at the mission that I serve at. It is about serving well, like Jesus.
We gather here, as we always do at the mission, in the name of Jesus Christ seeking to know his heart, seeking to know and discern his mind, seeking to hear from the Holy Spirit as he speaks to us through each other. And today we’re continuing to talk about the general reality of our need for ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Trauma And Transformation Level 2 Series
Contributed on Mar 19, 2024
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Hard Questions Of The Bible
Contributed on Mar 14, 2022
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Thessalonians
Contributed on Jun 23, 2019
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Before And After The Cross
Contributed on Apr 7, 2019
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Essentials Truths For Following Jesus
Contributed on Jan 6, 2019
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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What's Wrong With Slandering Someone?
Contributed on Aug 29, 2014
I was speaking with someone this past week who has spent a great deal of his life travelling around the world, much of it for a mission agency. He spoke of a time when he visited an extremely remote, forested part of India where people live very primitively. He stayed there for a while. This fellow ...read more
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Joy In The Midst Of Rough Waters
Contributed on Feb 13, 2011
JOY IN THE MIDST OF ROUGH WATERS I’ve spent a fair bit of time in recent weeks doing funeral pre-planning for my parents. Making decisions about final disposition of the remains of people you have loved all your life is not any fun at all. It can be overwhelmingly sad. After spending hours ...read more
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Then We Have The Symbol Of Being Under Water. I ...
Contributed on May 23, 2010
Then we have the symbol of being under water. I tell some of the baptismal candidates when meeting with them ahead of time that once they are under the water, the congregation votes how long they should stay under water. The voting process ...read more
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My Daughter Elia Has Given Me Permission To Tell ...
Contributed on Jan 11, 2009
My daughter Elia has given me permission to tell this story. Elia faced a huge dilemma in high school when her best friends from junior high days started hanging out with a rough crowd, starting smoking and crossing all sorts of boundaries. In order to keep the friendships she would have to start ...read more
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A Friend Of Mine Pastors In The Bloor West ...
Contributed on Nov 2, 2008
A friend of mine pastors in the Bloor West village in Toronto and runs a "God at the Pub" where he holds open discussions on the Christian faith in a bar setting. He told me the other day that he has all sorts of people there who are not people of faith, but who have told him they want to model ...read more