“Hope,” says John Piper, “is a confident expectation and desire for good things in the future.” That definition betrays the pain and sorrow we frequently experience. Without the losses, there…
Many, many of the issues I face in life are the result of my own inability to be disciplined. To say “yes” to things that are good and helpful for…
We have started a new four-week series called, #Rest, that will hit right where most of us live. The sub-title gets right to the heart of it: four soul-crushing burdens and…
Billy Graham once said that “a spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord,” and I think he is…
I’m guessing that submission isn’t one of your favourite topics to delve into. The application is always humbling, but the results can be amazing. Consider, for example, what Jesus accomplished through…
We welcome Daryl Molyneaux, senior pastor of Harvest Niagara, to our church this Sunday. Daryl is a gifted and passionate communicator of the Bible, and we are blessed to have him…
Sermon Notes Working Out My Salvation Jordan Coros Philippians 2:12-16 July 8, 2018 If I am going to help others (and myself) obey Christ…(v. 12) …my aim must be to…
Some people love to talk about eschatology, the apocalypse, the end times, visions, and dreams about the future. They like to speculate about the biblical prophecies by tying them into…
This weekend’s passage is short. And it carries a powerful punch. I thought I would just give you the whole thing right here: Jesus looked up and saw the rich…
Apologetics Some people love a good argument. I’m not talking about an angry confrontation type of argument where people get irrational and red-faced. I mean a debate or discussion where…
The recent Ontario election provides us with another opportunity to ask: What is our obligation, as Christians, to government? What perspective does the Bible give us about politics, prime ministers, and…
In modern construction, the cornerstone has become merely a ceremonial thing. It is usually bigger and of a different substance than the block, bricks, or stones around it. A date…
When we start to think about society’s current ills, the issue we have with authority comes pretty close to topping the list. The authority of parents has been undermined by…
Canadians enjoy a standard of living, freedom, security, and peace that are envied around the world. Soon, Ontario farm fields will be green with fresh crops that grace our tables and…
Kathy Pedersen, one of our Harvest members and executive director of the Barrie Pregnancy Resource Centre, and Pastor Dan work their way through John 2:1-11 and share some application for…
It’s Palm Sunday! We’ve never hidden the fact at Harvest that we don’t follow the “church calendar” as far as special days go. Christmas and Easter, yes, but Epiphany, Ascension…
Far from only containing nice, feel-good stories, the Gospels often recount hard sayings and shocking scenes. In this weekend’s passage, Luke 19:11-27, Jesus melds together historical information about a client…
If you grew up going to Sunday School, chances are you sang, “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he…” And if that’s true for…
As we read the Gospels from our complete perspective, we see the clarity with which he predicted his own death, burial, and resurrection. And yet, his disciples didn’t grasp at…
Among the things we will see in this weekend’s message in Luke 18:18-30 is the radical nature of being a true Christian. It represents a life-altering, priority-changing, all-in commitment to…