This Sunday we wrapped up our series in the profound book of Ecclesiastes by exploring how certainty can become an idol. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes reminds us that true wisdom and absolute certainty eludes us, reminding us to take bold steps of faith and trust in God instead.

This week, we highlight one of the main session speakers at our recent Every Nation GO Conference held in Cape Town, SA. Aoife Keegan is the current Director for Every Nation Campus Europe and is based in Dublin, Ireland. 

In this series break, Pastor Tristan shares how we can better hear Gods voice. Like sheep who recognize their shepherds voice, we need to learn to recognize how our Good Shepherd is guiding and speaking to us.

To live well, some believe accumulating experiences like travel, romance, and pleasure is key. And the more were aware of the experiences were missing out on the less great life feels. But, even if we could have everything we wanted, wed still feel unfulfilled. So, what does it mean to live well? This message tackles that question. 

Do we really get what we deserve? In this instalment of our Ecclesiastes series, Pastor Richard delves into the topic of merit versus grace. The wisdom from this book challenges conventional beliefs about justice, and highlights the overwhelming significance of Gods grace in our lives.

Considering that we will spend about one-third of our lives working, Ecclesiastes brilliantly captures the toil and joy, highs and lows that we all experience in our work and life. So, whats the point of work and why should it matter?

Is it possible to find true meaning in our lives? Dr. Lucas Maciel opens our series on the book of Ecclesiastes by giving the keys to understanding the book despite its uniquely challenging ideas.

Guest speaker and friend of ENGTA Pastor Gabe Bouch shares a compelling word on why we should embrace the university and college campus. The opening text is from the book of Daniel. Pastor Gabe concludes with some present-day examples of what can happen when young people on the campus are reached.

In today’s culture where loneliness has become an epidemic, this message explores the biblical idea that humans are meant to be in relationships and that the church is a community of individuals who share their lives with each other around Jesus.

What does it mean to flourish? Pastor Richard concludes our series in Psalm 23, which invites us on the journey toward flourishing, toward home, and ultimately toward God. 

In this part of Psalm 23, we unpack the meaning of the table, oil and cup which are images of how God actually sustains us in the middle of even our greatest challenges.

Pastor Bert Thomson speaks candidly on the foundation, levels, and results of giving in this break from our summer series.

This week, Pastor Richard Kidger speaks on one of the most recognized Bible verses, Psalm 23:4, exploring how we can come to a place of trust with our Shepherd when walking through the valley of the shadow of death.

Sheila Thomson continues our summer series in Psalm 23, Restore My Soul. The analogy of Jesus followers being like sheep gives insight into Gods shepherd-like guidance. How is He guiding you?

As Blaise Pascal famously stated, there is a god-shaped vacuum in each one of us that drives us to fill it. We can look to any number of good things to fill it. Yet, as we see in this Psalm, God has made provision for us to experience the deep contentment our soul longs for. 

As we kick off our series in Ps 23, we look at the first verses bold declaration I shall not want. Yet, to be content within our circumstances requires our contentment to be based upon something independent of our circumstances. 

As we wrap up season 3 of Unstoppable, we look at the significance of Paul’s final words at the end of his last missionary journey.

Continuing in our series in Acts,  we follow Pauls missionary journey in Greece, confronting idolatry.

Have you noticed that were very much a hero-oriented culture through the movies, celebrities and influencers were fixated on? In this message, we focus on some unsung heroes of the life and success of the early church.

Dr. Lucas Maciel continues our series in Acts by diving into the teaching of Paul in Athens, where he addresses the crowd in a unique, contextualized way.

Like the Apostle Paul, we experience times of disorientation and distress at being in a particular place. In this message, we discover 4 crucial ways God provides staying power in a place or situation that is difficult.

Throughout Acts, God draws together a diverse group of people to build his church and to fulfill the directive of Jesus to take his good news into all the world. In this message from Acts 16, we see the Gospel is for everyone: men and women, rich and poor, young and old. 

Some conflict is unavoidable and some things are worth fighting for. As the early church grows in its diversity, a core question arises: what makes and distinguishes a Christian? The answer will have radical ramifications.

Worship is less about liturgy and more about looking—who/what is the object of our focus, admiration, and love? In this sense, we can worship almost anything or anyone. In this message, we explore the human inclination to worship, and how it often leads us astray.

As we kick off the third season of the Unstoppable series, we witness the gospel transforming a diverse and global movement of followers of Jesus. We have been invited to actively participate in this movement, rather than spectate from the sidelines. 

Guest Pastor Matt Naismith brings a special word of encouragement for our 10th Anniversary celebration service.

As we celebrate our churchs 10th anniversary this month, we join our pastoral team in a conversation about the dream that brought them to Toronto, and the kind of church they envision ENGTA to be.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of the final week of Jesus public ministry. The expectation around Jesus is high and hes at the height of his popularity. So what Jesus does next is unexpected but necessary if we are to have proper expectations of him. 

Life is hard. Evil is real. Does God care? Life is full of these tensions and in Psalm 130,  we see this tension in both the honesty of our lived reality and the reality of God. How we reconcile those two realities is key to living purposefully with contentment in our lives. 

What makes for a good life? As relevant as that question is today, in this message we explore the answer from an ancient prophet, Micah, that has clear relevance to us today. 

We are creatures of desire, and so we must seek full fulfillment for our longings in the right place. In Psalm 63, the psalmists tough situation reveals his deep longing for God and it’s captured by two seemingly opposite images that are key to understanding our longings. 

Sheila Thomson continues our Lent series by diving into Psalm 32, looking at how we are led to return to God (repentance). The Psalmist gives us a picture of the good life and the honest life, plus some good advice.

The Lenten season commemorates the time of testing Jesus experienced in the wilderness and that is where we begin in this message. Through Jesus experience, we are given a masterclass on the nature of temptation and its appeal to our primal impulses, and how to resist pursuing legitimate needs through illegitimate ways. 

This past Sunday we had a special guest Pavlo Lozynsky from Lviv, Ukraine share his “follow the call” story which resulted in his returning from Canada to his homeland. His church and ministry are now actively helping victims of war with practical needs and sharing the good news of the Gospel.

If you wear glasses you know the immediate difficultly you experience if you have lost them. Or similarly, if you have an out of date prescription the problem you have seeing clearly. But if you were born blind and then you are suddenly able to see, what would that be like? In this message, we look at the miracle of Jesus healing the blind man and the various responses that people had to this dramatic sign.

Life is filled with storms: financial, physical, emotional, spiritual, personal, global. Storms can blind our perspective and make us afraid. Yet, in this miraculous encounter with Jesus , we are reminded that although storms are inevitable, Jesus is Lord over the storm and is able to take us through the storm, whilst using the storm for our good.  

Maybe you’ve read or heard this story. One of the things we see as we encounter this miracle is God’s ability to provide miraculously - multiplying a little & turning it into plenty. We see that when we bring something seemingly small to offer him, he can turn it into so much more.

Jesus encounter and miraculous healing of a man whod been lame for 38 years reveals much about how God loves us, and what we need if we too want to be made well. 

In our Western culture, we place a lot of faith in rationality, science and technology. Yet, for all the tremendous benefit they bring, the state of our world testifies that many problems are beyond our fixing. In this encounter with Jesus, we see the progression of the official’s faith as he encounters his own hopeless situation. 

Perhaps one of the more well-known of Jesus miracles, it is intriguing that turning water into wine at a wedding in the small town of Cana is where Jesus chose to perform his first miracle. But it is packed with relevance for us today. 

In our final in person service for the year we light the fourth advent candle: the candle of love, sing Christmas Carols and Sheila Thomson shares Part 2 of our Christmas series Light in the Darkness. Jacob Moon also performs his original song Emmanuel.

This is literally a dark time of year with days shorter and nights longer in the winter months. Emotionally, many people struggle with the winter blues. Despite our advances as a society, our world still feels very dark. Scripture reveals that Christmas is about light breaking into darkness. The Christmas message acknowledges the darkness of our times, but in doing so, emphasizes the light and our yearning for it. 

Self-control is a virtue that can refer both to the strength to refrain from doing something that we shouldn’t, but also to the strength of stepping up and acting when we should. In this final message in our Counterculture series, we look at how Christ makes self-control a very real possibility for us in regards to our desires and things we do. 

We can often over-value characteristics like strength, toughness and self-confidence, and see gentleness as weakness or timidity. Yet Jesus, despite his obvious power and status, describes himself as gentle and humble. This is what makes gentleness so countercultural in an oftentimes harsh world.  

Weve all felt the disappointment as weve witnessed political, business, sports or religious leaders “sell out” their core values and beliefs in compromise. Yet, if were honest, were guilty of compromise too. In this message, we look at the virtue of faithfulness as an expression of our love for God and others: what does it mean and how do we practice it in our daily lives?

When we are kind to others, what is our motive? Often we are kind not for the pure motive of helping an other, but so that we feel better about ourselves. But that is not the way God has shown His kindness to us. In this message we look at what it takes to really be kind and practical ways we can express that pure type of kindness to others.

In this message, guest speaker Gabe Bouch reminds us we cannot do what God has called us to do without the power of the Holy Spirit. So, how do we cooperate with the Holy Spirit?

Impatience is on the rise and it seems to bring out the worst in us. Resentment is often a signal of unmet expectation. In this message, we look at 4 ways Scripture talks about patience and how we can become more patient with others and within our circumstances. 

Though worry and anxiety are nothing new, in the past few years they seem to be on the rise in Canada and around the world. God’s desire for us is that we would cast our cares on Him. So how do we live like this? How does peace  grow and flourish in our lives?

As we continue in our Counterculture series, we look at the virtue of joy being the disposition or inclination to see things from Gods perspective, and a weapon to combat despair. 

When Gods Spirit is active in our lives we can produce wonder attributes called the fruit of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, gentleness and self control. However, there is always a battle between other desires. In this message we look at how the fruit of love can overcome fear.

As we kick off our Fall teaching series, we dive deep into the countercultural way of life Jesus invites us into towards a life of true freedom, fulfillment and flourishing, the result of which bears fruit of God’s transforming power in us. 

As we close out our REAL HOPE series, we look at the close and vital  relationship between faith, hope & love as well as what the key is to growing in them despite tough times. 

We all have some sort of issue facing us that seems unsurmountable -whether a health diagnosis, a relational family conflict, a workplace obstacle or perhaps a financial crisis. What do we do in the face of such real life challenges? In this message Pastor Bomi Roberson offers an inspiriting direct biblical response to give us real hope.

What do you do when life hits you hard and leaves you struggling? None of us is exempt from struggle or pain in our lives. But we don’t need to walk alone. There is real comfort for your journey and real hope to be found in the world. In this message, we kick off a short series on hope: discovering real hope for the real world. 

Guest speaker Pastor Jon Owens from City of Lights church in Indianapolis brings this encouraging word on how God reveals Himself, meets our deepest needs, transforms us and then send us to help others.

As we close our summer series on the church, we turn to the words of Jesus specifically, and what he had to say about the church he would build.