KGF Church

Luke 18:9-14

It has been said, “It is not so much what you say but how you say it.” The journey Jesus’ calls us to is good news. The church as people stumbling forward together on this quest is good news. The struggling, messed up, those hurting and in pain flocked to Jesus because He was good news and in many cases their only hope. But many do not see or hear the church as good news. Why? Maybe one of the reasons is our spiritual posture. Let’s together remind ourselves what the posture of a good news pilgrim looks like.

 

Gary Swabey

Campus Pastor for Freedoms Door

Do you ever wonder, "will anyone listen to the message?"  Maybe because you think they have it all and don't need God, or it's too exclusive, or the message is unlikely to take root in this person or that place because of spiritual darkness, competing beliefs, or devotion to other gods.  I don't think you're alone.  Interestingly, Jesus took His disciples on a road trip to a centre of pagan worship and spiritual oppression, and right there He asked them, “Who do you say I am?”  Their response would speak volumes...as ours as well.  For at the heart of being a Good News People is our confession that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God.  And that confession shapes our mission: to make disciples in all places, even places where darkness seems to reign, even at the gates of Hades—and among all people, even those who serve and worship other gods.  So it's probably normal to ask "will anyone listen to the message" but Jesus' response should encourage and challenge His followers to press on!  Jesus is building His church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it!

At Thanksgiving, we tend to count our blessings...family, health, provision, friendships, homes, and the many good material things before us.  This is appropriate and right but there's so much more!  Ephesians 1:1–14 invites us to look beyond even these wonderful gifts to blessings that are infinitely greater and eternal.  In Christ, we have been chosen, adopted, redeemed, forgiven, given an inheritance, and sealed with the Holy Spirit.  These blessings cannot be taken away by changing circumstances, declining health, financial uncertainty, or the loss of earthly possessions.  The good news of the gospel is that God has blessed us with far more than what we can see or hold in our hands.  In Christ He has given us Himself, a new identity, a secure future, and every spiritual blessing in Christ.  This Thanksgiving, let’s not only count what God has given us, but celebrate what He has given us in Christ and share it with others.  

See you Sunday!
Pastor Rob

John 3:1-5

What does it really mean to confess Jesus as Lord—not simply with our lips, but with our whole lives?

In John 3, Nicodemus comes to Jesus under the cover of darkness, searching for answers, and Jesus confronts him with a truth that reaches far deeper than religious knowledge...we must be born again.  To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender our whole lives to His rule and reign allowing the King to transform our hearts, reshape our desires, and direct the way we live.  And this matters because disciples of Jesus are called to be good news people wherever they go as they go.  The reign of Jesus should be visible through the way we love, serve, forgive, welcome, speak, and live.  Like Nicodemus, we are invited to move from simply knowing about Jesus to being transformed by Him, so that the kingdom we confess with our mouths is the kingdom we embody with our lives.  The question is not only, “Do I believe Jesus is Lord?” but, “Does His lordship shape the way I live and do the people around me encounter something of His good news through me?” 

Looking forward to seeing you Sunday!

Pastor Rob

Acts 1:8

Have you ever spent enough time around someone that you started picking up their mannerisms, their phrases, or even the way they saw things? How does that happen? The people and places that fill our lives are shaping the kind of people we become.

At Pentecost, the Spirit comes upon God’s people with the imagery of God’s presence filling a house. Throughout the New Testament, God’s people are described as the dwelling place of His Spirit, being formed together around Jesus. As we live by the Spirit, we are being shaped into a people who not only carry the good news of Jesus, but begin to embody it.

Pastor Devan

Luke 15:1-32

Have you ever lost something of great value? What did you feel and what did you do? My guess is you did something! You searched...and looked under things...and retraced your steps...and possibly even panicked at points! In Luke 15, Jesus shares three stories about things that are lost and the relentless pursuit to find them. A lost sheep, a lost coin, and ultimately, two lost sons reveal something profound about the heart of God, that He is a Father who searches, pursues, welcomes, restores, and celebrates when the lost are found. It's one thing to know that our heavenly Father is like this, but it's entirely another thing to share His heart. Do we value what He values? Do we pursue the people He pursues? Do we celebrate when those who are far from God come home?

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As we dig into the mission Jesus left for us in making disciples, it begins by sharing the Father's heart. I look forward to seeing you Sunday!

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Pastor Rob Dyck

The "good news" was never meant to be kept—it was meant to be shared.  But that can be both challenging and frightening if we don't really know what Jesus meant when He gave this mandate to His disciples.  I'm guessing that when Jesus gave His first followers the imperative to “Go and make disciples,” that they might have been challenged and frightened too so we're not alone!

Throughout this fall season, we are reminding ourselves of what our primary mission is and how we can go about pursuing it.   That means living intentionally, refusing to drift through life while people around us desperately need the hope of Jesus.  It means living incarnationally, carrying the presence, compassion, and love of Jesus into our homes, workplaces, neighbourhoods, and relationships.  And it means living inclusively, opening our hearts and extending the invitation of the gospel to anyone and everyone.  We are not simply people who have good news—we are called to be Good News people. The mission is urgent.  The opportunity is all around us. The question is: Will we go?

Pastor Rob Dyck

After all the miracles, plagues, wilderness journeys, failures, and moments of God’s faithfulness, the book of Exodus ends in an unexpected place—not with Israel arriving in the Promised Land, but with the glory of God filling the tabernacle. Why? Because the Exodus was never simply about getting God’s people out of Egypt; it was about bringing them into the presence of God. And this final scene points us straight to Jesus—our Deliverer, our Redeemer, and Emmanuel, “God with us.”

As we close our journey through Exodus, come discover the hope, freedom, and confidence that flow from knowing that the God who led His people then is still with His people today!

Pastor Rob Dyck

Do promises expire? Most of us would say yes. People change. Life happens. Even the best intentions have a shelf life. But what if the most important promise ever made is still in effect - four thousand years later?

In Exodus 33, we find a moment where God was ready to walk away from his people. A people who had witnessed miracle after miracle and still managed to build a golden calf forty days later. Sound familiar?

And yet there was one man who refused to let God walk away. Who stood in the gap and appealed to a promise made to one man under a night sky - a promise that had never once come off.

We are asking what that means for us today. Because according to Galatians 3:29 - that four thousand year old promise has your name on it.

Let’s talk about it.

Phill Whatman

Who enjoys waiting?  We wait for alot of things in life...often things that are important to us.  Seasons of waiting can test not only our patience but also our trust in God.  When Moses remained on the mountain longer than Israel expected, the people grew anxious and took matters into their own hands, creating a golden calf as a substitute for the God who seemed distant.  Their experience challenges us to ask, What do we turn to when God seems silent or slow?  In seasons of waiting, we are tempted to manufacture our own solutions, but God calls us to remain faithful, trusting that His apparent delay is not His absence.

 

Exodus 32 invites us to resist the pressure to take control, remember God’s faithfulness, and believe that even when we cannot see what He is doing, He is still worthy of our trust.

 

Pastor Rob Dyck