Cascade Gospel Chapel - Sermons

We all want to be great. But one of the most counterintuitive of all Jesus's teachings— that goes against everything we hear, and even the intuition of our own heart —is His teaching on greatness. For Jesus, the problem isn't that we want to be great: it's that the route we want to take towards […]

A simple question about whether Jesus pays the temple tax becomes an opportunity for Jesus to teach his disciples about love, freedom, and trust. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more about Cascades Church, visit […]

Alex sits down with Ron and Gloria Edgecombe to talk about what it has been like to serve Jesus for nearly 60 years in Quebec, BC, and Argentina. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more […]

In this passage, the disciples are unable to heal a boy — not because they don't care or don't try (they do!), but because their faith is so small they don't even pray. Jesus teaches them that even faith as small as a mustard seed, when directed toward God, is powerful enough to overcome the […]

The Transfiguration gives us a glimpse of reality: Jesus revealed in glory, the dawn of God's renewing work on earth. In a world clouded by pain, fear, and doubt, the voice of God calls us to listen to Him, trust Jesus, and live as people of hope. Cascades Church is a church in the heart […]

When God the Father reveals Jesus, it requires a response: confessing Him as Lord — through that confession, Jesus builds His church, and calls us to take up the cross and follow Him into His mission. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we […]

Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more about Cascades Church, visit our website at http://cascadeschurch.ca LINKS BREAD: https://cascadeschurch.ca/BREAD/ Making Room Initiative: https://cascadeschurch.ca/making-room/ The Creative Way Down Course: https://cascadeschurch.ca/creative-way-down/ Community Groups: https://cascadeschurch.ca/community-groups/ Giving: https://cascadeschurch.ca/give Weekly Mailouts: […]

Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more about Cascades Church, visit our website at http://cascadeschurch.ca LINKS BREAD: https://cascadeschurch.ca/BREAD/ Making Room Initiative: https://cascadeschurch.ca/making-room/ The Creative Way Down Course: https://cascadeschurch.ca/creative-way-down/ Community Groups: https://cascadeschurch.ca/community-groups/ Giving: https://cascadeschurch.ca/give Weekly Mailouts: […]

Every king that's come along in one way or another has left us wanting…except One. Palm Sunday is an opportunity to celebrate His arrival and honestly examine whether we’ve embraced his kingship. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d […]

We all have deep hunger to be satisfied in life. Desire is central to being humans made in God’s image. Despite this, many of much the things (often good) we seek out can’t seem to satisfy in a lasting sense. In John 6, Jesus teaches the crowd of more than five thousand he just fed […]

In this message, we explore the time between Jesus’ death and resurrection and what it means for us today. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more about Cascades Church, visit our website at http://cascadeschurch.ca LINKS […]

In this last message in our series, we look at the practice of putting Scripture to memory. This is about absorbing key passages of Scripture so deeply into our bodies that they begin to take up residence in us. As with reading, mediating, and studying Scripture, memorizing Scripture opens the doorway to become participants in […]

Studying Scripture is about more than doing research to understand what it says, what it originally meant, and how it applies today. It certainly includes those things; yet, as disciples of Jesus Christ, studying Scripture requires a posture to embrace whatever God says. In other words, studying Scripture needs a discipline that requires both our […]

From the earliest days of the church all the way through church history, followers of Jesus have said in unison: Scripture is more than a collection of stories, poems, and historical records. It's like a map to another world; it’s a doorway to encountering the Living God. And yet, in spite of this, many of […]

As followers of Jesus, we’ve set our future hope in God’s promise to redeem our world and restore all things. The story of God ends with the union of heaven and earth, and Revelation 21-22 offers us a glimpse of what the new city will be like. In this message, we focus on 7 things […]

As followers of Jesus we’ve set our future hope in God’s promise redeem our world and restore all things. The story of God ends with the union of heaven and earth. Revelation 21-22 offer us a glimpse of what the new city will be like. In this message we focus on 7 things that will […]

In the story of God, we witness that people who embrace Jesus and His Way have their lives energized by God’s own power. Acts 2:41-47 offers us a dynamic portrait of a movement of people who orient their entire community around following the way of Jesus. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of […]

When the story of Israel stops in the OT, it isn’t really complete. There remain all these unresolved threads, promises in the story of God. We’re left with a sense of waiting, anticipation, and disappointment. Enter Jesus of Nazareth. The Gospel writers present Jesus as the fulfillment of all that Israel longed for and as […]

Genesis 3-11 reveal humanity's long descent into darkness. It leaves us asking: what will God do to redeem His good creation? The story of Israel reveals how God begins to answer that question. It is the story of how God works to rescue and renew humanity by choosing one family — the family of Abraham […]

The story you live in is the story you live out, yet as disciples of Jesus, we believe the story of God found the library of Scripture is the one that leads to life. We want to give our attention to His story, allowing our imaginations to be captured our hearts formed by it, so […]

The story you live in is the story you live out, and as disciples of Jesus, we believe the story of God found the library of Scripture is the that leads to life. Over the next 6 weeks, we want to give our attention to His story, allowing our imaginations to be captured by it, […]

You were made to know Jesus, embrace His Way, and join Him in His mission to make all things new. In this message, Alex outlines how we can step deeper into the life Jesus wants for us at Cascades. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city […]

As followers of Jesus, we stand between the two arrivals of Jesus. Christmas is full of waiting, watching, and longing. Looking at the story of Simeon, found in Luke 2:25-35, we discover what it means to wait patiently for the Lord. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see […]

The stories we consume have the power to change the way we think about others, ourselves, and the world around us. Instead of walking with hope, we can walk filled with this existential dread about the future. Christmas is so important because it points us back to the moment God came to us and became […]

We all want Christmas to be wondrous. It turns out that for many of us, what's supposed to be a season of celebrating and gathering is far from wonderful; it's downright painful. Is there a way for us to be fully immersed in the wonder of Christmas? In this message, we look at Jesus’s family […]

All throughout Scripture (before and after Jesus), we read again and again of what one theologian has called “the preferential option for the poor”. In fact, there are over 2000 passages on God’s heart for the poor and, through Jesus’s teachings, we see God's heart on display. In this message, we look at Jesus’ parable […]

As we follow Jesus in community, we fundamentally ask ourselves the question, what would Jesus do if He were us? To know this, we must study Jesus’s life, teachings, and Way. One way we do this is by studying the Gospels. John's Gospel account is full of reflection, theological richness, and big-picture teaching. Cascades Church […]

When we think about our relationship to our home, stuff, or money, most of us do not see ourselves as caretakers of them; we see ourselves as owners of them as if they’re all ours. But that is not actually the view of Jesus. Examining Luke 12, we discover Jesus teaches that God owns it […]

No matter how much we get, it's never “enough.” Despite living in the most affluent generation in human history, so many of us are wracked by fear, worry, greed, and unsatisfied desire. Is there a way to untangle our hearts from greed so we can be formed into people who are deeply happy and at […]

We all want to be happy. One of the most counterintuitive of all Jesus' teachings is his teaching on money and generosity — it’s better to give than to it is to receive. In this message, we explore Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 6:19-24, and in so doing, we see that discovering the joy of living […]

Every Sunday, we sing songs, teach from the Scriptures, give our finances, partake in Communion, and pray. Why? In this message, we explore the fun and challenging question of why we give. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d […]

As we follow Jesus in community, we are fundamentally asking ourselves the question: what would Jesus do if He were us? To know this, we must study the life, teachings, and Way of Jesus. One of the ways we do this is by studying the Gospels. John's Gospel account is full of reflection, theological richness, […]

Every Sunday we gather and sing songs, teach from the Scriptures, give our finances, partake in Communion, and pray. Why? In this message, we explore what Communion is and why we take communion every week. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow […]

Every Sunday we gather and sing songs, teach from the Scriptures, give our finances, partake in Communion, and pray. Why? In this message, we look to focus in on prayer. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to […]

Every Sunday we gather and sing songs, teach from the Scriptures, give our finances, partake in Communion, and pray. Why? In this message, we unpack four reasons we teach the Scriptures on Sundays. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If […]

Every Sunday we gather and sing songs, teach from the Scriptures, give our finances, partake in Communion, and pray. Why? In this message, we unpack four reasons we gather on Sundays. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like […]

Every Sunday, we gather and sing songs, teach from the Scriptures, give our finances, partake in Communion, and pray. Why? In this message, we unpack four reasons we gather on Sundays. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like […]

The Gospel of Mark acts as a very comprehensive discipleship manual that exalts the servant King, Jesus, and invites us to follow him. In following Jesus, He invites us to rest, participate, and discover the Good Shepherd. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as […]

What we think about death and how we relate to death will determine how we live our lives. Rather than avoiding its reality out of fear or trying to overcome it, we are to face our death before the Lord. That's what Psalm 90 seeks to do. It brings death into focus and, in so […]

Is serving God with our lives really worth it when evil and injustice seem to prevail all around us? Why am I doing this? That’s what Psalm 73 is about: our doubts, what we do with them, and how we come through them. Rather than take a path of suppressing our doubts or settling into […]

Psalm 8 reminds us of how the creation of the world and human beings points us to God’s power and creativity. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more about Cascades Church, visit our website at […]

Psalm 139 offers us a stunning image of David’s awareness and connection to God. How do we live into this kind relationship with God? In this message, we look like what David discovers in the presence of God and highlight ways we can grow to become aware of God’s presence in all parts of our […]

Many of us struggle with prayer and knowing what to say to God. Enter: The Psalms -150 unique expressions of prayer to God. They offer language for how we might come to the Lord in joy, thanksgiving, confusion, desperation, and grief. As it turns out, about half of all of them are psalms of lament. […]

Psalm 23 is perhaps the most famous of all Psalms. In it, David likens himself to a sheep whose shepherd is the Lord. As we explore this Psalm, we discover the riches of knowing God as our shepherd. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed […]

Love for God is demonstrated through obedience to His commandments. But do we trust God to obey Him? Our struggle to obey is often a question of whether we believe God is truly good. But in the person of Jesus, we find reason to trust the love and authority of God. His commandments are not […]

In this message, we explore Psalm 84 and the blessing of dwelling in God’s presence. Cascades Church is a church in the heart of Metro Vancouver longing to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. If you’d like to learn more about Cascades Church, visit our website at http://cascadeschurch.ca LINKS Welcome to Cascades: https://cascadeschurch.ca/basics/ […]

The story of Jesus healing the daughter of a Canaanite woman is one of the most confusing found in the New Testament. Jesus seems to respond to the mother’s cries for help with silence and prejudice, and only after she persists does she grant her wish. In this message we unpack what explains his seemingly […]

We long to see our city renewed as we follow Jesus. Baptism is a fulfilment of our vision in one person's life. It's a sign of our vision coming to fruition in an individual. How does baptism connect to renewal? Because at its core baptism signifies union with Jesus and His death, burial and resurrection. […]

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day and Jesus’ disciples offer us two portraits of faith in Jesus. In this passage, we discover how Jesus responds to an unwillingness to trust or understand Him, and how He responds to those who trust, but struggle to understand. Through Jesus, we find hope in our own struggles to […]

Jesus longs to renew the world through His disciples: He has empowered them to be His agents of renewal. When we embrace Jesus’s way of hospitality, we create spaces where God’s grace can be encountered. Therefore, one of the key ways we can contribute to the renewal in our city lies in recovering the practice […]

Pentecost Sunday celebrates the day God poured out His Spirit upon His people. The question is, what was God doing by sending His Spirit? In this message we look at 3 things: God sent His Spirit to dwell within us, to empower us to be His witnesses, and to unite us under the banner of […]