Sermons - the180 Church

As we step into Week 2 of Lent, we continue in our story of Job series. If you are reading along, no matter how challenging, you will have noticed there are no easy answers. In fact, Job is living proof that goodness does not guarantee protection. Integrity does not inoculate you from pain. Listen in as Pastor Dom invites us to see how God can use times of doubt and suffering to show us that just being good is not enough if we are going to understand Jesus' invitation to pick up our cross and follow Him.

As Lent begins, we enter a season that lacks easy answers. Listen in as Pastor Dom introduces a new teaching series where we walk with a man named Job who goes from a blessed life to deep brokenness without clear explanations. Job's life brings to the surface issues and questions we face today. How do we deal with injustice? Where is God when pain and suffering seem so meaningless? How should we respond when bad things happen? We pray that as you listen, you'd grow in your desire to seek and worship God with renewed focus no matter what comes your way.

In a culture that is so shaped by the desire for the kind of success that makes our lives easier, it's hard to know how to pray to God or to trust Him when confronted with the realities of our world. As we wrap up our series on the names of Jesus, join us as we explore Jesus' invitation to grow in obedience to Him and to follow Him even as He goes to suffer on our behalf.

Prince of Peace is one of the names for Jesus that Christians get from the book of Isaiah. We live in a world looking for and longing for peace. But what kind of peace does Jesus - the Prince of Peace - give us and how does that guide us to pray in a deeper way? Today's sermon delves into the story of the Bleeding Woman and the Sick Girl from Luke 8 and reveals the surprising ways that Jesus gives us His peace.

What if the universe isn't held together by force—but by a name? Listen in as Pastor Dom explores how Jesus has a special name that reminds us that in Him all things hold together. This can only mean that He is also the one we call on to hold us together through the messy challenges life throws our way. May this sermon encourage you to trust God and to pray with a desire to align your life with his purposes.

What if prayer isn't about getting good advice, but about becoming whole? In this message on Jesus as the Wonderful Counselor, we will explore how His words don't just inform us—they heal, transform, and call us into new life. Through Isaiah's prophecy and Jesus' encounter with a sick man in John 5, we're invited to let go of our substitutes for healing and honestly ask: Do I really want to get well?

This year, we want to get serious about having our goals rooted in God's character. In this new teaching series we bring together the importance of prayer and what it means that Jesus' unique names point to a God we can trust in any situation. Listen in as Pastor Dom kicks off this series and unpacks that Jesus is God with us—the nearness of God made visible and touchable. This is Good News!

In this sermon, delivered by Chris Throness, Director of Leader Formation for Alliance Canada, we will explore the question of identity and calling—who we are and what God is inviting us to do—through the lens of Exodus 19. The message emphasizes how God forms His people through grace before sending them into His mission. This sermon is an invitation to consider where the next leaders for the Church will come from. With a hopeful vision for leader formation, the sermon highlights the potential of the180 to become a place where leaders are discerned, developed, and sent to serve Laval, Canada, and beyond.

While Christmas Day has passed, the Church continues to celebrate the Christmas season as we learn to let the good news of God With Us shape our lives. Join us as we begin 2026 together by exploring a story in the Bible that teaches about a life that embraces limits in order to be dedicated to the things that really matter.

Merry Christmas! Christmas begins with the mystery that God becomes human to be with us and continues as we trust God's presence and plans for us. Join us as we follow Joseph through Christmas-time into the New Year, learning of the strength & courage we will need as we commit to grow in God's ways.

A brief Christmas Eve message.

We are almost there. Throughout Advent we have inched our way through key biblical moments meant to move us toward a child who is coming. In Jesus, God reveals a new way that shatters the paradigms of this world. As you listen, our prayer is that you would sense God's invitation to believe that something greater than power has come into our world. Are you ready to believe and embrace what this could mean for you and your family this Christmas?

As we move closer to Christmas, the Bible introduces us to different people who were shocked & confused about how things are unfolding. Listen in as Pastor Dom revisits the long search by the most unexpected Persian astrologers we call Magi. As we will see, their searching and their questions are very revealing. Most of all, they help us consider, 'How far would you go to find peace'?

We can get so familiar with parts of the Christmas story that we miss the deeper meaning at the heart of this season. For that reason, Advent is meant to help us see where we've missed the ways God is calling us to surrender to His shocking arrival. Listen in as Pastor Dom teaches through some rich promises presented to us by Matthew's retelling of the Christmas story. Our prayer is that you'll sense God's call to build your life on His lasting hope revealed in Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God.

As we begin Advent, we remember that this season invites us to slow down and pay attention to God, who works in hidden, unexpected places. Through the story of Elizabeth, we learn more about how God meets us in our barrenness—our unmet longings, delayed hopes, and quiet places of shame — and brings life where we least expect it. This week, we're invited to make space for God in the places that feel empty, trusting that no word from Him will ever fail.

When God asked His people questions, He often did so not only to reveal and remind them of truths about Himself, but to uncover truths they would rather keep hidden about themselves. Join us this week as we wrap up our series on the book of Malachi exploring the subtle ways we can make serving God about what we will get out of it.

God's loving rebuke in Malachi comes because we have failed to respond to the teaching and blessings of God to love and serve others. Malachi's message challenges us to learn justice and generosity that is rooted God's never-changing character and promises.

The Bible draws into the ways God's love breaks into our lives. This week, Pastor Dom walks us through chapter two and the gift of covenants. These were sacred agreements meant to help His people grow in holiness and wholeness. As you'll hear, God's rebuke was rooted in a loving reminder that a 180 is possible if we turn from our selfish ways. As Christians, Jesus' love, and the power of the Spirit guides us to grow as those who are part of a new covenant rooted in God's love for us. May you listen and respond so that you do not ruin a blessing.

Just like the people in the Bible, there are times where our own hearts can grow cold to God's love or caring to grow in His ways. But God loves us so much that He doesn't leave us there. Join us as we begin this series on the Book of Malachi, exploring God's loving rebuke that is meant to turn us back to His love, mercy, goodness, and faithfulness.

This week we wrap up our teaching series meant to ground our beliefs about giving and generosity on God's Word. In this last sermon, Pastor Dom addresses a teachable moment between Jesus and the Pharisees and their hypocrisy around giving. This would be a reminder to stay on guard against greed and the love of money. We pray this message awakens the freedom from greed that only Jesus can give.

God overflows with generosity because it is His nature to give. We on the other hand have to learn and grow in our generosity. This week, Pastor Dom explores how the earliest Christians were learning to see giving as part of their worship and how Jesus uses a celebration to remind us how easily we confuse knowing what something costs versus being willing to count the cost of sacrifice ourselves.

What we believe about money impacts so many issues in our lives. If we don't slow down to think about this, the greedy ways of our world soon distort what God says to us. For this reason, we want the Bible to help us experience God's wisdom about giving and His faithfulness as a Generous God. Listen in as Pastor Dom begins this series with why God gives wisdom before He gives us wealth. Consider sharing with someone who might need to be encouraged as well.

Whenever Jesus did miracles in the Bible, He was using them to point to something much deeper than what's on the surface. Join us this week as we wrap up this series by looking at a story where the real miracle of Jesus is the one that's easy to miss, but that all His other miracles point to.

The Alliance Canada President, Darren Herbold, will share a message encouraging us to courageously join Jesus in His unfolding work and stay attentive to where God is moving—both in Canada and globally. The message comes with a challenge to step out in courageous faith as we witness spiritual renewal and a deepening commitment to Christ in our generation. Darren will also be sharing a message alongside the Alliance World Tour—a visual presentation highlighting Alliance ministries across Canada and around the world, which we hope will be an encouragement to you.

As Jesus traveled and taught people about God's ways, He did miracles to reveal deeper things about God and His power. This week, Pastor Dom talks about the roots of a faith that unleashes miracles in our lives. We pray that as you listen you'd surrender old ideas and ungodly habits as you embrace the Good News that this world is no match for the miraculous power and compassion of our Lord.

This is a milestone Sunday. Today we mark 9 years since our launch as a church. As we pause to reflect on God's goodness, Pastor Dom guides us through a miracle meant to shift our views about God and His promises to us. No matter what you are going through, our prayer is that you would get serious about Giving God your Best, not just what's Left. Only then will you know that even your good plans are no match for His greater promises.

What do you think about miracles? Do they still happen? Questions like this are not new. Just like today, people in the Bible wondered how, when, and why Jesus did things that could only be described as miraculous. Listen in as Pastor Dom kicks off our new teaching series with a biblical story that will invite us to move beyond the impossible for the gift of a deeper intimacy with God.

This week, we wrap up our summer series on the “one another” phrases in the New Testament in the Bible by looking at what it means to be “devoted to” one another. In a culture where many struggle to navigate different kinds of commitments and priorities, listen in as we explore the kind of devotion that's not just about you.

In a world divided by politics, culture, and identity, Paul's words to the Ephesian church speak powerfully today. In this message on Ephesians 4:1–6, we explore why unity is not something we create but something Christ has already accomplished — and how humility, gentleness, patience, and love can help us ‘carry, not cancel' one another.

Paul says to carry each other's burdens, but also to carry your own load. In this message, we unpack the difference, and how to help without hurting in a way that reflects Jesus.

The fastest way to ruin a relationship is to let complaining go unaddressed. This week Pastor Dom takes another 'one another' saying revealing how God feels about a heart that festers with a complaining attitude. Our prayer is that you sense God's strength to get honest about where complaining creeps up in your own life and to do all you can to resolve and restore a relationship.

Paul wrote a letter of love to the Ephesians in which he exhorts all followers of Jesus to grow to the maturity and status of Christ. One way in which we do this is in our relationships "to one another". His words on submission in marriages have created a lot of confusion and conflict within different factions of the church. How do we read and apply these words through the lens of Christ's love rather than through ideas that divide?

We are almost halfway through our summer series focused on the biblical promises of journeying with one another. Throughout the Bible, we see how God's promises are meant to be experienced with, and for the sake of others. This week, Pastor Dom guides us to consider how we may slip away and develop a hard heart without the encouragement and wisdom of others.

This week we continue our summer series exploring the “one another” phrases in the New Testament of the Bible by looking at the phrase “wait for one another”. Amazon offers 1-day delivery, and Uber-Eats lets you skip the line from the comfort of your couch. Our society offers us as much speed and convenience as you can afford. Learn together with us why God sometimes asks us to wait, and hardest of all, to wait for other people.

* Note: Technical difficulties during the gathering resulted in issues with the recording. Only latter portions of the sermon were recorded. We apologize for the inconvenience. This week we continue our summer series exploring the “one another” phrases in the New Testament of the Bible by looking at the phrase “forgive one another”. In a culture that teaches us to see others as toxic, listen in as we look at Jesus' call to the kind of unconditional forgiveness that flows out of God's own heart to one another.

Like our own church, the church in Rome addressed in the book of Romans consisted of diverse people. Just as it is today, navigating those differences wasn't easy for the early church. But the apostle Paul nonetheless encouraged the Roman congregation to "accept one another". Join us in learning about what Biblical acceptance looks like, especially in light of what Jesus has done for us.

The Bible teaches us that Jesus invited people to follow Him and to become His disciples. This went beyond just believing in God. This weekend, Pastor Dom wraps up our series with a look at how easily we can get distracted and dismiss the responsibility to invest our lives in the ways of Jesus' no matter what is happening around us. The disciples of Jesus knew that only then would they hear 'Well Done'.

As we continue in our series on discipleship, one of the key ways we grow as disciples is to become the kinds of disciples who also takes seriously what it means to make disciples of others. Join us as we look at a famous passage and explore that while Jesus doesn't leave us with a step-by-step guide of how to do this today, He does leave us with a community as together we step into new places, trusting that He is still with us.

We can't deny that our information age has not made it easy to experience real connection and belonging. While devices offer connectivity, the Bible teaches that our longing to belong is rooted in the biblical promises of discipleship. Listen in as Pastor Dom continues in our series and shows how Jesus' way of life and our commitment to it is the only way to experience belonging.

As we learn to follow Jesus we start to see how much more we still have to grow and that sometimes feels impossible. Listen in as Jesus leads us into generosity as a step towards a way of life that only God could create.

In every generation, we're called to embrace what it means to be formed as disciples of Jesus amidst the unique challenges and shifting values of our time. Join us as Pastor Michael launches our series on discipleship, exploring how discipleship is a kind of formation that is much deeper than simply believing in God or learning new information.

Ron Snow joins us with a special message.

This is part two of a message Pastor Dom shared last week (Please listen to that first). It follows a historical moment in the life of the church when a non-Jew named Cornelius begins to sense that God is up to something. We pray as you listen you'd sense God calling you to move past feelings of failure as Peter does. May God's grace find you as He did Cornelius and his family.

This week Pastor Dom continues to follow Peter and his maturity in growing through failure. As you will hear, this sermon will take us into a beautiful, yet complex, encounter that reveals the richness of God's blessings. Because it covers biblical passages, note that this is Part one of two which will follow next week. Don't FAIL, to listen in again next week - online at 11:00am or in person at 9:00am only (*special change due to bike race)

The Bible tells us that the weeks following the resurrection were filled with frustration and failure. Just like us, those with questions and doubts wondered what to do next. Listen in as Pastor Dom guides us to consider Peter's long struggles with failure. Some may resemble a struggle you are facing right now. Our prayer is that you will hear the living Jesus' promise that failure doesn't have to be fatal, for those ready to respond to God's restoring ways.

Easter is not a day for Christians, but a season of following the risen Jesus into a new way of understanding our place in His plans. Listen in as Pastor Dom launches our new resurrection series to help us change our perspective on failure in light of God's faithfulness. This will be so important for those also responding to Jesus' command to be baptized this weekend. We pray that as you listen or watch you will be sensitive to what God's promises are when moments of failure come your way.

No one saw it coming. All their beliefs about life and death had to be reconsidered if the news on the street was true. Jesus' body is gone and something just doesn't make sense. Listen in as Pastor Dom invites us to get honest about how often we resist the gift at the heart of the resurrection message as found in the Bible. We pray you would not let this Easter go by without recommitting to embrace the hope of the resurrection and your place in the purposes of God.

Christians around the world have always set apart Good Friday as a day to remember Jesus' death and the goodness of God that is revealed in that tragic event. But every year, we feel the temptation to skip Good Friday altogether to get to Easter. Join us as we explore what Jesus reveals to us about who He is on this day, and why you cannot have Easter without Good Friday.

This week marks a turning point for Jesus and His followers. Every gospel writer records the events of the last week of Jesus' life before the cross and the resurrection because they were foundational to understanding Jesus. Christians marked this Sunday as Palm Sunday to help listen and respond to what Jesus wants to show us during His last visit to Jerusalem. The city is on edge & God is up to something. May you be sensitive to what God is saying as we move into Holy Week.

As we conclude our series on the Cross this week, we will explore how Jesus leads us in trusting God to surrender what we have, for the sake of the new life that He gives to us and the world. Listen in as Willy shares how the Cross gathers people into a new trust of God.

We have been asking God to stretch our understanding of the cross. This week we explore the gift of God's strength available to us through the cross. How a tool of weakness could provide strength is not easy to see at first glance. Listen in as Pastor Dom helps us to go deep and to get serious about our need for a type of strength only God can give.