Church 21 Montreal
312 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsChurch 21 is a family of congregations in the Greater Montreal Area focused on forging followers of Jesus to centre their lives on the gospel, participate in community, live on His mission, contribute to planting churches, and share ministries and resources to serve one another and the city.
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The Gospel of Mark | The End of the World
March 28, 2022 21:24 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBSunday, March 27th, 2022 Preacher: Steven Polino Text: Mark 13 It is the last week of Jesus' life and he is talking about the end of the world with his disciples. The disciples were anticipating a glorious future of ruling and reigning with Jesus but Jesus adjusts theirs and our expectations to a future of following the Cross and a hopeful expectation of his imminent return.
The Gospel of Mark | Most Important Aspects of Following Jesus
March 28, 2022 21:06 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBSunday, March 20th, 2022 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 12 Jesus boils down what is most important to Him in this chapter. Tune in to hear about what is most important to Him as we follow Him.
The Gospel of Mark | What Are You Hungry For?
March 14, 2022 16:07 - 31 minutes - 29.6 MBSunday March 13th 2022 Preacher: Geoff Wright Text: Mark 11:12-33 We can admit that our hopes are often let down when we hunger for something more than life has to offer, but at the same time we also keep falling short of living a fruitful life for God's own glory. Only when we let down our leaves and open our doors to Christ there is hope of experiencing the fruitful life we crave and producing a fruit giving life for God.
When I find myself in times of trouble | Prayers of Freedom
March 08, 2022 18:30 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBSunday March 6th 2022 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Acts 12.1-24 Because of Jesus, we are free. Why don’t we live that way? What stops us from enjoying and experiencing the freedom Christ has given to us? Tune in to hear the good news of freedom for any and all who want it.
When I find myself in times of trouble | Prayers for the Unbelievable
March 08, 2022 16:31 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBSunday February 27th 2022 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Acts 10 In this sermon we learn about how God opened up a pathway for new people to know Him. We will also see how God uses people to participate in the almost unbelievable mission that God is on to rescue and care for people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
When I find myself in times of trouble | Prayers of Submission & Surrender
February 22, 2022 21:11 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBSunday February 20th 2022 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Acts 9: 1-18 During this talk, we will look at a couple men who surrender their plans and lives to Jesus and why.
When I Find Myself in Times of Trouble | Prayers of Forgiveness
February 14, 2022 17:31 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBSunday February 13th 2022 Preacher: Steven Polino Text: Acts 7:54-60 "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" This astounding statement is made by the first martyr in Christian history, a man named Stephen. How could he say this? What had happened such that he would extend such radical forgiveness?
When I find Myself in Times of Trouble | Prayers for Boldness
February 07, 2022 16:13 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBSunday February 6th 2022 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Acts 4:23-31(35) After the apostles are brought in and questioned, they were told to no longer speak about Jesus. They left the religious leaders and continued to do that. This led the believers to pray for more boldness to proclaim the good news of Jesus regardless of what it would cost them.
The Gospel of Mark | The Triumphal Entry
January 24, 2022 18:29 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBSunday January 23rd 2022 Preacher: Geoff Wright Text: Mark 11:1-11 Everyone in Israel flocks to Jerusalem for the annual Passover Festival. Jesus rides into the city on a donkey with a crowd shouting, “Save us, save us.” By the end of the week the crowd would be shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” How does Jesus’ humble, prophetic, and triumphant presence bring such praise and such rejection?
The Gospel of Mark | What do you want Jesus to do for you?
January 17, 2022 18:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBSunday January 16th 2022 Preacher: Brian Alton Text: Mark 10.46 -52 What problems do you have that require solutions? How do you know what the real problem is? How do you know the solution you found is the right one? What if you could meet someone who knew the problem perfectly and could provide the perfect solution? “Take heart. Get up, Jesus is calling you.”
The Gospel of Mark | Self-forgetful serving
January 10, 2022 16:14 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBSunday January 11th 2022 Preacher Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 10.32-45 We love serving ourselves. We seem to be wired that way. But as we engage with Jesus and His desires, we find out that He wants to rewire our lives for self-forgetful serving. Tune in to find out more about how He does that.
New year, same you, same God
January 10, 2022 15:55 - 28 minutes - 26.7 MBSunday January 2nd 2022 Preacher: Steven Polino Text: John 21:15-19 Jesus publicly restores Peter after his denial and abandonment. The grace of God is available to all through the redemptive work of Jesus and rescues us from the cycle of slavery to sin and its fruit of shame. He is faithful even when we are faithless.
The Arrival | The Second Arrival
December 20, 2021 19:28 - 1 hour - 101 MBSunday December 19 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Isaiah 9.6-7; 11.1-10 The one who came is coming again as the Judge. The government will rest on His shoulders. He is bringing a new heaven and new earth. His reign will oversee peace among creation - as well as with the Creator. The Lord will be known everywhere - and all the world will look to Him.
The Arrival | The Birth of Jesus
December 13, 2021 16:47 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBSunday December 12 2021 Preacher: Brian Stegner Text: Luke 2:1-20; Matthew 2: 8-11 This week we'll be focused on the actual, historical entrance of God the Son into human history at the birth of Jesus, the lives that were touched in those first few years, and how this surprising move signaled God's intention to work peace between Himself and a rebellious people.
The Arrival | Intention of the Arrival
December 06, 2021 22:33 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBSunday December 5 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Matthew 1: 18-21 The birth of Jesus was surrounded by many uncomfortable details and scenarios. He disrupted the lives of many, especially his parents. Why would He come the way He did? What were His intentions upon arrival? Tune in to find out why Jesus came.
The Gospel of Mark | Discipleship as Denial
November 29, 2021 17:29 - 45 minutes - 42 MBSunday November 28 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: Mark 10:13-31 The disciples denied others from Jesus, but we must deny ourselves. What does this look like in a materialistic culture?
The Gospel of Mark | Dating, Divorce and Marriage
November 22, 2021 18:59 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBSunday November 21 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 10: 1-12 This sermon helps us understand God’s design for marriage and gives practical support for those dating, divorced, and married.
The Gospel of Mark | Greatness as defined by Jesus
November 15, 2021 17:58 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBSunday November 14 2021 Text: Mark 9: 30-50 Preacher: Trenton Walker After arguing about their ranking, the religious ideology of the disciples needs to be addressed. Jesus desires that His disciples understand that serving outweighs status in the upside down reality of the Kingdom of God
The Gospel of Mark // Life with the power and adaptability of Jesus
November 08, 2021 16:20 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBSunday November 7th 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 9:14-29 A boy with a significant and seemingly unfixable problem is brought to Jesus. This sermon highlights the power of Jesus for the situation, but also how we can follow Him into His ministry to others with adaptability.
The Gospel of Mark | God on display in Jesus
October 26, 2021 18:03 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MBSunday October 24 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 9.2-13 This week we are going to look at when Jesus was transfigured. That is not a term we often use. But Jesus revealed to His disciples something that was hidden from others. He did that to help them understand more of who He was so that their problems, difficulties and unbelief were put in perspective.
Lament and Joy | Love, attachment, and transformation
October 18, 2021 17:42 - 30 minutes - 28 MBSunday October 17th 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: 1 John 4:7-12 We will look at love as an attachment, and what a secure bond with God and community might do to for our transformation and our resilience in hardship.
Lament and Joy | Joy in sorrow
October 12, 2021 15:03 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBSunday October 10th 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: John 16:16-24 Jesus tells us we will be sorrowful in this life, but our sorrow will turn into joy. When will this happen and how is this possible?
Lament and Joy // Turning regrets into rejoicing
October 04, 2021 16:28 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBSunday October 3 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Lamentations 5 We all struggle with regret. God wants us to bring all the guilt, shame, and sorrow involved to Him. He wants us to confess how we have walked away so that He can again confess His love for us.
Lament and Joy // Hope
September 27, 2021 15:37 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBSeptember 26 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Lamentations 3 How can hope break into the hopeless moments of life? Join us as we explore that question in this sermon.
Lament and Joy // Lament
September 20, 2021 17:21 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBSeptember 19 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: Lamentations 1 Life is not easy. As Christians, how do we process pain & suffering in authentic and healthy ways? What is lament, and how can we do it?
Forging Followers of Jesus // Mission of Love
September 13, 2021 16:33 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBSunday September 12 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: John 13.35 Jesus has a mission that is so focused on love. It's a love that will die for enemies. It's a love that comes into a world against Him so that He can make us His. It's a love that transforms us to be more like Him, which involves us going out to love the world. But Jesus tells us that the way that people will know that we are disciples of Jesus is how we love one another. Tune in for more on how Jesus forges disciples thro...
Forging Followers of Jesus // Forged in His Community
September 07, 2021 20:50 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBSunday September 5 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: John 13:34 The Church of Jesus Christ is not a consumer subscription, but a community of contribution. We are here to worship, and forge followers of Jesus across Montreal.
The Gospel of Mark // The call of Christ leads to huge implications for our life now and forever.
September 07, 2021 18:05 - 38 minutes - 35.9 MBSunday August 29 Text: Mark 8:27-9:1 Preacher: Brian Stegner
The Gospel of Mark // Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod!
August 23, 2021 21:06 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBSunday August 22 2021 Preacher: Steven Polino Text: Mark 8:11-26 Do you not believe in God? Be careful to demand signs of him, only faith that comes from humility will lead to knowing Jesus. Faith that depends on proof is not faith, it is just veiled doubt.
The Gospel of Mark // Ears to Hear
August 09, 2021 21:08 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBAugust 8 2021 Preacher: Trent Walker Text: Mark 7:24-8:10 How often do the words of life and truth found in the Bible fall on our deaf ears? If the words of Jesus haven't caught your attention yet, this week they will. His words demand a response.
The Gospel of Mark // Religious Hypocrisy
August 02, 2021 21:47 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBSunday August 1 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: Mark 7:1-23 When Jesus confronts the guardians of religious tradition, he has some hard words for them. Today we let a different authority supersede scripture, and so Jesus' words must strike us afresh.
The Gospel of Mark // Miraculous Power
July 27, 2021 15:33 - 41 minutes - 38.6 MBJuly 25 2021 Preacher: Brian Stegner Text: Mark 6:31-56 Life is full of challenges, yet in Jesus we see miraculous power moving that overcomes all challenges, and even hardened hearts. This same power is available to live and move in us.
The Gospel of Mark // Shadows of Mission - Rejection & Death
July 19, 2021 20:42 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MBJuly 18 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 6: 1-30 Jesus experienced rejection - and prepares His disciples to do that same and more. Tune in to hear how enjoying Jesus can melt away any fears that can exist in us about joining His mission.
The Gospel of Mark // Jesus > Demons, Disease, & Death
July 12, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 45 MBJuly 11 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 5 Jesus doesn’t just see your problems. He sees you. And He knows that we desperately need Him. This sermon showcases three people that needed Jesus to work in a significant way to overcome something that seemed to have gained mastery over them.
The Gospel of Mark // Lord of Storms
July 06, 2021 13:17 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBJuly 4 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: Mark 4:35-41 Sometimes God calls us to head straight into difficulty, and yet he is still Lord. How do we handle our fears, and yet still have confident faith?
The Gospel of Mark // Stories by Jesus
June 28, 2021 15:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBJune 27 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 4: 1-34 Jesus wants to engage our hearts and minds by telling stories that we need to mine for the meaning. He is giving us tales that are full of eternal truths and realities about Him, but we have to be willing to search and submit to them and their unveiling of who He really is.
The Gospel of Mark // Family Ties
June 21, 2021 15:55 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBJune 20 2021 Preacher: Trenton Walker Text: Mark 3: 31-35 How did Jesus prioritize family and who did he call his mother, brother and sister and mother?
The Gospel of Mark // Accusers, Unforgivable Sin, and the Spirit in Jesus
June 14, 2021 15:44 - 48 minutes - 45 MBJune 13 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 3:22-30 This sermon showcases the radical grace of Jesus as he offers hope and truth to those who came to accuse Jesus of basically being Satan.
The Gospel of Mark // Appointed to Show & Tell
June 07, 2021 16:01 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MBJune 6 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 3.7-21 Jesus appointed twelve to go into the surrounding region in order to show and tell of who Jesus is. But why wouldn’t Jesus just do this Himself? Why did He delegate this task and authority out? And why does He call us to do work that He could do Himself? Listen to find out more.
The Gospel of Mark // Rituals
May 31, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBMay 30 2021 Text: Mark 2:18 - 3:6 Preacher: Jordan Weeks As disciples, our lives should raise questions. Why? Because what Jesus is doing in our world doesn't fit into the existing categories. The explosive joy his presence brings changes how we think about rituals like Sabbath and fasting.
The Gospel of Mark // Interruptions and Distractions for Jesus
May 25, 2021 14:45 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBMay 23 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 2.1-17 Jesus not only tolerated interruptions and distractions in his ministry, but it seems that He enjoyed them and viewed them as an opportunity to enjoy the fruit of the kingdom of God. How do we view the interruptions and distractions that seem to get dropped onto our laps?
The Gospel of Mark // Power & Priority
May 17, 2021 14:05 - 49 minutes - 46.3 MBMay 16 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: Mark 1:21-45 Jesus takes his new disciples on a tour of Galilee where they see his power over the spiritual and material realm first hand. And yet Jesus' priorities are not what we expect. Do we have the same priorities?
The Gospel of Mark // Total allegiance to Jesus
May 10, 2021 15:15 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBMay 9th 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 1.14-20 When Jesus calls followers to Himself, He also calls us to re-arrange and re-orient every aspect of life around Him. Tune in to hear more about what that looks like.
The Gospel of Mark // Jesus identifies with His people
May 03, 2021 14:35 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MBMay 2, 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Mark 1:9-13 Jesus gets baptized, receives the Spirit, and is driven into the wilderness to experience temptation. But how does this apply to me? Tune in to find out more about the ministry of Jesus on your behalf.
The Gospel of Mark // Preparing for the Worthy One
April 26, 2021 14:16 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MBApril 25th 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: Mark 1:1-8 Who was Mark and why did he write a gospel? Like John the Baptist, he wants our hearts to be prepared for an encounter with Messiah Jesus and his Spirit.
Equipped Sermon Series // APEST Gifts
April 19, 2021 15:44 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBSunday April 18 2021 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Text: Ephesians 4:11-16 We can’t mature without the gifts God intended to use toward that end. Tune in and hear how God uses five specific gifts to mature & multiply His Church.
Equipped Sermon Series // Faith, Healing, and Miracles
April 12, 2021 15:39 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBSunday April 11 2021 Preacher: Jordan Weeks Text: 1 Cor 12:10, Gal 3:1-6 When we believe and trust God, he delights to give us more of his Spirits energizing power and cause 'the impossible' to happen. Find out how so.
Easter Sermon
April 06, 2021 16:33 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBApril 4th, 2021 (Easter) Text: 1 Corinthians 15 Preacher: Dwight Bernier Tune in to hear about the resurrection of Jesus and how everything in Christianity hinges on this reality.
Equipped Sermon Series // Tongues & Interpretation
March 29, 2021 16:27 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBMarch 28th 2021 Text: 1 Corinthians 12:10; 14:1-28 Preacher: Dwight Bernier In this sermon, Pastor Dwight will help us understand the what, why, and how of the gift of tongues and the gift of interpretation. Learn how Church 21 uses these gifts in private and public settings.
Equipped Sermon Series // Equipped for War
March 23, 2021 13:12 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBMarch 21st 2021 Text: 1 Corinthians 12.10; Ephesians 6.10-18; 1 Peter 5.8-9 Preacher: Jordan Weeks With Christ's victory over the powers of darkness, we have unprecedented authority in our Christian lives. Yet, what are the devil's schemes, and how do we use our authority in Christ to resist them?