Listening To Jesus Pray For Us | Week 3 | Darrell invites us into the very center of the universe… to hear Jesus, the Maker of the universe, pray to the one He calls Father. It is one thing to hear Jesus preach - it is another thing to hear Jesus pray. And what does Jesus pray for? He prays for us. That we would be unified, not just one like He and the Father are one, but one because we are in the very oneness of God! We are being invited to join in the intimate dance at the heart of the Trinity, the perichoresis of God. Darrell helps us go deeper into understanding this inner life of the Trinity and what it means for us to be fully included in the mysterious oneness of the triune God.

Listening To Jesus Pray For Us | Week 2 | In part 2 of the series “Listening to Jesus Pray for Us,” Darrell highlights from John 17 how Jesus' deep desires for his disciples are revealed to us in this prayer. Jesus prays that we may know God, by knowing Him, the one God sent. He wants us to be set apart, by following His way in the world. Then ultimately, in Jesus’ own journey, he wants to be glorified so that the Father is glorified and that we may also be partakers in the glory of this Divine relationship.

Listening To Jesus Pray For Us | Week 1 | In this first episode of Darrell’s sermon series on John 17 called “Listening to Jesus Pray For Us," Darrell invites us to step into John’s gospel with him and listen to Jesus’ prayer to His Father. With the cross on the horizon, Jesus pours out his heart in the presence of his disciples. This passage provides a window for us into what Jesus prays, not just for the disciples, but also for us. This was the central request of the disciples, and here, in the intimacy of this moment, we too get to say: Jesus, teach us to pray.

Following Jesus Into His Sermon On The Mount | Week 14 | In Matthew 7:1-12, Jesus sums up the whole of the Sermon on the Mount in one sentence. This one sentence has become widely known as the golden rule: “in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you.” In this sermon, Darrell suggests that in this clear, succinct and brilliant little sentence, Jesus is identifying 3 ways that all of us wish to be treated, and calling us to do the same in our relating to another human being. And by following this one little command, we become a new people.

Following Jesus Into His Sermon On The Mount | Week 13 | Continuing from last week, in this sermon Darrel calls us to follow Jesus’ command to stop worrying and being anxious. This is not simply a suggestion, but a command. He explains that freedom from anxiety will only come from making wise decisions out of the three major movements of the heart that Jesus highlights within the text. The message is an exhortation that amid the chaos in the world around us, God cares for us more than all the birds and flowers–therefore we can trust him, and be at peace. First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC | April 22, 2012 | Matthew 6:1-18

Following Jesus Into His Sermon On The Mount | Week 12 | Join Darrell as he preaches one of his favorite texts—a favorite, he says, because it is a text he most needs to hear. And so do we. Anxiety is an epidemic in our time. Jesus tells us in Matthew 6 that worry is the dominant symptom of making unwise choices relative to three movements of the human heart: what we treasure, how we see life, and who or what our true Master is. Thankfully, Jesus the Preacher on the Mount, wades into our anxious thoughts and can answer our prayers. First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC | March 18, 2012 | Matthew 6:19-34

Following Jesus Into His Sermon On The Mount | Week 11 | As shown time and time again in the Gospels, Jesus’ whole life and ministry on earth was driven by His relationship with His Father. Jesus lived for, in, and with the Father, and this Preacher on the Mount wants all His followers to live with this same understanding. In these 18 verses, Jesus highlights three common Christian disciplines (giving, praying and fasting) and how we ought to relate to these disciplines as he does - not for our own glory, but to foster a deeper relationship with the Father. This teaching begs followers of Jesus to consider not just the visible movements of their faith, but the motives behind them; motives that are invisible to others, but in plain sight before God. First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC | March 25, 2012 | Matthew 6:1-18

Following Jesus Into His Sermon On The Mount | Week 10 | Continuing our time in the Sermon on the Mount with Darrell, we have arrived at Jesus’ challenging line in Matthew 5:48 - “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.” To many, these words from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount are among the most burdensome. But what if this one line, though seemingly a command, is in fact a promise? A promise that all who say “yes” to this Preacher on the Mount will actually become like Him, because of Him. First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC | March 18, 2012 | Matthew 5:48