Sermon: Dying and Rising in Baptism — Roland Weisbrot

https://www.youtube.com/embed/J5uGH66PMjg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&start=1713&wmode=transparent Prayer. My friends, Baptism is one of the greatest gifts God ever gave to us, but it is also one of the most misunderstood. Some view Baptism as some sort of magic water which gives whoever goes into it “spiritual immunity.” Some view Baptism as part two of an altar call, where a person … Continue reading Sermon: Dying and Rising in Baptism — Roland Weisbrot

Is Matthieu Pageau a Quasi-Gnostic? — Roland Weisbrot

Recently, Matthieu Pageau, brother of the Eastern Orthodox artist, writer, and public speaker, Jonathan Pageau, was interviewed on Jordan Peterson’s podcast about his 2018 book, The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis. According to Matthieu, the goal of his self-published commentary was to attempt “to interpret the Bible from its own cosmological perspective.”[1] To […] … Continue reading Is Matthieu Pageau a Quasi-Gnostic? — Roland Weisbrot

A Lutheran View of Personal Holiness — Roland Weisbrot

There can be no argument that Scriptures call believers in Christ to a very high moral standard of personal conduct, as the Apostle Paul writes in Titus 2:11-13 “for the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives […]A … Continue reading A Lutheran View of Personal Holiness — Roland Weisbrot

Sermon: God our Rock in Times of Trouble — Roland Weisbrot

Over the past two years, our world has turned upside down and we have had little reprieve from an onslaught of bad or discouraging news. First, COVID, I need not tread this ground anymore, we all know the difficulties it has wrought physically, emotionally, civilly, communally, politically, and economically. Second, our beloved country of Canada […]Sermon: … Continue reading Sermon: God our Rock in Times of Trouble — Roland Weisbrot

Sermon: On the Certain Hope of the Resurrection — Roland Weisbrot

I begin today by asking the same question the Apostle Paul posited to the Corinthians nearly 2000 years ago: “But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead” (v. 12)? At the very center of the Christian Gospel, […]Sermon: … Continue reading Sermon: On the Certain Hope of the Resurrection — Roland Weisbrot