Discipleship Series | Week 7 | The Parable of the Great Banquet shows Jesus’ great joy as He invites people to follow Him into His Kingdom, as well as His great disappointment when people make excuses not to come. Our excuses reveal our idols and our doubts about God’s Kingdom and Jesus’ character. Jesus continues to invite us but will not do so forever. The banquet will go on with or without us. Darrell challenges us to verbalize our excuses, come to the table, and allow God to melt them away. New Course on Genesis: ⁠⁠⁠https://darrell-johnson-courses.thinkific.com/courses/genesis-1-11-the-st ..read more

Discipleship Series | Week 6 | In this sermon, Darrell teaches from Mark 10:17-31 where we find the encounter between Jesus and the rich young ruler. The text invites us to ask ourselves: Who’s disciple will I be? Who’s final authority will I submit to in my life? Holding Christ’s love and desire for this young man’s good at the forefront of our minds, Darrell takes us through this challenging text and asks us to be intentional about the work of being and making disciples of Jesus Christ.  New Course on Genesis: ⁠⁠https://darrell-johnson-courses.thinkific.com/courses/genesis-1-11-the-sto ..read more

Discipleship Series | Week 5 | In this sermon, Darrell shares about the cost of being a disciple of Jesus. It is a decision that takes you on a narrow road that leads to liberation in Christ. Following Jesus does not result in life-draining stress, but when we read scripture like today’s text in Luke 14:25-33, it helps us to see that following Jesus doesn’t always mean choosing a path in life that is easy. Darrell unpacks the way the weight of discipleship is actually an invitation into a relationship, like the one we see between Jesus and the Father, where we find trust, intimacy, and joy. N ..read more

Discipleship Series | Week 4 | In this sermon, Darrell invites us to take up the offer of Jesus to trade in our heavy burdens for a new yoke that He offers and assures us is easy. We are weary because we wear yokes of lust, anger, revenge, and envy.  Why is the yoke Jesus offers easy? Because his yoke is his relationship with the Father - to please the Father. The yoke he offers us is one that has been designed just for us. And we don’t wear it alone - Jesus binds himself to us. He says,  “Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest”  New Course on ..read more

Discipleship Series | Week 3 In today’s sermon, Darrell highlights how Jesus’ baptism, calling and wilderness preparation, initiate his action of calling disciples to make disciples - not just converts or churchgoers - but people becoming disciples - intimately attached to the lordship of Jesus Christ - because He has ‘commanded’ us to do this. Summer Intensives with The Way College: ⁠⁠https://www.thewaychurch.ca/events/summer-intensives-parables-of-jesus-contemporary-worldview-apologetics⁠⁠ The Bible Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biblesociety.ca/thebiblecourse/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Darrell's Books ..read more

Discipleship Series | Week 1 | In this first episode of our new series on discipleship, Darrell takes us into the Great Commission found in the Gospel of Matthew. Darrell calls the church to take seriously what he calls the Unfinished Agenda of Jesus. He unpacks what this agenda is by referring to the Great Claim and Great Commission found in the passage. He then goes on to describe the 4 marks of a disciple: attachment, intimacy, submission and security and suggests that all disciples are learners who need one another to grow. The task of the church is not to build a bigger church, but to for ..read more

Living As Citizens | Week 7 | In the concluding section of Paul's letter to the Philippians, written from prison in Rome, Paul expressed that he had learned to be content in every circumstance. Darrell unpacks this pure miracle and suggests four secrets of Paul's contentment, each of which involves an attachment. May the Lord give us the grace to have deep contentment in every and any circumstance by attaching ourselves to Jesus Christ. Download or Order Citizens Devotional: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thewaychurch.ca/citizens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Bible Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biblesociety.ca/thebiblecourse ..read more

Living As Citizens | Week 7 | The Lord is near, four words that hold a lot of weight yet bring so much comfort for those to believe in Him. How can we live in a way that reflects this nearness? In this episode, Darrell expands on the five final exhortations and one declaration in Philippians 4: 4-9. We come to see that because the Lord is near, we can live into the vision God has for our lives. Download or Order Citizens Devotional: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thewaychurch.ca/citizens⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Bible Course: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://biblesociety.ca/thebiblecourse/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Darrell's Books: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.darrelljohns ..read more

Living As Citizens Of The Land Called Gospel | Week 6 | In this message, Darrell reminds us that the gospel of Christ gives us a new passport as citizens of heaven, which trumps every other passport we may carry. Writing from a prison cell, Paul calls us to live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ with heaven’s priorities, heaven’s understanding of power, and heaven’s understanding of what it means to be a human being. This should impact how we live our lives as followers of Christ. What a difference believers could make in this world if we lived our lives following our duties as citize ..read more

Living As Citizens Of The Land Called Gospel | Week 5 | In today’s sermon, Darrell takes us into the heart and mind of the apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Paul is a person with plenty of ‘wants’ - to be freed from prison, a decent meal and sleep, to see the gospel spread and the church united. But in this passage, Paul writes that above anything else, all he ultimately wants is Christ. All that Christ is, and all that Christ wants for him.  As Darrell unpacks the text, we see more clearly the person of Paul in Christ, the passion of Paul in Christ and the pathway ..read more