If Jesus Was Serious - Foothills Alliance Church

August 29 , 2021

The Fork In The Road

Mat 7:24-29

Tim Beadle - Missional Engagement Team Lead

Have you ever considered the ‘scariest’ verse in the Bible? Well, this week we will learn of those who appeal to Jesus as having done great things for him in his name, only to learn that Jesus says he never knew them!! How can this be? Was Jesus …

August 22 , 2021

You Be The Judge

Matthew 7:1-5

Tim Beadle - Missional Engagement Team Lead

This week Jesus confronts us with the practice of judging others. It’s a timely word, because from time to time we all find ourselves falling into this harmful practice that can lead to prejudice against others for no reason other than they are d…

August 15 , 2021

A Prayer From Your Pastor

Matt 7:1-5

Ian Trigg - Lead Pastor

One of the grandest privileges on my life has been being your pastor at Foothills Alliance Church over the last 20 years. I can hardly believe this will be my last Sunday at church preaching as your lead pastor. You have been so kind, so encourag…

August 8 , 2021

Primary Concern

Matt 6:25-33

Andrew Berg - Student Ministries Pastor

J.I. Packer defines the kingdom of God as the place "wherever the lordship of Jesus is acknowledged in repentance, faith and new obedience."

The whole of the sermon on the mount is not just talk for Jesus, nor should it be for us. If Jesu…

July 31 & 1, 2021

Thin Places

Matt 6:5-14

Carla Olsen Draper - Community Life Team Lead

There are moments in life when God feels so close that I am overwhelmed with his presence. Last week, floating on a northern Saskatchewan lake surrounded by blue sky and water, green forest and bright sunshine I had one of those moments. I turned…

July 24 & 25, 2021

The Great Impossibility

Matt. 5:45

Ian Trigg - Lead Pastor

Storms. They happen. Right now, British Columbia is praying that they’ll happen! But, sadly, any hope of rain appears to be accompanied by lightning.
It’s how we feel at times. We know rain has value, but sometimes that rain seems to be ex…

July 17 & 18, 2021

Counterintuitive Living

Matt. 5:38-48

Ian Trigg - Lead Pastor

A dear friend sent me a note after last weekend’s message and said something to this effect: “Didn’t the text for this weekend include verses 31 and 32 where Jesus talked about divorce? Does that mean we get a whole weekend on it next weekend? L…

July 10 & 11, 2021

Dangerous Territory

Matt 5:21-30

Ian Trigg - Lead Pastor

Demographic surveys indicate an increasing number of people who rarely attend a faith-based service. The fastest growing religious group appears to be a group called “nones” – those who have no religious affiliation. Some cry “persecution” and as…

July 3 & 4, 2021

Get Used To Different

Matt. 5:1-16

Andrew Berg - Student Ministries Pastor

How many of you have had someone offer to pay for a coffee or a meal for you and you responded awkwardly with: “are you sure?” Has the person ever changed their mind after you asking that?

I’m not sure if we say that because we’re …