Biblica: Biblical and Practical Teaching

Welcome to the videos, audio and notes from the weekly teaching at Newlife Church, Toronto

The Power of Grasping your Union with Christ (Col 1 & 2, Eph 2 & 3)

  • The story of the man of God, Hudson Taylor is that although he was living an extraordinary life of service, he had a deep feeling of his own sin and failure.
  • When the Spirit opened his eyes to the Scriptures about being united with Jesus, in an instant he received a joy which lasted the rest of his life.
  • What was this truth?

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A Psalm that will change your life — Psalm 90

  • Psalm 90 starts out as one of the most depressing scriptures:
  • "You live 70 yrs and die. If you live to 80 it will just be pain, and so on…"
  • But by an extraordinary twist, which you need the handout to really see, everything is turned on its head.
  • Make sure you view the handout here: bibl.ca/pdf/Psalm90-text.pdf

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How We Should Bring our Complaints to God (Psalms 54 & 142)

  • A third of the book of Psalms is devoted to bringing complaints to God.
  • But the form of these complaints is very specific.
  • By giving us so many pslams in this form, God is telling us that he wants to hear the honest cries of our heart,
  • but also teaching us how he wants us to bring these complaints to him.

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A Biblical Understanding of Shame Part 2: Undoing it! (John 4 & Luke 15)

If shame can be so damaging, how can it be removed? We examine two accounts in the Bible, so that we can learn to help ourselves and others have the weight of shame lifted.

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Every Part Needed—Discovering and Using your Gifts in the Body of Christ (Eph 6 & Rom 12)

The church grows by every part doing their share. But how do I know what my part is? This talk works through 12 areas of gifting, explaining how they function within Newlife church, and how to identify where you fit in.

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Compelling reasons why you should develop a habit of giving thanks (Col 3 & 4) Andrew Fountain, Oct 13

Why does the Bible have such an emphasis on being thankful? Remarkable studies have shown that gratitude makes us happier, less likely to be depressed and even live longer. But much more than any of that, God loves us to be thankful and takes great pleasure in our expression of it.

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A Biblical Theology of Shame and its Relationship to Emotional Issues and Evangelism

Shame is an emotion given by God, but greatly misunderstood, and capable of causing extreme pain. It is vitally important that we understand where it comes from, what it signals, and what a church can do to heal the shame of the broken.

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Introduction to a Biblical Understanding of Shame

Shame is an emotion given by God, but greatly misunderstood, and capable of causing extreme pain. It is vitally important that we understand where it comes from, what it signals, and what a church can do to heal the shame of the broken.

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God Saves and Uses Messed-Up People (Genesis 20)

Why is this story even in the Bible? It certainly does not show Abraham as an example of Faith. It is one of the oddest stories in Genesis, but it has a powerful and encouraging message for us.

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New Creation in Christ: the Effect of being Joined to Jesus (1 Cor 15; Rom 6:5-14)

iving in the New, not the Old: Here is a challenge to grasp the implications of what the Bible says about our radical new status and see two huge ways in which being in the New Creation changes everything.

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