Biblica: Biblical and Practical Teaching

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

Looking for Pleasure in All the Right Places—Finding the Greatest Joy in God

  • If you want to grow in your Christian life, the answer is not to try harder, but to be motivated in the best possible way—the joy of discovering the pearl and the treasure.
  • There is nothing like the the joy of loving and being loved so intensely.

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How to Pray in Faith — The Parable of the Son who Asks (Matt 7:7-11)

  • What does it mean to pray in faith?
  • How should you go about praying for a sick person?
  • Here is a survey of all that Jesus taught on prayer, resulting in some simple steps.

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Trusting God in Hard Times — Isaiah 55

  • Have you had times of darkness in your life?
  • We work through how we should read Old Testament passages so that they speak accurately into our situation.
  • God says, “just hold on to me and I will never forsake you.”

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When God Doesn't Seem to Keep his Promises

  • How is it that the events of our lives don’t always seem to match up with the promises of God?
  • It turns out that this is not just a personal struggle for a few, but one of the central themes of the Bible.

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Guidance Part 5: Signs: Unusual Events/Coincidences

  • We conclude our series by looking at the role of unusual events or coincidences in guidance.
  • These are sometimes called signs and can be useful but are highly dangerous if misused.

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Guidance Part 4: Extraordinary/Supernatural Direction

  • When and how does God gives us supernatural direction, and how do we avoid some major pitfalls?
  • Lots of stories from Scripture and from people today.

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God Carries Us like a Mother

  • God says, “Listen to me… you who have been carried from birth,
    you who have been supported from the time you left the womb.
    I made you and I will support you;
    I will carry you and rescue you.”
  • Don’t invest in things of this age which will not be there for you in the end, but surrender your trust to God!

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Guidance Part 3: The Three Steps for Finding God's Will

  • The goal of this message is to look at how Jesus and the apostles made decisions together with New Testament teachings,
  • and come up with a clear framework for how to find guidance in our lives.

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Guidance Part 2: Does God direct us, and if so, how?

  • Some fundamental principles of guidance,
  • with examples from the Bible and recent times

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Guidance Part 1: How not to find a wife, and other stories

  • How NOT to find a wife (George Whitefield),
  • ‘Fleeces’ the good, the bad & the ugly,
  • and three things we can mean by ‘God’s will’.

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