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I'm new to this... Where do I start?
Start with Jesus. Ask questions. Get connected.
- Start with Jesus
- Read our "why are we here?" and "who is Jesus" FAQ below
- Ask questions.
- Try reading the Bible (we recommend starting with John... read the first chapter of John here)
- Reach out to us directly with questions... we'd love to chat with you.
- Get connected
- Come to Sunday service. We meet every week at 9 and 11am. 1384 Deep Cove Rd.
- Join our group for students! Monday nights at the church. Email chelsea@bridgenorthvan.ca for more info.
- Try Alpha. Alpha is perfect for those exploring Faith questions. It is 4 Thursday evenings starting April 24. More info
Who is Jesus?
This is the best question.
Jesus is the Son of God, God in human form. Jesus came to save us from sin, darkness, evil, death… and give us salvation and abundant life instead.
John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
This message is called the Gospel.
The word Gospel means “good news”. I love that. The Gospel is the GOOD NEWS of what God has done for us, through Jesus. This is crucial, what God has done. The story of the Bible, our relationship with God, is not a list of things for us to do so that we can earn salvation. It’s so much better than that. The Bible is a story of what God did for us to secure our salvation. What He did was send Jesus.
Here’s the story…
God created the universe, the world, the animals- everything. And then He created humans. He created us to be in relationship with Him. To rule over His creation, under His authority. And to experience all the blessings of abundant life through this.
But we messed that up. Of course, a relationship requires choice, and the first humans, Adam and Eve, chose to live life their own way instead of following God’s way. God’s way is perfect, our way is not. When Adam and Eve chose to make their own rules (AKA they fell into sin), they sent humanity into a bad cycle of moving away from God’s original perfect plan, design, intention, and glory. Turns out our human way doesn't work out that well (cue all the evil and wickedness in the world). Bad move for the humans.
Yet, God didn’t let that be the end of the story.
The narrative of the Bible continues by following the story of God’s people (Israel), showing God’s amazing character of love, forgiveness, patience, and justice... All of this despite the disobedience, selfishness, and sinfulness of humans. He gives them a Law to live by to help mend the broken relationship, but as imperfect humans, we couldn’t live up to this Law. It was only a temporary, partial solution to the problem. And still, God had a plan to fully restore our relationship with Him…
Now here comes the Gospel.
The heart of the Gospel is the GOOD NEWS that Jesus has come to take the punishment of sin for us, to be the One who mends our relationship with the Father. To provide another chance at that abundant life that we rejected.
Jesus came as God in the flesh. He obeyed God perfectly, living a sinless life. When Jesus died on the cross and rose again, He offered that perfect life as a sacrifice, so that He could take our punishment and give us His blessing. When we disobeyed God, we built up a debt that we could not pay back. Jesus did what we could never do for ourselves. He paid the price for the debt!
Now we don’t need to have a broken relationship with God. We get to come to Jesus and be redeemed. We can go to Jesus to experience abundant life that God intended for us.
This Gospel message is for you. Jesus is for you.
We want to go on this journey with you. Reach out here
Jesus is the Son of God, God in human form. Jesus came to save us from sin, darkness, evil, death… and give us salvation and abundant life instead.
John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
This message is called the Gospel.
The word Gospel means “good news”. I love that. The Gospel is the GOOD NEWS of what God has done for us, through Jesus. This is crucial, what God has done. The story of the Bible, our relationship with God, is not a list of things for us to do so that we can earn salvation. It’s so much better than that. The Bible is a story of what God did for us to secure our salvation. What He did was send Jesus.
Here’s the story…
God created the universe, the world, the animals- everything. And then He created humans. He created us to be in relationship with Him. To rule over His creation, under His authority. And to experience all the blessings of abundant life through this.
But we messed that up. Of course, a relationship requires choice, and the first humans, Adam and Eve, chose to live life their own way instead of following God’s way. God’s way is perfect, our way is not. When Adam and Eve chose to make their own rules (AKA they fell into sin), they sent humanity into a bad cycle of moving away from God’s original perfect plan, design, intention, and glory. Turns out our human way doesn't work out that well (cue all the evil and wickedness in the world). Bad move for the humans.
Yet, God didn’t let that be the end of the story.
The narrative of the Bible continues by following the story of God’s people (Israel), showing God’s amazing character of love, forgiveness, patience, and justice... All of this despite the disobedience, selfishness, and sinfulness of humans. He gives them a Law to live by to help mend the broken relationship, but as imperfect humans, we couldn’t live up to this Law. It was only a temporary, partial solution to the problem. And still, God had a plan to fully restore our relationship with Him…
Now here comes the Gospel.
The heart of the Gospel is the GOOD NEWS that Jesus has come to take the punishment of sin for us, to be the One who mends our relationship with the Father. To provide another chance at that abundant life that we rejected.
Jesus came as God in the flesh. He obeyed God perfectly, living a sinless life. When Jesus died on the cross and rose again, He offered that perfect life as a sacrifice, so that He could take our punishment and give us His blessing. When we disobeyed God, we built up a debt that we could not pay back. Jesus did what we could never do for ourselves. He paid the price for the debt!
Now we don’t need to have a broken relationship with God. We get to come to Jesus and be redeemed. We can go to Jesus to experience abundant life that God intended for us.
This Gospel message is for you. Jesus is for you.
We want to go on this journey with you. Reach out here
Why are we here?
Why are we here? What’s this life about?
Have you ever thought about that? It’s a huge question, isn’t it? I mean, it’s the question that determines everything else in life, and yet many people struggle to answer it.
The Bible tells us that God created the world and blessed it. It says He created humans “in His image”. That means that humans were made to be in relationship with God and to reflect His good and loving character towards others. We were made to be like mini kings and queens, taking care of God’s creation as His representatives.
However, a real relationship requires the possibility of rejection, doesn't it? Because God created us for relationship with Himself, He gave us a choice to live under His direction or to go our own way. From the early pages of the Bible onwards, humans have chosen to go their own way. We call this “sin”. Sin is not just the individual bad choices we make, it is also a disposition. It’s a whole way of life bent away from God and bent towards self as ultimate authority. While that might sound appealing at first, the consequences can be seen all around us: greed, violence, gossip, lust, hatred, and on and on. We’ve taken this good world and this good God-given purpose for our lives and made a bit of a mess of it (“a bit” might be an understatement).
Much of the Bible is the story of how God did not give up on His creation, including humanity, but how He has doggedly pursued reconciliation. Through the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (descendants known in the Bible as “Israel”), God made Himself known. He set them apart and gave them instructions on how to live so they could be a blessing to the world. However, it turned out that Israel needed saving as well. In the part of the Bible we call the Old Testament, the people of Israel ended up worshiping other gods, looking like all the nations around them. It turns out, sin is a human condition across the board. Again and again, humans have failed to uphold their end of the deal to be God’s image-bearers in the world. You and I have shared in this. All of us have.
And that’s where Jesus comes in. Jesus lived a life that did not succumb to the power of sin, but fully displays what it means to be in the image of God. He showed us what life was meant to look like. And that’s great, but it doesn’t really change our situation much, does it? That’s where the cross comes in. The Bible tells us that when Jesus was executed on a Roman cross, He did it as our representative. You see, from the very beginning, we found that the consequence for sin was death. After all, if sin is a rejection of God, and if God is the source of all life, then the outcome of cutting ourselves off from God is death, right? On our own, all of us would stand condemned before our Creator because we have failed to live as we were created to live. However, when Jesus (the representative human) died on the cross, He paid the price for our sin and removed the barrier that had existed between us and God. The Bible tells us that three days later, Jesus rose from the dead. Not only had He conquered sin, but He had conquered the consequence of sin, death itself.
This leaves us with a choice. We can choose to reject this news about Jesus and try to figure out life on our own. We can keep doing things our way. However, this also means that we will be wracking up a bigger and bigger “tab” with God that we’ll never be able to repay. OR we can receive this good news. We can put our trust in Jesus as our Savior and allow Him to be Lord of our life. Our sin is paid for and we are made right in our relationship with God once again.
If we make that second choice, Jesus gives us another gift: he gives us the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God’s own presence, living within us, helping us bear God’s image more and more clearly. He gives us a new heart that is increasingly capable of mercy instead of vengeance, generosity instead of greed, love instead of hatred, and so on. The Holy Spirit helps us experience God’s presence in our lives and to know that through Jesus, we are now God's beloved children. The Holy Spirit gives us gifts so that we can serve others and make this good news known to them.
Finally, the Bible tells us that the time is coming when Jesus will return and make all things new. He will make a new creation where sin and death are no more. Those who have trusted in Him will be raised to everlasting life to live with Him there. Maybe that sounds too good to be true, but it is the hope that a follower of Jesus has. God’s restored purpose for humanity has already begun through Jesus and in His followers. That purpose will be fully restored on that day when God makes all things new.
How can you be part of this? How can this story become yours, so that it shapes your view of the world and how to live in it?
First, believe. Believe that this is true. Believe what the Bible says about why we were made, what went wrong, and what God has done to restore and reconcile us through Jesus.
Second, surrender. Give up the desire to call the shots and allow Jesus to be your Lord. Tell Him you want to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and that you want to live life His way rather than yours.
And third, relationship. Grow your relationship with God through prayer and reading Scripture. Grow relationships with other followers of Jesus in a church, who can help you and strengthen you. You are part of a new family now, with God as your Father and many new brothers and sisters around you.
We’re praying for you. And we want to walk alongside you in this. Reach out here.
Have you ever thought about that? It’s a huge question, isn’t it? I mean, it’s the question that determines everything else in life, and yet many people struggle to answer it.
The Bible tells us that God created the world and blessed it. It says He created humans “in His image”. That means that humans were made to be in relationship with God and to reflect His good and loving character towards others. We were made to be like mini kings and queens, taking care of God’s creation as His representatives.
However, a real relationship requires the possibility of rejection, doesn't it? Because God created us for relationship with Himself, He gave us a choice to live under His direction or to go our own way. From the early pages of the Bible onwards, humans have chosen to go their own way. We call this “sin”. Sin is not just the individual bad choices we make, it is also a disposition. It’s a whole way of life bent away from God and bent towards self as ultimate authority. While that might sound appealing at first, the consequences can be seen all around us: greed, violence, gossip, lust, hatred, and on and on. We’ve taken this good world and this good God-given purpose for our lives and made a bit of a mess of it (“a bit” might be an understatement).
Much of the Bible is the story of how God did not give up on His creation, including humanity, but how He has doggedly pursued reconciliation. Through the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (descendants known in the Bible as “Israel”), God made Himself known. He set them apart and gave them instructions on how to live so they could be a blessing to the world. However, it turned out that Israel needed saving as well. In the part of the Bible we call the Old Testament, the people of Israel ended up worshiping other gods, looking like all the nations around them. It turns out, sin is a human condition across the board. Again and again, humans have failed to uphold their end of the deal to be God’s image-bearers in the world. You and I have shared in this. All of us have.
And that’s where Jesus comes in. Jesus lived a life that did not succumb to the power of sin, but fully displays what it means to be in the image of God. He showed us what life was meant to look like. And that’s great, but it doesn’t really change our situation much, does it? That’s where the cross comes in. The Bible tells us that when Jesus was executed on a Roman cross, He did it as our representative. You see, from the very beginning, we found that the consequence for sin was death. After all, if sin is a rejection of God, and if God is the source of all life, then the outcome of cutting ourselves off from God is death, right? On our own, all of us would stand condemned before our Creator because we have failed to live as we were created to live. However, when Jesus (the representative human) died on the cross, He paid the price for our sin and removed the barrier that had existed between us and God. The Bible tells us that three days later, Jesus rose from the dead. Not only had He conquered sin, but He had conquered the consequence of sin, death itself.
This leaves us with a choice. We can choose to reject this news about Jesus and try to figure out life on our own. We can keep doing things our way. However, this also means that we will be wracking up a bigger and bigger “tab” with God that we’ll never be able to repay. OR we can receive this good news. We can put our trust in Jesus as our Savior and allow Him to be Lord of our life. Our sin is paid for and we are made right in our relationship with God once again.
If we make that second choice, Jesus gives us another gift: he gives us the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is God’s own presence, living within us, helping us bear God’s image more and more clearly. He gives us a new heart that is increasingly capable of mercy instead of vengeance, generosity instead of greed, love instead of hatred, and so on. The Holy Spirit helps us experience God’s presence in our lives and to know that through Jesus, we are now God's beloved children. The Holy Spirit gives us gifts so that we can serve others and make this good news known to them.
Finally, the Bible tells us that the time is coming when Jesus will return and make all things new. He will make a new creation where sin and death are no more. Those who have trusted in Him will be raised to everlasting life to live with Him there. Maybe that sounds too good to be true, but it is the hope that a follower of Jesus has. God’s restored purpose for humanity has already begun through Jesus and in His followers. That purpose will be fully restored on that day when God makes all things new.
How can you be part of this? How can this story become yours, so that it shapes your view of the world and how to live in it?
First, believe. Believe that this is true. Believe what the Bible says about why we were made, what went wrong, and what God has done to restore and reconcile us through Jesus.
Second, surrender. Give up the desire to call the shots and allow Jesus to be your Lord. Tell Him you want to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit and that you want to live life His way rather than yours.
And third, relationship. Grow your relationship with God through prayer and reading Scripture. Grow relationships with other followers of Jesus in a church, who can help you and strengthen you. You are part of a new family now, with God as your Father and many new brothers and sisters around you.
We’re praying for you. And we want to walk alongside you in this. Reach out here.
Can I come to a Sunday Service?
Absolutely! We meet every Sunday at 9 and 11am at 1384 Deep Cove Road. You are invited and we would LOVE to see you there.