Northern Roads by Jeremy Norton

Tag: sin

Discipleship, Outreach

WHAT CHRISTIANS KNOW CONTINUES TO SHOCK THE WORLD

Spoiler Alert: Even really nice people are sinful. Over the past month, our social networks have been inundated with news pertaining to the ex-host of CBC radio’s “Q”, Jian

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Bible, Discipleship

WHAT IS ADOPTION?

Celebrating Our Adoption – Part 1 I want to share a message with you. This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of preaching on spiritual

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Bible, Discipleship

HOW TO UNLOCK A PATTERN OF SIN

Sin has the potential to lock us into a pattern. At first, remorse and shame hit us pretty quickly. We could turn at this point,

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Bible, Discipleship

WHAT TO DO WHEN LIFE’S BURDENS RENDER US MOTIONLESS

When life feels more like work than experience. We carry around so many roles, wearing so many hats. Each position in life has a new set of responsibilities, each with its own pressures.

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Communication, Discipleship

HOW NATIONAL PRIDE CAN BECOME HARMFUL

And How God Can Fix it! Like many Canadians, I’m proud to be from the true North, strong and free. However, in years past, my national pride

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Bible, Discipleship, OT

Feeling Distant from God and Finding Reconnection

Struggling to feel close to God? Find peace and restoration by reconnecting through prayer and Scripture. Let Him meet you where you are.

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Bible, Discipleship

What Are You Struggling To Surrender?

A few weeks ago, we held our quarterly youth-led service. It’s a great time for our students who have committed to our ministry team program, to use those practical services to the body within the context of Sunday morning worship.

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Books, Ministry

How Does Sin Work? A Small Group Discussion

Unfortunately, each of us carries a sin nature that we were born with, so we will all carry a certain amount of debris on us. Throughout our lives, we do have choices as to how much debris we pick up from the places we go and the people we associate with.

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Discipleship, Family

Why We Should Run To the Father with Our Shame and Remorse

As a father, my relationship with him has caused me to consider my relationship with our Heavenly Father on numerous occasions. The other night, he once again opened my eyes to a new understanding of the Father.

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Bible, Discipleship, Leadership, NT

Why “I Can Do What I Want When I Want” Doesn’t Work

As Believers, we can get caught up in what we ought to do, or ought not to do. We try to justify our feelings about actions we should be or shouldn’t be taking. All of this is in order to achieve a type of holiness through self-imposed regulations.

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Discipleship, Leadership, NT

Why Healing Starts with Confession

There’s a sin issue in our life. Do we really want to accept it? Others may not see, but we know it’s there. And in that moment we have a choice, based on our personal conviction. Is there a desire to practice the Biblical concept of confession? There’s healing to be had if we’re willing to do the work.

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Bible, Leadership, OT

Why Leaders Who Fall Should Be Forgiven

What would happen to David after his moral failure today? Would he be cut off from ever leading again? Would we jump on social media to discuss his punishment? Would we simply cancel him, erasing him from history? Sounds pretty straightforward, doesn’t it? Or have we missed something really important?

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