By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist September 24, 2023 – Ephesians 2:11-22 Us and them. That is the way a lot of people see the world. Liberal/Conservative, Right/Left, White/Black, White/First Nations, Protestant/Catholic, Straight/LBGTQ, Rural/Urban, Christian/Non-Christian. The list could go on and on. We define ourselves against the other side. Whatever the other side is. If …
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Becoming God’s Masterpiece
By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist September 17th, 2023 – Ephesians 2:1-10 It is always good to start off a sermon with a cartoon. So, I want to play you Francis Chan’s story “The Big Red Tractor.” Ephesians 2:1–2 (NIV) As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to …
My Prayer for You
By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist Ephesians 1:15-23 – September 11, 2023 While you won’t find this Sunday on any ecclesiastical calendar, I have always viewed this Sunday, the Sunday after labour day, as the start of the new church year. Family Night has restarted. Keenagers has restarted. Small groups are restarting. The kids are back …
Busy Mom’s
I love what I read today in Lectio-365. Carlo Carretto lived for more than a dozen years as a hermit in the Sahara desert… Milking a goat for his food, and translating the Bible into the local Bedouin language, he prayed for long hours by himself. Returning to Italy one day to visit his mother, he came to a startling …
Who God is and Your Identity
Part 1 – Ephesians By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist September 3rd, 2023 – Ephesians 1:1-14 I am starting a new series on the book of Ephesians this morning. Ephesians is my favourite book of the Bible. It has done more to stabilize my life and satisfy my soul than any other book. I expect this …
The Good News -VBS Sunday
By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist August 20th, 2023- John 1:1-4, John 3:16 It is great to be back with you this morning after three weeks of vacation. You know how sometimes you come back from vacation, and it feels like you need a rest. I didn’t do that this time. I actually had some real …
When God Shows Up
Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist July 16, 2023 – Exodus 19 We are on our second last sermon in our series, “When God….” Last week we looked at When God Provides. This week I want to look at, “When God Shows Up.” Let me tell you what I mean by that. God is everywhere present. …
When God Provides
By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist July 9, 2023 Exodus 16 We are midway through a series on Exodus. This morning I want to look at “When God Provides.” I have seen God provide in so many ways. In my first year of ministry, I was struggling and questioning whether I should be in ministry. A …
When God comes through
By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett — Asbury Free Methodist July 2nd, 2023 Exodus 15:1-2l One of the things that I hope we grow in at Asbury is celebrating wins. I am not very good at it, so when something good happens, I often forget to celebrate. Having four of the youth invite Jesus into their lives at a …
When God Leads
By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist Exodus 13:17-14:30 June 25th, 2023 The year was 1989; I had been the Pastor at Bruce Mines Wesleyan Church for four years and married for two years. I was starting to get the sense that it might be time for us to leave the church at Bruce Mines. Lynda and …