What kind of excuses have you used, or heard, to explain why people stay at arms length from Jesus?  As we wrap up our four week series "Reasonable Faith?", Pastor Mike turns our attention to the four main stumbling blocks to faith: tough questions, past negative experience, pride and guilt.

Pastor Mike and Dr. Chamberlain address several more questions you have submitted, including the idea that the God of the Old Testament is morally corrupt, how we know there is life beyond death, and whether faith is just a crutch for weak people.

How can you present Jesus in a pluralistic world without coming across as narrow or arrogant or intolerant?  That's the big idea that Dr. Paul Chamberlain spends much of the time with in part 2 of our Apologetics Workshop.  As well, you will discover the reason why our confidence in the scriptures is well placed.  At the end, Pastor Mike and Dr. Chamberlain address several more questions you have submitted, including the idea that the God of the Old Testament is morally corrupt, and whether faith is just a crutch for weak people.

You've been submitting some great questions to us during our series "Reasonable Faith?" and here Dr. Paul Chamberlain and Pastor Mike Penninga look to address them head on. Some of the questions:

How can God be good and allow so much evil?
What about people who have never heard?
How can Jesus really be the only way?

In this extended workshop, Dr. Paul Chamberlain addresses the issue of religious pluralism, the idea that all roads lead to God.  At the end, Pastor Mike & Paul respond to some of the many questions submitted from our congregation during this series "Reasonable Faith?"

Have you ever asked the question "why don't people believe?"   It's an important question, and in part 3 of our series "Reasonable Faith?", we welcome Dr. Paul Chamberlain, leading Canadian Christian apologist to tackle it.  

Dr. Chamberlain is a professor at Trinity Western University and ACTS Seminaries.  He is the author of six books on the subject, the latest one being released in 2011 and entitled: “Why People Don’t Believe: Confronting Seven Challenges to Christian Faith.”

 

Paul’s passion is to equip believers to communicate the message of God’s love to their friends and neighbours in a way that is accurate, credible, and relevant to their lives. We know you'll enjoy what he brings!

Reasonable Faith. . . are those two words even possible in the same sentence? If you’ve come to believe that faith is a journey for the mindless, then this series is for you! We’re going on an intensive four-week journey to discover the reasons behind faith. Along the way, we want to tackle some of the biggest questions raised about our origins, God, the Bible, and why we’re here.

We begin in this message by painting a picture of what the Bible means when it says to "love God with your heart, soul, mind and strength."  Pastor Mike Penninga will unpack the amazing blessings that come when we lean into God with all aspects of our being.

You can read the Masters Apologetic papers Mike wrote here:

You can send questions that have been challenging you to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it throughout the series, and we'll do our best to incorporate them. 

The reality of death puts our life in perspective.  Those things that are not important seem to fade away in light of our limited time on earth.  And that's a gift, because our life here is meant to have an impact on eternity.  And there is only one thing that lasts beyond the grave: people.

In this, the 2012 state of the church address, Pastor Mike turns our attention back to the reason for the church, and explores what God might have in store for KGF in this coming year.  And we will discover together that we are being blessed for a reason.  

What do U2 lead singer Bono and Violin Sensation Josh Bell have to do with Christmas? They both showed up in unusual places and were overlooked by people who didn’t expect to see them. The message of Christmas is a message of drawing near to the one who turned up in the most unexpected way. God come near.  

In this message, I used the story of the violin great Josh Bell playing incognito at a Washington DC metro station to illustrate that we can miss greatness if we are too busy to stop and look! You can read the full story "Pearls Before Breakfast" that won author Gene Weingarten a Pulitzer Prize online here:

The video of Josh Bell playing can be found here:  

 

How would you define “peace”? Beyond definitions, are you experiencing peace? Would those around you say it’s something that you possess? Truth is, the peace that all of us are looking for is only found in one place, as we come face to face with the Prince of Peace.

As Pastor Mike concludes our 4 week look at the names of Jesus from Isaiah 9, we fix our eyes on his title “Prince of Peace”. The good news is this Prince of Peace comes into our world of stormy seas more than calm waters. He breaks into our lives where thunder is booming and lightning is flashing. And he offers us what only He can offer us. A peace which the world can neither understand nor take away. His name is Jesus, and He is the Prince of Peace.