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Covenant Redeemer Baptist Church, led by Pastor Tim Carson, is now meeting in North Port Coquitlam
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New West Community Church is an intercultural church in the Sapperton area of New Westminster dedicated to glorifying the name and the word of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Sunday morning service starts at 9:30am and is livestreamed to our YouTube Channel. Our Saturday evening Thai/English service starts at 4:15pm.
Transit Accessible:
- 10 min walk from Sapperton Skytrain Station – walk up Keary Street and cross to the west side of E. Columbia Street. Walk north along E. Columbia until you see the Impark lot on your left. You can cut across it to reach Hospital Street, or you can continue on E. Columbia and turn left on Hospital Street. Walk west (up) on Hospital for 60 metres to reach our church building.
- By Bus 155 – Eastbound, get off at stop #53597 (Hospital @ E. Columbia) or Westbound, get off at stop #53613 (Hospital @ E. Columbia)
- We are half a block west of Royal Columbian Hospital
Recent Touchpoint Articles
The Necessary War and the Chosen War
Prior to Israel entering the land, God gave instructions for warfare in Deuteronomy 20. In verses 11 to 18, a distinction is made between Israel’s approach to war based on whether the enemy is among the Canaanite tribes singled out for destruction, or not. I alluded to this distinction during the sermon, but I would like to draw from it a principle that I think is supremely helpful for living the Christian life and choosing our battles. I believe this distinction is rooted in the context of the biblical narrative. It might be summarized this way: when sin is in your life, your family, or your church, you must deal with it ruthlessly; when you see sin in the world, you are permitted, given the dominion the church has in Christ, to engage in battle according to wisdom. Consider that one of the main reasons, given over and over again in the Old Testament, that God told the people of Israel to absolutely and fully destroy all the Canaanites (men, women, and children) was that they might not “teach you to do according to all their abominable practices that they have done for their gods, and so you sin against...Continue reading→
God Gave Them Up
Three times in Romans 1 (Rom 1:24, 26, 28), Paul writes that “God gave them up” to their own evil desires and sins. It is likely that the apostle is speaking primarily here of the pagan nations, known at that time for the sort of sexual debauchery (including homosexual practices) that he notes. Within the overall context of Romans’ opening chapters, however, this functions as only part of an overall argument that all mankind alike, even the Jews, are enslaved to sin and under God’s judgment. This sobering truth paves the way for the gospel of grace by which God justifies the ungodly in Christ. These days we are getting a fresh reminder of the depravity of man. Recently, in response to a law forcing the US Trump administration, many of the FBI files related to Jeffrey Epstein are now in the public domain. It is unclear, as of yet, the degree and degeneracy of the crimes, but at the very least it shoes many government and industrial figures in close ties, relationally and financially, with a convicted pedophile and child trafficker–many who swore previously that they had no connection with him. Many of these public figures are now resigning...Continue reading→
Solomon’s Two Pillars
This last week we considered the building and filling of Solomon’s temple in very broad strokes. In 1 Kings 7:13-51, the two pillars which stood at the entrance of the temple are the first works noted within the section on the filling, ornamenting, or extending of the temple building project. But what did these two pillars communicate or symbolize? In this article I will suggest that they symbolized the oath of God to dwell with His people in the temple. Although there is debate about the meanings of the words, most commentators state concerning the names of the twin pillars that Jachin means “He will establish”, and Boaz, “In Him is strength.” Even in these names there is the idea of things enduring and foundational which fit with the broader symbolism we find connected to pillars in Scripture. There Hebrew word translated “pillar” in 1 Kings 7:15 is ammud, but it is not the only word translated “pillar” in the ESV. Lot’s wife was turned into a nesib of salt (Gen 19:26), a word usually translated as garrison (eg. 1 Sam 10:5, 13:3). Hannah, in her prayer of thanksgiving, states that the pillars (masuq) of the earth are the Lord’s...Continue reading→
Jesus' sacrifice on the cross for sinners means salvation, the hope of heaven, and a changed life for all who put their faith in Him.
The single most important event in the history of the world took place when Jesus died 2000 years ago and rose again on the third day. Because Jesus is fully man and fully God, His sacrifice on the cross for sinners means salvation, the hope of heaven, and a changed life for all who put their faith in Him.