Living Stones Church, Red Deer, Alberta

May 24, 2026 - How to Experience the Resurrected Life - Pastor Paul Vallee

All the arguments in the world cannot explain away the power of an experience with the living God. Unfortunately, for many, Christianity is strictly theory rather than reality. It is critical that our faith does not rest solely on what is in our heads. An encounter with Christ will do more to move our emotions and wills. Biblical faith affects the total personality: our minds, our emotions, and our wills. It is life-changing. Anything less is not the ‘real thing.’  Genuine spirituality, genuine Biblical Christianity is not only believing the right things but also being and becoming the right kind of person because of what God has and is doing for you and through you.  Maybe we wonder: after surrendering our lives to Jesus, where do we go from there? Like the disciples after the first Easter, we may, along with the original disciples, wonder now what?

May 17, 2026 - Learning How to Manage What God Has Given Us - Pastor Paul Vallee

Life is all about stewardship or management. How do we manage what God entrusts to us? There are a number of areas that we are tested in. How do we handle our time? Another area is the finances that God entrusts to us. The greatest area of stewardship is the people God calls us to care for. There are people that God places in our lives, siblings, children, parents, co-workers, and neighbours. Depending on your vocation, you can be caring for patients, customers, clients, prisoners, students, or parishioners. One of the great concerns in Paul’s life was to bring the gospel to the non-Jewish world, called Gentiles. Yet, the desire to see his own Jewish people was equally concerning to him. One of the expressions Paul wanted the church to understand was that, in Christ, the barrier between Jew and Gentile was abolished, and all were now able to experience God’s grace found in the Lord Jesus Christ. He was also concerned that this barrier was not strictly theological but also practical. Therefore, he wanted those in the churches that were made up of primarily Gentiles to assist their fellow believers in Judea who were experiencing extreme poverty because of a famine. So, Paul challenged the churches he planted to provide financial aid to these Jewish believers who were in great financial distress. How we expend our financial resources reveals much about our values.

May 10, 2026 - How to Deal With Being Trapped in a Loveless Marriage - Pastor Paul Vallee

Each of us is living out our lives within the framework of a greater story. From the very beginning of time, God’s plan is to reveal his amazing love to each of us, despite our sin, but also the sin of others. Our sin affects not only our lives but also others'. So, many people today are experiencing the pain from the sins of others. How do we handle that? One of the greatest tools is forgiveness, as it frees us from carrying that hurt, but it does not always change our circumstances. How do we live with the negative circumstances that other people’s sin has caused us?

April 12 - How to Develop a Heart of Generosity - Pastor Paul Vallee

When we think of someone who is generous, we often think only in terms of what they give financially, but the reality is that true generosity is an attitude that is reflected in how a person treats others. Giving money is only one aspect of true generosity. Generosity is the giving of oneself for the good of others, which includes our time, our concern for others, our expertise, and above all, our prayers. The issue in our lives is the person we become. The goal of the Christian life is to become like Jesus. So, how do we cultivate greater generosity in our lives and witness the amazing benefits of a generous lifestyle? We know that we can only give what God has given to us. What God looks at is the condition of our hearts. Many people in our affluent society today struggle with the two major ingredients of life: money and time. We often abuse both. We spend more than we have and use our time unwisely. How we spend these gifts from God is a great indicator of where we are in our relationship with Him. Have we learned to really trust God in our lives? Do we believe that God will provide for us? Is our focus primarily on ourselves, or have we matured to a point where we are deeply interested in the well-being of others? The very nature of biblical Christianity is giving. So, how do we become more generous with our lives? How do we develop into being more generous people? Paul gives us two reasons in the first 15 verses of 2 Corinthians 8 for becoming generous.

April 5, 2026 - How to Live Better and Prepare for Eternity

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