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  • Steven Simala Grant

    Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Steven's church

Laurier Heights Baptist Church
Edmonton, *Province/Other T5R 0M2
780-483-5366

About Steven
  • Education: BRE - North American Baptist College (1992) M.Div - Edmonton Baptist Seminary (2001)
  • Family: Married to a scientist, with a beautiful son (Oct 2000).
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: Be careful, sometimes people actually listen.
  • Hobbies: Renovating our old house Playing "trains" with my son
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  • Keep Love First

    Contributed on Jul 16, 2013
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    We love because God loves us.

    Thirteen years ago when I first started preaching, the scariest part of it was knowing that sometimes, people really do listen. It has been an incredible privilege, a humbling privilege, to be listened to by you. Thank you. What have you heard? I don’t know what you have heard, but I ...read more

  • God The Spirit

    Contributed on Jul 12, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,710 views

    We can relate to the Spirit through the feminine imagery present in scripture.

    God the Father. God the Son. And God the Holy Spirit. Three of my favorite things to talk about, and today we are going to talk about God the Holy Spirit. We talk less about the Holy Spirit than about the Father and the Son, and I think we understand the Holy Spirit less than we understand the ...read more

  • Christ, Our Friend And Brother

    Contributed on Jul 12, 2013
     | 6,519 views

    We can relate to God as Friend and Brother through Jesus.

    Most Canadians will say they believe in god. Now of course, what that means will vary greatly, and I suspect that for a good number of those who say they believe in God it is not something they have deeply examined or thought about. It might be like saying, “I believe that people have ...read more

  • Our Father Who Art In Heaven

    Contributed on Jun 25, 2013
     | 7,813 views

    This sermon is a compilation of scripture in the form of a 'letter' from God to his children describing His love for us.

    Last Sunday, I told a story and showed a video to conclude my sermon. For those of you who may not have been here, it was a story about a father and his handicapped son. When most of the medical system had written this child off as “a vegetable”, this dad refused to give up. He found ...read more

  • What Love Does To Us

    Contributed on Jun 18, 2013
     | 5,597 views

    Love is a powerful motivator and our lives should be lived from a foundation of love.

    What Love Does To Us June 16, 2013 Intro: We’ve already had a full meal – on Scripture, on the depth of poetry in music expressed as prayers of our hearts, on the celebration of new life and a family committed to have Jesus as the center, and on the testimony of faith of a man in ...read more

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  • God's Glory And Our Happiness

    Contributed on Nov 27, 2012
     | 6,070 views

    GOD'S GLORY AND OUR HAPPINESS Jonathan Edwards writes: God in seeking his glory seeks the good of his creatures, because the emanation of his glory ... implies the ... happiness of his creatures. And in communicating his fullness for them, he does it for himself, because their good, which he ...read more

  • I Once Went To A Dentist, And I Don't Remember ...

    Contributed on Mar 29, 2008
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     | 2,377 views

    I once went to a dentist, and I don’t remember what procedure he was actually doing on my teeth but for some reason he needed to wiggle my jaw. He grabbed my chin and tried to use it to tap my bottom teeth to my top teeth. He commanded me to just relax my jaw muscles. Essentially, he wanted to ...read more

  • Tv Guide Recently Came Up With A List Of What ...

    Contributed on May 8, 2007
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    TV Guide recently came up with a list of what they consider the top 50 TV shows of all time; the top 5 were (source: http://www.tvguide.com/50th/features/020429a.asp): 5. The Sopranos – “A complex drama built around a thinking man’s mobster who struggles with two families — his wife and kids, ...read more

  • God: Frank, You Know All About Gardens And ...

    Contributed on May 8, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,324 views

    GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature, what in the world is going on down there in the U.S.? What in the world happened to the dandelions, violets, thistles and the stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand ...read more

  • At One Time Andrew Carnegie Was The Wealthiest ...

    Contributed on May 4, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,874 views

    At one time Andrew Carnegie was the wealthiest man in America. He came to America from his native Scotland when he was a small boy, did a variety of odd jobs, and eventually ended up as the largest steel manufacturer in the United States. At one time he had forty-three millionaires working for him. ...read more