Intentional Discipleship: Building Endurance (3 Steps of Maturity)
(Click here for the video) Praise for AWANA Have you heard of AWANA? Essentially, AWANA is a biblical, discipleship program for kids aged 2-18. Each week they play games, memorize scripture, hear the...
View ArticleEcho The Voice of God – A Mother’s Day Sermon
[If you are part of my church -- SPOILER ALERT -- this is Sunday's sermon! I'm sending this out into the world early to help folks who are looking for a little Mother's Day inspiration. This isn't just...
View ArticleWhy to Study the Bible – The Four Core Christian Disciplines
We’re studying the Four Core Christian Disciplines right now. Can you remember what they are? Prayer, Bible Study, Church Attendance and Serving Others. Last week we talked about “How to Pray” which...
View ArticleHow to Study the Bible – The Four Core Christian Disciplines
I promised in my previous post that we would get very practical today, so let’s get going. Today I want to introduce you to the Tools and Techniques you can use to study the bible to make sure we get...
View ArticleChurch Attendance: Getting the Most out of Sunday Service (Part 2) – The Four...
Sunday morning isn’t the sum of the Christian faith experience, but it can be a conduit, a beginning to it, if we take the time and effort to prepare ourselves and be ready for what God wants for us...
View ArticleServing Others: General Areas of Service – The Four Core Christian Disciplines
We talked before about how every Christian is called to service, “Drinking the Cup” means accepting our divinely appointed destiny, acknowledging that we are “saved to serve” and that Christianity is...
View ArticleResponse to “Autistic Boy’s Family told to ‘Move or Euthanize Him’”– Why do...
I haven’t been posting for the past while because of a big move and some vacation time, but after coming across this piece of news on Facebook (also here), I felt I had to rush posting the sermon I...
View ArticlePower Through Prayer (Mark 1:35-39)
What we are going to study today is a deeply convicting passage of scripture for me. Though this passage is short, the concepts, teachings and applications found in this little section is both...
View ArticleFasting (Mark 2:18-20)
Jesus and the Mob Boss We’re going to talk about Mark 2:18-22, but let me set the context first. Jesus is sitting at the table of Levi, also called Matthew, who has just left his Tax Collectors...
View ArticleHow To Set Rules for Our Life Without Becoming a Party-Pooper (Mark 2:23-3:6)
If you were converted later in life, or have friends that are non-Christian, then you have probably had the conversation about “what you are allowed to do.” The underlying question is always, “What...
View ArticleHow to Make a “Strategic Withdrawal” During Busy Times (Mark 3:7-15)
“Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great...
View ArticleThings we can Learn from Rob Ford
The drama surrounding Rob Ford continues to make headlines as investigators dig up facts and new allegations come to light. Americans and Canadians are fascinated by what Maclean’s Magazine called...
View ArticleIntegrity: Speaking the Truth
I asked you last week to start meditating on Psalm 15 and Colossians 3:1-17. The more I considered these passages, the more I realized that this is where we needed to go for the next while. We’re...
View ArticleChristian Integrity: “Stand Firm: Evaluating our Spiritual House”
Podcast Audio: Download: 9-psalm-15-stand-firm-closing-questions.mp3 This is the final week we will be spending on Psalm 15. We have been going through it for nine weeks now, and it has been a...
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RC Sproul (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In my heart of hearts I’m a student. I loved school and now I love learning about Jesus and His Church. For me, being a teacher, preacher, leader, vision-caster,...
View ArticleLink Friday!
What a great way to start! The Gospel explained very, very well: 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Things Done - I should probably get this blogpost tattooed to my chest. John Piper, “The...
View ArticleRC Sproul on Predestination
I’ll admit it — I have a man-crush on RC Sproul. What an awesome teacher! Last week RC took on a favourite hot-topic among Christians – predestination. Every time I have an Ask The Pastor night this...
View ArticleInner Strength
I know that video has been around for a while, but it still amazes me how amazing God made people. And this video is only scratching the surface — consider the intellectual, artistic and psychological...
View ArticleThe Doctrine of the Trinity
I love Wednesday nights at the church because we have been doing an “Ask The Pastor” time where people come and ask questions about life, church, theology, and everything else. Sometimes it feels...
View ArticleChristian View of Suicide
During the “Ask The Pastor” meetings on Wednesday nights at the church I serve, many questions come up that I don’t have the time or equipment to be able to give a full answer to. I believe there are...
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