In this short series of posts, I'm presenting a document I wrote while serving as a pastor in Ottawa. If you missed Part 1, you can read it here. Household of Faith One of the metaphors used to describe the…
Read More Part 2: A Biblical Perspective for Men and Women in Ministry
What does the Bible teach about men and women in ministry? That's an important question for all of us who hold to Scripture as the final authority for faith and practice. It's also a question that leaders in every local…
Read More Part 1: A Biblical Perspective for Men and Women in Ministry
I remember a conversation I had with a friend some years ago. As I was saying people need forgiveness, she commented that she didn't really need forgiveness because she wasn't a sinner. She was basically a good person who loved…
Several years ago, I had the joying of traveling to Ottawa to tell the Christmas story at a Christian Embassy banquet for government leaders–MPs, Senators and ambassadors. The challenge was the time limit: three minutes. Having a three minute time limit…
Hypocrisy in the church is a nasty problem but not a new problem. In fact, the very first church in Jerusalem had a couple who became famous (or infamous) for their hypocrisy. Ananias and his wife, Sapphira, conspired to con…
Tolerance was huge virtue for our society until it got redefined. Now it’s actually hurting us. In previous eras, tolerance meant that every person had an equal right to his or her beliefs. But now tolerance means that every…
I grew up hearing Diana Ross sing, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” If we had a shortage of love thirty years ago, we’re in even more…
Reflections on Acts 27 Acts 27 fascinates on many levels. It gives us a vivid, first-person account of a hair-raising nautical adventure, complete with danger, intrigue, shipwreck, and survival. It showcases what courageous Christian leadership looks in a chaotic situation. …
In this series of post, we've been looking at Romans 7 and learning why we struggle to win against sin. The short answer is that the reason for our struggle is what the Bible calls "the flesh." In previous posts…
In two previous posts we've considered why we often struggle to win the battle with sin in our lives. Why is it that living a holy life is so hard? Romans 7 gives a big part of the answer: It…
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