People read the Bible better during times of adversity. Suffering has a tendency to press our noses a little deeper into the text. David was wise enough to acknowledge this reality and to celebrate it. He said:
As Christians we believe that our citizenship is in heaven and along with our father Abraham, we are looking forward to a city whose architect and builder is the Lord. And yet, we find ourselves living in cities that have been designed and built…
A young lady that used to attend our church wrote to me recently and very kindly asked if I could encourage her as she was feeling very low as a result of this pandemic. I wrote her back a brief pastoral letter which I am happy to share here in the…
This pandemic will not last forever. The Americans are approaching “herd immunity” after a rather bumpy ride that saw them endure a death rate per capita 3 times higher than experienced here in Canada. Their vaccination efforts are also bearing…
If you were to make a short list of the strangest paragraphs in the Bible, Exodus 4:24–26 would almost certainly be on it. Moses has just met God at the burning bush and been given an exalted commission: go and speak to Pharaoh, and serve as God’s…
Theonomy did not exist prior to 1970, according to Gary North, one of the generally recognized founders of the movement[1]. It does however credibly trace its roots to certain strains within English and American Puritanism as well as various…
One of the reasons that the Book of Job is in the Bible; not the primary reason, but an important reason; is to explore the question of how we should relate to friends and loved ones who are hurting.
As many of you will know, our church is in the process of leaving our denomination. It has been a long and exhausting process. If you want to read about it you can find a string of articles here, here, here, here and here. There are more, but trust…
I don’t think I ever referred to myself as “reformed” before 2014. I grew up in an independent evangelical church; we didn’t even formally associate with an actual denomination until I was a teenager. When I entered the ministry in 1994, to refer…
