In last Sunday’s service, we had the great joy of baptizing 3 people: two middle-aged women and an 8-year old boy. We practice believer’s baptism in our church as well as full immersion. A baptismal service is always full of joy and excitement at our place of worship. But it would be inaccurate to describe […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
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In our Advent series this Christmas season, we have been looking at Jesus’s “I Am” sayings from the Gospel of John. We started the Advent messages a week early, so we have already looked at four of Jesus’s “I Am” proclamations: ‘I Am the Resurrection and the Life’; ‘I Am the Bread of Life’; ‘I […]
If I had to summarize what the whole Bible is about, it would be this: God is faithful to His people and His creation and in the end, He will fulfill all His promises and purposes for the world through Jesus Christ. In other words, God is reconciling the world to Himself, through His Son […]
Every Friday night our church hosts a youth floor hockey outreach at John MacWilliam Public School in our neighborhood. It attracts kids 9 to 13 years old from both our church and the surrounding community. We have several dads playing as well with the youth. It is a great time of floor hockey and good […]
This past July my wife and I had the great blessing of going to Ireland for the first time. The occasion was the eightieth birthday of Colleen’s dad, Ron Pierce. My father-in-law’s ancestors originally hail from the beautiful Emerald Isle of the Irish. Some of the Pierce clan emigrated to Canada around 1820. Grandpa Ron […]
When Colleen and I were married over 21 years ago, we chose Psalm 37:3,4 as our life verses together. Let me quote them for you: Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart […]
What is God’s calling for the Church? What is the nature and function of the Church? These are very important questions for people who are followers of Jesus Christ. In order to answer these questions in a biblically faithful manner, we need to turn to the original Apostles, who were with Jesus in his 3 […]
Many Pro Football coaches would say that Jason Witten of the Dallas Cowboys has been one of the top 3 tight ends, along with Rob Gronkowski & Tony Gonzalez, in the National Football League for the last decade and a half. He has played in the League about 14 years. He’s a shoo-in for the […]
In this blog I would like to look at the last saying of Christ on the cross that is recorded in Luke 23:34: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing”. Willful Blindness There is a dynamic tension in these words. The “them” that Jesus is talking about must be guilty […]
My dad died 25 years ago, almost right to the day (March 1st). His last couple of days were spent in a coma. But just before he died, a tear streamed down his cheek. It was only one tear, but I believe it communicated much………Sorrow…….”I am going to miss you”…….Regret……..My dad was only 53 years […]