Spiritual Gifts
In my sermon on Spiritual Gifts on February 4/5, I mentioned a variety of gifts that are in scripture. To see the slide with the various spiritual gifts, click here. If you do not know what your spiritual gifts are, you should do the work of discovering them. The best way to discover your spiritual gifts […]
I’m Complementarian and I Read Books By Women
Our elder chairman, Tim Wiebe, sent me this blog post, suggesting I read it. I was blessed by what Tim Challies wrote and agree with this thinking on this. One of the truths we discover in Scripture is that it teaches the full equality between men and women before Christ, in receiving spiritual gifts, and in […]
How Can I Minister to My Classmates This Year?
Hey Church! Came across this article and audio from John Piper today on the Desiring God website. It is a very helpful and relevant article for students of any age and in any grade. There are some very practical tips on how you can not only minister to your friends and classmates at school, but […]
Fifty Fruits of Pride
I think the source for this was by a man named Brent Detwiler. I am not certain, but this is where my investigation led me. I first heard about this list from Robbie Symons at Harvest Oakville in a sermon he delivered at a Free Indeed men’s conference. In tracking down this list after […]
What My Church Gained—and Lost—When We Stopped Renting
Hey Church, One of our fellow congregants, Aaron Armstrong wrote an article for Christianity Today. It’s fantastic trip down memory lane about our rental days at Banting High School. Give it a read: What My Church Gained—and Lost—When We Stopped Renting Dan Taylor Director of Communications dtaylor@harvestlondon.ca
3 Things Pastor’s Kids Need from their Church Families
Hi all, Cindy and my kids are almost grown and we are close to being done the parenting phase of life, so this request comes more for our other staff who still have children at home. Although I can tell you from 24 years in pastoral ministry that our children have all struggled at times […]
FOLLOW UP FROM SERMONS ON ROMANS 5:12-21 – WHAT HAPPENS TO BABIES WHEN THEY DIE
In our walk through Romans 5:12-21 we saw the clear teaching of scripture that all those who come from Adam (meaning all humans) inherit original sin or have what is called ‘imputed sin’, meaning we all stand guilty and condemned due to the sin of our first father Adam. Therefore, not one person since […]
Winter Camp Recap Videos
Hey everyone, If you wanted a video to show you what Winter Camp was all about, this is it! It’s only 4 minutes long, and it’s a great visual of what Winter Camp is all about – lifting high the Name of Jesus. Make sure you keep January next year open for Winter Camp 2017! […]
Is Courting ruining relationships?
Well, I can honestly say I never thought I would write something like this news item. Prior to planting this church I was the pastor of Family Ministries at a church and taught extensively on parenting and marriage and part of this included some pretty passionate teaching on courting. I actually seriously considered writing […]
Does anyone seek after God
In our study through the book of Romans we arrived in Romans 3:9-20, Paul’s powerful and straight forward summary of all he has been driving at since 1:18. There are a number of truths in these verses which we must accept as Divine revelation and not sit in judgment over based on our limited human […]