I found it fascinating that a new study has shown that those who who use Facebook more often are less satisfied with their lives and are less healthy than those who don't use it as much. In an era of the social media frenzy, everywhere you...
I came across this video clip the other day and thought both answers to the question asked give a great summary of all we have learned in our two year study of the book of Romans as well as our eight week walk-thru the book...
Hey church! If you heard the sermon this past weekend, I encouraged you all to read the account of Paul’s “glory story” in Acts chapter 9 and I also promised to post more on my own spiritual RE-birthday. On March 19th, 1996 – over twenty-two years ago...
Hi all, Back in 2011 when Paul Young's book, The Shack, came out, we provided some concerns about the book from a Biblical standpoint and warned about the errant theology represented in this fiction book. We also pointed out, by quoting the author in an interview...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...