At Easter, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. But what does Christ's crucifixion and resurrection mean, and why did Jesus die on the cross?

“After leaving them, Jesus went up on a mountainside to pray” (Mark 6:46 NIV).

I am not saying you should keep Lent this year, but I ask you—is the Lord calling you to set aside 40 days for a more focused growth in godliness?

The lockdowns were sudden and unexpected. The government said it would take two weeks to flatten the curve. Our church, like most Canadian churches, was not equipped or experienced in online worship.

You know people. You can "size them up." This is often very important for your safety! But the problem is that you also "size them up" and conclude that someone like them would never become a Christian.

Why is it that if you read what Wikipedia says about the date and authorship of the Gospels, it is very different from the way most pastors in evangelical churches, and most ordinary Christians, talk about the Gospels?

The average Canadian does not know the Bible very well, but they do know what "everyone knows," that the Bible is full of contradictions.

Both the Old and New Testament refer to the fear of God, or its synonym, the fear of the Lord, as being a good thing, something the wise desire and fools do not.

Louise and I have three dogs. When people say to me, “You must really love dogs.” I always correct them and say, “I love my wife. My wife loves dogs. So we have dogs.”

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:1-17

In the face of such times, what is there to like about Christmas? Why do I appreciate the Christmas story? What is in that simple story that we can and should ponder and treasure?

This is a true story from the Bible. Lots of stories are not true. Children know this. I did not want to read "The Cat in the Hat" and then "The Christmas Story" and act as if they were the same.

One thing that seems to unite the Christian and the average Canadian is having firm opinions about Christmas trees. In particular, whether you should have a real tree or a fake tree.

I think there are several reasons why many Christians have started celebrating Advent. One is that Christians want to make a clearer distinction between Biblical/Christian Christmas and Canadian Christmas.

I am not saying that every church polity ever developed is biblical, only that there are several "traditions" or "streams" of church polity that can reasonably be said to be biblical. I think Anglican church polity is biblical.

If you are at all like me, you know that you never did this perfectly. I have sobering news for you - you will never repent and believe perfectly.

I am going to tell you a very, very, scary Jesus story. It is one of the scariest stories about Him.

No question is perfect. Because of the world, the flesh, and the devil, your heart can be very creative in crossing over from being convicted by God’s word to convicting God's word.

So when you study the Bible, you need to read the text carefully, understanding the words, the genre, the context, and the flow of the text.

It turns out that there are a lot of people who think this, and it has been one of those things that have gone on without it really penetrating my attention.

The minister is to be a "messenger, watchman, and steward of the Lord", so they are to be saturated with the Bible, namely the gospel and the whole counsel of God.