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ANOTHER DECADE OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
This Sunday marks the tenth anniversary of us not owning a church building. The ten years have not unfolded as many of us thought they would, but the Lord has been faithful.
AN EXHORTATION (THE THIRD) ON HOW TO PARTAKE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER IN A WORTHY MANNER
Each of the previous two exhortations were meant to "stir you up" to participate in Holy Communion. This exhortation is for everyone who has now come to the Lord's Supper. It addresses important matters on how to receive Holy Communion in a worthy manner.
AN EXHORTATION (THE SECOND) TO PARTAKE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER
Many Christians function as if the Lord's Supper is not important. Many people find Communion boring and uninspiring. The problem is that you do not understand "the means of grace."
AN EXHORTATION (THE FIRST) TO PARTAKE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
The Communion service in its "official" form contains three different exhortations concerning the importance of partaking of the Lord's Supper in a worthy, and regular manner. These three exhortations are not normally included in the service that people actually attend. As a result, many people are completely unaware of their existence.
PRAY WITH ME CONCERNING WELCOMING
Not everyone is an extrovert, but all of us can pray. In fact, prayer needs to undergird and cover all that we try to do for the good of people and the glory of God.
THE GREAT GOOD OF BIBLE MEMORIZATION
I think Bible memorization is a great good, one that all Christians, regardless of age, should practice.
CHRISTIANS AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS
In some parts of the world, what I will say would be seen as highly partisan and political. Some would counsel me not to speak as I will.
QUOTING THE BIBLE TO NON-CHRISTIANS
People mistakenly talk as if evangelism is persuasion. If evangelism is mere persuasion, then you will learn from Canadian culture how to persuade.
DO NOT SWEAR?
Depending on the Bible translation that you use, James 5:12 says that you should not swear. What does that mean?
AMNESIA AND PRAYER
If you are at all well instructed in the Christian faith, you know that God hears and answers every one of your prayers. He either says, "No," "Not yet," or "Yes." However, most of us talk about prayer in a very different way, and our unreflective speech reveals what we actually believe.
GETTING VACCINATED AND COVID-19
Just because the Bible is silent on many matters does not mean everything outside of the bible is gray, uncertain, and relativistic.
THE BIBLE AND ROSE COLOURED GLASSES?
“All you can do is wear rose coloured glasses and pretend you have the real Bible and that you can really understand it." Have I "tipped my hand" about the real state of the Bible? Not at all.
TALKING ABOUT SIN IN A WORSHIP SERVICE
People like having positive experiences. Nothing sucks the positive out of a room more than mentioning sin.
NORMAL LIFE AND EASTER SUNDAY
Our true hope was never in our search for god. Our true hope was that He would search for us - but more than us - that He would search for you and me - but more than search - that He would search and save.
READ THE BIBLE LITERALLY?
Just as you can get things wrong in modern day life, so you can get it wrong with the Bible.
ACKNOWLEDGE MY WRETCHEDNESS?
Shouldn’t religion and spirituality be all about helping people feel better about themselves? Doesn’t this prayer encourage you to have a terrible self-image?
CONFESSION OF SIN AND THE GOSPEL
The time nestled between justification and glorification is a time of sanctification. In that time you strive to put off vice and put on virtue.
PRAISE THAT FORMS YOU
To boast truely and wisely is to boast knowing that by His grace you are an adopted child of the true and living God.
SING ALLELUIA TO THE LORD
The Bible describes and encourages ceaseless praise. I want to begin by stating the biblical teaching in a “positive” manner. The Bible is filled with commands and exhortations to praise the Lord with our lips.
MIXED FEELING ABOUT LENT
Everyone can become legalistic and have a “religious spirit” about how their church service is organized or unorganized. Legalism and a religious spirit are human problems.
Biblical Christmas shows the wisdom of following Jesus in three simple ways through the Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), the Benedictus (Luke 1:68–79), and the Gloria in Excelsis (Luke 2:14).