Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future. Those words were penned over a hundred years ago by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde but they could very well have been written about a young man named Saul who came to a pivotal point in his life where he would have to choose to…
Hello? Hello?
The phone rang last Monday morning at 1:20! 1:20! You know that if you get a telephone call at that hour it can't be good news. Nobody calls you at twenty after one in the morning just to say hello or to tell you that you’ve won the lottery. (I can assure you the lottery…
Saul and Stephen Down the Road
It would appear that he had everything going for him. He was one of the leaders of the early church. He was a person of influence and integrity and he had the respect and honour of his colleagues and peers. Think about it, how would you like to be described as “a person full of…
Say What?
I didn’t know whether to be flattered or offended. Last week I received an e-mail from a preacher asking for my forgiveness. And I wasn’t sure that he had done anything to me that I could forgive him for. Apparently, he had preached some of my messages and had passed them off as his own,…
The Hope of the Father. The Rest of the Story Part 3
Well here we are, week three of our look at the Prodigal Son and the rest of the story. And all three of our weeks have their beginning in Luke 15:11 To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons.” In week one we looked at the younger son,…
It was twenty years ago today. . .
It was twenty years ago today. . ., and you might be thinking. . . that ” Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play….. but that’s just showing your age. It was twenty years ago today that the Guptills arrived back in Canada with the dream of a new church that would impact a community…
The Morning After the Night Before The Rest of the Story, Part 2
You have all felt the feeling or have heard of someone who has. “The dreaded morning after the night before.” You hadn’t intended on staying at the party that long, you knew that you had to get up the next morning and yet there it was. As some people say, “It is what it is.” …
Cheer Up Ye Saints of God, there’s nothing to Worry About, (Everyone on the Chorus)
It was a beautiful morning and as I walked toward my Smart Car I pushed the magic button that would retract the roof. Really, what’s the sense of having a convertible roof that you can open with a button if you never open it with the button? And as the roof began to open a…
The Prodigal The Rest of the Story Part 1
What would be the worst job that you could possibly imagine yourself in? If the bottom fell out of your world, and you had no safety net what would be on the very bottom of the list of occupations? Perhaps the person in charge of Rob Ford’s Public image? Now imagine if you will that…