Acts 3:16 It was a day, just a day like any other day.   His brothers had gotten him out of bed and gotten him dressed.  And on their way to work they carried him to his usual spot at the temple gate.  It was just a day, the sky wasn't any bluer, the birds didn't…

We’ve all seen them, at sporting events and concerts.  The obligatory John 3:16 signs.  In case you are wondering that all started in 1980.  A guy by the name of Rollen Stewart had been making a name for himself by appearing at major sporting events wearing a rainbow coloured wig and dancing wildly for the…

Do you remember praying as a child?  Do you remember the words that you prayed?  Let’s try it together:  “Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep, if I should die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to take.”  But what if when you laid…

Deeper into Baptism Last week we dove in to the discussion of baptism by looking at the Baptism of Jesus, and from that story we discovered that Jesus’ Baptism was Intentional, that it wasn’t without opposition, that it was a baptism of obedience, that it happened in the water and that Jesus’ Baptism testified to…

The Baptism of Jesus It’s just confusing.  We all know the story of John the Baptist, and we know the story of Jesus and we even know the point where the two stories intercept.  And that’s where it gets confusing.  There are two things we know that seem to muddy the water, so to speak. …

The nature of Holiness If there is one concept in the bible that seems to be foreign to us in 2016, almost to the point of incomprehensible is the concept of sacrifice.  Not the concept of making sacrifices for something or someone, we all do that on a fairly regular basis.  As parents we make…

Enough with the selfies. And you thought that selfies were harmless.  When selfies first came out I thought taking pictures of yourself with a cell phone was a passing fad.  But no, it seems that they are here to stay.  All kinds of people are taking pictures of themselves, from the famous to the unknown. …

For far too many people when they think about a life of walking in obedience to God that would be how they would picture it, a monotonous, dreary forced march.  Nothing pleasurable about it, but if you want to get to heaven, it’s the way you have to go.  All the colour and all the…

For those of you who have kids, do you remember when your children were little, and you envisioned all they could be?   You never pictured them as being average, normal yes, average no.  You had high expectations for what your child could be and would be.  If they played hockey they’d be the next Gretzky,…