Well, another survey is out, showing that Christianity is losing ground and that church attendance is down. But, depending on your perspective, we aren’t losing, we’re winning. When you stop and think about it, every person who isn’t a Christian hasn’t been lost from Christianity, they just haven’t been won to Christianity yet. The starting…
Barnabas Son of . . .
The two men stood on the wharf, looking across the shimmering water, seeing their final destination only in their hearts. They were about to begin a journey that would not only change them, but would change the world. One was known throughout the church, the other, some people knew his name. He was a relative…
Three guys, Patty Mick and Shaun. . .
You know I have never met a terrorist. Never. And you would think I would have, considering how many Muslims there are in our community. Unless, not all Muslims are terrorists. As a matter of fact all of the Muslims that I've met are pretty decent folks who love Canada and they seem genuinely friendly.…
Saul and Paul
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.” …