It is like Déjà vu all over again… the quote of course comes from Yogi Berra, but it seems to be a reality in the present day situation in Ukraine. In 1940 Russia began what is known as The Occupation of the Baltic States and for almost fifty years they occupied the countries of Estonia,…
May the Force Be With You.
May the Force Be With You. Today is Star Wars Sunday, and that’s kind of special because it only happens every seven years or so, and for some of you, you know exactly what I’m talking about and for the rest of you when I explain it will simply diminish me in your eyes. Today’s…
Tolerance is a Two Way Street
It was recently announced that Trinity Western University in British Columbia intends to offer a law degree in 2016. And at least two provincial bar associations, including Nova Scotia, have voted to not allow students graduating from Trinity to be members of their associations. The reason? Trinity is Canada’s largest Christian liberal arts college and…
A Final Gift
When our daughter, Deborah, was preparing to depart for Odessa in Ukraine in 2008 she had to sign a form stating how she wished to have her remains disposed of if anything happened to her while she was overseas. Pretty heavy stuff for a twenty-one year old. But practical. But what do you do with…
Heaven is for Real
I wonder how Johnny Depp is feeling after his latest movie was left in the dust by a movie about a Wesleyan Pastor and his family? “Heaven is for Real” opened in theatres this week in third place, which I think was a surprise to many. And people have asked me what I think about…
God Why Don’t You Do Something
Matthew 27:46 At about three o’clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” How many times have we asked ourselves the same question that Jesus asked as he hung dying on the cross? “God, why have you abandoned your son? …
Just as the Serpent was Lifted Up, Good Friday 2014
Just as the Serpent was lifted up The first time he had met Jesus it was in the dark, and there was just him and the master. We see him at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry and then we hear him speak in defence of Jesus halfway through the story and then we don’t see…
A Swing of Emotions
TALK ABOUT A SWING in emotions! I have been working on two separate messages this week, one for Good Friday and one for Easter Sunday: a messageof despair and a messageof hope, a message of defeat and a messageof victory, a message about the depths that man can fall and a message about the heights…
A Palm or a Cloak
Electricity filled the air as the people of Jerusalem pushed against one another to see the man that everyone was talking about. Some said he was a god and others said he was a demon. Some claimed he performed miracles while others proclaimed him a fraud a charlatan or worse. For better or for worse…
I Noah Guy. . .
We went and saw Noah last week. I actually enjoyed the movie. I went knowing that it had very little to do with the biblical telling of the story. Someone once said that asking Hollywood to do the Bible is like asking a gangster to speak about honesty. There have been enough criticisms about the…