While the issue is perennial, there are problematic conditions today that make the rise of celebrity Christian leaders all the more prevalent and worrisome. The first is technology. It’s no question that the advent of radio and television propelled Christian leaders...
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Idols & Circumstances: A Devotional through Habakkuk by Cody John Simpson “What’s going on God?” is what I wish I would ask when life stops making sense to me. To my discredit, more often than not, I get angry and depressed. As we follow Jesus through every valley and sinkhole of...
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One Sunday, after our church worship service a visitor came up to me to enquire about our church. One of his first questions was whether we were “confessional.” I put that around quotation marks because as I stared back at his eager face I was scouring my brain trying to figure out...
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What are we celebrating this month? What is all this for? You know, understanding the meaning of Christmas is actually a challenge for most people who will be celebrating it these days. Only isolated outcrops of Christians in our social landscape have kept kindled the true meaning of...
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Division within the church is an issue of paramount importance. We see warnings against people who cause division in Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus.
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I’ve read and heard about the hardship that many church leaders face in this province and around the world.
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Division within the church is an issue of paramount importance. We see warnings against people who cause division in Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus.
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The church in Quebec finds itself in unprecedented times. For those readers who are unaware, as of December 26, churches have been mandated by the Quebec government to screen visitors of our worship gatherings for proof of Covid-19 vaccination.
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The task of understanding God’s self-revelation to us through scripture is not always easy, or cut-and-dry. Thankfully today we stand on the shoulders of two thousand years of past Christians who thought long and hard about who God is. We must always consider their ideas seriously.
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Have you ever felt afraid or intimidated to read just the Bible in devotional time? I’ve struggled with this in the past. A fear inside told me that if I read directly from Scripture without any guidance (such as a study, a story, a podcast, a sermon, etc), I would not be able to...
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