Fourth in a series This seems to be a story about healing, about God’s graciousness in healing the illnesses that come because we have turned God’s good creation into a sinful, fallen world. If so, it leads us to praise God. But, at another level, it is a story about obedience. We can understand the […]
Good news for Christian universities
“We work very hard on the issue of quality,” said Trinity Western University (TWU) president Jonathan Raymond. All that hard work seems to be paying off as Christian universities in Canada have received a flurry of good news this fall. On many of the 25 questions covered in the Globe and Mail’s ninth annual Canadian […]
A Number of Points: Mark 1:21-35
Third in a series There are a number of interesting points in this passage of Scripture. First, Jesus taught as one with authority. We do not do that. We relate what God has told us in Scripture. Jesus was God and could speak directly as God. Many of us would like to speak divinely, to […]
Location, Location, Location: Mark 1:4-20
Second in a series. See Part 1. John the Baptist preached in the desert/wilderness near the southern end of the Jordan River, where it empties into the Dead Sea. He was preaching mainly to the people of Judea (southern Palestine) and its capital Jerusalem (1:4), but he was also on the main road that led […]
Fingerprinting may be required for church volunteers
Things just got better — and more complicated — for churches and charitable organizations seeking to protect the vulnerable. Due to changes in Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) procedures, many volunteers at churches and other charities will need to be fingerprinted – a process which could take months – before they will be allowed to […]
Proud father, prodigal father
“I feel like the proud parent of twins,” said Brian Doerksen. Through a quirk of scheduling, his Level Ground worship CD/DVD came out September 14, and a double CD of his Prodigal God project comes out less than a month later, on October 12. Doerksen has been working on Prodigal God, based on a parable […]
A unique approach to worship
Related: Connecting with the heart: An interview with Brian Doerksen “It’s a unique project. I don’t know of another like it,” said Brian Doerksen. The well known Canadian song writer and worship leader was talking about Level Ground, his latest compilation of worship songs, in both CD and DVD versions, released September 14. “The essence […]
Respect and love Muslims, and share the good news
Christians need to offer a “correct biblical response” to Muslims, said Randy Hoffmann. And that response is not to burn copies of the Koran as Florida pastor Terry Jones threatened to do. Jones’s militant attitude is “inconsistent with the teachings of the Bible and the spirit of Christian ministry”, said a September 10 statement by […]
Faith-based TV taken over by marketing company
Faith-based television in Canada is facing a major shake-up, with the takeover of several channels this summer. ZoomerMedia made the offer to buy the channels, including VisionTV and JoyTV, in June 2009. However the purchase was only approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on March 30 of this year, and the sale […]
Roots: not your typical church drama
“We wanted to collect the questions, stories and struggles we were receiving from young people and take them to the church,” said Jenny Salisbury. Salisbury was director of a drama troupe composed of young people which toured Canada this summer. Roots Among The Rocks was presented more than 40 times in three months in churches […]
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