Solomon said, “It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting,
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Beautiful article on Highway 16 in B.C.
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As a preacher, I felt a bit awkward walking into Calgary’s Victoria Park CrossFit gym that morning.
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Back in my roaring twenties, I used to volunteer with something called the Committee for Contact with the Government (CCG).
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A guest preacher was about to begin the service.
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After God made all of the animals, he brought them to Adam to name.
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During a rally for Facebook users last month, Mark Zuckerberg laid out his dreams for the future of his social media behemoth.
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A few years ago I traveled to India with a group from my seminary.
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Happy Independence Day and Happy Canada Day!
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If I had to write a newspaper headline for Synod 2017 it would read “Tectonic fault lines in culture tear at Western Civilization.
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The girl sitting at the front of the bus had gotten sick all over the sidewalk just before boarding.
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Does Jesus still heal today?
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Once a year in the Netherlands, joggers in the park stop running for two minutes.
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“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
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Q How do I discern whether God is calling me to be an elder?
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The guests kept coming, and I kept mixing.
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I went through a divorce while I was a member of a CRC
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Q Isn’t telling people they are sinners in need of repentance an act of love?
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When I was young and sitting in church we used to sing, Faith of Our Fathers
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I am troubled that the framework set forth in “Rape Culture and Christian Colleges”
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Here is a poem that I learned at an evangelical “Bible camp”