June 27th, 2008
Being content in hard times is easier said than done. The Apostle Paul from the Bible understood true contentment. Many times he had been beaten, whipped, shipwrecked, starved and imprisoned, but he still said he was content.
In Philippians 4:11-13 Paul says this, “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have [...]
June 26th, 2008
As a Christian involved in ministry there are times when you wonder if you are making any difference in the lives of the people around you. A lot of the times you don’t see any real measurable difference you are making and sometimes in your quieter moments you can tend to get a bit discouraged.
One [...]
June 25th, 2008
Recently I was asked the question, “What did Jesus save us from?” I thought that was a great question because as Christians we put all our faith and hope in what Jesus has done in saving us.
In his book “Great words of the Gospel” Gerald Stanton says that, ‘Salvation sets before us two major ideas, [...]
June 24th, 2008
One of the things we talked about last night was the effectiveness of various outreach philosophies. We talked about what we have seen work and what has not. After some discussion we came to the conclusion that evangelism works best in the context of relationships. No surprise there I guess?
This got me thinking about how [...]
June 21st, 2008
One of the great things about living the Christian life is finding out that God has a plan and purpose for our lives. The Bible even tells us in Ephesians 2:10 that He prepared it before the world was made!
One thing I have noticed about finding God’s will for our lives is that many times [...]
June 19th, 2008
One of my favourite Christian ministers of all time would have to be Billy Graham. I love that he has been in ministry for a long long time and I also love that he has done it with integrity.
Integrity has been one of the core issues for Billy Graham because when he started out there [...]
June 14th, 2008
In Mark 12:30 Jesus says the famous words that we have come to know as the Great Commandment. It says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” In doing this Jesus is quoting from the Old Testament Scripture [...]