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Find True Joy This Christmas by Welcoming the Lost
Discover how the joy of Christmas grows when we join the Good Shepherd in welcoming the lost home.
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How to Full Experience Joy this Christmas
Discover the joy of salvation this Christmas. Let the Good Shepherd’s voice fill your heart and transform your life with His peace and hope.
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How the Shepherds Teach Us Joy On Christmas
Shepherds teach us joy this Christmas by showing that God’s love reaches the humble and outcast. Discover the joy of Christ’s birth today.
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What Christians Know Continues to Shock the World
Spoiler Alert: Even really nice people are sinful. Over the past month, our social networks have been inundated with news pertaining to the ex-host of CBC radio’s “Q”, Jian Ghomeshi. Prior to current events, Jian was categorically said to be “a really nice guy” by friends, coworkers and the hundreds of people he interviewed during his time with CBC. We…
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Stories with Intent #2: Parable of Weeds
Continued Study of Matthew’s Gospel – Small Group Study Continued Study from Matthew’s Gospel: As I stated in my October 12th Post, Parable of the Sower, we’ve been working through the book of Matthew. Each week, our small groups ministry (Community Groups) have been discussing the sermons and coinciding passages. Part of my pastoral role is…
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5 Qualities That Keep Camp Ministries Focused
Camp Ministry is important. I just had to say it again. For those of you who have frequented LeadBiblically.com, you have heard my praises and petitions for ministries that connect people with God’s handiwork (i.e. wilderness). Take them from creation to the Cross. I firmly believe that exploring and interacting with creation, can greatly impact one’s journey…
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Stories with Intent #1: Parable of the Sower
Study of Matthew’s Gospel – Small Group Study Over this past year, we’ve been working through the book of Matthew. We recently moved into the third discourse of Matthew’s Gospel, discussing Jesus’ Parables. Each week, our small groups ministry (Community Groups) have been discussing the sermons and coinciding passages. Part of my pastoral role is to provide leadership…
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3 Faith Reminders from the Campfire Flames
Time To Stoke the Fire! Our family loves camping! Personally, it really helps me unplug, unwind and focus on my wife and boys for a couple of days. Our family always has so much fun! Fishing, chopping wood, reading, picking berries and of course, popping popcorn over the campfire. Campfires really make it a camping trip….
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3 Ministry Tips I Learned from Styrofoam Gliders
Our family was in a hotel recently and they had a kids treasure chest. At check-in, children can pick one item from the chest. In the chest, was a bunch of toys; a few of which were these styrofoam gliders.
The boys grabbed them with excitement and ran over to me. “Dad, check these out! Aren’t they awesome?”
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3 Reasons Why I’m Glad We Moved into a Fixer-Upper
We had been on the road for 4 days. We had travelled 2200 km from Calgary to Whitehorse. We had finally arrived at our new home; we were excited! Then the joy soon subsided. We discovered that our new home was not up to par.
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How an 11 Year Old Girl Helped Me Celebrate My Spiritual Adoption
Last week, I discussed spiritual adoption. This past summer, our theme at Whispering Pines Bible Camp was also Adoption, based around Romans 8:15: “For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’” (NIV) We had the pleasure of explaining…
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Orphaned Slaves Become Adopted Heirs
Celebrating Our Adoption – P. 3 Day 3 discussing spiritual adoption. The past few posts have been based on a sermon that I gave titled “Celebrating Our Adoption” from Romans 8:15-17. Though it’s not necessary, if you have the time, check out Part 1 and Part 2 before moving on with today’s post. Looking at our key passage,…
