Bible | Church | Discipleship | Ministry | NT
Navigating LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Church
Balancing grace and biblical truth is crucial in navigating LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church.
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Discipleship | Family | Leadership | NT
Praying for Healing or Ending the Suffering?
Navigating prayer for healing and trusting God’s will can be challenging. Here’s how to balance faith, compassion, and understanding.
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What Is The Book of Enoch?
How authority should we (the church) give The Book of Enoch? Should it be included in our western ‘canon’ or not?
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4 Stages of Faith to Begin or Deepen Your Relationship with God
How is your faith being displayed in this moment of life? How is your life any different? How is your life pleasing to God?
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WHY I LOVE THE ESV
And Why I’ll Eventually Leave It Behind. Once upon a time, an English translation of the Scriptures was hard to come by. Soon enough, with the invention of the printing press and subsequent technological advances, copies of, and access to the Scriptures increased the opportunity for new translations. That being said, our English translations are…
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3 REASONS WHY THE BIBLE IS LIFE’S GUIDEBOOK
Guidebooks Improve The Journey. Lonely Planet has become the leader in travel guides, with 40 years experience, 500 titles, and 120 million books in print; not counting their digital platform. Lonely Planet guides are known to improve the destination-experience. The Bible can be considered the guidebook for life’s journey. I believe it holds the knowledge…
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HOW THE BIBLE IMPACTS LIFE AND ETERNITY
The Bible & The Christian Life. We live in a world of “I think…” and “I feel…” when it comes to eternity. Western culture promotes this idea that, “we’re all on different roads that lead to the same place” and that, “we’ll all make it in the end.” This inclusivity mindset works as long as…
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4 REASONS TO TRUST THE BIBLE
Why Trust The Bible? According to the Canadian Bible Forum, in 1996, 21% of the Canadian population engaged with the Bible on a weekly basis. In 2013, their research showed this weekly Bible engagement in Canada had sunk to 11%. This fits with the trend that Canada is moving toward a post-Christian culture. #TheGreatestBOOK This month,…
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THERE ARE NO EXTRAS IN THE GOSPEL
We All Have a Lead Role. I want to do a follow-up post to yesterday’s post titled, “The Extras of the Gospel“. We started this week by imagining the whole Gospel story had been culminated into a film series. Then we looked at the final passage of Paul‘s second letter to Timothy as scene from the movie, “Letters…
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JESUS NEEDED THE WORD
So We Need the Word. “Why read the Bible? What’s the point?“ A couple of weeks ago, we started to unpack the answers. Using 2 Timothy 3:16-17 as a base-text, we looked at these related topics: Why Do Followers of Jesus Need the Bible? Do We Believe the Bible Is God-Breathed? Do We Use the…
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Adventure | Creation | Leadership | The North
HOW TO BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED
It All Comes Down To Expectation. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 states, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” In Western Christianity, we have a dozen Bibles available to us at any given moment: A couple in our home, one…
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DO WE USE THE BIBLE?
How Useful Is It? Last week, I posed the question, “Do we believe that the Bible is God-breathed?” Do we really believe the Bible is inspired by God? “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”…
