I preached this message on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Below is the audio and the actual text. You can find the passage I was preaching on here. Introduction We live in a world where conversations often lack civility. And when it comes to difficult issues that we all have to think about or deal with, …
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News of the Week: Anglicans, Trans-Activism, Anti-Natalism, Bill C-11, and Covid
I suppose the main title of this weekly blog post is misleading. Perhaps I should call it cultural issues of the week. Because news is never only information. Whatever your source of news is, it is not unbiased. Whether you're talking about the liberal-slant of the CBC or the conservative perspective of Truth North News, …
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Carl Trueman and “The New Public Liturgy”
To understand some of the reasons why our current culture is the way it is, I recommend Carl Trueman’s book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self or his more recent book, Strange New World. Below is a video where Trueman presents some of the ideas from these books. I think he explains things …
Reflections on the Book of Acts #17: The Areopagus
Here's the link to Acts 17. So Paul is in the city of Athens where he debates not only with Jews in the synagogue but with various kinds of philosophers. Not only, therefore, does Paul have to be conversant in the Old Testament scriptures, he also has to have a steady grasp on Greek philosophical …
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“Dwell on these things”
Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral …
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