Starting Over

Bold as Love by Bob Roberts Jr.
3/5/2013 7:22:00 AM

Every Christian in North America should read this book! Roberts opens our eyes to the reality of what can happen if we take the words of Jesus, “Love your neighbor,” seriously. It is not a “how to” book on evangelism, but rather a “how did,” book that tells the amazing story of a bold pastor and a daring congregation. This is a story of Bold Love. Roberts shares how God has begun a global movement through his church as they decided to reach out with friendship to the local mosque and synagogue.... Read More..

Meditations

Church HealthMeditation #87, October 2012.
10/31/2012 9:53:07 AM

Romans 3:27(ESV): Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. Karl Barth took a strong interest in the Book of Romans. Part of his commentary on the above verse is as follows: “Only faith survives: faith which is not a work, not even a negative work; not an achievement, not even the achievement of humility; not a thing which exists before God and man in its own right. Faith is the ground, the new order, the light, where... Read More..

Letters to the Church

Church HealthThe Real War
8/12/2010 11:40:00 AM

General Rick Hillier, Canada’s former chief of defence staff and former top soldier has just released his memoirs entitled "A Soldier First: Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War." In his book General Hillier takes dead aim at the bureaucracies both in Canada and NATO, criticising them for their preoccupation with internal issues and infighting and their failure to give priority attention to the real war in Afghanistan where Canadian soldiers were fighting and dying. This is not unlike t... Read More..