Love and Unselfishness
This is another note I wrote on Facebook back in October 2009, with some minor edits. Quotations are from C.S. Lewis’ sermon, “The Weight of Glory.” “If you ask 20 good men today what they…
The Gift of Faith
The common understanding of faith is that it is a skill or a virtue. We speak of some having great faith, as though they have worked for their ability to trust God and got to…
Rejoice in the Lord Always
This post is an excerpt from a sermon I preached in 2007. Going along with the theme of happiness, I decided to post these notes. The text is Philippians 4:4-9. Our lives are full of things…
Being Happy
“Happiness can never be found directly… happiness is always and only a by-product of seeking something else more than happiness… if you seek righteousness more than happiness, you’ll get both. If you seek happiness more…
Father’s Day
This morning I thought I’d reflect a bit on the Biblical responsibilities of a father. Most of the references to fathers in the Bible are in the stories themselves, but relatively little instruction is given…
The Greatest Joy
This is a note I wrote last August which I published on Facebook. I decided I would share it here, as it is something that has become increasingly important to me lately. I have made…
Investing in Social Networking
{EAV_BLOG_VER:ac70ec1dca3e76ed} I recently joined a social networking site called Empire Avenue. The purpose of the site is to invest in other people and boost your social networking “value” by getting others to invest in you.…
Our Deepest Wish
I recently started reading Timothy Keller’s, King’s Cross, and it has been a refreshing look at the life of Jesus. In it, he talks about how we tend to think that if only we could…
The Unboring Church
As I continue to read DeYoung and Cluck’s, Why We Love the Church, I have been thinking about the question of how to make the church not boring but still maintaining the distinction of being…
The Covenant of Marriage
Three men in their 60’s talk for a few minutes on how to stay married. Based on Bonhoeffer’s statement: “It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains…
Righteousness: God as Our Highest Treasure
This morning I had the privilege of preaching in a small church in Wimborne, Alberta. From the moment I stepped into the building I felt such a warm and welcoming love from the people there that reminded…
DeYoung on Obedience
From a blog post by Kevin DeYoung: Sometimes in a genuine effort to be honest about our persistent imperfections we make it sound like holiness, of any sort, is out of reach for the Christian.…