Uh oh…’Charismatic Ryan’ has come out to play…
One reader asks, “Is there anything positive about the Charismatic Church or is it all just a bunch of crazy sinners who need a saviour?” Well first of all, it is not “the Charismatic...
Category: Church Life
Why We Love the Church
I normally do not post blogs on Sunday, but this one could not wait. I posted the following quote on the One Christian Dad Facebook page but I thought it was so good that...
“I Want to be Liberated From the Sexual Liberation”
It is rampant. The most common theme among men who email me is sexual sin. The questions, comments and stories are varied but all come back to the same thing – the overwhelming struggle against sin...
Motions, In Motion and Emotions: Abortion and The Loss of a Child.
Motions Ever since M312 was defeated the topic of abortion and the debate as to when a being acquires the right to life is everywhere. So while we can lament the fact that our...
Celebration and Encouragement of A New Pastor
On October 14, my congregation will, Lord willing, witness the ordination of the newest pastor in the Canadian Reformed Churches. Our Brother Abel Pol will be ordained by his own father and I have...
Truth Without Love = Nothing
I am humbled. I have learned a lot about myself and others in the last couple days. I believe that the Lord is grieved when His children are not united. Be it factions in a particular congregation...
Is The Christian Reformed Church a Liberal Church?
Before you comment please read the entire post. When this post was written, I had a very small audience of people mostly from my own congregation. At that time I had recently dealt with...
“Skipping Church” and the Path to Destruction.
Recently, at my church, we had a sermon by Rev. Wielenga entitled ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW GATE. This sermon was on Matthew 7:13-14. Often, during a sermon, the pastor will give an exhortation to the congregation...
The Role of Deacon is Secondary…Huh?
Thank you to everyone who has sent me messages in response to my last post, Is It OK If I Nominate You…? I received a couple messages that presented a misguided view of the...
Is It OK If I Nominate You For Deacon?
I was going to post an article on nominating office bearer’s since our congregation has a vacant spot for deacon…but then someone asked me the scariest thing that made me redirect the focus of...
