What Does it Mean to Be #Blessed?
Are you blessed? This Christmas we have thanked God for “blessing” us with family, friends, possessions, homes, food, health, and so on. We even head to Instagram and Twitter and post pictures with the...
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Too Much Empathy?
“I am too empathetic!” That was not a boast. It was a complaint. I recently received a message from a young lady who asked why God would endow her with a “ridiculous amount of...
Go and Do Likewise
Recently in conversation it came up how the animosity between the Jews and Samaritans in the scriptures, reminded him of the right wing Christian animosity towards Muslims. That got me thinking about the Parable...
Comfort, Contented Thankfulness, and a Burning Desire
Life is certainly comfortable where we are right now. A nice church family, a great pastor, good jobs, close family, fantastic friends, a great prayer group, an awesome Bible study…yet, despite all these good...
Think Twice Before Using Satire As The Officially Unofficial Canadian Reformed Daddy Blogger
Satire. It has been called the lowest form of argument. And it is true. I am not fond of Satire, and rarely engage in it, because it usually ends up making fun of something...
Think Twice Before Joining a Canadian Reformed Church.
As a blogger who happens to be identified with the federation of Canadian Reformed Churches, I sometimes receive messages from lovely people warning me about how bad the Canadian Reformed Churches are, that this denomination is...
4th Annual Titus 2:1 Award: Nominations
It is December and that means it is time to start thinking about the 4th annual Titus 2:1 Awards for doctrinally sound blogs. I am changing up the format this year. Instead of my...
The Thread We All Cling too…
The world is going to hell in a hand basket, so the old saying goes. It seems that, day by day, the news is getting worse. Terrorists, refugees, wars, rumours of wars, dead babies,...
Advent Day 4
Scripture Reading: Colossians 2:6-7; Galatians 5:22,23; Ephesians 5:8-14 Devotional: Q. Do you like to get gifts? At Christmas time most people get gifts. The greatest gift of all is Jesus. He is a wonderful...
Advent Day 3
Advent: Day 3 Scripture Reading: Romans 12:1-3; Hebrews 13:15 Devotional: Q. Do you know what a sacrifice is? A sacrifice is when we offer something to God as a way to worship him. In...
