Is it better to meet in a church building or be part of a house church? I have asked myself this question for over 10 years now. Perhaps it’s because all the ‘downsides’ of brick and mortar churches is repeated to me every seven days like clockwork, but it’s due season for me to spit my thoughts out here. Please…
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Was Martin Luther King Junior a Christian?
This post has been toned down a level as it has been suggested that I was being ‘judgemental’ and ‘not theologically trained enough’. Fair enough. I judged that MLK’s theology was totally off base and I have not been to seminary. So that is probably true. But, I’ll change the tone so that this post is in more of a…
How to Gauge your Christian Life
It’s a fact that there are just a few lines to carve into your gravestone or fit into your obituary in the back of your local newspaper. So what would it say about you? What would you hope it would say about you? As a Christian (I prefer the term ‘disciple’ and ‘believer’ so we’ll be switching effective now, by…
What Happened to the Salty Pillar Witness in Genesis 19?
If Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back, what happened to the witness who saw it? When I read my Bible sometimes stuff really comes alive and I’m right there in the situation. In this particular case, in Genesis 19, I was running away from Sodom and Gomorrah just before fireballs from heaven rained down…
Does God Simply Bless Those Who Believe With Financial Blessings?
If we are faithful to ‘live a Christian life’, does God, in return, pour out His heavenly blessings on us? The answer is “it depends”. Depends on what, you ask? I’m glad you asked. It depends on two things: God’s will and our hearts and the two are directly connected. Today I was in my daily Bible Power Hour (I…
Ready to Die?
Usually I try to focus on the humourous part of life, but sometimes life is serious. Sometimes something jumps out at me and ‘puts me in my place’ and helps me refocus. This quote was just such a quote. I stopped in my tracks and thought of my family, my friends and even myself. Take a moment to grade yourself.…
Overcoming the ‘spirit of christmas’ with the Spirit of Christ: Part 3 in a Series: Santa versus God the Father
In the first part of this series of Overcoming the spirit of christmas with the Spirit of Christ, we took a look at whether or not God is concerned about the roots of the things we do. For example, is it OK to have a Buddha statue in your house or do yoga. In part two we took a look…
Why Not Getting Rich Quick is Good
This revelation has been a long time in the making. There is a lot of teaching out there in the world that goes something like this: richer is better riches will increase happiness getting rich quicker is better than getting rich slowly he who has more riches is has accomplished more in this world the amount of riches is equal…
Should a Believer be Active or Passive Against Injustice and Evil?
If something unfair, unjust, or evil happens, should we simply pray for the power to forgive the evildoer or should we take action against the evil? This is the question I was in sudden need of exploring after a friend of mine called into question the motives behind where I was spending some of my time and whether or not…
Knowing my God, my Lord, my Creator
Even though I’m Wayne, I need to be frank. I greatly disappoint myself and regularly. I often feel that I’m a failure husband, dad, youth group teacher, son to my earthly parents on both sides and a neglectful friend. But worse than all of those is my feeling that I am a failure child of my Creator God Almighty. Yet…