It is very easy to totally miss the point of fasting if we don't have a proper understanding or motive for it. However, when properly understood, it can be a powerful and rewarding Christian disciplines to enrich our faith journey. “More than any other discipline, fasting reveals the things that...
The majority of modern Western Evangelicalism has lost its teeth and become emasculated and effeminate. It is dominated by sentimentality and compromise wrapped up in the language of "winsomeness". "Niceness" has become the ultimate standard for a Christianity that has not known serious...
I've recently taken notice of people excusing all sorts of bad behaviour, words, and attitudes because of a person's "ignorance". Even many Christians can believe that ignorance excuses guilt. You hear it all the time in remarks like, "Oh, she doesn't know any better... she's really got a good...
A lot of "worship services" in Evangelical churches today are weak and unbiblical. They resemble rock concerts or entertainment performances in a day when many Christians are severely spiritually malnourished and lack a comprehensive Biblical worldview. These churches prioritize emotional highs,...
We live in an age of novelty and 3-second attention spans, where the shelf life for social media content is shorter than a snowflake’s ego in a microwave or a politician’s memory of their campaign promises. For many in the younger generation who have grown up steeped in such a shallow pool of...
Why is the Evangelical church today so effeminate? Why do we have pastors in skinny jeans with V-necks deeper than their theology pandering to feminists, leading woke lament sessions and singing Jesus-is-my-boyfriend style songs? Why is it that the vast majority of congregations today are heavily...
https://youtu.be/652q9x1vYew If you prefer to listen on audio, you can do that below or on APPLE or SPOTIFY. CLICK HERE to download the worksheet for the session. Below you will find my notes for this lecture which includes content I had to skip over in the live event. In Canada, since 2021 over...
Sometimes, those who think they are courageous, aren't, and those who think they're not cowards, are. Courage is a Christian duty that is often neglected and cowardice is a damnable sin that is often committed. To Kill a Mockingbird has a great line about courage: “I wanted you to see what real...
This is a message that I delivered for my grandmother's funeral from the story of Lazarus in John 11:17–44. Funerals are a sober time and opportunity for us to reflect on death, life and how to live in light of the grave. I pray that it would be helpful for many. Here is the video of the message....
In the last article, we made a case for a Family Integrated approach to church. Let’s move next to consider the Christian Education of children. Now, I admit that this section deserves a more in-depth and nuanced treatment than I can do here, and we may come back to it at another time to consider...