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We have had some really extravagant worship services over the past few months.  A service we held on January 24, 2021, cost us $83,000.  It was pricey, and we believe that Jesus is worthy of extravagance.  After all, He purchased us for the extravagant price of His very own blood. On April 25, 2021, we
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I recently gave a talk called, “Persecuted for righteousness: should we flee?”, which can be accessed here.  I cleaned up my notes to make it into the essay below. INTRODUCTION We have passed through a season of persecution, and that is saliently undeniable, unless of course one writes for Gospel Coalition Canada where men work
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The Waterloo Region Rural Post just offered a theological argument to get the COVID vaccine. In an editorial of July 8, 2021, Peter Dunn ruminates, “In making your decision to get vaccinated or not, you might ask yourself, ‘What would Jesus do?’” To answer his pressing Christological quandary, he turns to Matthew 22:18-19 and forthwith
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After seventeen nights in a Calgary prison, Pastor Tim Stephens was released on Thursday to be reunited with his family and church. Many saw the video of Calgary police officers ghoulishly arresting him in front his wife and eight children. He spent his anniversary and fathers’ day behind bars. His crime? He gathered his church
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