The Pastor's Blog

The desire to contextualize the gospel springs from a desire to make the gospel understandable to all. Done properly, contextualization is the proclamation of the Christian message in a way that people understand it. True contextualization occurs when the message of Jesus is made clearer to a listening audience. Sadly, what often passes for contextualizationRead more

Can Someone Bring This To Waterloo Region, Please? In theaters everywhere March 29. #Unplanned is the true story of one woman’s journey of transformation. Abby Johnson was one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation.Until the day she saw something that changed everything. https://t.co/FQ4aXWBgEh pic.twitter.com/iEClpfBLLP — UnplannedMovie (@UnplannedMovie) February 1, 2019  Read more

Yes This is excellent by @challieshttps://t.co/BdBQu4CqoC — Jacob B. Reaume (@jacobreaume) March 25, 2019   Legalized Marijuana This was a helpful podcast. “Dr. Ted Fenske discusses some of the social and medical implications of legalized marijuana in Canada.”   This Is A Great Series, By Pastor Will Here's my second blog post in a seriesRead more

Dangers of “Gospel-Centered Preaching”    Kristin Jukes Has a Book Recommendation: “In her latest book, You Who, Rachel Jankovic reminds Christian women that our identity is not wrapped up in this world or following our hearts/feelings but is found in Christ. With all of the humanistic philosophy being sold as Christian content to women, thisRead more

The end of parental rights? The Marrow Controversy and the Law-Gospel relationship, my personal testimony of the Sermon on the Mount

Meditating on the Sermon on the Mount has moved my heart in several ways. I began preaching through the Sermon on the Mount just shy of a year ago. I have at least two more sermons to go in this series. Allow me to list eight ways it has moved my own heart as I’ve learned the Sermon on the Mount.

Spurgeon on books for children, white privilege, Pastor Aaron Rock has some words for his local school board,

John Newton (1725-1807) on The Law of God “Ignorance of the nature and design of the law is at the bottom of most religious mistakes.”1   How To Use The Law of God This is helpful stuff: “Scripture shows that God intends His law to function in three ways, which Calvin crystalized in classic formRead more