The Pastor's Blog

“But when the Holy Spirit prophesies expressly through Paul’s lips that an apostasy is coming (II Thess. 2:3) – which cannot come unless the pastors are the first to forsake God – why are we here willfully blind to our own destruction?” (John Calvin, Institutes, Vol. 2, p. 1170).Read more

“…whatever ‘call’ a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 3).Read more

“You all know the injurious effects frequently produced upon water through flowing along leaden pipes; even so the gospel itself, in flowing through men who are spiritually unhealthy, may be debased until it grows injurious to hearers” (C.H. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 3).Read more

“It was indeed fitting that [pastors] be executors and keepers of the peace and safety of the church, since they are appointed for its preservation; but it is one thing to render what you owe; another, to owe what you fail to render”  (John Calvin, Institutes, Vol. 2, p. 1169).Read more

Introduction  With all the mention of Islamic terrorism in the news, I’ve heard reference made often to the Crusades.  Islamic terrorists claim their attacks on Western non-combatants are a response to crusading forces, and Western leaders have cited the crusades as proof that Islam is not the only religion with a violent component: Christians wagedRead more

In February 2015, in the Carter vs. Canada decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of physician assisted suicide. The Court has given the federal government until June 2016 to bring forward legislation on assisted suicide. Doctors have already assisted in suicides in some provinces, but starting this summer assisted suicide will takeRead more

A friend of mine recently asked me what the difference is between our church and The Roman Catholic Church.  I thought it a good enough question to put the answer in writing.  Doctrinally and practically there are myriads of differences, but each is a result of a different source of authority.  The Roman Catholic ChurchRead more

When pain enters our lives despair often follows. Despair is an overwhelming sense of helplessness. It is like drowning, waiting for water to slowly replace the air in our lungs. It is the sense of being trapped, like there is absolutely no way out. Despair is the paralysis of pain. It is the shackles ofRead more