The Pastor's Blog

“…not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Hebrews 10:25). March 2020 brought lockdowns.  That meant the mortification of public gathered Christian worship to bring about the mortification of a virus.  Up until that point, I don’tRead more

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, weRead more

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 workRead more

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 forthwithRead more

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 churchRead more

Our March 29, 2015, I called our church to start praying for rehoboth.  I was preaching Genesis 26:1-33 where God gave Isaac rehoboth.  Isaac had been a wandering nomad for many years, and finally God gave him land.  Rehoboth is the Hebrew word for “broad place” or “room.”  Up until that sermon, we as aRead more

We find ourselves in the middle of a fight for liberty.  The declaration of a pandemic in March 2020 led to fear within the general population.  The population, including many Christians, cried out to the state to save them from the perceived threat.  Fear and a cry of salvation to the state are ingredients forRead more

On Thursday, one of Waterloo Region’s by-law officers visited our church to hand deliver two new summonses to appear in court.  One summons is for Trinity Bible Chapel, and the other summons is for me.  Our offence?  We worshipped the risen Christ together on Resurrection Sunday. This is the church’s third summons.  Each summons toRead more