The Pastor's Blog

I recently wrote a blog post with some pastoral encouragement and cautions about COVID-19.  This post is to provide some quick points to explain how our church is dealing with the pandemic. We are taking the recommendations of our governing authorities seriously, acknowledging that many people know much more about the situation than we do.Read more

Already, this virus appears to be one of the most economically and socially disruptive events in my lifetime.  Concerned about how this will unfold over the spring and summer, many are experiencing high levels of anxiety.

Pastor Jacob recently spoke at Trinity Bible Chapel’s annual men’s breakfast. He gave a talk titled, “The Duty of Manhood: Why I Like Being a Man.” Here’s a quote from the talk: “A man’s job is to lead his family to be as joyfully productive as possible.” – Pastor Jacob Reaume

An anonymous donor has offered to match every gift, dollar for dollar, up to an accumulated maximum of $100,000 between now and December 15, 2019.  If you give $1, it will be turned into $2.  If you give $5,000, it will be turned into $10,000.  If we raise $100,000, we actually raise $200,000.  God continues to multiply our loaves and fish!

Scripturally, covenant is inextricably linked to baptism.  Reformed paedobaptists (those who baptize the infants of believers) see a direct link between the Abrahamic and New Covenants, and thus also see a direct link between circumcision (the sign of the Abrahamic Covenant) and baptism (the sign of the New Covenant).  They have argued for one covenantRead more

Feminism has taught us that men and women are the same, or at least that women should do what men have historically done.  A woman achieves fulfillment (whatever that means) by earning money in the workforce, or so the reasoning goes. Personally, my wife and I decided as soon as we had our first childRead more

Eric Schneider and I were recently interviewed by the guys over at the Rebel Alliance Media Podcast to discuss a recent episode of the Unbelievable podcast that featured a discussion between Bruxy Cavey and Paul Carter, council member of the Gospel Coalition Canada. Below is the two-part podcast audio as well as the show notesRead more

Over at The Gospel Coalition Canada, Pastor Paul Carter recently wrote a blog on the atonement. In it, he attempted to distinguish between what can be known about the atonement and what remains mystery. I remain grateful for many of the things he clarified in this post, but I want to comment on one statementRead more