It’s been said that failures are like a compost heap—they stink but are the most fertile part of the garden! We’ve all experienced failure
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Matthew 12 reads like the transcript of the final scenes of a long courtroom drama—The People v. Jesus of Nazareth. It’s a trial that
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I have always been a lover of hero stories. I love stories about people who face what appear to be difficult odds and somehow
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It’s amazing how the physical presence of an employer can impact the work of their employees. When the boss shows up frivolity fades, laziness
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On July 23, the Canadian women’s eight rowing crew won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The team is made up of
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In our study of the seven churches of Revelation we have come to the last church. Laodicea was a big town, a rich town.
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Christianity asserts a number of seemingly counterintuitive truths. For example, wealth comes through poverty, maturity through childlikeness, exaltation by submission, life via death, glory
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A common practice for many sport teams is to watch film from previous games. Oftentimes a coach will lead these viewings, stopping the tape
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For the past several weeks we have been studying the letters to the Seven Churches found in the second and third chapters of the
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Avid hikers are used to receiving warnings before setting off on their favourite trails—“beware loose stones,” “watch for bears,” “look out for falling trees.”
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Polycarp (AD 70–155), the bishop of Smyrna, was urged by the Roman proconsul to publicly renounce his faith in Jesus or face execution for
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Imagine Oakridge got a letter from Christ. What would it say? What would he commend us for as a church? What would he rebuke?
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