Songs of Home
Before Canadian East Coast music hit the national/international scene, we locals had been enjoying it for years. I remember sitting in a small auditorium, feeling the power of the audience singing...
View ArticleThis Weapon Changes Hearts
But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. Romans 8:13b, NLT* In our spiritual armour, the sword of the Spirit is the Word of God [see...
View ArticleRemembering God: Hope and Worship
So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. Psalm 78:7, NLT* The Israelites passed down their experiences with God from...
View ArticleStaying True
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work. Philippians 4:1, NLT* I was...
View ArticleLiving Free or Tyrannized
Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way....
View ArticleBelief and Trust
“Lord,” he said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared. Luke 5:12b-13,...
View ArticleKeep Listening
So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away...
View ArticleExpectations and Limitations – And Freedom
But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him. Daniel 11:32b, NLT* The context of this verse is a prophecy about a future king who will “flatter and win over those who have...
View ArticleOur Point of View and God’s
“You can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world!” For even his brothers didn’t believe in him. John 7:4-5, NLT* Jesus’ brothers were...
View ArticleA Slave of God
This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. James 1:1a, NLT* I think the word “slave” meant something different to James than it does in a North American context. In...
View ArticleToo High a Price
God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world. 1 Corinthians 7:23, NLT* How is it possible to forget the Cross… and the full cost of Jesus’ sacrifice? Yet over time as believers, we...
View ArticleCalled to Share
But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favour on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was...
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Without Proof: the Playlist
Each of the Redemption’s Edge novels has an associated soundtrack in my head. For Secrets and Lies, it may have leaked into readers’ heads, too, because the novel is full of references to songs. For...
View ArticleHealthy Repentance
I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus. Acts 20:21, NLT* These days, if people say “that’s a...
View ArticleLiving Free or Tyrannized
Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way....
View ArticleBelief and Trust
“Lord,” he said, “if you are willing, you can heal me and make me clean.” Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!” And instantly the leprosy disappeared. Luke 5:12b-13,...
View ArticleKeep Listening
So pay attention to how you hear. To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away...
View ArticleExpectations and Limitations – And Freedom
But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him. Daniel 11:32b, NLT* The context of this verse is a prophecy about a future king who will “flatter and win over those who have...
View ArticleOur Point of View and God’s
“You can’t become famous if you hide like this! If you can do such wonderful things, show yourself to the world!” For even his brothers didn’t believe in him. John 7:4-5, NLT* Jesus’ brothers were...
View ArticleA Slave of God
This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. James 1:1a, NLT* I think the word “slave” meant something different to James than it does in a North American context. In...
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