February 2012
22 posts
WatchThis is why I love Coach V.
Legend.
I can’t stop laughing whenever I see this.
How Denominations Die
This quote from a John Webster Grant book called, The Church in the Canadian Era shows how it only takes a few small steps in one direction before you have lost your way entirely. Here’s an example of a critical turning point in the history of the once flourishing United Church of Canada movement.
It was decision like these that lessened the evangelical missionary fervour and sent the...
On Fine Tuning
Today as I was cycling fervently heading into town, I became conscious of the fact that I had to exert a lot of energy pedalling in order to keep my bike going forward.
Big lads don’t like exerting energy while in transport. That’s the necessary context to this post.
Gravity and friction were seemingly working against my desire to pedal perhaps only once and then glide to my...
WatchFormer megachurch preacher, Ed Dobson, diagnosed with ALS a few years back tells part of his story of life after the pulpit.
Very moving.
On Tenacity.
Enjoy this word from Oswald Chambers in My Utmost For His Highest for February 22.
“Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero...
Bread Truck Monday
Last week my friend Dave Smith reminded us all of one aspect of ministry that I had to laugh about. Quoting Mark Driscoll, the two of them get a resounding “Amen” from pastors all over the world as Driscoll honestly speaks about his “Break Truck Monday Fantasy.”
Here it is:
“‘Is there ever a time, even if you love God, that you’re in ministry and you...
March 3, 2012.
The nice thing is that when it’s your own blog, you can post whatever the heck you want.
6 months of running sprints and early morning practices comes down to one sold out game…
Who Is Colin?
A couple days ago I was at a pub with some friends when I recognized a girl from Vancouver that I had met a few days before. Vancouver people tend to have instant connections…unless they’re in, well, Vancouver.
I called out to her, “Hi Alex.” She said hi back and then introduced me to her friend she was with…
“This is Colin.”
Um…
This exchange...
Does Supralapsarianism Hinder Free Will?
I don’t die on the free will hill but I still acknowledge how much our choices matter. I’m sure some will appreciate this.
Supralapsarianism, the argument I’m working on from a previous post claims that this world we live in now is the best of all the possible worlds there could be. I say this because in this world not only God exists but he has come to us and died for us in...
There's Always A Market...
Happy Valentines Day
On Supralapsarianism And The Problem of Evil.
I had fun kicking around a solution to the problem of evil a couple weeks ago and wanted to post something about it.
I did a paper on Supralapsarianism for Christian Faith And Philosophy class that drew heavily from the work of retired Notre Dame professor, Alvin Plantinga. This post contains sections of my paper so it is a little more rigid and wordy but I tried to smooth it out a bit to make...
On Unworthy Servants
“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all...
On Resurrections.
“So she [Mary] ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the One whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tom, and we do not know where they have laid them.” John 20:2
I like how honest the Bible is about the humanity of the characters involved.
Mary Magdalene was a resurrection skeptic just like many people today. Granted, people...
Don't Give Up
This was an incredibly moving post from Jon Bloom of Desiring God.
God’s Word is sufficient to be our source of encouragement, nourishment and respite. How sad it is for those who do not have God’s word in times of need.
How much more sad it is for those who have God’s word but neither value it nor read it?
I would encourage you to read Bloom’s post taking time to...
To Run Or Fly?
“Run, John, run.
The law commands
But gives neither feet nor hands.
Better news the gospel brings;
It bids me fly and gives me wings.”
— John Bunyan
My Tall el Hammam Trip
“By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.” -Genesis 19:23-25
I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember and yet I...
