Greetings, church. I’ve been back for four months so I apologize for this late post. I’m re-reading my last update and I’m right back there. I’m reminded again of God’s sovereignty, and how He is still teaching me about His sovereignty as I settle into my final year at Ryerson. In Benin, my team and I...Continue Reading
…spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed… While serving at the food bank a few weeks ago, I was greeted by a woman with “Hi, I’m dying. I can’t eat certain foods.” From her appearance, I knew something wasn’t right with her pale skin, faded eyes, thin figure,...Continue Reading
By: Jeremy Ng In preparation for this week’s university group discussion, I came across this term from my old seminary notes: “challenging relevance”. I love the use of these two words together and how important and hard it is for us to be both. We can be challenging without being relevant, or be relevant without...Continue Reading
By: Annie She doesn’t play the game; she’s more of a coach. What my beloved supervisor was trying to illustrate (while inadvertently offending me) is my role here on the blog. Every post you see here, uploaded infrequently, has gone through a rigorous editing and screening process. Initial edits are made to weed out spelling...Continue Reading
By: Pastor Tim when you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet 1 Kings 19:15b-16 A few weeks ago, I preached on 1 Kings and Elijah’s journey into the desert where...Continue Reading
By: Jeremy You of little faith… Why did you doubt? There’s this story of Jesus and Peter that we find in Matthew 14 where Jesus is walking on water. After hearing Jesus’ call, Peter decides to get out of the boat and tries to walk on the water as well. At first, Peter does great....Continue Reading
We were called to redeem and restore this broken world back to what God had intended. In “Missional Renaissance,” Reggie McNeal takes this concept and alters the character and expression of the church in the world saying that we must intentionally go out to serve the communities where we find ourselves in. This differs from...Continue Reading
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Note from the editors: Katy joined a short term missions trip facilitated by Wycliffe Bible Translators. As a linguistics students, she felt called to be a part of this work in translating the Word in a remote region of Nigeria. We’ve been sharing excerpts from her updates over the week. Keep up with Katy’s Team here. ...Continue Reading
Note from the editors: Katy joined a short term missions trip facilitated by Wycliffe Bible Translators. As a linguistics students, she felt called to be a part of this work in translating the Word in a remote region of Nigeria. We’ll be sharing excerpts from her updates over the next few days. Keep up with...Continue Reading
