An Open Door and many Adversaries (1 Cor 16.9) Today we had the great privilege of a guest speaker in our services. Scott Holloway is our pastor's cousin (technically, 1st cousin once removed!). He received his training for the ministry in a local church Bible institute in Trail, BC where he currently serves as an assistant pastor. He plans to begin a church planting ministry … [Read more...] about 11.9.08 An Open Door and many Adversaries (1 Cor 16.9)
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11.2.08 – Chosen for Cleanness [Communion]
Chosen for Cleanness (Lev 11) Our Communion message this month comes again from Leviticus. We begin the section on the laws of cleanness and uncleanness which lead up to the Day of Atonement in Lev 16. Our first chapter in this section concern the laws of clean and unclean animals for food. As we seek understanding, we discover that the clean and unclean animals fit in with … [Read more...] about 11.2.08 – Chosen for Cleanness [Communion]
11.2.08 – Doubting Castle and the Delectable Mountains [Pilgrim’s Progress]
Pilgrim's Progress: Doubting Castle and the Delectable Mountains Today we watch Christian and Hopeful seek the easy way out of difficult times only to end out in great difficulty and deep depression. It is only when they remember to pray (and subsequently remember the Promise of God) that they are able to escape Giant Despair. From thence they head to the Delectable Mountains, … [Read more...] about 11.2.08 – Doubting Castle and the Delectable Mountains [Pilgrim’s Progress]
11.2.08 – Bearing a Name but Blaspheming THE Name [Romans]
Bearing a Name but Blaspheming THE Name (Rm 2.17-24) In this message, we work our way through the logic of Paul's accusation of the Religious Man. The Religious Man thinks that the blessings of his religion inoculate him against the judgment of God. The truth is that the religion of the Religious Man, true though it is, has not enabled that man to escape from his nature. His … [Read more...] about 11.2.08 – Bearing a Name but Blaspheming THE Name [Romans]
10.26.08 – A Church Organized around Preaching [Church]
A Church Organized around Preaching [various texts] why we call ourselves 'the Bible-preaching centre' Our afternoon service gives us an opportunity to return to our occasional series "Our Church", which is a discussion of our philosophy of ministry. This message deals with the central focus of our ministry, the focus on preaching and teaching God's Word. The message is … [Read more...] about 10.26.08 – A Church Organized around Preaching [Church]