Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Cross • Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Marriage • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Evangelism • Missiology
It feels impolite and invasive to challenge someone on a personal level
I am uncomfortable with direct methods of evangelism that early on present the hearer with an invitation to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. Part of my unease has to do with my Canadian upbringing. It feels impolite and invasive to challenge someone on [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2008 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other tags: Church • God • Marriage • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Bible Study • Discipleship • Faith • Marriage
Over the Christmas holiday, Rita and I received a long distance call from our eldest daughter Trish in Aberdeen, Scotland . With great excitement she announced, "Pete and I are engaged!"
The journey to this moment of family joy has been nothing if not exciting and a challenge to faith.
From their very earliest years, we as [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
Other tags: Church • Culture • God • Jesus • Marriage
Categories: Christian Life • ChurchTalk • Culture • Evangelism
In a recent issue of Mcleans a lead article raised the alarm that our Canadian commitment to multiculturalism may be eroding. The key question that Canadians are debating is this: what reasonable accommodations should Canadians make to cultural and religious minorities? Where should the limits be drawn? The writer claimed that many in Canada are [...]
Posted on August 22nd, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Ethics • God • Marriage • Religion
Categories: Athiesm
I read a particularly intelligent response to Richard Dawkins’ fundamentalist atheism in my morning newspaper. Margaret Somerville is becoming as a critic of Dawkins, partly because she doesn’t seem to be coming from a Christian perspective. As founding director of the Center for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University (Montreal) she brings a credible [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Dr. Larry Perkins
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Categories: _Uncategorized
The application of literary criticism to the Synoptic Gospels has stimulated many new readings of Mark’s[1] Gospel. In particular one application of rhetorical criticism[2] invites the interpreter to discern the various ways in which the author seeks to direct the implied reader to a specific conclusion. In the case of Mark’s Gospel attention has turned [...]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Culture • God • Gospel • Jesus • Marriage
Categories: Evangelism • Missiology
A number of years ago after delivering a sermon I was rebuked by a young woman. It would be nice to say that this was a unique occurrence, but unfortunately, such is not the case. I had made some disparaging remarks about the “Four Spiritual Laws,†a tract that provides a four step understanding [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2007 by Mr. Mark Naylor
Other tags: Church • Cross • Culture • Marriage • Seminary
Categories: Cultural Issues • Missiology
What is the appropriate relationship of a Christian to a local church? How should followers of Christ “belong”? This is an important consideration when ministering cross-culturally, because cultural forms shape the way people understand “belonging”. For example, a helpful, if somewhat simplistic, diagram is provided to demonstrate three levels of relationships in which people experience [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2007 by Dr. Lyle Schrag
Other tags: Church • Cross • God • Gospel • Leaders • Leadership • Marriage • Northwest • Prayer • Seminary
Categories: Heaven
Several weeks ago, I used my assigned blog entry to muse over the death of my mentor and friend, Robert Webber. The way he prepared for death has taught me a lesson on how to prepare for life with an addition to my daily prayer: thank you, Lord, for the healing of yesterday, and [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2007 by Dr. Brian Rapske
Other tags: God • Marriage • Seminary
Categories: Marriage
Two weekends ago, I had the privilege of officiating at the wedding of my nephew Russell and his wife Danielle. They’re a great couple! I shared with them that the secret of a fulfilling marriage that goes the distance depends upon the direction in which a couple leans.In marriages that grow, a husband and wife [...]
Posted on April 9th, 2007 by Dr. Kenton Anderson
Other tags: Jesus • Marriage
Categories: Preaching
The other day I had the pleasure of hearing my good friend, Dr. John Auxier preach. John is Dean of Trinity Western University and an expert in marriage and family counseling. He is also a very fine preacher. His sermon was taken from John 11 and 12, [...]