Category: general discussions

Anyone you know going on a cruise soon? Show them this!!!

So here is the question of the week: Why should I go to church? (Check out previous questions here)

Hard to believe that was 9 years ago. I was at the church office, meeting with N.S. in the old church library (which I had claimed as my office), and we were tuning into the radio hearing the reports. Later I was at Tim Horton’s (no surprise there) meeting with B.B., and I shared with…

So here is the question of the week: Why are there so many different kinds of churches (or denominations)?

I recently read this story on the web, and it stuck with me. It made me think about my own family, and what it is I wish for them? Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her departure and standing near the security gate, they hugged and…

Imagine being at the local market, when some classical music is piped in over the speakers. Then, to your surprise, the gentleman behind you starts warbling an operatic tune… and then the whole market place erupts in song. I would love to have been there that day!

This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. [Colossians 1:1] In my church background, talk about being “chosen by God” was primarily a debate about whether we are ‘saved’ because God chose us or because we chose God. Otherwise known as the doctrine of election or…

I received an email from a friend, looking for feedback on a particular belief that they are uncertain about. They need to know if what they are thinking is biblically (theologically) true. Here is the what they wrote me: I have a theological question. I think this is true, is it? It is a serious issue…