August 27, 2018
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How Do You Know When Your Sermon Has Really Hit the Mark?
What is your focus when you prepare and preach your sermon?
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Former director of communications with the CRCNA and The Presbyterian Church in Canada. Former editor of the Anglican Journal.
A 40-year history in communication and marketing.
April 5, 2018
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Imagine Going Out, Two by Two, to Deal With Racism, Bigotry and Healing
The Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee provides an opportunity for churches and individuals to become involved in grassroots, hands-on, relationship-building between CRC members and local aboriginal communities.
April 5, 2018
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Small Groups - Where Discipleship Happens
To whom are you accountable for your spiritual and moral life...besides God? The once-a-year elder visit (if it still exists) provides a superficial check list at best. Small groups, done properly, provide a setting for both spiritual growth and moral accountability.
February 21, 2018
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If Ever There Was a Need for Integrity, It Is Now
Christian leaders need to live lives of integrity if they expect others to trust and follow them, whether that’s in church, in politics, or in business.
September 1, 2017
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Ashamed of Our Christian Reformed Identity
It seems as though Christian Reformed Home Missions and Christian Reformed World Missions were ashamed of our identity in selecting a new name and it ignores the denomination's rich heritage.
November 28, 2016
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Our Deepest Fear...Rising to the Top and Staying There
We still live with the incredible notion that the local church consists of one or two leaders and dozens (if not hundreds) of followers. What is our fear of being involved in leadership?
August 2, 2016
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The Significance of the Rainbow at Synod
Undoubtedly the most disturbing photo in the Synod issue of The Banner was the chalk drawing of the rainbow outside Calvin College's Fine Arts Building where Synod was held.
December 10, 2015
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Is the Republican Option Still Viable for Christians?
At what point should the church speak out when political parties advocate notions that are clearly unbiblical?
August 13, 2015
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The Problem with Commissioning Services
Many churches hold commissioning services in September as a way to acknowledge, bless, and celebrate those in leadership roles within various church programs. What about the rest?
March 17, 2015
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Are We Too Quick to Appoint Elders?
Ministers are teaching elders, theologically trained and spiritually astute. Should we set a higher standard for the kinds of elders we appoint or elect?
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And while the discussion continues, I am thinking of a few gay men who I know who have read the scriptures and who have decided that to practice homosexuality is sin, that they need to live holy...
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Do not use Scripture to convince your fellow CRC members of the beauty of full inclusion. That single piece of advise will either 'make' or 'break' the CRC.
If the CRC returns to, or...
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There are two other areas that apply equally to young adults and to all of us.
1. Pornography. Today's culture is saturated with pornography. I can't imagine a fall session of young adults...
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Angela, you asked what study material we use for our young adult/university students.
These are millennials. They have tons of questions about faith and, more importantly, they don't know...
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We have a vibrant youth/young adult ministry. We bring in five busloads full of university students from three area universities (about 300 students) every Sunday morning. This 'bus ministry' is a...
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Here's a 'corporate' digression on tithing.
I lead a national association of Christian business and professional leaders. In the monthly discussion among the 50 groups, we look at...
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Well, the first thing that comes to mind -- and I live in Canada -- is that the parsonage would lose it tax-free status. In Canada, the church does not pay taxes on church-owned property such as a...
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Several years ago I inherited a position as chair of church council. I discovered that it seemed that several leaders of various ministries weren't that qualified to lead those ministries or...
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While I like Elizabeth's definition of a leader, it is a rather generic definition. It could apply equally to a leader at Amway, a football coach or a school principal.
But what sets a...
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As a member of various church councils over the years, and as one who has been a witness to sending off pastors for various forms of study leaves and sabbaticals, it just recently occurred to me...