Knowing God
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The Purpose of Lent (An Evangelical Perspective)
Forgiveness and freedom is what Easter is all about. Freedom from being stuck in bondage, freedom from sin …and not merely bad habits that make us swirl into addiction and entrapment. Forgiveness of sin is what Jesus Christ’s death on the cross is all about. The purpose of Lent is awareness; for you and I…
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Three Pastors Tell All
Pastors were asked, “What’s your best piece of advice for someone who wants to become a pastor?” One answered… If you can do anything else, do it! The pay ain’t great, criticism is over the top, and in this age when everybody just downloads podcasts of their favourite preacher, you don’t stand a chance. However,…
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Taking Time to Rest with God | My Sabbatical Journey
My sabbatical journey – Philip Gunther I just returned to my post as senior pastor at Parliament (MB) Community Church, Regina, after a seven-month sabbatical – my first in 20 years of ministry. As I contemplated taking a sabbatical, I wondered: How should I prepare? What will I experience? What is a sabbatical? Read… Taking…
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Lenten Song of the Day: Phil Wickham – “Mercy” (Live at RELEVANT)
Mercy – Phil Wickham Lyrics: Made from the dust and breathed into life He stood unashamed with a fire in His eyes The image of God walking upon the world All of the earth was under His feet Except for the fruit from a forbidden tree He took a taste and that’s how he breaks…
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Our Broken Love, God’s Perfect Love
“No fathers or mothers can love their children perfectly. No husbands or wives can love each other with unlimited love. There is no human love that is not broken somewhere… God’s love for us is everlasting. That means that God’s love for us existed before we were born and will exist after we have died.…
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Creating Space for God
“Discipline is the other side of discipleship. Discipleship without discipline is like waiting to run in the marathon without ever practicing. Discipline without discipleship is like always practicing for the marathon but never participating. It is important, however, to realize that discipline in the spiritual life is not the same as discipline in sports. Discipline…
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All of Christ’s Time, Wisdom and Care… For You!
“The human spirit, while most truly possessing its own individuality and personal distinctness, is interpenetrated and energized by the Spirit of Christ. He does not work on us from without, as one separated from us, but from within, as the very heart from which the life-blood of our spirits flows. Christ’s omnipresence makes it possible…
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Where is your tree rooted? (Security)
What is the basis of our security? When we start thinking about that question, we may give many answers: success, money, friends, property, popularity, family, connections, insurance, and so on. We may not always think that any of these forms the basis of our security, but our actions or feelings may tell us otherwise. When…
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When we grieve, there’s something that goes on underneath…
Sometimes you grieve for what you could have had… Tearing away leaves a wound. When we grieve, there’s something that goes on underneath… a grieving for what we longed for. Our hearts were made for so much more… Ecclesiastes 3:11 New Living Translation (NLT) “Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 