Archive for September, 2008

September 30th

The Wisdom of Spurgeon

"Public praise is very agreeable to the Christian himself. How many burdens has it removed? I am sure when I hear the shout of praise, it warms my heart. It is at times a little too slow for my...
September 28th

Books

I love book sales. Judging by the manner in which my heart palpitates when I see a table full of books at a book sale, I need to be on serious guard against idolatry when I approach one. That...
September 26th

Doug Wilson in the National Post

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=832988 Douglas Wilson replies to atheist Christopher Hitchens and provides a wonderful defense of the Christian faith that will be widely read....
September 22nd

From the Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus

This letter was written in the 2nd Century AD or earlier. What does it mean to be a Christian? Here's an amazing explanation! For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by...

A New Beginning

So, after six months of preaching in my sock feet in the comfort of my living room, yesterday I stood behind the lectern in the Yalenka Hall and led worship while wearing shoes for the first time...
September 18th

150 years ago...

...Archibald Brown, a student of C.H. Spurgeon, wrote the following: It is only during the past few years that "amusement" has become a recognized weapon of our warfare and developed into a...
September 15th

Sunday Worship

I just got back from finalizing the details about our new Sunday worship arrangement. On September 21st, we will begin meeting for public worship at the Yalenka Hall, which is located at 933...
September 12th

Back From Smithers

Yes, back already! I left for Smithers yesterday afternoon and arrived just in time for our meeting. Then, after a very fruitful and exciting meeting (yes, meetings can be fruitful and...
September 11th

Matthew 18

Several times in the ongoing discussion here, the subject of Matthew 18 has come up. In Matthew 18:15-17, Jesus is speaking of church discipline. "If your brother sins against you, go and show him...

Response to Comment

John commented: "I just read your comments about the tent meeting that happened at the end of July. I was fortunate enough to attend Sunday night. I do not know what your doctrine is,...

Firsts

This has been a week of ventures into uncharted territory for me. Of course, that's not saying much new, since many of our weeks here have been just that! But this week I spent my first session as...
September 9th

Updated Contact Info

Thanks to Jonathan at Compass Creative for updating my contact information here! If you've tried to email me in the last little while using the "Contact Me" on the right side of this page,...
September 3rd

Response to Comment

"Blessed" commented: Thanks Jim, If Paul commanded devils to come out , can't we? the seventy said the devils were subject to them through His Name. Were we not given power over the enemy by...

Teaching at the tent meeting

I mentioned in a previous post that there was heretical teaching being brought forth at the tent meeting at Carney Hill School on Sunday. Someone left a comment asking what that heretical teaching...
September 2nd

Our New Church Sign

http://www.jimwitt.ca/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=762 We received a call on Sunday morning in response to our ad in the Prince George Citizen. The caller asked an interesting question: "Are...

Out of the Comfort Zone

You may recall a diatribe posted here a while back about the tent meeting/circus that came to town last month. Well, it was back again this past weekend, in all its "splendour." It appears...
September 1st

A Call For Discernment

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