Archive for December, 2009

December 31st

Old year, new year

Sometimes I don't know what happens with the time-stamps on these blog posts of mine, but this one may end up appearing to have been posted from the future. Regardless, this is actually my final...
December 28th

Sunday's Sermon: John 5:25-29

Scripture Reading: John 5:19-29; Revelation 20:1-15

Christmas Day Sermon: The Magnificat

Scripture reading: Luke 1:26-56; 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Sermon text: Luke 1:46-55
December 22nd

Calvin quote

Since every day is a good day to quote Calvin, here's a good one, from his commentary on John 5:25 ("Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the...
December 21st

Sunday's Sermon - John 5:18

Sermon Text: John 5:18 Scripture Reading: John 5:1-18 I also refer in this sermon to Jeremiah 17:19ff.
December 16th

Sunday's Sermon - John 4:23,24

Sermon Text: John 4:23,24 Scripture Reading: John 4:1-30 Reference from the Three Forms of Unity: Canons of Dort, III/IV., Article 16
December 15th

Excellent article

Those of you who don't spend a lot of time haunting various blogs may not be aware of a discussion that has been ongoing at the Heidelblog, the blog of Dr. R. Scott Clark, professor of church...
December 14th

An Open Letter

Dear Politicians and Bureaucrats Gathered in Copenhagen: I've heard through the grapevine that you fine folks are meeting somewhere overseas to do something about climate change. All I can say...
December 11th

Prayer meetings

In the Canadian Reformed Churches, we have a long tradition of having study societies - men's societies, women's societies, and young people's societies, all of which gather on a weekly or...
December 9th

Review: God's Pattern For Creation by W. Robert Godfrey

God's Pattern For Creation: A Covenantal Reading of Genesis 1 (Presbyterian and Reformed, 2003) In this brief (141 pages) popular work, Dr. W. Robert Godfrey, professor of church history and...
December 7th

Todd C. Wood on "Truth About Creationism"

Interesting blog post: http://toddcwood.blogspot.com/2009/11/truth-about-creationism.html
December 1st

Back from the Bulkley Valley

It's always nice to go to Smithers and Houston, but it's always good to be home, and we're home again, after three days in the beautiful Bulkley Valley. We loaded up the truck and headed west on...