Maybe you don’t feel like celebrating this year? Sure, you’ve managed to scarf a chocolate bunny for breakfast, but it still feels off. I get it! It’s been a tough few weeks, and the world has been turned upside-down. Some of you would have planned family dinners today, but can’t. Some of you would have planned on travelling, but can’t. Some of you would have planned a community Easter Egg Hunt, but can’t.
This year is different.
Read MoreDuring times of crisis, people risk their lives to save others. But why would human beings do that? Evolutionary theory doesn’t give us a good answer. Where does survival of the fittest fit into this phenomena? Aren’t our instincts supposed to kick in? I believe the Bible has an answer.
Read MoreSince the break of the COVID-19 pandemic, many pastors like myself have been fielding an increase in questions related to eschatology. People inside and outside the church have an increased interested in Christ’s return. What will it be like? Will we have any advanced warning? What signs should we look for? When is He coming back? We need balance in these discussions.
Read MoreDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, people are clearly spending too much time alone, over-thinking our current circumstances.
We have witnessed some extreme thoughts and teachings ripping through society, and social media. There are teachers and preachers, bloggers and vloggers, pitching all sorts of predictions and prophecies.
In looking at the spectrum, the bookends of the over-thinking and false teaching seem to come to one of two conclusions: (1) The world is ending, or (2) it’s all a hoax.
Read MoreToday, I want to bring some truth into the crisis and uncertainty. As social media blows up with all sorts of predictions, and prophecies, and myths, increasing fear and panic; we can choose to cling to truth. And the Apostle Peter, led by the Holy Spirit in the First Century, can help us do just that!
Read MoreBelieve it or not, church leaders give their lives to Jesus at Christian conferences and events every year.
It’s true! Billy Graham experienced this throughout his career. Pastors, Elders, Deacons, Ministry Leaders; coming to Christ for the first time at his revivals, after years of leading churches.
Then they had the difficult task of explaining it to their churches. Listen to one’s Deacon’s words:
“The hardest thing for me is that I am going to have to tell my pastor and fellow deacons that I’ve been living a hypocrite life all these years.” (A Day in the Life of Billy Graham )
Read MoreFrom afar, Northerners like myself, have all been watching as COVID-19 spreads throughout the world. Although the health of Yukoners hasn’t been impacted in a major way as of yet, it is a definite possibility.
Read MoreI don’t think I’m the only person who struggles with humility. When life’s going well it’s not overly difficult. But when life is hard, humility becomes really hard! We feel like the world’s against us, or that no one is acknowledging our efforts in a particular circumstance or relationship. It gets really difficult to stay humble then. Until we understand the big picture…
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Read MoreGod calls Peter to write a letter of hope to a group of Christians who have been abandoned, and exiled for following Jesus. He calls them to “Be subject” (to submit) to government authorities that reject them. (1 Pt. 2:13-17) He calls servants to “be subject” (to submit) to earthly masters that persecute them. (1 Pt. 2:18-21) How can this kind of submission ever lead to hope? Can hope be found in submission?
Read MoreGod uses Peter to present amazing theological truths held in metaphor, beginning with the words, “As you come to him,” (1 Pt. 2:4). Then backs up these truths, adding prophetic poetry as evidence, with the statement, “For it stands in Scripture:” (1 Pt. 6)
Read MoreWhat happens when following Jesus gets difficult? According to Peter, we’ve been called to an active hope! What does an active hope look like? Peter explains 3 specifics.
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