Once Upon A Time, Long, Long Ago
Once upon a time, in a land far away, a King awoke and surveyed his kingdom from the highest tower of his palace. He saw fields with green crops beginning to bear fruit. He saw a land of peace where neighbours cared for neighbours and disputes were settled with little struggle. He saw sheep and…
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The Mystery of Jesus
Regarding the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Bible, Bruce Milne had this to say. “The mystery of Jesus Christ is the theme of this gospel; always beyond us, yet always summoning us to explore it more fully. . . . the Godhead will be our endless, though blissful task in…
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Bernard Ramm on Science and Fear
Out of the many people with whom I would like to spend some time, I think I would have enjoyed sitting down for an afternoon of conversation with Bernard Ramm. Ramm, the Baptist theologian who wrote much on such topics as hermeneutics, and apologetics, would have been an interesting person with whom to have a visit, for…
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The Road Goes Ever On and On
The Road goes ever on and onDown from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,And I must follow, if I can,Pursuing it with eager feet,Until it joins some larger wayWhere many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say.– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring At 54 years of…
Continue readingThe Heart is Full
Upon this day, my heart is full The fam’ly tree that once was two, Now has branches fully pulled, And bowed and stretched and turned askew The stems are laden with the fruit And fill the soul with rev’rent bliss The outflow of two hearts that grew As sealed upon the lips that kiss A…
Continue readingSilence and Reflection
Silence, reflection, hearing the Word of God, and understanding; Augustine instructs us in all of these in Sermon 52, 22. “Let us leave a little room for reflection in our lives, room too for silence. Let us look within ourselves and see whether there is some delightful hidden place inside where we can be free…
Continue readingMillions and Billions
When I was a teenager in Canada there was a time when many people were talking about the concept of a million. People would wave their lottery ticket and talk about how wealthy they would be when they won a million dollars. They talked about government debts that were measured in millions of dollars. People…
Continue readingSex Matters
This post is also available on the website of Bow Valley Christian Church. Considering all of the trouble, pain, selfishness, and loneliness resulting from our sexual longings, what was God thinking when He made humans to be sexual beings? It might have been better to create us with the ability to go off into the…
Continue readingThe Word of the Lord Was Rare
I find the words of 1 Samuel 3 intriguing. “In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.” (1 Samuel 3:1, NIV) And, “then, the Lord called Samuel.” (1 Samuel 3:4 NIV) I want to ask all kinds of questions about this. Why was the word of the Lord…
Continue readingA Good Wife
My wife and I celebrated Valentine’s Day with a group of friends last night. We had a chocolate tasting at Xoxolat (pronounced shṓ-shṓ-lặ). Who knew there were 400 notes of flavour in chocolate? Following this we walked down the street to enjoy delicious curries at Atithi Restaurant. During the course of the evening we men…
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