A conversation between two Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary professors about why and how Scripture is read in worship services. Lynn Jost is professor and program director for Old Testament…
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November 2019
a prayer for Christ the King Sunday 2019 “The Lord sits over the flood; the Lord sits as king forever.” Psalm 29:10 “But I am among you as one who…
Saanich Community Church is a small Anabaptist-evangelical Mennonite Brethren community just north of Victoria, B.C. We strive to be the type of neighbours Jesus speaks about in Luke 10 who…
Annual list measures return on investment, impact on ground Canadian Foodgrains Bank has been named one of Canada’s top ten impact charities by Charity Intelligence for the second year…
Dear God Thank you for our wonderfully complex bodies that you have knit together. Our bodies do amazing things – some of which we don’t talk about. But, Lord, those…
Raising Disciples: How to make faith matter for our kids Natalie Frisk Herald Press Reviewed by Andrea Toews What is the subject? With Deuteronomy 6:4-9 as her basis, Natalie Frisk…
Earthquake. Famine. Flooding. The headlines catch attention, and people respond with prayers and donations to emergency appeals. A few days later, the reporting stops and the event fades from memory.…
Running more than an hour past the scheduled end time, the annual general meeting (AGM) of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches dealt with funding shortfalls and major structural…
Commentary calls for allegiance to Messiah’s reign Believers Church Bible Commentary: Philippians Gordon Zerbe Herald Press Reviewed by Eric Jordan Doerksen What is the subject? Gordon Zerbe’s commentary on the…
Love and Nonresistance Lord God, fill us with the love that flows from Your heart, that we might be agents of reconciliation in a broken world, ambassadors of the Prince…
MDS will support efforts of local churches in that country For Kevin King, the destruction left behind in the Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian was “unbelievable.” “As far as one could…
A reflection on Isaiah 57:15 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Morning glory to my soul Early whispers of your presence Warm the fires and near-spent coal. Morning mists dispelled and…