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The Danger of Mission Drift OR Making the First Thing Second (or third or fourth or worse)
On Sunday I spoke about my greatest fear for my ministry and for our church -- Assumed Evangelicalism, or to put it in the vernacular,...
Pastor Jared
18 minutes ago5 min read


Do You Know What I Did Last Summer?
Probably not. So I’m going to fill you in. And while I do so I hope to give you a bit of insight into the yearly schedule I keep and why...
Pastor Jared
Sep 55 min read


We're Back!!!
After a month of rest, preparation, and renewed focus I am back! And after a summer of the same for the church as a whole we are back as...
Pastor Jared
Aug 303 min read


Ephesians 6:5-9: Bondservants and Masters
A few weeks ago I preached on Ephesians 6:1-4, which spoke to children regarding how they should obey and honour their parents and to...
Pastor Jared
Jul 256 min read


The Foundation for Parenting
This past Sunday we looked at Ephesians 6:1-4. We heard Paul speak to both children and parents regarding their roles in the family. We...
Pastor Jared
Jul 187 min read


BOOK REVIEW: Disciplines of a Godly Family by Kent and Barbara Hughes
Since we are in Ephesians 5-6 in our CRC sermon schedule, I thought we would take a look at two books, one related to marriage, which we...
Pastor Jared
Jul 114 min read


BOOK REVIEW: When Sinners Say I Do: Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage by Dave Harvey
Since we are in Ephesians 5-6 I thought we would take a look at two books over the next two weeks. One on marriage, the other on family....
Pastor Jared
Jul 43 min read


GUEST BLOGGER: Children: Easy to Love, Harder to Like?
NOTE: I have invited the contributions of Stu Reimer to write in this space on the issues of marriage and family. If you follow CRC at...
Pastor Jared
Jun 275 min read


Complementarianism Revisited
At CRC we are nearing the end of our look at the Epistle to the Ephesians. We find ourselves, at the moment, right in the middle of...
Pastor Jared
Jun 203 min read


From Forgiveness to Reconciliation, Part 4: Guidelines for Those Hesitant to Reconcile
The following information comes from a short blog on reconciliation that you can find here . It is such good information that instead of...
Pastor Jared
Jun 134 min read


BOOK REVIEW: The Steadfast Love of the Lord: Experiencing the Life-Changing Power of God’s Unchanging Affection by Sam Storms
God is love. I don’t think there is a more universally held belief about the Christian God than that statement. Things go massively off...
Pastor Jared
Jun 63 min read


From Forgiveness to Reconciliation, Part 3: A Practical Example
We have mentioned throughout our look at forgiveness and reconciliation that the whole point of both is for the spiritual maturity of all...
Pastor Jared
May 303 min read


GUEST BLOGGER: What is a Successful Marriage? Part 2: Affirmations
NOTE: I have invited the contributions of Stu Reimer to write in this space on the issues of marriage and family. If you follow CRC at...
Pastor Jared
May 234 min read


From Forgiveness to Reconciliation, Part 2: Ministers of Reconciliation
In 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 Paul speaks about reconciliation in its gospel context. What he does in this chapter is to remind us first that...
Pastor Jared
May 164 min read


BOOK REVIEW: What About Free Will?: Reconciling Our Choices with God’s Sovereignty by Scott Christensen
This is how the conversations usually progress after I mention to someone that I am a pastor… Someone: Where are you a Pastor? Me:...
Pastor Jared
May 93 min read


From Forgiveness to Reconciliation, Part 1: Be Reconciled!
We previously spent 5 blogs speaking about the nature and need for us to be forgiving people; to have the gospel cultivate a disposition...
Pastor Jared
May 24 min read


BOOK REVIEW: Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen
NOTE: This will be the last blog until May. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss one. The liberalism of Machen’s time -- the early...
Pastor Jared
Mar 284 min read


Biblical Forgiveness: A Summary
We’ve covered a fair bit of territory in our four previous blogs covering forgiveness. Crucially, we have seen that forgiveness is really...
Pastor Jared
Mar 215 min read


GUEST BLOGGER: A Successful Marriage? Part 1: Denials
NOTE: I have invited the contributions of Stu Reimer to write in this space on the issues of marriage and family. If you follow CRC at...
Pastor Jared
Mar 144 min read


Biblical Forgiveness Part 4: How many times must I forgive???
"Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said...
Pastor Jared
Mar 73 min read
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