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BOOK REVIEW: Killing Calvinism: How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Theology From the Inside by Greg Dutcher
You’ve probably all heard the phrase - ‘Cage-stage Calvinist.’ It’s not a complementary term as it refers to someone who has figured out...
Pastor Jared
Jan 244 min read


Biblical Forgiveness, Part 1
We live in a world that doesn’t work the way it should. We all know that. One of the very real results of living in a fallen world is...
Pastor Jared
Jan 173 min read


BOOK REVIEW: The Joy of Calvinism: Knowing God’s Personal, Unconditional, Irresistible, Unbreakable Love by Greg Forster
I’ve been a reformed theologian, or Calvinist, for almost 30 years. During those years, I have taught at several institutions, pastored...
Pastor Jared
Jan 104 min read


A Christmas Reminder
NOTE: This will be the last blog until the New Year. Make sure to subscribe to receive all the blogs in your inbox and look for the next...
Pastor Jared
Nov 29, 20243 min read


BOOK REVIEW: Redemption: Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
Other than the Bible, this book is the one I hold dearest to my heart. I first read it in the summer of 1998 between the first and second...
Pastor Jared
Nov 22, 20244 min read


Christ the King
A number of years ago I was part of a panel discussion at Providence College entitled "Christ the King." The panel included pastors from...
Pastor Jared
Nov 15, 20243 min read


BOOK REVIEW: Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity by Carl Trueman
The church has a problem of its own making. In many instances it has become mere Christianity. It presents itself as something different...
Pastor Jared
Nov 8, 20244 min read


Developing a Worshipful Life
"[W]orship is the proper response of all moral beings to God, ascribing all honour and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is...
Pastor Jared
Nov 1, 20244 min read


BOOK REVIEW: Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible by John Meade and Peter Gurry
I think every Christian has come across a few things in their English Bible’s that have caused them to pause and wonder what is going on....
Pastor Jared
Oct 25, 20244 min read


What to do about John 7:53-8:11?: An example of textual criticism
In our Adult Sunday School class we have been talking about how we got our Bible in the form that we do. In technical terms we are...
Pastor Jared
Oct 18, 20245 min read


Biblical Thankfulness
Canadian thanksgiving is this weekend. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to take a brief look at what it means to be...
Pastor Jared
Oct 11, 20243 min read


"If I Were A Rich Man..."
Last week I was standing at the top of the driveway to our church surveying our little plot of land on Ridge Road. I looked at the trees...
Pastor Jared
Oct 4, 20245 min read


So Many Athenians
In Acts 17 we see an excellent strategy for gospel-sharing so that we can fulfill our mandate to be Christ’s witnesses everywhere we go.
Pastor Jared
Sep 26, 20248 min read


Church: Our Dream or God's Reality
“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”
Pastor Jared
Sep 19, 20245 min read


Genesis 1 and Science: The Two Books Dilemma
Properly interpreted and understood, faith and science, the Bible and science, cannot disagree.
Pastor Jared
Sep 12, 20246 min read


Exciting Stuff Coming Up
The Fall is here and with it comes a new church year. We've got a lot of exciting things happening at church. Let me remind you about...
Pastor Jared
Sep 5, 20241 min read


"And the Lord added to their number"
If we can understand what growth means for us at CRC we will be able to handle it well and welcome it as it comes.
Pastor Jared
Aug 29, 20247 min read


Solid, Strong, and Immovable
Let me begin with an illustration that I picked up online – “Imagine yourself as a home builder. You’ve acquired new clients who are...
Pastor Jared
Aug 23, 20244 min read


BOOK REVIEW: The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Favale
Abigail Favale offers a poignant and loving critique of the current gender paradigm.
Pastor Jared
Aug 15, 20244 min read


BOOK REVIEW: Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution by Carl Trueman
Carl Trueman could not have put forward a better title for his book than what he did - Strange New World. Things have changed a great...
Pastor Jared
Aug 9, 20244 min read
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