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 all you will know Stu to be my frequent substitute in the pulpit and I am looking forward to his work as my substitute from time to time in this space. Expect his blogs to appear every 6 weeks or so. Stu is no expert on the things on which I have asked him to write (Just ask his wife and children), but he is a committed reformed Christian and

On Sunday I spoke about my greatest fear for my ministry and for our church -- Assumed Evangelicalism, or to put it in the vernacular, assuming the gospel. Or to put it into business terms, mission drift. Or to put it in Pauline terms, making that which is of first importance, anything other than that. Here is the definition of Assumed Evangelicalism as defined by David Gibson, the author who originated the term. Assumed Evangelicalism believes and signs up to the gospel. It

“The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.”

CRT forces us to choose between the witness of Scripture and the cultural observations and philosophies upon which they are built.

The issues of politics, COVID protocols, and government regulations need addressing within the parameters of biblical revelation.