Thoughts on Christian Community
If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another. – 1 John 1:7 How great a joy it is to walk among our fellow Christian brothers and sisters. This is not just a hopeful ideal to consider in our minds, but a reality we must carry […]
Acts 20:1-16 Cooperation in Fulfilling God’s Mission
It is noteworthy that Paul hardly ever travelled alone, and that when he was alone, he expressed his longing for human companionship, for example in Athens and in his final Roman imprisonment. That he favoured team work is specially clear during his missionary journeys. On his first we was accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark […]
Ladies Fellowship Night – Recap
Ladies Fellowship Night is one of those events that I have to make a determined act of the will to attend. That sounds bad, I know. Allow me to explain. As an introvert by nature, I enjoy spending time with people in small groups. While I know Women’s Night will be fun and good for […]
CLKids – When We Answer His Call
While searching for a church four years ago, God, in His kindness, led us to Covenant Life through a newspaper article, no less. We were challenged daily to excel more in our spiritual walk, from the moment we entered those doors of our sweet little chapel, by those within who love and serve so well. […]
Acts 19:21-41 – How The Gospel Confronts Idols in People’s Lives
Both the message of the gospel and the lives of those who have believed the gospel confront sinners with their sin. The message necessarily confronts people with their sin, because if people are not sinners, they have no need for a Savior. A “gospel” that presents Jesus as the way to a happier life, but […]
Acts 19:11-20 The Power of Word of God
So in this city full of magic, full of humours and systems and incantations and exorcisms, God wrought special miracles; and people, taking even the garments Paul wore in his work, their sick were cured, and evil spirits were cast out. God condescended to work not on a higher plane, but on a lower plane. […]
Resource Highlight – The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. – 1 Corinthians 4:3-4 Do you struggle with an inflated self-esteem? What about a low opinion […]
Member Update: Marris Smith and the Mercy Ship, Part 2
I could write you FOREVER about the little stories from the ward, but I’ll spare you! I’ll just include a few of the things that have made me smile through my time here so far… Ward service. Every Sunday they have a service in the ward for the patients and caregivers. It has been so […]
Acts 19:1-10 The Necessity of True Belief and Conversion
Paul noticed that something was missing–which was the power and the fruit of the Holy Spirit–in the spiritual lives of these men in Ephesus. Their hearts had been prepared to receive Christ–they were in the process of being saved–but they had not yet been born again. They were like the fetus in the womb: possessing […]
