The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost
He came in mighty fullness then.
His witness through believers won the lost
And multitudes were born again.

So begins the 1971 composition Come Holy Spirit by John W. Peterson, which started out as a choral work, but was later adopted for congregational singing....

Today we have an extra blog post by Ruth Wilkinson. This Sunday was Q&A (Questions and Answers) Sunday at Church, and this was an answer to a question which began, “Do you have a favourite Psalm?” Regular readers here will still get a blog post from her this Friday, but it will be based on one of the other questions. The link in the title below is to ...

Having spent the better part of my lifetime in close proximity to the Christian giftware industry, I’ve seen my share of Bible texts plastered on mugs, key chains and picture frames which have been presented without proper context. For more than a decade, the most often referenced was Jeremiah 29:11 (“For I know the plans I have for you…”) I am certain that G...

I was going to move Ruth’s Easter message summary up a few days before we strayed too far from that date, but decided to stay consistent with her appearing here on Fridays. This was also a Baptism Sunday.

Ruth Wilkinson’s blogged sermon summaries appear here weekly. Click the title below to read this where it appeared, along with a  link to the original t...

Years ago, a Christian musician introduced a song with these words: “Here we are in the human sitch and such a sitch it is.” At least that’s what it sounded like. What he was meaning was, “Here we are in the human situation…” Elsewhere, I’ve paraphrased Philippians 2 to speak of Jesus “entering into the human condition.”

When we speak of such things there are two ways ...