Layton Friesen: Without the Church, You’re on Your Own
by Layton Friesen Do I need to be a member of the church in order to be a disciple of Jesus? Can I be saved if I am not a part of the church? By church I don’t mean some [...]
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Advent and the Light of Christ
by Terry M. Smith During this Advent season filled with wars, famines, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other unnatural and natural disasters, we can be grateful for the [...]
Terry Smith: 98 Faces Looking Back At Us
by Terry M. Smith Charitable giving patterns have changed, we’re sometimes told. People now want to give to specific projects they support or to Christian workers whom they [...]
Daniel Dacombe: Substance Use and Addiction: What Can the Church Do?
Mental Health Initiative 2018 by Daniel Dacombe In my years of helping youth and families with mental health issues, some of the most challenging issues I have seen those [...]
Dr. Stephen Farris: Don’t Put Family First, Give That Spot to God
by Dr. Stephen Farris Sometimes punctuation matters. “Family first?” is a question worth considering. “Family first” as a statement is a problem. Other than a phrase [...]
Daniel Dacombe: Youth, Mental Illness, and the Role of the Church
Mental Health Initiative 2018 by Daniel Dacombe After working with youth for 15 years in ministry and then in social services, you get used to hearing a lot of the same [...]
Terry Smith: Membership and Wolves
by Terry M. Smith Count me among EMC ministers who seek to protect sheep from wolves. This affects how some of us link local church membership and denominational [...]
Jocelyn R. Plett: Scandalous
What if Jesus leads me down a path that I feel is scandalous? Will I be willing to follow? [...]
Layton Friesen: Suffering the Corinthians
Does cutting ourselves off in disgust reflect how Jesus responds to our sin on the cross? [...]
Betty Koop: Love is Action!
When I looked around through my tears, I saw the tears on their faces as they grieved with us, even though they had never met my brother. This was our family! [...]
