August 30, 2018
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Time, Church, Gospel, Ministry, partnership, contributor, serve
Our aim is to see the prospering of the gospel message among the needy souls of Calgary and beyond. We trust that God will work through this partnership in order to bring lasting fruit, the spiritual prosperity of the life of the Age to come.
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August 23, 2018
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Gospel, Service, post, hello, conversation, initiate
Don't assume that the visitor will be 'caught at the door' by the pastor. If God has blessed you in the service, you need to jump at the chance to share that blessing with someone else. That will make the post-service hello more than empty chit-chat. It will be small talk crammed with joy, praise and thanksgiving for the grace of the gospel of Christ. It’s exactly the ki...
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August 17, 2018
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: dog, food, charles, spurgeon, downgrades, marginalization
During the Downgrade Controversy, opponents of Spurgeon thought that he was ‘on the wrong side of history.’ They thought he was an egotistical dinosaur. His clarity about right and wrong was viewed as arrogance in the face of a changing world. Spurgeon was attacked. And in the end, he got eaten alive. ...
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August 11, 2018
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: ripe, harvest, Evangelism, season, unexpectant, pray
It is also a season for calling people to believe in the gospel. This is not just your own personal belief in Christ, but the importance of bearing witness to this news of salvation. The season for this is brief too. And that is all the more reason why we need to have a sense of urgency, even as we are basking in the sunlight of the Son....
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August 3, 2018
by Rob Snyder
| Tags: Hope, Evangelism, Compassion, expectation
So, what is hope? Well, hope has to do with expectancy doesn’t it? If you are hoping for a raise at work or a good mark on
your test you have a hopeful expectancy that those things will come to pass. So, hope has a way of making us keep going in our lives with the hopeful expectation of a desired outcome. The problem is that with deceived minds, idolatrous hearts and ho...
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