March 21, 2023
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Current Events
| Tags: evangelical, catholic, Church
This past week, I stumbled across a misleading and saddening headline relating to one of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination in the United States. The editorial was titled: “Is Rick Santorum Catholic or Evangelical? Yes.” Now, we live in a culture that has little time for history and which, under the influence of postmodern thinkers, does not have...
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November 8, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Church, blessing, serve, reflections, TGC
This staggering fact shows the desperate hunger of Gospel-minded Canadian evangelicals for fellowship with like-minded Canadians, and the way God is using TGC Canada to begin addressing that need....
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October 18, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Church, Authority, women, members, men, roles
Every-member ministry is not a pretext for “lone ranger ministry.” The Bible does, indeed, speak very highly of the sufficiency of Scripture and of the power of the Holy Spirit in each believer. That sufficiency and power does not remove the need for church accountability. ...
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September 20, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Church, Word, Ministry, Spirit, Equipped, empowered, emplaced
Like a football player who refuses to show up on the field is useless even though he has all his equipment and training, the Word is useless in you, and your spiritual gifts are wasted in you, unless you are part of a local church where you can exercise your Spirit-given gifts according to the Word of God to “strive to excel in building up the church.” God’s will is ...
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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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July 18, 2018
by Geoff Meadows
| Tags: Studies, God, Trinity, Church, History, Word
Although I was initially apprehensive about going back to school, the depth of Bible teaching offered through Union has blessed me in the following three ways....
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February 23, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Calvary Grace Church, Temple, biblical theology, Church, Ecclesiology, typology, Fulfillment, Israel
As we continue to celebrate our first year owning our own church building, we are meditating on and praying through First Chronicles 29. How does the Christian look at a text like First Chronicles 29, or indeed any Old Testament story or promise or command? The answer is the classic Sunday School answer: “Jesus!”...
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March 10, 2017
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Church, Preaching, life, Word Proclaimed
The life of the church flows from the Word, through the preaching of the Word, into the people who have been gathered and changed by that Word. ...
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March 18, 2016
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Church, Gratitude, Thankfulness
We can cultivate thankfulness in the way we express it in prayer. The Apostle Paul is a great example of a man of prayer and we can learn some lessons from him through studying the structure of his petitions....
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November 13, 2015
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Current Events
| Tags: Church, Justice, paris
In the aftermath of the coordinated attacks in Paris murdering 150 image bearers of the living God, who were all somebody’s daughter or son, many wonder if the world is going mad....
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December 13, 2013
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Church, family, Christmas, feasting, table
One of the great things about the Christmas season as it is celebrated by Canadians is the family get-togethers. There is always lots of food, feasting and fun.
But when family is far away, or estranged, those family gatherings that everyone else enjoys can rip the skin off of old scars. ...
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March 31, 2012
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Current Events
| Tags: Politics, Church, Ecclesiology, alberta, Election, Idolatry
Last Monday, Alberta Premier Alison Redford announced an election for April 23. The parties are now in full campaign mode, with buses criss-crossing the province and politicians shaking hands and kissing babies. Already the polls are predicting a tight race between the governing Tories and the upstart Wildrose Alliance, and so the names and political accusations are alread...
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March 24, 2012
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: calvary grace, Church, about us
In a city of oil-bucks and big trucks, the idea of church may seem irrelevant. But the claims of Jesus Christ remain, and his church continues to be built, even here in Cowtown. Other people might think Calgary is the buckle on the Bible Belt, but they would be wrong. Calgary is in desperate need of the gospel as fewer churches hold forth the good news of Jesus’ death an...
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February 24, 2012
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Church Governance
| Tags: Church, structure, God, fellowship
Establishing and maintaining structure in a local church takes a ton of work, especially when, as with Calvary Grace, a church has started without any denominational or mother-church support. And we as elders are keenly aware that our efforts to establish and maintain structure in our church have not kept up with the growth of our fellowship, and that’s not good. ...
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February 4, 2012
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: conference, Spiritual, water, Church, luther
In the afterglow of a weekend conference you can almost bank on the intense feelings to start wearing off by about Wednesday if not earlier. If a conference is a good one, it can seem a bit disappointing to let its benefits slip through your fingers like so much water. And most of the time, we content ourselves to feel disappointed with the quick loss, rather than actually...
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