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April 13, 2018 by Jeff Jones
The age of the Bible has practical implications for how we read it. Its books were written using literary rules and conventions that were different, thousands of years ago, than they are today. When we encounter biblical difficulties, one of the very first things we need to ask is whether the sheer distance in time and culture between ourselves and the biblical writer is contributing to a misunderstanding. We need to resist the temptation to impose modern expectations and assumptions on the text....
April 6, 2018 by Jeff Jones
What difference can biblical genealogies possibly make in my life? Why do they matter? Here are a few reasons why they are, far from being dusty and irrelevant relics, actually divinely ordained means of encouragement and growth....
March 30, 2018 by Clint Humfrey
Our religious observances do not save us. Christ saves us. He alone is our salvation. It is not a combination of our faith and our religious observances, as the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Rather, Christ alone saves and all our guilty sin has been born by Christ on the cross, while his resurrection seals the forgiveness of our guilt forever....
March 23, 2018 by Clint Humfrey
As life goes on we are repeatedly faced with choices. And as we are confronted with choices we can be tempted in various ways. We can seek to escape them. Or we can make our choice based on our own worldly wisdom. Or we can rashly make a choice without even thinking. By contrast, we ought to learn to pray, discern and decide....
March 17, 2018 by Clint Humfrey
Their passport is a two-part gift. First, the Scripture says that believing in him is something granted. Second, is the other part of the gift that must be included. It has been granted to you, not only to be believe, but to suffer for his sake. ...
March 17, 2018 by Jeff Jones
David talks in First Chronicles 29 about uprightness of heart, but why does he do that? Why does the heart matter when looking at good deeds like a Temple offering? ...
March 10, 2018 by Clint Humfrey
The Christian life might not be romantic or nostalgic but its real. Our organic connection to Jesus Christ in his death and resurrection is better than all of the hoped for clean eating and living that hopeless shoppers pursue. ...
February 28, 2018 by Jeff Jones
Human beings have an innate longing for meaning and significance. As we continue to pray after David's example in First Chronicles 29 we wrestle with the need for us to confess our mortality and shortness of days to God, and live in light of them....
February 27, 2018 by Jeff Jones
Even our willingness and ability to do things for God are gifts from his hand. In this article we look at and pray in light of this truth as David presents it in his prayer, found in First Chronicles 29....
February 26, 2018 by Jeff Jones
God provides all that we have. As we continue to pray through First Chronicles 29 in celebration of a year in our own building, we look at how David acknowledged God's provision of all things as an example for our own prayers....
April 13, 2018 by Jeff Jones | Tags: Genealogy, twenty-first-century life
The age of the Bible has practical implications for how we read it. Its books were written using literary rules and conventions that were different, thousands of years ago, than they are today. When we encounter biblical difficulties, one of the very first things we need to ask is whether the sheer distance in time and culture between ourselves and the biblical writer is c...
Keep ReadingApril 6, 2018 by Jeff Jones | Tags: genealogies, bible, History, Application, Inerrancy
What difference can biblical genealogies possibly make in my life? Why do they matter? Here are a few reasons why they are, far from being dusty and irrelevant relics, actually divinely ordained means of encouragement and growth....
Keep ReadingApril 2, 2018 by Jeff Jones | Tags: Unity, Sanctification, New City Catechism, Catechesis, Scripture Memory
Our hope at Calvary Grace Church is that we, as a congregation, would be growing in the knowledge and understanding of our faith through catechesis and growing in our holiness through Scripture memory. Here's how we plan to get there!...
Keep ReadingMarch 30, 2018 by Clint Humfrey | Tags: Faith, Grace, Saved, Christ Alone
Our religious observances do not save us. Christ saves us. He alone is our salvation. It is not a combination of our faith and our religious observances, as the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Rather, Christ alone saves and all our guilty sin has been born by Christ on the cross, while his resurrection seals the forgiveness of our guilt forever....
Keep ReadingMarch 23, 2018 by Clint Humfrey | Tags: Prayer, ask, Discern, Word of God, Will of God
As life goes on we are repeatedly faced with choices. And as we are confronted with choices we can be tempted in various ways. We can seek to escape them. Or we can make our choice based on our own worldly wisdom. Or we can rashly make a choice without even thinking. By contrast, we ought to learn to pray, discern and decide....
Keep ReadingMarch 17, 2018 by Clint Humfrey | Tags: Suffering, Faith, Gift, Christ
Their passport is a two-part gift. First, the Scripture says that believing in him is something granted. Second, is the other part of the gift that must be included. It has been granted to you, not only to be believe, but to suffer for his sake. ...
Keep ReadingMarch 17, 2018 by Jeff Jones | Tags: Prayer, Justification, sola fide, King David, Chronicles, Heart, Good Works
David talks in First Chronicles 29 about uprightness of heart, but why does he do that? Why does the heart matter when looking at good deeds like a Temple offering? ...
Keep ReadingMarch 17, 2018 by Jeff Jones | Category: Current Events | Tags: Gospel, Rights, Canada Summer Jobs, pro-life, Charter, religious freedom, conscience
The text of a letter submitted to Economic Development Canada accompanying our church's application for Canada Summer Jobs program funding. It explains why we cannot in good conscience express the words of the attestation imposed as a requirement by the Trudeau government on organizations applying for this funding. It is our belief that the attestation requirement infringe...
Keep ReadingMarch 17, 2018 by Gavin Peacock | Tags: Mind, Word, Wisdom
Pray for the mind of Christ, which is yours already that you may put into practice these three wisdom principles for godly decision-making....
Keep ReadingMarch 17, 2018 by Gavin Peacock | Tags: Devotional, heart work, priority, Prayer, reading scripture
So at the beginning of the New Year, make devotional heart work a priority and tap into the life giving Spirit of Christ (John 7:38-39). ...
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