Salvation in the Synoptic Gospels

I received the latest edition of JETS (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society) this week. The article that piqued my interest in this edition was, “The Gospel in the Gospels: Answering the Question ‘What Must I Do to Be Saved?’ from the Synoptics” by Edmund Neufeld (June 2008, vol 51.2, p. 267-296).
Neufeld suggests that [...]

Understanding Religion in America

Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion has released some very interesting research into religiosity, Christianity and Atheism.
The two items I found most interesting were about megachurches and the relationship between religiosity and superstition.
Megachurches:
Even with congregations of more than 1,000 members, the Baylor Religion Survey found that megachurches surprisingly are more intimate communities than small [...]

Minor Irritation or Insulting?

Sometimes Christians do really stupid things. Okay, lots of times Christians do really stupid things. And for some reason it is always the stupid things that make it into the mainstream media, rather than the good, smart, rational, helpful, compassionate things.
At first this story just irritated but then the more I thought on [...]

A Nazarene Blog to Watch

Well I have dabbled in, and appreciate the Emergent Church movement, I still find myself planted firmly in a more Evangelical framework. But here is a blog to watch: Emergent Nazarenes.

The State of Education

This is hilarious! It’s too bad that this wasn’t played on all media outlets when the Provincial election made public vs. faith-based education a key issue.

Bible Study Starting September 9th

I will be teaching an adult Bible study on Tuesday nights at 7:00 pm at Hamilton First Church of the Nazarene.
We will be going through the book of Revelation. The framework and push behind this study will be that the book of Revelation is a pastoral document, written to a church that was suffering [...]

A Time to Mourn

Today we observe a moment of silence. It is a dark day for North America. It is a dark day for Trekkies everywhere. Today the “Star Trek: The Experience” exhibit in Las Vegas closes.
As many of you know, Las Vegas is one of my favourite vacation destinations. I don’t go [...]