Category: Blogs
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Who Was Valentine? And Some Advice for a Stronger Love
Originally posted on Matthew Ruttan: It was a grade-3 Valentine’s Day party. We had highly processed chocolate, some red balloons, and an awkward exchange of Valentine’s cards: Roses are red / Violets are nice Kiss me once / I’ll kiss you twice! Ba da boom. I’d like to say that our poetry and romantic prowess improve with…
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What is the “Good News”?
In the Christian faith, the terms “Good News” and “Gospel” are often used interchangeably. There’s good reason for that since they both translate the same Greek word from the New Testament into English. But what is this Gospel/Good News, anyway? What makes it good? And why is it supposed to matter so much? In this…
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5 Helpful Study Bibles
Reading the Bible is important — and it can also be hard to understand sometimes! So here are 5 Study Bibles that can help.
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Why is there so much evil and suffering if there is a benevolent being? [Video]
It’s a huge question. Perhaps the biggest: Why is there so much evil and suffering if there is a benevolent being? This was one of the questions I received in the monthly ‘Q & A Forum’ at Westminster Church in Barrie. There’s no silver bullet answer. If there was, we’d all know it. But in…
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Questions about Christmas
Originally posted on Matthew Ruttan: Some of you have questions about Christmas. But the season rushes at us with such fearsome fury that we do our best just to hang on. As a result, many of our questions go unanswered. So this post responds to some of the questions you have shared with me. Enjoy!…
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Don’t be lured: Helping our kids stay safe from human traffickers
Recently our church hosted a worker for Fight4Freedom to educate some of our young people. Fight4Freedom is a local organization (with 12 offices across Canada) in the fight against human trafficking, particularly in the sex trade. Since the audience for our evening was pretty young, we kept it appropriate, high-level, and about “forced labour.” But…
