Category Archives: Miscellany
Toronto Star publisher calls G20 a “brutal spectacle that failed a city and its people”
Today’s front page of The Toronto Star carries an editorial by the Star’s publisher, John Cruickshank. Titled, “A brutal spectacle that failed a city and its people”, the piece doesn’t even attempt to disquise its disdain for the G20 conference, its … Continue reading
“The problem with you Christians….”
In 2002 I assumed leadership of New Covenant Forum where I served until the Fall of 2009. New Covenant Forum is Canada’s oldest continuing outreach to the Jewish community. Last Fall (October, 2009) I returned to pastoral ministry at Grace Baptist … Continue reading
Edward Feser says new atheists don’t know what they are talking about
The proliferation of books touting the end of God, religion and the supernatural has proven disconcerting to more than a few Christians. How is it, we wonder, that the so-called new atheists – Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, et. al. – can … Continue reading
“I don’t care to hang around with weaker Christians” – Fundamentalist Leader, circa 1971
In what now seems a life time ago (1971), I had a Christian leader spend the weekend with me at the first church I was privileged to lead – in southern Vermont. Those were the days I associated with men … Continue reading
Recommended reading from John Piper & Desiring God Ministries
This morning I decided to browse through a few blogs I follow. As I clicked and read, I was inexorably drawn deeper and deeper into the blogosphere, finally landing at Desiring God, the online site of John Piper’s well-known and … Continue reading
