The ‘Explosive’ Message of the Gospel When I was a child, my extended family would gather together for our annual camping trip to the United States. My family were immigrants …
Citizens of Heaven, First and Foremost
The Call to be Ambassadors Our world is rapidly changing, and everything feels very unsettled. Around the world, there is economic uncertainty. We are witnesses to governments who are murdering …
Social Action and the Gospel
Hank de Jong is the Executive Director of EduDeo Ministries, a Canadian organization serving children in developing countries with quality education rooted in a Biblical worldview. Promise Keepers partners with …
The Art of Living in Exile
Finding Home in Post-Christian Canada It was a beautiful hike up the mountain. My wife and I were in Canmore for a retreat, and we had just enough time for …
Racism in Canada with Lennett Anderson
There’s a common misconception that here in Canada we don’t really deal with racism. Many people believe it’s a historic issue, or that’s exclusive to the United States. However, for …
The Faith Next Door
Sharing the Gospel with Our Muslim Friends We were one of the few Muslim families in the suburban Detroit community I grew up in, a community that has since diversified …
How to Love Our Muslim Neighbours (and People of Other Faiths)
For most of his life, Abdu Murray was a proud Muslim who studied the Qur’an and Islam. After a nine-year investigation into the historical, philosophical, and scientific underpinnings of the …
Love Your Neighbourhood
There’s something refreshing about loving locally. The first time I emerged from the Runnymede Subway Station in Toronto, I knew I’d discovered something different. I’d spent my entire life in …
Only Ministry Matters
Regardless of “profession,” serve God in all you do During my first pastoral call I was a tent-maker. Okay, that’s a bit of a misnomer; I didn’t make tents at …
Just be Just
Action—clear, simple, costly action—makes all the difference in the world Our language is riddled with quirks. It abounds in ironies. Fat chance and thin chance mean the same thing. To …