Easter is the day we celebrate the Lord's resurrection. Christ's rising from the dead assures us with the promise of our own resurrection. This is why we call Sunday the Lord's day. It points us forward to the day when it truly will be on earth as it is in heaven. This is why baptismal fonts historically have eight sides. The new Christian is being placed into the eighth day by their baptism. It was to direct them to the new kingdom into which they were being brought by faith in Christ. it may… Continue

It is one of those things most of us have wondered at some point. Why does Jesus stay in the tomb on Saturday? What is he doing? To understand what is going on, we must go all the way back to the beginning. Genesis 2:13 tells us this, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on… Continue

This week is traditionally called Holy Week. It is a time when we remember the the last week of Christ’s life. It is a very sombre week, and is one for intense reading and reflection. During our reading times, there will be a temptation to run past the cross to the resurrection. I want us to reflect upon the cross, and what Christ is doing there for us. The Cross can be something we take as a given. It almost becomes somewhat like a silent letter in our Christian life. It’s there, but we don’t… Continue

I hope that everyone has had a chance to look at the penitential Psalms for our Lentin readings. I also pray that everyone is beginning to have a better understanding of why we are to repent, or better still a more biblical vew of the God to whom we are repenting. It is with this latter concern that I am sending out a supplemental reading. I truly want us all to know the Lord who calls us to repentance. I would like everyone to read Joel 2:1-17. There are a few things in this passage which… Continue