Archive for June 2015
Are We Really Making a Difference? Reflections on the National Tour
As many of you know, Back to the Bible Canada just completed the first I Will Tell National Tour from June 13-21. I, along with Laugh Again’s Phil Callaway, musician Andrew Marcus, Isaac Dagneau from indoubt, and the rest of the team, travelled from B.C. to Ontario with numerous stops on the way, getting to…
Read MoreThe Big, the Bad, and the Lame by Phil Callaway
Have you ever laughed until your sides ached and you had to come up for air? Whenever I ask people in an audience how many have been doing too much laughing lately, no one raises their hands. Unless there are kids there. Their hands shoot straight up. They laugh each time an adult walks into…
Read MoreHow Do We Think About Such an Evil Act? A Biblical Response
Today, all of us have heard about the shootings in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, June 17, that left nine innocent people dead. Reverend Clementa Pickney, the pastor of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, along with eight others, were mercilessly gunned down during a Bible study. Dylann Roof, a 21-year- old young man entered…
Read MoreThe Power of a Laugh by Phil Callaway
When I was two years old, I realized that I could make people laugh by walking around with my soother stuck in my ear. Ever since, I’ve been hooked on laughter. As I exited diapers and entered school, I was horrified to discover that teachers didn’t share the same passion for humour. In fact, they…
Read MoreInto The Fire
Here’s our question of the day: if you were given 30 seconds to run through your house and take a few things before it burned down, what would you grab? I think I’d take my wife. And my golf clubs. And maybe the dog. On second thought, my wife could walk out on her…
Read MoreTheology Doesn’t Save…But How Much Doctrine Is Necessary?
Recently someone asked me, “Does one need to believe in the Trinity in order to go to heaven or be a Christian?” I have always found questions of this nature to be somewhat difficult to answer. Now, to be clear, it is not difficult to defend the doctrine or to explain why a proper understanding…
Read MoreThe Crisis Over Gender and Sexuality
The last 35 years have seen an astonishing change in our culture’s view of sex and sexuality. Just yesterday, I was listening to a sports radio broadcast in my car when the commentator spoke about Tony Dungy, a former NFL coach and now colour analyst for the very popular Sunday Night Football on NBC. Dungy…
Read MoreWorshipping Dog
Not long after we brought our dog Mojo home, some friends whom we shall call Jane and Al came over for dinner. I was smothering four medium rare steaks in sauce on the backyard barbecue when they arrived. Mojo introduced them to all six inches of herself by going completely crazy, leaping and running mad…
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