Salt-Seasoned Faith

Would You Call Me ‘Brother’ If I Was Alive?

How much theology do you have to get right to be a Christian? How much of your doctrine has to be correct for you to be "in the Kingdom"? 
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Why I Don’t Watch Porn.

It's an interesting time to be a 30-something male in North America. Not a whole lot is expected of us by the world around us. Many men my age have not been married for six years and don't have three kids. 
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The Charleston Shooting And God’s Tolerance Of Evil.

Why would an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God allow an armed man to walk in to a Wednesday night prayer meeting, sit there for an hour and then start opening fire? Honestly, if there's any group of people who's backs God should have, it's got to be Christians meeting to pray right?
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How To: Church Shopping

Recently, my family and I moved back to the Niagara Region in Ontario. Among other things, this means that I can go back to Starbucks, 24 hour grocery stores, and decent pubs. It also means my wife and I have a chance to do something that we don't get to do a lot of: Church Shop.
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Reflections on Pastoral Ministry Part 5: The Pain Of Leaving

Up until very recently, I was in pastoral ministry. I pastored a micro-church in the Ottawa Valley. (For the unfamiliar micro churches are essentially the opposite of mega churches. Definitions vary, but generally, churches that have 50 or fewer in weekly attendance can be considered micro.) It was an experience I’ll remember for the rest of my life.
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Reflections On Pastoral Ministry: Church Politics

Up until very recently, I was in pastoral ministry. I pastored a micro-church in the Ottawa Valley. (For the unfamiliar micro churches are essentially the opposite of mega churches. Definitions vary, but generally, churches that have 50 or fewer in weekly attendance can be considered micro.) It was an experience I’ll remember for the rest of my life. 
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Stop Calling It Gay “Marriage”

Gay marriage, or is it gay "marriage"? There's a disturbing trend within evangelicalism. It's really subtle, but it's there, and it boils my blood. Some segments of North Amercian evangelicalism...
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Reflections On Pastoral Ministry: Mission

Up until very recently, I was in pastoral ministry. I pastored a micro-church in the Ottawa Valley. (For the unfamiliar micro churches are essentially the opposite of mega churches. Definitions vary, but generally, churches that have 50 or fewer in weekly attendance can be considered micro.) It was an experience I’ll remember for the rest of my life. 
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Reflections On Pastoral Ministry: Preaching

Up until very recently, I was in pastoral ministry. I pastored a micro-church in the Ottawa Valley. (For the unfamiliar micro churches are essentially the opposite of mega churches. Definitions vary,...
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The Choice We Make.

I read an article last week by John Pavlovitz. John and I have never met, but I'd like to change that someday. I like the way he writes, I like the...
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What’s In A Name?

Let me ask you a question: What's the difference between a homosexual and a member of the LGBT* community? Reduced to it's simplest of categories, one is the name WE have for THEM and one is the name THEY use for themselves.
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A Christian Parent’s Guide to Ontario’s New Sex Ed Curriculum.

This is an old post, and probably my most read ever, My daughter is 6 now and in Grade 1. I wouldn't change a word of this.
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