Hey so I’ve never heard of Joey Landreth (or his previous band before going solo, The Bros. Landreth) before today, but I had a performance of his pop up on a YouTube channel I subscribe to and the song he was performing is called “Forgiveness” so, naturally, I wanted to check it out. And boy, am I glad I did!… Read more →
Devotions
“What is Heaven?” Follow Up
There are a lot of views of Heaven, even secular ideas of what an afterlife is like. What Dreams May Come is an aesthetically beautiful and though provoking movie that posits that Heaven is uniquely personal to each person. Watch this clip and discuss what you think (and if you have time, I’d thoroughly suggest watching the whole movie.… Read more →
“What is Grace?” Follow Up
At Edge, Jos talked about grace. In a nutshell grace is freedom; freedom from a live tied to the Law which cannot be fulfilled by us, freedom from the burden of sin, and freedom to explore life and explore faith without having to worry about the unknown because the Grace of God goes before us and allows us to find… Read more →
“What is Forgiveness?” Follow Up
Last night I asserted that Biblical forgiveness is drastically different to how the world sees and understands forgiveness. The world sees and understands forgiveness as something that only empowers the self: If someone has hurt me, it is taught, that forgiveness is important, even imperative, if I ever want to move on. So for me to forgive whoever hurt me… Read more →
“What is Wisdom?” Follow up
Building off of what Courtney shared with us on what wisdom is from a biblical perspective, I wanted to share with you a short devotional reflection on the difference between wisdom and knowledge. Courtney pulled from King Solomon and the book of Proverbs, using the verse “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom, and knowledge… Read more →
“What is Hope?” Follow up
A few weeks ago Hayley spoke on “what is hope?” She touched on Abraham and Sarah’s story about God’s promise to give them a child, even at a ridiculously old age, and that hope – Biblical Hope – is more than just wishing for something good to happen. It’s trusting in God’s word. There’s a difference between placing our… Read more →
“What is Worship” follow up
We started this series, “What is…?” a few weeks ago and we started off by looking at ‘what is worship?’ We took away the “worship team” so there was no music and we examined what true worship means. True worship is a live dedicated to serving God in humble reverence of who God is. That means that worshiping God… Read more →
Reflections on Light and Darkness – Courtney’s message on the Lamp of the Body
Hello, and welcome to the Living Room Blog. Last night Courtney spoke to us in week 2 of our Lent series, Journey to the Cross, and he spoke on Luke 11:33-36 – the lamp of the body. The takeaway for me was, in the same way last week I spoke about acknowledging distractions, to acknowledge the areas in our lives… Read more →
Doing the Right Thing Ain’t Always Easy
Hello again. Last night at the Living Room Gabe shared with us some reflections of his from his favourite movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Today I want to share with you some of my reflections to further some of that discussion. This will be done in two parts. pt. 1 Gabe focused on the character of Finn… Read more →
Dan Bremnes Concert in Review
Hey guys, It’s good to be back. Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted a blog, but I’ve been pretty sick ever since we got back from the States. So if you’d like to pray for me, I’d appreciate it. anyway, last night we were blessed to have award winning Christian music artist, Dan Bremnes, put on a… Read more →