🕯️Christmas Service 🕯️

This Christmas season, our doors are open to all in need of a Saviour, Redeemer, Healer, Lord, Forgiver, Rescuer, and Friend. Come and celebrate the glorious feast marking the anniversary of Jesus’s birth with us on Sunday, December 25th at 10:30am at our regular meeting spot at Ippon Dojo; we’ll be hosting our regular fullContinue reading “🕯️Christmas Service 🕯️”

5 Christmas Movies Actually About Christ

From Focus on the Family, here are 5 Christmas movies to enjoy in anticipation of the celebration of Christ’s incarnation: 2. The Star (2017) 3. VeggieTales’ The Little Drummer Boy (2011) 4. The Three Wise Men (2020) 5. Christmas With the Chosen: “The Messengers” (2021) Bonus: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and a personal family favourite of ours, notContinue reading “5 Christmas Movies Actually About Christ”

Pro-Life Resources

PRO-LIFE DEEP DIVE Ready to jump in? This is a stack of books curated to equip and engage you with the most thoughtful questions surrounding the humanity of the unborn, including addressing the most common street-level and academic objections of all stripes to the pro-life view. Collect them all, or work through them one-by-one; they’re bound toContinue reading “Pro-Life Resources”

Answering Abortion

“The abortion controversy is not a debate between those who are pro-choice and those who are anti-choice. It’s not about privacy. It’s not about trusting women to decide. It’s not about forcing one’s morality. It’s about one question that trumps all others.” – Scott Klusendorf  And that one question boils down to: before we askContinue reading “Answering Abortion”

Books on the Atonement

Many people today assume that we’re generally good by nature, and therefore, the death of Jesus as a substitution for our sin has come under increasingly harsher and harsher criticism in recent years. But what happens if we do something wrong? Not just make a mistake, but really, truly, and awfully wrong?  Does our guiltContinue reading “Books on the Atonement”

Luther and His Message for Today

What, then, are the true questions? There is no difficulty in answering. Martin Luther answers. How did he start? How did he become the man he was? What led to the Protestant Reformation? Do you know the answer? Here is the first question, and here is the first question that the Christian Church needs toContinue reading “Luther and His Message for Today”

Who is Jesus? Books

Knowing about Jesus and the resurrection is one thing, but have you ever found yourself puzzled or confused about the exact meaning and theological significance of who he is? Especially if you’ve heard him referred to with phrases like: King of Kings Lord of Lords Son of God Saviour Messiah or … a rebel whoContinue reading “Who is Jesus? Books”

Psalm 1, (That Man Hath Perfect Blessedness), by Brian Sauvé

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure of listening to Brian Sauvé’s hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs… you’re welcome! This is a wonderful rendering of Psalm 1, an expectation-setting introduction to the book of Psalms (note the Genesis-laden language): 1 Blessed is the manwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in theContinue reading “Psalm 1, (That Man Hath Perfect Blessedness), by Brian Sauvé”

How Did Christianity Change the World?

Eric Clapton might resonate with you when he sings about wishing to change the world, but did you know that Jesus already has, and continues to?  We know, we know: it’s easy – and popular – to bash the Church and Christians, and some of it may even be deserved. But before you continue scrolling,Continue reading “How Did Christianity Change the World?”