The Stronger Man
Dear Brothers, Is this the kind of experience a supervising pastor would plan to give his vicar on his first day of training: allowing that student pastor to hear respected church leaders insinuate that the ...
Preach the Word – May/June 2015
Volume 18, Number 5. Pastor Tom Westra highlights the importance of Christ's active obedience and how that shapes the rest of the elements of the sermon. A Clean Set of Clothes In place of our ...
The Far Greater Protection
Dear Brothers, It is sad that Ascension Day is for so many the forgotten church festival (perhaps even passing too easily from our own radar screens?). There's the glorious Jn 14:1-4 ascension truth Josua ...
Didymus’s Twin
Dear Brothers, I think poor Thomas gets a bum rap. There's not one of the Eleven who believed without seeing. Luke reports that not one of them believed the women's eye witness testimony. None ...
Preach the Word – March/April 2015
Volume 18, Number 4. Here Pastor Tom Westra explains how telling stories can enhance our telling of The Story. What's Your Story? In the retelling of The Story, you are swept into it, and in ...