A Podcast All About Christianity
In some circles of the church, one of the most divisive issues is that of creation vs evolution. Should Christians believe that God created the world in six literal days, just six to ten thousand years ago? Or should Christians accept Darwinian evolution, that all life has evolved from a common ancestor and that changes … Read More “Where Darwin Meets the Bible – Review” »
Charles Haddon Spurgeon is known primarily as one of the most powerful preachers of the nineteenth century. What not every knows is that Spurgeon also struggled with depression. The pain, the politics, the opposition, and the overwork (as well as bereavements, like that of his young grandson) all affected him deeply, if in waves. So … Read More “Charles Spurgeon and Depression” »
Baptists have been around for a long time in Canada. In fact the congregation where I currently pastor began thirty-four years before Confederation. Baptists in Canada: Their History and Polity tells that story. The book gives a short history of Baptists in general, talking about where they came from and how they began. It includes … Read More “Baptists in Canada: Their History and Polity” »
One of the most influential Christians of the twentieth century was Martin Luther King, Jr. Many of the things that we take for granted in terms of racial equality can be traced back to his activism. One of the reasons that King was so successful was that he was extremely talent communicator. He had the … Read More “I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World” »
When we think of the history of the church, we usually think of events from centuries ago. However, the history of the church is still being written in real-time as Christians attempt to be the church. Contemporary history is worth studying. One of the best examples of this is the recent Rise and Fall of … Read More “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” »
Where did the Southern Baptists come from? Why are they called “Southern”? What is their relationship to some other Baptist groups in the USA? This video, although coming from the American Baptist Churches USA perspective, gives a fair description of how the Southern Baptists began.
One of the saddest chapters in Canadian history is the horrible experience of residential schools that attempted to eradicate indigenous culture. Not only was their purpose unacceptable, in practice it included terrible cases of abuse and in many cases death. I am talking about this here because this was not just on the government but … Read More “Canadian Residential Schools” »
One of the greatest Baptist preachers of all time was Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Stephen McCaskell has put together a documentary that will help you to understand more about this influential pastor.
I had the privilege of contributing a chapter to one of the volumes of the A Noble Company series published by Particular Baptist Press. The entire series is on the lives of notable Particular-Regular Baptists in America. Some people have asked what a Particular or Regular Baptist is. Particular or Regular Baptists are reformed in … Read More “A Noble Company: The Canadians” »
The term ‘fundamentalism’ is thrown around a lot, usually as an insult. If you encounter a religious person who is more conservative than what you would like, you might accuse them of being a fundamentalist. However, fundamentalism has a specific meaning, at least originally, that many people are unaware of. The 19th and early 20th … Read More “What is Fundamentalism?” »
