What do you need God’s power to accomplish? Maybe it is to overcome an addiction, survive a difficult season you’re in, to parent your children well, or to lead a…
It is one of the most stirring episodes in the Bible. In the hours following the resurrection, a couple of disciples were walking along a road outside of Jerusalem. They…
On the third day, Sunday morning, his most devoted friends, a group of women, were told at his tomb, “He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told…
I don’t need to convince anyone. We live it every day of our lives. The darkness around us brings burdens, sorrows, brutality, and anger. Our news sources are filled with…
As we look at Luke 23:1-25, it is all about the reactions and responses to Jesus. The chief priests and rulers, Pontius Pilate, King Herod and his soldiers, the crowd,…
I’m sure you’ve already seen advertisements for the latest documentaries on the historic Jesus. In the days leading up to Easter, it is a predictable thing. Even if people are…
How can I identify the power of darkness? It isn’t usually the overt, obvious evil that trips us up. That stuff is pretty dark, easy to identify, and clearly to…
Perhaps the most famous book on greatness is Jim Collins’ bestseller, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't. Obviously, it is a business book targeted…
Some people love to talk about eschatology, the apocalypse, the end times, visions, and dreams about the future. They like to speculate about the biblical prophecies by tying them into…
This weekend’s passage is short. And it carries a powerful punch. I thought I would just give you the whole thing right here: Jesus looked up and saw the rich…
Apologetics Some people love a good argument. I’m not talking about an angry confrontation type of argument where people get irrational and red-faced. I mean a debate or discussion where…
The recent Ontario election provides us with another opportunity to ask: What is our obligation, as Christians, to government? What perspective does the Bible give us about politics, prime ministers, and…
In modern construction, the cornerstone has become merely a ceremonial thing. It is usually bigger and of a different substance than the block, bricks, or stones around it. A date…
When we start to think about society’s current ills, the issue we have with authority comes pretty close to topping the list. The authority of parents has been undermined by…
Canadians enjoy a standard of living, freedom, security, and peace that are envied around the world. Soon, Ontario farm fields will be green with fresh crops that grace our tables and…
It’s Palm Sunday! We’ve never hidden the fact at Harvest that we don’t follow the “church calendar” as far as special days go. Christmas and Easter, yes, but Epiphany, Ascension…
Far from only containing nice, feel-good stories, the Gospels often recount hard sayings and shocking scenes. In this weekend’s passage, Luke 19:11-27, Jesus melds together historical information about a client…
If you grew up going to Sunday School, chances are you sang, “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he…” And if that’s true for…
As we read the Gospels from our complete perspective, we see the clarity with which he predicted his own death, burial, and resurrection. And yet, his disciples didn’t grasp at…
Among the things we will see in this weekend’s message in Luke 18:18-30 is the radical nature of being a true Christian. It represents a life-altering, priority-changing, all-in commitment to…