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Ask A Pastor: How should Christians react to the Black Lives Matter movement?

Apr 14, 20223 min read

Ask A Pastor: How should Christians react to the Black Lives Matter movement?

Question How should a Christian react to the Black Lives Matter movement and those who support it? Answer Black Lives Matter (BLM) was...

Ask A Pastor: Why did God create the tree of good and evil?

Rev. Pieter van der Hoek

Mar 31, 20224 min read

Ask A Pastor: Why did God create the tree of good and evil?

Question: If God is a loving God, why did God create the tree of good and evil knowing that Adam and Eve would sin and cause all of...

Rev. Mark Kelderman

Mar 19, 20223 min read

Ask A Pastor: Is Anxiety a Sin?

Question: Is anxiety a sin? Answer: This is a great question, but one that really needs a longer discussion to adequately address. Our...

Ask A Pastor: Is it ok to watch shows that depict Jesus?

Rev. Hans Overduin

Mar 5, 20223 min read

Ask A Pastor: Is it ok to watch shows that depict Jesus?

Question: Is it okay to watch The Chosen or other shows/movies that have depictions of Jesus? Answer: The answer is no, it’s not okay....

Ask A Pastor: Close Communion and Baptism?

Rev Jerrold Lewis

Feb 3, 20222 min read

Ask A Pastor: Close Communion and Baptism?

Question: In our denomination we practise closed communion. This means that it is possible for a person who isn’t a member of our church...

Ask A Pastor: will I remember life on earth in heaven?

Dr. Arthur Miskin

Jan 5, 20223 min read

Ask A Pastor: will I remember life on earth in heaven?

Question: Do you believe that we will remember everyone and everything that happened during our time on Earth in Heaven? I have been told...

Rev. David Vanbrugge

Dec 17, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: Should I date a Baptist?

Question: I am interested in dating a Baptist girl, who professes Christ. I personally believe in infant baptism. Knowing that this...

Ask A Pastor: Why did God allow sin to happen?

Rev. David Lipsy

Sep 16, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: Why did God allow sin to happen?

Question: Can you please explain more as to why sin entered the world if God, who rules all things, didn’t have to make sin happen?...

Ask A Pastor: Should preaching be directed at unbelievers?

Rev. John Koopman

Aug 30, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: Should preaching be directed at unbelievers?

Question: When we view the visible church as a “field of wheat”,in Matthew 13, it is understood that the tares represent the unbelievers...

Ask A Pastor: Should I do public confession of faith if I disagree with something in my church?

Rev. David Lipsy

Aug 5, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: Should I do public confession of faith if I disagree with something in my church?

Question: Confession of Faith – when you do confession of faith, are you doing it to the church or are you doing it to God? What i mean...

Ask A Pastor: Is “Forgive and Forget” Biblical?

Rev. Bartel Elshout

Jul 17, 20213 min read

Ask A Pastor: Is “Forgive and Forget” Biblical?

Question: Is the saying “forgive and forget” Biblical? I understand we as Christians are called to forgive under any circumstance 7×70...

Ask A Pastor: What is a woman’s highest calling?

Rev. Johnny Serafini

Jun 28, 20213 min read

Ask A Pastor: What is a woman’s highest calling?

Question: Is it Biblically based to say that a woman’s highest/most Biblical calling is being a wife and a mother? Or could another...

Ask A Pastor: How strong is Satan’s influence on me?

Rev. David Lipsy

Jun 17, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: How strong is Satan’s influence on me?

Question: Do we blame Satan for the influence of sin more than our own influence? Lately, I’ve noticed that at a lot of church topics and...

Tia Gritter

May 29, 20214 min read

I am Afraid

For the past few months living here in Alberta, especially since the arrest of James Coates, I have had almost a one track mind. In...

Ask A Pastor: God told me not to go to church?

Re. Jan Neels

May 17, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: God told me not to go to church?

Question: I have a friend whose dad tells the family that God told him the family should not go to church. How should I respond? Answer:...

Ask A Pastor: How can the infinite Son of God die?

Rev. Benjamin Hicks

May 2, 20214 min read

Ask A Pastor: How can the infinite Son of God die?

Question: We are studying “God is” by Mark Jones in our young’s people’s group. In chapter 4 “God is infinite” we have come across...

Ask A Pastor: Should we display crosses in our churches?

Rev. Mark Wagenaar

Apr 16, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: Should we display crosses in our churches?

Question: Why are no crosses displayed in the FRC? Answer: This question comes out of a good observation that most Christian churches...

Ask A Pastor: Should women pray publicly?

Rev. Jack Schoeman

Mar 31, 20214 min read

Ask A Pastor: Should women pray publicly?

Question: Is it okay for a woman to pray publicly in a mixed group setting? Answer: It is certainly okay for women to pray alone – even...

Ask A Pastor: What is the “law of liberty”?

Rev. Kenneth Hutton

Mar 17, 20213 min read

Ask A Pastor: What is the “law of liberty”?

Question: In Bible Study this week we were discussing James 2:1-13. When we came to James 2:12 we had a hard time figuring out what was...

Ask A Pastor: How do you show Christian love to a family member leading a gay lifestyle?

Rev. Joel Overduin

Mar 3, 20212 min read

Ask A Pastor: How do you show Christian love to a family member leading a gay lifestyle?

Question: How do you show Christian love to someone in your extended family who is living out a gay lifestyle? How do you react to their...

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