Jim Palmer tdrpeSosonhg u tl 009tc72u1082if0ihha9g1Jm12t4fg18f52ft:6ay3 · For years I was a pastor at one of the largest churches in North America. I attended the conferences, learned the strategies, built the systems, and played the game. Much of what I’m about to say is not speculation. It is confession. There are wonderful people in organized churches, and churches do […]

“It is customary to blame secular science and anti-religious philosophy for the eclipse of religion in modern society. It would be more honest to blame religion for its own defeats. Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, […]

A Modest Homily by Dave Andrews We celebrate January 1 as the beginning of a ‘New Year’ for us. But is it a ‘New Year’ for God? Many believers say ‘No. God is omnipresent or all-present or always-present. Which means that God is capable of being in the past, the present and the future all […]

Gabor Maté and sons Aaron and Daniel got together as a Jewish family in Vancouver BC to discuss what’s happening in Gaza, Israel, and the worldwide Jewish community. Dave Andrews youtube.com

 ‘I Am The Good Shepherd’ Dave Andrews The people in the Middle East often refer to their leaders as ‘shepherds’ because, unlike Western shepherds, who go behind the sheep and drive them where they are supposed to go, Middle Eastern shepherds are supposed to go ahead of the sheep and lead the way to green pastures and still waters. However, […]

Dave Andrews The third thing I could see clearly when I took the plank of self-righteousness out of my eye was: 3. Jesus is already with people – ‘Christians’ and ‘non-Christians’ – whether people know it or not.  Paul says: ‘For by (Christ) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, […]

Dave Andrews The second thing I could see clearly when I took the plank of self-righteousness out of my eye was: 2. The Spirit is already at work bringing order out of chaos and leading people into the truth in every situation we find ourselves in. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can […]

Dave Andrews The first thing I could see clearly when I took the plank of self-righteousness out of my eye was:  1. All men and women are made in the image of God and have the law of God written on their hearts. ‘God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God […]

Dave Andrews I never wanted to exterminate anyone – I wanted to convert everyone. I was taught apologetics by Francis Schaeffer. He encouraged me to believe that Christianity had a monopoly on revelation from God, and as such, our religion had a franchise on what he called the absolute ‘true truth’. That being so, I […]

Dave Andrews I used to teach a course on Christian community work at a Theological College near here. At the start of the course, I always got students to draw a picture of their ideal community. Not surprisingly many of the Christian students drew a picture of a Christian community with a church with a […]

Dave Andrews Having critiqued the way Dominion Theology advocates people of faith seek control over society, I was asked what way do I suggest people of faith engage society. I believe people of faith in the Abrahamic tradition are specifically called to be ‘a blessing to all nations.’ (Gen.22:18) In the ‘Beatitudes’ Jesus of Nazareth […]

Dave Andrews In the light of the rise of Dominion Theology in the US, Christians would do well to reflect on concept of “dominion” in the teachings of Jesus.The French Christian philosopher theologian Jacques Ellul declares: “I believe that the biblical teaching is clear. It always contests … dominion.”1. The concept of “dominion” involves “conquest”, […]