Category Archives: Theology/Doctrine/Apologetics

“Help, God yells, I’ve been ROBBED!”

Posted on August 13, 2015 by seegod1

In June, the Kingston Whig Standard received and published a piece by Stephen Skyvington (you can see it here), to which the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada asked us (I work for Bethel Church Kingston) to publish a reply. We did, … Continue reading →

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Generational curses, man…

Posted on December 7, 2013 by seegod1

So I’ve been studying the book of Ezekiel for the last few weeks (a.k.a. one of the “That’s-IT-I’m-not-messing-around-anymore-signed-God” books… see Chapter 7 if you wonder what I mean by that.) 🙂 Aaaaaaanyhoo (yes, I know it’s misspelled… I just like … Continue reading →

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December 2012: Christmas – Origins and Traditions

Posted on December 10, 2012 by seegod1

(This is from a class I taught our Junior High students at Church this past Sunday morning!) 1. WHY IS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED? WHEN? It’s a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. So what year was he born? We’re actually not … Continue reading →

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NOVEMBER 2012: About those pesky “denominations”!

Posted on November 12, 2012 by seegod1

No, I’m not talking about the new plastic Canadian bills, folks! 🙂 I’m actually talking about a critique that comes up quite a bit against us Protestant believers, to wit: “Oh you guys can’t even agree among yourselves! Anglicans, Congregationalists, … Continue reading →

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OCTOBER 2012: So the Vatican has declared…

Posted on October 9, 2012 by seegod1

…  a Year of Faith, and in the press release states the following: “During the Year of Faith, which will last from 11 October 2012 to 24 November 2013, Plenary Indulgence for the temporal punishment of sins, imparted by the mercy … Continue reading →

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JMG, God and the Dog

Posted on March 21, 2011 by seegod1

So the other day at work, during our staff meeting, we had a discussion about three ideas that help define God’s goodness – the concepts of “Justice”, “Mercy” and “Grace” (that’s the “JMG” of this posting’s title!) So just to … Continue reading →

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Question o t W – Can you (re)explain that whole “Trinity” thing…?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by seegod1

One of the distinguishing features of Christianity is also one of its most difficult to understand, and that is the idea that we worship one God in three persons. In fact, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Muslims alike accuse us of polytheism … Continue reading →

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Question o t Week – What does it matter whether Jesus was born of a virgin or not?

Posted on July 26, 2010 by seegod1

This question comes up a lot, and unfortunately more and more so by believers in the church, although as you’ll see later, it’s nothing new! For instance, Brian McLaren, a very popular emergent teacher these days, agrees with Alan Jones’ … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week – Why doesn’t God just shout from heaven, “I EXIST! BELIEVE IN ME!”

Posted on July 19, 2010 by seegod1

Over the years, I have heard many non-believers say “look, if God exists, and he’s a powerful as the Bible says, why doesn’t he just speak out in a booming voice, or appear or something, so that everyone can hear … Continue reading →

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