by OGC Office | Dec 15, 2015 | Pastor's Blog, Resources
If you know me I get “agitated” with modern day manger scenes that have everyone and their camel present. You know the picture: Mary, Jesus, Joseph, shepherds, wise men or magi, a cow, couple of sheep and several angels hanging on the roof rafters. But...
by OGC Office | Dec 8, 2015 | Pastor's Blog, Resources
1 John 5:21 The very last statement of 1 John 5:21 makes this strange statement; strange because the framework of the book is written so these believers would know that they have eternal life (5:13). Why would anyone who has trusted Christ, living life under His...
by OGC Office | Dec 1, 2015 | Pastor's Blog, Resources
I am reading through Ezekiel 45-46 these mornings and I love this book. My favorite section is Ezekiel 36:25-27 because it introduces Israel to the New Covenant that God will make with them; the books is amazing! The overview is this: Israel’s sin has become so...
by OGC Office | Nov 24, 2015 | Pastor's Blog, Resources
Being a Canadian we have already had our Thanksgiving – back on October 12th. Same focus, same food, same family. It is somewhat self-indulgent (but fun) to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving twice in the same year much to the disappointment of many. The time is...
by OGC Office | Nov 17, 2015 | Pastor's Blog, Resources
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). Now this verse might actually suggest that we live by blind faith. Our idea of “hope” and “things not seen” would instantly...
by OGC Office | Nov 3, 2015 | Pastor's Blog, Resources
Matthew 9:1-8 In this passage Jesus heals a paralytic… but it was not quite that simple. When Jesus sees the paralytic, and the faith of his friends to bring this man to Him, He begins by saying, “My son, your sins are forgiven.” The Scribes reacted...
