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Mark Vroegop: New President at TGC USA

Our friends at The Gospel Coalition USA elected Mark Vroegop as their new president on January 10th. Reflecting on The Gospel Coalition, Vroegop wrote, “For 20 years, TGC has supported ministry leaders and pastors like me through theological clarity, practical applications, meaningful relationships, and intentional gatherings. I’m honored and excited to help lead this vital ministry into its next chapter.” We are thankful for this next stage of The Gospel Coalition’s leadership. While we are independent organizations, The Gospel Coalition Canada and The Gospel Coalition in the USA share a mission of renewing the church by the Gospel of God....

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The Simple Depth of Christmas

Steve Lambert

One of my favourite Christmas carols is “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” I have always enjoyed it, but last year, something happened that strengthened its place in my heart. Last Christmas, my church put on a community Christmas dinner. As part of the program, of course, we sang some Christmas carols. As you would expect, it was a lovely time. We all sat around our tables after dinner, singing these familiar hymns about Jesus. As we sang, one of my daughters, who was just shy of three years old at the time, came and snuggled up on my lap. Having...

The Joy of Christmas: Finding True Joy in Union with Christ

Chris Woznicki

My youngest daughter loves Christmas. Of course, she loves it for the same reasons other kids her age do but there’s also a very specific reason: her middle name is “Joy.” She’s at that stage where she gets excited whenever she sees her name. She sees “Joy” everywhere during the advent season! I find myself having to remind her: “Sorry girl but these signs aren’t about you! They’re talking about the joy that Jesus brings to the world!” The joy of Christmas is about Jesus. And in the same region, there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over...

How to Celebrate Christmas

Michael A. G. Haykin

The eighteenth century was, in my opinion, the golden-age of hymn-writing. A goodly number of our favourite Christmas hymns were written during this era. There is one hymn, however, written by a Norfolk Baptist minister by the name of Edward Trivett (1712‒1792) that is certainly not among contemporary favs. Trivett was possibly raised in the Norfolk Baptist church at Worstead, where he became the pastor in 1742, a pastorate that lasted for fifty years. Around 390 were baptized during that time and received into the church as members. And a dozen or so men were sent out from the church...

Have a Blessed Ancient, Weird, and Reformed Advent!

George Sinclair

There is a hunger in many Canadian Christians for practices which are truly old. So, why don’t you consider using a cycle of Bible reading and prayers for Advent which is both truly ancient and also reformed by the gospel? I am not a scholar, just a pastor, but my understanding is that the season of Advent goes back to the 300’s. The following Advent Bible texts and prayers are not that old but almost! Even better, up until about the 1970’s they were widely used. In 1073 the Sarum Missal was put together. This included, among other things, assigned...

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