Incidental Musings

In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says …

2 Timothy 4:1-8 November 19th 2023, Mountainview Christian Fellowship, Vancouver, BC YouTube: …

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— not …

(Note: The Rapture is secondary, not primary doctrine, important yet non-essential and non-salvific and thus should not undermine Christian …

He stood alone in a brightly lit filled expanse of space. Jerrold could see nothing. Not because of the bright light, but because there was …

According to Oxford Learning Dictionaries, the word condemn can mean:  to say very strongly that you think something is bad, usually …

How you choose to celebrate December 25th is entirely up to you. I am curious however to know, if you knew the origins of December …

There was a time not so long ago when just about every hip, cool and progressive Christian was wearing a WWJD bracelet to help remind them of …

They say that confession is good for the soul, so can I make a confession? I just love going to church. It’s like a free mini concert every …

It is now September 9th and by now you’ve probably heard Queen Elizabeth II has passed away after a seventy-year reign. No doubt your newsfeeds…

Empty Handed (and happy just the same) They said it right from the start, that we’d own nothing and be happy about it. Nobody listened to …

The month of February 2022 will go down as one of the most historic and infamous in Canadian history. At its hub was the Freedom Convoy: a …

(Editor's note: Brother Randy offers these thoughts today, on the anniversary of the birthdate of one of history's bloodiest warmongers) A …

I bind unto myself today the strong name of the TrinityBy invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three.I bind this day to me for …

On March 16, 2020, the Canadian border was "closed"* due to the coronavirus pandemic. I'd been at a conference in Virginia and was flying back …

Matthew 7:24-27 Earlier this month a famous Canadian megachurch pastor resigned after it was revealed, through a three-month independent …

Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) has evolved these past three decades into a veritable industry. While the Lord Jesus warns that one cannot serve …

           The longer I think about my time with YWAM, and in particular with The Metal Monks, …

Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.(Heb. 13:5) …

Guest Author: Randy Lacey When I think back to the tail end of the1980’s I do so with both trepidation and fondness. Oddly enough, both …

I try not to be politically motivated in anything I say or do. I left my protesting days behind me back in the eighties. This is not to say …

“… an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father … an hour is coming, and now is, when the true …

David was a humble shepherd boy, Israel’s greatest king, and Scripture’s most prolific worshipper. Some of the attributes of of his worship ethos …

John Calvin writes, “Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of …

In early 1988 in the west coast Canadian city of Vancouver, the Metal Monks were formed, or rather, forged, from a five-month School of …

The Magnificat (Lk. 1:46-55) And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. For He has regarded the …

"Cain and Abel," Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Italian, ca. 1548–1628) "Worship wars" is the popular term used to characterize the conflicts of this …

“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 What is worship? In the general sense, worship is …

Mountainview Christian Fellowship, Vancouver, BC, October 31 2021 John 16:1-15

https://www.mountainviewfellowship.ca/pages/biblical-worship-much-more-than-a-song-may-31-2020

Jesucristo crucificado, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish), 1632 Mountainview Christian Fellowship, Vancouver, BC, Good Friday, …

December 29, 2019, Mountainview Christian Fellowship, Vancouver BC Revelation 12:11