BC Christian Academy: Christ, Community, Compassion
What if God was serious when he said, “You shall teach [these words that I command you] diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” (Deuteronomy 6:7) At BC Christian Academy and our affiliated daycare, BCCA Kids’…
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Lord, Teach Us to Pray . . . continued.
Cheers, it’s 2025! You’ve entered one-quarter of the way into the 21st century. How do you feel about the problems and possibilities ahead? I feel a bit nervous but excited. And I don’t make New Year’s resolutions anymore. Instead, I evaluate the past year in December and make intentions for the coming year. Yes, I intend to eat…
Healing Pioneers: AB Simpson’s Gospel of Healing
A.B. Simpson was a remarkable Canadian pioneer of the healing ministry. Born on Prince Edward Island on December 15, 1843, Simpson was such a workaholic that he destroyed his health: “I carried a bottle of ammonia (smelling salts) in my pocket for years and would have taken a nervous spasm if I had ventured without…
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Marc Dalton stands up for churches
Since 2010, 592 places of worship across Canada have been the target of arsonists. 145 of these attacks have been in BC; 126 in Ontario; 161 across the Prairies; 48 in the Atlantic Provinces; 103 in Quebec; and 7 in the Territories. There is no specific sentencing against this in the current criminal code. Conservative…
New books by Canadian authors
A Song in The Night By Felicia Landie Word Alive Press Betsy never imagined she’d be hiding a stranger in her home. Risking her and her children’s lives, battling cancer, and praying her husband comes home alive, this young mother must learn to trust God with everything. Based on true events, A Song in the Night tells…
Kevin’s Top Album Picks of 2024
Anne Wilson: Rebel, Capital CMG, 2024: Anne Wilson returns with her sophomore album and once again offers up her Country/Pop sound that led to a well-deserved Dove Award for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Album of the Year. Too many highlights to name here but standouts include her mainstream Country single, “Rain in the Rearview,” “Strong,” “God and Country,”, “Praying Woman” featuring Country…
Ministry/Mission Spotlight
CFI – Christian Friends of Israel | Christian Service Brigade | CSB Iron Sharpens Iron | Lighthouse Harbour Ministries | Metzger Collection | CFI – Christian Friends of Israel: “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father and…
Education Feature (BC Article)
BC Christian Academy | Maple Ridge Christian School | Pacific Academy BC Christian Academy: Christ, Community, Compassion By Beth Peters – Elementary School Principal What if God was serious when he said, “You shall teach [these words that I command you] diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,…
Healing Pioneers: John & Ethel Gayner Banks – founders of Order of St Luke the Physician
In 1932, when the healing ministry was neglected in many churches, Rev. Dr. John & Ethel Gayner Banks birthed an interdenominational healing ministry at St Luke’s Church in San Diego called the Fellowship of St. Luke. From that fellowship was formed The International Order of St Luke the Physician (OSL), incorporated initially in the state…
When Ministry and Marriage Collide book review
Jack Taylor has three Master’s Degrees and a PhD. He has been married 47 years, in leadership for 43, a counsellor for over 30, and now works as a certified relationship coach. When he writes a book on marriage, he works hard intellectually. As Jack mentioned in his book, ‘I focus on the abstract…I may seem…
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Interpersonal relationships in a scrambled world
An Interview with Dr. Terence C. Young, Senior Consultant, CREST Leadership Presenter & Facilitator, Creston B.C. The greatest investment in yourself and your future that you can make is to look for two or three people you feel you can trust and begin to commit to a deeper level of communication, thus sharing your thoughts, business…
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