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Pastor's Blogby
A window into the heart and mind of the Senior Pastor for Harvest Bible Chapel Calgary.
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Pastor's Blog - Entries written by Pastor TrevorFirst Things FirstThere is not a Christian alive who does not know the command to pray and knows that it is important to do so. Yet, too often prayer is swallowed up by the busyness of life and we fail to do it. Our belief that prayer is important fails to translate... More Honor the KingI recently studied and preached Malachi 1:6-14. This passage was a great reminder of what happens to people when they lose their focus . The priests had the best job in the world. They were in the service of presenting sacrifices and offerings to... More New Video from HaitiI know some of you have been following what has been going on with churcheshelpingchurches. Please see the latest video that has been together. Praise God that there have been many people responding to this need. If you are looking for more info... More Latest News from HaitiPastor MacDonald and Pastor Driscoll were able to land in Haiti this morning. I will paste their updates on here for those of you who do not follow Twitter. Pastor Mark Driscoll Landed in hell but doing well. The soldiers first words off the plane... More Haiti - Churches Helping ChurchesThe last few days have been a whirlwind. On Thursday morning we met with Pastor James. He had a heavy heart for all that had happened in Haiti. By the end of the day plans were in place to begin a new ministry called "Churches Helping Churches".... More ChristmasThis Friday we will celebrate the incarnation. God coming to earth in the form of a baby. It defies all logic when you think of it from a human perspective. Why would the Lord of all of creation, the Creator of all, become part of the creation? The... More What Does Repentance Look Like?I recently preached on James 4:1-10. The passage is dealing with worldliness. The people that James was writing to were trying to live for the things of this world. They had the same aims and goals as the world. Their focus was on themselves. God... More  What a Redeemer!The end of last week was awesome. Thursday and Friday we talked a lot about preaching God's Word focusing specifically on the presentation element. How we use our voices, the importance of words, and the overall presentation of a sermon. It was... More Communication in MarriageI speak on communication in marriage tonight here at Harvest Elgin. I am looking forward to it. I thought I would share some of the things that I learned as I was preparing. It's incredible to think that at one time on this earth that there was... MoreA Recap of the WeekI can't believe how fast the weeks are going by. Yet another week is done at the Training Center and I am continually being challenged. In our preaching phase we discussed the importance of applicational preaching and how to go beyond general... More The Persecuted ChurchThis last weekend many churches around the world took time to remember those believers who are being persecuted for their faith. Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago joined them. Many people don't realize the extent of the persecution that many face. I... More Illustrations and Changed LivesI have a lot to tell you this week, so I think I will put this into two posts. I will begin by telling you about my week at the Training Center and then I would like to share with you some thoughts on the persecuted church and the sovereignty of... More Learning More Practical MinistryAnother week is complete and yet another week of learning. Tuesday was a great day as we worked through Revelation 3:7-13 with Pastor James. He gave us a lot of great insight as showed us how he works through a passage when he is preparing a sermon.... More What a Week!!I will attempt to sum up a very full last week. First let me just say that it is a tremendous blessing to serve the Lord with Harvest Bible Chapel. I flew home back to Calgary just over a week ago. In my time in Calgary I had meeting after meeting... More Preaching Phase BeginsI'm excited to now be in the preaching phrase of the training that we are receiving. This phase will be over the next seven weeks. This week we are working on sermon outlines. When looking at a passage there are a few things to consider. First, you... More |
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