Forward Baptist Church, Toronto

This week, when my wife Becky went grocery shopping, she had a brief conversation with the cashier, which started started off being about the amount of coffee she was buying.  As Becky explained that she was shopping for our church’s food bank, the cashier said that she also went to church and that every day before work, she read Psalm 91 as a reminder of God’s protection.

At the end of every year, dictionary websites choose a word that they feel best represents the year that is ending.  They then name that word the word of the year. For 2019, dictionary.com chose the word ‘existential’.

Whenever you read a book, you have to take into consideration what kind of book it is.  You don’t read all kinds of books the same way. The kind of book you are reading determines how you read it.  So what kind of book is the Bible?

The writers of the New Testament point out over and over how Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies in His birth, His life, His death, and His resurrection.  But if you have ever looked up the prophecies that Jesus fulfilled, you may have found yourself confused. Sometimes these prophecies aren’t prophecies in the way we expect...

One of the most important events in the history of the church took place in 325 AD.

The Psalms teach us how to come to God in prayer, but they can be very confusing for many Christians.  Many of the Psalms seem like complaining (these are called lament psalms). Others ask God to destroy our enemies (these are known as imprecatory psalms).  Surely God doesn’t want us to pray that way, does He?

What does faith look like in the face of doubt and despair?  How do we pray when we aren’t sure that God is listening or that He cares?  Most of us don’t know how to answer those questions. We find them awkward and disturbing.  We like to think, or to pretend that Christians don’t ever feel that way. But those reactions to doubt and despair aren’t realistic, they aren’t helpful.  Thankfully, they aren’t biblical either!

As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Forward, here’s a cool snapshot from our history.  This is an article from a church publication entitled The Forward News, written in 1941 for the church’s 22nd anniversary!

“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” - Romans 10:9 (NIV)

Romans chapter 8 makes some amazing and glorious promises to Christians.  These promises are truly incredible and joyous. But are they trustworthy?