When we look at the New Testament pattern, for the early church we see a stark difference between many of the churches we see today. Paul saw this coming and penned a letter to his spiritual son to warn him of the dangers that he saw. As the Apostle Paul looks across the landscape of time, he issues a shattering warning to his spiritual son Timothy, who was stationed as a young leader setting things in order at the church in Ephesus. Paul pulls back …

Every believer encounters moments that reframe their entire understanding of faith. For many, prayer is viewed as a heavy, guilt-laden duty—a religious obligation where we present our wishlist to a distant God. However, a profound realization completely disrupts this…

A popular trend in modern church culture is the tendency to dictate to God rather than surrender to Him. We treat faith like a magic formula, standing in our circumstances to "decree and declare" our own desires. When nothing happens, we scramble to fix…

In 1865, the poet William Ross Wallace penned a line that has since echoed through the corridors of history: "The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." While often cited as a simple tribute to the influence of mothers, the phrase carries a weightier theological truth. It suggests that the most foundational power in human affairs is not found in the halls of parliament or on the fields of battle, but in the quiet…

- by Sebastien Hotte

Many of us carry the heavy weight of "what if." We replay past mistakes like a film, convinced that a single detour ruined the destination God had for us. We tell ourselves, "If only I had chosen differently," believing our missteps have taken us off God's intended…

- Michael Sitko

"...So many competing interests and worthy causes. One of the principles of the Kingdom of God is the truth that what we focus on in our lives, we make room for and what we make room for will ultimately produce fruit in our lives." 

- Michael Sitko

Something that I have found to be true in life is this. You only fail if you choose to quit...

- Michael Sitko

What truly inspires me and draws me into a deeper pursuit of relationship with God though is that it is one of the only elements to which He compares Himself in seeking to give us an understanding of what He’s like...

- Michael Sitko

After being out of law enforcement for nearly a decade,  I decided to get back into one of my favourite past times, target & competition shooting. Having spent the majority of my time in those years serving on the immediate response team...

- By Michael Sitko

Have you been inoculated? A common question these days in Canada and a controversial one at that. Inoculation is the process by which the spreading of disease is curbed through the process of infecting a host with a neutralized version of a disease or virus that could lead to long term impairment, disability or even the death of the host...