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Seminary Begins: An Unexpected Place

For almost 3 years, I was hoping to go to Moore College but I am officially a student of Boyce College. Well, God is sovereign and “many are the plans in a man’s heart but the Lord’s purpose shall prevail.” In simple fashion, this was why I chose Boyce in

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Posted on 10 Jan 2014

Momentous moments in CERC

This recent Foundation Day was celebrated with a look back at the many memorable moments CERC has had. Many CERC-ians shared that the day they became members and took a pledge to ?do all things in devotion and faith in Christ for God?s glory? was most memorable for them. Others talked about the fun times we’ve had as a church, and still others loved Combined Growth Groups nights, where the best creative performances are concocted from months of studying the scriptures. Here are some of the other memorable interviews.

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Posted on 8 Jan 2014

Christmas 2013 Greetings

Greetings dear friends and supporters.

As the year draws to a close, we look forward as a church to another opportunity of preaching the gospel this Christmas. For our church as well, we will be reminded again of Christ and His centrality to our existence as His church.

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Posted on 23 Dec 2013

December 2013

Dear friends, Lots of exciting things have happened since I last wrote. Latimer’s baptism Well, for one, God answered our prayer when our youngest, Latimer, came to faith in Christ Jesus in mid September. He’d been praying a few weeks before,  “Dear God, please help me to become a Christian”.

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Posted on 22 Dec 2013

The MTS Series: Part 3 – Reflections of a 3rd Year MTS-er

3 years seemed like a really short time. But much has changed in my disposition. Many lessons were learnt and gifts developed. My greatest fear is that I will forget all the important things that God has taught me because I believe the experience in MTS is formative for seminary

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Posted on 1 Dec 2013

23rd Birthday: Do I miss my old self?

I was asked that question on my 23rd birthday. That person wanted to know if I missed any part of my ‘old life’; when I was not a Christian. And to that question, I have a simple answer, “To hell with my old self!” Perhaps at a younger stage in

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Posted on 30 Nov 2013

Sermon preparation

While the preacher stands up in public to deliver his sermons each week, few people get to see him at his desk in preparation. In this post I want to take you behind the scenes to show you the four stages that I work through in preparing a sermon: Working

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Posted on 27 Sep 2013

The MTS Series: Part 2 – Why do MTS?

I did MTS because I could not bring myself to do any other thing but serve the Lord for the rest of my life. Couldn’t I do that whilst studying a secular degree and holding a job? No, not until my conscience was clear and I was certain that my

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Posted on 26 Sep 2013

Thinking Theologically Conference 2013: Theology = Lifeblood of the Church

We had a chat with TTC producer and pastor-teacher of CERC Robin Gan. He strongly believes that Christians need to learn how to think theologically, describing theology as the “life blood of the church”. Robin gave us some insight on why and how TTC has been beneficial for this local body.

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Posted on 23 Sep 2013