Brad Dewar
Veteran church planters Brad & Wendy Dewar combine apostolic and prophetic anointings together with over twenty-five years of ministry experience to produce dramatic results wherever they go. They have planted twelve churches across Canada and coached many others. As Executive Director of Church Planting for VCI they provide counsel and advice to pastors and churches across the nation. Their fresh approach to the Word of God and fluent ministry in the gifts of the Holy Spirit touches lives and sets people free in Christ.
The trouble with people is that they are all human. All too human! Yes, we have some amazing capabilities, but we also have some built-in and very predictable shortcomings.
It is a strange thing that in a world which was hand-made by God, many refuse to believe that he exists. Christians are often challenged by others to give some proof of God’s existence. Well, how do you prove the existence of something that is scientifically undetectable by any of our senses?
Egypt, in the time of Moses, was a hard place. As a people, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived under a dark cloud of systemic racism and state-sanctioned oppression. Being sneered at, discriminated against, and put to forced labour was an everyday reality. It was bad times in Cairo...
Early one morning in April 2003, Aron Ralston, an experienced climber from Aspen Colorado, headed off to do some solo climbing in a remote corner of Utah's Canyonland National Park.
It is Easter weekend. A crowd is gathered around three crosses erected on a low hill just outside of Jerusalem. We can see the faces in the crowd…
We are all being swept along by a vast Niagara of information that we seem powerless to resist. Those who try to raise a voice of reason are simply drowned out by the roar of the falls.
With so much easily available information at our fingertips, we tend to get lazy and stop questioning, filtering, and evaluating that information for ourselves. Soon we are nothing more than a random collection of ephemeral ideas...
Everybody needs a code they can live by - a set of principles direct them; a few proven truths to point the way; an anchor or two to hold them fast in the storm...
First work day of a new year. I know it sounds strange, but I have to admit I feel a wee bit of relief! Now before you...