Christmas Comes

How quickly and silently, the season of Christmas comes upon us! God does not impose his will upon us, like a high powered magnate, but offers to us a little child – his only son. He reaches out to us, and seeks our love and allegiance. He invites us to come and worship and follow him, [...] Read more »

Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy is the soft underbelly of the church. Generally, people of the church espouse the loftiest of aspirations, even heroic virtues of integrity and compassion, and so often fall far short of their highest and best. At times, people in church appear to be stalwarts in the community and bulwarks of morality – and then often [...] Read more »

Anniversary Sunday

We will be celebrating our Church Anniversary (116th) on November 13th in our worship service at 10.00 am. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Sam Chaise, who is the General Secretary of Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM). Sam is a product of Canadian Baptist work in Andra Pradesh, in India. However, he was born in England, and [...] Read more »

Share their Joy!

This Sunday, there are four people who are testifying to their faith in baptism. Their journeys of faith are varied and different. One is a young person – who was deeply touched by the camps he attended in the summer. Another is a man, who was moved by the quality of the community life he experienced [...] Read more »

The Resurrection and the Postmodern Dilemma

(Originally published in Sewanee Theological Review 41.2, 1998. Reproduced by permission of the author.) N.T. Wright In concluding this series of lectures, I want to do something rather different than what I have done in the previous two. My interest in the resurrection of Jesus is at the same time fully historical, fully theological, and [...] Read more »

Music in Christian Worship

Author: Robert Hinchliffe Copyright (c) 2010 Robert Hinchliffe The history of music in Christian worship is a substantial one which can trace its origins all the way back to pre-Christian times in the Old Testament. In those very early days we read of the Jewish people singing, playing instrumental music and even dancing. Such activity [...] Read more »

Jacob Moon In Concert at Highland – May 29th!

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Get your 2-for-1 tickets now, right here! Buy ONE ticket online, and bring a guest for FREE! Offer limited to online ticket sales ONLY! When you buy one ticket online you’re automatically on the list for an additional ticket at the door. Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jacob Moon will be headlining a concert here at Highland on [...] Read more »