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 […]

Our church recently celebrated its 100th anniversary.  We thank God for sustaining Forward as a faithful, gospel-preaching church in Toronto for a century and we pray for many more years of God-honouring, effective, faithful ministry.  As we look towards the future, we must also remember that God has been at work in His church much […]

The late author and pastor Eugene Peterson has said that the Psalms are unique in the Bible in that “most of scripture speaks to us; the Psalms speak for us” (Working the Angles, 55).  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 […]

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 […]