Due to COVID-19, we will be doing something different this year and postponing our SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY and the GOSPEL to 2021.

Dates for 2020/2021 DIG & DELVE DIALOGUES

November 6th – Gracious God or Moral Monster – Daniel Gilman

Click here to find a list of suggested reading from Daniel.

December 4th – Classic Skeptical Challenges to the Christmas Story – George Sinclair & Ben Jolliffe

January 8th – Gender, Identity and Conversion Therapy In Canada – Jojo Ruba

February 5th – TBD

On December 4th, our speakers will be George Sinclair and Ben Jolliffe. They will be presenting a talk entitled:

Classic Skeptical Challenges to the Christmas Story

Christmas brings out the questions and challenges that skeptics have about the claims made by Christianity. Aren’t the stories riddled with contradictions? Doesn’t real history contradict what the Bible says? Don’t the miracles in the stories show it is foolish to even think the stories should be viewed as real history? Let’s look at these and other questions. .

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December 4, 2020 – 7:30 pm

We will now be doing several virtual sessions online.

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George Sinclair

Ben Jolliffe

About George

George has served in a suburban and in a rural “multi-point” church. He is currently the Rector of Church of the Messiah in the heart of urban Ottawa. He was the Chair of Essentials Canada and founding Chair of his denomination (ANiC). He currently serves as the Chair of the ANiC task force to make ANiC more deeply biblical at every level. He is the Principal of Ryle Seminary. He is the Chair of the Dig & Delve servant leadership team which puts on a yearly apologetics conference in Ottawa. He also speaks regularly on Parliament Hill to the Parliament Hill Christian Fellowship. He is blessed to have been married to Louise since 1981. They have 9 children and lots of sons and daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

About Ben

Ben Jolliffe is a church planter and pastor of Resurrection Church, west of downtown Ottawa. He is married to Jen and they have four kids, all under the age of 10. He is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary and has a background in campus ministry. He likes his coffee dark and his sports and hobbies competitive.

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