I recently preached on James 1:18 (“Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creation”) as well as Romans 9. In light of those sermons, …
H.B. Charles’ Top 15 Books on Pastoral Ministry
I recently picked up a new book written by H.B. Charles named On Pastoring. It is a very helpful book filled with short practical chapters that convict, instruct and motivate the readers towards …
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Top 10 posts of 2016
This is our blogs' sixth year, and we are grateful for all of our readers. We hope our posts continue to be helpful and edifying, and are thankful that so many people subscribe and make a habit of …
Last Second Books to Give Away This Christmas
Over the past year, our bookstore -- with suggestions by our pastors at Immanuel Bible Church -- has featured a book of the month. The books have come from all different categories and with Christmas …
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The Perfect Woman (Olympic reprise)
We usually think of perfection as an ideal for which athletes aim rather than a goal anyone seriously expects to achieve. After all, nobody’s perfect. But that all changed at the Montreal Summer …
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Top 10 posts of 2015
We at The Cripplegate want to thank our subscribers and readers. In every category (readers, subscribers, blog traffic) this was by far our best year yet. Our blog exists as an attempt to capture the …


