THE OVERFLOW

Digging Deeper To Understand And Apply The Bible In Real Life

The Overflow serves as an outlet for all the extra ideas, angles, and points of application that come with Pastor Borden Scott's preparation for preaching and teaching at Faith Baptist Church. It also serves as a place to host guest posts and topical articles about how to live out a Jesus-imitating Christian faith in today's world.

Idol Thoughts

Hello faithful readers, and welcome to the very end of May! As we head into June there is quite a bit of exciting activity coming up...

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May 31, 20225 min read

Weak and Strong (might not be what you think)

This week's Overflow has some Biblical reflections from pastors Borden and Erica as we work through some of the highlights and key...

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May 26, 202210 min read

In or Out?

This Sunday I attempted to thread the needle of reflecting on the child dedication of my son while preaching on a passage about incest...

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May 19, 20227 min read

Separating and Dividing

The Church ought to be an example of unity amidst diversity in our polarizing world. It doesn't seem to me that this is what is...

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May 10, 20229 min read

Making People Uncomfortable

Do your religious beliefs bring about good in the world, or do they cause harm? I’m pretty sure just about anyone reading this is...

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May 4, 20229 min read

Maundy Thursday Guided Reflection - 2022

The Meaning Of Maundy Thursday In place of an in-person Maundy Thursday service this year I am offering this opportunity for some guided...

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Apr 14, 20225 min read

Spreading Hope

This week I'm gearing up for Easter, so the regular Overflow is being replaced by a quick pitch for this year's Easter offering...

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Apr 6, 20221 min read

Diagnosed by the Bible

This Sunday I wrapped up a series focused on the spiritual practices of self-examination and confession by focusing on the Ten...

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Mar 30, 20226 min read

Blessing The World Through Family

This Sunday I dug into the story of Joseph, which is one of the lengthier narratives in the Bible with all kinds of connections to themes...

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Mar 23, 20225 min read

You're Still You When You're Hungry

One of my favourite radio/podcast programs is CBC’s “Under The Influence” with Terry O’Reilly. I don’t have much inherent interest in...

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Mar 8, 20226 min read

War and Peace

Christians and Global Conflict From about the time I hit double-digits in age my favourite book genre became the “techno-thriller”. With...

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Mar 2, 20227 min read

How Then Shall We Live? - Simpson Lecture Guest Post

This week I invited (OK, "assigned" is a better word...) our Mentored Ministry student, Erica Corbin, to contribute a post based on...

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Feb 24, 20225 min read

Mid-February Buffet

Some weeks the Overflow is fairly focused on one theme or area. Not this week! This week you’ll find a smorgasbord of things instead....

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Feb 15, 20225 min read

Just Look Up!

This week I began the first of several monthly themes for our Sunday services at Faith Baptist which will be drawn from traditional...

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Feb 9, 20227 min read

Strong while Weak

This was the second week I looked to the book of Acts for examples of faith under pressure, and ended up in Acts 27 where Paul and his...

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Feb 1, 20226 min read

When We're Put To The Test

At the moment I’m spending two weeks in the book of Acts to finish off January exploring some of the most faith-testing situations I can...

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Jan 25, 20225 min read

The Language Of The Psalms - Guest Post

This week's guest post comes from Faith Baptist's student minister and last Sunday's preacher, Lic. Erica Corbin. Throughout my sermon...

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Jan 19, 20224 min read

A New Year and the Imago Dei

This Sunday’s message (offered online-only until the end of January) had me, a not-particularly-liturgical Baptist, dabbling with...

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Jan 12, 20225 min read

Advent 3 - Mary Rejoices In The Lord

Today’s Advent devotional comes from Steve Bell’s Pilgrim Year series, in chapter 7 from his Advent booklet. There is also a link to a...

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Dec 14, 20214 min read

Advent 2 - Looking For Peace

This second week of Advent our focus is on peace. But peace has been especially elusive even in this past week. Within our church family...

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Dec 8, 20213 min read

ABOUT

This is the hastily assembled blog for Pastor Borden Scott of Faith Baptist Church in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. As of writing this he imagines he will flesh out this barebones site and post new blog entries a couple of times a month...

THE OVERFLOW

Idol Thoughts

Weak and Strong (might not be what you think)

In or Out?

Separating and Dividing

Making People Uncomfortable

Maundy Thursday Guided Reflection - 2022

Spreading Hope

Diagnosed by the Bible

Blessing The World Through Family

You're Still You When You're Hungry

War and Peace

How Then Shall We Live? - Simpson Lecture Guest Post

Mid-February Buffet

Just Look Up!

Strong while Weak

When We're Put To The Test

The Language Of The Psalms - Guest Post

A New Year and the Imago Dei

Advent 3 - Mary Rejoices In The Lord

Advent 2 - Looking For Peace

ABOUT

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