“This is an amazing place.” That’s the thought that hit me again last evening at the Heritage Christmas banquet. The school was decked in lights. The students were looking classy. The atmosphere was joyful. The music from the Heritage choir…
Author: Rick and Linda Reed
Love Incognito
If you’re not a football fan, you may not be following the big love fest going on in Miami. Jonathan Martin, a giant of a man (6’5” 312 lbs) who plays offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins, recently walked away…
Preachers-In-Training
For the past twenty-eight years, one of the great passions of my life has been preaching God’s Word. In the past year, I’ve been privileged to add a new dimension to that passion—training others to preach God’s Word. I’m currently…
Larry King Interviews the Apostle Paul
Imagine the apostle Paul was tonight’s guest on Larry King Live. Larry, who’s well-acquainted with Christians and the Christian faith, is focusing his questions on how Paul keeps telling people the gospel message of Jesus even when it’s costing him…
An Appendix to the book of James
For a number of months, Linda has been digging into the book of James. In the past week, she came to a new appreciation of James 4:13-15: Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this…
The Need for Multiple Mentors
“But everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher” (Luke 6:40). One of the implications of Jesus’ words is that we would be wise to have multiple mentors. Here’s why: every human teacher is flawed. The best teachers…
What to do when life knocks you down
Normally when I speak at a church, it’s been scheduled weeks or months in advance. That wasn’t the case last week. On Tuesday I received a request to preach on the upcoming Sunday at Woodside Bible Fellowship in Elmira. I…
Join in and Help Us
It’s September. That may not be big news for everyone, but it sure is for those of us at Heritage. Today, a new wave of first year students arrive to move into the dorms. This summer had it’s challenges but…
Send in the (Trained) Cavalry!
In the U.S. Civil War, one of the frustrating experiences for the Confederate troops centred around their cavalry. The Confederates generally had the upper hand when it came to cavalry. After all, southern states were built around agriculture and many…
Faithful
That’s what He is. Faithful. We look back over our summer with wonder. We’ve been to the West Coast twice, driven nearly 10,000 kilometres, visited all of our family members, slept in over a dozen beds, and traveled by trains,…
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