I’ve just returned from speaking at a Promise Keeper’s training event in Scarborough. This wraps up a string of four PK conferences that I’ve been a part of in the past few months. Linda and I have been on the…
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A Word from Linda
Today, it happened again. God blessed us more than we could imagine (Eph 3:20) as we booked a hotel for Rick to speak at Promise Keepers Ottawa and to visit (Feb 26-March 1). As we’ve booked hotels and cars recently…
What in the world is Jesus doing?
This past weekend Linda and I traveled to Barrie Ontario so I could speak at Harvest Bible Chapel. We had a wonderful time. At least four of their pastors studied at Heritage and they welcomed us warmly. I spoke from…
Sailing Through 2016
As we set sail into a New Year, we all hope for smooth sailing. But most of us have lived long enough to know storms will be coming our way. Balmy days and calm waters will, at times, turn into…
The “Boring Part” of the Christmas Story
Here's a post I recently wrote for the Heritage Seminary Faculty Blog: The account of Christ’s birth makes for fascinating reading. Well, most of it does. But there is one part of the story that doesn’t normally hold our attention: the…
December Finale
It’s finals week at Heritage, the grand finale of the fall semester. Students are pushing hard to finish well. Today I saw one student in the cafeteria reviewing his Hebrew vocabulary cards as he ate lunch; the Hebrew exam was at 1:00 pm and…
King David Comes to Canada (Part 2)
In the previous post, I presented the first part of an article I wrote related to preaching and teaching narrative passages. Having focused on how to discover the main message of the passage, we now consider how to apply the main…
King David Comes to Canada
One of my great joys at Heritage is teaching preaching. Right now our homiletics course is focused on how to preach and teach the narrative passages in the Bible. Narratives are the "stories" in the Bible that easily capture our…
Love Hespeler
Last Sunday night, under threatening skies, several hundred believers (including about 70 Heritage students) met for an outdoor praise and prayer service at Forbes Park in the little village of Hespeler. Hespeler is one of three towns and a hamlet that…
Back to School Supplies
“And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). We have been rejoicing all summer in good and hard times. In early July, the doctor noted a suspicious growth on…
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