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…
Category: Life Lessons
A Bumper Crop of Blessings
“You crown the year with your bounty and your carts overflow with abundance” (Psalm 65:11). The previous owners of our home in Cambridge had the foresight to plant an apple tree in the backyard. Last year, the tree produced a…
“Don’t You Know How Busy and Important I am?”
On a recent visit to Ottawa, my daughter showed me a video that made me both laugh and wince. It’s a song by a British singer, Tom Rosenthal, called “Don’t you know how busy and important I am?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9h3KUtaIc Busyness…
How God Leads Those in Ministry (Part 3 of 4)
In the last few posts, I’ve been reflecting on what I’m learning from the book of Acts about how God guides those engaged in ministry. My interest in this subject is theological but not theoretical; I need God’s guidance as…
How God Leads Those in Ministry (Part 2 of 4)
Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. One of the most frequent (and sometimes, fatiguing) aspects of leadership is making decisions. Priority decisions (Which initiative should come first?). Personnel decisions (Who should we ask to oversee this initiative?). Procedure decisions (What is the best…
Roll the Rock
The doldrums of January may have hit. Though we began the New Year with high hopes, those fifteen pounds, that discouraging situation, or our fears of facing a seminary course can keep us from heading to the gym, trying again,…
Disengaged from the Bible?
Evangelicals are Bible people. We believe the Bible is God’s Word. We preach the Bible in our churches. We read the Bible in our homes. At least we used to. If you examine the results of a recent survey conducted…
Big Mistake
As I’ve written in a previous post, I’m spending this year with Jeremiah by studying the book that bears his name. Ten months into it, I can tell you that focusing repeatedly on the same book of Scripture has proven a…
Pure Gold
This summer Linda and I were both deeply impacted as we read Pure Gold, David McCasland’s biography of Eric Liddell. We had been to Scotland in May and had visited Eric’s hometown of Edinburgh. We’d also taken the train to…
A Year with Jeremiah
This year I’ve been doing something new in my devotional reading. I’m spending the whole year in the book of Jeremiah. Since there are 52 chapters in the book, I’m focusing attention on one chapter a week (it’s chapter 31…
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