Want to read a thrilling, page-turner this summer? Then pick up a copy of To The Golden Shore, the gripping biography of Adoniram Judson. Judson was the first Baptist missionary to Burma (modern-day Myanmar). To The Golden Shore recounts the…
Category: Ministry Matters
Podcast for Preachers and Teachers
Last fall, we launched a podcast for those who want to get noticeably better as preachers and teachers. The Preacher and Preacher podcast provides weekly coaching sessions for those who want to keep growing as communicators of God's Word. Each…
Praise and Prayer Update (March 19, 2021)
This week is Arts Week at Heritage; our focus has been on how the arts can be used to honour God, enrich the Church, and present gospel truth to those who need to know God's love in Christ. It's also…
Leading Slow Movers
Several years ago, I did a lengthy study in the book of Joshua. As I went through the book, one of my areas of focus centered on discovering leadership lessons from Joshua's life. I wasn't surprised to learn many valuable…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 9)
Ezekiel 9 Continuing without pause from the final words of chapter 8, Ezekiel 9 continues the vision of impending judgment on the idolatrous people of Judah and Jerusalem. The opening verse has the Lord crying out, summoning the executioners for…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 8)
Ezekiel 8 Chapter 8 begins an extended vision in which Ezekiel is moved by the Spirit (“lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem”—8:3) to see the “abominations” (6, 13, 15, 17)…
Tuesdays with Ezekiel (Chapter 7)
Ezekiel 7 Like chapter 6, Ezekiel 7 contains a message from the Lord given to the prophet to deliver concerning the inhabitants still in the “land of Israel” (7:1). Again, like chapter 6, this message concludes with the exclamatory sentence: …
Praise and Prayer Update (February 5, 2021)
Each year at Heritage, our Missions Conference stands out as one of the highlights. For two full days we cancel classes and focus on God's heart for the world and our responsibility to bring the gospel of Christ to all…
Bible Study Resource: Standing Firm
Like it or not, all of us live on a spiritual battlefield. But many of us live as if life were more of a playground than a battlefield. In his book Epic, John Eldredge writes, I am staggered by the…
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
In late December, Linda and I came across a concert that has been profoundly soul-strengthening for us. Especially when we are all locked down in this "winter of our discontent" (to borrow a phrase from Steinbeck). The concert, recorded at…
