We’re from Canada. And so are they….and they’re from Denmark and Deutschland, Holland and Hanoi, South Africa and the South, Myanmar and Minnesota, the United Kingdom and the United States. This is a multicultural place. We’re making global connections. We’re…
Category: Ministry Matters
The Longest…
It was the world's longest (at least they were hoping so). On Saturday, June 4th, we were at the Lynden, Washington "Farmers Day Parade." After the parade, they celebrated by creating the "world's longest strawberry shortcake" (over three blocks long). Lynden,…
I’ve Been Everywhere…
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…
Brazil and God’s Will
Brazil has been in the news a great deal in recent months. The Zika virus. High-level government corruption. The upcoming summer Olympics. Brazil is a country that’s been part of our story since the 1980’s. Some of you know Linda…
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…
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