Preachers and teachers have a choice to make every time they prepare to speak. They must choose the path they will travel. Here's why they should choose to stay on the Expository Path.
Category: Prayer
Praise and Prayer Update (November 13, 2025)
I want to thank those of you who prayed for us over the past few weeks of ministry. We sensed and saw wonderful answers to your prayers. The courses we are teaching at Heritage have continued to be an encouragement…
What Does a Faithful Pastor Look Like?
Ever wonder what a faithful pastor looks like? I certainly did when I began serving as a pastor. After studying the Pastoral Epistles (1 & 2 TImothy and Titus), I came up with a simple sketch to picture a faithful pastor.
Praise and Prayer Update (October 31, 2025)
Here's an update on the Reeds recent travels and a few specific prayer requests for the coming week.
Why Sermon Manuscripts Make Better Sermons (Part 1)
After preaching for almost 40 years, I still write a manuscript for every sermon. I get the fact that not everyone is sold on writing out a manuscript for their messages. So let me offer seven reasons why manuscripting is worth the time and effort.
Stan Fowler: Scholar, Servant, Singer.
One week ago, on Tuesday, August 26th, Dr. Stan Fowler, long-time theology professor at Heritage Theological Seminary, graduated from earth to heaven. I had the privilege of working with Stan during my years at Heritage. Stan was a “scholar in…
Summer Tuesdays with Ezra (Chapter 10)
Ezra 10 Chapter 10 continues the narrative, picking up what happened as Ezra prays a prayer of deep contrition and confession. As he was “weeping and casting himself down before the house of God”, a great assembly of Jews—men, women,…
Summer Tuesdays with Ezra (Chapter 9)
Ezra 9 Ezra doesn’t get long to savour the amazing goodness of God in granting him favour before the Persian king and bringing the exiles safely back to Jerusalem. Four months after the sacrifices are offered (compare 7:8 and 10:9),…
Summer Tuesdays with Ezra (Chapter 8)
Ezra 8 Chapter 8 reads like an entry from Ezra’s personal journal; in vivid detail he chronicles the actions he took to gather and lead the company of exiles back to Jerusalem in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes. Ezra…
Summer Tuesdays with Ezra (Chapter 7)
Ezra 7 Almost 80 years after Zerubbabel’s return, and 60 years after the completion and dedication of the Temple, in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes (7:7), we are introduced to Ezra and his part of God’s story. Ezra, whose…
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