“Do your students always sing that way?” That was the question our guest speaker asked me this week. He was amazed and encouraged by the heart-felt, musical worship during our chapel services. My heart has also been encouraged to sense…
Category: Prayer
Empowerment for Service
Here's a post I recently wrote for the Heritage Seminary Blog. Do you long for a greater sense of God’s empowerment as you serve Christ? Me too. I’ve been in ministry long enough to know that, without the Lord’s empowerment,…
Tuesdays with Jeremiah (Chapter 18)
Chapter 18 contains the well-known message from the potter’s house about God’s sovereign power to shatter or spare nations (1-10). Following this message of warning and hope, we see Israel’s tragic, fatalistic and disobedient response (11-12). The Lord reacts to…
Prayer Update September 14, 2018
We’ve just wrapped up the first full week of classes at Heritage. It’s been a joy to see so many new and returning students back on campus. The Lord has answered our prayers by sending us another strong incoming class…
Part of A Miracle
Last summer Linda and I recorded a brief video asking friends of Heritage to be part of a demolishing the debt at Heritage College and Seminary. The Lord moved in wonderful ways and the debt was reduced from $2.7 million…
Prayer Update (September 7)
It's been an exciting week at Heritage as classes began on Thursday. I had the privilege of addressing the incoming college students on Thursday morning. I spoke to them about the 5 Big Themes that we emphasize at Heritage College:…
Prayer Update (August 31, 2018)
Labour Day is "move in day" at Heritage Bible College. Our team of student leaders will be up early Monday morning, ready to welcome new students as they arrive on campus to move into their dorm rooms. Throughout the day,…
Tuesdays with Jeremiah (Chapter 16)
Being the Lord’s servant is a calling that impacts life in very personal ways. In this chapter we see how this was true for Jeremiah. In the opening verses of chapter 16, God commands Jeremiah “not to marry and have…
Prayer Update August 24, 2018
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15). A seasoned Christian leader (I think it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer) captured the implications of Romans 12:15 when he wrote, “We must learn to feel more than one thing…
Tuesdays with Jeremiah (Chapter 15)
This chapter is emotionally disturbing and gripping and strangely encouraging. It has two dominant messages: 1) God’s promise to actively ensure the devastation of His own people for their sins and the sins of Manasseh; 2) God’s promise to protect…
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