Labour Day Monday was a day of welcome at Heritage College. After months of prayer, planning and preparation, we welcomed a wave of new college students into the residence halls. Student Leaders, who had spent the previous week in training,…
Category: preaching
Praise and Prayer Update (August 24, 2020)
This week marks an exciting change at Heritage--students begin to return to campus. It all starts with the return of our college student leaders. The first wave of these stellar young men and women arrive today to help put the…
A Sermon for Men
This spring, I (Rick) was scheduled to speak at a Promise Keepers conference and at a Men's Retreat in Spokanne, Washington. As you can imagine, when COVID-19 hit, plans changed. While the retreat had to be cancelled, I recorded one…
Praise and Prayer Update (August 13, 2020)
Last time I wrote, Linda and were headed to Muskoka Bible Centre where I was slated to speak for the week. I asked you to pray about the impact of the sermons and for everyone's safety. I'm grateful to report…
Portrait of a Pastor
Here's our #2 most-viewed post. I originally wrote this in September of 2013, in our first year at Heritage. In this post, I presented a picture of the kind of pastor I hoped we would train at Heritage. Now, seven…
Preaching Up a Storm from Acts 27
Coming in at #8 on our all-time most viewed list is this post from 2016. While my words in this post are targeted to preachers and teachers of God's Word, they have relevance to all of us who want to…
Missing my Dad
Tomorrow marks the 7th anniversary of the day my dad received the "upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:14). He died on June 27, 2013 after a protracted battle with Alzheimer's disease. Although the final leg of his…
Webinar on Better Preaching and Teaching
This summer, some of the faculty at Heritage Theological Seminary have been offering free, one-hour webinars on a variety of fascinating and useful topics. I have the privilege of finishing off the series with a webinar on Noticeably Better Preaching…
Mother’s Day in a Pandemic
COVID-19 has certainly impacted the way we will celebrate Mother's Day this year. But it can't stop us from celebrating the impact mothers make every day of the year. I thank God for the impact of a godly mother on…
Hope in the Hard Times
One of the things we need most in hard times is hope. Billy Graham once said, "I don't think people can live without hope. What oxygen is the to lungs, hope is to our survival in this world--the Bible is…
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