What It Takes to Learn to Preach
Becoming an effective preacher requires more than just seminary training. It demands years of experience, carefully chosen influences, and an unwavering trust in God’s word.
Becoming an effective preacher requires more than just seminary training. It demands years of experience, carefully chosen influences, and an unwavering trust in God’s word.
Last week I was in a downtown coffee shop. As I was leaving, I overheard a street person saying to someone in the store, with a very serious voice, “When...
When William Carey preached on Isaiah 54:2 in 1792 little did he know that his sermon application would catapult him from being a shoemaker in rural England to laying the...
My title sounds like something written by that famous government department, “The Department of Redundancy Department.” But unlike that fictional department, my title has a point, namely that despite the...
My youngest daughter loves Christmas. Of course, she loves it for the same reasons other kids her age do but there’s also a very specific reason: her middle name is...
On a recent trip through Nova Scotia, my family and I drove through the beautiful historic town of Mahone Bay, where three lovely old churches sit by the water’s edge....
As the Christmas season begins, we can find ourselves distracted by the season’s busyness. We can also find ourselves sad, remembering what we have lost or have never gained. No...
Statistics tell us that 25% of current pastors plan to retire in the six months. If that’s even close to true, then we have to ask the question: where will...
What standing for the truth of God's word even at great personal cost looks like in Canada
Here is our roundtable discussion on Christians and Social Media. The roundtable focuses on parenting children in a social media age. We also discuss how to use social media as...
Pastors Paul Carter, Paul Martin, Rob Godard, Steve Bray, and Clint Humfrey talk about pastoring in a pandemic. Topics covered include: 1. The James Coates’ situation. What happened and how...