My wife is close to completing a degree at Tyndale Seminary. Lord willing, she should graduate next May. She has been taking courses for what seems like forever and is finding it hard to believe that she only has two…

While sitting at my desk this morning, lightening struck. Obviously it didn’t literally strike my house but a thought flashed through my mind that was as sudden and startling as a bolt of lightening. I am no longer young. I…

While reading this morning I had one of those sudden insights that for me happen only rarely but are often life changing when they do come. They aren’t particularly brilliant. In fact sometimes they are just old thoughts expressed in…

Bill was a young man whose life was being destroyed by alcohol. As he had done many times before he went out drinking on a Saturday evening. When he got home all he could do was collapse unconscious on his…

One of my favourite authors over the years was John Stott. His writings have challenged me, encouraged me and on many occasions caused me to rethink what I believed. One of my favourite books that he wrote is Basic Christianity.…

Over the past few weeks I have been reading a Good News/Bad News kind of book. It is entitled A Culture of Faith: Evangelical Congregations in Canada and is authored by Sam Reimer, professor of sociology at Crandall University and…

Small churches need someone to speak out for them. They need someone who will take a strong stand expressing the value that small churches all across Canada have. They need to have someone who will represent them wherever church leaders…

When I was a young student attending Ontario Bible College (Tyndale University College) in Toronto, I worked with the youth group in the church that I attended. It was a great way to put much of what I was learning…

“If a small church is truly healthy, won’t it grow numerically and eventually become a large church?” I have been asked that question numerous times by people who have bought into the idea that the primary indicator of church health…

I have mentioned Karl Vater’s blog before and I would recommend it again. This entry is especially good. How to Grow a Big Unhealthy Church (Or a Healthy One of Any Size)