Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
My Good News for this week is that I am simply happy with where I am at in life. Professionally, I have achieved my goals. I’m happy with how things are going at Queen Street Baptist Church and I’m excited to have started my ministry as padre at the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. I also … Read More “Good News: Feeling Content” »
I’m thankful for the opportunities that I have to teach at Tyndale University College. My most recent course was on Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels. This one of my favourite courses to teach. I recorded some of the lectures from this course and uploaded them to my podcast The History of Christianity. I didn’t include … Read More “Lectures on the Synoptic Gospels” »
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to teach a module as a part of the Certificate in Accessibility Ministry at Tyndale University College. I teach biblical studies regularly at Tyndale but topics related to disability ministry are something close to my heart. I really enjoyed teaching on this subject. My module was on Ministering with … Read More “Reflections on Teaching Accessibility Ministry” »
I recently taught a course on the Ten Commandments at Tyndale University College. This was a fun course to teach. Most of my teaching is in the area of the New Testament. But the Ten Commandments allowed me to touch on the Old and New Testaments, as well as theology and ethics. One of the … Read More “Ten Commandments and the Christian” »
For the last six years, I have been teaching at Tyndale University College as a sessional lecture, mainly in the area of the New Testament. I have really come to appreciate this school. Somewhere in there, I met Dr. Paul Franks. I happened to have been at Tyndale for a week of autism camp with … Read More “An Interview With Paul Franks on Apologetics and Philosophy” »
I just finished teaching a course on the Apostle Paul at Tyndale University College. I have been teaching for the adult modular program at Tyndale since 2010. I still remember being contacted by Daniel Wong and being offered the opportunity to teach a course on 1 Corinthians. It was dream come true to be able … Read More “Good News: Teaching at Tyndale” »
I’m currently teaching a course on the Apostle Paul at Tyndale University College. One of the things that I ask my students is, why should we study the Apostle Paul? Shouldn’t we be “red letter Christians,” that is shouldn’t we just follow Jesus and not worry about Paul? After all, we are Christ-ians and not … Read More “4 Reasons to Study the Apostle Paul” »
I had the privilege today of being able to present a paper on “Experience as a Christian Apologetic” at Tyndale University College and Seminary. This was a part of their Wesleyan-Pentecostal symposium. I have been to the Wesleyan Symposium at Tyndale before, but this was their first year having the Pentecostal component. The keynote speaker … Read More “Experience as a Christian Apologetic” »
I am teaching a course next month on Christian Ethics at Tyndale University College. The first step in teaching a course on any subject is to choose a textbook. I went with Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics by Scott B. Rae. I discovered this book by asking others who have either taught or studied … Read More “Moral Choices: An Introduction to Ethics” »
Do you live in the Toronto area? Do you work full time? Do you wish you could study at the undergraduate level at a Christian university? You may be interested in Tyndale University College’s modular program. This program allows you to study in the evenings, taking a course that lasts only five weeks. It works … Read More “Tyndale’s Modular Program” »
I am a firm believer in good theological education. Quality varies from school to school. How can you know if the school you are applying to is any good? The best thing to do is to talk to someone who has been involved, either as a student or faculty. I would like to recommend three … Read More “Where’s There a Good School?” »
