This is our FINAL "Abide Podcast" of the 2024-2025 academic term. Lizzie Reynolds will again lead us contemplatively and meditatively as we look at the final Christian virtue of the series. This week's virtue is "kindness".
We are grateful to have Dr. Jen Gilbertson , Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies (UGS), as our Community Chapel speaker this Tuesday April 1, 2025 at 11:15 am (ET). Jen's message, based on Acts 9:1-19, is entitled "Not Alone on the Way: Paul, Ananias, and being God’s Holy People."
We continue our "Abide-Podcast" with a reflection on the next Christian virtue. This week's virtue is "patience".
The Rev. Dr. Sarah Han , Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of the Centre for Pastoral Imagination will speak this week in Community Chapel at 11:15 am on Tuesday March 25 . The title of her message is “Victorious in Christ” . Sarah will also lead our community in Communion.
Dr. Sam Chung (BRE '05 & MDiv '09) who currently serves Peoples Christian Academy in Markham as the senior school chaplain, will offer this week's message. The title: "I Love the Smell of a Locker Room, It Smells of Potential!" based on Genesis 50:17-21.
We continue our "Abide-Podcast" with a reflection on the next Christian virtue. This week's virtue is "diligence".
This week, the Rev. Kaarina Hsieh (MDiv '98) returns to our pulpit. Since 2012 Kaarina has served as the Lead Pastor of Parkway Forest Community Church in Toronto. Previously she served in a number of roles at Tyndale University. Kaarina's message is entitled "Look Higher and Deeper" and is based on Psalm 121.
We are pleased to welcome back to our pulpit Dr. James Robertson, Associate Professor of Christian History and Director of Distributed Learning at Tyndale . James' message is entitled "Dad Joke — A Simple Way to Love God with Your Mind" . The message is based on Psalm 19 and Matthew 22:23-40.
We are very pleased to welcome Pastor Matt Naismith (BRE '09), the Director of the C3 Canadian Campus Collective, host of The Sowers Podcast, and a church planting catalyst with Send Network Canada, to our Community Chapel pulpit. Matt will preach from Luke 7. His message is entitled " The Table: Come Eating and Drinking".
Lizzie Reynolds continues to lead us contemplatively and meditatively as we look at the Christian virtues. This week's virtue is "humility".
Gary's message is called " What Now — Psalms of Lament and Petition" . Gary is the Pastor of Adult Ministries and Finance Director at King Street Community Church in Oshawa, where he’s on the teaching team and leads the small group ministries and adult electives. He and his wife Maria have a vibrant household with five young children between the ages of 2 and 9.
We are very happy to welcome Pastor Jervis Djokoto (MDiv '20), the Senior Director of Church Health with the Free Methodist Church in Canada, to our Community Chapel pulpit. Jervis, the most recent recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Horizon Award for Tyndale Seminary, will preach from Hebrews 4. His message is entitled " Operating from God's Rest ".
Lizzie Reynolds continues to lead us contemplatively and meditatively as we consider the Christian virtues. This week's virtue is "chastity".
We welcome our Provost, Dr. Beth Green , to share with the community. Dr. Green's message, based on Isaiah 40, is entitled " Signs of Hope and Comfort. " It might feel a bit Christmassy again to return to Isaiah 40 but hope and comfort are not just for Christmas and the prophets discerned the signs of hope and comfort in the most unlikely of places. Join us for chapel and let the words of holy Scripture point us in the right direction this season of Epiphany....
We are very happy to welcome a long-time friend to Tyndale: Dr. Daniel Wong . Since retiring from his teaching post at Tyndale, Daniel has enjoyed connecting with people of different backgrounds, preaching in a variety of churches, watching his beloved Toronto Blue Jays, and traveling. He is married to Flora and has two adult children, including Joshua, a Registered Psychotherapist and a Tyndale Seminary graduate in Clinical Counselling. Daniel's message is entitled "Responding to the Word of Go...
Lizzie Reynolds will continue to lead us through a contemplative prayer time considering the Christian virtues. This week's virtue is "love".
As is custom for the first Community Chapel of the new year, we are very pleased to welcome our President, Dr. Marjory Kerr , to speak to our community.
This week we welcome a new friend to the Tyndale Chapel pulpit: Bethany Nolson , Outreach Director at Cornerstone Christian Community Church in Markham. Bethany's message is entitled "Joy in Unlikely Places" based on a number of passages including Philippians 4:4.
Pastor Blake Davidson of Willowdale Pentecostal Church. Pastor Blake has been married to Christine for over thirty-nine years and they make their home in Toronto. He has been in full-time ministry for 41 years, serving as a lead pastor and church planter for the past twenty-six years. Blake's message is entitled "Ministry Secrets" and is based on several texts including Proverbs 25:2.
Lizzie Reynolds will lead us through a contemplative prayer time considering the fifth Christian virtue of the semester: " faith ".
we welcome to the Tyndale Chapel pulpit Dr. Patrick Franklin , Associate Professor of Theology at the Seminary. Patrick's message is entitled "Pressing On! (or Being Pulled?)" based on Philippians 3:12.
We are very happy to welcome Dr. Rebecca Idestrom , Professor of Old Testament at the Seminary to the Tyndale Community Chapel pulpit. Rebecca's message is entitled "Experiencing God's Glory" based on several texts in Exodus and 2 Corinthians 3:18.
Lizzie Reynolds will lead us through a contemplative prayer time considering the fourth Christian virtue of the semester: " justice ".
This week Dr. James Pedlar , the Bastian Chair of Wesley Studies at Tyndale, will lead our community through message — his talk is entitled "Weighty Words" based on Luke 4:14-21
This Wednesday, October 23, we continue our "Abide-Podcast" with a reflection on the third Christian virtue for this semester. This week's virtue is "courage".
We are pleased to welcome Scott Moore (MDiv '08), Executive Director of Youth Unlimited Toronto , to our pulpit. Scott's talk is entitled "In what direction are you going?" based on Matthew 11:25-30.
Monday September 30, is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and "Orange Shirt Day" in Canada. In commemoration of this day and in conjunction with Tyndale's Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council (DIAC), we are honoured to have recording artist, musician, and speaker Jonathan Maracle, a Mohawk from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ontario
This week we continue our Abide Podcast with a reflection on the second Christian virtue for this semester. This week's virtue is "prudence".
