The Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton has held the position of General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches since 2002 and represents the council in Canada and around the world. She works for ecumenism, inter-faith dialogue and global justice. She is the recipient of the Ontario Heritage Day award for the Association of Progressive Muslims. In 2008, Novalis published her book, The Acceptable Year of the Lord. Bio taken from www.christchurchdeerpark.org
Oct 15, 2014•11 min•Ep. 185
Dr. Barry Smith became Tyndale's new Vice President, Student Services and Registrar on August 1, 2011. Dr. Smith comes to Tyndale after spending almost 25 years at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York, where he served as Vice President, Student Services for nearly 14 years. Dr. Smith has a breadth of experience in building student programs and facilities for student formation and development at Roberts Wesleyan, which has experienced similar growth in enrollment as...
Oct 08, 2014•15 min•Ep. 184
James Brooks has spent his whole life in the GTA. Born in North York and raised north of the city in a small community called Stouffville. James has attended Springvale Baptist Church in Stouffville his whole life, and has also served in many ministry teams at Springvale, in particular with the youth. He attended Stouffville District Secondary School, and upon graduation was admitted to Tyndale University College for the Leading Edge program. It was here he feel in love with the Tyndale...
Oct 01, 2014•23 min•Ep. 183
Tyndale Distinguished Alumnus, Dr. Kent Edwards, speaks at Tyndale's 120th Anniversary Celebration Service at Homecoming 2014. Dr. Edwards’ ambition is to change people’s lives with the Word of God and equip others to do the same. Kent is known for his passion for preaching, and brings over 30 years of Christian leadership experience, both as a senior pastor and a church planter. He is a popular conference and seminar speaker and lectures regularly...
Sep 27, 2014•31 min•Ep. 182
Rev. Joan DeVries joined the Tyndale community on August 8, 2012 as the Seminary Dean of Students. Joan brings a valuable breadth of ministry and educational experiences to this key role in student development for the Seminary. Prior to coming to Tyndale Joan has taught high school, pastored several churches, served on a seminary board and is currently at the dissertation level of a PhD from McMaster Divinity.
Sep 24, 2014•22 min•Ep. 181
Dr. Boers has taught for Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Conrad Grebel University College, Andover Newton Theological School, and the Canterbury College D. Min. program. Prior to teaching, he was a pastor in rural, urban church-planting and inner-city settings in the US and Canada. He is the author of a number of books: Living into Focus: Choosing What Matters in an Age of Distraction; Day by Day These Things We Pray: Uncovering Ancient Rhythms of Prayer; The Way is Made by...
Sep 17, 2014•22 min•Ep. 180
Dr. Gary Nelson speaks at Commencement Chapel to begin the Fall 2014 semester. Dr. Gary V. Nelson joined Tyndale on July 1, 2010 as President and Vice Chancellor after serving for ten years as General Secretary of CBM, the national and global work of Canadian Baptists. During those years, CBM experienced a striking capacity growth, expanding the organization’s global impact in the areas of leadership development, theological education, sustainable community development and the...
Sep 10, 2014•19 min•Ep. 179
Andrew Mugford graduated from Tyndale University College in 2012, with a BA, Religious Studies. Previously he obtained a diploma in Corporate Communication from Centennial College. He worked as an Emergency Medical Dispatcher before returning to school. He is now an Admissions Counsellor for Tyndale, primarily focused on sharing the story of our transformative Bachelor of Education program. He is thankful for the opportunity to preach wherever the opportunity presents itself. He is...
Aug 26, 2014•12 min•Ep. 178
Derek Chan graduated from University of Toronto with a BS in Computer Science in 2006. Afterwards, Derek worked as a Computer Consultant for a downtown IT firm which paired himself with a number of fortune 500 companies throughout Canada and the US for 5 years. Following a call to ministry in 2011, he joined Tyndale as an occasional student and would graduate with his Masters of Divinity in Biblical Studies in 2014. He is currently licensed as a pastor with the...
Aug 19, 2014•14 min•Ep. 177
Dr. Wong has taught at Tyndale University College since 2000. He has been teaching Preaching at Tyndale Seminary since 1997. He has had extensive pastoral experience at the Toronto Chinese Baptist Church in English ministry since 1982 and then when the church expanded to two locations in 1986 he pastored at the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church before assuming his current ministry at Tyndale. In 1986 he was ordained with the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec. Dr. Wong has spoken...
Aug 05, 2014•25 min•Ep. 176
Rob Patterson is Director of the Church Relations and the Alumni department, at Tyndale. Rob has been serving Christ in Canada and around the world for over thirty years. Rob received his call to mission and ministry when he was 14. He began working with Aboriginal Canadians and the North American Indigenous Ministries during his teen years. Rob moved to Ontario for his first degree completing a degree in Psychology at the French campus of York University. ...
Jul 29, 2014•22 min•Ep. 175
Clint serves as the Director of Congregational Health and Mission for the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec. He has a rich and varied ministry background. Clint was a founding member of the leadership team at Mars Hill Ministries. He has served as the Director of Church Development for the Eastern Canadian District of the C&MA. He was also the founding Pastor of Bradford Alliance Church and has a served in a wide range of church ministries. Clint was ordained via Christian...
Jul 22, 2014•20 min•Ep. 174
Rev. Dr. Siang-Yang Tan is Professor of Psychology and former Director of the Doctor of Psychology program in the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is a licensed psychologist with a PhD in Clinical Psychology from McGill University and a Fellow of APA. He has published articles on lay counseling, spirituality, religious psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, epilepsy, pain, and cross-cultural counseling with Asians and...
Jul 15, 2014•31 min•Ep. 173
Dr. Paul Magnus, who currently serves as distinguished professor of leadership and management in the seminary, served eight years as Briercrest's president from 1996 to 2004. Paul has been engaged in leadership roles and leadership instruction within and beyond the Christian higher education community for over four decades. Much of that time was spent at Briercrest College and Seminary, and after his time here, he served in two churches and later as the R.J. Bernardo Family Chair...
Jun 03, 2014•27 min•Ep. 172
Dr. Shepherd has taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Toronto School of Theology and McMaster University. He is also Adjunct Professor at Trinity College and Wycliffe College, University of Toronto where he supervises doctoral students. In 2005 he was made Professor Ordinarius of The University of Oxford, U.K. Author of 11 books (The Nature and Function of Faith in the Theology of John Calvin, Seasons of Grace, So Great A Cloud of Witnesses, Ponder and Pray, Making Sense...
May 27, 2014•27 min•Ep. 171
Shiao Chong is a Christian Reformed Campus Minister serving at York University and Director of a student club at York U called Leadership, Culture and Christianity. Ordained as a Ministry Associate in the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), and a member of Rehoboth Fellowship CRC in Etobicoke, I also attend Friendship Community CRC, which is close to York U. I am married to Martha, and a father of three daughters. Shiao finds nourishment in the Neo-Calvinist Reformed Christianity stream...
May 13, 2014•28 min•Ep. 170
Dr. Keith Bodner [PhD, University of Aberdeen] is Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University (formerly Atlantic Baptist University), with a concentration in Hebrew Language and Old Testament. Until 2005, he was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Tyndale University College. Keith is the author of National Insecurity: a primer on the First Book of Samuel; Power Play: a primer on the Second Book of Samuel and David Observed: A King in the Eyes of His Court.
May 06, 2014•13 min•Ep. 169
Dr. Idestrom joined the faculty of Tyndale Seminary in 2001, after having taught at Western Pentecostal Bible College in Abbotsford, BC for five years. Besides having taught summer courses at Tyndale prior to joining the core faculty, she has done adjunct teaching at Wycliffe College in Toronto, Regent College, ACTS Seminary and Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. Her doctoral dissertation has been published, entitled From Biblical Theology to Biblical Criticism: Old Testament...
Mar 25, 2014•23 min•Ep. 168
Charles Price has been the Senior Pastor of The Peoples Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada since September 2001, with a weekly congregation of 3500 people. He has a weekly hour-long television programme, Living Truth, which is broadcast coast to coast in Canada each week, as well as in the United Kingdom, Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Korea and Japan. Charles Price came to Christ through a Billy Graham film at the age of twelve in Hereford, England. On leaving...
Mar 18, 2014•25 min•Ep. 167
Having taught intercultural studies courses at Tyndale since 1995, Dr. Scott became the Associate Dean of Professional Studies at Tyndale College in January 2000. In July 2005, he became the Academic Dean. He is now currently the Associate Professor of Christian Ministries at Tyndale. He is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and serves as a teaching elder at St. John's Presbyterian Church in Bradford, Ont.
Mar 04, 2014•29 min•Ep. 166
Rev. Joan DeVries joined the Tyndale community on August 8, 2012 as the Seminary Dean of Students. Joan brings a valuable breadth of ministry and educational experiences to this key role in student development for the Seminary. Prior to coming to Tyndale Joan has taught high school, pastored several churches, served on a seminary board and is currently at the dissertation level of a PhD from McMaster Divinity.
Feb 18, 2014•19 min•Ep. 165
Dr. Kessler has served as Professor of Old Testament at Tyndale Seminary since 1992. He is Chair of the Biblical Studies Department. His publications include his recent monograph entitled, The Book of Haggai: Prophecy and Society in Early Persian Yehud (Brill, 2002) and a Festschrift for Donald Leggett, Teach Me Your Paths (Clements, 2000), coedited with Jeffrey Greenman. He has published articles in various journals, including the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,...
Feb 11, 2014•22 min•Ep. 164
Linda Tripp spent 31 years with World Vision Canada serving in a variety of capacities including VP International Programs, VP Advocacy, and VP Public Affairs. She was the first female Vice President in the World Vision global partnership. Linda has represented World Vision Canada's Relief, Development and Advocacy work to the government, other aid organizations, and served on several coalitions and boards. She started World Vision Canada's Refugee Program and established a...
Feb 04, 2014•17 min•Ep. 163
Andrew Williams is a board member of Tyndale and Mission Program Officer of Yonge Street Mission. Yonge Street Mission has been providing help and aid to the individuals and families of the local community in Downtown Toronto since 1896. For more information, please visit www.ysm.ca/learn/about/about-ysm.
Jan 28, 2014•22 min•Ep. 162
Carolyn Arends has released 10 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books. 15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts. Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn’s newest project, Love Was Here First, features 10 new Carolyn originals and a reinterpretation of the classic gospel tune “...
Jan 22, 2014•33 min•Ep. 161
Carolyn Arends has released 10 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books. 15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts. Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn’s newest project, Love Was Here First, features 10 new Carolyn originals and a reinterpretation of the classic gospel tune “...
Jan 21, 2014•49 min•Ep. 159
Carolyn Arends has released 10 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books. 15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts. Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn’s newest project, Love Was Here First, features 10 new Carolyn originals and a reinterpretation of the classic gospel tune “...
Jan 21, 2014•37 min•Ep. 160
Dr. Gary Nelson speaks at Commencement Chapel to begin the Fall 2013 semester. Dr. Gary V. Nelson joined Tyndale on July 1, 2010 as President and Vice Chancellor after serving for ten years as General Secretary of CBM, the national and global work of Canadian Baptists. During those years, CBM experienced a striking capacity growth, expanding the organization’s global impact in the areas of leadership development, theological education, sustainable community development and the...
Jan 14, 2014•22 min•Ep. 158
Dr. Livingston is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and has served congregations in Seattle, Scotland, Vancouver, Cambridge, and most recently, the historic Knox Presbyterian Church in Toronto. Passionate about the integration of pastoral ministry and theological education, he previously served as adjunct professor at McMaster Divinity College and Tyndale Seminary. He is committed to scholarship in the service of the church and has contributed to a Festshcrift...
Jan 07, 2014•19 min•Ep. 157
Lucas Cooper serves as Senior Pastor at Bayview Glen. Lucas brings a unique blend of humor, life-experience, passion, and honesty to his teaching. He is committed to helping men and women experience God's blessing by knowing and obeying His truth. With more than 15 years of vocational ministry experience that help shape his teaching, Lucas also holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Arizona State University and a Th.M. from Liberty Theological Seminary. On his off days, you'll find Lucas...
Nov 26, 2013•35 min•Ep. 156
