Tyndale Chapel Podcast

This week, we continue with our theme on the place, value, and importance of cultivating historic spiritual practices in our lives as a principle of Christian discipleship. We are honoured to welcome the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Griffiths to our chapel. Jonathan will explore the spiritual practice of "study".

He is the current Lead Pastor at The Metropolitan Bible Church (The Met), one of the Ottawa region's largest local congregations. A native of Toronto, Jonathan lived...

In this chapel, we continue with our theme on the place, value, and importance of cultivating historic spiritual practices in our lives as a principle of Christian discipleship. Rich Birch joins our community this week to share about the importance and need of "retreat".

Rich is currently the Executive Director of Camp Mini-Yo-We, which focuses on developing tomorrow's leaders through life-changing adventures in God's creation. Previously, he was one of the...

This week, during our Intersession Week, we're happy to welcome Pastor Carl Santos back to our pulpit. Pastor Santos’ message is entitled, “A Profile of Thankfulness”.

Carl Santos is the pastor at New City Church in Calgary. Carl completed his undergraduate degree (Hons.BA) from the University of Toronto and his Master of Theology from Tyndale Seminary. He is currently completing his Doctoral of Ministry degree at Tyndale in the area of Preaching and Culture...

We continued with our theme on the place, value, and importance of cultivating historic spiritual practices in our lives as a principle of Christian discipleship.

Pastor Kaarina Hsieh is a long-time friend to Tyndale. Previous to her current work as the Lead Pastor at Parkway Forest Community Church in Toronto, Kaarina served as the Dean of Students at Tyndale Seminary for several years. She is also a graduate of Tyndale Seminary. She and her husband, Dr. Wayne Hsieh, live in North...

This week we continue our series on the ancient practices of the Christian faith. The Rev. Dr. Bishop Cliff Fletcher of the Free Methodist Church in Canada reflected on the importance and grace of Sabbath-keeping. Bishop Cliff writes, “God established a creation rhythm that we are designed for – any deviance from the rhythm harms our relationships with God, ourselves, others and the environment. Sabbath is an essential piece of the creation rhythm. Sabbath is to be practiced...

Kathy possesses a wonderful global awareness, having grown up in East Africa and lived out much of her ministry experience in the multi-cultural city of Toronto. Her 30 years in disciple-making has included ministering to university students, business people, seniors, and everyone in between. She is a catalyst for the deeper life as she helps others journey from disillusionment, disengagement, and distraction into the vibrant, abundant life Jesus promised. She presently ministers in the...

This is our second of four chapels commemorating Dr. Nelson’s leadership to Tyndale over the past decade. Rick Tobias will give us his wise words gleaned from his years of service in a ministry of compassion and consider what he has been thinking about recently in the area of justice.

Since 1984, Rick Tobias has been a regular lecturer at Tyndale University College & Seminary in the areas of urban ministry, youth-at-risk and poverty in Canada. He is the former President...

This week we're glad to welcome the Rev. Dr. Alan Davey, Senior Pastor of Weston Park Baptist Church, an inner-city church in Toronto. Along with his work as a churchman, he is also an adjunct professor of Christian spirituality and worship at Tyndale.

He has coauthored three books: Climbing the Spiritual Mountain (2014), Abba's Whisper (2017), and The Passionate Bride (2019). Alan and his wife Elizabeth, a recently retired and long-time professor of English at TyndaleU, reside...

The Rev. Dr. Andrew Lau, Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Christian Community Church in Markham, Ontario, will be speaking on the practice of corporate worship. Pastor Lau has over 30 years of ministry experience and holds a PhD in New Testament from the University of Aberdeen. He resides in Markham with his wife Libby and two children, Zachary and Konstanza.

This week, we are grateful that the Rev. Dr. Phil Reinders, Senior Minister at Knox Spadina Presbyterian Church in Toronto, will begin a special series of chapel talks that will take place throughout 2019-2020 in honour of our president, Dr. Gary Nelson, who will be retiring in June 2020.

Rev. Dr. Phil Reinders is the senior minister at Knox Presbyterian Church in downtown Toronto, Ontario. Rev. Dr. Reinders began his ministry at Knox in 2012. He has primary preaching and teaching...