Our Broken Human Family

2023-05-29T21:39:45-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: |

Genesis 37:2-11 What is your favourite TV show or movie featuring family dynamics? What makes that family interesting? Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash The Goldbergs follows a slightly dysfunctional family during the 1980s in all their big-haired glory. Beverly, the mom, is particularly memorable. She smothers her children, believing they can do absolutely anything and seeks to fulfill their every need, much to the three kids' chagrin. While the Goldberg family can bring a hearty chortle, the dysfunctional family described in our text today is no laughing matter. In these few verses, we are given a picture [...]

Hurdles for Christian Higher Education

2023-05-26T16:02:25-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

(Continued from Part II) A Future for Christian Higher Education, Part III Problem #3: Christian higher education is facing a crisis in Canada. Leaders in Canadian Christian higher education collectively express difficulty in recruiting students, often citing Christian parents as a primary obstacle. Increasingly, Canadian Christian parents want their children to go directly into a career track at public institutions, not to waste time and money developing faith. Recruitment is further hampered by a growing trend among churches to hire clergy who have little or no Christian education, or for churches just to do their [...]

Who will lead Canada?

2023-05-24T13:42:14-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

(Continued from Part I) A Future for Christian Higher Education, Part II Problem #2: We have a Christian leadership crisis in Canada. Currently, most Canadian Christian leaders are in their late 50s, with 41% in senior positions aged 60 or older14 and two-thirds of senior pastors serving as their church's only leader.15 Statistics Canada predicts that 25% of all Canadians will be seniors by 2031 with Millennials holding 50% of Canadian jobs in 2020 and 75% by 2028.16 For the church, however, there has been a sharp decline in the numbers of young adults pursuing vocational Christian leadership.17 [...]

The Church in Canada is in Crisis

2023-05-24T13:42:20-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: , |

A Future for Christian Higher Education, Part I Problem #1: The Church is experiencing a crisis in Canada. Canada is experiencing rapid changes in its social, spiritual, and moral climate that increasingly conflict with traditional Christian beliefs and values. In slightly over a year, Canada passed Bill C-7, expanding euthanasia law1, Bill C-4, criminalizing conversion therapy without clearly defining what "conversion therapy" means,2 and increased spending on abortion in response to the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.3 Canada's 2018 Supreme Court decision to rule against Trinity Western University's appeal to have a law school [...]

A Celebration of Art

2023-06-22T13:37:52-06:00Categories: Articles|

As we welcome visitors and students in to our building, we have some incredible art displays very generously loaned to us and we want to highlight these talented artists and their inspiring work! Each assemblage reflects a personal touch that celebrates the arts and recognizes the importance of creativity to the life of our community. We will periodically feature each artist and piece. Thank you so much to our contributors, and to the rest of you - enjoy! *The following images are not to be reproduced or distributed without express permission from the artist. [...]

Course Spotlight: Revelation

2025-08-22T08:10:57-06:00Categories: Articles|Tags: |

From its inception, the book of Revelation has inspired imaginations and spawned diverse interpretations: it perplexes readers even as it fills them with wonder. Revelation provokes feelings of despair and hope. Why, then, do we so often shy away from reading this book? People typically avoid reading Revelation because they find it difficult to understand. In the first place, they struggle to decipher its symbols—primarily because these images held different meanings for first-century Jewish readers than they do for us. In the second place, if we read Revelation primarily as a book of predictions about the future (e.g., nuclear war, [...]

Caring for Pastors

2022-10-12T10:37:58-06:00Categories: Articles|

From Paul Israelson, District Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, Saskatchewan Caring for those who care for youDuring the month of October, it has become common practice among many of our churches to show love, care, support to our pastoral leaders. There are a number of reasons to participate! 1. It's Biblical. No, you won't find 'celebrate your pastor in October' within scripture, but you will see scriptural encouragements to honour and care for those who serve in ministry: “The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of [...]

Pastors: Welcome to our Library

2024-10-03T10:27:21-06:00Categories: Articles|

Pastors and ministry leaders - we have library access for you! If you are local, sign up for a library card to access Horizon's print collection, or come in just to study or read. Our extensive collection of commentaries could be a great resource to you! Apply for a Library Card If you are taking a course with us (for credit) access to our digital resources (DTL) is available to you! DTL is an extensive source of digital resources such as ebooks, articles, journals. If you are auditing a course, you may access our print [...]

Want to help plant seeds?

2023-05-26T12:48:23-06:00Categories: Articles|

At Horizon, we're in the Kingdom-building business of sowing competent leaders for stronger churches and a healthier Canada. And how we do that has changed! (See "God has His jobs and we have ours.") With our multi-use and high-tech spaces in place, Horizon is poised to level-up our high-quality, competent Christian leadership training anywhere. But there's still much more to do as we expand our reach to train more leaders. We need your help to sow seeds in some specific ways: On October 27, please attend our (finally!) Grand Opening event! Attend in person or online (but the prime [...]

God has His jobs and we have ours.

2023-05-26T16:02:39-06:00Categories: Articles|

Will YOU help scatter seed to grow God's Kingdom? "The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.” Mark 4:26-27 (NLT). I love our Canadian prairies. This summer, I got to spend some time connecting with my heritage in Italy – arguably one of the most beautiful countries in the world. There, I was captivated by Italy's grandiose architecture, its varied and picturesque [...]

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