Lizzie Reynolds continues to lead us contemplatively and meditatively as we look at the Christian virtues. This week's virtue is "humility".Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode, Tony Watkins (Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House) hears from Dirk Jongkind (Academic Vice Principal at Tyndale House) and Nelson Hsieh (Research Associate in New Testament Text and Language) about the role of textual criticism in the reformation. Find out more about the host and guests here: Tony Watkins: https://tyndale…

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…

In this episode, Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, asks Dirk Jongkind and Nelson Hsieh, members of our New Testament team, about how the early church handled differences between Bible manuscripts. At 28:59 Dirk and Nelson are trying to remember a name, they incorrectly say Martianan, they meant Marcellum. Support the show…

Lizzie Reynolds continues to lead us contemplatively and meditatively as we consider the Christian virtues. This week's virtue is "chastity".Oleh Tyndale University

Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House talks to David Armitage, Academic Administrator at Tyndale House about the Tyndale Bulletin, which is the Academic Journal published by Tyndale House. David shares how the Bulletin has developed since it first began in the 1940s. Visit the Tyndale Bulletin website: https://www.tyndalebulle…

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. J…

In this episode, Tony Watkins asks Dirk Jongkind and Nelson Hsieh about some of the major New Testament manuscripts and how they have influenced the Bible translations we have today. Support the show Edited by Tyndale House Music – Acoustic Happy Background used with a standard license from Adobe Stock. Follow us on: X | Instagram | Facebook | YouT…

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 Jos…

In this episode Tony Watkins, Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House, talks to Dirk Jongkind, Academic Vice Principal of Tyndale House, about what a manuscript actually looks like, and what features scholars look out for when studying them. At 4:05 Dirk misspoke when he said P52 has John 19 on the back, it actually has John 18:37–38 on the b…

Lizzie Reynolds will continue to lead us through a contemplative prayer time considering the Christian virtues. This week's virtue is "love".Oleh Tyndale University

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.Oleh Tyndale University

In season 5 of the Tyndale House podcast, Tony Watkins speaks to members of our New Testament team to find out about New Testament manuscripts and how studying them can help us with our trust and understanding of the Bible. In this first episode, Tony asks Dirk Jongkind and Nelson Hsieh what a manuscript actually is, and why it's worth studying New…

In this episode, Tony talks to Dr Steve Walton, Professor of New Testament and Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Bristol. Steve is a frequent visitor to us here at Tyndale House as he's been working on his commentary on Acts for the Word Biblical Commentary series. The first volume of the commentary, on Acts 1–9:42 (volume 37A), was publis…

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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.Oleh Tyndale University

Is the Nativity a true story? Why are there differences between Matthew and Luke’s accounts of Jesus’s birth? Was Luke historically correct when he wrote about the census? What was the star and is it even possible for the wise men to have followed it? What year was Jesus actually born? Peter Williams answers all these questions and more in this spe…

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 s…

In this episode, Tony is joined by three of our long-term readers who are all working on PhDs at Cambridge University. Ellie Wiener is currently studying the book of Job, Megan Alsene-Parker is studying Lamentations, and Ben Rae is studying Ecclesiastes. Together, they discuss what poetry actually is, the features of Hebrew poetry, and why we shoul…

Lizzie Reynolds will lead us through a contemplative prayer time considering the fifth Christian virtue of the semester: "faith".Oleh Tyndale University

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.Oleh Tyndale University

Steve Walton and Tony Watkins discuss why Saul changed to Paul in the book of Acts. In the book of Acts, the apostle Paul is referred to as Saul up until chapter 13, where he begins to be referred to as Paul. Steve explains how names worked in the Roman world to shed light on this name change. He also shares about some of the research he has done i…

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.Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode, Peter Williams, Principal of Tyndale House, explains how names can help us to assess the historical reliability of the Gospels. By looking at name records we can see what the most popular names were outside of the Gospels at the same time and place. Peter then compares these with the names we see in the Gospels to see whether they …

Lizzie Reynolds will lead us through a contemplative prayer time considering the fourth Christian virtue of the semester: "justice".Oleh Tyndale University

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 4:14-21Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode, Tony chats to James Bejon and Josh Meynell about strange or animal-related names that we find in the Bible. Some of the names in the Bible strike us as having curious meanings. For example, Caleb means ‘dog’, Nun means ‘fish’, and Abel means ‘vapour’. What are we to make of these names? James, Josh, and Tony work through some of th…

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In this episode, Tony asks Caleb Howard and James Bejon why we have genealogies in the Bible and how we should make sense of them. They discuss how the Old Testament is unique in ancient literature in the way it lays out genealogies. They also explore how it can give us a clear account of the people of Israel from Adam through to the exile, by look…

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".Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode, George Heath-Whyte and James Bejon chat with Tony about the use of divine names in the ancient world and in the Bible. What did the Babylonians call their gods? What did the names of the Babylonian gods mean? Why did the Israelites go from calling God 'El-Shaddai' to 'Yahweh'? How did the worship of Yahweh in the Old Testament comp…

In this episode, George Heath-Whyte and James Bejon chat with Tony about a range of difficult questions surrounding the book of Daniel: What is the significance of Daniel and his friends having their names changed in Daniel 1? What do their new Babylonian names mean? Why is there no mention of Belshazzar as king of Babylon in the official records? …

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.Oleh Tyndale University

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 Belle…

In this episode Tony sits down with David Tsumura, who is a professor emeritus in Old Testament studies at Japan Bible Seminary. David is a familiar face at Tyndale House having visited several times over nearly 40 years. He lived on site for two years from 1986 while working on a Tyndale House research project on Genesis 1–11. In this interview he…

This week we continue our Abide Podcast with a reflection on the second Christian virtue for this semester. This week's virtue is "prudence".Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode, Tony continues his conversation with writer-in-residence, Christopher Ash, on his new four-volume commentary on the Psalms. They discuss how Christ would have prayed the Psalms during his earthly life, the structure of the 5 books of the Psalms, and how we approach different genres of psalms such as imprecatory psalms. This is part…

This week we welcome an old friend of Tyndale's back to our Chapel pulpit: Chris Chase of Open Doors Canada joins us, and his message is entitled "Start Well; Finish Strong!" based on Acts 20:22-24.Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode, Tony interviews our writer-in-residence, Christopher Ash, on his new 4 volume commentary on the Psalms. Christopher shares how he came to write the commentary, the importance of the psalms, and why he thinks that the Psalms are inseparable from Christ. This is part 1 of the interview and part 2 will be released next week. The Comme…

Abide – Prayer with Lizzie Reynolds. These bi-weekly podcasts offer listeners a chance to reflect and pray meditatively.Oleh Tyndale University

We are pleased to have Pastor Terry Sanderson, lead pastor of Bayview Glen Church, join us. Pastor Sanderson's talk is entitled "From Ideas to Influence: The Path to Making a Difference" based on Mark 6:30-42Oleh Tyndale University

As we begin the traditional Fall semester at Tyndale University, we invite all students, faculty, and staff to our annual Commencement Service held on Tuesday September 10, 2024 at 11:15 am (ET). Tyndale President, Dr. Marjory Kerr, will be our speaker and offer an address to our community.Oleh Tyndale University

In this episode Tony Watkins sits down with biblical scholar, Ahreum Kim, who has been a reader at Tyndale House on and off since 2019 when she came here during her MPhil. She has since completed her PhD which focused on the letter of 1 John and the Greco-Roman context it was written in. She and Tony discuss her PhD, why it’s so important to unders…

In this episode, Tony, James, and Caleb continue discussing name changes in the Bible, but this time with a focus on throne names. They look first at how kings in the ancient world often changed their name when they became king, before then focusing on Old Testament kings and the significance of their throne names. Edited by Tyndale House Music – A…

Please note: This episode contains a mention of birth trauma within the biblical narrative In this episode, Tony, James, and Caleb discuss name changes in the patriarchal narratives. They look at how common it was for names to be changed in the ancient world, as well as the significance of the name changes within the biblical narrative. Edited by T…

In this episode, Tony sits down with James and Caleb again to look at the names of the foreign kings mentioned in Genesis 14 and to see how they fit in with what we know of those places from extra-biblical sources. At 10:44 Caleb says Southeastern Iran but he meant Southwestern Iran. At 19:06 Tony meant Genesis 9 but he meant Genesis 11. Edited by …

Content warning: please note this episode contains a brief mention of rape within the biblical narrative, as well as a comment about birth trauma in the Ancient World. In this episode, Tony Watkins continues working through the biblical narrative of Jacob's sons being born, with Caleb Howard and James Bejon. They discuss what the sons' names mean a…

In this episode, Tony Watkins digs into the names of Jacob’s sons with Caleb Howard and James Bejon, who are both working on the Tyndale House Old Testament project. Starting at Genesis 29 they work through the biblical narrative of the sons being born and discuss the meaning of their names. In this episode, they cover the first four sons, and in t…

Episode 2 of our podcast series on Ancient Names. In this episode, Tony, George, and Caleb discuss naming practices from the Bible and the ancient world and compare them with practices today. Please note: at 17:34 Tony Watkins says 'one of Aaron's children is Eliezer'. This is incorrect, Aaron has a son called Eleazar, and Moses has a son named Eli…

This new series takes a deep dive into names in the Bible with the help of members of our Old Testament team. In this first episode, Tony Watkins speaks to Dr Caleb Howard and Dr George Heath-Whyte, both members of our Old Testament team. They explain what the decade-long project on Old Testament names is seeking to do at Tyndale House, and they al…