Educated at the University of Toronto (BA in History), Wycliffe College (M. Rel), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry), he has received honorary doctorates from Briercrest College and Trinity Western University.
Within months of his appointment, he founded and became editor-in-chief of EFC's national magazine, Faith Today.
By way of weekly television (including Cross Currents on Vision TV), as well as other media, his opinions and views of issues of moral concern were sought.
In 1997, he left EFC to become President of Tyndale University College & Seminary; the school had gone through a major restructuring.
During his tenure, Tyndale became a university, purchased a 56-acre campus from the Sisters of St. Joseph and expanded as Canada's largest seminary.