Who We Are
At the Ezra Institute we're working to…
- Restore gospel confidence among God's people
- Renew understanding of the scope and power of the Word of God
- Rebuild a Christian philosophy of life for every sphere
- Recover a message of redemption that claims all of creation as the theatre of God's glory
Training Programs
biblical worldview training for teens
worldview training for pastors and church ministry leaders
advanced studies in faithful cultural leadership
Featured Resources
Covenant and Kingdom w/Andrew Sandlin
Andrew Sandlin joins us from the Runner Academy to talk about the nature of God’s covenant with man, how the new covenant relates to earlier covenants, and what the covenant has to do with our responsibilities as citizens of the kingdom of God.
The Image of God and a Culture of Beauty
At the conclusion of the 2022 Runner Academy, Joe Boot explains why the Ezra Institute exists and why we run training programs. We explore what it means for man to be made in the image of God, and how we are to steward creation and build culture for the sake of the kingdom of God.
The Magna Carta and Christian Citizenship
Andre Schutten, Ezra Institute Fellow for Law and Civil Discourse, joins us to talk about how the idea of constitutional government arose, and how societies have benefited from it. He also illustrates recent cases where our constitutional heritage has been threatened, and some ways we can work to involve ourselves in our society as Christians and citizens, for the good of the nation.
How Feminism Encourages Statism
In this episode, we investigate the worldview and origins of proto-feminism as well as first-wave feminism. This movement often gets tacit approval from Christians because of things like universal suffrage, but at its root, this movement, led by figures like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, and Margaret Sanger, is a self-centred, resentful ideology that opposes the family and fosters a bigger state.
Gun Control Laws, Fatherlessness, and the Failure of Feminism
In this week’s episode, we dive into a few recent news stories as we work to discover meaning in a world that has increasingly abandoned truth and reason. We consider some of the causes and responses to the recent Texas school shooting, as well as the growing realization that the biggest victims of the Sexual Revolution have been women.
Christianity in the Crosshairs: Conversion Bill C-4 Takes Aim at Canadian Freedoms
By criminalizing Christian witness of the gospel in the important sphere of sexuality and gender identity, the amendment to Canadian law by Bill C4 harm numerous vulnerable groups that it purports to defend.