As if the original didn’t threaten to herniate you, Crossway have released a large print edition of their very helpful ESV Study Bible. Given that many users of Large Print editions are also among the more physically frail it will be interesting to see how this works out for everyone involved. (My edition of the …
(edit: I forgot to give this a title and the blog called it ‘1561’. That is not my cumulative total of posts, yet. Now it has a proper title.) Last time Tim Keller named “The Big Issues facing the Western Church”. They were: 1. The opportunity for extensive culture-making in the U.S. [relevant in Australia, …
When you read a few (hundred) articles or comments about church services a recurring theme is the need to present as well as we can. That’s okay, as long as your goal is excellence and not perfection. Excellence (for the point of this exercise) is doing the best you can, with what you’ve got, conscious …
Saddleback being the church planted by Rick Warren, of 40 Days of Purpose fame. A few insights and photos that show how Saddleback does things. I don’t know how to react to some. For instance, how do Saddleback utilise a guest preacher when the church conducts 22 (twenty-two) services across the weekend? “First, someone transcribed …
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