My essay from mgpc’s latest newsletter: God is always present, but not always apparent. I’ve been rolling that particular thought around in my head for a number of days now. The words are from a pastor named Craig Barnes, and, in penning them, he is seeking to point out that in every situation and circumstance …
NSW Presbyterian Pulse – February 2011 online pdf edition now available. Articles on helping Christians in Timor Leste (East Timor), the flood financial appeal, David Burke’s return from Singapore to Sydney’s Presbyterian Theological Center, and a very timely article by John McLean which answers: ‘Does Grace Undermine Goodness’ which I’ll come back to in a …
Nathan has a new blog: Beanstalker, dedicated to all things coffee. In this post he outlines the Seven Deadly sins of coffee, particularly appropriate for churches who want to provide beverage hospitality. I’m so old I can remember the pride which we felt in my home church decades ago when we dispensed with Pablo in …
For you fans of Tim Keller’s preaching, (you know who you are), from Andy Naselli’s blog: Dennis E. Johnson summarizes three central emphases of Tim Keller‘s homiletic approach to illustrate how “the gospel changes everything” in “an approach to evangelistic, edificatory redemptive-historical preaching” (Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures [Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian …
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