Indelible Grace have just released Joy Beyond The Sorrow their eighth full album and the sixth of their regular releases. A collection of ‘retuned’ hymns, this release focuses on songs that express hope, faith and joy in tough seasons. The musicianship is of their usual profession standard, with lots of familiar names among the vocalists. …
What does The Creedal Imperative (Carl Trueman, Crossway, 2012) promise? In six succinct chapters, Carl Trueman: outlines the current cultural trends which deter people from confessionalism; outlays a biblical case for creeds and confessions; recounts the way creeds and confessions were (and remain) indispensable formularies in combating theological errors in early church history; overviews four …
Department of ‘You Think I Make This Stuff Up’. Yesterday I posted Thom Rainer’s collation of pastor related tweets. Here’s the background behind number 3: Criticize your pastor on Facebook and bring a curse on yourself. mgpc will be happy to know that as we approach the relevant sections of 1 Samuel the exegesis in …
A great temptation in pastoral life is for the pastor to substitute themselves for God’s gracious Gospel power. At the Gospel Coalition, Paul Tripp writes about the fallacy of a practice of pastoral care which is at odds with pulpit ministry; one in which we functionally end up telling people what to do (problem solver …
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