Week by week during our worship services at mgpc we pray for the other churches in our town, and for those people who lead them. (Usually a different church each week) Reading this article by Greg Gilbert reminded me that it’s not a very common practice. But we don’t look at the other Christian churches …
Today I conducted funeral for a lady who died in her one hundredth year. As part of her preparations for the funeral she recorded a request that I sing a solo of Nearer My God To Thee. In accepting her request it seemed appropriate to read Genesis 28:10-22 and explain the background to the hymn’s …
We have a discussion like this everyday. Right in the middle of Woolworths.
What does Prepared By Grace, For Grace (Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley, Reformation Heritage Books, 2013) promise? Beeke and Smalley address “the question of how God ordinarily brings sinners to the point of trusting in Christ alone for salvation. Specifically, is conversion an event or a process?” (pg 15) They believe that the answer to …
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