I’ve come home from a congregational prayer meeting. Twenty of us from teens to (lets just say) older. What a blessing to hear our teens pray that our prayer meetings will continue to meet regularly for years. It does an old pastor’s heart good. One of the lessons our church has been reminded of over …
Five constructive points from Keith Getty, who writes songs that congregations can sing, rather than listen to. The post is prompted by various seminars he has conducted with church musicians and pastors where he: “posed the question, “What are the things you ask yourself on Monday morning, in reviewing Sunday’s services?” Generally, the responses centered …
Paul Tripp, Tullian Tchividjian and Dave Furman make some wise observations about the conversations we have with those who are enduring seasons of suffering. I especially found helpful their comment about the tendency to categorise suffering, as if telling people about greater suffering than theirs opens doors instead of creating barriers with suffering people. These …
Spiritual Warfare – A Biblical & Balanced Perspective by Brian Borgman and Rob Ventura (Reformation Heritage Books, 2014) aims to provide a framework for Christians to contend against spiritual darkness. In doing so the authors affirm a biblical worldview in which supernatural and natural coexist, guarding against both a naturalistic approach to Christian life which …
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