Running late. Good to see Queensland finally play closer to their potential in the third State of Origin game. Now if they can carry that on next year. NRL (last round 2/5; season tally 67/121) Manly New Zealand Canterbury Gold Coast Cronulla Penrith Souths AFL (last round 7/9; season tally 92/135) Hawthorn Geelong North Melbourne …
This month’s Preaching Matters video features William Taylor speaking about remedies for poor preaching. The poorest preaching is that which purports to be biblical but instead is really our own thoughts draped over a biblical text. It is doubly poor because it does not tell people the author’s purpose in writing the text, and then …
I linked to the first part of this series a couple of weeks ago. In parts 2 and 3 Skye Jethani expands on his observation of church as destination instead of vehicle. Here’s the link to part 2 “The church can learn an important lesson from this delusion: Relevance backfires when it overshadows your uniqueness.” …
There’s a few readers out there who have trouble sleeping. Maybe Paul Tripp’s counsel to accept, evict, pursue, and trust will help. Here’s the beginning, see if what he describes sounds familiar, then follow the link to read the rest. Sleepless Nights Have you had any sleepless nights lately? Do you struggle to lay peacefully …
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