Jason Isbell sings about life situations in an interesting way, and his life experience has certainly traversed some very rough and dark places. These are not Christian reflections, but they come from a culture that is steeped in Christian concepts. He and his band have just released a live album featuring songs from his last …
The good news proclaimed at the Reformation in 1517 is still good news in 2017 and beyond. Which is why the Reformation will never really be over, or a thing of the past. From Michael Reeves on why the Reformation still matters: Almost certainly, what confuses people into thinking that the Reformation is a bit …
Karl Vaters observes that there are plenty of extras that commend themselves as necessary for congregations to grow in the ministry and mission. Rather than focus on these, he commends local churches focus instead on the basics – without which no amount of extras will help. Don’t spend your time on cool new ideas until …
Borrowing an analogy from baseball, Daniel Darling writes about ordinary preachers and their week-to-week preaching ministry. Having an expectation that the exceptional should be the ordinary experience creates a type of Christian life that is neither sustainable or recognisable from a biblical or historic framework. From Darling: This is not an excuse for mediocrity. It’s …
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