A selection of writings by Clarence Jordan titled The Inconvenient Gospel is not a long read, but I don’t want to read it too quickly. Everything seems quotable. You can’t put Christianity into practice. You can’t make it work.As desperately as it is needed in this poor, broken world it is not a philosophy of …
I bought a copy of The Son Of Laughter by Frederick Buechner years ago at a second-hand bookstore. I’ve been reading it on and off over the last year or so, but am committed to finishing it this time. It is a literary retelling of the narrative of Jacob/Israel from Genesis. There is an earthy …
Visiting a church in Sydney this evening I got to unexpectedly meet an old friend, meet a new one, hear an interesting sermon, oand sing a range of songs including this one from 1996. Bryson Smith and Philip Percival’s At The Cross. I didn’t really expect to find a track of this but here’s one …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 6 16. Q. Why must he be a true and righteous man? A. Because God’s righteousness requires that man who has sinned should make reparation for sin, but the man who is himself a sinner cannot pay for others. 17. Q. Why must he at the same time be true …
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