Those who nurture and lead a community based on grace and forgiveness can find themselves distanced from those very qualities in their own spiritual life. The openness, vulnerability, and honesty encouraged in disciples of Jesus can be seen as liabilities for leaders. When leaders don’t meaningfully engage in grace and forgiveness themselves their message becomes …
My trial of Apple Music must be transitioning to something I’m paying for sooner or later (if that hasn’t happened already). It keeps throwing up interesting selections to follow on from whatever I start playing. Another Soul Free started playing last week. It’s the sort of song I really like. I could imagine singing this …
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 40 105. Q. What does God require in the sixth commandment? A. That I am not to abuse, hate, injure, or kill my neighbor, either with thought, or by word or gesture, much less by deed, whether by myself or through another, but to lay aside all desire for revenge; …
mgpcpastor's blog 