In his book King’s Cross Tim Keller unfolds Jesus encounter with a paralyzed man and demonstrates how Jesus deals with the man’s real need and not his current greatest desire. Jesus says, “Jesus is saying, “by coming to me and asking only for your body to be healed, you’re not going deep enough. You have …
YouTube animation of sixty-six word clouds, comprising one each for all the books of the Bible. The word ‘LORD’ dominates the thirty-nine Old Testament images, while ‘Jesus’, ‘God’ and ‘Christ’ take prominence in the New Testament. Sixty-Six Clouds is also a website where you can purchase posters of these images. HT: Trevin Wax
A couple of weeks ago I heard a sermon on the kingdom of God that, to these tired old ears, didn’t seem to say much more than ‘Jesus came to proclaim the kingdom of God and we should all take our part in it by getting busy living our lives for God.’ Not very much …
I stumbled across Matt Viney’s blog on the weekend. Matt pastors the Wavell Heights Presbyterian Church in Brisbane and blogs at ‘Baptism And The Big Picture.’ Refreshing in its affirmation of covenant theology as being intrinsic to Presbyterian and Reformed theology (a diminishing, though not defeated perspective), the blog is an interesting read. Head on …
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