From Scotty Smith’s prayer-blog, Heavenward. We speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. We were not looking …

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Apart from obedience, Daniel Darling offers these thoughts: We live in an age when, increasingly, people are asking the question, “Do we need to gather on Sunday mornings for worship anymore?” It’s a valid question. After all, isn’t there a plethora of good sermon content online? Aren’t there churches that actually offer online services? And …

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Every month a short devotion by Graham Nicholson is posted on the Hawthorn Presbyterian Church website’s blog page. Here’s the latest: From the moment our alarm clocks jolt us awake in the morning to the last flicker of eyelids as we doze off to sleep, our lives are measured by time. Sometimes we may wish …

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I saved this post by David Murray a couple of days ago. It flows on from my last post. It’s not meant to be exhaustive and there are some helpful additions in the comment stream at Murray’s blog. In a church of 100 people, 20 people will likely experience an episode of depression at some …

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