Various observations by the church through a calendar year may bring helpful themes to mind, but they should never eclipse the central theme that is constant reality. Nick Batzig writes about Lent, concluding: Wherever one falls on the spectrum of adherence to elements of the Liturgical Calendar, we must learn to live our Christian lives …
A brief article by Barry York at Gentle Reformation on a neglected aspect of ministry, the call to worship. The basic idea is that rather than telling people not be distracted, you show them the One who will capture their attention. From the article: The great leveling ground as people come to worship is the …
From Scotty Smith’s prayer/blog Heavenward: The Once-and-For-All-ness of Jesus’ Single Sacrifice for Our Sins Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins. But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for …
The heart of the Bible is not about emulating heroes. It’s about convicting you about, Jesus, the hero you need. From Aaron Earles: If we are honest we are ourselves, we can easily find ourselves in the pages of the Bible—just not among the heroes. We are the failures, the rejects, the idolaters, the sinful, …
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