I like Zack Eswine’s writing. In Spurgeon’s Sorrows Eswine sensitively considers the experience of depression, using Charles Spurgeon’s experiences and writings as a reference point. Such are the variations in depression I’m loathe to generalise or make it look like there are universal treatments that will bring relief. It’s not a long book, but it …
The notion of resolving to make yourself a better person each January 1 teaches the Christian over and over that they can’t be their own saviours. Through our own efforts we just won’t make ourselves completely acceptable to ourselves, let alone to others. Even when we achieve that which we resolve to change, we find …
Ray Ortlund titled this “My All Time Favourite Post” when he posted this on his blog, and I understand why. With thanks to Ray, this sums up MGPC’s new year (and every year) resolution. Gospel + safety + time. It’s what everyone needs. A lot of gospel + a lot of safety + a lot …
Joseph Tenney writes about the way in which corporate worship serves to direct the natural flow of our worship toward the one we were created to worship. An excerpt: The gathering together of the church for worship is an act of reversal; it is an act of reversing our loves. Perhaps you’ve heard the saying, …
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