Last month I spent five Sundays teaching mgpc to sing the Gloria Patri as a doxology (short song of trinitarian praise/affirmation which we sing each week after we’ve stated the Apostles’ Creed or something similar). It was a bit of a struggle, but we got there. Here’s a short story which Nathan Bingham recounts involving …
John Paton, pioneer Gospel missionary to Vanuatu is much-loved by Australian Presbyterians. Here Ligon Duncan recounts a story about Paton which he suggest provides a contrast by which the love of God for His children can be understood. As Derek [Thomas] preached from 2 Corinthians 8 this morning, and especially as he exhorted us to …
The black dog’s barely raised a Monday ‘woof’ for well over six months now, which is sort of a record. J.D. Greear posted three insightful and constructive posts about avoiding burnout last week. Greear credits Brad Hambrick, counseling pastor at their church with this material. Burnout issues are related to the black dog. Not managing …
Preparing for our church prayer meeting for tonight. This article from UK BBC seems surreal. A Christian group has been banned from claiming that God can heal illnesses on its website and in leaflets. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it had concluded that the adverts by Healing on the Streets (HOTS) – Bath, were …
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