On the subject of the Bible being read during corporate worship, at the beginning of 2009 we started reading one chapter a week (lectio continua), in addition to the passage on which the sermon was based. So far we’ve experienced the blessing of hearing Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, …
Scott Newling commences a projected series of posts on the Sola Panel by recalling that in ‘1 Timothy 4:13, Paul instructs Timothy as follows: “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching”’. The problem he observes is that in Bible believing churches which utilise relaxed and informal models …
From Redeemer blogs: I’ve [Tim Keller] written a book that will be coming out this month called Generous Justice. A number of people have asked me why I wrote it, and others have asked about the title itself. My answers to these two questions go together. One group of people I hope will read the …
He sniffs at the back door, whimpers a bit, and wants to come in. That old black dog just wants to make himself at home. The mental, emotional and spiritual output on Sunday are accompanied by a sense of being drained on Monday. Into this vacant space the so called black dog of depression wants …
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