A great reminder and encouragement from Tim Chester: Christian peace does not mean tranquility. It means we have changed sides in the battle. We have changed sides because we are no longer at war with God. The peace we have is reconciliation with God. But we are still at war so we still experience life …
David Murray points out the difference between giving thanks and self promotion; the difference between showing how far you are in front of everyone and encouraging them to grow. This is particularly pointed at pastors, but has applications for everyone. How to make Christian hearts and heads droop. Find lots of different ways of saying: …
Joel Beeke is a pastor from the USA who is also a theological teacher and prolific author. In this series of four posts he writes about the legacy of Johanna Beeke, his mother, recently deceased at the age of 92. Post 1: Prayerful. A sample… I also remember overhearing a conversation at a church gathering, …
At our pastor’s prayer meeting this morning one of my colleagues (Dean) mentioned a book, The Crucifixion of Ministry: Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ by Andrew Purves. What do you know, but in my rss reader was a post by Justin Taylor quoting from the book. Some other blogs picked it up …
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