Ray Ortlund explores the practical outworking of being reconciled to God on our personal relationships: An excerpt: Let’s ask ourselves some hard questions: Who are we keeping our distance from? Who are we avoiding? Who are we hoping we won’t run into around town? Whose presence makes us feel awkward because of some painful history? …
The Gospel Is Not Just The Diving Board; It’s The Pool J.D. Greear featured this as one of the summary statements of the church he serves at. I don’t remember hearing it before and it encapsulates that the Gospel is not an entry point, it’s what Christians enter into. More here.
Zack Eswine observes that Peter ministers the knowledge of the same grace that has healed his own life. From the post: After all, Peter would hear roosters crow the rest of his life. How does one overcome the constant reminder of his or her worst moments? So, Peter commits to never stopping to bring to …
David Prince on the essence of “Christ-centered, Gospel-focused expository preaching” that does not fall into an overall message of moralism and ‘try harder’. The meta-genre of Scripture is gospel story and we must read the entire Bible with that genre awareness. Christ-centered, Gospel-focused expository preaching will not mute the call to obey the moral and …
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