Tim Chester writes about the unachievable standard that local churches can set for themselves when they make higher standards in all areas of ministry their focus. Resources are limited, and achieving a high level of committment in some areas involves a choice to have a lower standard in anther area. This is a simple matter …
There is much which is good and necessary in life. But for the Christian there can only be one preeminent passion. Make sure it shows. From C.J. Mahaney’s View From The Cheap Seats. Don Carson: If I have learned anything in 35 or 40 years of teaching, it is that students don’t learn everything I …
Donald Miller makes a generalised point that does have a basis in reality, while dealing with a tweeting critic in a very unique manner. When we are young or immature, right theology makes us feel superior, but when we are older and more mature, a study of theology makes us feel inferior and unworthy, undeserved, …
A well-considered and engaging article on the way in which underdogs become winners, not by trying to match their superiors at their own game, but by finding ways within the rules to play the game to their advantage. It involves references to a twelve-year-old girls basketball team, Lawrence of Arabia, David and Goliath among others. …
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