Fifteen years ago or so I was teaching the account of Elisha, the youths and the bears with a flannelgraph to a mixed primary kids club. One of the parents was mortified and didn’t believe the story was in the Bible until she looked it up. Like Ehud and his sword, these are the sorts …
On a new year’s theme Kevin DeYoung provides 10 questions pastors can ask themselves throughout the year. Am I spending time slowly reading God’s word and memorizing Scripture? Am I having consistent, focused, extended times of prayer, including interceding for others? Am I disciplined in my use of technology, in particular not getting distracted by …
Got to wondering the other night. Some presentations of the Christmas narrative can make it sound like reconciliation was achieved by the incarnation. ‘God with us’ as a done deal, so to speak. In that economy we respond to God’s presence and the call for kingdom living through the life and call of Jesus. But …
“And in the morning, behold, it was Leah!” On November 24 I posted an article about the Manhattan Declaration. At that stage it had 73,000 signatories, now it has 217,000. While the document seemed a positive and needed statement, later examination suggested that everything was not necessarily as it should have been. Just think of …
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