From Stephen J Nichols’ Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life: From the Cross, for the World, published by at Crossway. Nichols seeks to express Bonhoeffer’s every Christian ministry paradigm with these examples: The ministry of holding one’s tongue Bonhoeffer pegs silence as a self-discipline worthy of highest virtue. “Where the discipline of the tongue is practiced …
I appreciated this article by Tullian Tchividjian. He considers Jesus’ parable about the Good Samaritan and presents an interpretation which emphasises the fact that it was told in the context of a discussion about eternal life. I think Tchividjian helpfully points out that to contend that Jesus’ lesson is that eternal life is gained by …
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 25 Chapter 16 – Of Good Works (Paragraphs 1-4) I. Good works are only such as God has commanded in his holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men out of blind zeal, or upon any pretense of good intention. II. These …
Yesterday I conducted a funeral which comprised a graveside committal in the morning and a thanksgiving service at mgpc in the afternoon. In preparation I asked if there was a passage of Scripture that I should read and was told, without hesitation, to use John 14. The reason being that the elderly lady in question …
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