A wonderfully constructive and pastoral exhortation from Terry Johnson, who encourages us to remember the four central aspects of a Christian identity: sons, saints, servants, sinners; and how our identity can become dysfunctional when any of these emphasised at the expense of the others. Surely as we attend corporate Christian worship each facet of identity …
From Scotty Smith’s prayer-blog, Heavenward. We speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. We were not looking …
Apart from obedience, Daniel Darling offers these thoughts: We live in an age when, increasingly, people are asking the question, “Do we need to gather on Sunday mornings for worship anymore?” It’s a valid question. After all, isn’t there a plethora of good sermon content online? Aren’t there churches that actually offer online services? And …
I saved this post by David Murray a couple of days ago. It flows on from my last post. It’s not meant to be exhaustive and there are some helpful additions in the comment stream at Murray’s blog. In a church of 100 people, 20 people will likely experience an episode of depression at some …
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