So, over the last few weeks the idea of personal inadequacy and Christian growth have been very present in my thinking. The notion is this: when confronted with some greater or deeper challenge, circumstance or crisis; instead of asking ‘What do I have within me or what has God done to me in the past …
And one of those questions is not: “Do you feel depressed?” David Murray, author of Christians Get Depressed Too introduces his post with these words: When I start counseling a depressed person, I’m looking for answers to five questions at an early stage in the conversation. I don’t ask them in a checklist or condemning …
Two posts by Paul Tripp that deal with the need to recognise and confess personal failings in order to grow healthy relationships. To do this people need an objective standard by which they can consistently evaluate themselves, a conscience that will honestly recognise when they are failing to meet that standard, and the will to …
This is a fair cop. I’ve used variations on the statement ‘Christianity is not a religion’ in various situations. I’ll probably use it again. But it is helpful to do so mindful of this perspective from the Bible, pointed out by Matt Viney. The New Testament speaks about religion. James mentions it twice “If anyone …
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