News on the decision of Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill church to move from a ‘one church – many campuses’ model to a ‘one network church – many churches’ model. Apparently the decision was made by executive leadership and eldership, not by the congregations themselves. Last month we decided to put an end to the word …
Encouraging post from Mike Perman at What’s Best Next which poses a trick question: Does God Require Faithfulness or Fruitfulness? Perman points out that faithfulness and fruitfulness are not an either/or contrast or choice, in fact they’re never an either/or contrast or choice. In the words of the old song You can’t have one without …
Paul Tripp has commenced a weekly posting at the Gospel Coalition website. I believe his posts will deal with pastoral self-care. It Tripp? Is Good! The first offering is Ministers In Need Of Grace. In the post Tripp identifies the themes which he will be exploring in his columns. 1. The reality of spiritual blindness …
English evangelical pastor/theologian John Stott has died at the age of ninety. Not everyone who reads this blog accesses the internet on a large scale, but there are an incredible number of tributes to Stott available, here’s one from the Christianity Today site, and another from the Gospel Coalition, I’ll leave you to search for …
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