Ray Ortlund writes about the messiness of real church. And the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin Real church is more than a human support group, more than empathy. The sacred blood of Jesus is here. And we bring no sin out into the light which his blood cannot cleanse away: …
Tim Dyer led a couple of helpful seminars on engaging with Australian culture as local churches. There were two questions/discernments that Tim observed churches need to be clear about before they call a pastor. These positions should be clear before a pastor comes, rather than a pastor being sought to inform the church what their …
Five ways to recognise if a church newcomer is a church-shopper from Carey Nieuwhof. “Trying to appease a serial church shopper is an exercise in pleasing the un-pleasable.” Read the whole post here.
From Daniel Hyde’s From The Pen Of Pastor Paul, as excerpted on EP Books’ blog: Recall the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness. Our Lord’s final temptation was that the devil brought him up to a high point to show him all the kingdoms of the earth in all their glory. The devil then …
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