Paul Tripp, Tullian Tchividjian and Dave Furman make some wise observations about the conversations we have with those who are enduring seasons of suffering. I especially found helpful their comment about the tendency to categorise suffering, as if telling people about greater suffering than theirs opens doors instead of creating barriers with suffering people. These …
Thoughts from Matt Boswell as you prepare for corporate worship tomorrow. Corporate worship reminds us that our hope is not fixed on anything less than our sovereign God. There is a tendency in all of us to forget our neediness. Like the psalmist, we question where our help comes from and must be continually reminded …
Thom Rainer publishes yet another helpful numbered list. This one provides some observations about the problems that arise when a church becomes activity-driven instead of ministry driven. Which is to say: what happens when the church becomes slaves to maintaining their activity program instead of focussing their activities on their central mission and ministry. See …
While the kingdom of God will survive in Iraq, Dennis Crowley compiles this report about the massive loss of Christians in that country over the last ten years. Amid paragraphs recounting numerous attacks against localised groups, these two statements demonstrate the wide scale devastation which has been effected upon Christians since the fall of Saddam …
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