Darren Middleton from North Geelong Presbyterian teaching mgpc the book of Revelation at Karnkendi Campsite, Nelson.
Darren Middleton from North Geelong Presbyterian teaching mgpc the book of Revelation at Karnkendi Campsite, Nelson.
In transit yesterday, reading Spiritual Seasons by Mark Buchanan, one of the ideas I came across was that the pastor is an occupational enemy of nostalgia. Remembering past blessings is not only okay, it is absolutely imperative for spiritual health and vitality. Problems emerge though when ‘our instinct for heaven’ finds itself ‘rummaging in the …
Horatius Bonar on the kinds of men used by the Holy Spirit: 1. They are in earnest: “They lived and labored and preached like men on whose lips the immortality of thousands hung.” 2. They are bent on success: “As warriors, they set their hearts on victory and fought with the believing anticipation of triumph, …
There’s something in Ray Ortlund’s observation below which shouldn’t be diminished with whatever warnings and qualifications you may want to add as riders. The compulsion to use Old Covenant attitudes to New Covenant living is strong, but misguided. And this is because, while Moses and Paul instructed the people of God under two covenants, Moses …
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