Ray Ortlund: J. I. Packer, writing in God in our Midst (Ann Arbor, 1987), pages 24-35, proposes that, among the variety of God’s ways, five constants appear in all biblical revivals: 1. Awareness of God’s presence: “The first and fundamental feature in renewal is the sense that God has drawn awesomely near in his holiness, …
One of our members thought I’d find this clip from New Life Digest ’93 amusing. Quite. A story found in a corner of a church bulletin: Three small boys were bragging about their fathers. The first boy said: ‘My dad writes a few short lines on a piece of paper, calls it a poem, and …
Timmy Brister provides ten contrasts between grace filled Christian communities and moral driven church groupings. Here are a few examples, read the rest of his post for the others. A grace saturated community will . . . * have a warm disposition to the very worst of sinners (while moral community often be cold and …
Matt Perman (of Desiring God) has provided two posts which give links to his posts from Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit at his blog What’s Best Next. Names which feature include John Dickson, Bill Hybels (‘natch), Seth Godin and Henry Cloud among others. Some will be of interest, some not, but have a look. There are …
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