Constructive insights into personal failure from David Murray. Some of the lessons I’ve learned from failure: My failures are usually the result of over-confidence. When I’ve failed it’s often because I was putting too much trust in myself and not enough in God. A happy side-effect is that it has usually produced more prayerful dependence …
On Sunday I used the illustration (from N.T. Wright, I think) about real celebration of resurrection life and how there should have been champagne on ice out in the morning tea room. And how there should be champagne on ice there every other day. And I don’t really even like champagne that much. Now that’s …
Murray Campbell from Menton Baptist offers his personal preparations for Sunday worship in the hope they’ll be helpful. Here’s the key points: 1. Read through the Bible passage that will be preached on that coming Sunday. 2. Look to encourage someone to make the effort to be at Church that week through email, phone call, …
Albert Mohler on the danger of Bible loving churches giving the impression that all we’re about is people becoming better rule keepers. It is a distressing experience for preachers to continuously preach salvation through Jesus Christ alone to what seem to be supportive congregations, but when asked for their testimony to have the same folk …
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