From David Cook, Presbyterian Church Of Australia Moderator-General. The Christian facing death has two common questions, I will deal with the first in this column, the second question in the next column. The first question is, at the point of death, when I leave all that is familiar, what will be my conscious experience? Read …
Another quote from another of Willimon’s books, this time about pastoral care as produced by corporate worship. If the desire is primarily for therapeutic and didactic outcomes, and not God, this will not occur in the same way as when God and worship of Him is the focus of gathering. …the first and foremost purpose …
This article by Jackson Wu provides four keys to communicating the Gospel to people from honour/shame cultures. Traditional presentations mainly use legal language, focus on individuals, stress the futility of works, and appeal to people’s fear of pain, whether physical or psychological. I didn’t do that. Instead, I highlighted a basic but often overlooked fact: …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 9 Q & A 13 Q Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created? A Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.*1 Q & A 14 Q What …
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