John Starke writes about the place of lament in corporate worship. … the Bible gives us several good reasons why lamenting should be a part of our normal Christian worship, even if we are not lamenting our own circumstances. In no particular order of importance, here are four such reasons. We sing songs of lament …

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I’ve been browsing around a review pdf of Michael Bird’s Evangelical Theology, (Zondervan, 2013), a 800pg plus ‘Biblical And Systematic Introduction’. The review pdf doesn’t list page numbers in the table of comments and has no index, making it a nuisance to navigate a work of this size. It’s one of the reasons why I’m …

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Helpful article by R.W. Glenn at the delightfully named Red Meat For The Soul. These are values we’re trying to cultivate at mgpc. ht: z 1. Clarity on the gospel of grace. There are many counterfeits, not least the distortions of the gospel that make sin something you need to work off or blow off. …

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