We live in a culture determined to pathologise sadness. It seems that anything other than a cheery disposition is seen as a state which needs to be cured. For Christians who experience seasons of emotional flatness there can be a sense that they’re getting being a Christian wrong. As if being a Christian is based …
Not every lesson we learn from great figures in Christian history flows from their strengths. Here’s a link to a sobering and challenging post about John Wesley’s marriage to Molly Vazeille. It’s not a hatchet job. All of our heroes have imperfections. In some ways their attainments make their failings all the more confusing and …
Indelible Grace have just released Joy Beyond The Sorrow their eighth full album and the sixth of their regular releases. A collection of ‘retuned’ hymns, this release focuses on songs that express hope, faith and joy in tough seasons. The musicianship is of their usual profession standard, with lots of familiar names among the vocalists. …
What does The Creedal Imperative (Carl Trueman, Crossway, 2012) promise? In six succinct chapters, Carl Trueman: outlines the current cultural trends which deter people from confessionalism; outlays a biblical case for creeds and confessions; recounts the way creeds and confessions were (and remain) indispensable formularies in combating theological errors in early church history; overviews four …
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