At the Catalyst blog Tullian Tchividjian, pastor at Coral Ridge Presbyterian church, explores the concept of a Christian vocation in a post entitled ‘Our Calling, Our Spheres’: Martin Luther was once approached by a working man who wanted to know how he could serve the Lord. Luther asked him, “What is your work now?” The …

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Offering comment or opinion during times of disaster or distress from a Christian perspective can result in pretty strong reactions. I wrote the other day about the danger of claiming more knowledge than God reveals about why disasters happen. The disaster in Queensland has largely been devoid of any invitations to prayer from civic leaders. …

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The December-January edition of New Directions, the newspaper of the Queensland Presbyterian Church, has been posted online in the last week or so. An rss feed on their news page would be helpful. It includes a very encouraging cover article about fifty people entering into membership at the Browns Plains Presbyterian Church. As usual, the …

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One sentence summaries of the whole Bible provided by pastors and scholars. Here’s Doug Wilson’s contribution: Scripture tells us the story of how a Garden is transformed into a Garden City, but only after a dragon had turned that Garden into a howling wilderness, a haunt of owls and jackals, which lasted until an appointed …

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