Trying to lead a local church to have less organised activities seems to be a constant struggle. Jared Wilson has an extended post which includes ten observations about the tendency to have lots going on. Here’s a few of them: 2. Over-programming creates an illusion of fruitfulness that may just be busyness. 4. Over-programming runs …
The Lord Jesus has borne the burden of judgment for the Christian’s sins. Then Jesus calls on his people to bear each other’s burdens. From Daniel Hyde, in a post at Ligonier: …since we in the new covenant are all priests of the Lord who can approach Him with boldness and confidence in prayer (Heb. …
Danny Hyde writes about the need to resist the cultural influences that Christians can succumb to by which: …we tend to treat the church like a drive-through restaurant. We think to ourselves, “It will always be there and it will always have what I want, when I want it.” So, some of us attend worship …
Prayer is a great and integral work of gathered worship. From a longer article by Rick Phillips: Acts 2:42 says the first believers came together for “the prayers.” The definite article suggests that they came not merely for prayer but for special prayer gatherings. This why the prayer meeting shows the spiritual strength of the …
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