A matter of perspective: the crowd thought they saw a king coming in triumph, when what they saw a a king coming in sacrifice; and yet in the sacrifice was the triumph they needed. Which is helpful to remember as we prepare for Easter – Jesus is the Saviour we need, not the one our …
Murray Campbell provides an encouraging report about a gathering of people from different churches in Melbourne. As part of that he writes of his appreciation for speaker Mark Dever asking that the lights in the auditorium be turned up. The practice has crept into Christian gatherings with increasing frequency and serves to decrease the corporate …
Gary Millar reflects that in contemporary culture, making the idea that a local church is ‘just like you’ as central to its efforts to reach out into the community is no longer effective. His conclusion: Ultimately, the gospel itself is the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) of Christianity. God in Christ has made it possible through …
Christians who have been watching the Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo will have found much that is helpful in culture that seems to generate clutter. There will have been some moments, statements and actions that will have struck disciples of Jesus as more than oddly idiosyncratic, but rather somewhat disquieting. At Gospel Coalition …
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