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Wee Waa And A Fitting Testimony For A Christian Life (via David Cook)
David Cook returns to the town of Wee Waa in country NSW for a weekend of Easter ministry and reflects on the enduring legacy of people he served with as their pastor over thirty years ago. “They grew...
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Jesus, Our Way, Our Truth, Our Life (via Will Willimon)
William Willimon muses on the implications of Jesus being the way: Surely Jesus means more than simply his way of life (and death) is to be the disciples’ way. He doesn’t say that his philosophy is the...
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Recognising Church Shoppers (via Carey Nieuwhof)
Five ways to recognise if a church newcomer is a church-shopper from Carey Nieuwhof. “Trying to appease a serial church shopper is an exercise in pleasing the un-pleasable.” Read the whole post here.
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Following Jesus And Choosing Not To Be A Loner (via Steve Brown)
Helpful thoughts from Steve Brown reflecting on the conscious choice of Jesus to be involved in the lives of others, and all that choice entails. What does that mean for us. Jesus refused to be a...
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Joy And Laughter Should Be The Church’s Norm, Not The Exception (via Randy...
Randy Alcorn wonders why Christians seem so unhappy, and offers thoughts on why this should not be so. There seem to be a lot of outraged Christians around, and they seem to be outraged in mirror to...
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How To Walk Into Church (via St Helen’s Bishopsgate)
From an article on the St Helen’s blog: We should walk into church with something of the following attitude. 1. Walk into church… as partners in the gospel As Charlie preached to us from Philippians,...
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God Is The Author Of Your Story (via Jean Williams)
A reflection on life, human expectation, personal growth, and what matters above all from Jean Williams. An excerpt: God is the author of my story. And he’s a far better author than I could ever be. I...
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Three Vital Aspects Of Christian Life
Balanced Christian teaching should invoke three areas, respecting their relative order, while maintaining the necessity of all three to be active. The three are: what Jesus has done for us and to us;...
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Brian Chapell On Grace As Pardon And Grace As Fuel
Brian Chapell has an upcoming book Unlimited Grace. Apparently there’s a new ministry called Unlimited Grace being launched too. Here Chapell talks about how grace is not only the beginning of the...
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Gospel As More Than Good News (via William Taylor)
On the St. Helen’s Preaching Matters video blog William Taylor outlines an overview of the Gospels that looks for the author’s intent to train in discipleship and evangelism in ways that should shape...
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The Price Of The Good Confession Of Finishing Well – All Saints Day Thoughts
There are plenty of reminders in my internet referring to All Saints Day, a part of the church year remembered on November 1 and the first Sunday in November. One feature of those reminders that I like...
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A Balanced Diet In Worship For Long-Term Health (via Zac Hicks)
Week by week worship is informed by a long-term desire to grow the theological health of the congregation by a balanced and comprehensive use of sources. There is a temptation in our jobs to operate...
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Devoted To Prayer (via Edmund Clowney)
A significant aspect of Jesus’ character and identity was the fruit of prayer. Those who follow him grow their character and identity the same way. From Edmund Clowney at Ligonier: They devoted...
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The Real Reasons People Aren’t Turning Up For Church Every Week (via Steve...
The first of two posts by Steve McAlpine interacting with the basic ideas expressed in the post by Murray Lean I linked to last week called The Creeping Trend Of Church Absenteeism. Two significant...
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The Life-Giving Freedom Of Admitting Your Limitations (via Zack Eswine)
Zack Eswine reminds us that we don’t have to feel sorry for John the baptist. He was not eclipsed by Jesus. He was everything he was meant to be. There’s liberty in that lesson for all of us. The...
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Growth Requires Connection (via Dan Rockwell at Leadership Freak)
Dan Rockwell observes that: “Building an environment of growth is one of leadership’s greatest challenges and opportunities.” From his post: Community: Growth requires community. We stagnate and die in...
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Small God, Small Calling – Big God Big Calling (via Jen Oshman)
Jen Oshman writes about the product of a tendency to desire a comfortable, easy to manage life – a comfortable easy to manage God. From the article: There’s a destructive cycle often lived out in...
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Guarding Against Being Church-Attending Idolator (via Jared Wilson)
Our human hearts were once described as factories that produce idols. Jared Wilson points out that production can continue in the life of the Christian, and can occur in the settings in which we gather...
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Six Symptoms Of Spiritual Heart Failure (via Stanley Gale)
The joys of advancing years include a more necessary interest in personal health. Stanley Gale observes that, by contrast, an individual’s spiritual health can be in jeopardy at any age, and that there...
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Growth In Godliness Is Not Measured By What Already Comes Easily To You (via...
David Murray asks “Why do we take our individual, personality, character, gifts, or calling and make that the sum total of godliness for everyone else?” After numerous examples of what he means, he...
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