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What Do You Need To Do To Go Backwards In The Christian Life? Nothing. (via...
Words from Sinclair Ferguson posted on the blog Tolle Lege. “Hebrews is all about persevering in sanctification. Without holiness, writes the author, ‘no one will see the Lord.’ We must therefore...
View ArticleGive What You Didn’t Get (via Justin Buzzard)
Justin Buzzard writes about that which truly brings healing for those whose lives are marked by loss: Give what you didn’t get. What didn’t you get? A safe childhood? A best friend? A loving father or...
View ArticleEvery Beauty And Every Tragedy Is An Invitation (via Winn Collier)
More musing from fictional pastor Jonas McAnn, as written by Winn Collier: If the idea of providence means anything, then it must a least mean that our life consists of all manner of truths and...
View ArticleAnxious Pastors Leading Anxious Churches (via Sarah Condon)
Local churches don’t need more people to come along to save them. They have the task of sharing with others about the one who has already saved them. From Sarah Condon: The fact of the matter is that...
View ArticleThe One Place On Earth No One Should Be Surprised To Find Sinners (via Jared...
Jared Wilson writes against the niceties that compel Christians (who should no better) to maintain appearances of being okay. If there’s one place on earth everyone should feel free not to be okay,...
View ArticleThere Is No Future In Frustration (via Don Carson)
Don Carson recalls a difficult conversation with a senior Christian in Sydney Australia. Not difficult because of its content, but difficult because of the physical condition of the person to whom he...
View ArticleWhy Neither Accumulation Nor Minimalism Can Make You Happy (via Wyatt Graham...
I’m an accumulator. But I know it won’t make me satisfied. Neither would getter rid of all my stuff. From Wyatt Graham at Gospel Coalition Canada: [Accumulation or Minimalism as] options to happiness...
View ArticleThe Better Question Believers Should Ask about God’s Will (via Jen Wilkin)
Most of the time questions about seeking God’s will for our lives revolve around questions about what we should do. Jen Wilkin suggests the more pressing question the Bible deals with has to do with...
View ArticleA Menial Work, By Design (via David Powlison)
Although not central to the book’s theme, this tangental observation about pastoral life rings true: …by design, ministry is menial work. It means being a servant, someone’s assistant, a helper. You...
View ArticleRefreshing The Saints (via Gentle Reformation)
Kyle Borg poses a question based on reflection about Philemon verse 7: “For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through...
View ArticleOn Needing Resurrection Power To Endure Suffering
In John 13 Jesus tells Peter “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.” Jesus is speaking of his death on the cross and the resurrection life that will be shared as a...
View ArticleEvery Christian’s Sermon Preparation (via Ryan McGraw)
There is usually a lot of preparation taking place on Saturday nights for sermons being preached on Sunday. If you’re a Christian, even if you’re not going to preach, there’s sermon preparation that...
View ArticleOn Silence As The Currency That Can Purchase Pastoral Formation (via Michael...
Michael Milton provides counsel about formation as a minister of the Gospel in the guise of advice to a graduate, just about to begin pastoral ministry. The observations he makes about preparation,...
View ArticleNot The Way That Ministry Works (via Sarah Condon)
Sarah Condon, writing about fame and self-destruction offers a peculiar, yet not alien observation about the background of some of those who enter pastoral ministry. I have a mentor who often says...
View ArticleTrials Of Various Kinds (via Scott Hubbard at Desiring God)
Scott Hubbard writes a short article about how God prepares us to face major trials by taking his people through multiple smaller trials of more mundane significance. How we teach ourselves to react...
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Negative Splitting The Christian Life (via Stephen McAlpine)
Maybe its because I’ve started cranking the treadmill at the gym up to a bit of a canter in the mornings, but this article by Stephen McAlpine caught my eye. A 51 year old pastor with a passion for...
View ArticleEncouraging Involvement In Small Group Ministries (via Ed Stetzer)
Ed Stetzer writes a post about encouraging involvement in small group ministries: Through teaching biblically, promoting incessantly, and leading organizationally, we can encourage our brothers and...
View ArticleRise Up And Walk (via Ron Block)
A meditation on faith by Ron Block. Faith isn’t something we drum up or fight for. We don’t pull up our faith-bootstraps and try to believe. Faith is more than intellectual assent to ideas about God;...
View ArticleChristian Hospitality Is A Reflection Of The Gospel (Nick Kennicott at The...
All Christians are part of the household of God. All Christians were once welcomed to that household by God’s grace. All Christians have a role in welcoming visitors to that household as an expression...
View ArticleLiving As Exiles, Not Expatriates (via D.A. Horton)
We are citizens of heaven living on earth, not people from heaven seeking to become citizens here. That difference should show in our priorities and in our relationships. From D.A. Horton. Living as...
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