If anybody was regarded as a little bit crazy in his time, a bit of a round peg in a square hole but who ultimately changed the world, it was Paul.
First, how do we assess whether our group members are converted? And, second, what do we do about it if we’re unsure about someone in our group?
It’s easy to despair and think that there is an immovable obstacle in the way of the gospel going forward in our countries. What unbeliever is ever going to listen to the real message we want to share with them when there is so much apparent distaste for and hostility towards anything vaguely connected to Christianity?
One of the ways you “honour Christ the Lord as holy” as a Christian is by “being prepared to make a defense [or a ‘reasoned statement’] to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Pet 3:15).
One of the things that trouble me about discussions of sermon length is the all-too-frequent assumption that it’s the preachers who need to change if people are switching off in sermons.
When it comes to small/growth group ministry in churches, not only is there a surprising shortage of aim-taking, but also a fundamental lack of clarity about what that aim actually is.
There are at least seven very good reasons why your church should be getting gospel books ready to give away to Christmas visitors.
As we approach the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door, Ian Carmichael asks how Reformed are we?
As a church, we're called to devote ourselves to the public reading of Scripture. But if you're the one doing that public reading, how do you prepare?
In this short course, we’ll think through the 'why' and 'how' of communicating God’s word clearly and meaningfully for the benefit of those to whom you are reading. We’ll see what it looks like, in other words, to be devoted to the public reading of Scripture in a practical and achievable way.