Why do we need to have a conference just for women? Why do we have only female preachers at a women’s conference?
How does a disciple-making agenda fit with the need for us to express our love for our neighbours through engagement in social action?
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).
If so, should we start calling them pastors? If you’re a growth group leader, how would you feel about being called, or calling yourself, a pastor? If you’re a growth group member, would you call your leader your pastor?
Have you heard the saying “speak the truth in love”? The phrase is normally used to mean something like “say true things in a charitable way”. The idea is this: sometimes you have to say hard and challenging things; when you do, make sure you’re using a gracious tone.
If you’ve preached more than, say, a dozen sermons you’ve certainly experienced mental fog. This phenomenon can cause you to panic in the pulpit, and in your panic you can make your sermon much worse.
Joshua Ng gives an overview of the book of Proverbs, especially in the light of its first nine chapters.
The ‘infertilty club’ is not an exclusive one. It has many members from all walks of life, even though no-one wants to join it. But As Mike and Pip Taylor discovered, finding themselves in this unwelcome club taught them profound lessons they would never have learned otherwise.
Easter reminds me of the most embarrassing moment of my life: the time I brought a dead man back to life just by touching him. I think it is the shock, surprise, and comedy of Easter that remind me of that day.
The advent calendars that children do over Christmas sometimes seem like they'll never end. It's too much for many families to realistically do a craft every day.