Essential reading for all fathers, bringing some much needed clarity, help and biblical perspective to not only defining the role but fulfilling it. (epub or Kindle files)
When Adrian Russell came to the subject of people-pleasing in the letters of Paul, he encountered a conundrum: on the one hand, Paul says not to focus on pleasing people, but on the other hand, Paul says to please everyone in everything.
As a pastor, I’m always looking for ways to shape and grow the culture of my church family around the gospel. A small but important part of what I’m doing at the moment is sending out email encouragements to everyone. It's proving to be a very effective tool. Generally
In four talks, Phillip Jensen explores and explains these rich verses at the beginning of the letter to the Hebrews. (Audio CDs)
I did not grow up in a church which practised the singing of the Psalms. Growing up, I split my time between two churches with two distinctly different styles of music. The first was a large, very traditional Baptist church that cherished the folksy revival hymns of the late 19th century. Songs such as In the Garden, The Old Rugged Cross, and Softly and Tenderly still bring back memories of my childhood. Then in high school I got connected with a rockin’ charismatic youth group.
I am a reluctant convert to the Swedish Method for Bible study. I read the Briefing article all of those years ago and decided to try it out in a couple of Bible study groups. It didn’t work! It didn’t seem to make group members think deeply enough about the passage, and it seemed to promote surface-level easy answers.
8 talks by Phillip Jensen on John 18-19 (on an MP3 format disc).
A reading guide to the six central ideas of the Bible.
We tend to think of the Reformation as a revolution in doctrine. And so it was. But the Reformation was also a ministry revolution.
... to put The Curious Sign into the hands of not-yet Christians.