For some people, grace is a scarier concept to embrace than the idea of hell and God’s wrath. When we invite people to surrender to God’s grace, to trust his love and depend upon his provision, we may be asking them to do something that life has proven to be perilous and foolish.
We know what people in our culture will not like hearing, and we prefer to avoid things that are awkward or unpleasant. The problem is that the gospel—literally the best news in the world—contains awkward bits.
Never let the book you just read lie dormant on your bookshelf.
In this age of authenticity, for something to have meaning, to be helpful in me realizing my humanity, it often needs to be done alone.
At times, group leaders realize they need to speak with a study member about a particular concern or problem. Let’s call this a ‘pastoral conversation’.
It is worth thinking through how music functions in our services to engage people so that they can come to know Jesus through his word.
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?
There are three questions I’ve been asked repeatedly over the past seven months of study here at Moore College.
Sound advice for improving your sermons.
It is assumed, to put it simplistically, that to be more faithful to God you must preach longer.