Now, before you rightly rebuke me for misquoting Jesus and James, let me explain what I mean by “let your yes be no”. I think too often in ministry, be it paid or lay, we automatically say yes to things instead of saying no. While this isn’t always a bad thing, it does become a major problem when we too easily become doers for Christ instead of followers of Christ.
At a Christmas Day church service I attended some years ago, the service leader started reading what he thought was a pretty humorous debunking of the “Santa delivering toys to every home on Christmas Eve” story.
This week Sandy Grant shares opinions on opinions, motives, anger, degrees of sin, puppetry, and ways to engage with gamblers.
Jean Williams takes a look at a book that is helpful to both men and women for improving the way that they read and understand the Bible.
You would think that a seminary-trained pastor like myself wouldn’t need much help, but I still struggle to sit down with my children and the Scriptures.
I’ve just ticked something off on my hypothetical bucket list! A bucket list, for those who don’t know, is an inventory of things that someone decides that they want to do before they die (i.e. “kick the bucket”).
Des Smith guides you through 1 Samuel, showing how the earliest days of kingship in Israel prepared the way for Jesus, God’s true king. (9 studies)
An interview with Colin Marshall, answering some questions you may have about kicking off the Vine Project in your church.
Sandy Grant's links on mental health, sacrifice, comfort/suffering, Proverbs 22:6, and religious radicalisation.
“A problem shared is a problem halved”—but sometimes a problem shared is a problem now two people have.