Watch out for the stalker of passive legalism, However you go about mentoring, especially within the Church, it is paramount to centre our guidance on grace rather than legalism. Grace is the lifeblood of the gospel—the unearned, unmerited favour of God that transforms hearts and lives. Legalism, on the other hand, suffocates. It traps people in performance, as… Read More »
Let’s talk about essential foundations. A few years ago, on holiday in Fethiye, Turkey, I borrowed a canoe and made my way across what I considered a short distance over the sea to what I thought was a nearby island. A few hundred yards from the island, I suddenly found the canoe being covered by bees! They had… Read More »
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it… Read More »