What a captive servant girl can teach you about Matthew 10:8 When Matthew 10:8 pops up on your Bible app, “heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons”, it’s easy to think, me? I’m not equipped for that, I could never be the one who does something like that. Leave it to someone else, that… Read More »
On keeping the gospel for yourself too There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from handing out something you’ve stopped receiving yourself. You know the symptoms. You’re talking about grace constantly. Explaining it. Defending it. Preaching it. And somewhere in the middle of all that explaining, imploring and encouragement, quietly, without anyone noticing, you stopped standing… Read More »
An encouragement for Sunday morning… If you have been with me a while you will know I love the story of Jonah. Sometimes I wonder if there is a bit of Jonah in all of us, at least one or two of his characteristics, usually at an inconvenient or inappropriate moment. Perhaps you can relate to Jonah today,… Read More »
One digit that can change and transform your life Word on the street is that God is doing a new thing; apparently, there is what has been termed “a silent revival” underway, with people (mostly young men, it seems) coming spontaneously to church and becoming Christians. I think it’s true; I’ve heard it first-hand from a church plant… Read More »
Who’s laying the table? Here’s a brilliant bit of drama—it’s a short interlude in Jesus’ awesome God-come-to-save-us narrative in Luke’s Good News book, but it does take a fair few words to bring the best of it to your attention. Make yourself a nice hot drink and settle down for an eight minute read. Brace yourself; the scene… Read More »
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 »