Month: October 2009

Probably the best thing I have ever read on repentance as a Christian is Tim Keller’s sermon called “All of life is repentance”. If you are confused about what repentance for a Christian looks like or whether it is even necessary then do read it. All_of_Life_Is_Repentance-Keller.pdf I hope it will change the way you think […]
Going through Psalm 119 over the last few days has reminded me how much passion the Old Testament song writer has for God’s word. He obviously loves is and not simply because he is religious and likes religious ideas but rather because the Word of God comes from God. Much like I keep some of […]
This may or may not connect with you but I found the words stirred my heart. You might find that thinking about all of these things lifts Jesus from the two dimensional “cardboard” character that so many picture him as. The truth is that he is more amazing that we can get our heads round. […]
For me the temptation to let the busyness of church become the thing that drives and consumes me is very real. It is difficult to pursue a proper connected relationship with Christ when I am always thinking about the next thing I need to be doing or the next problem that needs addressing. It seems […]
Sadly Mike Plant was away this morning so couldn’t give the second lecture on Calvin at the Teesocs Plus course. I had the dubious privilege of filling in and came across a great quote from Calvin on the heart that I thought I would share: “Its like a man who thinks he has made a […]
Lots of things lately have got me thinking about what I am thirsty for in life. I mean by that what kind of things do I give my time and effort and money to and how far short do they come of what really satisfies. I remember before I became a Christian the feeling of […]
I find it a difficult thing to know how honest I can be with God when I talk to him. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that I want to tell him lies or try and pull the wool over his eyes (as if I could), but rather I just don’t always know how […]
Due to our incredible denseness God speaks some things over and over and over again. Sometimes the symphony of sources that speak the same word is deafening but still we are not listening. I hear it and then dismiss it as just coincidence. I even rebel against the words of encouragement as if I don’t […]
Reading the account of Hezekiah over the last few days made me realise again how mixed he was. He finds himself under siege from the army of Sennacherib and does the thing that seems to natural and so right. Isaiah 37v14-17 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up […]
Last night we were asking the kids that come to one of our youth groups what they were afraid of. The answers were interesting: spiders (obviously), darkness, dying, adults shouting and so on and so forth. Interestingly when we got home our reading in Isaiah 33 had two verses that talked about fear but spoke […]
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