No minister (or Christian) will be all things equally, at once, or at all times: smart, practical, prayerful, faithful, efficient, effective, respectable, humble, confident, organised, servant-hearted, and so on – in a word, “Balanced.” But there are prerequisites of character that must be in place before ministry begins. I bring this up because I recentlyContinue reading “The Order Beneath the Tension – Ministry’s Priorities”
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The Burning Bush of Individualism
The modern Western anthem of expressive individualism could be summed up in the words, “I am who I am.” To be an individual, and to express your individuality, is to be self-determining, and as far as possible, independent. The scary thing is, or should be, that this motto is how God is described in Ex.Continue reading “The Burning Bush of Individualism”
Stewarding the Body for Gospel Ministry
On the value of Physical Training for the christian and ministry (1 Timothy 4:7-8)
On Personal Revelation
If you or I were to ask a handful of people—church folk or otherwise—whether, loosely speaking, they felt or knew that God had spoken to them personally, my guess is that many would say they think it has happened. For staunch Reformed folk, this idea tends to make us uncomfortable (if that’s you, I knowContinue reading “On Personal Revelation”
The Point of Genealogies
When you come across genealogies in the Bible, which happens inevitably, you may wonder why they are there and also secretly think, “Can I skip this? Or skim this?” Although every genealogy has its own unique purpose, flavor, and message, there are general principles and purposes behind all genealogies in the Bible.
That’s what this article explores.
The Personal Experience of the Person of God
The placebo effect in the medical/scientific world shows the mysterious interplay between mind and experience and therefore to a degree reality (both subjective and objective). Fake medications relive pain, experiments in managing expectations cause us to anticipate pain and therefore feel it (although no pain stimuli are physically triggered). Similarly, do you want to improveContinue reading “The Personal Experience of the Person of God”
Doctrines Prescribed for Anxielitic Effect
“If we are justified through faith then we have peace with God through Jesus Christ.” (Rom 5:1). Today everyone is thinking about peace because everyone is thinking about tackling anxiety. The famous anxiolytic passage of the Bible is Philippians 4:6-7. Paul calls us not to be anxious about anything but to pray with thanksgiving inContinue reading “Doctrines Prescribed for Anxielitic Effect”
Some Honest Wisdom on Work
In this post, we will see that the wise worker is an honest worker, while the foolish worker is a dishonest worker. But if you don’t like this post, don’t worry. Just tell me you loved it. Better still, don’t read it, and tell me you loved it. I won’t know the difference.
The Wise are Diligent, not lazy.
If you are like me, then you enjoy been lasy, not diligent. Then hopefully the proverbs speak good council to you as they have through the ages. Especially so in our money-centric what-they-don’t-know-won’t-hurt-them kind of zeitgeist.
What do we do about angry people around us?
Managing another anger is hard enough. But its harder still because their anger often incites your own anger. What is the path of wisdom on this fraught and often trodden journey?
Bigvai and Shiphrah 