Recently the brethren were studying 1 Corinthians 12 – 14 and we came across what is known as the Love Chapter (number 13). We spoke of the different types of love and remarked on the love of God, from God, for God that also helps us to love others. As you might be aware the […]
Read More Sometimes The Most Loving Thing Is The Stone Cold TruthThis follows recent entries I’ve written about appreciating gospel partnership and then defining them based on my experiences. I felt it would be worth sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from pursuing them. In the first part of the lessons, I explored how it was worth pursuing as long as prayer was pivotal. In the second part, I considered opposition and […]
Read More Lessons From Pursuing Gospel Partnerships – Part ThreeThis follows recent entries I’ve written about appreciating gospel partnership and then defining them based on my experiences. I felt it would be worth sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from pursuing them. In the previous entry I explored how it was worth pursuing as long as prayer was pivotal. Here are some more lessons. Expect Opposition and Misunderstanding Now […]
Read More Lessons From Pursuing Gospel Partnerships – Part TwoI had scheduled to continue the series on gospel partnerships, but Alan Knox grabbed my attention with this blog concerning Tackling The Love Problem. Such was my interest that in beginning to answer his questions, it morphed into this. So the gospel partnerships series will continue after this brief interval. What is interesting about Alan’s […]
Read More My Response To Tackling The Love ProblemThis follows recent entries I’ve written about appreciating gospel partnership and then defining them based on my experiences. I felt it would be worth sharing some lessons I’ve learnt from pursuing them. It Is Well Worth Pursuing We are called to go into the world and make disciples. That is the call. Often we’re given […]
Read More Lessons From Pursuing Gospel Partnerships – Part OneAfter the recent post on appreciating gospel partnerships, it occurred to me it might be of some use sharing some lessons I’ve learnt in pursuing them. I hope to share those in an upcoming post. I am not arrogant enough to believe I have the answers in this area or am in any way an […]
Read More What Is A Gospel Partnership?One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon … Peter looked straight at him, as did John. (Acts 3:1, 4) There was this Christian organisation for whom I volunteered. They would mention the partnerships they had with other organisations. To a large extent those partnerships appeared […]
Read More Valuing Gospel PartnershipsTherefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. (Acts 6:3) Recently I had the opportunity to observe a national church conference elect its executive board. Taking in the proceedings and following on from my post about reference to personal examples, […]
Read More How Would You Choose Those To Serve?Perseverance. That word has been bothering me for the last week or so. It’s been bothering me, because I’ve come across it quite a number of times in studying scripture. The latest scripture was in 2 Peter 1:6, but to put in context here it is in verses 5-8. For this very reason, make every […]
Read More What Keeps Me Going – Hope In JesusThe vast majority of the time I enjoy writing these blog entries. As it is a voluntary activity it is something I do as a labour of love. There are times, however, when even the labour isn’t that onerous because of the delight I take in writing. The last entry looking at observations on the […]
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