Dangerous Calling
I am more and more convinced that what gives a ministry its motivations, perseverance, humility, joy, tenderness, passion, and grace is the …
Top Summer Read – get Connected – and delight in the Trinity
At the church where I serve we like to reccomend a ‘Book of the Month’. This is a bit of a misleading …
On prayer and worship – two great reads
If you’re looking for a gift for a Christian loved-one this Christmas, here are two recommendations… I recently had the privilege of …
John Newton on why things in this world aren’t enough
I think we sometimes have a sense in which we have discovered things that our forefathers never experienced. As we read the …
DRD on Psalms 1-12
Just a quick post to say I cannot commend this highly enough… I have been reading this book in my daily devotional …
Disciple-Maker Makers, or why we need to focus more on vines than trellises
I have just returned from a holiday in a well-known wine-growing region of France, but that is not why I am enthusiastic …
The Ordinary Hero
I am rapidly become a big Tim Chester fan. I am reading a couple of his books at the moment and they …
Jesus Driven Ministry (ch5)
In some ways this is one of the hardest chapters to summarise because it ranges over several topics, yet I also found …
Jesus Driven Ministry (ch4)
It has been a while since I have had time to do any non-essential reading, and so it is rather ironic that …
Jesus Driven Ministry (ch3)
This third chapter is called ‘Affirmed by God.’ Fernando argues that: “The ministry is so challenging that when we think of it, …