TheVirtualWord » Tim Chester http://www.thevirtualword.org Reflections on evangelical Christianity and the contemporary world Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Ordinary Hero http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/04/27/the-ordinary-hero/ http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/04/27/the-ordinary-hero/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:02:11 +0000 admin http://www.thevirtualword.org/?p=227 I am rapidly become a big Tim Chester fan. I am reading a couple of his books at the moment and they are a real blessing. Today’s encouragement comes from:

I’ve just had a wonderful reminder of the way humility and assurance are rooted in the Cross of Jesus. Particularly good to be reminded that Jesus wasn’t in some kind of ‘pacifier’ role – making up with God the Father – but that it was God the Father’s eternal plan to send Jesus. It was our Heavenly Father’s love which resulted in our salvation. And that as we are in Jesus he delights in us. Wonderful!

]]> http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/04/27/the-ordinary-hero/feed/ 0 2 Blessings http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/02/03/2-blessings/ http://www.thevirtualword.org/2010/02/03/2-blessings/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:49 +0000 admin http://www.thevirtualword.org/?p=202 We’ve just got back from a few days at the Living Leadership conference. What a blessing that has been to us. Some space, some fantastic reminders of God’s grace, great company and fellowship, wonderful food. Bring on next year, and many thanks to our generous church for enabling us to go.

It also brought the opportunity to finish reading Tim Chester’s excellent:

What is so special about this book, is that it looks to dealing with the underlying sinful tendencies, thoughts, and processes, rather than simply being a self-help book dealing with the externals. It is honest, Biblical and extremely challenging. And worth reading, and then reading again. Thanks Tim.

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