Prayer is the heart engaged in loving awe
Last Sunday we were tackling Habakkuk’s prayer (from Habakkuk 3) at Grace Church Wrecclesham. For me, one of the striking lessons was …
The grace that keeps us going
Last Saturday night the clocks went back – which in many people’s worlds is an opportunity for an extra hour in bed. …
Blow out all his lamps – Samuel Rutherford on suffering
This morning I was pondering suffering – partly as a result of the (perhaps inevitable) question in our Sunday morning discussion time …
Tripp on grace amidst the struggle
After a typically honest passage about the struggle in our hearts with sin, Paul Tripp encourages us with a wonderful summary of …
The danger of making it all about us
I’ve just finished reading Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp. It has been an encouraging (in its focus on the gospel of grace) …
Use words if necessary – Keller on the Gospel
At our Sunday morning gathering we were discussing some of the implications of our Bible teaching together and someone quoted the phrase …
Dangerous Calling
I am more and more convinced that what gives a ministry its motivations, perseverance, humility, joy, tenderness, passion, and grace is the …
Religious Repentance v. Gospel Repentance
Our local mission team are currently working through Tim Keller’s excellent “Gospel in Life” course. Here is some classic Keller insight on …
The two faces of legalism
Here’s a helpful insight from Jesus+Nothing=Everything: Legalism happens when what we need to do, not what Jesus has already done, becomes the …
How you treat ‘the church’ shows what you think of Jesus
A wonderful and challenging insight from Connected (see earlier post). The church is not just like a body it is a body. …