Listen to John Ortberg’s words from this article about Dallas Willard after he died last week: Dallas had a remarkable mind… But his life and his heart were better than his mind. Wow. I pray that I will live in such a way that one day the same might be said about me: that my life and … Continue reading »
In doing any ministry that is geared toward serving and giving away resources, some people get concerned that they might get ripped off. Many times I’ve been asked, “Don’t you worry that some people will take advantage of what you are doing?” I respond, “No, I’m not worried. I know they will!” I think the … Continue reading »
Photo credits: first and second pictures Here beginneth a LONG quotation from John 11. Bear with me! 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was … Continue reading »
Daniel Zacharias, The Singing Grammarian I am becoming a connoisseur of Macnair’s textbook, having had the recent pleasure of teaching all the chapters I never totally understood first time round. But this video/audio resource from Zacharias is a completely new concept for me – singing Koine grammar songs! I wasn’t sure what to make of it … Continue reading »
I am possibly one of the more disciplined people I know. In fact, some of my friends seem to think I run my life on six-minute slots* after my lawyer days where one of those six-minute slots would set you back twenty quid or so. (I feel obliged always at this point to clarify that … Continue reading »
We all know people who spend a lifetime at the same job, or the same marriage, or the same profession, who are slowly, inexorably diminished in the process. They are persistent in the sense that they keep doing the same thing for many years, but we don’t particularly admire them for it. If anything we … Continue reading »
Ten days of being on a bus by 8:30 am, 22 hours of travelling thanks to a flight cancellation and being herded about everywhere in a group of 47 have left us quite exhausted. Just the way to start a new term, right? But the holidays have never felt so long. Nor so educational! Jerusalem, … Continue reading »
If the ministry is reduced to being primarily a helping profession then those who take up that office cannot help being destroyed if they have any integrity. For they will find themselves frustrated by a people not trained on the narrative of God’s salvation, not trained to want the right things rightly, but rather a … Continue reading »
Steve Sjogren, Heaven’s Lessons: Ten Things I Learned About God When I Died Steve Sjogren died on the operating table when supposedly simple surgery went massively wrong. He had a near-death experience but then came back, to a world of pain and disability. His old ways of understanding God were no longer enough and so … Continue reading »
I have no fear anytime, anywhere asking God for anything, because I have seen him do things that are inexplicable in human terms… But sometimes you pray for the sun to stand still, and the sun sets. I’m convinced, though, that the same boldness that’s required to ask God for big things can handle it … Continue reading »
