I recently read Cornelius Plantinga’s Engaging God’s World. The book is in essence a theologically rich Bible overview covering creation, fall, redemption, and vocation. It’s different to other overviews I’ve read Continue reading
I blogged a while back about a uesful book I’d read by Larry Osborne called Sticky Teams. He’s also written another little gem called Sticky Church. Here are some of his best insights: If Continue reading
Here is an amusing (and slightly painful) read to have lying round on your IKEA coffee table. I can certainly self-identify with many of these – for example: farmer’s markets, Continue reading
Here’s a good book I read last week by Gordon MacDonald entitled Building Below the Waterline. He’s a pastor (with decades of experience) writing to pastors about the importance of having solid Continue reading
In a previous post on world-views I identified 5 good questions to ask. These were: Where have I come from? What am I here for? Where am I going? What’s Continue reading
Here’s a little thought provoker for those involved with people – whether it be leading, counselling or communicating. Karpman’s triangle is a diagrammatic analysis of human transactions devised by – Continue reading
We’ve been doing a series on Ecclesiastes in our evening series at Grace this quarter. A few weeks ago we thought about the subject of work. As part of my Continue reading
A while ago on our elder retreat we listened to a talk Tim Keller gave at Lausanne. As part of that talk he gave 10 tips to help our lay Continue reading
Our guided reading group have just finished session 8 – the creation of man. The supplementary reading for the session was the opening chapter of Thomas Boston’s Human Nature in its Continue reading
In preparing for our Guided Reading Group session on the doctrine of sin I came across John Murray’s helpful discussion in Collected Writings: Vol 2. Murray says: “Since it [sin] is the contradiction Continue reading
