28 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30 he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty? 31 “The words were still on his lips when …
A Path to Repentance: “From a Palace to a Pasture” Read More »
When a pastor is forced out We tend to think of America as the place of the “hire and fire” culture – sadly we have the same kind of culture in some UK churches. A 2008 US study reckoned that around 23% of pastors have either had their contracts terminated or been forced to resign. …
For two decades after the end of the Second World War, C. S. Lewis was one of the most public advocates of Christianity in England. He was both a popular author and a famous academic in Oxford, where he spent most of his career. To a generation that survived the horrors of war, Lewis recommended the edifying …
Learn to Read, Learn to Think—C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) Read More »
Early in my Christian life, the story of Stephen the martyr fascinated me. It could have been the idea of a young man standing up for his faith against harsh opponents. Or his willingness to die for his faith as the gospel went out through the early church. Or his ability to summarize the whole …
They wanted to talk about my preaching. I hadn’t been at the church very long, but they had some concerns. A few single women recently left the church, and these deacons were convinced it was my fault. My sermons, they insisted, must be too “masculine.” I didn’t know what they meant—I still don’t! I certainly …
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If a man’s prayers are a true indication of the theology of his heart, then prayers in the Puritan tradition point to faith in a glorious God and true humility before Him. In The Valley of Vision Arthur Bennett offers a collection of prayers gleaned from the prayers and writings of English Protestantism.[1] Knowing as they did the inward evil …