Are you sure you really want revival?
There seems to be a stirring in certain parts. Something’s happening out there. Whispers of a ‘Quiet Revival’ are getting louder. Perhaps God is on the move? We might pray vaguely for revival, but have we thought that revival might not mean what we think it does?
In heavenly love abiding: from acting to Christian ministry
Paul and Elaine Harper were actors beginning to enter the ‘big time’ in their careers in the late 1960s. Theatre and TV work was coming their way. Paul had just had a big break as part of a very successful theatrical production in London’s West End. However, despite these successes, they both felt a gaping emptiness and growing unease.
Don’t start with your problem(s), start with God
For believers, the ultimate end-point of everything is certain: an eternity with God in paradise. But that’s definitely not always how we start when confronted with a trial or problem in the day-to-day. To endure through dark times, we must take our eyes off of ourselves and our problem(s) and fix them instead on Christ Jesus.
Why the Charismatic Church and the Reformed Church need each other!
Someone recently lent me a book by Martyn Lloyd-Jones entitled What is an Evangelical? Needless to say, it had a profound impact on me. I found I agreed with most of what the author said, whilst also disagreeing with him on certain points. In some ‘Reformed’ circles, this man is put on a high pedal […]
