Small encouragements
As a Christian involved in ministry there are times when you wonder if you are making any difference in the lives of the people around you. A lot of the times you don’t see any real measurable difference you are making and sometimes in your quieter moments you can tend to get a bit discouraged. [...]
What did Jesus save us from?
Recently I was asked the question, “What did Jesus save us from?” I thought that was a great question because as Christians we put all our faith and hope in what Jesus has done in saving us. In his book “Great words of the Gospel” Gerald Stanton says that, ‘Salvation sets before us two major [...]
Relational evangelism
One of the things we talked about last night was the effectiveness of various outreach philosophies. We talked about what we have seen work and what has not. After some discussion we came to the conclusion that evangelism works best in the context of relationships. No surprise there I guess? This got me thinking about [...]
Grace for kids
I was sitting in my lounge room this morning and my youngest started reading the titles of books in our bookshelf. She came to Philip Yancey’s book “What’s so amazing about grace?” and asked what grace was. My first thought was I have just woken up, can I have an easier question! After some thought [...]
Finding God's will
One of the great things about living the Christian life is finding out that God has a plan and purpose for our lives. The Bible even tells us in Ephesians 2:10 that He prepared it before the world was made! One thing I have noticed about finding God’s will for our lives is that many [...]
