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Monthly Archives: August 2011
The Bird of Heaven
These notes from a talk by Rob Parsons were not made by me and are a little stilted, but I was struck by the number of things that resonated with me. In particular, our lives are meaningless without the presence … Continue reading
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How do we bring people to Christ?
Every now and again I read a really disturbing sentence in a book, such as for example in Redpath’s ‘Victorious Christian Living’ I came across a comment that if you have never sat down and led someone to the Lord, … Continue reading
Pure Ravenhill
Before the great revival in Gallneukirchen broke out, Martin Boos spent hours and days and often nights in lonely agonies of intercession. Afterwards, when he preached, his words were flame, and the hearts of the people as grass. Leonard Ravenhill’s … Continue reading
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‘Lean on me’, lean on Him
Martin Luther said he had only two days on his calendar: Today, and the day he stands before Jesus Christ. That reminds me of a number of things that Robert Murray McCheyne wrote, in particular that it would only be a … Continue reading
Where did we go wrong?
This is an American blog, and it’s a good deal longer than any of my posts. http://revolutionera.com/2011/01/absurdity-of-modern-day-christianity.html. But some of the stuff near the end is superb, for example: “Today, if someone is demon possessed, we don’t cast out the devil, … Continue reading
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Piercing Deep Enough
George Eliot said somewhere in her novel Middlemarch that if we were sensitive enough, we would hear the grass scream and the pain of the natural world. Yet for most of us, we are so dulled to suffering, so blunted … Continue reading
The Blaze of Revival
A pastor said the other day, a sure sign that people are falling away from true faith is that Christian books aren’t selling very much. I thought to start with that this was a comment with a vested interest – … Continue reading
‘Get rid of the sermon?!’
Why do we sit and listen to people preaching? I listened to hour-long lectures at university and elsewhere, doodling and making copious notes (which I still have somewhere), but as a teacher I find students can’t listen for much longer … Continue reading
Timed to perfection
So my little boy is climbing on the sofa next to me and appears to have lost interest in ‘Thomas the Tank Engine’. He was on the desk next to me a moment ago, and I’m doing that ‘strategic ignoring’ … Continue reading
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Staying Faithful 