If a Christian is free from the law and legalism, does this mean that they can do what the please? A look at the text (Galatians 5:13-18) Christians have been rescued from slavery to freedom but we need to understand what this freedom is about and make sure that we do not abuse or exploit… Continue reading Free for what?
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The danger with listening critically to sermons
The other day, I wrote some advice on giving feedback to preachers. I want to add one further piece of advice. Ration your feedback, give it sparingly. What I mean by this is that whilst everyone should be getting regular feedback, you don’t want to be giving it every time you listen to other preachers.… Continue reading The danger with listening critically to sermons
Keep on running
The 3000 metres race at the 1984 Olympics is famous for what happened to the two favourites, both of whom failed to win. Zola Budd and Mary Decker were out in front, when they ended up colliding and getting tangled up with each other. Decker was injured and failed to finish. Budd, limped on but… Continue reading Keep on running
You don’t have to look too hard for the application!
This is part two of a mini-series of articles on preaching application. In part one, I talked about the twin dangers of not applying a passage at all and over applying with a scatter gun approach, shooting off lots and lots of things for people to know, believer, repent of, start doing, stop doing etc. … Continue reading You don’t have to look too hard for the application!
True Freedom
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you are trying to escape from a scary place where you are trapped. You get through to the other side, only to realise your efforts were in vain, you are still captive. It’s a common theme, it invades our worst nightmares and is often picked up… Continue reading True Freedom
Some advice on preaching feedback
One of the best ways you can bless a preacher, no matter how long they have been preaching for is to give them feedback. It blesses them in a few ways. One way is that it helps them to know that someone has been listening. One of the toughest times for preachers was during the… Continue reading Some advice on preaching feedback
The danger of legalism
A big theme throughout Galatians is that we are no longer under subjugation to The Law. This meant that Galatian believers were not to be subjected to the rituals and ceremonies of Judaism. It also meant that people were not to be excluded from belonging and fellowship on that basis. So, an important application from… Continue reading The danger of legalism
God really is our Father
I mentioned the other day that there had been some controversy around the Archbishop of York’s comments about some people finding it difficult to refer to God as “our Father.” Quite a few people jumped in assuming (prompted by the media headlines) that the Archbishop was seeking to stir up the old controversy about God,… Continue reading God really is our Father
God keeps his promises to David
1 Chronicles 18-20 God said “…I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land. 9 I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they formerly have 10 ever since the day… Continue reading God keeps his promises to David
Brothers and sisters -changing the story
The other week, we had a discussion in our life group about how we relate together as brothers and sisters in the church. It was a practical application of some of the things we’ve been learning about from Galatians 3:28. In advance, I threw the question out to social media to see what kinds of… Continue reading Brothers and sisters -changing the story
