John MacArthur’s Grace To You ministry describes its purpose as “unleashing God’s Truth, One verse at a time.” It is often assumed that Expository preaching is about working verse by verse through a text. Certainly, good expository preaching does require that we dig into the detail of the text. However, verse by verse may not… Continue reading Why verse by verse preaching may not always equal good exposition
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OK Boomers?
We put a lot of attention into evangelism and discipleship for children and young people. This includes events and programmes for the young people themselves but also resources to help[ parents. We recruit children’s and families pastors and youth workers to help with all of this. But are we missing something, or some people. It… Continue reading OK Boomers?
Is the ministry pipeline broken? Starting to get some data
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been looking at the question of ministry pipelines. This was sparked by reading a number of comments back in 2024 to the effect that the pipeline had dried up and that churches were struggling to recruit people into Gospel ministry whilst traditional seminary style training schemes were… Continue reading Is the ministry pipeline broken? Starting to get some data
Try Praying
Here is a series of talks based on the Lord’s Prayer
Is there a shortage of new pastors/church leaders? A discussion about recruitment and training
Last year, I picked up on some discussion about whether there was a problem with the ministry pipeline. Were we struggling to recruit people into church leadership, especially pastoral positions. I thought I’d do a little further digging. First I sent out a short survey (I’ll share results form this in a further article. Then… Continue reading Is there a shortage of new pastors/church leaders? A discussion about recruitment and training
How do we make the case against Assisted Dying to those who don’t share our Christian worldview
One of the things that comes up in my conversations with other Christians about beginning and end of life ethics is the difficulty of engaging with people who don’t share our worldview. We know that we are made in God’s image and so share equal dignity. We know that God is sovereign, is life and … Continue reading How do we make the case against Assisted Dying to those who don’t share our Christian worldview
Getting the doctrine of the Trinity in focus
If like me you have dodgy eye-sight, and spend a lot of time at the Opticians. You’ll be familiar with the question “better here …or better here” and then “okay, now try again with the last line you can read.” The optician is working hard to finally tune the prescription for your spectacles so that… Continue reading Getting the doctrine of the Trinity in focus
John MacArthur 1939-2025
News broke overnight that John MacArthur has died. He was pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. MacArthur was perhaps most known in recent years for two major controversies, first there were question marks about significant pastoral and church discipline issues in his church, second his resistance to Covid restrictions. I’ve written about… Continue reading John MacArthur 1939-2025
If God is sovereign and all knowing, might my assisted suicide be part of his plan?”
This is one of the questions I’ve been asked concerning assisted dying. There is a point there isn’t there? God knows everything: past present, future. In fact, Scripture goes further and points to him being in control, planning and purposing what will happen. Every minute and every day is in his hand. Doesn’t that mean… Continue reading If God is sovereign and all knowing, might my assisted suicide be part of his plan?”
Is God “a united family?”
I want to pick up on the issue that Graham Shearer raised in his Evangelicals Now article. As I observed in my previous article, it’s hard to check and assess what others are actually saying because we haven’t been told where the quotes are from. However, it should be possible for us to think a… Continue reading Is God “a united family?”
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