For the last 20 years of pastoral ministry my life has revolved around studying and teaching the Bible in some way or another. It is actually easy to become over familiar with Scripture to the point of almost “immunizing” yourself to the main message, you know, not been able to see the forest for the trees! I have found reading ...
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Primary Ministry vs. Secondary Ministry?
What comes to your mind when you think about “doing ministry”? I hope not just what you do when serving in a church meeting… Sunday School, worship team, youth, teaching, prayer, set up/clean up, hospitality, counselling etc. Not that those services are not ministry “unto the Lord” that are done to bring him glory, rather they are not your primary ...
Read More »Order Disorder Reorder New order?
One of my responsibilities as a tutor with a Christian Counselling Training organisation is to assess my students written assignments, of which “Evaluate and Provide Therapy for Psychopathological Disorders” is what I am currently marking. It is interesting how in a clinical context such as the DSM-5 (the long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry), the word “disorder” ...
Read More »The Gospel Centred Road is Narrow!
The Kingdom road that Jesus called us to follow him down is narrow with large ditches on either side! In the world of theology, there are two equal yet opposite extremes that one can fall into to as we navigate the bibles teaching on the Kingdom of God and it’s implications for how Christians live gospel centred lives in this ...
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