Posts from September 2020

Posts from September 2020

The Local Church Was Made To Serve The Christian, Not The Christian The Local Church

“The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. Sabbath is a gift God has given us for our good. We are feeble creatures who need rest, yet foolish creatures who would otherwise work ourselves to the bone. The sabbath is a reminder of our weakness, of our finiteness, of our inability. It is a reminder of all of these in a physical sense and, more ultimately, in a spiritual sense, for so much of what is true…

Enjoying Imperfection

“Only God does all things perfectly. In a world that has written God out of the story, we have written ourselves into the role of perfection-attainment. And it is killing us—our dusty little frames, our finite abilities can’t handle it. It’s not that we shouldn’t ever aim to be the best—it’s about what we do when we fall short. And what failing does to us. It’s  realising that not all things need to be the ‘best’, but can simply be enjoyed…

The fear of the Lord… for today?

“We aim for something similar with the Lord. The better we know him, the more we see an intensity of love and majesty, of mercy, and infinite power. From his throne comes both gentleness and “flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder” (Rev 4:5). And you can’t decide whether to fall down and worship or rush in and touch him. You do both. That’s fear of the Lord for today.” Read more…

Sticktoitiveness and the Christian Life

“At some point in my childhood, someone encouraged me to develop a character trait that I was apparently missing. I don’t remember the exact context for the advice or even who presented the case, but the word used has always stuck with me. What I sorely needed was something called “sticktoitiveness.”  Read more…

Scars, Cartwheels and God-Given Strength

“I believe in a God who has decreed the length of my life and lovingly numbered my days, who has counted the hairs on my head (even when there were none to count he knew the dormant follicles that would spring back to life!), and who became flesh in order to suffer in that flesh for me—so that I might look forward with joyful certainty to a new, eternal, incorruptible body.” Read more…