Chalmers' Blog

Saturday Snippets (September 24)

As well as reading a lot of books, I also read a ton of articles every week. Here are some of the articles that I’ve read recently and have found interesting, helpful, challenging and encouraging. I hope that they will be the same for you, my dear readers…

Saturday Snippets (September 17)

Why I’ll never preach like Spurgeon and why that’s OK

If you’ve spent time in church Charles Spurgeon is probably a name that you’ve come across. He was an English Baptist Pastor who is often called the ‘prince of preachers’. He was gifted as a pastor, preacher and theologian which has lead to him being celebrated by many many Christian’s today.

Saturday Snippets (September 10)

Theology for Ministry

Many pastors have been through some form of seminary or Bible college and even those who haven’t have spent many hours studying theology. The study of theology is undertaken to help a Christian, pastor or not, to understand God and His Word better, among other things. You’ve probably heard the phrase “all theology should lead to doxology”. All theology should lead to worship. How exactly can pastors apply theology in their ministry? Here’s something that will help.

Saturday Snippets (September 3)

Big truths for little readers

It’s been a while since I highlighted any children’s books, so here I’d like to give you a range of books that are suitable for children from toddlers to pre-teens. All these book are a bit different, each has its own intended audience and its own topic. Starting with the books for the smallest readers first, we’ll work through a number of the books recently sent to me by publishers.

Saturday Snippets (August 27)

Part 2; Is Sunday a spectator sport?

I first published this blog “Is Sunday a spectator sport?” about 2 weeks ago. Off the back of that post, I was accused of being an abusive pastor who was harming people by what I had written. I had a good private chat with the individual who flagged the concern. However, I wrote something publicly that was challenged and so I believe that a public response/clarification is required. I am not responding to the individual who raised the concern, as I have done that privately already, but instead providing further clarification to my previous post to you, my readers.

Angels

The angelic realm is one of somewhat mystery and myth. Countless stories abound of people seeing angels or knowing someone with a special kind of encounter with an ‘angelic being’. But what do we actually know about angels? Many Christians, sometimes quite rightly, are skeptical of encounter stories.