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…
Author Archives: Alistair Chalmers
The Makings of a Dull Sermon
A sermon expounds the Word of God, helps us understand the Bible, reminds us of the gospel and calls non-Christians to repent and believe. There are more elements to a sermon, but even from that very short (and oversimplified) list a sermon should never be dull! You would think it is impossible to preach aContinue reading “The Makings of a Dull Sermon”
The Duty of a Disciple, is evangelism outdated?
Evangelism, it’s a word with interesting and very different responses; it can either fill a room or it can empty one. For some, the word evangelism can feel like a whip that’s cracked against their backs to get out into the world and share Jesus. For others, it’s a word that gives them a taskContinue reading “The Duty of a Disciple, is evangelism outdated?”
Saturday Snippets (August 1)
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…
Be Faithful But Not Dull!
As a preacher and as a blogger, one of the topics that I’m very interested in and often discuss is communication. How does one aptly communicate what they want without all the trimmings and accessories that some demand they should have?
Sea Billows Roll
I’m part of a writing community that posts weekly challenges to help us all grow and develop in our work. Here is a recent one; the piece was to be 300 words and the topic was ‘Like Sea Billows Roll’.
Books for Kids, Teens and Families…
There are some great kids books out there, it’s important that we invest the same amount of time finding them sound books that are based on the Bible and point them to Jesus as we would for ourselves. Here are a few of the books I’ve been sent recently for kids, teens and families…
Saturday Snippets (July 25)
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…
The Words we Use…
I have a friend who describes himself as a wordsmith, he enjoys learning about different words, their meanings and he uses somewhat unusual words often. I wouldn’t describe myself as a wordsmith, however, I do enjoy listening intently to people and the specific words that they use. Over recent weeks I’ve seen, or heard, numerousContinue reading “The Words we Use…”
Generosity and sports…
One of the joys of being a book reviewer is that I receive books on a huge variety of topics. I can open a parcel and find books on parenting, church life, discipleship, evangelism, Christian identity, and so on. Two topics that I probably haven’t read much on over the years are generosity and sports.Continue reading “Generosity and sports…”
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