Chalmers' Blog

Hebrews

Over the last month or so, I’ve been doing quite some reading on the book of Hebrews. I’ve been preparing to preach through it with some others in the church where I am Pastor. Hebrews is a fascinating book that many Christians love, it’s so rich in its Christology and also real in the application and natural outworking of a good theology of Jesus and His work. So, let me introduce you to one of the books I’ve read recently on Hebrews, it’s a commentary in the Mentor series from Christian Focus written by Robert Cara.

Saturday Snippets (April 6)

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 (March 30)

What’s required for revival?

One of the things you’ll often hear Christians pray for is revival. This is maybe more in the forefront of people’s minds recently with the so called ‘Asbury Revival’. As Christians we long for a work of the Lord to awaken spiritually dead souls, to take people from darkness and sin to light and freedom in Christ. But what is actually involved in revival?

There’s a part of the global church who practice what’s sometimes called ‘revivalism’ a movement which focuses on the products of revival and tries to replicate it. For example you may see signs that speak about ‘revival meetings’ or people try to play on the emotions of a group to bring about an emotional response. Is that true revival? Is that really a moment where the Holy God breaks into people’s lives by His Spirit and does a miraculous work?

Ministry, Resolutions and our journey to heaven

There are plenty of books out there on ministry, on the day to day of Christian life, on how to live for the glory of Jesus and works on the lives of people of the past, here are just a few that have come across my desk lately. My two favourites from this list are ‘Beautiful Feet’ and ‘Following Jesus in an age of quitters’. However, most of them are worth reading and I’m sure there will be something of interest to you in each book mentioned below. I’ve purposefully kept the reviews shorter to give you just a feel for the books.

Saturday Snippets (March 23)

Saturday Snippets (March 16)

Just Show Up

We live in a world where big achievements are celebrated. People flock to those who do great and noticeable things. It’s come to the point where some people feel insignificant and useless unless they’re out ‘changing the world’. But that isn’t only a problem out there in the world, it’s a problem in the church too. Christians put leaders on a pedestal and honour them more than others depending on the size of their church, their platform and their influence in the wider Christian community. We are a fickle people who flock to the newest and shiniest thing.

However, in most cases the biggest change, the most life changing change for your everyday Christian, isn’t in the groundbreaking or in the spectacular. The most lasting and impactful change in many Christian’s lives is a result of the ordinary faithfulness of the Lord’s people.