Saturday Snippets (November 18)

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 (November 4)

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…

3 marks of a Christian from Philemon – Part 1

Great things come in small packages. You’ve probably heard that before; I remember saying it once as a child when someone called me short. Some of life’s most life-changing moments come in small things. An engagement ring in a small box, a gift through the post, a job contract folded in an envelope. In ourContinue reading “3 marks of a Christian from Philemon – Part 1”

Books about the Book

There is one type of book that lines many a preachers bookshelves, commentaries. Some people view commentaries with suspicion, thinking that they are pushing a certain agenda and shouldn’t be trusted. While there are some, fewer in number I think, who view commentaries as a sermon script and when they preach they basically read theContinue reading “Books about the Book”

Bouncing around the Bible

I was walking and talking with my wife yesterday discussing one of the latest books that I’ve read. One of my comments about the book was how I liked that the author went to different parts of the Bible to show common themes and to highlight certain details. My wife responded with something like “soContinue reading “Bouncing around the Bible”

The Lord of Psalm 23

Psalm 23 is probably one of the most well known passages of the Bible, often still being quoted or referred to in funerals of both Christians and non-Christians. I personally have a tricky history with Psalm 23, it has been a joy and a challenge to read it with different people and in different settingsContinue reading “The Lord of Psalm 23”

Saturday Snippets (September 30)

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…