A mixed goodie bag

As the year goes on, I find that my to-review pile mounts up. Most of the book on that pile are good, but because of the volume of Christian material that is published each year, it’s hard to know where to invest your time because time is limited. That’s where I come in! Today I’dContinue reading “A mixed goodie bag”

Saturday Snippets (December 2)

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…

Flippancy doesn’t honour God or others

Being a Pastor is an unusual job, I often get told I don’t look like a Pastor, which I take as a massive compliment! When non-believers find out what I do for a living they normally respond in one of the following ways; 1. “Sorry, I’m not religious” 2. “I used to go to SundayContinue reading “Flippancy doesn’t honour God or others”

Saturday Snippets (November 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…

Meeting Christ in the Garden

I find myself speaking a lot about devotional material lately, reading and recommending devotional books for Christians and thinking about what’s involved in the devotional life of a believer. So I’d like to introduce a devotional book to you, but it’s not one you might expect, it’s on the Song of Songs.

Saturday Snippets (November 11)

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”