Stuart Townend has written a number of great hymns which have gained widespread usage across the church in the last few years. One of them is called “How deep the Father’s love for us” which speaks of the cross and the power of it for us. It’s a good song, but one that a number … More Did the Father turn His face away?
I’ve been reflecting lately on the nature of revelation, and the ways in which God speaks to us, with one particular focus: the element of mystery. Mystery is a Biblical idea and word. The book of Daniel features the idea fairly prominently in speaking more generally of the subject of revelation and prophecy. We find … More Pressing into the mystery
…erm. That’s it. The title. That’s it. 🙂 I could develop it, but I’m going to let the thought hang instead, to dangle before your eyes as you hopefully go away thinking about it. But it bears repeating: God is even better than you think He is. 🙂
What is the gospel? Take your average Christian out of the average evangelical church in the nation today (I don’t suppose the non-evangelical ones would be too bothered about being kept out of the way for this one) and they might say something like: the good news of Jesus Christ; the story of Jesus’ life; … More What is the gospel?
This isn’t a developed thought, but in thinking about the fact that Jesus managed to pretty much rock the world with just three years’ ministry, I got thinking about what we ought to do if we wanna change the world too. I guess there’s a number of things, but one thing He did primarily, was … More Turning the world upside-down
I had an experience once, a few years ago, and since then I’ve not been able to shake this thought I have about communion. The experience was that I was at a conference with a bunch of other fired-up young people/young adults. I actually only knew one of them but when you’re with a load … More Communion – wafers and wine, or cakes and coffee?
I feel like I should say something special to commemorate post no. 99. (Not post no. 100 – that would be too clichéd) But those who know me will know I’m not usually the type who says something just for the sake of it. So what can I say? Only what’s on my mind at … More Post #99
Regular listeners to the podcast that comes out from Bethel Church in Redding, California, will have heard Bill Johnson saying this kind of thing lately: we’ve got to remember that everything is by grace. Even our greatest victories, it’s only because of grace. We must never lose sight of that. It’s a good point made … More It really is all about grace
We have a good God. It is my firm belief that the understanding and belief that ‘God is good’ is the cornerstone to good theology. Living with an awareness of this, I have found more and more that Scripture confirms and underlines this! And here is just one more example that has been feeding my … More God’s mouth and His hand
I have blogged before about who we are in Christ but I found this from Greg Boyd and it is of course ten times better – a much more extensive list, even better than mine!! And I don’t just like it because he makes mention of our church camp where he had come to preach … More Greg Boyd on our identity “In Christ”
Ben David Trigg 