“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27)
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27)
Mez McConnell talks with Joel Kurz about recognising false gospels, whether we should use the term ‘social justice’, and how churches in the UK ought to respond to the lack of healthy churches in poor communities.
Later this year, we are planning to record our first collection of congregational hymns.
Satan is the accuser. He twists God’s Word. He wants to rob us of joy and peace.
A real danger in discipleship is to get so obsessed and focused on the outward growth (the leaves) that we ignore what’s going on deep down (the roots).
Is our culture redeemable and should the church be engaged in this so-called cultural redemption?
It is impossible to grow in righteousness if we have not first been declared righteous through Christ.
In the schemes of Scotland, and in many poor communities across the world, we face an overwhelming task that is unfinished. And that is to reach the poor with the Word of God, in order that we might rejoice with the poor by singing the Word.
What have old fashioned stereotypes like that got to do with planting churches and making disciples of Jesus? Perhaps more than you might think.
Hope is vital. As Martin Luther said: “Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.”
If we treasured our relationship with God and really lived like He was our number one, what would that look like?
Biblical leaders follow Jesus and help others to follow Him.