This is the first blog in a 3-part series on the subject of perseverance. A smart dead guy called Jonathan Edwards once said this: “Perseverance is a necessary consequence of salvation.” What that means is that when someone is truly saved, when someone really becomes a Christian, they will continue on through the whole of […]

So, it’s been a while. I can’t remember the last time I wrote a book review on the site. It’s not down to a lack of reading, more a lack of time these days. But, I’m on holiday (in Toronto no less) and have a few minutes spare to put down some thoughts about my […]

I want us to begin today thinking about some of the basics when it comes to counselling, the Christian, and the local church. Paul Tripp says that very many of us, and probably most Christians we know, live in what he describes as the gospel gap of the here and now. So, people have a […]

We must do a lot of hard work in explaining true, biblical repentance when working with the poor (or anybody for that matter). Being sorry and repenting for sins are two completely different acts that produce two very different long-term fruits in people’s lives. Sin is grievous to God, separating us from him. Repentance is […]

Thankfully, the gospel message doesn’t end with the goodness of God and the sinfulness of man. That wouldn’t be good news. But, in fact, God has done something about our awful condition. God sent his Son to live for us and die for us and rise again for us. Now there is a way for […]

Have you ever been with a person whose toddler is running riot around the house? He is shouting and screaming and lighting the cat on fire when suddenly the frazzled mother turns to you apologetically and mumbles something about poor Jonny “being tired.” Whatever. What we both know that Jonny is an ill-mannered brat, even […]

Let me tell you about Lachie. He is in his late 30s and has no experience of Christianity in the home. He grew up in the local authority care system and is the product of a couple of decades of unsuccessful institutional reform. He was weaned on a diet of daytime TV chat shows, History […]

Between my time church planting in Brazil and my work now in Edinburgh in one of Scotland’s most deprived housing schemes—a mixture of social housing and low-income homeowners—I have been on the receiving end of a lot of short-term missions teams. And while I appreciate the help, I have noticed over the years that a […]

Politics is a costly business. The run for President in the USA costs billions of dollars, and the world waits with baited-breath to see if Donald Trump is going to go the distance. Not long ago in Scotland, there was a massive momentum shift to the SNP, despite the country’s rejection for independence from the […]

Erik Raymond is the senior pastor of Emmaus Bible Church in Omaha, Nebraska and has a blog, The Ordinary Pastor, on The Gospel Coalition. “. . . there’s also the value of the books and the resources that come with the conference. So one thing that would be great for publishers or authors, or anybody […]