Keller on faith
Great stuff from Tim Keller: “They all walked through with completely different quality of faith, equally saved. They are equally saved. Why? Because you are not saved by the quality of your faith, you...
View ArticleProf. Kenneth Miller on faith & science
Kenneth Miller is the Professor of Biology at Brown University. In a recent New Statesmen article he writes: I regard scientific rationality as the key to understanding the material basis of our...
View ArticleGrowing up in the Church
I’ve just started reading Jesus in the margins by Rick McKinley. In the first chapter he has some ‘postcards’ of various people’s journey. Take this extract: Growing up in the church was a different...
View ArticleHelp me source this quote!
I recently came across this quote, attributed to Hans Urs Von Balthasar: Every experience of beauty points to eternity. I have a rule, where I don’t like to quote anything without having read the wider...
View ArticleThe pitfall of labels
Labels can be useful. Labelling bottles in the pantry, for example, is extremely important*. Unlike condiments, however, labeling people, or in particular, giving their views a label is not always as...
View ArticleTo be a successful artist…
To be a successful artist, one must do more than reproduce and recreate. To be a successful artist is to go beyond and push boundaries. One must acknowledge the giants upon whose shoulders we stand,...
View ArticleWesley’s directions for congregational singing
I’m kind in a crazy-busy place right now, putting my first Papageno together in about the space of a week, so no time to write, let alone think. So, instead, here’s something I saw over at Abstract...
View ArticleGood stuff from Bob Kauflin
This interview with Bob Kauflin might be short, but it’s a suckerpunch alright! Nothing is more important to communicate to people than the gospel of Jesus Christ. No song, arrangement, vocalist, riff,...
View ArticleThe heart of worship planning
A few weeks ago Jamie Brown stirred up the evangelical worship leader blogsphere with this post. While there was quite a lot of pushback from some, there was also a lot of helpful dialogue about why we...
View ArticleTwo Excerpts
Here are a couple of quotes for your Sunday reading: Those of us in ministry, whether it’s full-time, part-time, flex-time, or volunteer, are just stewards of God’s ministry. He uses us for a time, and...
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