There are hundreds of icecream flavours. Visit any icecream shop and you have a whole raft of choices. Will it be a scoop of Blue Heaven or Cookies & Cream? Or would you go for a couple of scoops of Hokey Pokey? It is hard to find here in Australia, but in Canadian my flavour of choice was Heavenly Hash. Perhaps it was just the name. What is the flavour of your church? We have been...
When you go on a journey there is always a starting point. When I head into the city on the train from my home office I usually check the online app to know the train schedule. On this app I need to state not only my destination, but also what is my starting point? The same is true when you book an airline flight or use the map app on your phone. You need to know...
In Lewis Carroll's story, Alice in Wonderland, one day Alice comes to a fork in the road and as she sees Cheshire Cat in a tree, she asks: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where –” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go …” said the Cat. ...
Both theory and practice are fundamental to all learning. Theory refers to the intellectual understanding of a topic – the studying. Practice refers to actually doing what you are studying about. This begs the question: what’s most important, theory or practice? Studying or doing? The Bible has an answer to this question. We read in the book of James: "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who...
Why would anyone aspire to enter full-time gospel ministry? There are probably a number of reasons, but there is something that what will hinder people from considering ministry as a vocation in life: a negative example of ministry. Suppose all you see and hear is that ministry is tough. Ministry involves long hours, minimal pay, massive sacrifices of time and energy, disgruntled church members, and a few breaks. You probably will choose another path for your...
