This morning I asked Joe, one of our pastors, a question about how to disagree and critique each other in the right spirit of truth and love (in an online blogging context). He replied with the following six principles of biblical communication: Do I have the facts right? Prov. 18:13 Is this significant enough to …
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Tomb bursts into flames during Easter pageant
Unbelievable. From Canton, Ohio, US: Calm thinking and quick action prevented what could have been a disaster at the First Church of the Nazarene after a prop tombstone caught fire during the church’s Easter service. “We always try to have a special day, as every Christian church does, on Easter Sunday,” Dennis said. “We have …
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While we were asleep: how Good Friday began
It’s midnight. A man is walking up a hill towards a garden called Gethsemane. There’s eleven other men following beside. They listen to him speak. “I am the true vine… Abide in me.” “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” “You will be sorrowful, but your …
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Album review: Songs from the Book of Luke
TGC’s first album, “Songs for the Book of Luke” was released yesterday and is being unashamedly marketed far and wide on the conservative-reformed web as I write this. Here’s my thoughts after listening to the album: I’m thankful that so many people are captured by a vision to sing “songs about the glory of God …
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Has this ever happened to you on Sunday morning?
I had a bit of a chuckle after reading this anecdote from a book: “Not long ago, I attended a gathering with a congregation other than my own, and I thought my ears were going to bleed. The moment the preservice music began, the congregation collectively shuddered and stood cringing under the instrumental blast for …
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