In this post I am going to be writing about the issue of work and how we, as Christians should approach the topic of work. This is a three part post and today I’ll be writing about the glorification of God in our work. If we go back to the beginning we see how the...
I’m currently blogging my way through 1 Timothy. It’s a lot slower that I anticipated and so if you’ve only just joined the conversation please see these posts of where I’ve come to. As a quick reminder to the context of Paul’s writing to Timothy: The church in Ephesus where the young pastor Timothy is...
Previously, in former posts here we’ve examined Paul’s instructions concerning the gospel – that it should be guarded, celebrated and fought for. The church is surrounded by people who don’t know Jesus and we are on a great mission to save lives. How do we do that? Firstly, we pray – so says Paul in the previous...
The task is demanding but the promise is assuring Jeremiah was called to one of the most demanding positions in the nation of Israel: “a prophet to the nations” (Jer. 1:5). Unlike the calling of this father and grandfather, who were called to be priests, this was the calling to be a prophet. To speak...
