Christmas isn't usually the time to talk about evil, or of Satan's ultimate destruction, but that is precisely what Christmas, the coming of God in Christ, means. Evil encompases all the chaos and dysfunction in the world, all the rebellion against God; and God's salvation means an end to all that, and the return to... Continue Reading →
To Ministers & Preachers (pt3)
On October 20th 1909, P. T. Forsyth delivered an ordination address based on John 17:6, “I manifested thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to Me.“ The sermon is very short and broken down into three parts, The Property, The Gift, The... Continue Reading →
To Ministers & Preachers (pt2)
On October 20th 1909, P. T. Forsyth delivered an ordination address based on John 17:6, “I manifested thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to Me.“ The sermon is very short and broken down into three parts, The Property, The Gift, The... Continue Reading →
To Ministers & Preachers (pt1)
On October 20th 1909, P. T. Forsyth delivered an ordination address based on John 17:6, "I manifested thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them to Me." The sermon is very short and broken down into three parts, The Property, The Gift, The... Continue Reading →
Grace is…
I have just discovered this gem of a series called 'On the Cost and Grace of Parish Ministry' by Jason Goroncy. What follows is a snippet from the ninth part of the series on the subject of Sabbath. Sabbath is a setting free, and this happens "through Jesus Christ who in his incarnation entered into the nothingness... Continue Reading →