The Heart of Temptation
So we were thinking at Costa Tuesdays about Genesis 39 and looking into the issue of Temptation. As I’ve said I don’t think it’s really the main point, but there are clearly lessons to learn and insights into how temptation works… in terms of seduction… where our eyes look… what our minds think… the places ...
Chief Repenter
“If the pastor is not the chief repenter, the Gospel is a theoretical solution to the theoretical problem of sin for theoretical sinners, if there are any present.” – Jack Miller Echos of Luther’s first thesis, All of Life is Repentance…
John 16 – Sin, Righteousness, Judgement
Last week I was preaching at church on John 16:5-16 I was looking at the Convicting and Attracting work of the Holy Spirit. You can listen to the talk here (mp3) You can get my talk notes here (doc)
Ballast in your boat
“It is not my calling to help you to have chipper feelings while the whole of creation groans. My job is to put the kind of ballast in the belly of your boat so that when these waves crash against your life, you will not capsize but make it to the harbour of heaven battered ...
Spectacular Sins
Me and my dad are both reading one of John Piper’s recent books – ‘Spectacular Sins and their global purpose in the glory of Christ’. It’s a book about God being in complete control of EVERYTHING, and not just that it’s about EVERYTHING having one purpose – to give God glory… everything means everything, even ...