Little Black Books
I threw away my little black book when I got married… but then the Good Book Company sent me another one! That’s a joke, I never had one… but the second point is true. I’ve just read through two of these ‘Little Black Books‘, one on the Bible and one on Suffering and Evil. They’re ...
James 1 – Pure Joy
Preached a couple of weeks ago on James 1… There’s that somewhat shocking, disagreeable, interesting, vexing, deep, confusing, enigmatic, truthful, heart-warming, [insert adjective here] verse which goes something like… “Consider it pure joy my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds” I would say this verse is a little bit challenging, to preach, and ...
Bruised Reed
An update from Matt Chandler, including this quote from Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed: Nay, after conversion we need bruising, that reeds may know themselves to be reeds, and not oaks; even we need bruising by reason of the remainder of pride in our nature, and to bt us see that we live by mercy; ...
Matt Chandler
It was discovered that Matt Chandler had a brain tumour and needed immediate surgery, that happened on Friday. It sounds like since then he’s been making good progress… but keep praying. You can find updates from The Village Church and on Twitter. But whatever you do, go and watch the video he recorded before surgery… ...
Maintaining Hope through Suffering
‘Maintaining Hope through Suffering‘ is the title of a paper written by my Dad (David Bourne) for the Fellowship of Word and Spirit. My mum experienced a great deal of personal suffering throughout her life, largely through a series of illnesses. Dad was obviously very much a part of this suffering. In this talk he ...