Can I Even Change?

Struggling with sins can feel like a forever-battle. The battle is always on, it’s frequently discouraging, and we’re seldom triumphant. We believe in the Holy Spirit’s sanctifying work, but we don’t always see firsthand evidence of change. Our struggles with sin persist—often the same ones we had last year, and the year before that. We believe in the Holy Spirit’s sanctifying work, but we don’t always see firsthand evidence of change. As God matures us, we become more aware of these vulnerabilities. We also begin to see how these flaws are closely tied up with our character. One Christian might...

Reuben Bredenhof

Who are the “Saints”?

Allan Chapple

Secret Sins Will Undermine (and May Destroy) Your Ministry – Here’s How to Fight Them (Part 1/2)

Peter Adam

Different Paths to Sanctification

Bethany Downes

Rejoice in the Lord!

Peter Adam

The Stingy Religious?

Gordon Cheng

According to a highly publicised 2015 paper in Current Biology, children who have been brought up religiously are less generous than their religion-free peers. The good news, if you can call it that, is that only in the last couple of months and some four years after the event, it’s now reported in Psychology Today that the paper has been formally retracted (you can see the retraction here). According to a highly publicised 2015 paper in Current Biology, children who have been brought up religiously are less generous than their religion-free peers … four years after the event, the paper has been formally retracted Better late than...

The Stingy Religious?

Gordon Cheng

What Sins of Ministry are You Killing Today?

Peter Adam

This is the second part of Peter Adam’s ‘Killing Sin’ series. See the first post here. Another question I sometimes ask people in ministry, the right context, is: ‘What sins of ministry are you killing today?’ When I ask it, I always allow time for a stunned silence, and then say, ‘I don’t want to know what they are, I just want to know that you are doing it.’ That allows some colour to return to the cheeks of the person I am talking with, and the conversation continues. I ask that question, because we are so often thinking about what...

What Sins of Ministry are You Killing Today?

Peter Adam

What Sins are You Killing Today?

Peter Adam

This is the first part of a two-part series. See the second post here. I admit it is an intrusive question, and one that tends to stop a conversation! (The context is someone I am mentoring or advising or counselling, not everyday conversations! And it takes place some months after the serious conversations begin.) If I ask it of someone I am talking with, I always allow time for a stunned silence. Then say, ‘I don’t want to know what they are, I just want to know that you are doing it.’ That allows some colour to return to the...

What Sins are You Killing Today?

Peter Adam

Moment-by-Moment Faithfulness

Renee Zou

When I was a younger Christian, I used to be captivated by God’s dramatic work through Bible heroes: his call to Noah to build an ark to save the world from judgement; his behind-the-scenes work through Queen Esther to save God’s people. I thought of Jonah emerging from the great fish: such dramatic flair! What a way to demonstrate God’s hand in motion. I used to translate these expectations into my daily life, making them the standard for my life and service. I’d ask myself, how will God use me to achieve His purposes? Will he call me away from...