CS Lewis on the apostle Paul
Here is CS Lewis, talking about why it is that people like to undermine St Paul whilst maintaining that they follow Christ.
Blog Category:
Epistles
First Things
A number of us heard an extremely helpful talk this morning from Hugh Palmer, rector of All Souls Langham Place in London. He reminded a group of us, all in church leadership or pastoral ministry of some kind, to keep first things first.
Blog Category:
To this you were called
Ed Clowney again:
Blog Category:
The slave who suffers unjustly
Ed Clowney makes a brilliant comment on 1 Peter 2:18-20. Peter is teaching slaves how to react when they are punished, or suffer, for no fault of their own. Indeed, they may be suffering because they have done something good. Clowney says this:
Blog Category:
The main line of 2 Corinthians 8-9
Paul Barnett has a very helpful paragraph in his commentary in the NICNT series in which he charts the main line through the 8th and 9th chapters of 2 Corithians:
Blog Category:
The importance of the how
A very striking observation from Alec Motyer on James 3:13-14:
Blog Category:
James 2: Faith and Works
A few quotations from Douglas Moo's Commentary on the book of James to fill in a bit more background to the material we looked at during Kemsing's Useful! service on the second half of James 2.
Blog Category:
Rejoice in the Lord always
Why not join me in being built up by reading Peter Leithart's exhortation on Paul's instruction to rejoice in the Lord always. Always? Yes - always. …
Blog Category:
The Purpose of Philippians
I'm greatly enjoying spending some time in Paul's letter to the Philippians, in preparation for the first of our new quarterly combined services. The two churches (Kemsing and Woodlands) will come together for a shared Communion service 4 times a year. I am really looking forward to the occasion. In many respects, the two churches are very different. However the riches we share in Christ are many, and this quarterly celebration will be the chance to rejoice in that and to commit afresh to serving together in holding out the word of Christ.
Blog Category:
The need to love one another
David Jackman is spot on in his analysis of 1 John 4:13-21. In his commentary in The Bible Speaks Today series, the penultimate paragraph discusses the notion that we can love God, and yet not love our Christian brothers and sisters. He says this:
Blog Category:
Pages
