Brackenhurst Baptist Church will be hosting another round of GriefShare, beginning 3 February 2020. What is GriefShare? GriefShare is a thirteen-week, Christ-centred support group seminar for people who have lost a spouse, child, family member, or friend through death. Everyday people who have gone through Read More ...
In an age in which seeing is believing and the lines are often blurred, the truth can be hard to see. But, through the good news of the gospel, believing is seeing: seeing clearly God’s plan that the eyes of the nations must be opened Read More ...
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“The unchangeableness of the divine purpose is a necessary consequence of the unchangeableness of the divine nature.”
Johann Keil
Pastor
Hildesheim, Germany
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“We are to evangelize not because it is pleasant, not because it is easy, not because we may be successful, but because Christ has called us. He is our Lord. We have no other choice but to obey him.”
Leighton Ford
President, Leighton Ford Ministries
Charlotte, North Carolina
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered God: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“As a race we are not even stray sheep, or wandering prodigals merely, we are rebels with weapons in our hands. Our supreme need from God, therefore, is not education of our conscience … but our redemption.”
P. T. Forsyth
Scottish Theologian
Principal of Hackney College, London
Quoted in John Blanchard, Gathered Gold: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians
“Jesus is with us! His authority rests with his Church! Let us possess and use it with humility and energy.”
R. Kent Hughes
Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary
Glenside, Pennsylvania
The New Testament recognises two distinct offices in the local church: elders (also called overseers or pastors) and deacons (see Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1–15). The Scriptures are clear concerning the responsibility of elders: They are to shepherd (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:1–4) and are Read More …
What is known as “positive psychology” is a popular thought-psychology that began in the late 1800s, grew traction in the 1990s, and fills much of our society today. Positive psychology essentially focuses on the positive emotions while attempting to ignore the negative ones. It appears Read More …
If you have worked with children in any capacity, perhaps you can picture this scene: Two children come screaming to you, fighting over a particular toy. Each insists that he had it first and that the other took it from him. The solution appears simple: Read More …
“When darkness hides his lovely face” it hurts. And sometimes, as for the psalmist, it hurts like hell (Psalms 16:10; 18:5; 86:13; 116:3). Hell, or Sheol, is a place of hopelessness, a dark place of abandonment. This is how depression feels to one who comes Read More …
