Emmanuel City Centre Key verse to learn: Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment Hebrews 9:27 (NIV) Key question to ask: Why is our desire for justice best explained by God’s Word? Extraordinary thing to say: “We’ll all get the justice we deserve one day soon!” Thursday: Read Isaiah…
Sam Allberry recommends two books that have been helpful in explaining who Jesus is and in answering common questions about Christianity. Why not have a look at some The Gospel Coalition’s other 1 minute videos exploring some of the biggest objections we encounter from those around us. A Doubter’s Guide to Jesus by John Dixon Confronting…
‘Researchers at Iowa State University found that among college students, as the number of close friends they have approaches the number they think ideal, so feelings of loneliness decrease. It doesn’t matter how high or low that number is – that’s a subjective judgement – but if a person feels there is a deficit of quality relationships…
Whatever lies ahead, here’s what we know for sure…whatever mistakes we make, there is always more grace in Jesus than there is sin in us. What we can trust
“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight. At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more. When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death. And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.” -The Chronicles of Narnia
“500 million people getting from televisions what they used to get from the church: a sense of coming together, a sense of community, of awe, of wonder.” ‘The Crown’ Episode That Finds Faith in a Secular Age
‘Pastoral work, I learned later, is that aspect of Christian ministry that specializes in the ordinary. It is the nature of the pastoral life to be attentive to, immersed in, and appreciative of the everyday texture of people’s lives – the buying and selling, the visiting and meeting, the going and coming.’ Eugene H Peterson, The…
“Christians in China, whether national or foreign, will make their own decisions during this time, but pray none of us would be driven by fear. May we be full of faith and godly wisdom instead.” 5 Prayer requests from behind the Coronavirus Curtain
“My heart longed for the minor-key tune of lament—a song for when you’re living between the poles of a hard life and trust in God’s sovereign care.” Language of Lament
‘Human beings are not built to be indifferent to the waves and pulses of their social world. For most of us the question is whether we have even the slightest reluctance to drift along with the flow. The person who genuinely wants to think will have to develop strategies for recognizing the subtlest of social…