Snippets from the interweb (30th June 2024)

How to criticise your pastor

This is very helpful and full of good wisdom.

7 things to remember when tempted to sin

Sinning is always stupid. This one will help to remind you of just how stupid it is.

Consider the public

This one is mainly about how we defend the truth in the public square and how not just what we say but how we say it really impacts how we are heard.

Debunking the 1946 myth: The Bible & homosexuality explained (video)

This one addresses and oft-cited myth and shows why it is just that.

The discipleship crisis

I think there is definitely something in this one. I think we have models that (at best) are big on knowledge and not great on discipleship. Discipleship does seem to be a fairly widespread weakness in many of our churches.

What we cannot escape

I liked this one from Tim Challies.

From the archive: why we shouldn’t ditch the traditional sermon just yet

‘Calls for us to ditch sermons are nothing new. I remember people saying these sorts of these things when I was a young lad. More recently, I’ve heard people give a variety of different reasons why we should ditch the sermon. Some of them are intellectual sounding, others are much more straightforward and honest, while others still reference culture and insist that it is all passe. But all of these views agree that the sermon has had its day. And you’d assume an area like mine would be ripe for that sort of thing.’