Snippets from the interweb (1st December 2024)

Why the next Archbishop of Canterbury shouldn’t matter to evangelicals

This one looks at why, whoever the next Archbishop of Canterbury ends up being, it frankly won’t make any real difference.

Why I believe in church membership

Tim Challies lays out his reasons clearly and concisely here.

What God praises

This one takes a look at the various things God praises in the seven churches in Revelation.

Godly drivers

I really liked these reflections on driving and godliness.

Misnomer Murders – Is this just ‘helping the dying to die’?

Britain voted on Friday to permit assisted suicide. As a fellow (multiple time) suicide attemper, this disturbs me greatly. Ash has done a brilliant job outlining precisely why.

The unknown pastor

‘This pastor represents what most pastors are like… I’m grateful for him and others like him. We need more of them. I pray that as he sits in his office today, he knows that his ministry matters to the Lord and is a blessing to people. We are blessed to have pastors like him.’

From the archive: Contradiction on intervention

‘Either we want God to intervene to stop evil, such as the barbaric practices of child sacrifice prevalent amongst the Canaanites, or we want him to keep his hands off all human affairs altogether. But we are contradicting ourselves if we insist, on the one hand, that God isn’t good because he never intervenes and then, with the other, insist he isn’t good because he sometimes does.’