Still crazy after all these years
I notice that the bookstore at WTS () is puffing a new book by the late WIlliam Still, flagging it up with a godly puff from Sinclair Ferguson. Well, Willie made an impact on me too.
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Try This at Home
So that’s what I’ve been suffering from all these years: Irritable Clergy Syndrome! I wonder if that diagnosis may prove useful with all the people who have to put up with me on a daily basis. “I’m sorry, honey — it’s…
Further Correction
The story about “The Man from George Street” is not from a New Zealander at all, but from David Smethurst of Australia. A friend from Tenth Church says the clip is available at the following address:
Failure
There’s nothing like my annual alumnus magazine to make me feel a failure. This year, I read that one of my contemporaries was Rachel Weisz’s boyfriend (!!!); and that two other alumni are responsible for those pillars of cutting-edge literary…
Faith, Works, and the Church
My colleage Aaron Messner concluded his sermon series on Titus on Sunday night, and his comments on Paul’s closing appeal to do good works are well worth sharing: “If God saves us by grace alone, through faith alone, in the…
ICS — “Irritable Clergy Syndrome” (It’s official)
Justin, speaking of pastors and what they are to do, the Archbishop of Canterbury has weighed in on a report addressing bullying and gossip among parishioners. In last saturday’s The Times, Ruth Gledhil (their religious correspondent) wrote a piece called,…
The Man from George Street, Part 4
“Now this London pastor was now very puzzled. Twice within a fortnight he had heard the same testimony. He then flew to preach in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Perth. And when his teaching series was over, the senior…
What a Good Pastor Is to Do
Thabiti Anyabwile has been doing a helpful series on: What a Good Pastor Is To Do – Part 1 What A Good Pastor Is To Do – Part 2 What A Good Pastor Is To Do – Part 3 What…
Correction
I have been kindly and I hope reliably informed that Ray Comfort (see “The Man from George Street, Part 1”) is from New Zealand, actually.
Incarnation Poem
The following poem by Joe Bayly recently appeared in the bulletin of College Church in Wheaton: Praise God for ChristmasPraise Him for the Incarnationfor Word made flesh.I will not sing of shepherds watching flocks on frosty nightor angel choristers.I will…