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Thou Shalt Not Flatter (At Conferences)

Mark Jones
Jun 20, 2023
There are certain acceptable public sins in the Reformed world. In my experience, flattery is the acceptable sin on the popular conference circuit and in social media circles where people are angling for approval from their superiors. If you want to hear a good obituary of a living person, listen...

Longing for importance?

Lee Gatiss
Jan 22, 2015
Jesus told spiritual climbers James and John that they would have to drink the cup that he was about to drink (Mark 10:39). He refers to his death, and the way of suffering and service. They will achieve great glory and a position of honour in the new Jerusalem (Revelation 21:14). But the way to...

Longing for importance?

Lee Gatiss
Jan 21, 2015
Jesus told spiritual climbers James and John that they would have to drink the cup that he was about to drink (Mark 10:39). He refers to his death, and the way of suffering and service. They will achieve great glory and a position of honour in the new Jerusalem (Revelation 21:14). But the way to...

The shame of the cross

Lee Gatiss
Jan 15, 2015
The Apostle Paul talks about not being ashamed of the gospel (Romans 1:16). He also encourages his co-worker Timothy not to be ashamed of Jesus or of Paul himself, when he is in prison (2 Timothy 1:8). I've often wondered how that kind of shame might manifest itself, both then and now in us (musing...