The question regarding the role of women in the church has come to the fore once again with the expulsion of Saddleback Church from the Southern Baptist Convention for ordaining women as pastors and Rick Warren, the founding pastor's, subsequent response (Rick Warren: The Great Commission's 'Go and Teach' Applies to Women in Christianity Today … Continue reading Women pastors
The Role of Women in the church and a “Beautiful Union”
Richard Burgess, 10.03.2023 The role of women (and correspondingly men) continues to be a big issue as evidenced by the way it has hit Twitter again this week. Following a prerelease portion, then a chapter of the book, "Beautiful Union: How God’s Vision for Sex Points Us to the Good, Unlocks the True, and (Sort … Continue reading The Role of Women in the church and a “Beautiful Union”
Practical Discipleship
Discipleship is the latest buzzword in Christian circles. Discipleship though goes right back to Jesus and his calling of the twelve, his teaching and equipping of them, right through to his commissioning of them to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Several years ago I wrote a book based on … Continue reading Practical Discipleship
Courageous Faith
Richard Burgess, 25.02.2023 We were made for faith, for courageous faith. Effectively all faith should be courageous, but for various reasons it can end up as intellectual assent rather than a dynamic life - more on that later. We were made for faith that is courageous, bold and dynamic. The Bible is a faith document … Continue reading Courageous Faith
JOY!
We were made for joy. Above all joy in God. JOY is at the heart of the Christmas message. The angels declared that it was good news of great JOY. Notice that GREAT JOY! Not A deep down in your heart, quiet, reserved joy, but a shout it from the rooftops type of JOY. The … Continue reading JOY!
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