This weekend the digital editions of my books Exploring the Role of Women in the Church and Practical Discipleship are available for free across Amazon. The role of women is still a much debated issue. Exploring the Role of Women in the Church does as the title suggests - explores what the scriptures have to … Continue reading On offer this weekend – don’t miss it!
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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
Complacency, Compromise and Cynicism
Life is not always plain sailing, even when you know God - there are unexpected challenges, things you hadn't planned for, didn't expect, weren't prepared for. Like the story of Israel there can be an ebb and flow to our story. A hotness and coldness. One minute they were all in and there’s times of … Continue reading Complacency, Compromise and Cynicism
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