I’m a big fan of the gospel.
No secret there – it’s all over everything I’ve done. I’ve said time and time again that the gospel is not just the ABC, it is the A–Z of the Christian faith. What, however, does that mean with relation to Christian spiritual growth or ‘maturity’? How do we encourage growing up and growing deep and becoming more like Christ?
Neglected texts
I’ve been fascinated recently by various texts that are not ‘poster’ texts for us these days. For instance, how often is 1 Thessalonians 4.11 the lead text for a conference or sermon or new Christian movement: ‘Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, …’
