Tag Archive: church

Mar
04

The Eyes of Your Heart

“that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know” Eph 1:18 In preparation for the sermon I’m preaching at St. Anne’s this Sunday, I’ve been struck again by the way that God’s word speaks of heart-knowledge.  The phrase “eyes of your heart” is an Old Testament way of referring to the seat …

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Oct
05

Masculinity (ii)

Ok, well thanks for the good comments people – appreciated your thoughts: have been using them in my preparation, and will most likely use them next Sunday. It’s been fascinating to read different people’s thoughts on gender and the masculinity issue. Guys like Steve Biddulph and Hugh Mackay have been particularly interesting. Here’s sociologist Hugh Mackay’s …

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Sep
29

Masculinity

I’m preaching on masculinity in a couple of weeks time at church, and have been thinking through a whole bunch of things. Especially off the fact that Mark Driscoll really provoked a good deal of thought about this lately, it’s something which I’m keen to reinforce in our hearts and minds. So, with that in …

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Aug
18

No Little People

From Francis Schaeffer’s No Little People: “We must remember throughout our lives that in God’s sight there are no little people and no little places. Only one thing is important: to be consecrated persons in God’s place for us, at each moment.”

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