2014/03 What Makes a Good Friendship? The concept of friendship in childhood is, of course, undeveloped. Likewise, we all accept that having hundreds of contacts on some networking site is not an accurate way to guage friendships. What makes for a good friendship, then? I take as accepted the premise that believers will forge their

2014/05 Peer Pressure Peer pressure, the feeling of being pressurized to do or be something by those around us, is something we all experience. It is positive when we provoke one another unto love and good works. (Hebrews 10:24) But it can also be negative – peers may pressurize us to enter into a questionable

2014/07 What can I do to help my Minister? In Paul’s epistles he refers to his readers using the following terms: ‘fellowlabours’ (Philippians 4:3), ‘fellowsoldier’ (Philippians 2:25), ‘fellowservant’ (Colossians 1:7), ‘partner’ (Philemon 17), ‘labourers together’ (1 Corinthians 3:9). Such terminology expressed the truth that he, as a minister of the New Testament, did not want

2014/11 Nobody's Perfect It is ironic that the words ‘Nobody’s perfect’ are often used to comfort when they actually condemn. The phrase is often used to excuse some indiscretion in word or deed: ‘Sure, nobody’s perfect!’ And it expresses a solemn truth stated in Scripture: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory

2015/03 What makes Good Church Music? Blogs, books, posts, positions. A Google search for “glorifying God in our music” yields 1,410,000 items, so it is easy to see that much has been (and is being) written about music in worship; nearly everyone has something to say about the topic. Allow me to offer some brief