A new teaching resource from Route 66 Ministries. For each book of the Bible, you will find a one page summary with details of: I also provide a simple outline structure of each book, with some headings that I hope will be easy to learn. The summary of each Bible book is also downloadable as…
Introduction There are many ways in which we can learn to pray, but perhaps the best is to listen in on and learn from those who are more experienced in prayer. There are certainly those who seem to have a special gifting in prayer and when we see and listen to them, we sense something…
For the last two years or so I have been completely immersed in reading and studying around the whole subject of church leadership. I have recently taught this course at College and will now post these studies here on a roughly weekly basis. Having been preaching and teaching for just over fifty years, having pastored…
Here is the third study in my new series on Hebrews. Hebrews 1:2 Christ The Son of God I mentioned in our last study that these opening verses are packed full of truth, and, while I’ve not done a scientific study of this, I think you’d be hard pressed to find another group of 3…
Here is the second study in my new series on Hebrews. Hebrews 1:1-2 Communication, Contrast, Continuity As we begin to listen to the sermon that is Hebrews, we find that in the first four verses our preacher tells us what is going to be the subject of his sermon. Although these verses are certainly part…
Today I am beginning a new series of studies, working through my Bible book of the moment: Hebrews. I plan roughly weekly studies which will be posted here and if you subscribe to the blog you will get automatic notifications of new posts. Consider Christ Welcome to this new series of studies as we work…
As many of our regular readers will know, John has been invited to lead a Church Workers’ Conference for Africa Inland Church – South Sudan (AIC-SS), to be held in Adjumani, northern Uganda, in September. As part of the fundraising for this event, he was committed to, and preparing for, a marathon walk in the…
I was asked by Evangelical Times to review this book and here is my response. By any definition, this is a remarkable account of a truly remarkable life; a life lived to the full and for the glory of God. The story of Macgregor’s life starts off in as dramatic a way as it continues…
1538 John Calvin and William Farel are fired by the town council of Geneva and ordered to leave the city within three days. They had refused to administer the Lord’s Supper the day before in part because of notorious sins among the city’s folk, and in part because they did not want to follow the…